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Tharun G August 16th, 2015 3:56 PM 20 COMMENTS

Call drops on the higher end this quarter, mobile and landline subscribers had to spend long hours waiting to connect to customer care : TRAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has pointed out that the mobile telephone services in the country is deteriorating as call drops have increased seven fold in 2G networks and by 65 percent on 3G network in the first quarter of 2015. Maximum call drops were found on the network of private telecom operator Aircel, followed by state-run BSNL during the period this year.Industry average of call drop incident at... Read More

Imon August 15th, 2015 5:53 PM 21 COMMENTS

Aircel Hikes Data Tariffs in Tamil Nadu and Chennai

Aircel subscribers of Tamil Nadu and Chennai circle now have to pay more for data as the company hikes its data tariffs and has also made many changes in its recent revision. Recently, Airtel also hiked data tariffs in the region, making data more expensive than before. Chennai and TamilNadu were the circles where operators were providing cheaper data rates than in other circles in India, but it seems now... Read More

Chethan S August 14th, 2015 8:23 PM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive Interview: Broadcom’s Ravi Manik explains how their low-power small cell technology can help Indian telcos

Today we bring to you an exclusive interview with Broadcom's Mr. Ravi Manik. He is the Director of Business Development at Broadcom, and is responsible for its Pay-TV, Broadband Communication, Networking & Automotive technology portfolio in India and SouthEast Asia. Ravi has nineteen years of work experience in business and technology in Telecom, Networking, Software and Semiconductor industry. Our email questionnaire sought answers to issues like the spectrum crunch in... Read More

Zara Ali August 14th, 2015 4:05 PM 1 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ is out now, take a look at its specifications and features

Samsung's 'Unpacked' event witnessed some of the major launches, including the announcement of the much-awaited Galaxy S6 edge+. The Galaxy S6 edge+ features a 5.7-inch QHD screen with 2560×1440 pixels resolution, and Super AMOLED curved edge display on both the sides. It comes powered by an octa-core (2.1GHz Cortex-A57 quad-core + 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 quad-core) Exynos 7420 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. The smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box, and... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 14th, 2015 3:35 AM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL goes unethical on marketing; re-directs users to a promotional page

In a striking new development, BSNL users are getting re-directed to the company’s advertisement page mail.bsnl.in. Users are facing the trouble on all platforms and across all browsers. BSNL users have come up against the issue on Twitter, with many doubting it as a ‘hijacking’ issue. However, according to a BSNL user Suresh Nayak, Bangalore, the redirected page www.mail.bsnl.in is a marketing site to promote Enterprise Email Solution licensed to... Read More

Zara Ali August 13th, 2015 5:29 PM 5 COMMENTS

Everything that you need to know about Xiaomi’s Android Lollipop-based MIUI 7

Xiaomi has finally come up with the latest version of its user interface, named as MIUI 7 in China today. The new UI is based on the Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, the new update brings along variety of enhancements, themes, features, and one-of-a-kind roaming app. There are many improvements in the new firmware, some of these enhancements are - facial recognition within the gallery, which allows the photo app to... Read More

Srikapardhi August 13th, 2015 3:47 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel partners ErosNow for Wynk Movies

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel”), the 3rd largest mobile service provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced a partnership with ErosNow, the cutting edge OTT (Over-the-top) Bollywood entertainment network of Eros International Plc, the NYSE-Listed leading global company in the Indian filmed entertainment sector, for its carrier agnostic mobile application – Wynk Movies. Kartik Sheth, CEO - Wynk said, “We always partner with the... Read More

Imon August 13th, 2015 2:44 PM 9 COMMENTS

Aircel revises voice tariffs in Kolkata, a burden for customers

Aircel, the third largest GSM carrier in Kolkata, has announced calling tariff hike for its users in the Kolkata circle. Local rate cutter of Rs, 13, which was providing local calls at 1.2p/sec for 14 days, will now come with only 7 days of validity, after the revision. Even Aircel-to-Aircel rate cutter of Rs. 79, which offered 10p/min, now has a validity of just 56 days when compared to 90... Read More

Chethan S August 12th, 2015 7:27 PM 10 COMMENTS

Tata DoCoMo is strengthening its 3G network in Kerala by installing more towers

As a part of its 3G network enhancement, Tata DoCoMo is planning to expand its network in Kerala by adding more than 300 new 3G towers across the state. Ashok Ghose, MBU Head, Karnataka and Kerala Circles, Tata Teleservices Limited, said, “We are very excited about the announcement of our new network expansion plans as they are planned strategically in line with the company's business focus of closer customer engagement... Read More

Srikapardhi August 12th, 2015 4:34 PM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Agartala

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Agartala (Tripura). Commenting on the launch of Airtel 4G in the city, Saurabh Goel, CEO – Assam and North East, Bharti Airtel said, “As customers in India show an increasing propensity for consuming data services, we at Airtel are excited to take the lead in introducing the market to the power... Read More

Imon August 12th, 2015 4:02 PM 12 COMMENTS

BSNL Karnataka reintroduces two popular plans, ‘Amogh Plan’ and ‘Special Port-In Plan 77’

BSNL has reintroduced two plans for its subscribers in Karnataka. These two plans are "Amogh Plan” and “Special Port In Plan 77”. The Amogh Plan is available for new as well as existing users. The Special Port In Plan 77 is for those who want to switch to BSNL network. These two plans was first introduced in May earlier this year in Karnataka, and they became quite popular, so BSNL... Read More

Imon August 12th, 2015 3:32 AM 20 COMMENTS

Vodafone customers in UP East circle will have to spend more for data usage

Indian GSM major, Vodafone, has hiked prices of data packs in the UP East circle by a whopping 40 percent. As per the revised tariff, Vodafone users in the circle will have to pay Rs. 297 for 1GB of 3G data (validity of 28 days) when compared to Rs. 249 from earlier. The price of the 4GB 3G data pack has been hiked from Rs. 749 to Rs. 899. The... Read More