India's second largest telecom operator, Vodafone, has now come up with a great data offer. However, this offer is on promotional basis and for limited to Vodafone prepaid users only. Recently, Vodafone launched 'Double Data' offer on data recharges, but those data packs were different as customers were getting data offers as per their usage on *121# . In the new offer, the company is bundling Double Data on a... Read More
Vodafone India confirms that it will launch its 4G services by end of the calendar year 2015. Important data markets including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Kochi will be part of the first wave of the roll-out. In addition, Vodafone India will also roll out its own 3G networks in 7 circles - Assam, North East, UPWest, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and Odisha, to expand its overall 3G footprint to 16... Read More
According to the market study released by Gartner Inc., India’s mobile phone connections will report a five percent surge to 880 million in 2015. In 2014, there were 837 million connections. Naturally, the country will see an increase on mobile service spending too, estimated to four percent growth and will reach $21.4 billion. The reason for the estimated mobile service spending is the growing use of data services among people,... Read More
Airtel may try to steal the 4G show from Reliance Jio by taking country-wide launch almost 6 months before Jio comes in the market, Jio is not just in wait-n-watch mode. Airtel, Idea and Vodafone backed Indus Towers won a contract for WiFi roll out in Delhi, beating Jio. Now Jio has dragged New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to court to prove contract to Indus was not legit. The court... Read More
The unified telecom service providers body, AUSPI (Association of Unified Service Providers in India), has released the subscription data for June 2015. AUSPI represents MTS, TATA DoCoMo, Reliance Mobile, Quadrant (Videocon's arm in Punjab), and Bharti Airtel's wire-line business. As per the subscription data, Bharti Airtel's landline business grew, and it now has 34,44,147 subscribers in which they have seen an addition of 12,897 new users when compared to May... Read More
Reliance Communications, India’s fully-integrated telecommunications service provider, and Jasper, a global Internet of Things (IoT) platform leader, today announced a partnership to enable enterprises throughout India to launch, manage and monetize Next-Generation IoT businesses. Reliance is Jasper’s sole telecom partner in India. This partnership pairs the capabilities of Reliance’s 11 data center facilities and its Global Cloud Exchange (Cloud X®) platform with Jasper’s global IoT services platform to enable enterprises... Read More
Telenor's Indian unit, Uninor, is famous for its low-cost strategy in the Indian telecom market, which the company branded as 'Sabse Sasta’ . Now they have come up with another Sabse Sasta offer under a new campaign that is named 'Sabse Sasta Ka Danka’ in the UP East circle. The new promotional STV 15 will enable Uninor users to enjoy all local calls at a rates of 25 paise/minute with... Read More
Cyanogen has just started the rollout of the Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based Cyanogen OS 12.1 update to all the OnePlus One users via the OTA route. The update will roll-out in a phased manner to all the users over the next few days, so don't fret if you don't get it immediately. Right now, only 2 percent of the total users have received the update. The Cyanogen OS 12.1 update brings some security updates including a... Read More
Hike messenger is all gearing up for the 4G revolution with a new update released for both Android and iOS users. The update 4.0 makes Hike optimized for low-end phones and for regions with poor connectivity. Hike 4.0 comes with a fresh design, incorporating more than 10 new features. One integration is ‘Sticker suggestion’, in which the messenger suggests suitable stickers as the user type from its collection of over... Read More
In another new development, government seriously considers the option to levy penalty on telecom operators for increasing call drop issues, reports Economic Times. A letter informing the same will be send to promoters conveying the seriousness of the issue. With the Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently raising concern on the call drop issue, the officials are in an effort to solve it at the earliest. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad... Read More
Telecommunication now plays a bigger role in health services through telemedicine. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has collaborated with Apollo Hospitals to launch telemedicine services, intending to benefit the people from rural India where there is a serious dearth of doctors. Under the service, people can visit the Common Service Centers (CSC) and fix appointment with the doctor. The doctor will consult the patient through video facility. In... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited the largest operator in India by subscriber base and third largest operator in the world with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% equity stake in Augere Wireless Broadband India Pvt. Ltd. (“Augere”), which holds 20 MHz of BWA spectrum in the telecom circle of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (MPCG). Upon acquisition, Augere will become a... Read More
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um no no i meant how 3500mhz doesnt penetrate through walls and such
That not gonna happed instead Government should mandate all new phone (Smartphone & Keypad phone) should come with 4G Network…
Target is mid May for 1L sites. I don't have any doubt that it won't be covered. I am keeping…
2G should be shut down immediately by all three operators. BSNL should fast track LTE on 700Mhz and 900Mhz bands…
6G frequency should be around 7-8Ghz and bandwidth should be atleast 500Mhz per operator and sub-Ghz bandwidth should be 30-40Mhz(600/450Mhz).
