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Tharun G June 2nd, 2015 2:11 AM 0 COMMENTS

DoT panel submits report on net neutrality to Telecom minister

DoT panel for net neutrality has submitted its report to the telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The 6 member panel was formed in last January to formulate government's policy on net neutrality. As per reports, the committee was of view that core principles of net neutrality must maintain and not to allow blocking, prioritization, throttling of content providers on a network. At the same time, some members of the committee were of the view that... Read More

Tharun G June 1st, 2015 2:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL to reduce call rates to 45p/min using STV starting June 4

Recently BSNL had introduced STV 54 & STV 88 exclusive for per second and per minute plan subscribers. BSNL has now reduced call rates on both STVs to 45p/min per minute plan subscribers. BSNL has also reduced cost of STV 54 to 42 and validity has been reduced to 28 days from existing 45 days. Both STVs now offer reduced call rates of 45p/min Local/STD for per minute plan subscribers and 0.8p/sec Local/STD for per seconds plan... Read More

Dr. Sisira Raj June 1st, 2015 2:35 PM 9 COMMENTS

For intercepting calls, govt set up centres at Delhi, Bengaluru

The government has set up centres at Delhi and Bengaluru for interception of telephone and internet services for lawful purpose. The government has also installed servers at different locations of telecommunication companies as part of the centralised monitoring system (CMS) for interception and monitoring of communications like voice, data, SMS and internet. Sources said that 14 regional centres across the country will be established in future. According to a report... Read More

Ritij June 1st, 2015 12:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

LG G4 Dual pre-orders commence for Rs 51,500

LG roped in Mr. Amitabh Bachchan when it launched the LG G3 smartphone in the country. The launch event was quite grand and it seems like that LG is all set to take things to the next level with the launch of the LG G4 Dual in the country. The Korean manufacturer has just announced the pre-orders for the LG G4 Dual which are being pegged at Rs 51,500. Pre-ordering the... Read More

Chethan S May 31st, 2015 6:08 PM 56 COMMENTS

BSNL has to improve Customer Care, Data Services and QoS: TelecomTALK BSNL Customer Satisfaction Survey

Two weeks back we had initiated a survey to gauge customer sentiments about BSNL, India's national ISP and Mobile services provider. We received a total of 1411 responses to the survey. We must add that we had expected a much larger number but are certainly happy about the fact that the responses were fairly distributed. To give you a picture, responses came in from customers of every BSNL Circle including... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 31st, 2015 6:01 PM 26 COMMENTS

Govt To Revise Service Tax Rate From June 1, 2015, you will end up paying more for mobile and internet

Amidst of a range of brave decisions taken by NDA government during budget announcement, one that shook most was increased rate of service tax. The service tax rate has been revised from 12.36% to 14%, applicable from June 1, 2015. It simply means that eating at restaurants, paying insurance premiums and phone bills among others will become expensive all over India from June 1 onwards. The extra financial burden that... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 31st, 2015 5:46 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel starts 4G Service Trials In Visakhapatnam and Plan details

Bharti Airtel has become the first telecom service provider to kick off 4G service trials in Visakhapatnam, an imperative stepping stone towards making it a ‘smart city.’ From now onwards, all the Airtel customers in the city can upgrade to 4G data services at 3G prices. In order to take things forward, Venkatesh Vijayraghavan, CEO-Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Bharti Airtel, and Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra... Read More

Dr. Sisira Raj May 31st, 2015 3:27 PM 0 COMMENTS

Following new norms, Vodafone sells stake in Bharti Airtel

Vodafone has withdrawn from Bharti Airtel by selling its 4.2 per cent shares in the Indian telecom major to Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited, an arm of Bharti Group. Vodafone in a statement on Thursday confirmed that it has sold, its slaveholding in Bharti Infotel Private Limited, representing an approximate 4.2 per cent interest in Bharti Airtel Ltd for USD 200 million. The sale happened following new norms issued by... Read More

Dr. Sisira Raj May 31st, 2015 2:12 PM 6 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance starts offering free 10 minutes of talktime for customers experiencing call drop

In a major move, the Reliance Communication has started compensating for the call drop phenomena experiencing by the customers. The service provider is giving 10 minutes free for customers experiencing call drop. However the free talk time is limited to reliance to reliance calls only. Call drop menace in India is posing trouble to the mobile phone subscribers and the regulatory body, TRAI has announced issuing new set of service... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 30th, 2015 6:20 PM 7 COMMENTS

Narendra Modi To Inaugurate NGN Technology Core Switches for East Zone

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the core switches of East Zone located at Bhubaneswar and Kolkata, and 100 NGN LMG switches in Patna on June 28, 2015. As per the reports, these 100 LGN LMG switches will be spread equally in North, East, South and West Zone. BSNL had recently disclosed that they will be partnering with Bharti Airtel for 2G roaming Pan India to improve... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 30th, 2015 4:13 PM 4 COMMENTS

NOFN Panel Estimates Budget of Broadband Net To Surpass Rs. 72,778 Crore

A committee that was set up by government to look after the NOFN project has estimated the cost of the project to hike three times more than the initial estimates. As per the reports, the government approved the budget of Rs. 20,000, but the NOFN Panel has suggested that the actual cost will surpass Rs. 72,778 crore. The information was made public by Telecom Ministry stating that the committee had... Read More

Tharun G May 30th, 2015 3:05 AM 19 COMMENTS

RCOM announce quarter results, data traffic up by 73.6%

Reliance communication has announced its financial results for quarter ended March 31, 2015. Total revenue for the company increased by 1% to Rs 5,703 core and EBITDA is up by 6.7% to Rs 1,976 core. Net Profit was at Rs. 228 crore, up 45.9% from Rs. 156 crore in Q4 previous year. The company reported a exponential growth of 73.6% in data traffic at 87,211 million MB. It also claimed the highest data usage per subscriber in... Read More