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February 2nd, 2017 2:02 PM 15 COMMENTS

Trai finalizes decision on Reliance Jio’s free offer; to convey it to top telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has reportedly taken a decision on top telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular’s representations against the free offers of Reliance Jio. The regulator on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it will communicate its decision to these telcos on Thursday. It however did not disclose its decision in the court, but said that its decision will be placed before... Read More

February 2nd, 2017 12:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Aditya Birla Group-owned Grasim denies rumor of making large investment in Idea Cellular

Aditya Birla Group-owned Grasim Industries, which owns 4.75 per cent share in Idea Cellular, has denied the rumor that it would be making a large investment into the telecom operator as part of the latter’s planned merger with Vodafone Group’s India unit. In a statement to BSE, the company said, “Grasim would like to clarify that its knowledge of the proposed Idea-Vodafone transaction is restricted to what has been put... Read More

February 1st, 2017 5:55 PM 2 COMMENTS

Union Budget: India to allocate Rs 10,000 crore for BharatNet expansion, brings incentive schemes for manufacturing

The Indian government will allocate Rs 10,000 crore for the expansion of BharatNet project in fiscal year 2017-18 to provide high speed broadband connectivity in more than 1,50,000 gram panchayats through wifi hot spots and access to digital services at low tariffs, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said while presenting the Union Budget in Lok Sabha. Under the BharatNet Project, optic fiber cable (OFC) has been laid in 1,55,000... Read More

February 1st, 2017 7:19 AM 2 COMMENTS

Oppo’s Latest A57 is Aimed to Take on Selfie Enthusiasts with its 16MP Front-Facing Camera

Oppo, the Chinese smartphone vendor, has been focusing on selfie-centric smartphones for quite some time. As yet another addition to the lineup - Oppo has launched the Oppo A57 smartphone. The main feature of the Oppo A57 that is highly touted by the company is its 16MP front-facing camera. To recap, the Oppo A57 was first unveiled in China, back in November 2016. Priced at Rs. 14,990, the Oppo A57 will... Read More

January 31st, 2017 5:06 PM 40 COMMENTS

Ensure Vodafone-Idea merger not an outcome of a forced situation created by unfair playing field: Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal

India’s top telco Bharti Airtel’s managing director and CEO Gopal Vittal welcomed the proposed alliance between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which are the country’s second and third largest telcos. “We welcome the news of the proposed alliance between Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Consolidation is always good, especially for any capital intensive sector with multiple players,” Vittal said on Tuesday. According to him, a few solid and profitable players are... Read More

January 31st, 2017 2:13 PM 83 COMMENTS

Data war: Bharti Airtel is now offering 4GB of 4G Data at Rs. 149 as part of segmented offer

Bharti Airtel has been on a roll ever since the inception of Reliance Jio. The company has been aggressively offering new benefits for their consumers. Already, the operator is offering several goodies for the customers and now here’s another offer from Airtel, which is much better than any other operator, as of now. Airtel is offering 4GB of the 3G/4G internet for selected customers at just Rs. 149 with a... Read More

January 31st, 2017 1:44 PM 5 COMMENTS

All-India subscriber base increases by 8.18 Million, Idea added maximum number of subscribers : COAI

Continuing its upward journey, the Indian telecom industry posted another month of growth by adding 8.18 million mobile subscribers in the mobile telephony market in December 2016. In the data released by COAI, the association of mobile telephony service providers in the country, the number of mobile phone subscribers grew to a total increase of 809.99 million in December. It is noteworthy here that from the month of August 2016,... Read More

January 30th, 2017 7:07 PM 35 COMMENTS

Vodafone moves to Delhi High Court against Trai for permitting Jio’s free offer

Vodafone on Monday approached the Delhi High Court against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for allegedly failing to stop violation of tariff orders and regulations by Reliance Jio. The country’s second largest telecom operator has also claimed that the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, in the garb of preview offer, garnered millions of subscribers by offering them free services, due to the regulator’s “arbitrary and irregular action/inaction.” The telecom operator... Read More

January 30th, 2017 5:50 PM 19 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular to launch VoLTE in all 4G circles this year, says managing director

Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom operator, will launch voice over LTE services for customers in all of its 4G circles within this calendar year, according to the company’s managing director Himanshu Kapania. The Aditya Birla Group Company also said that it is now gearing to launch its 4G services in its 9 new 4G telecom service areas and 3G services in Bihar and Rajasthan, by March 2017, thereby... Read More

January 30th, 2017 4:20 PM 7 COMMENTS

Idea transforms from a pure play telco to an integrated digital solutions provider with new services to take on Jio, Airtel

Idea Cellular on Monday launched Idea Music Lounge, Idea Movie Club, and Idea Game Spark, kicking off its transformation from a pure play mobile operator to an integrated digital services and solutions provider to compete with the likes of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel that are already offering digital content services to their respective customers. These digital content applications will serve as a one-stop entertainment destination initially for Idea subscribers,... Read More

January 30th, 2017 3:13 PM 31 COMMENTS

Vodafone, Idea Cellular confirm preliminary all-share merger discussion

Vodafone Group on Monday said that is in its discussions with the Aditya Birla Group about an all share merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, confirming the recent media speculation regarding a potential combination of its Indian business with the third largest telco by users, Idea Cellular. “Vodafone confirms that it is in discussions with the Aditya Birla Group about an all share merger of Vodafone India (excluding Vodafone's... Read More

January 28th, 2017 2:21 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel’s weak operating results for Q3 are credit negative; impacted by Jio’s free services: Moody’s

India's newest mobile operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm continued to drive intense price competition through its promotional all services free of charge, which led to a decline in Bharti Airtel’s third quarter ARPUs across mobile services - voice and data - and as well as a 12.4% drop in data customers sequentially, Annalisa Di Chiara, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Credit Officer said in a note. The slowdown in Bharti's... Read More

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