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Ria Lakshman July 15th, 2015 2:23 PM 5 COMMENTS

Nokia handsets to be back in market by 4th quarter of 2016, confirms the company

Nokia handsets are soon to be back in the market! Finnish telecom giant has reconfirmed its plans to manufacture and license its handsets in 2016. Irrespective of its partnership with Microsoft, Nokia will brand its handsets in its name report thestar.com.my. Fourth quarter of 2016 is the tentative time period said by the company when the market can expect Nokia handsets. On query of its delayed decision on the matter, the... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 15th, 2015 1:20 PM 1 COMMENTS

3 spots in Kozhikode and 10 spots in Kochi receive free Wi-Fi from BSNL

Thanks to BSNL and Quadgen Wireless Solutions that their partnership has delivered free Wi-Fi to people in Kerala. Three spots at Kozhikode and 10 spots at Kochi have received Wi-Fi hotspots in the state, effective from July 1, 2015. Under the free Wi-Fi, people can access internet for free in first 30 minutes in a day for maximum three consecutive occasions in a month for the same mobile number. Subsequently,... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 15th, 2015 12:22 PM 3 COMMENTS

Union Ministry sheds its fear of Chinese companies, welcomes Huawei Telecommunications to India

Union Ministry has given a nod to Huawei Telecommunications’ proposal to set up a unit in Sriperambudur, Tamil Nadu, denoting a welcome to Chinese companies which the Government earlier feared to cause security threat to the nation. Huawei’s proposal was kept pending since 2013. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, the vision on strategic partnership with China changed. Sources said that the grounds of security fear from Chinese... Read More

Imon July 14th, 2015 4:51 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Mobile introduces new Data and Data Validity Booster packs

Reliance Mobile, India's 4th largest Telco, launched unique Data & Data Validity booster packs in Kolkata Circle, indicating that they will be launching similar products in other circles also. Data usage is surging as people are using Data much more than they used to before, thanks to the affordable smartphones available in the market. Telcos recently hiked Data Pack prices in almost every circle and Data has become more costly... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 14th, 2015 3:18 PM 9 COMMENTS

TRAI’s suggestions to improve broadband service to be reviewed

Telecom Commission will discuss the suggestions laid by TRAI for improving broadband services on 14 July 2015. TRAI has recommended a number of good moves, which may lead to call rate reduction for landlines. The regulator has suggested incorporating Virtual Network Operator (VNO) in the country under new licenses. VNO may be allowed to provide service in the country as retailer of the operators, providing one bill to customers for... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma July 14th, 2015 4:50 AM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Now offers 8 Mbps Promotional Broadband Plan in Delhi NCR Region at Rs. 1245

BSNL has introduced a new broadband plan in Delhi NCR region on promotional basis. The newly proposed plan named " BBG Combo ULD 1245 VDSL CS55" covers Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad & Noida areas only. The average download speed in this plan is 8 Mbps up to 10 GB and 512 Kbps beyond that. Users can avail this plan for a monthly charge of Rs. 1245 and annual charge of Rs.... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma July 14th, 2015 4:08 AM 5 COMMENTS

BSNL Floats New Promotional Broadband Plans In Punjab Circle, offering 2 Mbps speed at Rs. 1090

BSNL has decided to introduce a couple of new promotional broadband plans in Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Jalandhar of Punjab circle. Both the plans i.e. ‘BBG Combo ULD 1291 CS75’ and ‘BBG Combo ULD 1090 CS74’ have been launched for an initial period of 90 days, which can further be extended depending how users respond. BBG Combo ULD 1090 CS74: In this plan, users need to pay a fixed... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 14th, 2015 3:38 AM 3 COMMENTS

DoT panel may favor Airtel Zero : Sources

The DoT panel on net neutrality is said to be in favor of Airtel Zero, sources reveal. Facebook’s internet.org is opposed for the reason that it gives preference to certain websites without mobile charges, which means that Facebook acts as a gate keeper who decides which website to be visited by the viewer. This principle goes against the principles of net neutrality. In May 2015, however, Facebook opened the platform... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 14th, 2015 3:30 AM 2 COMMENTS

Northeast to avail faster internet: Bangladesh agreed to share its unspent bandwidth, network and broadband service improvement work in progress

Tripura and neighboring northeast states will get superfast reliable internet, similar to that of Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, as Bangladesh government has agreed to share the unspent bandwidth in Cox Bazar with India. BSNL took initiative to roll out this ambitious plan, which took pace after India’s PM Narendra Modi visited Bangladesh on June 5. According to the agreement, BSNL can use 10GB internet connectivity from the unspent bandwidth of... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma July 13th, 2015 2:58 PM 22 COMMENTS

BSNL Floats New CUG Plan In Rs. 199 For Corporate Customers

As a result of increasing demand for CUG plans, Enterprise Business Unit of BSNL has decided to float a revised CUG plan exclusively for corporate and enterprise customers. The plan is available for fixed monthly charges of Rs. 199. Features of CUG 199: All the calls within CUG circle will be free. All the local calls on BSNL network will be charged at 0.30 paisa/m and on any other network... Read More

Imon July 13th, 2015 5:54 AM 69 COMMENTS

BSNL launches new prepaid Mobile Plan, ‘Amulya’ offers 1 paisa/second for day calling and 20ps/minute for night calling

BSNL is all set to launch a new GSM prepaid mobile plan named "Amulya" for its users in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. "Amulya" comes with a tariff plan of 1 paisa/second for day calling and 20ps/minute for night calling along with Free Mobile Roaming and Regular Full Talktime Offer. The plan is only for new users and is not applicable for old BSNL users who want to migrate to this... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 12th, 2015 3:28 AM 1 COMMENTS

Global: FCC orders two US telecom operators to pay $3.5 million for data breach

Two sister mobile telecom operators of US, named TerraCom and YourTel America are fined for US$3.5 million for storing personal data of subscribers on unprotected servers. The service providers were storing data of more than 300,000 customers, including their names, addresses, Social Security Numbers and Drivers’ licenses, and these were accessible over the internet. The issue was first noticed by an investigative journalist in 2013, who found the operators’ subscriber... Read More