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August 29th, 2015 6:52 PM 26 COMMENTS

MobiKwik randomly blocks wallets: Customers face hardships

More and more Indians are subscribing to electronic wallets for convenience and safety. Leading player in the segment, Paytm Wallet recently announced crossing 100 million users. MobiKwik is also a player in the wallet segment and attracts users with some good offers. With growing adoption, wallet providers are responsible for ensuring that their users stay protected from possible frauds. This has led to them taking measures like blocking wallets if transactions look... Read More

August 29th, 2015 6:43 PM 16 COMMENTS

Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman of Micromax resigns, reason for resignation unknown

Shedding light into the internal turmoil of top management in telecom companies, Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman, Micromax Informatics Ltd has resigned from his post yesterday. It has been a little more than a year he joined. The company has not revealed the reason for his resignation and also, the further plans of Sanjay Kapoor remains unknown. Kapoor was responsible for the expansion of company to... Read More

August 29th, 2015 5:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Telecom operators reduce involvement in UK market

Telecom companies are reducing their involvement in UK market, a trend seen in the recent years. Three of the world’s best telecom companies -- Deutsche Telekom (DT), Orange and Telefonica are the latest to sell their stakes in the market. Telefonica is selling O2 to CK Hutchison, and Hutchison will merge it with its own 3 UK unit. Meanwhile, fixed incumbent BT is buying EE, the mobile operator jointly owned... Read More

August 29th, 2015 5:13 PM 2 COMMENTS

Saavn launches Windows app targeting Windows 10 users with new features

Saavn, the music streaming service with around 17 million monthly active users worldwide has launched its Windows 10 app, as a part of its efforts to increase its user base to 25 million by the year end. Saavn’s global chief operating officer Mahesh Narayanan said Windows as the leading operating system which will still rule the world for years to come. “Windows is still the leader on the desktop space,... Read More

August 29th, 2015 1:56 PM 80 COMMENTS

BSNL revises all its postpaid plan tariffs across India

Following other telcos, the state-run operator BSNL has announced a revision to all its existing postpaid mobile plans, and these revisions will come into effect from the 1st of September 2015. As per the latest information, BSNL will be reducing the monthly free calls/free usage offered with each postpaid mobile plan. They will also cut other freebies in some plans. BSNL has not only hiked call rates but also cut... Read More

August 29th, 2015 12:59 PM 3 COMMENTS

VoIP is prohibited in UAE, clarifies UAE’s regulatory authority

The Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is prohibited in UAE, reiterates UAE’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA). According to the report, VoIP is banned under the Federal Decree Law No. 3/2003 and only the two telecom operators, Etisalat and Du, are authorized to offer such services. However, neither of the two companies have submitted requests with regard to offering VoIP services in the UAE so far. In case, if any operators... Read More

August 29th, 2015 5:54 AM 19 COMMENTS

Global: Airtel planning on selling off operations in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Bharti Airtel the largest telecom operator in India and third largest globally by subscriber base and operations in over 20 countries is contemplating on selling its assets and operations in India's neighbouring countries Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In a clarification to the BSE, Airtel said it keeps evaluating various opportunities on an ongoing basis in ordinary course of business and will make necessary disclosure as and when required. Sources familiar... Read More

August 29th, 2015 2:15 AM 4 COMMENTS

Global mobile subscriber base rises to 7.2 Billion in Q2 2015, India standing strong at 985 Million

According to the Ericsson Mobility report of August 2015, 53 million new subscriptions were added during Q2 2015, bringing the global total to around 7.2 billion. However, the actual number of subscribers is around 4.9 billion, since many have several subscriptions. Mobile penetration was 99 percent in Q2 Mobile subscriptions are growing around 5 percent year-on-year and 0.7 percent quarter-on quarter. India grew most during the quarter in terms of net... Read More

August 28th, 2015 5:32 PM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches new limited-time Double Data monthly offers

India's second largest telecom operator, Vodafone, has now come up with a great data offer. However, this offer is on promotional basis and for limited to Vodafone prepaid users only. Recently, Vodafone launched 'Double Data' offer on data recharges, but those data packs were different as customers were getting data offers as per their usage on *121# . In the new offer, the company is bundling Double Data on a... Read More

August 28th, 2015 12:18 PM 59 COMMENTS

Vodafone India confirms that it will launch its 4G services by end of the calendar year 2015

Vodafone India confirms that it will launch its 4G services by end of the calendar year 2015. Important data markets including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Kochi will be part of the first wave of the roll-out. In addition, Vodafone India will also roll out its own 3G networks in 7 circles - Assam, North East, UPWest, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and Odisha, to expand its overall 3G footprint to 16... Read More

August 27th, 2015 9:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s mobile market awaits a surge, mobile apps to drive the growth

According to the market study released by Gartner Inc., India’s mobile phone connections will report a five percent surge to 880 million in 2015. In 2014, there were 837 million connections. Naturally, the country will see an increase on mobile service spending too, estimated to four percent growth and will reach $21.4 billion. The reason for the estimated mobile service spending is the growing use of data services among people,... Read More

August 27th, 2015 7:32 PM 10 COMMENTS

Court Cancels Indus-NDMC WiFi Deals on Jio’s Petition

Airtel may try to steal the 4G show from Reliance Jio by taking country-wide launch almost 6 months before Jio comes in the market, Jio is not just in wait-n-watch mode. Airtel, Idea and Vodafone backed Indus Towers won a contract for WiFi roll out in Delhi, beating Jio. Now Jio has dragged New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to court to prove contract to Indus was not legit. The court... Read More

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