All India to Nepal calls on Airtel network will be free of cost from midnight for the next 48 hours effective from 00:00 hrs 26 April, announces Airtel. This is to enable the customers across the country to reach their families and friends in Nepal, who are struck in the country due to massive earthquake. Besides making the call rates, Airtel has also conveyed their condolence to all who lost... Read More
On Earth Day, Multi Screen Media Private Limited (MSM) and BBC Worldwide announced a strategic partnership to launch BBC Earth, a new premium television channel in India. BBC Earth will inspire the Indian audience by sharing incredible wonders of universe and will feature programs like Life below Zero, Life Story, Human Universe and Operation Wild. The channel is specialized in showcasing the factual works of world’s foremost factual film makers. Featuring... Read More
Soon after the public started received the text messages of COAI demanding to make call to a toll free number in support of net neutrality. The campaign projects itself as an initiative to connect one billion unconnected citizens of India and reports that the internet should not be a privileged information service, reaching only a few in the country. The association calls all stakeholders to have an open informed debate... Read More
Al Jazeera, which is banned in the country for five days, for repeatedly showing wrong map of India during 2013 and 2014 condemns the ban heavily and has proposed a mutual talk with the Government of India. According to the letter, the channel claimed that it has corrected the error earlier, when the Government first reported the issue. Al Anstey, Managing Director, Al Jazeera-English, also blamed the Government for denying... Read More
It seems a few of the Indian companies, especially from telecom, healthcare and education sectors are determined to make a fool of the consumers through their misleading ads. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) received a total of 167 complaints against various ad campaigns during February. After consideration, the body has sustained the complaints against 125 companies. Among them, 73 misleading ads are from the category of personal and... Read More
COAI has taken a drastic step to confuse people on net neutrality. A campaign called Sabka Internet now creates a hullabaloo among the people. COAI has launched this campaign on Wednesday with a call to send a missed call to a toll-free number. A one page website with tagline ‘Support SabkaInternet for a Digital Bharat’ and a claim for ‘Affordable internet for all’ run live for the purpose. #Airtel sending... Read More
In a response to Lok Sabha, Minister of Telecommunications Ravi Shankar Prasad reconfirmed that May 3 is still the deadline for rolling out full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) across the country. The request from Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) to set up a committee and to extend the date of implementing full MNP persists, however, the Government has not taken any decision on this regard. "In consideration of the... Read More
The Supreme Court of India will now have 24 x 7 Wi-Fi network! FireFly Networks Limited, a joint venture between Vodafone and Bharti Airtel is behind this initiative. The service is in effect from 9.30am, 20th April 2015. The Wi-Fi service can be used by subscribers of any mobile service provider. It is accessible to both SIM-based as well as without SIM devices, such as tablets and laptops. It works... Read More
As a step towards realization of Modi’s Digital India campaign, the Commerce Ministry has planned to build freely downloadable mobile applications for its stakeholders. This will enable the stakeholders to access information in real-time through notifications on their smartphones. A committee is formed to finalize the technical aspects of it. Mobile applications will be developed for the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposal (DGS&D),... Read More
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