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July 28th, 2015 5:17 PM 52 COMMENTS

Maharashtra mobile subscribers feel the pinch as Airtel and Idea hike tariffs

After Vodafone's data tariff hikes in Maharashtra circle, Airtel and Idea have also hiked data tariffs in the region. Incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea dominate in Maharashtra. So the recent hike will have a huge impact on those loyal customers who use these networks. The three networks have a dominant control over the market in the region and cheaper operators like Aircel and Reliance do not provide 3G services.... Read More

July 28th, 2015 2:22 PM 2 COMMENTS

Interview with Mr. Prateek Pashine, Head – Enterprise Business, Tata Teleservices

India’s ICT industry has seen a number of significant changes in the past couple of years. Please elaborate on some trends that will change the ICT landscape in the coming years. India’s ICT marketplace is seeing some significant shifts in the last few years. Based on feedback that we get from the marketplace, I believe that there are 4 key technology trends that will... Read More

July 28th, 2015 6:09 AM 30 COMMENTS

Reliance capping lifetime pack subscribers of Netconnect+ and Pro3 at 1X speeds

Reliance communications had launched a lifetime validity pack for its Netconnect+ and Pro3 prepaid subscribers towards the end of last year. The pack which is still available comes with a denomination of Rs.3001 and offers 1GB high speed data per month till the end of the current license period in each circle. Effectively Reliance is offering 1GB per month for approx 6 years or 72 months which brings the per... Read More

July 27th, 2015 6:17 PM 10 COMMENTS

MTS Reduces Data benefits for prepaid customers across India, introduces new data pack

MTS, the data focused CDMA operator, has reduced data benefits for its prepaid customers across all the 9 circles where it operates. Its Rev B data services were quite popular in those circles as they provided high-speed data at cheap rates. MTS Data Packs Details after revision for Prepaid Users: Price Old Benefits New Benefits Rs 399 3 GB Data for 28 Days... Read More

July 27th, 2015 12:56 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Business Services powers Diabetacare’s GSM SIM enabled wireless glucometer

Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, has collaborated with Diabetacare to launch dCare Smart™, a device that helps people manage diabetes better. An industry first, dCare Smart™, is a GSM SIM enabled wireless glucometer that empowers people to proactively monitor their blood sugar levels which is powered by Vodafone's Machine to Machine (M2M) embedded cellular technology. The device transmits blood sugar results to a secure Diabetacare... Read More

July 27th, 2015 6:30 AM 34 COMMENTS

BSNL Call Forwarding STV to cost more across India

BSNL has announced the revision of Free Call Forwarding Special Tariff Voucher (STV) in GSM Prepaid Mobile segment for customers across all telecom circles in India. As per the latest information, Free Call Forwarding STV 21 will be revised to Rs 72 from 27th July 2015 onwards. The validity of revised Free Call Forwarding STV 72 will be 90 days. BSNL launched 'Unlimited Free Call Forwarding STV' earlier in 2011,... Read More

July 25th, 2015 10:29 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone marks a surge in service revenue by 6.9 percent in India during Q1 2015

Vodafone has released its trading update for the quarter ended on June 30th. According to it, the company’s service revenue in India has increased 6.9 percent, but the growth rate has slowed down due to impact of regulation while including an MTR cut (Mobile Termination Rate). Excluding MTRs, the service revenue has grown by 10.6 percent. The data revenue of the company too has shown a surge, with 65 percent... Read More

July 25th, 2015 10:19 AM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel offers 4G trials in Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur, exclusive partnership with Samsung and Flipkart

Today Bharti Airtel has rolled out 4G trials at three places – Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur in Karnataka. The customers in these places can now access superfast internet that will enable them to download up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, connect multiple devices or watch HD videos without buffering. As an offer, customer can now avail 4G for the price of 3G. To avail the free upgrade,... Read More

July 24th, 2015 9:02 PM 1 COMMENTS

Six new channel licenses issued, total number of channels in India has reached 832

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued licenses to six new television channels, taking the total number of television channels in the country to 832. Among the six new licenses issued, five are for non-news channels. The news channel license is acquired by Sadhna Media Network, the firm that operates Sadhna, Sadhna News and Ishwar channels. The news channel is titled as Positive Health and will be available... Read More

July 24th, 2015 6:01 PM 3 COMMENTS

India’s total broadband user base is 99.20 million as of March 2015, rural user base stands at 25.51 million

India’s rural broadband user base has reached 25.51 million, with Karnataka being the state with the highest rural users. Around 2.77 million users are from rural Karnataka. Kerala is the state with the next higher rural user base, with around 2.52 million. Tamil Nadu stands third on the list with 2.27 million rural users. "Rural broadband Internet subscriber base is 25.51 million as on March 31, 2015, as reported by... Read More

July 24th, 2015 5:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

BARC India defines rules for usage of television ratings in public domain

In the light of several incidents where the television channels claim leadership by tweaking the rating data, the rating measurement body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), India has laid down rules according to which channels should use their ratings, particularly in public domain. Before making a claim of leadership, the channels should do a comparison over at least four consecutive weeks of data. The period of comparison must cover at... Read More

July 24th, 2015 1:32 PM 31 COMMENTS

MTS alerts people of legal action against the usage of defamatory language to its employees or representatives

Perhaps on the increase of attack from the public, MTS has come up with a notification against the usage of defamatory languages against its employees or partners. According to the notice issued, the term defamatory language is defined as ‘any libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening or abusive language’. Also, the company has warned the public of consequences, both civil and criminal actions against people using... Read More

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