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Rudradeep Biswas January 20th, 2016 6:54 PM 51 COMMENTS

RCom liberalises spectrum in 16 circles, to share and trade it with Reliance Jio

Anil Ambani’s telecom venture Reliance Communications (RCom) has Rs. 5,383.84 crore as spectrum liberalization fee to the Indian telecom department. "RCom has on January 20, 2016 paid an aggregate amount of Rs 5,383.84 crore as liberalisation fee to DoT in relation to spectrum in the 800/850 MHz band held by it in 16 telecom circles," the company said in a filing to the stick exchange. The liberalization fee paid is... Read More

Srikapardhi January 20th, 2016 6:36 PM 3 COMMENTS

STMicro ships 100 millionth chipset for digital cable, satellite set-top boxes (STB) in India

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, said that it has shipped its 100 millionth chipset for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes (STB) in India. “This key milestone highlights ST’s strong engagement in India and the competitiveness of our SoC portfolio that has been recently expanded with a new generation of innovative HD and Ultra-HD devices,” said Ted Grauch, Vice President Global Marketing, Consumer Product Division, STMicroelectronics. The company said that... Read More

Zara Ali January 20th, 2016 5:36 PM 112 COMMENTS

LeEco aka LeTV sets foot in India with Le 1S smartphone, tough road ahead for other Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi?

China’s premium smartphone manufacturer, LeEco (earlier known as LeTV) has set its foot in the Indian market. The company has launched the Le 1s smartphone. This is surely gonna make the battle of Chinese smartphones much more intense in India. The Le 1S will be up for sale at Rs.10,999, and as we reported earlier, it will be sold exclusively through Flipkart flash sales. The registration for the sale will... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 20th, 2016 11:59 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone India to complete 3G rollout in Bengaluru by March

Telecom operator Vodafone India has started rolling out 3G services on its own network in Bengaluru and aims to cover the entire city in the next 60 days. The company has been providing 3G services in Bengaluru through intra-circle roaming arrangements with other operators. With the rollout, J P Nagar, Chamrajpet, Basavanagudi, Padmanabha Nagar, Hanumanth Nagar, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Srinagar, Jayanagar, KR Market, Kumaraswamy layout, Electronic City, Jigni, Bommasandra and Bommanahalli... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 20th, 2016 7:13 AM 1 COMMENTS

Government to run awareness campaigns to tame ‘spoofing’ activities

The Department of Telecom (DoT) will run awareness campaigns against spoofing, which mislead the investigating authorities and place challenges in malicious call tracing, counter terrorism and national security. In a letter, the telecom department has said:”This spoofing is a case of CLI (call line identification) tampering ie changing the CLI of calling party before presenting it to called party... It makes difficult for Law Enforcement Agencies to establish true identity... Read More

Chethan S January 19th, 2016 6:44 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Retail builds distribution ecosystem to support Jio 4G services

Reliance Retail is building distribution ecosystem for 4G devices to support its telecom subsidiary Reliance Jio’s 4G services, which are widely expected to be launched commercially around March-April. RIL is a statement said that the retail distribution infrastructure for 4G devices is currently being rolled out in a phased manner in the country. Under this infrastructure, the company is establishing integrated supply chain and service centres, along with trained sales... Read More

Srikapardhi January 19th, 2016 6:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Regional-language smartphone platform Indus OS raises $5 million in a Series A

Indus OS, the regional-language smartphone operating system, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Omidyar Network. The money will be used to invest in technology, recruit new talent and expand into international markets. Formerly known as Firstouch, Indus OS was founded by three IIT-Bombay graduates -- Rakesh Deshmukh (CEO), Akash Dongre (Head of Product) and Sudhir B (Head of Technology). ‘Indus OS is well poised... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 19th, 2016 6:15 PM 8 COMMENTS

RIL says Jio has substantially optimized its network

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited said that over 100,000 of its group employees and their families are helping Reliance Jio in creating the best experience for all its future customers, even as Jio has substantially optimized its network, and is currently testing services offerings across the country. The company said that the extensive feedback from trials shall be used to create a compelling service proposition for end customers and optimise... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 19th, 2016 5:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

TEMA seeks grant of infrastructure status to domestic manufacturing companies complying with PMA

With the budget round the corner, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA) today demanded grant of infrastructure status to the domestic telecom equipment manufacturing companies complying with PMA (Preferential Manufacturing Access) provisions that will help the industry to take benefits of the incentives given to the infrastructure sector. It also proposed to extend Income Tax Act Section 35 AD benefits to domestic telecom equipment manufacturing companies which are complying... Read More

Srikapardhi January 19th, 2016 2:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

RCom subsidiary GCX picks Ciena to upgrade transatlantic route

Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), the subsidiary of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom), has selected Ciena upgrade its transatlantic route with the deployment of the latter’s Packet Networking solutions that enable high-capacity Ethernet services. RCom already uses Ciena for its transatlantic subsea routes connecting London to New York and India. Wilfred Kwan, Chief Operating Officer, Reliance Communications (Enterprise) and Global Cloud Exchange, said that the company can now further unify its global... Read More

Srikapardhi January 19th, 2016 12:04 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL renews Ring Back Tone contract for three years

OnMobile Global Limited said that it has secured a 3 years renewal for its Ring Back Tone (RBT) offering with state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in South & East Zone. The renewal also has an option to extend for the fourth year as well, OnMobile said. As per this agreement OnMobile will continue to provide Ring back Tone customers in BSNL in South & East zones with innovative ways... Read More

Chethan S January 19th, 2016 3:03 AM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio plans to raise Rs 15,000 crore

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom venture of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is planning to raise Rs 15,000 crore through rights issue, the company informed the National Stock Exchange on Monday. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company, in a notice, said that the issue will be open to all existing shareholders. Jio's board has already given a nod for the issuance of equity shares of Rs 10 each aggregating to Rs 15,000 crore to... Read More