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Krishna Mukherjee November 30th, 2015 10:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Spirent’s new test solutions to help operators manage network performance, drive revenue growth

Spirent Communications, verification, assessment, analytics and device intelligence solutions provider, has launched Spirent Landslide EDGE and Spirent Landslide CORE¾ test solutions that provide mobile network operators the ability to deploy and operate in real time, and to maximize their operational efficiencies. The products have been designed keeping in mind the fact that network congestion and overload is the second biggest reason for outages in the mobile network. The new set... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 25th, 2015 12:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Taiwanese Wistron enters into mobile manufacturing joint venture with Optiemus

Wistron Corporation, the world’s second largest contract manufacturer after Foxconn, has entered into a joint venture with Indian retailer and handset distributor, Optiemus Infracom to set up manufacturing facilities for telecom products in India. Over the next five years, the partners will strategically invest around $ 200 million in best in class infrastructure, technologies and processes, to cater to growing Indian and global demands of telecom products like smart phones,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 24th, 2015 6:56 PM 11 COMMENTS

RCom to sell stake in tower unit Reliance Infratel: Report

Reliance Communications, which recently announced merger with Sistema Shyam Teleservices, is now preparing to sell its stake in its tower unit Reliance Infratel, according to an ET report. The stake sale deal with a private equity player will be announced within this week. The deal would also mark the complete exit of RCom from the telecom tower business in India. The ET report said the deal will value RCom subsidiary... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 24th, 2015 6:29 PM 53 COMMENTS

Idea inks Rs 3,310-crore deal with Videocon Telecom for spectrum acquisition in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West)

Amid media reports that there could be a possible merger of businesses between Videocon Telecom and Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest telecom operator Idea Cellular has announced its Rs 3,310-crore deal with the telco for acquiring spectrum in the circles of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West). This agreement is for a quantum of 2x5 MHz contiguous blocks of 1800 MHz in each service area, with right to use spectrum until December... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 24th, 2015 11:09 AM 6 COMMENTS

Robust data spectrum makes Bharti Airtel most preferable buy: ICICI Securities

Riding on its strong data spectrum holding and data network coverage, country’s top telco Bharti Airtel has gained a ‘buy’ rating from ICICI Securities. The equity research firm has also placed a buy rating for Idea Cellular, but a sell for Reliance Communication (RCom). “We continue to prefer Bharti Airtel as it is well positioned to capture higher incremental data revenue market share led by its. Moreover, Bharti Airtel would see... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 23rd, 2015 1:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jittery of using any music app? Now, Opera Max promises up to 50% data savings on YouTube Music, Gaana , etc

So, are you the one who is hesitant of using any music app, thinking it would eat into your data? Now, here’s a solution! Opera Max, a data-management and data-saving app for Android phones, claims to optimize streaming video and music apps, hence reducing the data usage by up to 50% on music apps, including YouTube Music, Pandora, Slacker Radio, Gaana, and Saavn. One month ago, it introduced video saving... Read More

Zara Ali November 23rd, 2015 9:00 AM 1 COMMENTS

Microsoft to launch the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL in India on November 30

Microsoft had been giving tentative timelines for announcing the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL in India. Earlier, the company announced that it will be launching the devices sometime in December, but in a latest move, the company has revealed that it will finally unveil the devices for India on November 30. The company will be holding two simultaneous launch events in Mumbai and New Delhi, these events will be... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 23rd, 2015 4:57 AM 55 COMMENTS

Telecom Ministry pulls up state-run BSNL, MTNL over poor services

Following huge backlash on social media, state-run telecom firms BSNL and MTNL were issued notices by the telecom ministry for not providing quality services to the customers. About 102 notices have been issued to the departments under this ministry and 64 have been resolved. BSNL now has an official page on Facebook to connect with people, the Economic Times said quoting an official. In fact, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 20th, 2015 5:18 PM 14 COMMENTS

Top four telcos to come under pressure with Reliance Jio’s entry: Fitch

Country’s top four telcos--Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communication, will see their 2016 credit profiles under pressure as Reliance Jio’s entry will curb the rise in data average revenue per user (ARPU), according to Fitch Ratings. Notwithstanding the rising data usage, the industry blended tariff will fall by 5%-6% as voice ARPU will continue to fall due to cannibalisation by data and blended monthly ARPU will dip... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 20th, 2015 3:49 PM 8 COMMENTS

Idea adds max customers in September; overall telecom base reaches 102.26 cr: Trai

Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom operator, added maximum 26.37 lakh subscribers in September month, to take its overall base to 16.65 crore, followed by India’s leading telco Airtel, which added 22.28 lakh users and took its base to 23.52 crore, as per data shared by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Vodafone, the country’s second largest telco, added 15.93 lakh to take its base to 18.81 crore. BSNL... Read More

Chethan S November 20th, 2015 1:41 PM 9 COMMENTS

Rcom-Sistema deal, Reliance Jio entry to accelerate consolidation in India

The Rcom-Sistema merger deal and Reliance Jio’s entry will accelerate consolidation in the Indian telecom industry, according to Fitch Ratings, which now expects five to six telecom operators to emerge from the industry shake-out as weaker ones exit the market. “Jio’s entry will accelerate consolidation as weaker ones will be further squeezed due to higher competition and their lack of profitable data services,” the ratings firm said. Weaker unprofitable telcos... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 20th, 2015 12:47 PM 10 COMMENTS

Is it Digital India effect? India to pip US in internet user base next month

It seems the ‘Digital India’ move of the government has started showing some magic, with India likely to have 402 million internet users, surpassing the US, by December this year. According to a report ‘Internet in India 2015’, jointly published by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, the number of Internet users in India is expected to reach 402 million by December 2015, registering a... Read More