July 22nd, 2013 3:44 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Introduces Special Offers for Ramzan

Airtel today announced the launch of exciting products for the Holy season of Ramzan. Airtel prepaid customers across West Bengal will now be able to use their mobile phones to listen to holy recitals of Namaz, Naad, Hidayat and much more and experience LIVE Namaz from the shrineat Mecca by just dialing 552786 on a one time activation charge of Rs.5 which will be chargeable at Rs.3 per day thereafter.... Read More

July 22nd, 2013 3:05 PM 12 COMMENTS

Idea Woos College Students with its ‘Campus Card’

After Vodafone and Aircel, it is now Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest telecom service provider that pleases young audience with its discounted voice and data plans. The company has today launched a new ‘Campus Card’ catering to the needs of college students in Delhi & NCR. Idea Campus Card is available for Rs 79 and carries a talk time of Rs 30 that will offer benefits of 400 MB data... Read More

July 21st, 2013 11:04 AM 4 COMMENTS

4G Round-up: Reliance Jio, Airtel, ZTE & More

Reliance Jio Gets 6 Months Extension of Mobile Numbers to Keep Testing VoLTE Voice over 4G or LTE becomes more and more important to Reliance Jio Infocomm, as they asked for extension of another 6 months to keep testing VoLTE over its networks. The telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries asked for allocation of 10,000 mobile numbers to test voice calls on its LTE-TD/4G network in October last... Read More

July 21st, 2013 9:16 AM 37 COMMENTS

Why RCom’s 3G Price Cut will Create Pressure on Incumbents : Our Take

In a surprising move Reliance Communications, country's one of the largest telecommunications company has reduced the 3G data tariff lower than their 2G packs. The new 3G data packs from Reliance Communications are available for Rs 123 for 1 GB, Rs 246 for 2 GB and Rs 492 for 4 GB and available for smartphone and tablet users only. This move will push Reliance in a better place in the... Read More

July 20th, 2013 10:13 AM 28 COMMENTS

Airtel added maximum GSM Subscribers in June 2013, followed by Idea Cellular

According to the recent report by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Bharti Airtel gained maximum number of GSM subscribers in June 2013 followed by Idea and Vodafone. The total number of GSM Subs as of June 2013 stands at 671.13 million with 3.57 million new additions in the month of June. Among all, the state-owned MTNL is the only GSM player to lose 0.09 million subscribers in June. Bharti Airtel,... Read More

July 19th, 2013 5:33 PM 3 COMMENTS

ZTE Launches New Smartphone and Data Card Portfolio for its Indian Customers

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, today launched six new smartphone and four new data card devices for its Indian customers. The newly launched smartphones include – Model Price  ZTE Grand X  Rs,14,999  ZTE Blade G2  Rs.11,599  ZTE Blade C (Dual SIM – 3G)  Rs.7,599  ZTE Blade L  Rs.12,599  ZTE Kis Flex (Dual SIM)  Rs.5,799  ZTE Blade E  Rs. 11,999 The smartphones... Read More

July 19th, 2013 4:01 PM 10 COMMENTS

Aircel Launches a Special Discounted Plan for College Students in Delhi

It seems telecom operators are leaving no stone unturned these days to woo the young audiences with their discounted voice and data plans. Aircel, for instance, today launched a product for the college students in Delhi called ‘Fuccha Pack’ aimed at benefiting students with discounted voice calls, data and text services. The ‘Fuccha Pack’ is available at a First Recharge of Rs 149 that will offer benefits of 333 local/STD minutes... Read More

July 19th, 2013 9:58 AM 220 COMMENTS

Airtel Slashes 3G Data Rates ; Offers 1 GB 3G Data for Rs.124

Just a day after Reliance reduced its 3G data rates for prepaid and postpaid customers, Bharti Airtel seem to have followed suit by slashing its 3G rates, thus bringing it on a par with 2G data tariffs. Under the new 3G plan by airtel, users can enjoy 1 GB 3G data at Rs.124 for 1 month. Although the plan has not been officially revealed by operator yet, it  is expected... Read More

July 19th, 2013 2:33 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel Completes 9 Years of its Hello Tune Service

Introduced by Airtel in India, the popular Hello tune services complete 9 years of their presence in the country. Over the years they have become more personalized and successfully acquired 50 million users in the Indian market thereby registering 20% growth year on year. The service behind the popular Hello Tunes is the Caller ring back tone service (CRBT), first deployed by South Korean Telecom, which made a use of... Read More

July 17th, 2013 1:09 PM 21 COMMENTS

Government permits 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ) in telecom

The government has permitted 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the telecom sector, meeting a long-standing demand for a debt-ridden sector. The decision was taken at a meeting held by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Chaired by the Prime Minister. Prior to this, the country only permitted 74 per cent FDI in the sector. "The cap has been raised to 100 per cent from 74 per cent... Read More

July 17th, 2013 12:00 AM 18 COMMENTS

Voice of the Customer – Idea Cellular

It's been a long time, really very long time we have taken any poll.If you have remembered i started Voice of the customer initiative some time back and the queue is on hold with Idea Cellular pipelined as i thought of having a break for these polls and now i think it's time for polls as the telecom sector is also heated up with Roaming play by all the operators.During... Read More

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