Idea Cellular has quietly slashed benefits of Ratecutters in Mumbai Circle. Ratecutters are basically used to bring down calling charges. Recently Idea also hiked data tariffs in Mumbai circle. On a general note, customers will have to pay up to 5 p/min more in addition to paying more for the rate cutter voucher. Ratecutters information from Idea Mumbai: Price of Ratecutters New Benefits & Validity Old Benefits & Validity New... Read More
Implementation of pan-India mobile number portability (full MNP) has been a motto of National Telecom Policy 2012 and the industry has made it a reality by July 3, as to enhance customer satisfaction, according to Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI). COAI added that the efforts taken by the telecom operators to offer the service at the world’s lowest voice rates, by making a huge investment in terms of network... Read More
To curb the illegal and untraceable SIM cards in Pakistan, thus to control terrorism in the country, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has ordered Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) in the country to present only biometrically verified data of the monthly subscribers. As a result, the mobile phone user base in the country got reduced by around 20 million. Pakistan had 135.8 million users by the end of December 2014. This data... Read More
Reliance Communication has introduced Free Paid plans offering Unlimited Local, STD & Roaming. The packs are now available for Reliance subscribers in all circles. The new Free Paid Pack 1 offer Unlimited Local, STD and Roaming calls from Reliance to Reliance and Reliance to all fixed line numbers. The pack also includes 30 mins/day free calls to Reliance to other network and unlimited incoming calls on roaming. Free Paid Pack 2 offer 300MB 2G/3G data apart from above benefits. Reliance has... Read More
Vodafone India has introduced Double Data Weekend offering double data benefit on 3G data recharges. The offer is valid from 4th July 00:00 Hrs to 5th July 23:59 Hrs across all circles except for Assam, North East, Karnataka, Rajasthan and UP West. Double Data Weekend offer Vodafone subscribers with double data on recharge of 1GB and 2GB 3G data packs. The 1GB 3G data pack which comes at price of Rs 251-297... Read More
Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) has sought the intervention of telecom department in the matter where MTNL has showed a denial in buying 2G and 3G network, after 18 months of confirming NSN as the supplier of equipment for MTNL’s GSM expansion in Mumbai and Delhi. NSN submitted 49.2 crore bank guarantee in March 2015 and had also arranged the necessary resources to ensure the timely delivery of 2G and... Read More
In a recent move, Telecom giants Airtel, Vodafone & Idea Cellular hiked the tariffs on their 2G & 3G data packs in the Mumbai Circle. The increase comes in the aftermath of the March spectrum auction, in which telecom companies paid around Rs 1.1 lakh crore to acquire spectrum. Recently Airtel , Idea , Vodafone and , Aircel hiked data tariffs in various circles. Airtel , Vodafone and Idea also... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited, today launched its 4G services on dongles, Wi-Fi CPEs (customer premise equipment), Mi-Fi and Wi-Fi dongles in Rohtak Haryana. Customers can now experience the all new ‘electrifying’ internet browsing experience with the Airtel’s 4G home Wi-Fi solutions. Customers will be able to connect to the fastest ever internet service and enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering, download 10 movies in less than 30... Read More
The telecom players in the country are ready to roll out full-MNP from July 3, 2015. National Mobile Number Portability is a boon to subscribers who wish to sustain their mobile numbers during their relocations to different circles and states. Both pre-paid and post paid subscribers can avail full MNP services. For Vodafone, the National MNP is an extension of its intra-circle MNP that was rolled out in 2011. The... Read More
A Kochi-based IT start-up QuiqInfoTech has launched Ringr, a smartphone application that offers voice over Internet (VoIP) communication capable to provide clear audio quality at low bandwidth. The application uses a patented Quiqz technology that sends data as very small packets, thereby bypassing the bandwidth issue existing in India. "Call clarity is low in India and that's one reason why the shift from telephone to VoIP is slow. We seek... Read More
Airtel, today announced that the company is fully ready to launch National Mobile Number Portability. Extending its spirit of Customer First, the company also introduced many firsts including faster processing of porting requests, free incoming on roaming, balance transfers and carry forward options. With this, mobile customers spread across the country can now easily shift between States without having to change their mobile number. Customers on Airtel, the largest telecommunications... Read More
To increase its post-paid subscriber base and to drive data consumption, the country's second largest cellular operator Vodafone India, launched new postpaid plans in its Kolkata Circle. Vodafone is also offering 200 rupees extra cash back on plans above Rs 699 for MNP migrated users who move to Vodafone. Customers who use prepaid services but are now switching to postpaid plans will also be offered this cash back scheme. All... Read More
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