Norway’s Telenor group, which operates the Uninor brand in India, said it will not be able bid for spectrum in Mumbai circle, unless the reserve price for 1800 Mhz spectrum is slashed by at least 50 per cent. Telenor Group wishes to clarify that a reserve price for Mumbai that is not at least 50% lower than in the previous round will compel Telenor Group to stay out of the... Read More
India's pure-play CDMA mobile and data service provider Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which operates under MTS India brand, has extended its retail network in Maharastra, as it opens 10 more stores in Airoli (Dighe), Vashi, Kurla, Govandi, Byculla, Mahim, Wadala, Mumbra, Bhandup and Santacruz, to provide one-stop solutions to its subscribers. MTS rebrands its stores as MITRA, which means friend. Also MITRA stands for M = Mobile services, I = Internet... Read More
Giny and Jony, India’s leading brand specializing in kids wear has come up with a newly developed touch point for consumers through a specially designed M-App where consumers can not only locate the nearest stores but also access all the offers, schemes and loyalty points while on the go. As being mobile and providing services via Mobile is the latest way to Digitalization, the main focus in providing these services... Read More
India's national telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has come up with surprising ad campaign which takes on private mobile service providers over GPRS Packs. BSNL puts its 2G data packs in the comparison with Data packs offered by leading telcos - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India & Idea Cellular. The ad also says about latest GPRS tariff hike from Uninor & Tata Docomo. Recently Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone... Read More
This is the time for another poll and now it's the much awaited Operator Airtel's turn to show us what it's customers are feeling about it.So, go ahead and take the poll. As always "I request all the Readers to fill the feedback forms of their respective Operators and also encourage your family and friends too to fill it up so that every voice can be noted into the document and we... Read More
Following 3G auction RCom was in deep cash crisis, and that cash crush is still ongoing. RCom tried to offload stake from its mobile venture as well as from its tower arm - Reliance Infratel, but actually nothing happened. There are some updates from RCom, which seem to be concrete for the company's future. RCom is one of the leading data service provider among the mobile operators with presence on... Read More
Aircel today launched a revolutionary product ‘One Nation, One Rate’. The product offers one rate for Voice, SMS and Data in home circles and on roaming on Aircel network. The product is an industry first, and will redefine the user experience and consumption of voice services in the country. The product does not only do away with roaming charges but also provides lucrative voice, SMS and data tariffs. ‘One nation,... Read More
After recent prepaid tariff hikes now some relief for BSNL mobile customers! Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the launch of six new Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs) priced Rs.13, Rs.15, Rs.26, Rs.27, Rs.29 and Rs.41, offering 'Reduced Call Rates' for its 2G and 3G GSM subscribers across India. BSNL's new STV of Rs.13 and Rs.29 offers On-net Local and STD calls at 50 paisa per min, Local/STD calls to any... Read More
Its time to speak out the results of Aircel's Voice of the Customer initiative which i have started a few days back.The readers response is outstanding where more than 200 responses were received within just two days after the submission form went live on TT pages. Coming to the results Q1.What is your Connection Type with AIRCEL? 94% of users who gave their feedback use a Pre Paid connection while... Read More
Reliance Communications joins the league of biggies by hiking the tariff indirectly. Rcom revises its one of the most popular long term special tariff voucher - STV74 or Ugran plan. With the latest revision there are some changes on STV74. First the validity was cut to 90 days from earlier 180 days, which is as per with TRAI's directive (check, all operators are now offering 90 days validity on similar... Read More
Following Govt's decision of reduction in base price of spectrum in upcoming March auction, Telenor expects that further price cut is required for the sustainability and growth of the telecom sector. Earlier Sistema Shyam Teleservices also welcomes the price cut move (50% reduction in CDMA airwave base price), but expressed the same view that more price cut is necessary. "The government has been giving right signals to industry leaders. We are hopeful that the pricing... Read More
Just few days back Lava Mobiles has launched its first 5" phablet Iris 501 with 1GHz dual core processor, 5 mega pixel rear camera, front camera for video chat, 2300mAh battery and it runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. It's really nice gesture from Lava International team, that they sent us a review unit. Here goes the first hands-on photos of LAVA IRIS 501: Detail review of... Read More
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Thank you Rupesh for good realistic long writing on Vi and BSNL.??
