A few selected cities in the country will get Vodafone 4G services by the second half of this year, reports Business Today. The company will be rolling out 4G in five cities, where it won 5MHz spectrum in 1800 MHz band, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Karnataka and Kerala. Besides, the company has also planned to expand its services in the North East. "We are conducting 4G trials and plan to... Read More
iBall has just launched the Windows 8.1 based Slide i701 tablet in India at a price of just Rs 4,999. iBall has surprised every one by launching the Windows 8.1 based tablet at such a low price. The iBall Slide i701 has further gone ahead and become the cheapest Windows 8.1 tablet globally. This move comes after Microsoft made the licensing free for tablets with less than 8-inches of screen... Read More
Vodafone India is the second largest MNC in India with a revenue of INR 42,352 crores in FY 2015, registering a growth of 12.6 percent, according to the Full Year Results (IFRS) released by the company. Its EBITDA stood at INR 12,605 crores. The company’s Operating Free Cash Flow (OFCF) stood at INR 3,228 crores in FY15 compared to INR 7,647 crores in FY14. High intensity of capex spend is... Read More
Imagine an India where the public can connect to free Wi-Fi at bus stations round-the-clock! Vijayawada has made this a reality. Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) in Vijayawada is the first city bus stand in India to have free Wi-Fi connectivity. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, BSNL and Quad Gen are the authorities behind this initiative. The QFI brand based service will be extended to all district-level bus depots... Read More
Bharti Airtel is in talks with Augere Wireless Broadband India to finalize its 4G high-speed broadband services ahead of Reliance Jio, reports Economic Times. The deal is expected to be of Rs. 150 crore. In 2010 auctions, Augere Wireless won a block of 20 MHz of 4G spectrum (in the 2,300 MHz band) in the Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh circle. Following the auction, the company announced its plan to roll out 4G... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) plans to urge the new TRAI Chairman to consider allotting the toll free short code system for data services deactivation and reactivation. "We will urge the next TRAI chairman to take up the matter of code allotment for data services de-activation and reactivation with DoT on a war footing as operators would take at least six weeks to implement the process," Rajan Mathews,... Read More
R.S.Sharma will be the new Chairman for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, sources reveal. He currently serves as a secretary in the department of electronics and information technology. Being an official already existing within the telecom sector, Sharma is well-versed with the telecom issues and also maintains a good rapport with the Ministry. Sharma worked with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) before joining the telecom sector. He is... Read More
LG Watch Urbane is probably one of the better looking smartwatches to launch post the Moto 360. The smartwatch is quite the looker and has quietly gone on sale in India for Rs 29,990. It has been listed on Amazon and is available in silver as well as gold colour options. It comes with a high quality stitched leather band as standard and looks as premium as it gets. And... Read More
The supreme court of India has decided not to stay TDSAP or Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, which set aside the amendments in two different orders. As per the reports, these amendments led to an inflation-linked hike of 27.5% on addressable as well as non-addressable systems. Justice C. Nagappan and Justice V. Gopala Gowda listed the appeal hearing on this case on July 1, 2015 and stated that the... Read More
Operators have started the process of implementing simplified dialing pattern that allow both STD and local numbers be dialed without any prefix. We are getting reports that many operators have implemented this . One step closer to full MNP One of the main technical problem of full MNP was STD dialing pattern. At present, STD numbers can only be dialed by adding either ‘0’ or ‘+91? as the prefix. But post full MNP STD... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to wait for the verdict of Supreme Court to make further amendments to its tariff orders for commercial subscribers issued on 1st October 2014 and 21st July 2010. These tariff orders were stayed by Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT) on 9th March 2015. The amendments to tariff orders prohibited the broadcasters from providing channels directly to subscribers and brought... Read More
According to a data released by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), India’s GSM subscriber base has increased by 0.90 percent over March and reached 711.55 million in April. The telecom operators have added 6.35 million users in the month of April. Bharti Airtel added the maximum subscribers, around 2.23 million during April. Its subscriber base has thus surged to 228.25 million, providing a market share of 32.08 percent. Idea... Read More
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