There is a continuous pressure on Indian service provider’s voice business today. Though voice continues to be the mainstay of the Indian telcos, the voice margins are under pressure for most of the telcos. For Bharti Airtel, revenue from non-voice operations is 28.9%, as per the company’s quarterly results at the end of March 2016. Both Airtel and Idea Cellular have recorded a drop in voice revenue per minute by 2.4%... Read More
Indian telecom operators through industry bodies COAI and AUSPI said the regulatory framework of Net Neutrality should not be limited to telecom service providers only, but apply to all other stakeholders such as website, content or applications providers and handset manufacturers. The Cellular Operators Association of India and the Association of Unified Service Providers in India (AUSPI) in their joint submission said that internet is an eco-system in itself which... Read More
Vodafone India is reportedly in talks with Norway-based Telenor for acquisition of the latter’s operations in country in a bid to increase its 4G spectrum holdings to compete with bigger 4G players like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, and the new telco Reliance Jio. An Economic Times report said that Telenor’s airwaves in the 1800 MHz band will be valued at roughly $1 billion (Rs 6,800 crore). Vodafone can use Telenor’s... Read More
It seems that Reliance Jio is struggling hard to retain key people ahead of the commercial launch of services in the country. According to various media reports, SN Sharma and Anand Narang have left the company to explore new opportunities. SN Sharma, who was part of the leadership team to drive Reliance Jio's cable distribution business, has quit the company last week, and is most likely to join Sameer Manchanda-promoted DEN... Read More
Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that customers can switch their existing 2G/3G SIMs with 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at Airtel retail stores across the state. Airtel plans to launch 4G services in Gujarat soon. With the USIM upgrade, customers can continue enjoying their existing 2G/3G services, while staying ready to experience Airtel 4G from the day of its launch. Murthy Chaganti, CEO, Gujarat, Bharti Airtel... Read More
Apple has started making a few changes before the launch of its much-talked-about iPhone 7. The Cupertino giant is dropping the 16GB model option for the upcoming device. By the latest report by the Wall Street Journal, the base variant for Apple's iPhone 7 will start from 32GB. The report further states that the next iPhone will have storage options of 32GB/128GB/256GB. Presently, the iPhone 6s line-up is available in... Read More
Indian telecom regulator Trai would start the process within a month to frame new service quality norms for wireless data services in a bid to fix quality of service benchmark and to make telcos offer better surfing speeds on mobile phones. The regulator will float a consultation paper on new service quality norms for wireless data. Trai's new application, MySpeed, will be at the heart of the process, as the... Read More
Manoj Sinha has been named by the Indian government as the new Telecom Minster, taking over charge from Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is now handling IT and electronics manufacturing, and law ministries. Sinha, who is currently the Minister of State for Railways, has been given the mandate for the telecom sector as an independent chare. The shuffle comes at a time when the department of telecommunications (DoT) is preparing to hold... Read More
Samsung has come up with yet another smartphone in the Galaxy series, dubbed as the Galaxy Wide (SM-G600S). For now, the device has been launched in Korea at 319,000 Korean Won (approximately US$ 275 / Rs. 18,570), which is costlier than the Galaxy On7 smartphone. It will be available in Black and White color options. Regarding Specifications, the Galaxy Wide is a 4G-enabled smartphone with a 5.5-inch HD screen (1280... Read More
LeEco's recently launched Le 2 smartphone has started receiving a new software update. The first OTA update for the device comes with a long changelog. This update brings features such as app locking via fingerprint, large fonts option, and calendar ringtones. It is 471MB in size and changes Le 2's EUI version to v5.8. Here is the detailed changelog for the update: [Launcher] Fixed an issue in which duplicate icon created... Read More
LG has added two more smartphones to its “X-men-inspired” X-series - the LG X5 and X Skin. For now, these devices have been launched in South Korea, we expect LG will soon launch them in other regions. LG X5 sports a 5.5-inch (720x1280 pixels) HD IPS display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM. The internal storage is around 16GB, which can be expanded... Read More
Moto G4 Play has been imported to India, says a listing on import and export tracking website Zauba. The leak, first spotted by the MotoG3 website, the Moto G4 Play could be launched at Rs. 8,999 in India. In May 2016, the company had confirmed the launch of Moto G4 Play in India sometimes by mid-summer. The new Zauba listing shows that the launch date is nearing soon. As far as... Read More
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