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Srikapardhi February 5th, 2016 3:59 PM 7 COMMENTS

Indian telecom operators paid Rs 6 crore penalty for service quality norms violation: Trai

Indian telecom service providers have paid a total penalty of Rs 6 crore during July 2014-June 2015 to Trai for violation of service quality norms in the country. The regulator got a maximum penalty from mobile services providers who paid Rs 3.48 crore, followed by fixed line service providers and broadband service providers who paid Rs 44.5 lakh and Rs 21.75 lakh, respectively, the Trai’s annual report revealed. “Approximately a total... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 5th, 2016 3:53 PM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Q3 ARPU plunges, adds 5.4 million new customers

Vodafone India’s average revenue per user (ARPU) plunged in the third quarter to reach Rs 174.9, against Rs 178 in the second quarter. Vodafone, the country’s second largest telco, added 7,600 3G sites in the third quarter to take the overall 3G site count to 47,000 sites with 3G coverage reached 94% in targeted urban areas. The telco’s 2G cell site count stood at 134,000 in India in the third quarter. Bharti... Read More

Chethan S February 5th, 2016 2:00 PM 13 COMMENTS

Ericsson launches Gigabit LTE to tap growth opportunities globally

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson has launched its new Radio System software and hardware supporting 1 Gbps user peak rates and a hyper-scalable radio access network (RAN) architecture. With LTE subscriptions forecast to reach 4.1 billion by the end of 2021, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 percent, and increased data consumption per subscription, operators are challenged to efficiently scale their networks while ensuring great app coverage for their... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 5th, 2016 1:35 PM 1 COMMENTS

DataWind to set up its new manufacturing unit Telangana, generate 500 jobs

DataWind said that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government to set up its new manufacturing unit in the city. The MoU will allow both parties to work collaboratively and cooperatively for the purpose of developing a mobile manufacturing ecosystem in Telangana State. The new facility is expected to start production within 90 days, and it will generate 500 jobs in the first phase of its operation... Read More

Zara Ali February 5th, 2016 1:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

LG to bring out G5 at MWC 2016 in Barcelona on February 21, Is it a deliberate date clash with Samsung Galaxy S7 launch event?

We were expecting this to happen and it did. After Samsung and Xiaomi, LG has also given out a confirmation to unveil its much-awaited flagship, the G5 at MWC 2016 on February 21. Does the date ring a bell? Well, it is the same day when Samsung is also going to unveil its flagship devices. We are not sure if that's a deliberate date clash or just a co-incidence? LG... Read More

Zara Ali February 5th, 2016 11:17 AM 9 COMMENTS

Gionee S6 launched in India with 5.5-inch display and 3GB of RAM for Rs. 19,999, to take on Acer Liquid Z630s

Looks like Gionee is on a launch spree these days, the company has come up with yet another smartphone for the Indian users. The latest one to enter the arena is a metal-clad smartphone named as the Gionee S6, for a price of Rs. 19,999. Even though the device is still tagged under the ‘coming soon’ category on its official site, however, Flipkart has listed the phone with its pricing and... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee February 4th, 2016 7:49 PM 14 COMMENTS

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) posts net loss of Rs 339 crore for nine months ended December 2015

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) has reported a net loss of Rs 339 crore for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, as against a net loss of Rs 451 crore during the same period last year. Income from operations for the nine months stood at Rs 2,239 crore, a year on year growth of 4.3% and EBITDA during the same period stood at Rs 649 crore, up 36.3% over the corresponding... Read More

Srikapardhi February 4th, 2016 6:52 PM 31 COMMENTS

Airtel Sets 4G Network 15 Kms In The Sea

Bharti Airtel has for the first time set up a 4G network 15 kms in the sea to provide data connectivity to the participants of International Fleet Review (IFR), which is being hosted by Indian Navy. In a first of its kind initiative Airtel claims that it has facilitated 4G network availability 15 kms inside the sea to provide coverage for nearly 100 warships that will land at Vishakapatnam as... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 4th, 2016 6:36 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Q3 service revenue increased 2.3% to reach GBP1.103 billion

Vodafone, the country's second-largest mobile operator, has posted a 2.3% year-on-year growth in its organic service revenues in the third quarter. It said that the quarterly growth rate slowed down due to further competitive pressure, which impacted both voice and data prices and data customer growth. The company’s organic service revenue had increased 5.6% in the second quarter. The unlisted Indian unit of Vodafone Group reported revenues of GBP1.103 billion... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee February 4th, 2016 3:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

MoboMoney ties-up with ToneTag for contactless payments using sound waves

MoboMoney, an NFC-enabled merchant payment network from Tech Mahindra, has collaborated with ToneTag for the use of its patented technology that is integrated into the MoboMoney mobile application. The partnership will allow consumers to pay using sound. ToneTag is a software development kit (SDK) that allows offline, contactless and secure payments using sound as well as near-filed communication (NFC) depending upon the user device and retail POS hardware. The company... Read More

Srikapardhi February 4th, 2016 2:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Average monthly telecom bill: Share of mobile internet spend up 64% in 2015

The share of mobile internet spend out of average monthly bill has increased to 64% in 2015 as compared to 54% in 2014, even as the average monthly bill has declined 18% over last year, according to a joint report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International. The number of mobile internet users in India is likely to reach 371 million by June 2016, up from... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 4th, 2016 2:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia launches analytics capabilities for operators

Nokia's new Applications & Analytics business group has introduced two separate analytics capabilities for operators to ensure the proper network capacity to support new services and maintain the highest quality IPTV service. Finnish telecom gear maker's Capacity Advisor for Nokia Performance Manager (NPM) analyzes past and present network use data to predict the network capacity operators will need to keep up with growth in service usage when launching a service... Read More