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Ria Lakshman September 8th, 2015 4:07 PM 2 COMMENTS

TRAI formulates steps to publish circle-wise network quality of operators on regular basis, action will assist consumers to take informed choice

Besides the proposal to give compensation to consumers on call drops, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to publish another paper on tracking the network quality of operators regularly. Such a tracking will help the subscribers understand which operator provides the best service in an area and choose the service provider accordingly. “Ideally customers should know quality of service provided by each base tower station (BTS), but the... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 8th, 2015 2:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Alcatel launches 4G Car Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi connected music box at IFA 2015

Alcatel OneTouch has announced a 4G Car Wi-Fi, an in-car 4G LTE hotspot, and a new Wifi-connected music box with Qualcomm AllPlay support at the recent IFA 2015. The users can plug-in the 4G Car Wi-Fi into the vehicle’s cigarette lighter and connect up to 15 devices over 802.11 b/g/n. It can be controlled through an app, which is available for both Android and iOS users. It also supports the... Read More

Chhavi September 8th, 2015 4:09 AM 4 COMMENTS

Improve network and take care of your customers: Prasad to telcos

Addressing the growing problem of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked the operators not just to add customers but also care about their convenience. “I don’t appreciate the condition wherein operators just add customers and not care about their convenience,” Prasad told reporters in Gurgaon during a BSNL function. It is the operator's’ responsibility to worry about consumers’ interests, he added. “I have said this earlier also... Read More

Imon September 7th, 2015 4:51 PM 7 COMMENTS

Uninor, the ‘Sabse Sasta’ operator, hikes data rates in the Gujarat circle

Uninor, the Telenor-owned Indian telecom unit, which has been promoting itself as 'Sabse Sasta' operator, has hiked data pack prices in the Gujarat circle. The revision came in when operators are increasing data rates, which industry experts are saying they are trying to earn more before they start bleeding after Reliance JIO's launch. If you don’t know, Reliance JIO will launch commercially with dirt-cheap rates to gain maximum users in... Read More

Esmail September 6th, 2015 6:24 PM 36 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance communications starts charging roaming between Maharashtra and Mumbai circle

Reliance communications, India's 4th largest telecom operator has started charging roaming tariff between Maharashtra and Mumbai circles which it used to treat as paired circles previously. This move seems to have been influenced by the ongoing trend in the market where operators like Tata Docomo started charging roaming tariff between Kolkata and West Bengal circles. There are thousands of subscribers who currently have connection of one circle and frequent to... Read More

Imon September 6th, 2015 2:16 PM 14 COMMENTS

Idea sweetens the deal for new users on its network by introducing a new STV

To tap new users into own network, Idea cellular has launched new special tariff voucher (STV) in the Kolkata circle, which also includes Sikkim as well as Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The new STV aims new users whose 'Age-On-Network' is less than 30 days on Idea's network. Anybody with above mentioned terms can recharge with Rs. 4 STV through easy or self recharge to get local Idea-to-Idea call price of... Read More

Esmail September 5th, 2015 7:01 PM 6 COMMENTS

New MSC codes allotted to Bharti Airtel, Aircel and Idea cellular

The department of telecommunications allocates from time to time new set of MSC codes to operators in certain circles where the operators meet certain qualifying criteria of subscriber base. In the past we reported how DOT had assigned new MSC codes to Airtel and Idea cellular on meeting 1 million mark in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Now DOT has assigned new range of MSC codes to Bharti Airtel... Read More

Esmail September 5th, 2015 3:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL declares promotional and regular tariff for Audio and Multimedia Video conference calls

Last month we reported how BSNL has launched the v-Sangoshti plan for video conferencing for enterprise segment. Now BSNL has launched a similar offering on both Voice as well as Video conferencing platforms for residential and commercial connections using wired broadband. BSNL has launched a promotional offering for both platforms whereby it will be giving the plans at zero monthly rental with immediate effect upto 30th November. During the promotional... Read More

Imon September 5th, 2015 1:23 PM 29 COMMENTS

Idea has added more data in old existing data packs

Idea Cellular, India's third largest telecom operator, has made a revision to its data packs. Instead of hiking data prices like they did earlier, they have added more data into existing data packs. As operators are in fear of losing subscriber to bigger rivals and to Reliance JIO, who's 4G network is almost ready to be launch in the coming months. As per the latest subscription data, Idea gained 0.67... Read More

Esmail September 4th, 2015 10:35 PM 12 COMMENTS

MTNL raises the FUP limit for select Broadband plans in Mumbai circle

We recently reported that BSNL will be revising pre FUP data speeds to 2Mbps for all broadband plans Pan India. But BSNL is not the only PSU who is concerned about shrinking market share of broadband subscribers, even MTNL is trying to take timely steps to prevent losing its subscribers to private local ISPs. MTNL has increased the FUP limit for select 2 Mbps, 8 Mbps and 10 Mbps ADSL... Read More

Esmail September 4th, 2015 6:20 PM 324 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL to upgrade all Broadband plans to minimum 2Mbps pre FUP speed Pan India from October

In an attempt to defend its rapidly shrinking turf in the wired broadband segment due to cut throat competition with private National and Local ISPs, State owned BSNL has today announced that it will be upgrading all existing Broadband plans for both old and new customers to minimum speed of 2Mbps pre FUP. After the FUP quota of allotted free data is exhausted the speed will revert back to 512... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 4th, 2015 5:37 PM 2 COMMENTS

Season and platform tickets go paperless in four metro cities, UTS system launched for Delhi-Palwal suburban

As an effort to ease queues at ticket counters and save time for travelers, Indian railway would soon launch mobile application to provide season and platform tickets. The service will be available in four metro cities -- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced the plan while launching the paperless unreserved ticketing system (UTS) for Delhi-Palwal suburban. "There are about 75 lakh passengers who use monthly season... Read More