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Rudradeep Biswas July 21st, 2015 7:06 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G trials go live in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

Airtel launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Airtel 4G enables superfast internet speeds and allows customers to enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering, downloading up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, uploading entire photo albums in less than five minutes (i.e. uploading two high resolution photos per second), connecting multiple devices without compromising on the experience. As part of... Read More

Srikapardhi July 21st, 2015 7:01 PM 3 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular announces un-audited results for the First Quarter (Q1) ARPU at Rs. 182

Due to changes in the TRAI Interconnect (IUC) regulations (Amendmend XIth and XIIth) effective from March 01, 2015 primarily reducing mobile incoming IUC charges from 20p to 14p/min the revenue figures for this quarter are not comparable to earlier quarters. The gross revenue for Q1FY16 is negatively impacted by ~Rs 3,170 million (compared to Q1FY15), due to IUC rate changes. Additionally, implementation of TRAI Roaming TTO (Sixtieth Amendment) effective from... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 21st, 2015 6:50 PM 7 COMMENTS

Global: Airtel in talks to sell its four African subsidiaries

Bharti Airtel is in talks with Orange S. A., a French multinational telecommunications corporation to sell fours of its African subsidiaries at Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone, all non-English speaking markets in Africa. The decision to sell arises from the consecutive decline in sales the subsidiaries contributed to the company’s consolidated revenue. According to reports, the four countries together have contributed about $650-660 million to Airtel Africa's... Read More

Srikapardhi July 21st, 2015 10:11 AM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone’s 121 Campaign Offers Special Customization and Reduced Mobile Expenditure to 1.2 Crore Customers in UP West

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading Telecommunications Service Providers, has announced its ‘121 dial kiya kya, Kholo apne offers ka pitara” campaign which has a unique proposition for each of the 1.2 crore Vodafone customers in UP West circle. In a little over a month since its launch, 30,00,000 customers have already started opting for and enjoying the benefits of these unique offers. Expressing his delight at the huge response... Read More

Srikapardhi July 20th, 2015 3:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

Now an exclusive mobile app for Vat, GST and Service Tax

The rapidly changing indirect taxation system in India has made it essential for every businessman or professional to be conversant in the basics of the indirect taxation. In the current high tech era, everyone is a tech savvy so it is more convenient to use a smart phone and browse the information rather than searching the information from the pile of books. Keeping in mind the above, CA Atul Kumar... Read More

Imon July 20th, 2015 5:50 AM 47 COMMENTS

Airtel Data Packs for Postpaid 3G and 2G Users to cost more

After hiking data packs in prepaid segment, Airtel hikes data packs for postpaid users now. In recent days, operators hiked data prices in many circles but those changes were for prepaid connections. However, this time Airtel postpaid users have to cough up more money for data. Changes have been implemented in both 2G & 3G data packs. They have revised old data packs with extra charge of Rs 50; however,... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 20th, 2015 5:25 AM 0 COMMENTS

MUrgency app aims to reduce the response time to medical emergency in India almost by half

A San Francisco-based company founded by a Keralite has developed a new mobile app MUrgency to provide emergency medical assistance to people in developing countries. MUrgency is a cloud platform and mobile application which will connect people in need of medical assistance through its network, which is connected to verified professionals. The app will make the nearest emergency responder (nurse, doctor, paramedic, ambulance etc.) available to a person facing a... Read More

Srikapardhi July 19th, 2015 8:44 PM 13 COMMENTS

With NMNP into picture, Airtel hikes Postpaid Roaming Packs/Plans

With NMNP facility, customers can easily switch circles and networks while still retaining the same number and avoid roaming charges. Now that this facility is already made available to users, Airtel hiked it's postpaid roaming packs/plans. Users have 1 roaming Top up pack - Rs75 and RTP/FR-RTP - two Rs99 plans with airtel postpaid segment as roaming benefit options to enroll earlier. While there is a hike in the pricing,... Read More

Srikapardhi July 19th, 2015 4:31 PM 42 COMMENTS

Initial experiences and problems faced on Airtel during NMNP : Our Analysis

While we continue experiencing and always be on analysis mode, it's quite a time for us to experience National Mobile Number portability and now we put forward our initial experiences and problems faced on NMNP on Airtel. Steps, Documentation, Verification, SMS information, Activation : Donor Operator : Airtel AP | Recipient Operator : Airtel KA | Requested : prepaid to prepaid migration 1. Porting code generated on : July 8th... Read More

Imon July 19th, 2015 3:51 PM 41 COMMENTS

Comparison between VoIP calls on Whatsapp, Hike, Viber on 3G-2G data vs Regular call charges

VoIP calls through internet over some OTT players like WhatsApp, Hike, Viber gains momentum as more people use data & own a smartphone nowadays. In India, WhatsApp has the largest user base while Bharti's Hike is quite popular. On the other hand, Viber was the only one that was providing free calls. A few months back, WhatsApp and Hike introduced the free calls feature using Voice over Internet Protocol. Recently Telecom carriers... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 18th, 2015 10:19 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio may acquire a VoIP license, says Bank of America Merill Lynch

According to a research note released by Bank of America Merill Lynch (BofA-ML), the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America, there are possibilities for Reliance Jio to acquire a VoIP license. However, the operator may not offer free VoIP calls through its service. "Given R-Jio's lack of traditional voice offering and considering that its Vo-LTE (4G) offering may not be mature immediately, we see a possibility that... Read More

Imon July 18th, 2015 8:06 PM 13 COMMENTS

Tele2 Estonia to roll out 4G network on 2100 Mhz band in collaboration with Nokia

Tele2 Estonia, the Estonian telecom unit of Stockholm based Tele2 group which operates in 10 countries, has announced that it is collaborating with Nokia Networks to roll out 4G network using 2100 Mhz band. Tele2 said that the Estonian unit will be the first operator in the world to use the 2100 MHz band, that is usually reserved for 3G services, to deploy 4G network. It aims to have the... Read More