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Rudradeep Biswas February 25th, 2017 7:16 AM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone Group Sees Reliance Jio as Formidable Adversary in Indian Telecom Market, Says Chief Executive Vittorio Colao

Vodafone Group sees Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio as a formidable adversary in India’s fiercely competitive telecom market, which has forced the telecom group to cut the value of its India unit by Rs 36,448 crore. According to an Economic Times report, Vodafone Plc chief executive Vittorio Colao has asked business heads of the Indian unit to leave no stone unturned in combating Reliance Jio... Read More

Srikapardhi February 25th, 2017 5:21 AM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Tariff Plan to Improve Industry-Wide ARPU Over Longer Term: Moody’s

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's tariff plan beginning April 1 this year will improve industry-wide average revenue per user over the longer term, but intense price competition is expected to persist over the next few quarters, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “…we still expect intense price competition to persist over the next few quarters, as incumbents such as Bharti, Vodafone India (unrated) and Idea Cellular respond in efforts to protect their... Read More

Esmail February 24th, 2017 9:00 PM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Aims to Disrupt Taxi Space With App-Based Taxi Service: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm, which has disrupted the Indian telecom space with free data and voice services, pushing other telecom operators to consider merger and acquisition strategies, is now planning to disrupt India’s taxi space with the launch of an app-based taxi service. Reliance Jio Cabs, expected to be launched as early as this year. Reliance Jio claims to be a digital company than mere... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2017 7:09 PM 11 COMMENTS

Vivo Y55s With Snapdragon 425 SoC and 3GB of RAM Launched for Rs. 12,490

Chinese smartphone vendor, Vivo who has been concentrating heavily of the selfie camera department now came out with yet another offering and the company' second phone for the year 2017, namely, the Vivo Y55s. The device is in line with Vivo’s brand philosophy ‘Camera and Music’ and is priced at Rs.12,490. The Vivo Y55s will be available in Crown Gold and Space Grey colors across the country from 26th February 2017.... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2017 5:57 PM 17 COMMENTS

Aircel Now Enters the Hourly Data Bandwagon; Started Offering Unlimited 3G Data for One Hour at Rs. 15

Indian telecom sector is currently undergoing some significant changes, especially after the entrance of Reliance Jio. What started as a trend by Vodafone India with the 'SuperHour' data packs is now followed by the other operators as well. After Idea Cellular following Vodafone with hourly data packs, it's now time for Aircel to do the same. Yes, Aircel entered the hourly data bandwagon by introducing a new plan of Rs.... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2017 3:43 PM 21 COMMENTS

WhatsApp’s New Status Feature Started Rolling Out for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Users

Facebook-owned WhatsApp recently announced that they would be rolling out a new Snapchat clone 'Status' feature on the eve of their 8th anniversary starting 24th February. Faithful to their words, the company started rolling out the feature for all the Android, iOS, and Windows Phone users. With this addition, all the Facebook-owned entities will have the features that are present in the rival platform, Snapchat. Starting today, the users who... Read More

Chakri K February 24th, 2017 12:04 PM 5 COMMENTS

LG X power 2 with Android Nougat and Beefy 4500mAh Unveiled Ahead of MWC 2017

While the entire industry's eyes are on LG's announcement of their flagship phone, LG G6 at the MWC 2017 event, the South Korean company silently announced a new handset, the LG X power 2. The pricing for the phone are not official, but LG confirmed that the phone would go on sale from early March in some Latin America markets. Touted as the successor to the LG X power, which... Read More

Chakri K February 23rd, 2017 10:03 PM 4 COMMENTS

Huawei Successfully Completes the 5G Field Performance Testing

Huawei has been just certified as the first company to pass the recent field performance tests of 5G New Radio (NR) technology in the 3.5 GHz band and tests of cross-compatibility with a range of industry-standard hardware. The field tests were conducted as part of the second phase of 5G trials in China and were led by the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group. The field tests officially began when an IMT-2020... Read More

Chakri K February 23rd, 2017 7:22 PM 69 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Free Services Led to Rs 685 Crore Losses to Govt, TC Pulls Up TRAI

Telecom Commission (TC), the inter-ministerial panel has pulled up the telecom regulator Trai for jeopardising the health of the sector by allowing Reliance Jio’s free offers to continue beyond the stipulated time. According to various media reports, Reliance Jio’s free services have cost the government Rs 685 crore. The Indian government collects license fees and spectrum usage charges from telcos, calculated by their revenue. Jio’s free offers have led to... Read More

Chakri K February 23rd, 2017 6:09 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Receives Over 150,000 Registrations in West Bengal Since its Launch

India's first payments bank, Airtel Payments Bank today announced that it had opened over 150,000 savings accounts in West Bengal since its official launch back in January 2017. The services went live in West Bengal along with other 28 states at the start of 2017. Airtel claims that approximately 70 percent of these accounts have been opened in rural areas of West Bengal. Airtel has been enjoying tremendous success with their... Read More

Srikapardhi February 23rd, 2017 5:14 PM 23 COMMENTS

Airtel-Telenor deal is a result of Reliance Jio’s aggressive entry: Fitch

Fitch Ratings said that Airtel’s deal with Telenor to acquire the latter’s India operations is the latest sign that the entry of aggressive Reliance Jio is spurring incumbents to consolidate to meet the intense competition and weaker telcos better to exit altogether. Jio's massive investment of USD20-25 billion and unique offering of free voice and data for six months to new subscribers have accelerated industry consolidation. The on-going consolidation is... Read More

Srikapardhi February 23rd, 2017 1:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Softbank in talks to buy 15-20% stake in Vodafone-Idea Cellular entity: Report

Japanese telecom major Softbank is reportedly in talks with Vodafone Plc to buy 15-20 % stake in its India unit, which is likely to be merged with Aditya Birla Group-owned Idea Cellular. Masayoshi Son-owned Softbank is currently in the process of finalising its $100 billion Vision Fund, which is being helmed by Indian-born Rajeev Mishra. The fund is likely to scout for buyout deals, including in the telecom sector in... Read More