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Ria Lakshman June 10th, 2015 1:03 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL, MTNL request deadline extension for rolling out full MNP

Rolling out full MNP across India is once again under jeopardy as telecom operators BSNL and MTNL have raised a request with Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to extend the deadline for roll-out. 4 July 2015 is the proposed deadline given to operators to complete the technicalities required for full MNP. BSNL and MTNL have informed DoT that they cannot complete the technical changes in national numbering plan (NNP) within... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 9th, 2015 8:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Eros International stalls its television entry, plans to focus on digital platform ErosNow

Eros International Media Limited has decided to temporarily dismiss its plan to foray into the television industry, a move it announced earlier to set up a movie and music channel at an investment of $50 million. As a part of this proposal, Eros was planning to acquire B4U channel. The plan was dropped due to an opposition from Knight Assets & Co., a three percent stakeholder of the company. According... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 9th, 2015 5:45 PM 5 COMMENTS

Speedy closure for spectrum allocation processes: Report

Telecom operators who won the spectrum allocation auction in recent March 2015 are likely to receive the spectrum soon, reports Economic Times. Last week, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued letter of intent (LoI) to players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who won the auction in March. This fast pace action seen in closing allocations is viewed as Modi government’s efforts to become... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma June 9th, 2015 11:55 AM 14 COMMENTS

MTS now offers 10 GB Data For Rs. 550 with post FUP speed of 32Kbps to MBlaze Ultra Postpaid Users

Following rival companies' footsteps, MTS has also updated its data plans for Delhi NCR users. The company has made a few changes in its postpaid plans for MBlaze Ultra users. There are four different postpaid plans available for users in Delhi NCR area. The first and the smallest plan is of Rs. 550 in which the users get 10 GB data (5GB Day + 5GB Night). The next plan is... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 9th, 2015 10:56 AM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio may roll out 4G by August, $17 billion investment in Jio, estimates Kotak Institutional Equities

As a significant Capex cycle ends for Reliance Industries over next 12 months, industry expert Kotak Institutional Equities calculates the return ratios of the company to surge with the increase of revenue from core businesses, particularly telecom.Reli For the company to make faster return, Reliance may roll out 4G services as early as August 2015. This would help the Reliance to achieve the minimum roll out obligation as stated by... Read More

Tharun G June 9th, 2015 6:00 AM 17 COMMENTS

BSNL revises voice STVs by reducing validity and freebies

Following the recent revision of 2G/3G data STVs, BSNL has now revised its voice STVs across the country. The validity of many vouchers has been reduced along with freebies. The new tariff will be applicable starting today on pan India basis. BSNL's most popular STV135 (335 Local/STD min 30 days) has been revised to 300 Local/STD minutes for 28 days. To compliment for the reduction in benefit on STV135, BSNL has introduced new STV159 which... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 8th, 2015 5:33 PM 7 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo launches new Advanced Photon Max Wi-Fi Duo priced at Rs. 2899

Tata Docomo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, today announced the launch of its new Advanced Photon Max Wi-Fi Duo priced at Rs 2899 for postpaid customers. The current post-paid customers can also upgrade from their existing devices WHIZ/PLUS/MAX/MAX Wi-Fi device to Photon Max Wi-Fi DUO via cash back offer, subject to conditions. The device allows users to connect up to five devices to the Internet including smartphones, laptops, tablets,... Read More

SuperGeek June 8th, 2015 4:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Micromax Canvas Fire 3 goes on sale for Rs 6,499 with dual front speakers

Micromax has this strategy of launching a slew of budget smartphones to overshadow the competitors. These phones have really small differences and are priced similar to each other. The latest smartphone to go on sale from Micromax's stable is the Canvas Fire 3 which has quietly gone on sale via Saholic for Rs 6,499. It has further been listed on Micromax's India website but there has been no official announcement... Read More

Tharun G June 8th, 2015 10:48 AM 12 COMMENTS

Telecom subscriber base at 1 billion, Tele-density increase to 80%

Total number of telephone connections in the country reached all time high of 1 billion at the end of April 2015, making India the second country in the world after China to cross this mark. Tele-density in the country was at 80% at the end of April 2015. In the month of April, a total of 4 million new mobile subscribers were added taking mobile subscriber base to 973.11 million. Airtel leads customer addition with 2.24... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma June 7th, 2015 3:01 PM 32 COMMENTS

Airtel Increases Prices of Online 2G and 3G Data Packs

Following Idea Cellular's footsteps, Airtel has also augmented prices of its data packs. As per the reports, the 2G and 3G data packs available online will now cost more to prepaid customers across India. Earlier, the company was offering lucrative discounts on the prepaid data packs sold online, but after the price hike announcement by Idea Cellular, Airtel has also decided to withdraw those discounts and enhance the prices. Customers... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma June 7th, 2015 2:26 PM 22 COMMENTS

BSNL to launch new high speed unlimited broadband plans starting at Rs. 1395

The rising competition in the telecom space has prompted BSNL to come up with lucrative data plans. In this series, the company has decided to introduce new promotional VDSL & FTTH BB plans in Bangalore TD/Karnataka circle for an initial duration of 90 days. BSNL New high speed unlimited broadband plan No. Plan Details BBG Super Speed Combo ULD 1395 VDSL CS59 BBG Super Speed Combo ULD 1495 VDSL CS60 Fibro... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 7th, 2015 2:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Internet advertising overtakes global broadcast television advertising in US: PwC report

Internet advertising rules the US’s entertainment and media segments, according to PricewaterCoopers (PwC) report on Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2014-2019. The segment reports a double-digit gain of 11.1 percent CAGR. On the other hand, the spending on Television advertising stands at 3.2 percent CAGR. Television subscriptions and consumer magazine publishing stay at 1.2 percent and 1 percent CAGR respectively. The newspaper publishing spending will decline moderately, by 2.9 percent,... Read More