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Ria Lakshman August 30th, 2015 6:27 PM 1 COMMENTS

Sun TV and video-on-demand service HOOQ partner to offer regional films

Sun TV Network has partnered with HOOQ, a new entrant to Indian market to offer regional movies. HOOQ already has 30,000 hours of movies and TV content in its library. It will now carry Sun TV’s contents, which include a mix of Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada languages. Peter Bithos, Chief Executive Officer, HOOQ finds the partnership with Sun TV network as an opportunity to serve the Indian audience... Read More

Imon August 30th, 2015 4:25 PM 129 COMMENTS

Airtel hikes postpaid 2G and 3G data tariffs across India

India telecom giant Airtel has announced an increase in its postpaid data charges by about 20 percent in many circles, including the national capital Delhi, Metro Circle, and Kolkata. Airtel has made changes in both 2G & 3G segments, making data more costly to consume. A couple of months back, the top three operators – Airtel, Idea, and Vodafone – raised prepaid data tariffs for 2G as well as 3G.... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 30th, 2015 3:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Dish TV and Hungama together launch ad-free music service Music Active

Dish TV has announced a partnership with digital entertainment division Hungama to launch a new service Music Active. The service Music Active serves all music lovers, encompassing varied genres including contemporary Bollywood hits, Bollywood retros, devotional, western and pop, international classics, ghazals, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Tamil and Carnatic hits. Dish TV already has a portfolio in the field of music and VAS. “We are delighted to tie up with Hungama for... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 30th, 2015 8:11 AM 7 COMMENTS

From drones to balloons, companies try different methods to provide high speed internet connectivity

With the advent of 4G, it has suddenly become all about high speed internet and companies join the race to offer the best. Here is a compilation of the efforts led by various companies to offer high speed internet from around the world. Samsung, OneWeb to offer internet through satellites Samsung, a company known for its technological innovations reveals its plans to offer internet via thousands of satellites orbiting the... Read More

Chethan S August 29th, 2015 6:52 PM 26 COMMENTS

MobiKwik randomly blocks wallets: Customers face hardships

More and more Indians are subscribing to electronic wallets for convenience and safety. Leading player in the segment, Paytm Wallet recently announced crossing 100 million users. MobiKwik is also a player in the wallet segment and attracts users with some good offers. With growing adoption, wallet providers are responsible for ensuring that their users stay protected from possible frauds. This has led to them taking measures like blocking wallets if transactions look... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 29th, 2015 6:43 PM 16 COMMENTS

Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman of Micromax resigns, reason for resignation unknown

Shedding light into the internal turmoil of top management in telecom companies, Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman, Micromax Informatics Ltd has resigned from his post yesterday. It has been a little more than a year he joined. The company has not revealed the reason for his resignation and also, the further plans of Sanjay Kapoor remains unknown. Kapoor was responsible for the expansion of company to... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 29th, 2015 5:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Telecom operators reduce involvement in UK market

Telecom companies are reducing their involvement in UK market, a trend seen in the recent years. Three of the world’s best telecom companies -- Deutsche Telekom (DT), Orange and Telefonica are the latest to sell their stakes in the market. Telefonica is selling O2 to CK Hutchison, and Hutchison will merge it with its own 3 UK unit. Meanwhile, fixed incumbent BT is buying EE, the mobile operator jointly owned... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 29th, 2015 5:13 PM 2 COMMENTS

Saavn launches Windows app targeting Windows 10 users with new features

Saavn, the music streaming service with around 17 million monthly active users worldwide has launched its Windows 10 app, as a part of its efforts to increase its user base to 25 million by the year end. Saavn’s global chief operating officer Mahesh Narayanan said Windows as the leading operating system which will still rule the world for years to come. “Windows is still the leader on the desktop space,... Read More

Imon August 29th, 2015 1:56 PM 80 COMMENTS

BSNL revises all its postpaid plan tariffs across India

Following other telcos, the state-run operator BSNL has announced a revision to all its existing postpaid mobile plans, and these revisions will come into effect from the 1st of September 2015. As per the latest information, BSNL will be reducing the monthly free calls/free usage offered with each postpaid mobile plan. They will also cut other freebies in some plans. BSNL has not only hiked call rates but also cut... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 29th, 2015 12:59 PM 3 COMMENTS

VoIP is prohibited in UAE, clarifies UAE’s regulatory authority

The Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is prohibited in UAE, reiterates UAE’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA). According to the report, VoIP is banned under the Federal Decree Law No. 3/2003 and only the two telecom operators, Etisalat and Du, are authorized to offer such services. However, neither of the two companies have submitted requests with regard to offering VoIP services in the UAE so far. In case, if any operators... Read More

Esmail August 29th, 2015 5:54 AM 19 COMMENTS

Global: Airtel planning on selling off operations in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Bharti Airtel the largest telecom operator in India and third largest globally by subscriber base and operations in over 20 countries is contemplating on selling its assets and operations in India's neighbouring countries Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In a clarification to the BSE, Airtel said it keeps evaluating various opportunities on an ongoing basis in ordinary course of business and will make necessary disclosure as and when required. Sources familiar... Read More

Esmail August 29th, 2015 2:15 AM 4 COMMENTS

Global mobile subscriber base rises to 7.2 Billion in Q2 2015, India standing strong at 985 Million

According to the Ericsson Mobility report of August 2015, 53 million new subscriptions were added during Q2 2015, bringing the global total to around 7.2 billion. However, the actual number of subscribers is around 4.9 billion, since many have several subscriptions. Mobile penetration was 99 percent in Q2 Mobile subscriptions are growing around 5 percent year-on-year and 0.7 percent quarter-on quarter. India grew most during the quarter in terms of net... Read More