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Esmail September 6th, 2015 6:24 PM 36 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance communications starts charging roaming between Maharashtra and Mumbai circle

Reliance communications, India's 4th largest telecom operator has started charging roaming tariff between Maharashtra and Mumbai circles which it used to treat as paired circles previously. This move seems to have been influenced by the ongoing trend in the market where operators like Tata Docomo started charging roaming tariff between Kolkata and West Bengal circles. There are thousands of subscribers who currently have connection of one circle and frequent to... Read More

Imon September 6th, 2015 2:16 PM 14 COMMENTS

Idea sweetens the deal for new users on its network by introducing a new STV

To tap new users into own network, Idea cellular has launched new special tariff voucher (STV) in the Kolkata circle, which also includes Sikkim as well as Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The new STV aims new users whose 'Age-On-Network' is less than 30 days on Idea's network. Anybody with above mentioned terms can recharge with Rs. 4 STV through easy or self recharge to get local Idea-to-Idea call price of... Read More

Esmail September 5th, 2015 7:01 PM 6 COMMENTS

New MSC codes allotted to Bharti Airtel, Aircel and Idea cellular

The department of telecommunications allocates from time to time new set of MSC codes to operators in certain circles where the operators meet certain qualifying criteria of subscriber base. In the past we reported how DOT had assigned new MSC codes to Airtel and Idea cellular on meeting 1 million mark in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Now DOT has assigned new range of MSC codes to Bharti Airtel... Read More

Esmail September 5th, 2015 3:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL declares promotional and regular tariff for Audio and Multimedia Video conference calls

Last month we reported how BSNL has launched the v-Sangoshti plan for video conferencing for enterprise segment. Now BSNL has launched a similar offering on both Voice as well as Video conferencing platforms for residential and commercial connections using wired broadband. BSNL has launched a promotional offering for both platforms whereby it will be giving the plans at zero monthly rental with immediate effect upto 30th November. During the promotional... Read More

Imon September 5th, 2015 1:23 PM 29 COMMENTS

Idea has added more data in old existing data packs

Idea Cellular, India's third largest telecom operator, has made a revision to its data packs. Instead of hiking data prices like they did earlier, they have added more data into existing data packs. As operators are in fear of losing subscriber to bigger rivals and to Reliance JIO, who's 4G network is almost ready to be launch in the coming months. As per the latest subscription data, Idea gained 0.67... Read More

Esmail September 4th, 2015 10:35 PM 12 COMMENTS

MTNL raises the FUP limit for select Broadband plans in Mumbai circle

We recently reported that BSNL will be revising pre FUP data speeds to 2Mbps for all broadband plans Pan India. But BSNL is not the only PSU who is concerned about shrinking market share of broadband subscribers, even MTNL is trying to take timely steps to prevent losing its subscribers to private local ISPs. MTNL has increased the FUP limit for select 2 Mbps, 8 Mbps and 10 Mbps ADSL... Read More

Esmail September 4th, 2015 6:20 PM 324 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL to upgrade all Broadband plans to minimum 2Mbps pre FUP speed Pan India from October

In an attempt to defend its rapidly shrinking turf in the wired broadband segment due to cut throat competition with private National and Local ISPs, State owned BSNL has today announced that it will be upgrading all existing Broadband plans for both old and new customers to minimum speed of 2Mbps pre FUP. After the FUP quota of allotted free data is exhausted the speed will revert back to 512... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 4th, 2015 5:37 PM 2 COMMENTS

Season and platform tickets go paperless in four metro cities, UTS system launched for Delhi-Palwal suburban

As an effort to ease queues at ticket counters and save time for travelers, Indian railway would soon launch mobile application to provide season and platform tickets. The service will be available in four metro cities -- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced the plan while launching the paperless unreserved ticketing system (UTS) for Delhi-Palwal suburban. "There are about 75 lakh passengers who use monthly season... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 4th, 2015 12:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia Network launches programmable 5G multi-service architecture

Nokia Networks has unveiled a programmable 5G multi-service architecture that is capable to automatically adapt to radio access and core network resources to meet the needs of different services, traffic variations over time and location, and network topology, including transport. The architecture’s automatic and seamless adaptation to resources will result in instant response and rock solid connectivity. The automatic adaptation is made possible by Self-Organizing Networks (SON) for transport solution... Read More

Esmail September 3rd, 2015 11:14 PM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL waives installation charges for new Landline and Broadband connections in Tamil Nadu circle

BSNL is not leaving a stone unturned in trying to reverse its graph in the recent past. Ranging from free incoming in roaming to free night time calling for landline subscribers the company is doing it all. Now BSNL in its latest move has waived off the installation charges for new landline and broadband connections in Tamil Nadu circle for a promotional period of 60 days starting from 7th September... Read More

Esmail September 3rd, 2015 4:18 PM 8 COMMENTS

‘Jionet’ Wi-Fi service goes live in Mussoorie

Mussoorie, the queen of hills, becomes the first hill station to enter the digital age today, with the inauguration of ‘Jionet’, a high speed Wi-Fi Internet service from Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) by the Honourable Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Harish Rawat. ‘Jionet’ High Speed Wi-Fi service will be covering entire Mall Road, Landaur Bazar, Gunhill & Nagar Palika building. As a part of the Uttarakhand government’s initiative to... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 3rd, 2015 3:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Iliad’s Free Mobile registers 16 percent growth in first half of 2015

Free Mobile, a French Mobile, part of Iliad group has added 820,000 customers in the first half of 2015, increasing its share of French mobile market to 16 percent. By 30 June 2015, the group registered 11 million mobile subscribers and 5.99 million fixed broadband customers. During 2014, the company posted a profit of 16.4 percent at €162.9 million, while consolidated EBITDA grew by 16.2% to €725 million. "Thanks to... Read More