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November 24th, 2016 4:28 PM 7 COMMENTS

Vodafone Wants To Cash In On Demonetization; Enables 120,000 Outlets for M-Pesa

Vodafone India, today announced a unique cash out facility for its 8.4 million plus Vodafone M-Pesa customers who can withdraw cash using their digital wallet from any of the over 120,000 Vodafone M-Pesa outlets across the country, subject to availability. To avail the cash withdrawal facility, customers need to carry an identity proof to their nearest Vodafone M-Pesa outlet from where they can withdraw money, subject to availability, in line... Read More

November 23rd, 2016 5:05 PM 53 COMMENTS

Idea to roll out pan-India wireless broadband network in FY17

Idea Cellular, country’s fastest growing mobile operator has also become the fastest growing wireless broadband network with One Broadband site coming up every 10 minutes. The company plans to continue the rapid rollout of its wireless broadband network expanding 4G services to 20 circles in FY17. Idea has planned nearly 57,000 additional sites this year to enable the launch of 4G in 9 circles and expand wireless broadband footprint on... Read More

November 23rd, 2016 3:46 PM 17 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank starts pilot services in Rajasthan, becomes India’s first Payments Bank to go live

Airtel Payments Bank started pilot services in Rajasthan, announces Airtel. Airtel Payments Bank will provide basic banking services, especially that the customers will now be able to open bank accounts at Airtel retail outlets. A wide range of sellers/shops across Rajasthan will accept digital payments from Airtel Bank. It means that the customers can make a cashless purchase of goods and services via their mobile phones. By the end of... Read More

November 23rd, 2016 10:08 AM 7 COMMENTS

Vodafone India, Airtel, Idea waive off USSD-based mobile banking charges to encourage cashless economy

In the backdrop of demonetization and the drive to encourage the cashless economy, telecom operators Vodafone India , Airtel, and Idea Cellular have announced the waiving off all USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) charges presently levied for mobile banking till 31 December 2016. Telcos believe that this measure can ease the burden of masses, primarily by encouraging the customers who use feature phones to adopt mobile banking. Commenting on the waiving off... Read More

November 23rd, 2016 1:10 AM 7 COMMENTS

The new right of way rules will hasten the network deployments, says Vodafone India

Vodafone India welcomed the recent Right of Way (RoW) rules issued by the Department of Telecom (DoT). Thanking the Minister Shri Manoj Sinha and Secretary Shri J. S. Deepak for the new RoW rules, Mr. Sunil Sood, MD & CEO, Vodafone India said, “The RoW Rules 2016 so published are another major step towards making processes simple and progressing towards a stable and transparent policy regime. It will further contribute... Read More

November 22nd, 2016 12:20 PM 61 COMMENTS

Airtel to upgrade 3G network in delhi; customers will get 4G like speed on 3G in coming days

In the backdrop of network upgrading, Airtel subscribers in Delhi may face some network issues in the next few days, announces Airtel. The service provider is notifying users via e-mail on the probable network disruption. “Our engineers will be working through the night to ensure your services continue to work in an uninterrupted manner even as we make this change. Yet there may be some teething issues you could face... Read More

November 21st, 2016 5:56 PM 56 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio SIM Home Delivery Finally Kicks Off with an Invite-based Pilot Programme

Taking up from the rumours that hinted about Jio's upcoming home delivery service, Reliance Jio has finally launched a pilot programme to deliver the Jio SIM cards at your doorstep. For now, the company is launching the service in the main cities of India to save the buyers from standing in long queues for getting the SIM card. Under the programme, select customers would be allowed to get the SIM... Read More

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

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