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Ria Lakshman December 22nd, 2016 1:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

RCom sells its tower business to Brookfield Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure, along with its institutional partners, is buying the tower business of Reliance Communications (RCom) at an upfront payment of Rs. 11,000 crores in cash, announces a statement released by RCom. The transaction is subject to authority approvals. The binding agreement will de-merge RCom’s tower business into a separate business entity, owned by Brookfield Infrastructure. RCom will get ‘B’ class non-voting shares in the new business. Besides the non-voting shares,... Read More

Srikapardhi December 21st, 2016 4:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches free linguistic email address to empower 89.54 million customers

BSNL has offered free E-Mail Address service in 8 Indian Languages to its broadband users by launching a ‘DataMail’ service. Now BSNL broadband users will be able to open an email ID in DataMail service in their own language. “Providing the linguistic email address is one of its kind initiative in the world to achieve our Prime Ministers Vision of Digital India. It's now possible in every part of India... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 21st, 2016 12:40 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel purchases MENA Submarine Cable Systems to expand its global network coverage

In order to strengthen its global coverage, Airtel’s subsidiary Network i2i Ltd. has purchased the full equity stake in the Middle East North Africa Company Submarine Cable Systems S.A.E (MENA-SCS) from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E (Orascom), announces a release from the company. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. MENA-SCS operates a submarine cable network between India and Europe covering the Middle East. It also has options... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 21st, 2016 7:36 AM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel Extends Its 4G Services to Assam

Bharti Airtel, one of the largest telecommunications services provider in India, today announced that it’s extending its 4G services to Assam with the services going live in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia. Airtel subscribers in these regions can now get access to high-speed 4G internet to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, uploading, and downloading videos, music, and images across multiple devices like smartphones, dongles, and 4G hotspots. Also Read: Bharti Airtel Updated... Read More

Srikapardhi December 20th, 2016 12:47 PM 56 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Updated their myPlan Infinity Postpaid Plans; Rs. 549 Plan Now Offers 3GB of 4G Data

Bharti Airtel today updated their recently announced myPlan Infinity of Rs. 549 and Rs. 799. With the increasing craze to 4G data consumption in India and to match Reliance Jio’s free data offering, Airtel is making this move. As we already know, Airtel recently unveiled two new Infinity plans under their postpaid scheme of Rs. 549 and Rs. 799 and they offer free voice calling along with a certain amount... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 16th, 2016 3:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia claims to have bagged maximum 4G deals in India

Nokia, the Finnish telecom gear maker, has claimed that it has bagged maximum 4G LTE network deals from Indian telecom operators, and is currently leads the market with maximum share, besides leading the VoLTE market with almost 100% market share. The company’s new India head, Sanjay Malik, in an interaction with the Economic Times, said “We are number one in LTE (4G) market on the basis of all deals that... Read More

Srikapardhi December 16th, 2016 12:11 PM 20 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular in talks with Telenor for a cash-less acquisition: Report

Norway-based Telenor reportedly held talks with India's third largest telco, Idea Cellular, for a cash-less sale of its India unit, which is struggling to grow due to operations in just six circles and limited spectrum holdings. According to an ET report, the talks revolved around Idea taking over all the liabilities of Telenor India. “The two companies have held negotiations for a transfer of all liabilities and assets without an... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 16th, 2016 9:09 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone & Idea up focus on secondary businesses to up revenues: Report

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, India’s top telecom operators have increased focus on their secondary businesses to offset revenue related challenges in their mobile operations, according to an Economic Times report. These telcos’ respective revenues from the mobility business are set to go down following Reliance Jio’s free offer, coupled with the government’s move to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. These developments could reduce their Ebitda... Read More

Srikapardhi December 16th, 2016 1:07 AM 53 COMMENTS

Latest Report Reveals that Reliance Jio SIM Owners Are Not the Major Users of Wi-Fi

It’s been just four months since Reliance Jio forayed into the Indian telecom market and already the company has created a major stir. On September 1, 2016, Mukesh Ambani, the company’s chairman revealed the tariff plans of the service, and they are uber cheap. Apart from these tariff plans, the major attraction for the service will be its ‘Welcome Offer’ (Now, Jio New Year Offer), where the company is offering... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 15th, 2016 6:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, others get demand-cum-show cause notices for under-reporting revenues

The country's telecom department has reportedly issued demand-cum-show cause notices to leading telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, along with Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications and Aircel for under-reporting revenues amounting to Rs 29,474 crore. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha, in a written reply, informed Lok Sabha that the demand-cum-show cause notices were issued to six private telecom companies on the basis of C&AG Report No 4 of 2016,... Read More

Srikapardhi December 15th, 2016 5:01 PM 80 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Bharti Airtel to make free Voice Calls on Postpaid at Rs. 549 Per Month

Airtel will soon launch two new Infinity plans exclusively for their postpaid customers. Yes, postpaid subscribers of Airtel can now make unlimited calls to any number all over the country starting at just Rs. 549. Primarily, Airtel hasn't introduced any new plan, but marginally cut down the price of their affordable infinity plan of Rs. 1,199 to Rs. 549 per month. Alongside the Rs. 549 plan, there’s another plan which... Read More

Srikapardhi December 14th, 2016 11:29 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Extends its Payments Bank Services to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

After seeing a massive success in Rajasthan, Airtel Payments Bank Limited, today extended their footprint to South Indian regions of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Airtel, recently commented that they have already registered more than 100,000 users who opened a savings account for their service in less than two weeks of initial launch. The India’s largest telecom service has nearly 15,000 Airtel retail outlets in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Out... Read More