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
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
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
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
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
In a recently released Equity research report by ICICI Securities on the telecom sector, they predict leading telcos to continue reporting strong EBITDA. Some of the key assessments made are: Lower termination to hurt revenue: Revenues of listed telecom operators will be hit by lower voice RPM, which are expected to decline by 3.3% to 11.8% YoY (down 3.0% to 3.4% QoQ) due to – reduction in termination rate to... Read More
Next revamp of BSNL is to be held in Odisha, where the state-run operator will spend Rs. 830 crore to improve mobile services. According to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Rs. 830 crore is exclusively allotted for BSNL Odisha, for multiple projects including Rs. 400 crores National Optical Fibre Cable (NOFN). Prasad was inaugurating Wi-Fi hotspot created by BSNL at Lord Jagannath Temple, a project to provide Wi-Fi service at... Read More
Uninor has revised its 2G data packs in Gujarat Circle by reducing available data and validity. While all uninor data packs still offer Unlimited WhatsApp and Facebook access. Rs 42 data pack which used to offer 250MB data for 21 days has been revised to offer 200MB for just 14 days. Similarly Rs 63 data pack which earlier offer 500MB for 28 days has been reduced to 400MB and 21 days validity. Also Rs 97 1GB... Read More
TATA Docomo has expanded its 3G network in Kerala by adding four new cities. Docomo 3G is now available at Palakkad, Varkala, Changanassery and Cherthala. In Kerala, Docomo 3G service was available in Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Perumbavoor and Thiruvananthapuram. With addition of four new cities, Docomo 3G service is now available in total of 9 cities in Kerala circle. Docomo won 3G spectrum for Kerala circle along with Idea in 2009 and... Read More
TATA DOCOMO has started charging roaming charges between UP EAST and UP WEST now, after implementing roaming incoming charges between Kolkata & RoWB. Earlier, TATA DOCOMO was not charging roaming rates between UP East and UP West when users entered in another circle. Earlier Incoming calls were charged at a rate of 45 paisa/min on roaming. Customers are getting SMS about this change in both circles. We have also confirmed... Read More
BSNL has decided to reformulate 4 Mbps and 8 Mbps broadband plans in all the circles. For the same purpose, the company has come up with three BB plans on promotional basis for an initial duration of 90 days starting from July 6, 2015. Here are the details of these plans- (1) BBG Combo ULD 2091: With 4Mbps speed upto 80GB and 512 Kbps beyond that, BBG Combo ULD 2091... Read More
Government plans to eye the content of mobile applications for the possible cyber security threats and privacy concerns they raise, according to a report by Economic Times (ET). This move can heavily impact applications like Whatsapp and Facebook. The new move popped up as a consequence of the issue of net neutrality. The committee set up to scrutinize net neutrality raised the issues that over-the-top (OTT) services can bring about,... Read More
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