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Ria Lakshman May 13th, 2015 8:56 PM 4 COMMENTS

Telenor plans to buy majority stake in Videocon Telecom : Reports

Telenor, Uninor’s Norway head plans to buy the mobile services business of Videocon group, the discussion of which has reached its final stage. Venugopal Dhoot-owned Videocon telecom has a liability of more than Rs. 500 crore with the Government. This factor remains a hurdle for the companies to close the deal. Telenor cannot accept the existing liability of Videocon telecom as it already bears a liability to Indian Government via... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 12th, 2015 6:28 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telenor gets a new CEO – Sigve Brekke

Telenor Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Sigve Brekke as the company’s new Group President and Chief Executive Officer. He will assume the office by 17th August 2015. Sigve Brekke, who is succeeding Mr. Jon Fredrik Baksaas, is currently the Executive Vice President and Head of Telenor Group's Asia operations. Brekke joined Telenor during 1999 and has decorated several Executive positions since then. Being the Head of Telenor Group,... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 8th, 2015 12:55 PM 10 COMMENTS

Uninor In Talks With Videocon For A Possible Acquisition Deal ?

The elongated competition in the Indian telecom market fires up the companies to take different steps to increase market share and customer base. Some of them go for inexpensive offers while others go for lucrative data plans and excellent services. A few cash-rich companies like Uninor look to acquire others like it and grow higher. As per the reports published in Economic Times, Indian telecom company Uninor; a wholly owned... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 6th, 2015 2:50 PM 5 COMMENTS

Uninor attains 19% year-on-year increase in revenue for first quarter of FY2015

Uninor reported a 19% year-on-year increase in revenue for first quarter of FY2015. In the quarter ending March 2015, the 100% subsidiary of Norway-based Telenor Group, improved its EBITDA by 40% compare to the same period last year. Uninor has also seen rapid adoption of Internet services by its customers with nearly 26% of its customers accessing Internet on their mobile phones. Uninor launched Sabse Sasta Internet services in April... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 5th, 2015 5:39 PM 4 COMMENTS

Uninor introduces new data pack starts offering 2GB at Rs. 151 and more

Uninor, one of the promising telecom companies in today's time, has set forth new internet plans for Gujarat circle. Users can do various recharges starting from Rs. 15 till Rs. 102. All the recharges offer them free unlimited usage of whatsapp along with ordinary data packs. Rs. 15 recharge makes available 150 MB data for 3 days, while Rs. 27 recharge makes available 250 MB data for 6 days, Rs.... Read More

Tharun G April 25th, 2015 8:22 PM 24 COMMENTS

Uninor to launch mobile service in Assam soon

Uninor has put up a coming soon in Assam banner on its website indicating it is nearing launch in the circle. The operator currently hold 6MHz 1800MHz spectrum in the circle. After supreme court cancelled it's 22 license in 2012, Uninor was only able to get back spectrum in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharastra, UP East/West and Bihar and have to closed down its operations in all other circles. In February... Read More

Tharun G April 25th, 2015 3:21 AM 67 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Uninor excludes VOIP calls on social data packs, Net Neutrality at Stake

While Indian telecom space is boiling over Net Neutrality, Uninor in a controversial move has removed VOIP calling on its social data packs. It social data packs which offer Facebook and WhatsApp access cannot be used for VOIP calling on these application platforms. As per the update on Uninor website, Voice-over-IP feature (VOIP) of Facebook & Whatsapp will not be part of social data packs offerings. However, VOIP calls can... Read More

Tharun G April 17th, 2015 5:29 PM 2 COMMENTS

Uninor introduces new combo packs offers unlimited calling at Rs. 5

Uninor has introduced a slew of combo packs for subscribers in Maharashtra & Goa circle. The offers include unlimited uninor calls, local/STD seconds and reduced call rates. Uninor offers one of lowest tariff for its customers in Maharashtra & Goa through these packs. Uninor New combo packs for Maharashtra & Goa Rs. 5 pack offer Unlimited U2U for 2 days Rs. 17 pack offer 1700 Local and STD seconds Free Valid for... Read More

P K Tarun April 16th, 2015 4:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Uninor launches 200 Grahak Shikhsha Kendras, focuses on spreading mobile internet awareness for mass market

Uninor has launched Grahak Shiksha Kendras’ (customer education hubs) across all its operational circles that will act as a knowledge and awareness centers where existing and potential customers can walk in to get information related to Uninor voice and Internet services as well as resolve queries around the use of mobile phones. Uninor will also convert its 200+ retail stores across its six operational circles into GSKs in the first half... Read More

Srikapardhi April 1st, 2015 12:29 PM 3 COMMENTS

Uninor to offer Unlimited access to Wikipedia from mobile devices for 3 months starting April 1, 2015

Uninor today announced free access to Wikipedia for its Internet subscribers on their mobile devices. With this offer, Internet users of Uninor will be able to access Wikipedia - the largest collection of free knowledge ever assembled with no data charges. As part of the programme, Uninor employees will engage with students and teachers to spread awareness on digital literacy with special focus on Wikipedia in the rural areas. “By... Read More

Esmail March 17th, 2015 2:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

Uninor reduces validity of Rs.42 2G data voucher in Gujarat circle

Uninor the regional operator with operations in 6 circles has reduced the validity of Rs.42 data voucher offering 250MB 2G data and unlimited WA/FB in Gujarat circle from 28 days to 21 days. This implies a 25% reduction in validity keeping the denomination and data quota constant. Uninor also offers a Rs.63 voucher with the higher 28-day validity which gives 500MB 2G data with unlimited WA/FB. The change in validity... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 11th, 2015 3:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Uninor reported a 38 percent increase in revenue for FY2014, Internet subscriber base up by 106% over 2013

Uninor reported a 38 percent increase in revenue for FY2014. In the financial year ending December 2014, Uninor’s strong business performance continued with 10.85 million new subscriptions being added in its six circles. The average revenue per user (ARPU) for the company has also gone up by 6 percent in the same period. The ARPU growth was driven by higher usage of Internet services and improved quality of its voice... Read More