MTS, the data focused CDMA operator, has reduced data benefits for its prepaid customers across all the 9 circles where it operates. Its Rev B data services were quite popular in those circles as they provided high-speed data at cheap rates. MTS Data Packs Details after revision for Prepaid Users: Price Old Benefits New Benefits Rs 399 3 GB Data for 28 Days... Read More
Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, has collaborated with Diabetacare to launch dCare Smart™, a device that helps people manage diabetes better. An industry first, dCare Smart™, is a GSM SIM enabled wireless glucometer that empowers people to proactively monitor their blood sugar levels which is powered by Vodafone's Machine to Machine (M2M) embedded cellular technology. The device transmits blood sugar results to a secure Diabetacare... Read More
BSNL has announced the revision of Free Call Forwarding Special Tariff Voucher (STV) in GSM Prepaid Mobile segment for customers across all telecom circles in India. As per the latest information, Free Call Forwarding STV 21 will be revised to Rs 72 from 27th July 2015 onwards. The validity of revised Free Call Forwarding STV 72 will be 90 days. BSNL launched 'Unlimited Free Call Forwarding STV' earlier in 2011,... Read More
Vodafone has released its trading update for the quarter ended on June 30th. According to it, the company’s service revenue in India has increased 6.9 percent, but the growth rate has slowed down due to impact of regulation while including an MTR cut (Mobile Termination Rate). Excluding MTRs, the service revenue has grown by 10.6 percent. The data revenue of the company too has shown a surge, with 65 percent... Read More
Today Bharti Airtel has rolled out 4G trials at three places – Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur in Karnataka. The customers in these places can now access superfast internet that will enable them to download up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, connect multiple devices or watch HD videos without buffering. As an offer, customer can now avail 4G for the price of 3G. To avail the free upgrade,... Read More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued licenses to six new television channels, taking the total number of television channels in the country to 832. Among the six new licenses issued, five are for non-news channels. The news channel license is acquired by Sadhna Media Network, the firm that operates Sadhna, Sadhna News and Ishwar channels. The news channel is titled as Positive Health and will be available... Read More
India’s rural broadband user base has reached 25.51 million, with Karnataka being the state with the highest rural users. Around 2.77 million users are from rural Karnataka. Kerala is the state with the next higher rural user base, with around 2.52 million. Tamil Nadu stands third on the list with 2.27 million rural users. "Rural broadband Internet subscriber base is 25.51 million as on March 31, 2015, as reported by... Read More
In the light of several incidents where the television channels claim leadership by tweaking the rating data, the rating measurement body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), India has laid down rules according to which channels should use their ratings, particularly in public domain. Before making a claim of leadership, the channels should do a comparison over at least four consecutive weeks of data. The period of comparison must cover at... Read More
Perhaps on the increase of attack from the public, MTS has come up with a notification against the usage of defamatory languages against its employees or partners. According to the notice issued, the term defamatory language is defined as ‘any libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening or abusive language’. Also, the company has warned the public of consequences, both civil and criminal actions against people using... Read More
Adding to the thrust of call drop issue is another report from Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, which said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has received the maximum number of complaints on call drops against Airtel during 2015 (up to June 31). This is despite of the fact that Airtel was found to be the best service provider that comply with the Quality of Service (QoS) benchmark... Read More
From the last few months, Reliance Communications has been trying to attract more data users by providing cheapest data offers. Now, they have come up with an unlimited 3G offer. Our readers reported that many of them and their friends have got the unlimited 3G offer via sms; however these data packs don’t have any particular denomination. Reliance is giving this offer for a short period on a promotional basis... Read More
Aircel today launched another innovative product, offering free Voice calling on Data recharges to its customers across the country. The product has been especially designed keeping in view the dramatic increase of mobile data users in India, for whom Data usage is as much a part of their daily lives as is Voice calling. With this, customers will now enjoy an added benefit on the most affordable data products by... Read More
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