December 18th, 2012 12:21 PM 40 COMMENTS

Uninor To Shut Down GSM Operations in Kolkata and West Bengal Circles, Asking Customers To Port Out Before 18 January

Uninor, the GSM mobile service brand of Telenor which currently operates in 9 circles, and won back 6 of these 9 circles in the recent spectrum auction has  has now openly asked its customers in Kolkata and West Bengal to Port Out from its Network to any other service provider using Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in respective circles. Uninor currently operates in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh – East and West, Kolkata,... Read More

December 17th, 2012 4:43 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vuclip Video app in Top 5 most popular apps for Asha and Series 40 phones on Nokia Store

Vuclip Video app crosses 1 million downloads on Nokia devices worldwide and was listed among top 5 most downloaded apps for Nokia Asha and other Series 40 phones on Nokia Store with India driving 60% of all downloads. The app has been available free of cost on the NokiaStore for Nokia Asha and other Series 40 devices since its launch in August 2011. The platform family consists of over 200 mobile... Read More

December 17th, 2012 1:55 PM 10 COMMENTS

GSMA Says India’s Teledensity Mere 26%, Global Players Not Excited to Invest Here

India's telecom bubble is once again pricked, as GSM Association reported that actual mobile teledensity is around 26% in India. This report comes in a moment when India's Telecom Regulatory Authority claims that teledensity reached 74.21 % of total population. As per TRAI data of October 2012, 703.92 million active customers are in India out of total 904.32 million connections. India comes second to China in terms of mobile connections. GSMA DM Anne Bouverot says... Read More

December 16th, 2012 12:00 PM 41 COMMENTS

4G Overview – Dec 2012: 4G via WiFi to Disrupt 3G

Everyone is very much optimistic about growth in data market, the next wave of telecommunications. It is saying data is the future. But on my personal take data demand is already high but it is yet to take off as we are waiting to see the price barrier to be broken down. Recently I had to visit three stores in single day – Reliance World, Tata Docomo Store and a... Read More

December 15th, 2012 10:38 AM 10 COMMENTS

Big Dream – Govt. Expects Rs 20,000 Crore from Upcoming 2G Auction

Indian government expects to raise about Rs 20,000 crore from the 2G spectrum auction, which would be completed before March 2013, after lowering base price of spectrum. “We would expect about Rs 20,000 crore for the 1,800 MHz and 900 MHz spectrum band that is put on the auction block. For 1,800 MHz, it would be about the base price of Rs 5,000 crore for 5 MHz,” Telecom Secretary R.... Read More

December 15th, 2012 12:07 AM 30 COMMENTS

Aircel Closing Postpaid Services in Kerala w.e.f. December 31st

Every mobile operators in India are in a cash crisis situation, and Aircel is in much crisis after going after 3G spectrum in 13 circles and 4G spectrum in 8 circles. Aircel has already scaled down operations in certain circles to reduce operational expenditures. But in an interesting move Aircel is going to shut down postpaid offerings in Kerala, as per official report with effect from 31st Decemeber 2012 Aircel’s postpaid... Read More

December 14th, 2012 4:31 PM 1 COMMENTS

E-Commerce Boom: India Sees 20% Growth in Online Transaction over Mobile Devices

The consumer sales transactions completed on mobile devices would grow by 20 per cent as a proportion of overall interactions between 2012 and 2015 in India. In a similar trend to that seen in sales transactions, customer services and mobile-specific market campaigns will experience substantial growth as a percentage of overall consumer interactions, growing 24 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively, during the period, according to a study by... Read More

December 14th, 2012 11:32 AM 18 COMMENTS

Out of Balance: Airtel Launches Call-Me-Back Services

Airtel has introduced Call-me-back SMS service will allow a prepaid user to get a call-back from another airtel number (prepaid or postpaid) in case of insufficient balance. This unique service will ensure that airtel customers are always connected. To avail the service one has to text CALL  and send to 121 , and expect a call from your dear ones. For e.g. 'Person A' having balance less than Re.1 can... Read More

December 13th, 2012 9:16 PM 8 COMMENTS

MTNL Mumbai’s Website Conferred Most Popular website of the Year – 2012

Mumbai's largest Broadband operator and India's first 3G Mobile service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Mumbai’s official website mtnlmumbai.in has been conferred the title of most popular website of the year. The Website of the Year India award is the online people’s choice award initiated by online research agency MetrixLab. MTNL Mumbai was in the fray for the best website of the year award in telecom categories. MTNL says... Read More

December 13th, 2012 3:29 PM 40 COMMENTS

India To Get Nation-wide Mobile Number Portability From February 2013

India is expected to rollout nation-wide Mobile Number Portability by February 2013, a move that allows subscribers to retain their existing cell phone numbers even if they shift residence from state to another.   “For the timely implementation of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, the Department of Telecommunications has finalised broad agenda for next three months from December 2012 to February 2013," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said. Under NTP... Read More

December 13th, 2012 11:49 AM 32 COMMENTS

Can “Honey Bunny” be the next Kolaveri for Idea cellular?

You must be feeling "something something" after reading this "honey bunny" title in TelecommTalk. Well, that makes the headlines for today:  Idea Cellular and its all famous Honey Bunny Song which could soon be as influential as the famous "Why this Kolaveri" song. Seems like IDEA has hit the right spot with its new honey bunny campaign! With a tagline of  "What a network" , Idea tries to ring all... Read More

December 13th, 2012 11:33 AM 16 COMMENTS

October 2012: Mobile Subscriber Base Slightly Down due to Massive Disconnection by Operators

India’s total number of telephone subscribers fell 0.26 per cent to 904.23 million as of October-end from 906.62 million a month ago, following deactivation of SIMs by operators due to non-usage. “This decline is due to large scale disconnections by some of the service providers,” said Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which released the data, said. The total number of telecom users also fell during the month under review.... Read More

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