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January 11th, 2017 5:54 PM 37 COMMENTS

Airtel slams Trai for allowing Jio to continue with promotional offers, files affidavit with TDSAT

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator has reportedly filed an affidavit with the telecom tribunal, the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT ) , slamming the Trai for allowing Reliance Jio to break rules around anti-competitive promotional offers. According to media reports, Airtel has also alleged that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is “perpetuating illegality” by allowing the 4G entrant to game the interconnect regime by allowing Jio... Read More

January 11th, 2017 11:01 AM 26 COMMENTS

Vodafone to Offer Additional Data Benefits for 4G Handset and 4G SIM Card Holders

Last month, we exclusively reported about the Vodafone India’s RED postpaid plans with their revamped data offerings. And now, we have another exclusive information regarding the Vodafone’s yet-to-be-announced prepaid 4G data plans. Vodafone, India’ second largest telecom network with over 200 million subscribers, will soon announce some new data plans. However, the benefit with these plans will only be limited to customers with 4G handset and Vodafone 4G SIM card.... Read More

January 10th, 2017 5:44 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone SuperNet 4G services launched in Aizawl, Mizoram

After the recent launches in Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh, and Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Bongaigaon and Guwahati in Assam, Vodafone India has launched SuperNet 4G services in Aizawl, the capital city of Mizoram. Other cities and towns of Assam and North East will receive Vodafone 4G services by the end of March 2017. Vodafone SuperNet 4G service promises a superfast internet experience to the users. It can be accessed on a wide... Read More

January 10th, 2017 12:33 PM 191 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Download Speeds Improved Drastically with Average Speed of 9Mbps, Shows TRAI Speed Test Report

Back in October 2016, speed tests from TRAI reported that Reliance Jio is the slowest 4G network in India with an average download speed of 6.2Mbps. However, the operator quickly bashed out all these allegations saying that their network is not the slowest one. Supporting the TRAI reports were the Jio 4G users who faced several speed issues after the network gone live to the general public. But, here’s a... Read More

January 10th, 2017 5:00 AM 3 COMMENTS

Trai to soon finalize views on public WiFi networks, says R S Sharma

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will come up with its recommendations on 'public wifi networks' within 25 days, according to the Chairman R S Sharma, who termed the availability and affordability of broadband as a prerequisite for growth of digital transactions. Sharma, on sidelines of an open house on 'Proliferation of Broadband through Public Wi-Fi Networks', said that broadband access needs to be ubiquitous, reliable and robust. “The... Read More

January 9th, 2017 8:46 PM 54 COMMENTS

Vodafone India could merge with Idea Cellular or Reliance Jio: Reports

Vodafone India may be looking to merge with one of the leading telecom operators in India in the wake of fierce competition from Reliance Jio, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. The report added that Vodafone is currently weighing a potential merger of its Indian arm with rivals as it seeks a turnaround in the subcontinent’s cut-throat mobile market. “The company has been caught in the crossfire of a sibling rivalry... Read More

January 8th, 2017 8:24 PM 4 COMMENTS

Videocon Connect Launches New Initiatives for Digital India, Sets Up an Advanced Communication Lab in Ludhiana

In an attempt to contribute to the Government’s vision of Digital India, Videocon Connect has launched several initiatives which include Smart Solutions (bulk voice and messaging), Smart Cities, Security-Surveillance, and Digital Marketing. With an intention to improve the standard of education in the country, Connect Broadband had also set up a Videocon Advanced Communication Lab at the Department of Electronics and Communications of GNDEC Ludhiana. To recall, as part of... Read More

January 7th, 2017 6:25 PM 89 COMMENTS

Take a stand on Reliance Jio’s free service offer: TDSAT tells Trai

In an interesting turn of events, the country’s telecom tribunal, TDSAT, has reportedly directed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to take a stand on Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's free 4G service offer in “reasonable time.” The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal’s direction came while hearing Bharti Airtel’s petition against the TDSAT against the regulator's decision to allow Jio to continue with its free promotional offer beyond the... Read More

January 7th, 2017 2:26 PM 49 COMMENTS

Supreme Court proposes to cancel Aircel’s 2G license, jeopardizes merger with RCom

The Supreme Court on Friday proposed to cancel Aircel’s 2G license if Maxis-owner Anantha Krishnan and Director Ralph Marshal do not present themselves before it within two weeks. The top court, led by Chief Justice J. S. Khehar, also restrained the transfer of 2G spectrum originally granted to Aircel to any other entity. The order could potentially threaten the proposed merger of Aircel with Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom). Aircel... Read More

January 6th, 2017 3:09 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel launches V-Fiber in Bengaluru & Hyderabad, customers can enjoy 100Mbps speed on home broadband

After the recent launch in Bhopal, Airtel has launched ‘V-Fiber’ on home broadband in Bengaluru & Hyderabad. V-Fiber will deliver speeds of up to 100 Mbps over Airtel’s existing broadband enabling fast HD video streaming, heavy file downloads, etc. over Wi-Fi. ‘V-Fiber’ will transform the home broadband for Airtel customers with consistently superfast data speeds and enable HD video streaming, heavy file downloads and uploads in a multi-device environment (over... Read More

January 6th, 2017 7:48 AM 46 COMMENTS

Interconnect usage charges: Reliance Jio, TTSL oppose Airtel, Vodafone pleas

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio and Tata Tele Services Ltd (TTSL) reportedly opposed in the Delhi High Court the petitions filed by Airtel and Vodafone that challenged TRAI's interconnect usage charges regulations, according to a PTI report. India's leading telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India have previously challenged the telecom regulator's interconnect usage charges rules fixing termination charges for landline to wireless as zero paise and wireless to wireless at... Read More

January 6th, 2017 1:29 AM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone awards Rs 1,420 crore contract to Nokia for managing networks: Report

Vodafone India, the country’s second largest telecom operator by subscribers, has reportedly awarded a big ticket contract worth around Rs 1,420 crore to Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia for managed services. Under the deal, Nokia will now provide managed services to Vodafone in 14 circles and field operations services in remaining eight of the country’s 22 telecom zones, according to the Economic Times. Vodafone has now given new circles to... Read More

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