June 15th, 2015 2:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

Xolo to launch a new smartphone under “Black” brand every quarter on Flipkart

Xolo recently announced that it will be launching its online-only sub-brand called "Black" soon in India to take on the likes of Xiaomi, Yu, OnePlus, Huawei and ZTE. The first smartphone from the brand is expected to be launched in June. Now Xolo has announced that it will be launching a new "Black" smartphone every quarter in India. The new smartphones would be sold exclusively through Flipkart in the country.... Read More

June 15th, 2015 11:31 AM 20 COMMENTS

Idea records highest Revenue Market Share growth in Q4 FY15 & FY15, as per TRAI

Idea Cellular maintained its track record of being the fastest growing operator in the world’s fastest growing market by recording a YoY Revenue Market Share (RMS) growth of 1.6% in Q4FY15 and 1.3% in FY15, as per the financial report released by TRAI recently. Idea further consolidated its position as one of the top 3 operators in India by growing at double the rate of industry growth in terms of... Read More

June 12th, 2015 9:11 AM 24 COMMENTS

TATA Docomo introduce Rs 33 and Rs 66 internet pack revises smart life plan

TATA Docomo has introduced Rs 33 & Rs 66 2G data packs in Mumbai circle. Both packs offer one of the cheapest internet tariff in the country valid for a month. Rs 33 internet pack offer 150MB internet for 28 days and Rs 66 pack offer 300MB for 28 days. Post free data usage subscriber will be charged at 10p/10KB. The longer validity on the packs make it attractive for subscribers who use less... Read More

June 10th, 2015 6:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Snapdeal Welcomes Former Airtel CPO Anand Chandrasekaran

Anand Chandrasekaran, Former Airtel Chief Product Officer, has joined leading Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal in a similar capacity. The senior leadership team of Snapdeal is delighted to have him on board. According to Rohit Bansal, Co-Founder, Snapdeal, "Our company is going through a hyper growth phase. I believe, it will set new benchmarks for highly engaging and intuitive products not just in India, but at international level under Anand's leadership."... Read More

June 10th, 2015 2:48 PM 42 COMMENTS

Aircel to offer free roaming in South with ‘Five States, One Rate Offer

Aircel today announced the launch of its innovative offering for South - ‘Five States, One Rate’. This revolutionary offering, which requires no separate recharge or pack activation, will enable all existing and new prepaid and postpaid Aircel customers, to roam freely on Aircel network between the five states namely Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. ‘Five States, One Rate’ Offer details While roaming on Aircel network in South... Read More

June 10th, 2015 2:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

DEN Network’s joint venture partners express concern over the operations of DEN

The joint venture partners of DEN Networks, leading cable TV Distribution Company in India are dissatisfied with the operations and financial dealings of DEN, reports Bollywood Helpline. According to the report, DEN’s joint venture partners raise concerns in their recent meeting held in Delhi. Serious allegations were raised in the way agreements are drafted, a few on 50:50 basis, while the others as 51:40 or 60:40. Lack of transparency in... Read More

June 10th, 2015 1:03 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL, MTNL request deadline extension for rolling out full MNP

Rolling out full MNP across India is once again under jeopardy as telecom operators BSNL and MTNL have raised a request with Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to extend the deadline for roll-out. 4 July 2015 is the proposed deadline given to operators to complete the technicalities required for full MNP.   BSNL and MTNL have informed DoT that they cannot complete the technical changes in national numbering plan (NNP) within... Read More

June 9th, 2015 8:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Eros International stalls its television entry, plans to focus on digital platform ErosNow

Eros International Media Limited has decided to temporarily dismiss its plan to foray into the television industry, a move it announced earlier to set up a movie and music channel at an investment of $50 million. As a part of this proposal, Eros was planning to acquire B4U channel. The plan was dropped due to an opposition from Knight Assets & Co., a three percent stakeholder of the company. According... Read More

June 9th, 2015 5:45 PM 5 COMMENTS

Speedy closure for spectrum allocation processes: Report

Telecom operators who won the spectrum allocation auction in recent March 2015 are likely to receive the spectrum soon, reports Economic Times. Last week, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued letter of intent (LoI) to players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who won the auction in March. This fast pace action seen in closing allocations is viewed as Modi government’s efforts to become... Read More

June 9th, 2015 11:55 AM 14 COMMENTS

MTS now offers 10 GB Data For Rs. 550 with post FUP speed of 32Kbps to MBlaze Ultra Postpaid Users

Following rival companies' footsteps, MTS has also updated its data plans for Delhi NCR users. The company has made a few changes in its postpaid plans for MBlaze Ultra users. There are four different postpaid plans available for users in Delhi NCR area. The first and the smallest plan is of Rs. 550 in which the users get 10 GB data (5GB Day + 5GB Night). The next plan is... Read More

June 9th, 2015 10:56 AM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio may roll out 4G by August, $17 billion investment in Jio, estimates Kotak Institutional Equities

As a significant Capex cycle ends for Reliance Industries over next 12 months, industry expert Kotak Institutional Equities calculates the return ratios of the company to surge with the increase of revenue from core businesses, particularly telecom.Reli For the company to make faster return, Reliance may roll out 4G services as early as August 2015. This would help the Reliance to achieve the minimum roll out obligation as stated by... Read More

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