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Rudradeep Biswas September 17th, 2016 1:10 PM 64 COMMENTS

RCom-Aircel merged entity to give strong competition to Vodafone, Idea Cellular

The merged RCom-Aircel entity will give strong competition to its rival private telecom operators like Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in the backdrop of the disruption caused by the launch of operations by Reliance Jio Infocomm, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said. “The merged entity will offer strong competition to both Vodafone India Limited (Vodafone) and Idea which are weaker placed, as far as 4G operations are concerned,” the agency... Read More

Srikapardhi September 17th, 2016 12:27 PM 21 COMMENTS

Spectrum auction: Telecom operators deposit Rs 15,000 crore as earnest money, Jio files highest amount

Seven Indian telecom operators have reportedly deposited earnest money of about Rs 15,000 crore for the upcoming spectrum. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has filed the highest earnest money deposit (EMD) — around Rs 6,500 crore, indicating that the new 4G entrant may aggressively bid for radiowaves despite being one of the leading telcos in terms of spectrum holdings. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular made deposits of around Rs... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee September 16th, 2016 4:12 PM 106 COMMENTS

Who will be the Ultimate Winner in Jio-triggered 4G Rate Race?

By now, you must be very well-versed with the term 4G or the fourth generation services and the speed (capable of offering up to 100 Mbps download speed and 40Mbps upload speed) which it promises to give, thanks to Reliance Jio for bringing the 4G revolution in the country, where every Tom, Nick and Harry is heading for a Jio SIM and swarming the retail stores in every nook and... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 16th, 2016 6:16 AM 36 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio tells Vodafone to increase POIs with immediate effect

Soon after Vodafone announced its plan to increase the Points of Interconnect (POIs) with Reliance Jio, the latter has released a statement welcoming the decision. However, similar to the statement it released after Airtel’s announcement, RJio has pointed out the Vodafone did not resort to favorable action even after communicating for several months on POI issue. “The situation has deteriorated significantly in the last few weeks, with over 80 calls... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 15th, 2016 10:48 PM 65 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio says Airtel, Vodafone, Idea violating MNP rules, seeks firm action

After the interconnect points issue, mobile number portability (MNP) could be the next big contentious issue between Reliance Jio and top telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Reliance Jio has reached out to the country’s regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), seeking an intervention into the issue of top three telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea — rejecting all mobile number portability (MNP) requests made... Read More

Srikapardhi September 15th, 2016 4:21 PM 3 COMMENTS

Interconnection saga: Trai orders top telcos, Jio to submit call details, seeks to examine traffic pattern

Even as India's top telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular allocate more points of interconnections to Reliance Jio to resolve the issue, The Indian telecom regulator, Trai, has ordered these telcos, along with BSNL and MTNL to submit call details to examine the traffic pattern on their networks. The move will help the regulator examine allegations by Reliance Jio against incumbent telecom operators that they were not providing proper... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 14th, 2016 7:46 PM 79 COMMENTS

Airtel, Voda, Idea, Jio, RCom, TTSL & Aircel apply to bid in largest spectrum auction

India’s top telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, along with Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices, Aircel and Reliance Jio have submitted their applications to participate in the upcoming spectrum auction. Norway-based Telenor didn’t submit its application for the spectrum auction. The largest-ever spectrum auction is scheduled to start from October 1, and it will see spectrum worth Rs 5.63 lakh crore go on sale. Spectrum in all bands --... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 14th, 2016 6:00 PM 42 COMMENTS

RJio, BSNL ink intra-circle roaming agreement for 2G and 4G services: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJio) and the state-owned service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has signed an intra-circle roaming agreement for 2G and 4G services. This will enable the BSNL customers to use RJio’s 4G services in roaming and RJio subscribers to use BSNL’s 2G network for making voice calls. Commenting on the new partnership, BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava said, “We are focused on creating value... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 14th, 2016 7:16 AM 53 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio retaliates to Airtel’s claim on asymmetric traffic flow as baseless

Soon after Airtel announced its plan to offer three times more points of interconnect (PoI) to Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), the latter released the call failure rates on various networks via a statement to the media. According to the statement, around 22 crore calls have failed on Airtel network. Around 52 crore calls have failed cumulatively on the networks of the three incumbent operators viz. Airtel, Vodafone India Ltd, and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 13th, 2016 7:27 PM 70 COMMENTS

After Idea, now Airtel to augment POIs -Jio breathes sigh of relief

Airtel, today said that following its bilateral discussions with Reliance Jio, it will provide additional PoIs to Jio which will be more than adequate to serve over 15 million customers. Airtel has been providing PoIs to Jio, well ahead of the commencement of its commercial operations. With the latest augmentation, the total number of PoIs will become 3 times the present number of PoIs. Based on the current traffic pattern... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 13th, 2016 2:08 PM 291 COMMENTS

Report: Is Reliance Jio losing its charm?

After an initial uproar, the feedbacks about Reliance Jio depict a mixed reaction, according to various reports. In terms of addition of new customers, Reliance Jio is adding five lakh customers a day for the Welcome offer instead of the one million customers it targeted, pointed out a report by The Hindu. December 31, 2016, is the internal target for the company to reach 100 million customers using e-KYC. However,... Read More

Srikapardhi September 12th, 2016 7:12 PM 57 COMMENTS

Idea commissions more points of interconnect to facilitate smooth entry of Jio into telecom

Idea Cellular, today said that it welcomes Jio, and remains committed to facilitate its seamless entry into the hyper-competitive market. Idea Cellular has in the past been providing and augmenting Points of Interconnect (POIs) very liberally and we will continue to support all new operators for all their reasonable, fair and legitimate requirements of POIs. In the month of August 2016 there were a total of 2.97 million unique Jio subscribers who... Read More