February 29th, 2016 8:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Differential duty regime for mobile accessories components to result in total production output by Rs 7000 – Rs 10000 cr by 2018: ICA

The proposal of differential duty regime for mobile handset chargers, batteries and speakers of mobile handsets for supply to mobile manufacturers will give a boost to domestic manufacturing on these products, and will result in a total production output of around Rs 7000 – Rs 10000 crores by 2018, the Indian Cellular Association (ICA) said. The domestic manufacture will attract only 2% excise duty while imports will face 29.441% duty.... Read More

February 29th, 2016 7:51 PM 28 COMMENTS

RCom-Aircel to own 50% each in new wireless entity, to become third largest telco: Report

Reliance Communications and Aircel will combine their respective wireless business and will hold 50% each, a change from an initial merger plan to create a new listed company to run their combined wireless businesses. RCom and Aircel had started a 90-day period of exclusive merger talks on December 22. An Economic Times report said that the deal is expected we expect to close the deal by September 30, and the... Read More

February 29th, 2016 5:53 PM 12 COMMENTS

Delhi High Court says telcos must pay subscribers for call drops

The Delhi High Court upheld the Indian telecom regulator’s order that mandates telcos to compensate subscribers for call drops from January 1, 2016, dismissing all the petitions filed by COAI, AUSPI and 21 telecom operators, including Vodafone, and Bharti Airtel. A Delhi High Court bench said that there is no dispute about the power of Trai to make regulation under section 36 of the Act. “The impugned regulation has been... Read More

February 29th, 2016 4:53 PM 1 COMMENTS

Spectrum auctions may add Rs 98,994 crore to government’s kitty in FY’17

Spectrum auctions, license fee and one-time spectrum charges are likely to swell government’s kitty by 76% to Rs 98,994.93 crore in the financial year ending March 2017. In the current financial year, the government expects an income of Rs 56,034.35 crore from the telecom sector. "The arrears of the previous years and receipts from fresh auction are also included in the Budget Estimates 2016-17," the budget documents said. The spectrum auctions,... Read More

February 29th, 2016 4:29 PM 4 COMMENTS

Micromax launches Canvas Tab P702 with 7-inch display and 2GB RAM at Rs. 7,999

Micromax unveiled yet another tablet in its Canvas series, named as Canvas Tab P702. The tablet comes equipped with voice calling and 4G connectivity. The Canvas Tab P702 comes with a 7-inch HD IPS display, and is powered by a quad-core MediaTek chipset clubbed with 2GB of RAM. On the software front, the tablet runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, and features 16GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up... Read More

February 29th, 2016 3:39 PM 29 COMMENTS

BSNL says is interested in buying 700 Mhz spectrum in 6 circles

State-run telecom operator BSNL is planning to buy 5 MHz spectrum in premium 700 MHz band in six service areas---- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kolkata and Tamil Nadu, as it looks to strengthen coverage in the country. The telco doesn't possess airwaves in 2500 MHz band in these service areas. BSNL said that it will pay the market determined price for the circles after the auction concludes, and it will... Read More

February 29th, 2016 2:44 PM 21 COMMENTS

BSNL to partner with Local Cable TV operators to provide Broadband services in Tier 2 locations

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the largest broadband service provider in India with countrywide presence is now looking for a partnership with Local Cable TV Operators (LCOs) and Multi System Operators (MSOs) for providing Broadband services on Cable TV Network on Pan India basis. BSNL has invited Expression of interest (EOI) offers from MSO/LCO who intend to provide broadband services, to their customers using Hybrid Set Top Box or any... Read More

February 29th, 2016 12:42 PM 30 COMMENTS

Conducted a 20-day test of Vodafone 4G in Delhi/NCR, here is what we experienced

Vodafone launched 4G LTE service in Delhi/NCR on 3rd of February 2016. The company used its recently bought 1800MHz wave to offer this 4G (LTE-FDD) service to its consumers with a motto of providing a superior experience. I have been using the service on my primary SIM, for almost a month now. In this article, I bring to you my initial impressions of the service. Coverage: For starters, I had... Read More

February 29th, 2016 6:24 AM 3 COMMENTS

Asus announces a list of devices that will be updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow in April-June

Asus is sluggish when it comes to rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, and it seems like the status won’t improve for another few months. The company announced a list of devices that will get the Marshmallow update, the post mentions the timeline to be Q2 (April-June). The list comprises of expected Zenfone 2015 smartphones along with PadFone S transformer. Well, this is not the first time that Asus published such... Read More

February 28th, 2016 4:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Elitecore wins two contracts in India for its Multiplay SMP

The global IT product and service provider Elitecore has won two major contracts with wireline operators in India for its Multiplay Service Management Platform (SMP). Multiplay SMP is an end-to-end convergent, real time and pre-integrated B/OSS solution. It supports Broadband, PayTV & VoIP on its platform. A leading pay TV operator has adopted the Multiplay SMP to become a provider of innovative broadband services along with its pay TV offerings in... Read More

February 28th, 2016 2:41 PM 10 COMMENTS

Call drops: Verdict on Trai’s compensation order likely tomorrow

The Delhi High Court is expected to pass a judgment tomorrow on petitions filed by GSM and CDMA lobby bodies challenging Trai’s order making it mandatory for telcos compensate subscribers for call drops from January onwards. Trai, on October 16 last year, passed a regulation which mandates telcos to pay consumers one rupee per call drop experienced on their networks, subject to a cap of Rs 3 a day. Since... Read More

February 28th, 2016 11:26 AM 9 COMMENTS

50% of those who leave us always want to join back I was also one of them: Bharti Airtel’s Gopal Vittal

Commenting on Bharti Airtel’s key achievement, which has been rated as one of the best companies to work for in India in a survey conducted by Business Today, the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gopal Vittal has said that 50% of its employees who leave the company always want to join back. “We are proud of the fact that about 50% of employees who leave us always... Read More

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