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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

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

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

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

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

December 14th, 2016 12:54 PM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G launched in Durgapur using dual spectrum bands of 2300 MHz and 1800 MHz

Bharti Airtel Limited, today announced the launch 4G services in Durgapur using dual spectrum bands of 2300 Mhz (TD LTE) and 1800 MHz (FD LTE) to offer a superior mobile broadband experience. In Durgapur, Airtel has deployed Carrier Aggregation (4G-Advanced) technology, which offers data speeds of up to 135 Mbps on compatible handsets. Carrier Aggregation technology combines the capacities across 2300 MHz (TD LTE) and 1800 MHz (FD LTE) to... Read More

December 13th, 2016 7:53 PM 87 COMMENTS

Cyclone Vardah is the Reason Behind Slow Internet Connectivity on Airtel and Others!

As you might be aware of the fact that Chennai has hit with a deadly cyclone. Dubbed as the Cyclone Vardah, it has also cost nearly four people's lives. And, if you’re living in one of the cities around Chennai, then you might experience slow internet speeds for the next couple of days or more. Yes, you heard it right. Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom network has sent out an... Read More

December 13th, 2016 3:26 PM 18 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to introduce augmented reality game Pokemon GO In India

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (“Jio”) delights Indian gamers by bringing the sought-after, first-of-its-kind, Augmented Reality game ‘Pokémon GO’ to India in a partnership with Niantic, Inc. – publisher and developer of Pokémon GO in association with The Pokémon Company. With this partnership, thousands of Reliance Digital Stores and select partner premises in India will appear as ‘PokéStops’ or ‘Gyms’ in the Pokémon GO game beginning Wednesday, December 14, 2016. This... Read More

December 12th, 2016 6:36 AM 20 COMMENTS

Competition Commission registers two cases against Jio for violation of competition law: Report

The Competition Commission of India has registered two cases against the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio for alleged violation of competition law, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Mehgwal informed Parliament. The Minister informed the Parliament that the CCI has also registered a case against incumbent telecom operators by Reliance Jio, taking the total number of such cases to four. Reliance Jio, in November, had filed a complaint with... Read More

December 11th, 2016 2:46 PM 23 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank crosses One Lakh Savings Accounts, 70% of the accounts opened in rural areas

Airtel Payments Bank, the first payments bank in India to go LIVE, today said it has opened over one lakh (100,000) savings accounts in less than two weeks of rolling out its pilot services in Rajasthan. Close to 70% of the over one lakh accounts opened with Airtel Payments Bank are in rural areas, highlighting the massive scope for serving customers, particularly in unbanked and underbanked pockets. Airtel Payments Bank... Read More

December 11th, 2016 7:39 AM 60 COMMENTS

Intense competition from incumbent telcos to impact Jio’s profitability and returns: Ind-Ra

Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, is facing intense competition from incumbent telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, which may impact its profitability and returns, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), which has assigned the Mukesh Ambani-led telco a Long-Term Issuer Rating of ‘IND AAA’ with a Stable Outlook. Jio launched its IP based 4G-LTE (long-term evolution) services on September 5, 2016 and its operations are in... Read More

December 11th, 2016 3:26 AM 6 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular says planning to raise Rs 1,500 crore via NCD issue

Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom operator by subscribers, Saturday informed the stock exchange that it is planning to raise Rs 1,500 crore by issuing Unsecured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures (“NCDs”) on private placement basis. With this issue, the company may be aiming to bring down its borrowing costs with bank loans still remaining costlier, according to media reports, which added that it may raise another Rs 1,000 crore in... Read More

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