Tata Docomo, announced the launch of new exciting roaming plans for its postpay and prepay customers across all circles. These plans range from Rs. 49 to Rs. 225 for Post Pay and Rs. 76 and Rs. 91 for Pre-pay customers respectively, offering reduced local and outgoing STD call rates and unlimited free incoming calls. For the Post-pay plans at INR 49, 99, 149, 199 and 225, customers will have to... Read More
Didn't like the services of your current operator and wanted to avail MNP? Moved to a different state and wanted to avail NMNP? Planning to switch to Vodafone? Interested or want to stick with prepaid? Be prepared, you may end up with some situations like below. 1. Experience with MNP : Delhi, Andrews Ganj Donor Operator : Airtel DL | Recipient Operator : Vodafone DL | Requested : Prepaid migration... Read More
Soon after DoT’s panel rejected internet.org, Facebook has come forward defending the venture saying, it is not gate keeping, rather it is a ‘gateway’ for people to access internet defying the cost, infrastructure and other social barriers existing in India today. Facebook’s Vice-President for Mobile and Global Access Policy Kevin Martin said that the firm strongly stands for net neutrality. "We appreciate the points raised about gatekeepers to the Internet... Read More
T-mobile USA which has rightly termed itself as the 'un-carrier' has been in the limelight off late due to its aggressive strategies and disruptive pricing. T-mobile is now the third largest carrier in USA after it surpassed the subscriber base of Sprint earlier this year. Verizon continues to be the largest operator followed by AT&T which is the second largest. T-mobile has changed the dynamics of the USA telecom industry... Read More
BSNL has revised a few circle specific plans in Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem areas of Tamil Nadu Telecom circle. Plan 180 Madurai & Trichy SSA: The first revision is made in Madurai and Trichy areas. The fixed monthly cost of Rs. 180 has been revised to Rs. 205. The existing plan offers 180 free calls on BSNL network, which have been increased to 205 calls every month. The company has... Read More
TRAI has released telecom subscriber data for the month of May 2015. The total telecom subscriber base was at 1002.05 million and overall tele-density was at 79.67% at the end of May 2015. In the month, total of 2.34 million new subscribers were added generating a monthly growth rate of 0.23%. Wireless subscriber witnessed net addition of 2.44 million subscribers out of which 2.38 million were from rural and just 0.05 million subscribers from urban.... Read More
In the review of applications to participate in Phase-III FM auction, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) rejected the applications of Sun Group due to lack of security clearance. The decision was taken in an application review meeting headed by MIB and involved officials from other Ministries including Telecom. Sun Group, promoted by Kalanithi Maran and his brother, also former telecom Minister Dayanithi Maran currently owns around 45 FM... Read More
Is your phone getting tapped? Perhaps yes! According to Vodafone Group Plc., the world’s second largest carrier, 28 countries including India request access to its network, indicating the vast scale of snooping done by governments globally. The access of network is requested to wiretap or intercept calls, text messages and emails. The operator did not reveal the number of requests or the nature of requests received from India for network... Read More
Airtel subscribers at Kochi in Kerala have been receiving messages from the operator stating an opportunity to upgrade their mobile connections to 4G SIM for FREE. The message looks like an indication that the operator has launched 4G in the area. To add to it, no documents are required to be submitted for this upgrading. Also, the subscribers can get the SIM card delivered to their houses, if sent a... Read More
Airtel, India's largest network provider, withdraws its 3G night packs in Kolkata circle. Recently Aircel had also removed 3G night packs in the same circle. 3G night packs are quite popular among those who surf more and people use these packs to download large files or for other purposes. Earlier Airtel was offering 1GB 3G night data at Rs 49 & 500 Mb 3G night data at Rs 29 to... Read More
By the time Indians began murmuring about the 4G revolution across the nation, China has already crossed 200 million 4G customers. China Mobile, Chinese state-owned telecommunications company announced at the recent Mobile World Congress that 4G subscribers in China crossed 200 millionth customer. The growth is so massive that by June end, China Mobile reported only 190 million customers and by July 14 (in 14 days), it managed to add... Read More
Airtel has joined the efforts of Government to get rid of the fear of people on mobile tower radiation. The company’s CEO, Gopal Vittal is sending out letters to people stating the reason of call drops, a major concern of the time. In the letter, Mr. Vittal has stated company’s commitment in laying additional sites, which the company says it ‘physically’ does the process. He has requested the people, who... Read More
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I wish those Airtel 2G customers could shift to BSNL 2G, but in North and central India, BSNL 2G has…
Forget that 2L target which is not even announced. Their 1 lakh target site is yet to be achieved. BSNL…
But they need to improve network in all remaining circles also if Vi wants to stop loosing customers.
definately by Jio 2022-2030 8 years of 5G time to move to 6G for sure
i guess 6G should solve the issue of 5G's low network penetration and still deliver high speeds
