India has been one of the central markets for smartphone makers, but according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC), the growth is falling short. To be specific, the smartphone sales in the 50 major cities of India dropped by 30.5 percent from October 2016 to November 2016 (month … Read More
Idea Cellular on Tuesday informed the stock exchanges that it is planning to raise Rs 2,000 crore from the market by selling corporate bonds or issuance of unsecured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures (“NCDs”). The telco had earlier raised a total of Rs 3,000 crore through the same route. Earlier this month, … Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) may reportedly get the coveted 700 MHz band spectrum from government through equity route, allowing the state-run telecom operators to offer 4G services in a market where high-speed services are already being offered at nationwide level. BSNL is planning to launch its 4G services by … Read More
With every passing day, Indian telecom sector is undergoing some massive changes. These days, we are witnessing some new offer coming out every day to attract customers. Now, we are about to see another change from two of the India’s top telecom operators. As per sources this is done just … Read More
India’s largest telecom network, Airtel with over 263 million subscribers under their belt has posted a massive 65 percent downturn in their December profits standing at Rs. 504 crores when compared to Rs. 1117 crores at the same time last year. The telecom network also reportedly faced notable loss in … Read More
Chinese smartphone brand, Vivo, today announced their selfie-centric phone, the Vivo V5 Plus in India at Rs. 27,980. The V5 Plus was first unveiled at the Vivo V5 launch last month in Mumbai, and it was launched globally last week. The company was teasing the phone in all the social … Read More
Acting on Reliance Jio’s complaint that top telcos formed a cartel to jeopardize its entry by denying it adequate points of interconnection (PoIs), the Competition Commission of India has now asked Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India to file preliminary responses by January 31, according to media report. These telcos … Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator by users on Thursday said that it is planning to raise funds through private placement of bonds and debentures. The latest development could be seen as a move by India’s No. 1 telco to build up a war chest to take on 4G entrant … Read More
A merger with Idea Cellular would be the best bet for Vodafone India, and would also allow the current second and third largest telcos to dethrone Bharti Airtel in revenue market share and create a new leader in the Indian telecom landscape, brokerage firm CLSA said in a recent report. … Read More
Telecom regulator Trai on Friday recommended that telecom operators and telecom infrastructure providers be mandated to share in-building infrastructure with other telecom operators in large public places, commercial complexes and residential complexes in transparent, fair and non-discriminatory manner. “An effective telecommunications infrastructure is an essential component of any building for … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed Aircel to take necessary action well in advance to inform its 2G subscribers to provisionally avail mobile number portability (MNP) to continue their services if the Supreme Court passes an order to cancel the smaller GSM telco’s spectrum allocated to it in 2006. … Read More
After Delhi and Rajasthan, Bharti Airtel has chosen to upgrade the networks in Bihar and Jharkhand with additional spectrum and ‘dual carrier’ technology. The upgrade is a part of its Project Leap initiative. Using the ‘dual carrier’ technology, Airtel has combined the capacities of two 5MHz carriers in the 2100MHz … Read More
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