As we shared earlier that DoT ordered Airtel to stop 3G services in 7 circles where Airtel is offering 3G via ICRA with Vodafone and Idea within 72 hours, the cat and mouse game of 3G Roaming continues as Airtel got a breather from court. On 15th March DoT slammed the order on Airtel to shut down controversial 3G roaming services in 7 circles. Airtel went to Delhi High Court... Read More
It seems the latest rumormill saying AT&T's re-entry into Indian telecom sector via buying stakes in country's only pan India 4G operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is true, as Jio Infocomm's VVoIP software provider Russian software giant SPIRIT DSP welcomes the move. It was reported that AT&T may buy 25% of shares in Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries' subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm (formerly RIL Infotel Broadband). RJL is the only company... Read More
Online transaction is a boon for the operators, as there is less commission if it is done via their own recharge portal. It is quite interesting that all most all CDMA service providers (Tata, Reliance and MTS) are offering extra data to their high speed data users if they recharge online. Tata Teleservices offers 15% extra data on all recharges more than Rs 500 done on their web portal to... Read More
LTE versus WiMax was once the most commonly discussed topic by industry experts in the press and at conferences, that we saw getting traction in the last couple of years. However, with most operators deciding to back LTE over WiMax, the LTE versus WiMax debate is over. But what about Wi-Fi? With Wi-Fi access becoming more widely available in homes, enterprise and retail location, it is considered to be the... Read More
Lemme introduce SIMPOSSIBLE! beta - free connectivity made possible. First it is a cool and funky youth-focused mobile services, available in Karnataka and Andra Pradesh over Aircel network. On the about us page it says SIMPOSSIBLE is the brain child of 'five over-enthusiastic folks working in a telecom company'. The service is similar to Aircel's earlier try as it tied up with Blyk to offer free services with ad promotions. But... Read More
Globally LTE is considered as the fastest growing wireless technology, and Indian mobile operators are also in LTE fever, as the spectrum they are receiving is technology agonist under unified license regime. The latest name to join in LTE league is Sistema Shyam Teleservices which operates under MTS brand. SSTL recently secured its operations in 9 circles of India, which are accounted for 60% data market, 40% of total population... Read More
Government of India has ordered country's largest cellular player Bharti Airtel to stop providing 3G services in Kolkata, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh East, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Haryana and slapped with Rs 350 crore penalty. Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular partnered to form an alliance to offer pan India 3G services, though none of them has pan India 3G spectrum. DoT tried to close this deal by the three... Read More
T24 is revising its SMS pack. The new plan has been designed with increased message tariff as compared to the existing pack. The rate revision is due to increase in SMS termination charges between all service providers. The price point of the SMS pack remains same as before. However, revised offerings are: The benefit of above recharge is available through SPECIAL Mode only. Read More
Continuing addition of new handsets on 'Blockbuster Friday' Lava International has launched three entry level smartphones at one go - Iris 349, Iris 351 and Iris 355. All these phones comes with the belief of the company that, everyone can own a smartphone. All these phones are decently packed - 1GHz processor and Android 2.3 Gingerbread on all of them, yet price is around Rs 4,000. Though these new smartphones... Read More
Leading smartphone maker Samsung Electronics today announced its much awaited the Samsung GALAXY S 4, the fourth generation phone of its flagship device range GALAXY S. The GALAXY S 4 has the world’s first Full HD Super AMOLED display to showcase images at their very best. Its 5-inch large screen has 441ppi for stunning viewing quality. The Samsung GALAXY S 4 also utilizes Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 3, making it a... Read More
Xolo, a premiere smartphone brand from India's Lava International has launched a new smartphone under its 'X' series - X1000 as a successor of its first Intel powered X900. Xolo X1000 is claimed to be the fastest smartphone, as it is the one of the few smartphones loaded with 2GHz single core Intel Atom processor. Though it was reported that this phone may come with Intel's latest CloverTail+ processor, however... Read More
MTS India is leaving from Mumbai, Maharastra & Goa and Uttar Pradesh East, another CDMA player Reliance Communications has brought attractive offerings for existing MTS MBlaze users in Maharastra & Goa circle. RCom, which has wide CDMA coverage including 122+ towns in Maharastra is now asking MTS MBlaze users to join Reliance HSD/EVDO network at nominal price. MTS users have to return MTS dongle, and will get free dongle if... Read More
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