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November 6th, 2016 3:28 AM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom regulator Trai to inspect Reliance Jio’s network for call drops

Following the recommendation of Rs 3,050 crore penalty on incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now preparing to scrutinize Reliance Jio’s network to determine the main reason behind massive call failures, according to a report published in ET. With this exercise, the regulator is trying to gauge the readiness of Reliance Jio’s full-IP 4G network. The move comes at... Read More

November 4th, 2016 7:39 PM 6 COMMENTS

Telecom Ministry to launch platform to take direct customer feedback on call drops

India’s Telecom Ministry is considering making a platform that will take direct feedback from people on call drops to gauge the situation and take necessary steps accordingly. The move follows the launch of "Twitter Seva" by the minister on the social media network to address complaints and concerns of users of telecom and postal services. Currently, the complaints lodged through Twitter Sewa by users are made available to the ministry... Read More

November 4th, 2016 11:36 AM 104 COMMENTS

Airtel and Jio in war of words again over PoIs; Jio says Airtel did not provide PoIs earlier

In contrary to the announcement made by Bharti Airtel yesterday, Reliance Jio Infocomm says that the release of Points-of-Interconnect (PoIs) from Airtel happened only after the intervention by authorities. Jio welcomed the 7,007 additional PoIs it provided. “RJIL welcomes 7,007 additional POIs provided by Airtel consequent to the meetings of the Hon’ble Minister of Communication and TRAI Chairman with the CEOs of Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and RJIL earlier this week... Read More

November 4th, 2016 2:10 AM 5 COMMENTS

Telecom department mulls new telecom policy to incorporate next-gen technologies

In a bid to incorporate next generation technologies and further drive the growth of India’s telecom sector, the telecom department (DoT) is now mulling over the new telecom policy from 2017. The move comes at a time when the department is yet to achieve targets like 2 Mbps broadband speed and abolition of roaming charges across the country under the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012. Telecom secretary JS Deepak, at... Read More

November 3rd, 2016 7:20 PM 6 COMMENTS

India might be among first nations to get Netflix’s watch offline mode

Netflix may allow the users to download movies to watch offline, according to the company’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. Sarandos revealed the plan to CNBC ahead of the premiere of a new show. “We have talked a lot about this over the years and our belief is that broadband and Wi-Fi become more and more ubiquitous, available in more and more places that you are, more and more minutes... Read More

November 3rd, 2016 6:52 PM 54 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel says interconnect capacity for 75 million customers provided to Reliance Jio

Following the recent penalty recommended by the telecom regulator, Bharti Airtel on Thursday provided over 7,000 additional Points of Interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, taking the total number of PoIs provided till date to over 17,000, a capacity sufficient to serve over 75 million customers. TRAI recently suggested imposition of Rs. 1,050 crores penalty on Bharti Airtel over interconnect issue with Reliance Jio. The telco subsequently said that there was... Read More

November 3rd, 2016 6:45 PM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s free digital content will drive subscriber addition, data usage: Fitch

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s wide range of offerings, including media and entertainment content will help the telco in subscriber additions and data consumption, which will drive cash generation, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency said that the 4G entrant will face intense competition from the financially strong incumbent Indian telecom players. It however reckoned that falling data tariffs will support significant expansion of overall data consumption in India over... Read More

November 3rd, 2016 3:30 PM 2 COMMENTS

Android’s global market share reaches 88%: Strategy Analytics

The global smartphone shipment has reached 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016, according to the research firm Strategy Analytics. Android operating system grabs 88% of the global market share. Within the 375 million units, 328.6 million units are Android smartphones. 45.5 million devices are running Apple iOS. Other devices count around 1.3 million units. “Global smartphone shipments grew 6% annually from 354.2 million units in Q3 2015... Read More

November 3rd, 2016 12:32 PM 105 COMMENTS

Update: Jio 4G network registers a drop-in-speed and reaches half the speed of Airtel: CLSA Analysis

In contrast to the almost stable network speeds maintained by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, Reliance Jio showed a fall in speeds from 7.2Mbps in September to 6 Mbps, brokerage group CLSA said in their second edition of Quality of Service Tracker analysis of TRAI’s speed test data. “With 17 of the 22 markets reporting the fall in speed, a quick subscriber ramp-up led by “free offers” (high usage) impacted... Read More

November 2nd, 2016 7:15 PM 35 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio plans to invest another 1 lakh crore to expand network; will install 45K new 4G sites in six months

Mukesh Ambani-led 4G ­telecom operator Reliance Jio is planning ­to invest another Rs ­1 lakh crore over a period of four years to expand its network in the country, t­he telco said while informing the telecom ­minister Manoj Sinha ­on its future plans. The telecom operator ­will also add 45,000 new base stations in n­ext six months. Accor­ding to Jio, it has i­nvested Rs 1,60,000 c­rore to install 2,82,­000 base... Read More

November 2nd, 2016 4:46 PM 110 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel prepares for VoLTE battle against Reliance Jio, large scale launch likely in coming weeks

Bharti Airtel is all set for a battle against 4G newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm on the voice over LTE (VoLTE) front with a possible nationwide launch within this calendar year. The leading carrier has awarded a nationwide VoLTE contract worth $60 million to Finnish gear maker Nokia to counter Reliance Jio’s VoLTE services in India, according to a report by Economic Times. “Airtel was piloting the technology in a few... Read More

November 2nd, 2016 12:13 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telenor extends e-KYC SIM activation facility to 700 stores in six circles

Telenor India has deployed e-KYC based SIM activation facility across its six circles, announces the company. Now the e-KYC facility is available at 700 stores of Telenor. This will soon expanded to 2000 stores by the end of November. Speaking at the launch of the e-KYC facility, Upanga Dutta, Chief Marketing Officer, Telenor India said, “We are very excited about rolling out e-KYC as this heralds a new era of... Read More

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