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Ria Lakshman February 17th, 2016 6:08 PM 8 COMMENTS

FreeCharge plans to achieve 7 million transactions per day by end of 2016

The digital payments platform FreeCharge targets to achieve 7 million transactions per day by the end of 2016. Currently, the company records to over 1 million transactions per day. “We are focused on creating the digital habit. At FreeCharge, UI is super important. We want to make sure all transactions are completed within 10 seconds. And this focus on stickiness has paid off. 75% of our customers are repeat customers.... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 17th, 2016 2:31 PM 78 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G network delivers 17.34 Mbps downlink, 3.34 Mbps uplink speed: OpenSignal app data

Reliance Jio 4G LTE network appears to be considerably slow in the country, even during the ongoing testing phase. The network, which is just available to its group employees, is delivering an average 17.34 Mbps downlink and 3.34 Mbps uplink speed in the country, according OpenSignal app data. The test results are captured from around 141 Reliance Jio users, who have downloaded the OpenSignal app. “Take those numbers with a... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 17th, 2016 2:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

Huawei to showcase ‘big initiatives’ capable of transforming telecom industry in MWC 2016

At the venue of pre-MWC Briefing in London, William Xu, Executive Director of the Board and Chief Strategy Marketing Officer of Huawei presented the company’s mission to build a better-connected world through collaboration. It announced ‘five big initiatives’ for the telecom industry to accelerate its digital transformation. Among the five big initiatives are the open labs for joint innovation, an eSDK platform for developers, $1bn Developer Enablement Program, a novel... Read More

Srikapardhi February 17th, 2016 1:36 PM 1 COMMENTS

Idea awards LTE deployment, 2G/3G transformation contract to Ericsson

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson said that it has won a two-year contract for 4G network deployment and 2G and 3G network transformation from India’s third largest telco, Idea Cellular. Under the contract, Ericsson is deploying 4G LTE network in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, North East and Himachal Pradesh telecom circles. It is also transforming telco’s existing mobile radio access and core network infrastructure across nine circles for 2G and five... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 17th, 2016 12:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sharing of active telecom infrastructure gets DoT nod

After giving a nod to allow sharing of spectrum among telecom operators, the India government has now allowed sharing of active telecom infrastructure like antenna, feeder cable and transmission systems. The move is aimed at lowering costs for telecom operators, and will also lead to faster rollout of networks in the country. The telecom department (DoT) has amended the Unified Licence to allow active infrastructure sharing. The amendment is effective... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 17th, 2016 12:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel makes top level changes in Africa, introduces new organization design

Bharti Airtel has made top level changes for its Africa operations to enable faster decision making as well as speed to market. It has elevated Christian Defaria, MD & CEO, Airtel Africa to the position of Executive Chairman, and has appointed Raghunath Mandava as Chief Operating Officer of the African business. The telco has created a new organizational structure which is aimed at enhanced empowerment at the operating level as well... Read More

Srikapardhi February 17th, 2016 11:34 AM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

Airtel, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The launch marks the expansion of Airtel’s 4G footprints in the state and will be extended to customers in other parts of the state in the months to come. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a range of smart devices including mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles. Commenting on the launch of... Read More

Srikapardhi February 17th, 2016 8:32 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel gets new customer experience director for India & South Asia

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator said that it has appointed Sarang Kanade as Director – Customer Experience, India & South Asia. Sarang, who is currently CEO, Delhi Circle, takes over from Raghunath Mandava, who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Airtel Africa. He will report to Gopal Vittal, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel, the company said. Sarang joined Airtel in March 2010 and... Read More

Zara Ali February 17th, 2016 6:00 AM 7 COMMENTS

Samsung outs a sneak peek video of the Galaxy S7; confirms waterproof resistance and wireless charging

We know that the rumours about the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge have been popping up a lot lately. Well, that’s mainly because of their fast-approaching launch at the Samsung’s unpacked event, which is slated for February 21 at 19:00 CET in Barcelona, Spain. However, Samsung has now put a stop to all those leaks by rolling out an official sneak peak video of the device, which shows some of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 16th, 2016 7:10 PM 1 COMMENTS

Gemalto launches leading edge M2M LTE wireless module with 2G, 3G fall-back

Gemalto has launched a leading edge M2M Category 1 (Cat 1) LTE wireless module, which enables fall-back to 2G in Europe Middle East Africa and to 3G in North America for areas where LTE connectivity is not yet fully available. "Available in different variants, the new M2M module extends our fast growing portfolio of next generation LTE products for global use," said Axel Hansmann, Vice President Portfolio & Strategy M2M... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 16th, 2016 5:37 PM 1 COMMENTS

TCS brings VoLTE solution for virtualized networks

IT solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said that it has launched a solution to enable Voice over LTE for virtualized networks using TCS’ Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Concerto platform. The company has tied-up with Brocade, Metaswitch, Intel and Ixia to demonstrate the deployment and verification of Voice over LTE service in virtualized networks, which will help in creating new business opportunities, simplifying product development, and helping customers deal confidently with... Read More

Srikapardhi February 16th, 2016 4:50 PM 5 COMMENTS

Idea launches 4G LTE services across 37 towns of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Idea Cellular, today announced the expansion of its high speed 4G LTE services across 37 towns of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Within less than two months the company has expanded its 4G LTE service footprint to 20 districts, including major towns of Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vizag, Warangal, Kakinada, Nalgonda, Kadapa, Kakinada and Tirupathi; covering 18% of the total population of the circle. In addition to Hyderabad, Idea has today launched its... Read More