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Rudradeep Biswas November 28th, 2016 5:22 PM 66 COMMENTS

Update: Jio approaches CCI to file complaint against Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular: Report

Reliance Jio, the 4G telecom operator has approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to file a complaint against incumbent telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular for abusing their dominance and cartelization. A report by Bloomberg Quint on Monday said that Jio filed the complaint on the basis of a letter written by the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to the Department of Telecom... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 28th, 2016 3:00 PM 6 COMMENTS

Huawei Defeats Samsung To Become The Most Profitable Android Smartphone Brand

Huawei has reportedly overthrown Samsung in the smartphone sales this year, according to a new report. With this, it becomes the world’s most profitable smartphone brand. Samsung, which owned this position earlier, had a considerable loss after the company’s latest flagship Galaxy Note 7 failed in the market (It recalled the model entirely from the market after the explosion fiasco). Huawei shipped an impressive 100 million smartphones by October 2016.... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 28th, 2016 7:01 AM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL Goes Digital, Hard Copies of Documents No Longer Required for New Connections : Report

BSNL (Mysuru), in favour of the digital authentication process, has ditched the conventional way of getting a new mobile connection. Instead of verifying the hard copies of documents (address proofs or ID proofs), the telco will now make use of biometric data (computer image processing or digital fingerprint analysis) and Aadhaar number to do the same to provide its potential customers with new connections. KL Jairam, District General Manager, BSNL... Read More

Srikapardhi November 27th, 2016 6:52 AM 111 COMMENTS

Here’s How Reliance Jio is Going to Change the Tv Viewing Experience for Users in India

After creating a major stir in the Indian telecom sector, Reliance Jio is now aiming to launch DTH service in India. The highlight of using a Jio 4G SIM card is that every user can enjoy free services including unlimited 4G data, calls, and message till December 31. Reliance Jio Infocomm, who has Pan-India license and spectrum for 4G wireless services is eyeing to launch and Android-powered STB (Set Top... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 27th, 2016 3:45 AM 2 COMMENTS

Huawei Exec. Director demands telecom industry to prepare for 5G launch

In the keynote address delivered at the Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Tokyo, Huawei’s Executive Director and President of Products and Solutions Ryan Ding asked the telecom industry to prepare for 5G. He stressed on three main areas to focus -- infrastructure, operations, and ecosystem development. According to Ding, these are the areas that determine the success of telecom industry. In the keynote titled “On the Road to 5G”, Ding... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 26th, 2016 9:47 PM 2 COMMENTS

Global Spectrum Plan necessary to deliver ultra-fast 5G: GSMA

In the lead-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019 (WRC-19), Global System for Mobile communications Association (GSMA) called the Governments to collaborate on 5G. GSMA has released a paper “5G spectrum position” highlighting the various aspects of 5G services. “Although the mobile industry, academic institutions and international standards-making bodies are developing the technologies central to 5G, success will depend heavily on affordable access to the necessary amount of spectrum,”... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 26th, 2016 4:51 PM 14 COMMENTS

Vodafone, COAI welcome Government’s decision to allow old Rs. 500 notes for prepaid recharges

Vodafone India welcomes the recent initiative of the Government that allows the prepaid subscribers to do recharges for a maximum of Rs. 500, each using older currency notes till December 15. The finance ministry made the announcement on Thursday evening listing the services that can be availed using the old Rs. 500 notes. “We thank the government for allowing prepaid top up recharges up to INR 500 in old currency.... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 25th, 2016 3:22 PM 26 COMMENTS

Airtel deploys 4G Advanced in Tamil Nadu, to offer faster data speeds up to 135 Mbps

Airtel, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in major cities across Tamil Nadu. Airtel 4G Advanced is now available to customers in Chennai, Madurai, Hosur, Vellore, Pondy, Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem & Tiruppur. The deployment will result in a superior 4G experience for Airtel customers through considerably faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors. Customers with mobile... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 25th, 2016 1:07 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel foray into banking services: Here’s how this move will be a game-changer for India telecom consumers

Earlier this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revealed the names of a few companies that managed to acquire payments bank licence. For the uninitiated, Payments bank is relatively a new type of bank which allows users to open small accounts thereby improving the bank reachability scene in the country. Interestingly, Bharti Airtel was one among the 11 companies who’ve received the license. And finally, yesterday, the telco has... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 25th, 2016 8:16 AM 257 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio is working hard to improve data speeds; drastic changes expected in coming days

After being continuously hit with poor customer reviews in recent times for their internet speeds, Reliance Jio is now reportedly working on improving the data speeds in coming weeks. According to our source, Jio will be improving its data speeds in two weeks from now. Having said that, several users have already reported improved data speeds in recent times and a speed test conducted by a user clocked a download... Read More

Srikapardhi November 24th, 2016 4:28 PM 7 COMMENTS

Vodafone Wants To Cash In On Demonetization; Enables 120,000 Outlets for M-Pesa

Vodafone India, today announced a unique cash out facility for its 8.4 million plus Vodafone M-Pesa customers who can withdraw cash using their digital wallet from any of the over 120,000 Vodafone M-Pesa outlets across the country, subject to availability. To avail the cash withdrawal facility, customers need to carry an identity proof to their nearest Vodafone M-Pesa outlet from where they can withdraw money, subject to availability, in line... Read More

Srikapardhi November 23rd, 2016 5:05 PM 53 COMMENTS

Idea to roll out pan-India wireless broadband network in FY17

Idea Cellular, country’s fastest growing mobile operator has also become the fastest growing wireless broadband network with One Broadband site coming up every 10 minutes. The company plans to continue the rapid rollout of its wireless broadband network expanding 4G services to 20 circles in FY17. Idea has planned nearly 57,000 additional sites this year to enable the launch of 4G in 9 circles and expand wireless broadband footprint on... Read More