In any industry, a startup has two kinds of endings – it either turns into a thriving company, or it succumbs to failure. In one of the most recent events in the world of tech, Cyanogen witnessed an unfortunate but not so surprising shut down. The OS made its way … Read More
India’s GSM telecom operators, in their Budget recommendations, said that allocation of spectrum and one-time spectrum payment should not be subject to service tax of 15%. The telcos, through their industry body COAI, said that the tax increases the cost of providing telecom services due to credit blockage/ deferral, which … Read More
Idea Cellular is reportedly planning a rights issue to raise funds worth $800 million in a bid to support its 4G LTE expansion in the country, following its acquisition of new airwaves in the October auctions. ETNow on Friday reported that Idea Cellular is likely to seek the Board’s nod … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom operator, has approached the the Telecom Disputes and Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) seeking an intervention into the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) order that found Reliance Jio Infocomm’s free voice and data offer to be in compliance with rules on predatory pricing. The … Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s subscriber base may decline quickly after touching the 100 million, which is likely by the end of March 2017, even as the telco is likely to come in the next three months to further attract subscribers, according to an analyst at Fitch Ratings. According to Fitch … Read More
Bringing a setback to Vodafone, the Delhi High Court refused to stay the TRAI’s penalty of Rs. 1050 crores on Vodafone for allegedly denying Points-of-Interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, reports Economic Times (ET). The Court has also issued notice to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to make it a party … Read More
Brookfield Infrastructure, along with its institutional partners, is buying the tower business of Reliance Communications (RCom) at an upfront payment of Rs. 11,000 crores in cash, announces a statement released by RCom. The transaction is subject to authority approvals. The binding agreement will de-merge RCom’s tower business into a separate business … Read More
BSNL has offered free E-Mail Address service in 8 Indian Languages to its broadband users by launching a ‘DataMail’ service. Now BSNL broadband users will be able to open an email ID in DataMail service in their own language. “Providing the linguistic email address is one of its kind initiative … Read More
In order to strengthen its global coverage, Airtel’s subsidiary Network i2i Ltd. has purchased the full equity stake in the Middle East North Africa Company Submarine Cable Systems S.A.E (MENA-SCS) from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E (Orascom), announces a release from the company. The acquisition is subject to … Read More
Bharti Airtel, one of the largest telecommunications services provider in India, today announced that it’s extending its 4G services to Assam with the services going live in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia. Airtel subscribers in these regions can now get access to high-speed 4G internet to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, uploading, … Read More
Bharti Airtel today updated their recently announced myPlan Infinity of Rs. 549 and Rs. 799. With the increasing craze to 4G data consumption in India and to match Reliance Jio’s free data offering, Airtel is making this move. As we already know, Airtel recently unveiled two new Infinity plans under … Read More
Nokia, the Finnish telecom gear maker, has claimed that it has bagged maximum 4G LTE network deals from Indian telecom operators, and is currently leads the market with maximum share, besides leading the VoLTE market with almost 100% market share. The company’s new India head, Sanjay Malik, in an interaction … Read More
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