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
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
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
Vodafone has withdrawn from Bharti Airtel by selling its 4.2 per cent shares in the Indian telecom major to Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Private Limited, an arm of Bharti Group.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
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
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
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
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
COAI, the leading Mobile Communications Association representing seven of the largest mobile service operators, and the majority of telecom equipment manufacturers as well as other communication services and product companies in India,in its Annual General Body Meeting, held on May 28, 2015, announced the election of its new leadership for the term 2015-16.Mr.Himanshu Kapania, Managing Director, Idea Cellular Ltd. has been elected as the Chairman and Mr. Gopal Vittal, Joint... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to introduce new "WiMax WI Dongle UL 500 CS1" plan for all the WiMax dongle customers in Odisha circle on a promotional basis for 90 days. Details of this plan are as follows- Particulars Plan Details Bandwidth 512 kbps Users Single User Advance Rantal (6 months) Rs. 3000 Monthly Rental Rs. 500 Data Usage Unlimited The maximum bandwidth is 512 kbps and can... Read More
DirecTV is all set to enhance its satellite fleet in Latin America and US. As per the reports, the company has decided to launch two new satellites that will significantly increase its 4K and HD capacity. D-15 & SKYM-1: DirecTV-15 or D-15 is versatile all beam satellite that covers continental United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico while SKYM-1 or Sky Mexico-1 is the first owned and operated satellite... Read More
TRAI had recently come with a proposal which require explicit consent of consumers before activating mobile internet facility. This was aimed at protecting consumers from 'bill shock' due default activation of mobile internet services. Private Telcos Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance Jio has opposed this proposal and stated that data service should be part of basic mobile telephone service like calling and SMS. Operators also said TRAI is considering data service under value added service... Read More
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