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Ria Lakshman April 10th, 2015 1:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

Global: M1 introduces VoLTE on its 300Mbps LTE-A network, better call quality ensured

M1, Singapore’s third largest player in telecom has introduced VoLTE for its 4G customers at no extra cost. It has rolled out VoLTE on its 300Mbps LTE-Advanced network. The customers will now get quality voice conversations and uninterrupted connections. M1 COO Patrick Scodeller finds this as another milestone of serving people. "Following a period of extensive testing, we are pleased to make available 4G Voice calls to our customers. We... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 9th, 2015 2:00 AM 1 COMMENTS

Global: TRA clarifies on free WhatsApp voice calls across UAE

Citing the conflicting media reports raised on the permission to use WhatsApp voice calls in UAE, country’s telecom regulatory authority has issue a statement to Emirates 24/7, elaborating the legality aspect of it. In the statement, TRA has confirmed the regulations of VoIP calls on WhatsApp, but said that the permission is granted to the licensed operators. The companies who wish to provide WhatsApp VoIP calls to their customers should... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma April 8th, 2015 12:37 AM 1 COMMENTS

Global: EE Impels First Wi-Fi Calling Service In United Kingdom

EE, the esteemed mobile operator of UK, has induced the first Wi-Fi calling service in the country. At a time when call drop in the middle of a conversion can be frustrating, EE's new calling service uses Wi-Fi to host the mobile coverage of users by routing all the voice calls through a Wi-Fi hotspot. Users with Wi-Fi facility in their smartphones can use this service and experience a terrific... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma April 7th, 2015 1:21 PM 4 COMMENTS

Google To Avail Hutchison Whampoa’s Services To Facilitate Free International Roaming To MVNO Customers

In an attempt to make the international roaming free for all the MVNO customers, Google has decided to shake hands with Hutchison Whampoa. As per the reports, Google seeks the support of Hong Kong-based mobile network provider Hutchison Whampoa to let its customers enjoy roaming at no extra cost whenever they travel overseas. The report published in Telegraph stated that the wholesale roaming agreement between the internet giant and Hong... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 1st, 2015 8:26 PM 6 COMMENTS

Global: Trade Privacy for Money, says AT&T

Charging for privacy is the new business frontier for internet service providers, proves AT&T, the American multinational telecommunications corporation. The service provider has begun to charge its GigaPower customers to pay more if they do not want to get spied for what they do online. AT&T’s GigaPower is a superfast internet service that lets the customers download 25 songs in a fraction of a second. It relies on fiber-optic cables... Read More

Ria Lakshman March 31st, 2015 5:34 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone to offer Contactless Payment through android smartphones

Vodafone users, it’s time to say ‘hurray’! Vodafone now enables its wallet users to make payments through their android smartphones. To make this possible, Vodafone has entered into partnerships with Visa Inc., the American multinational financial service corporation and Carta Worldwide, the transaction solution provider. The service, which will come into effect by second quarter of 2015 in the European markets, which will enable its users to simply authenticate the card... Read More

Ria Lakshman March 31st, 2015 4:28 PM 3 COMMENTS

Orange to Unveil a New Identity by April

On account of the financial success in the year 2014, Switzerland’s third largest telecom company Orange has announced a rebrand to meet the growing competition in the market. Its new identity will be unveiled on 23rd April, 2015. The company, which had a recent ownership change exhibited a financial success of 1.9 percent when compared to the previous year and has reached a revenue margin of 1.3 billion francs. Its... Read More

Esmail March 19th, 2015 7:32 PM 23 COMMENTS

Whatsapp calling blocked in UAE by Etisalat, will Indian operators follow the same?

It’s only been a week since Whatsapp released the VoIP based voice calling feature and it is already creating ripples among the telecom service providers over the globe. It had only been a few hours since the launch of voice calling by WhatsApp that UAE-based telecom major Etisalat blocked the VoIP calling for its subscribers in Dubai. This is not a new thing for UAE which has been doing this... Read More

Esmail March 18th, 2015 4:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel partners with Orange to offer video conferencing solution for enterprise segment

The business arm of Bharti Airtel has partnered with France-based Orange business services to offer end to end seamless video conferencing solution to its enterprise segment clientele. There are many free web-based video calling and conferencing solutions like skype available serving the same requirement but they are not as secure and businesses prefer a private solution over a public one. Orange Business Services is present in Europe, Middle East and... Read More

Srikapardhi March 8th, 2015 3:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone now offers encrypted voice call app to prevent snooping on corporate calls

Vodafone now offers free encrypted voice call application Vodafone Secure Call, for corporate customers in Germany. This comes at a time when Deutsche Telekom launched its encrypted calling app sometime back due to demand from corporate users for secure mobile voice communication. Vodafone Secure Call mobile app is developed in collaboration with German security firm Secusmart, which was recently acquired by Blackberry, the new service will offer end-to-end encryption for... Read More

Tharun G March 4th, 2015 12:45 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches App Corner to help first time smartphone users, a move to increase data consumption?

Vodafone Qatar has launched App Corner, a service to help users choose the best App for their devices. The store is launched at its stores and online at Vodafone Qatar's website. Vodafone’s Apps Corner provide information about essential Apps for any smartphone such as Whatsapp, Facebook, Youtube and more. The App Corner also provides 5 favourite apps as recommendation from Vodafone Innovation Team every month. App corner has detailed user guides for the first time users to get to know... Read More

Tharun G March 3rd, 2015 1:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel partners with Visa to offer mobile payment services

Bharti Airtel announced a partnership with leading payment processor Visa Inc to bring mobile payment services to seven markets in Africa including Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles and Tanzania. Visa and Airtel will leverage on Airtel's existing mobile payment platform Airtel Money to allow users to pay at stores and online where Visa is accepted. Airtel will also introduce a Airtel Money Visa companion card to be used at outlets and ATM... Read More