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September 1st, 2015 5:27 PM 5 COMMENTS

US operator T-Mobile undergoes data abuse, few customers hack system and steal tethered data

American telecom operator T-Mobile has found network abusers among its customers, who hack its network to steal unlimited tethered data, causing the company huge loss. According to John Legere, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, T-Mobile has started ways to curb the practice by ‘going after every thief’. Those customers with T-Mobile’s unlimited 4G LTE plan for their smartphones get a fixed amount of LTE for tethering at... Read More

September 1st, 2015 4:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL extends Free incoming calls promotion for disconnected Landline and Broadband subscribers Pan India to 30th September

As we reported last month, BSNL had extended the promotional free Incoming Call facility on both- way disconnected (DNP) Landline and Broadband customers from 31-07-2015 to 31-08-2015 on Pan-India basis. BSNL has now decided to extend the scheme up to 30th September 2015 across all telecom circles where it operates, since many circles were not able to organize the re-connection Melas in August due to compelling reasons and plan to do... Read More

September 1st, 2015 2:49 PM 3 COMMENTS

Uninor launches cheapest Rs. 19 STV pack in Maharashtra to offer local & STD calls at 25 p/min

The 'Sabse Sasta' operator, Uninor, has launched a new value combo rate-cutter pack for its customers in the Maharashtra & Goa circle. The new rate-cutter offers local and STD calls at only 25 paise/min at Rs. 19, which is one of the cheapest rates in that circle provided by any operator. As per the latest subscription data from COAI, Uninor had a count of 7.6 million subscribers in the end... Read More

September 1st, 2015 1:50 PM 2 COMMENTS

Asianet and Mazhavil Manorama turn HD, Asianet launches Asianet Mobile TV

Asianet Channel Communications has undergone a massive revamp by making it High Definition (HD) as well as by launching Asianet Mobile TV, an app for live streaming of the channels. Asianet has gone HD from 13th August 2015 from 6pm of the day. The channel now has Dolby 5.1 sound quality and enhanced visual quality. Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi officially launched the HD channel in presence of another actor Mukesh... Read More

September 1st, 2015 11:28 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL revises prepaid data STV tariff in Karnataka circle

BSNL the largest PSU and fifth largest operator by subscriber base has revised the tariff of its unified 2G/3G data packs for its prepaid subscribers in Karnataka circle. The operator has withdrawn certain packs with immediate effect and replaced them with new promotional STVs for a period of 90 days starting from today.  The details of the data packs which have been withdrawn are as follows: STV Freebies Validity Data... Read More

September 1st, 2015 1:38 AM 7 COMMENTS

Data about average duration of advts. per hour on TV channels during peak hours released by TRAI

Have you ever wondered why you have to sit through advertisements while watching your favourite prime time shows on TV despite having to pay a monthly subscription fee to your local cable operator or DTH provider. It's not like they are providing you the service for free anyway, like free Apps on your cell phone are free because they get their revenue from advertisers, then why can't the same concept... Read More

August 31st, 2015 9:34 PM 2 COMMENTS

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting grants 20 new provisional licenses to MSOs

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has handed out 20 new provisional MSO licences and two permanent registrations, ahead of the 31 December deadline for Phase III of digital addressable system (DAS). The MIB has also revised multi-system operator (MSO) GTPL Hathway’s provisional licence to pan-India, barring few cities that fall under Phase II of DAS. With this approval, GTPL Hathway can operate on a pan-India basis except in... Read More

August 31st, 2015 9:03 PM 45 COMMENTS

Reliance launches promotional Unlimited Calling offer for GSM users at cheapest rates

Reliance Mobile has launched a special Unlimited Calling offer for its GSM subscribers. Back in July, Reliance launched 'truly unlimited 3G data offer’, which is still available through self care USSD *129#. Now, they have launched a similar kind of Unlimited Calling offer at cheapest rate. Initially they are offering on-net unlimited calling offer to local & STD Reliance numbers. Customers can check their Unlimited calling offer by dialling *129#,... Read More

August 31st, 2015 8:49 PM 1 COMMENTS

Payment bank facility will help reduce subscriber churn for the operators: Experts

With telecom operators like Vodafone and Bharti Airtel receiving nod for payment bank from RBI, experts suggest that the subscriber churn of these operators would reduce at a considerable rate. This is because the subscribers of these operators who opt for banking service are unlikely to switch the service provider as they enroll for banking service. The banking service, hence, proves as a new means for the telecom operators to... Read More

August 31st, 2015 7:21 PM 1 COMMENTS

Idea launches special Data Booster packs for postpaid users in Delhi & NCR

After the recent data hikes in postpaid plans, Idea has now come up with a new 'Data Booster' pack for its postpaid users in Delhi and NCR circle. The data usage is surging these days and 1GB of 3G data now costs around Rs. 300, which is much higher than the prepaid data rates. So, Idea has launched this lower-priced 'Data Booster’ packs, which can be added on top of... Read More

August 31st, 2015 5:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

DOT allocates new MSC codes to Videocon Telecom and Vodafone South

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 Videocon Telecom... Read More

August 31st, 2015 5:13 PM 1 COMMENTS

New Tata Sky+ Transfer set-top-box facilitates content transfer to smart devices, protects content from piracy

Tata Sky has launched a new set-top-box (STB), named Tata Sky+ Transfer that facilitates content transfer to smart devices using Tata Sky app. Using the app, customers will be able to watch television programmes on devices without using mobile internet. “While we have STB’s that allow one to record content and play it later, we realized there is a large section of people, who don’t have the time to sit... Read More

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