Latest Telecom News

Home
Technology News

Ria Lakshman November 16th, 2016 2:33 PM 1 COMMENTS

Gionee S9 Smartphone Launched With MediaTek Helio P10 Processor, 4GB RAM

The Chinese smartphone maker Gionee has launched Gionee S9 smartphone in China. Priced at CNY 2,499 (approximately Rs. 25,000), this smartphone boasts of a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels resolution) display with 2.5D curved glass. Under the hood of Gionee S9, there is a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek (MT6755) Helio P10 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM. It packs a 64GB inbuilt memory, which can be expanded up to 128GB via a... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 16th, 2016 9:03 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone India claims 47.5 million data users greater than 1MB usage, adds 4100 3G and 13K 4G sites in first half

Vodafone India said that it is seeing continuous uptake of Data with 47.5 million data users with greater than 1MB usage. Overall data usage per subscriber (for users >1MB) recorded at 745 MB/month in the second quarter, while data ARPU (for users > 1MB) recorded at Rs 164 in the quarter, up from Rs 158 in a year earlier period, the telco said Data usage and revenue growth led by... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 16th, 2016 1:01 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone India H1 service revenue up 5.9% at Rs 22,579-cr, sees slowed quarterly rate due to competitive pressure

Vodafone India said that its service revenue grew 5.9% at Rs 22,579 crores in the first half of the fiscal, as compared to Rs 21,321 crores in the first half of last fiscal. The telco however said that it saw a slowed quarterly rate of growth in the second quarter at 6.3%, as compared to 7.7% in the previous quarter, driven by lower data revenue growth resulting from increased competitive... Read More

Srikapardhi November 15th, 2016 6:25 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio entry made Vodafone Group write off EUR 5 billion for India unit

In an interesting turn of events, UK-based Telecoms Group Vodafone has recorded non-cash impairment charge of 5.0 billion euros during the first half of the fiscal ended September 30 in respect for its Indian unit. An increased competition due to the entry of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm has resulted in this write-off, the company said. In a statement, Vodafone Group said that the entry of Reliance Jio has entry... Read More

Srikapardhi November 15th, 2016 4:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

Aircel partners with Celltick to provide managed services based on LiveScreen platform

Aircel, today launched A!LIVE, a mobile marketing service by Celltick’s LiveScreen platform. The service is aimed to provide easy to discover localized Value Added Services (VAS) to Aircel customers, resulting in strong incremental revenue. Aircel subscribers will be able to easily access relevant VAS products and services based on their location, context and purchase history. Celltick markets content and gaming services, mobile coupons, operator services, mobile advertisements and other infotainment... Read More

Zara Ali November 15th, 2016 3:27 PM 15 COMMENTS

Vivo V5 Goes Official in India with 20-megapixel Front Camera, 4GB RAM for Rs. 17,980

As expected, Vivo finally unveiled its camera-centric phone - Vivo V5, in India. At an event held in Delhi, Vivo made the V5 official at a price of Rs. 17,980. It will be up for pre-ordering from November 16; the standard sale will begin from November 26. The V5 will be available in Crown Gold and Space Gray colour options. Coming on to the specifications, the V5's primary feature is... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 15th, 2016 4:39 AM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio gives COAI executive meeting a miss to oppose voting norms

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator, decided against attending the Cellular Operators Association of India’s (COAI) quarterly executive committee meeting held on November 11, amid ongoing interconnection capacity issue. COAI represents GSM telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Aircel. Reliance Jio is also a member of the association. Reliance Jio has been asking for a re-haul of COAI’s proportionate voting right rules that is... Read More

Srikapardhi November 15th, 2016 3:38 AM 0 COMMENTS

Indian telcos urge Trai to continue with current practice of computing call drop rates, reject new proposal: Report

Indian telecom companies have urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), to continue with current practice of using network statistics to calculate call drop rates, rejecting the sector regulator’s suggestion of calculating call drop rates through a meta data analysis of call detail records (CDRs), according to an Economic Times report. In their submission to Trai on discussion paper floated in August on reviewing quality of network-related services, the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 14th, 2016 9:55 PM 13 COMMENTS

Reliance Communications Q2 net profit down 28% at Rs 39 crore

Reliance Communications (RCom) on Monday reported a net profit of Rs 39 crore for the second quarter, down 28 percent sequentially. RCom said that its consolidated revenue in the second quarter stood at Rs 5,142 crore, down 4% from Rs 5,361 crore in the first quarter. The telco’s EBITDA stood at Rs 1,542 crore, down 1% from Rs 1,560 crore in the first quarter. For the India operations, the telco’s... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 14th, 2016 7:30 PM 3 COMMENTS

International Summit of Broadband India Forum discusses rolling out broadband via Wireless Fiber technologies in the E&V band

The recent international summit “Accelerating Broadband in India: Complementing Fiber Optics with Wireless Fiber” held in New Delhi discussed the various possibilities of rolling out the Wireless Fiber technologies in the E&V band. This method can take broadband to remote areas where the extension of the optical fiber is difficult. It will also enable affordable broadband in India. The non-profit organization Broadband India Forum (BIF) conducted the summit. [caption id="attachment_158786"... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 14th, 2016 3:01 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel achieves green growth by reducing 74% in emissions per terabyte on its network

According to the latest edition of India Sustainability Report released by Airtel, the company has achieved by 74% reduction in emissions per terabyte on its network. Accordingly, the company claimed to have saved 10.36 million liters of diesel in network infrastructure, data center, and facilities operations. Airtel has also operationalized e-bill initiative since FY 2011 – 2012 saving paper. It has also deployed 87,000 sites during the last financial year... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 12th, 2016 3:26 PM 2 COMMENTS

Demonetization: Bharti Airtel, Vodafone provide talktime and data loan to prepaid users, extend bill due date for postpaid base

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, the country’s top two telecom operators, said that they are providing small credits or talk time loan to help their respective prepaid customers who may find it hard to get their connections recharged due to the government's move to take Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes out of circulation, which has also caused shortage of notes of small denominations. The move by the two telcos... Read More