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November 17th, 2016 2:14 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio tariff plans didn’t violate any rules by offering voice services free of charge: Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, has received a clean chit from the Indian government for its “controversial” tariff plans that offer free unlimited voice calling service, following a similar respite from the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Trai had earlier opined that tariff plans filed by Jio cannot be considered as IUC non-complaint, predatory and discriminatory. According to ET, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha in... Read More

November 17th, 2016 11:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

ITU Telecom World 2016 calls for implementation of comprehensive broadband policies and regulations

Huawei and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) hosted the first Asia Pacific Exchange on Broadband Regulation and Policy. The speakers at the ITU Telecom World 2016 called for more comprehensive broadband policies for improving the speed and development of the broadband networks. At the exchange, Houlin Zhao, secretary-general of the ITU pointed out that the ICT technologies and broadband infrastructure have become core economic competencies, critical for national competitiveness. “Hence,... Read More

November 17th, 2016 8:37 AM 15 COMMENTS

Currency ban contributes to the growth of wallet services of Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular: Report

The currency ban has benefited telecom operators in numerous ways, primarily via creating an increase in their mobile wallet transactions. Among the operators, three major telecom players – Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular – are estimated to witness a 40-50% surge in mobile wallet transactions, reports Economic Times (ET). “The withdrawal of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes will create a sizeable increase in the revenue of the telecom... Read More

November 16th, 2016 3:47 PM 4 COMMENTS

Reliance Group, Cisco Jasper establish “UNLIMIT” to provide IoT services to enterprise customers

Reliance Group and Cisco Jasper has collaborated to launch a new company UNLIMIT. UNLIMIT intends to provide internet-of-things (IoT) services to enterprise customers throughout India. The company will use various resources of Reliance Group including its mobile networks and utilizes the IoT connectivity management platform of Cisco Jasper. The duo has established UNLIMIT Control Center. With the launch of UNLIMIT, Reliance became the first telecommunications service provider in India to... Read More

November 16th, 2016 2:33 PM 1 COMMENTS

Gionee S9 Smartphone Launched With MediaTek Helio P10 Processor, 4GB RAM

The Chinese smartphone maker Gionee has launched Gionee S9 smartphone in China. Priced at CNY 2,499 (approximately Rs. 25,000), this smartphone boasts of a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels resolution) display with 2.5D curved glass. Under the hood of Gionee S9, there is a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek (MT6755) Helio P10 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. It packs a 64GB inbuilt memory, which can be expanded up to 128GB via a... Read More

November 16th, 2016 9:03 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone India claims 47.5 million data users greater than 1MB usage, adds 4100 3G and 13K 4G sites in first half

Vodafone India said that it is seeing continuous uptake of Data with 47.5 million data users with greater than 1MB usage. Overall data usage per subscriber (for users >1MB) recorded at 745 MB/month in the second quarter, while data ARPU (for users > 1MB) recorded at Rs 164 in the quarter, up from Rs 158 in a year earlier period, the telco said Data usage and revenue growth led by... Read More

November 16th, 2016 1:01 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone India H1 service revenue up 5.9% at Rs 22,579-cr, sees slowed quarterly rate due to competitive pressure

Vodafone India said that its service revenue grew 5.9% at Rs 22,579 crores in the first half of the fiscal, as compared to Rs 21,321 crores in the first half of last fiscal. The telco however said that it saw a slowed quarterly rate of growth in the second quarter at 6.3%, as compared to 7.7% in the previous quarter, driven by lower data revenue growth resulting from increased competitive... Read More

November 15th, 2016 6:25 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio entry made Vodafone Group write off EUR 5 billion for India unit

In an interesting turn of events, UK-based Telecoms Group Vodafone has recorded non-cash impairment charge of 5.0 billion euros during the first half of the fiscal ended September 30 in respect for its Indian unit. An increased competition due to the entry of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm has resulted in this write-off, the company said. In a statement, Vodafone Group said that the entry of Reliance Jio has entry... Read More

November 15th, 2016 4:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

Aircel partners with Celltick to provide managed services based on LiveScreen platform

Aircel, today launched A!LIVE, a mobile marketing service by Celltick’s LiveScreen platform. The service is aimed to provide easy to discover localized Value Added Services (VAS) to Aircel customers, resulting in strong incremental revenue. Aircel subscribers will be able to easily access relevant VAS products and services based on their location, context and purchase history. Celltick markets content and gaming services, mobile coupons, operator services, mobile advertisements and other infotainment... Read More

November 15th, 2016 3:27 PM 15 COMMENTS

Vivo V5 Goes Official in India with 20-megapixel Front Camera, 4GB RAM for Rs. 17,980

As expected, Vivo finally unveiled its camera-centric phone - Vivo V5, in India. At an event held in Delhi, Vivo made the V5 official at a price of Rs. 17,980. It will be up for pre-ordering from November 16; the standard sale will begin from November 26. The V5 will be available in Crown Gold and Space Gray colour options. Coming on to the specifications, the V5's primary feature is... Read More

November 15th, 2016 4:39 AM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio gives COAI executive meeting a miss to oppose voting norms

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator, decided against attending the Cellular Operators Association of India’s (COAI) quarterly executive committee meeting held on November 11, amid ongoing interconnection capacity issue. COAI represents GSM telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Aircel. Reliance Jio is also a member of the association. Reliance Jio has been asking for a re-haul of COAI’s proportionate voting right rules that is... Read More

November 15th, 2016 3:38 AM 0 COMMENTS

Indian telcos urge Trai to continue with current practice of computing call drop rates, reject new proposal: Report

Indian telecom companies have urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), to continue with current practice of using network statistics to calculate call drop rates, rejecting the sector regulator’s suggestion of calculating call drop rates through a meta data analysis of call detail records (CDRs), according to an Economic Times report. In their submission to Trai on discussion paper floated in August on reviewing quality of network-related services, the... Read More

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