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Tharun G June 15th, 2015 3:07 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel set to launch 4G services in Delhi this week

As per latest reports, Airtel is all set to launch 4G service in Delhi this week. Airtel has got clearance from DoT recently to launch 4G service in the capital. Bharti Airtel had bought Qualcomm’s BWA licences in Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala and Haryana in 2013. DoT opposed merging Qualcomm’s ISP licence in the circles for BWA spectrum with Bharti Airtel’s Unified Access Services license and demanded Rs. 436 crores from Airtel. Airtel had approached TDSAT which... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 15th, 2015 2:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

At 10 Million songs, Gaana.com has the largest songs library in India now

Gaana.com, has announced its partnership with The Orchard, a pioneering music, film and video distribution company. Over 7 million indie songs have been included in Gaana’s catalogue via this partnership, exclusively for India, taking the total catalogue size to a whopping 10 million songs. The Orchard operates in more than 25 global markets, amplifying reach and revenue across the world through hundreds of digital, physical and mobile partnerships internationally. Artists... Read More

SuperGeek June 15th, 2015 2:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

Xolo to launch a new smartphone under “Black” brand every quarter on Flipkart

Xolo recently announced that it will be launching its online-only sub-brand called "Black" soon in India to take on the likes of Xiaomi, Yu, OnePlus, Huawei and ZTE. The first smartphone from the brand is expected to be launched in June. Now Xolo has announced that it will be launching a new "Black" smartphone every quarter in India. The new smartphones would be sold exclusively through Flipkart in the country.... Read More

Srikapardhi June 14th, 2015 7:59 PM 13 COMMENTS

Aircel starts offering promotional rate cutters in Kolkata at Rs. 7

Aircel has launched a new rate cutter at Rs 7 in Kolkata the pack offers Local Aircel calls at only 10 paisa /min and other STD & Local calls at only 25 Paisa / min . Usually the pack offers a validity of 3 days as stated on Aircel website but customers are getting minimum 15 days to 90 days validity as per their usage as it's a promotional offer as... Read More

Tharun G June 12th, 2015 9:11 AM 24 COMMENTS

TATA Docomo introduce Rs 33 and Rs 66 internet pack revises smart life plan

TATA Docomo has introduced Rs 33 & Rs 66 2G data packs in Mumbai circle. Both packs offer one of the cheapest internet tariff in the country valid for a month. Rs 33 internet pack offer 150MB internet for 28 days and Rs 66 pack offer 300MB for 28 days. Post free data usage subscriber will be charged at 10p/10KB. The longer validity on the packs make it attractive for subscribers who use less... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma June 10th, 2015 6:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Snapdeal Welcomes Former Airtel CPO Anand Chandrasekaran

Anand Chandrasekaran, Former Airtel Chief Product Officer, has joined leading Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal in a similar capacity. The senior leadership team of Snapdeal is delighted to have him on board. According to Rohit Bansal, Co-Founder, Snapdeal, "Our company is going through a hyper growth phase. I believe, it will set new benchmarks for highly engaging and intuitive products not just in India, but at international level under Anand's leadership."... Read More

Srikapardhi June 10th, 2015 2:48 PM 42 COMMENTS

Aircel to offer free roaming in South with ‘Five States, One Rate Offer

Aircel today announced the launch of its innovative offering for South - ‘Five States, One Rate’. This revolutionary offering, which requires no separate recharge or pack activation, will enable all existing and new prepaid and postpaid Aircel customers, to roam freely on Aircel network between the five states namely Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. ‘Five States, One Rate’ Offer details While roaming on Aircel network in South... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 10th, 2015 2:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

DEN Network’s joint venture partners express concern over the operations of DEN

The joint venture partners of DEN Networks, leading cable TV Distribution Company in India are dissatisfied with the operations and financial dealings of DEN, reports Bollywood Helpline. According to the report, DEN’s joint venture partners raise concerns in their recent meeting held in Delhi. Serious allegations were raised in the way agreements are drafted, a few on 50:50 basis, while the others as 51:40 or 60:40. Lack of transparency in... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 10th, 2015 1:03 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL, MTNL request deadline extension for rolling out full MNP

Rolling out full MNP across India is once again under jeopardy as telecom operators BSNL and MTNL have raised a request with Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to extend the deadline for roll-out. 4 July 2015 is the proposed deadline given to operators to complete the technicalities required for full MNP. BSNL and MTNL have informed DoT that they cannot complete the technical changes in national numbering plan (NNP) within... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 9th, 2015 8:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Eros International stalls its television entry, plans to focus on digital platform ErosNow

Eros International Media Limited has decided to temporarily dismiss its plan to foray into the television industry, a move it announced earlier to set up a movie and music channel at an investment of $50 million. As a part of this proposal, Eros was planning to acquire B4U channel. The plan was dropped due to an opposition from Knight Assets & Co., a three percent stakeholder of the company. According... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 9th, 2015 5:45 PM 5 COMMENTS

Speedy closure for spectrum allocation processes: Report

Telecom operators who won the spectrum allocation auction in recent March 2015 are likely to receive the spectrum soon, reports Economic Times. Last week, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued letter of intent (LoI) to players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who won the auction in March. This fast pace action seen in closing allocations is viewed as Modi government’s efforts to become... Read More