November 20th, 2016 1:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

COAI welcomes new uniform Right of Way rules by the Department of Telecommunications

COAI has welcomed the new set of Right of Way (RoW) rules released by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), saying the rules will help companies improve and augment existing telecom infrastructure, which will in turn, result in increased connectivity in the country. The new rules will streamline the process of clearances for setting up mobile towers by making provisions for single-window clearance through a nodal officer in states. This will... Read More

November 19th, 2016 2:42 PM 15 COMMENTS

Tata Teleservices switches to unified licences for Mumbai, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh circles: Report

Dual-technology player Tata Teleservices (TTSL) has informed stock exchanges that it has replaced its licenses Mumbai, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh from UAS licensing to new telecom permits, Unified Licence. A PTI report said that Tata Teleservices (TTSL) --the unlisted parent company of TTML, has also transformed its Andhra Pradesh operations to Unified Licence. In a filing to stock exchanges, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) said, “As per the guidelines announced by the... Read More

November 19th, 2016 5:05 AM 199 COMMENTS

Jio sees a slowdown in customer addition due to bad customer experience, may miss 100-million target

Slowing data speeds and weakening customer experience has resulted in a slowdown in customer addition for Reliance Jio Infocomm, which now could miss its target of reaching 100 million 4G customers by December-end, according to a note by Motilal Oswal, which estimated the telco’s pan-India customer base at 35-40 million. The brokerage said that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco’s subscriber run rate has also gone down below 50% due to challenges... Read More

November 18th, 2016 6:30 AM 8 COMMENTS

Anil Ambani-led RCom incorporates new tower company Towercom Infrastructure

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Thursday said that it has incorporated a new subsidiary, called Towercom Infrastructure Private Limited (TIPL). “We would like to inform that the Company has incorporated a new subsidiary named “Towercom Infrastructure Private Limited” on November 17, 2016, having registered office in Mumbai,” the company said in a statement to stock exchanges. The company said that TIPL will be an Infrastructure company, which is yet to commence... Read More

November 18th, 2016 12:06 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Bihar taking the total 4G deployment in state to 12 towns

Airtel has expanded its 4G services to few places in Bihar, including Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Purnia, Bikramganj, Jhajha, Daudnagar & Ramnagar. With this, around 12 towns in Bihar gets the Airtel 4G. Patna, Gaya, Siwan, Motihari, and Bhagalpur are the other places in the state with Airtel’s 4G services. Commenting on the launch, Ajai Puri, Director – Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel said, “We are delighted to announce the... Read More

November 17th, 2016 3:40 PM 1 COMMENTS

OnePlus Claims Dash Charge Technology to Outsmart Google Pixel XL

Battery and the time taken to charge it has become a deciding factor in choosing the right smartphone. The manufacturers are undertaking trials and experiments in improving the factor, some of which have resulted in chaos (as seen in the case of Samsung Galaxy Note7). OnePlus’s trial in the battery was seen in OnePlus 3 via its Dash Charge. This technology is a fast-charging solution based on OPPO’s VOOC. The technology... Read More

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

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