Reliance Retail has come with yet another LYF smartphone - the LYF F8. The device comes equipped with 4G VoLTE and has a design that is identical to LYF's Flame 8 smartphone. The F8 is priced at Rs. 4,199 and will be up for sale through retail stores all across the country in Blue and Black color options. The LYF F8 features a 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS display and is powered... Read More
State-run telecom operator Bharat Shanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has finally reached out to the country’s telecom department (DoT) for the super premium 700 MHz spectrum for rolling out 4G services. The ailing telecom operator, which recently launched trials of 4G services using 2500 MHz band, is now seeking 5 MHz block on 700 MHz band through equity route, BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. BSNL, which is a 100 per... Read More
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, will now discuss the unending call drop issue with Indian telecom carriers, the telecom department (DoT) and sector regulator TRAI on November 10. According to PTI, the Parliamentary panel has called members of industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Reliance Jio separately and it will hear the views of the representatives of COAI and... Read More
As the proposed four-tier Goods and Service Tax (GST) gets operational next April, customers in India may expect telecom bills to go up with a higher GST rate of around 18%, as compared to the current 15% rate for telecom services. Expensive telecoms services may also hit debt-ridden carriers which are already reeling under pressure, besides impacting the government’s Digital India ambitions. The Indian government introduced a four-tier GST structure... Read More
Following the recommendation of Rs 3,050 crore penalty on incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now preparing to scrutinize Reliance Jio’s network to determine the main reason behind massive call failures, according to a report published in ET. With this exercise, the regulator is trying to gauge the readiness of Reliance Jio’s full-IP 4G network. The move comes at... Read More
India’s Telecom Ministry is considering making a platform that will take direct feedback from people on call drops to gauge the situation and take necessary steps accordingly. The move follows the launch of "Twitter Seva" by the minister on the social media network to address complaints and concerns of users of telecom and postal services. Currently, the complaints lodged through Twitter Sewa by users are made available to the ministry... Read More
In contrary to the announcement made by Bharti Airtel yesterday, Reliance Jio Infocomm says that the release of Points-of-Interconnect (PoIs) from Airtel happened only after the intervention by authorities. Jio welcomed the 7,007 additional PoIs it provided. “RJIL welcomes 7,007 additional POIs provided by Airtel consequent to the meetings of the Hon’ble Minister of Communication and TRAI Chairman with the CEOs of Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and RJIL earlier this week... Read More
In a bid to incorporate next generation technologies and further drive the growth of India’s telecom sector, the telecom department (DoT) is now mulling over the new telecom policy from 2017. The move comes at a time when the department is yet to achieve targets like 2 Mbps broadband speed and abolition of roaming charges across the country under the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012. Telecom secretary JS Deepak, at... Read More
Netflix may allow the users to download movies to watch offline, according to the company’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. Sarandos revealed the plan to CNBC ahead of the premiere of a new show. “We have talked a lot about this over the years and our belief is that broadband and Wi-Fi become more and more ubiquitous, available in more and more places that you are, more and more minutes... Read More
Following the recent penalty recommended by the telecom regulator, Bharti Airtel on Thursday provided over 7,000 additional Points of Interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, taking the total number of PoIs provided till date to over 17,000, a capacity sufficient to serve over 75 million customers. TRAI recently suggested imposition of Rs. 1,050 crores penalty on Bharti Airtel over interconnect issue with Reliance Jio. The telco subsequently said that there was... Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s wide range of offerings, including media and entertainment content will help the telco in subscriber additions and data consumption, which will drive cash generation, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency said that the 4G entrant will face intense competition from the financially strong incumbent Indian telecom players. It however reckoned that falling data tariffs will support significant expansion of overall data consumption in India over... Read More
The global smartphone shipment has reached 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016, according to the research firm Strategy Analytics. Android operating system grabs 88% of the global market share. Within the 375 million units, 328.6 million units are Android smartphones. 45.5 million devices are running Apple iOS. Other devices count around 1.3 million units. “Global smartphone shipments grew 6% annually from 354.2 million units in Q3 2015... Read More
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