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February 15th, 2017 2:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Smartphone Market Ends With 5.2% Annual Growth in CY 2016, Lenovo Occupies 2nd Position: IDC India

In the calendar year, 2016 (CY 2016), Lenovo Mobile Group (comprising of Lenovo and Moto smartphones) has emerged as the #2 smartphone brand concerning volume and value, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) India Q4 2016 Smartphone Market Report. While Lenovo captured 8.9% market share in terms of volume, it had 9.8% market share in terms of value. The company also maintained its leadership position in e-commerce space in 2016.... Read More

February 14th, 2017 4:41 PM 6 COMMENTS

200 Villages In India Go Digital Due To Airtel Payments Bank, Says Airtel

Airtel Payments Bank has helped 200 villages in India to go digital, according to a release by Airtel. These 200 villages now get access to basic banking services and options to do digital transactions, making them less reliant on cash. Airtel will continue to expand its Payment Bank services to 5000 villages soon. The service provider has not announced any timeframe to achieve the same. “We are fully committed to... Read More

February 14th, 2017 2:59 PM 7 COMMENTS

Vodafone Sakhi Packs Allow Women To Do Private Recharging Without Sharing Mobile Number

Vodafone has launched Vodafone Sakhi, a product to empower the women in rural areas. Using Vodafone Sakhi, women can do private recharge using an OTP code, without sharing the mobile number. The OTP can be used for all recharges done over a 24-hour period. Also, it comes with emergency calling feature allowing them to make calls for 10 minutes with zero balance. Vodafone Sakhi is currently launched in areas of... Read More

February 13th, 2017 7:53 PM 8 COMMENTS

RCom says Aircel merger to be completed by 2017 middle, MTS merger by March

Reliance Communication's (RCom) merger with smaller GSM telco Aircel, and tower deal with Brookfield are likely to be completed by the middle of 2017, while the merger with Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which operates under MTS India, will be completed by March end this year, the telco said in analyst call post results on Monday. The Anil Ambani-led telco also clarified that the ongoing legal issue on Aircel and Maxis will... Read More

February 12th, 2017 12:55 PM 39 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular adds over 9000 4G sites in Q3, 4G user base declines

Idea Cellular, India’s third largest telecom operator deployed just over 9000 4G cell sites in the quarter, taking the overall 4G site count to 33,954 in the country. The telco’s 3G cell site count went up from the 60,467 in the second quarter to 66,661 in the third quarter, which ended on December 31, 2016. Idea’s 2G cell site count reached 132,362 in the third quarter against 130,633 in the... Read More

February 12th, 2017 7:00 AM 0 COMMENTS

Waiting For Nokia’s Comeback In India? Here Are The Phones That Nokia Might Launch Soon

Nokia's comeback is no more a speculation as the company has finally launched its first device - the Nokia 6 in China. The Finnish brand had been up on rumor charts for quite some time. Recently, reports sprung up talking about how Nokia is planning to launch six phones this year. However, extinguishing these rumours, Nokia recently confirmed that it would be bringing out two new phones in 2017. The... Read More

February 11th, 2017 9:03 PM 42 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio free services effect: Idea Cellular posts first ever net loss in Q3

Idea Cellular, India’s third largest telecom operator by users has reported its first ever consolidated net loss since its listing in the December 2016 quarter. In the quarter, the telco posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 383.87 crore for the December 2016 quarter, against a net profit of Rs 659.35 crore in the year-ago period. In a statement, Idea Cellular said that the Indian telecom industry witnessed an unprecedented... Read More

February 11th, 2017 7:16 PM 43 COMMENTS

RCom reports Q3 net loss of Rs 531 cr, blames competition & shutdown of profitable CDMA biz

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) reported a net loss of Rs 531 crore in the third quarter, while its revenue declined 4.3% at Rs 4,922 crore in the quarter, against Rs 5,142 crore in Q2. The telco said that it posted net loss on account of an unprecedented competitive intensity, complete shutdown of its profitable CDMA operations, and due to an increase in amortisation and interest expense aggregating Rs 278... Read More

February 11th, 2017 5:48 PM 22 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance Jio to soon offer 6-series numbers to customers in India, gets MSC Codes from the DoT

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has been allotted new MSC codes in the 6-series mobile numbers by the telecom department (DoT) in Rajasthan, Assam and Tamil Nadu telecom zones. The development will allow the 4G entrant to offer new mobile numbers beginning with “6”. The telecom department’s notification said that the new codes have been allotted to meet new one million users demand. “In consideration to the request of service providers,... Read More

February 11th, 2017 12:49 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea merged entity to surpass Reliance Jio in network capacity terms: Credit Suisse

The proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular will create a telco with 35% network capacity share in the country, surpassing Reliance Jio, which would have 31% network capacity share, according to Credit Suisse. It however added that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco would continue to lead in capacity share of data networks “by virtue of its large data spectrum holdings and exclusive 4G deployment.” In a note, the brokerage said... Read More

February 10th, 2017 6:44 PM 4 COMMENTS

TTSL in talks to sell entire stake in Viom Networks: Report

Dual technology telecom service provider Tata Teleservices is in discussions to sell its entire stake in Viom Networks, a telecom tower company, to American Tower Corporation (ATC) for about Rs 4,000 crore, according to a PTI report. The latest development follows a divestment of majority of Tata Teleservices' stake in Viom Networks previously. TTSL's stake in Viom Networks came down to 26 per cent after American Tower Corporation bought majority... Read More

February 10th, 2017 2:01 PM 108 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel hits back at Reliance Jio for causing ‘huge loss’ to company

The PoI war continues to gain pace as the operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, blaming each other for call failures.Yesterday, Bharti Airtel reinforced its claim that it has provided enough number of points-of-interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, reports Times of India. According to Airtel, it has given PoIs to serve over 190 million customers, which is much higher than the customer base claimed by Reliance Jio (which is 72.5... Read More

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