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Rudradeep Biswas August 2nd, 2016 6:22 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel helps Verizon offer faster content services in India, opens four points of presence

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom carrier has partnered with Verizon Digital Media Services to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi, allowing the latter to further expand into the market. The partnership will provide users in India with faster and reliable access of content on the Verizon Digital Media Services platform, an official statement said. Leveraging Airtel's digital infrastructure as a gateway to India, along... Read More

Imon August 1st, 2016 6:29 PM 52 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Jio soon to allow high-value postpaid users to pick unique number of choice

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, will soon launch 'Choose Your Own Number' service for potential postpaid customers that will allow them to avail special mobile number of their choice, in a bid to attract high value customers. Currently, Jio has just over 1.5 million subscribers on its network, and it will be in a position to allow users can unique numbers, which otherwise hard to get from other... Read More

Imon August 1st, 2016 9:49 AM 17 COMMENTS

TRAI releases telecom subscription data for May 2016- subscriber base declined by 1.26 million

Telecom regulatory authority of India has revealed the subscription data for the month of May 2016. As per the report, the telecom subscriber base declined by 1.26 million in May to 1,058.03 million after Videocon shut its wireless operations across six circles and Reliance Communications disconnected CDMA customers who have not upgraded to 4G. In May, both wireless & wireline customer base saw a decline. Wireless customer base fell from... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 31st, 2016 8:13 PM 65 COMMENTS

Airtel expects impact on its revenue post Jio’s commercial services launch

Airtel, India's leading telecom service provider by subscribers, said that it would see some impact on its revenue if the impending Reliance Jio launch leads to a price war in the country. "If rates come down, then it will have an impact on our revenue, but we are determined not to let that happen," Bharti Airtel MD and CEO for India & South Asia Gopal Vittal said in an earnings... Read More

Imon July 31st, 2016 9:51 AM 7 COMMENTS

ACT FiberNet launches 3 new high capacity broadband plans in Delhi

ACT FiberNet which launched their FTTH broadband in Delhi last week, has now introduced new broadband plans for small enterprise or home offices under SOHO category. The popular ISP which is famous for great data speeds in southern India is already offering similar broadband packages under the same category. For Delhi, the ISP is offering three plans namely Remarkable, Exceptional & Phenomenal. ACT Remarkable plan comes with 100 Mbps speed... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 30th, 2016 8:35 PM 7 COMMENTS

Government begins hunt for new MTNL CMD

The Indian government has begun hunt for the new head of loss-making telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) after a gap of two years. The telecom PSU has been operating without a full-time CMD since May 30, 2014, when A K Garg retired from the post. According to a PTI report, the government has constituted a search-cum- selection committee under the chairmanship of Chairman, PESB for appointment to the post... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 30th, 2016 2:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook adds 45 seconds “birthday recap video” on its platform

World’s largest social media giant has brought a new way to curate all the birthday wishes a user received on its platform via “Birthday recap video”. As the name indicates, the feature will automatically create a video containing the birthday posts a user received. A customization option is available for the user to change the photos/posts included in it and then share it on the timeline. The video will be... Read More

Srikapardhi July 30th, 2016 1:59 PM 5 COMMENTS

Docomo says Tata not willing to pay $1.17-billion in compensation: Report

Japanese telecom major Docomo on Friday accused Tata and Sons of making excuses not to honour $1.17-billion arbitration award and said that the latter has now shown its willingness to make the payment. The Japanese company, in a statement, said, "The only excuse for non-payment of the award which is alleged by Tata is the decision by the Reserve Bank of India earlier this week which was based on a... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 30th, 2016 12:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Pre-launch rumors expect Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to come with free 5GB space on Samsung Cloud and Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is only hours away from its official launch on August 2. From the numerous leaks surfaced online, the specifications are pretty much known to all. Samsung itself has confirmed about the large screen, which is rumored to be 5.8-inch or 6-inch, and an S Pen. The final round of reports surfacing online are about the free 5GB of storage that the Samsung will offer along with... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 30th, 2016 12:01 PM 4 COMMENTS

Budget smartphone Panasonic T44 lite with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, 2400mAh battery to launch on Snapdeal for Rs. 3199

Targeting the tier II and tier III cities of India, Panasonic has launched T44 lite smartphone with medium specifications at a pocket-friendly price of Rs. 3199. Sold exclusively on Snapdeal from August 1, Panasonic T44 lite will feature a 4-inch WVGA display with 800 x 400p resolution and a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor paired with 512MB of RAM. The smartphone offers 8GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expandable up... Read More

Imon July 30th, 2016 11:22 AM 53 COMMENTS

Airtel starts deploying 4G on band 40 in circles where it bought spectrum from Aircel

Ahead of Reliance Jio's 4G launch; India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel is now all set to launch their 4G network on Band 40 across 8 telecom circles for which they brought spectrum from Aircel at around Rs 3500 crore. According to our readers, Airtel has already started distributing 4G SIM cards in four circles including Rest of West Bengal, Bihar, J&K and Assam. In the remaining four circles namely... Read More

Imon July 30th, 2016 9:02 AM 35 COMMENTS

Vodafone may soon cross the 200 Million subscribers mark in India

Vodafone India, the country's second-largest telecom operator, is just a step away from crossing the 200 million subscribers mark. As per the latest COAI subscriber report, the British telecom giant’s local unit had 199.38 million subscribers as of June. If it crosses the subscriber count, it would be the second operator in India to touch the milestone after market leader Bharti Airtel crossed the figure in Feb 2014. The company... Read More