September 25th, 2016 6:17 PM 239 COMMENTS

Move over Jio, BSNL to launch lifetime free voice service in January

State-run telecom operator, BSNL is reportedly planning to launch lifetime free voice service starting from January 2017, along with plans that will be cheaper than what Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio had announced earlier this month. The move is aimed at quickly expanding the subscriber base across India, expect Mumbai and Delhi, where MTNL provides services. Further, the move will put further pressure on operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea... Read More

September 25th, 2016 12:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

MobiKwik introduces partial payment for bus ticket reservation and cash pick up for bus ticket booking

Customers of MobiKwik can make partial payments for ticket reservations, announces the company. In addition, the users can also claim for a cash pick up facility for bus ticket booking. The new provisions are added to make the journeys seamless, thereby to enhance the customer experience, said MobiKwik. “We are currently doing 4000 daily bus bookings and have already seen the service grow hundred percent in the past one month.... Read More

September 25th, 2016 6:44 AM 82 COMMENTS

Incumbent operators added 2.09 million new subscribers in August 2016- COAI

According to latest COAI subscription data, India's GSM subscriber base grew to 781.14 million with GSM telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone and Idea together adding 2.09 million subscribers in August. The combined subscriber base grew upward even though Jio was offering free benefits under preview offer. Total subscriber base of these six operators grew at a rate of 0.26% when compared to July 2016 subscriber figure of 779.05 million. Telecom major... Read More

September 24th, 2016 4:02 PM 19 COMMENTS

Report: Samsung gearing up to re-launch Galaxy Note7 in India on October 7 to counter iPhone 7

Samsung went downhill with the battery issue in its Galaxy Note 7. Due to the reported incidents; the company had to halt the sale of its flagship around the world. However, a new report claims that Samsung is now gearing up to relaunch the Note7 in India on October 7. Things are about to get interesting for the Indian smartphone market, as the iPhone 7 will also go on sale... Read More

September 24th, 2016 11:52 AM 4 COMMENTS

Cafe Coffee Day partners with O-Zone to offer free wi-fi access to customers in Delhi and Bengaluru

With the growing usage of smart-phones and increasing demand for data while away from office and home, there is a strong need for Wi-Fi at hangouts frequented by people on a regular basis. Keeping this in mind, Café Coffee Day (CCD), the coffee house chain owned by Amalgamated bean coffee trading company has tied up with leading Wi-Fi service provider O-Zone Networks to provide free Wi-Fi access to customers at its... Read More

September 24th, 2016 6:02 AM 15 COMMENTS

Shopclues to bundle Jio sim with welcome offer for shoppers who buy eligible 4G handset

Shopclues the e-commerce company has collaborated with Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd for its 'Jio Welcome Offer', becoming the first e-commerce player to do so. Customers can purchase any 4G-enabled Jio eligible smartphone from ShopClues and get a free Jio SIM card from any Reliance Digital/ Digtal Xpress/ Digtal Xpress Mini store. Under the Jio welcome offer, users can enjoy unlimited access to HD voice calls (on Jio eligible VOLTE phones),... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 7:38 PM 8 COMMENTS

‘Connect’ starts offering 8 Mbps home broadband plans with effective rate of Rs.8/GB in Punjab circle

'Connect' which is a part of Videocon group and an ISP with Pan India license, has announced the launch of ultra cost effective home broadband plans which bring down the cost to as low as Rs.8/GB for its subscribers in Punjab circle, which is the only circle where the operator currently operates. The market has seen a steady growth in demand for data. An average internet user consumes about 50... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 6:35 PM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance digital TV subscriber base remains stagnated at 5 Million in quarter ended June 2016- Report

Reliance Digital TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) arm of Reliance Communications, neither saw any subscriber growth nor any churn for the second consecutive quarter. Its subscriber base remained static at 5 million as of 30 June 2016, with less than 6% share of the DTH market in India, reported TelevisionPost. Reliance Digital TV had touched the milestone of 5 million subscribers in the quarter ended 31 December 2015. Since then, the... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 1:07 PM 23 COMMENTS

Anonymous India accuses Jio of continuing to share user info with foreign countries

The famous hacker group Anonymous India has yet again accused Reliance Jio of sharing user data with foreign countries. Last year the group had made a similar claim stating that Jio chat app was sending across user location data to servers located in China, this time around they have accused Jio of sharing call data of users to servers located in USA and Singapore. Last year Jio had rubbished the... Read More

September 22nd, 2016 8:29 PM 14 COMMENTS

Panasonic P77 launched with 5-inch display and 4G VoLTE for Rs. 6,990

Panasonic has come up with yet another smartphone with 4G VoLTE in its P series, dubbed as the Panasonic P77. The device is priced at Rs. 6,990 and it will be up for sale through physical stores all over India. It will be available in White and Grey colour options. The Panasonic P77 comes with a 5-inch HD IPS display, and is powered by 1GHz quad-core chipset. It sports an... Read More

September 22nd, 2016 4:30 PM 25 COMMENTS

Vodafone Group invests Rs 47,700 crore in India ahead of spectrum auctions

Vodafone India, the country's second largest telecom operator with 200 million users, said that it has received an equity infusion of Rs 47,700 crore from its parent company, Vodafone Group, in the first half of the current fiscal. The carrier claimed that the equity infusion via foreign direct investment (FDI) is largest ever FDI infusion in the country. "This equity infusion of Rs 47,700 crore, which we believe is the... Read More

September 22nd, 2016 1:02 PM 11 COMMENTS

Motorola sets a record by selling more than 1 lakh units of Moto E3 Power on Flipkart

Lenovo recently launched the Moto E3 Power smartphone in India, exclusively via Flipkart. The device is priced at Rs. 7,999 and went on sale on the launch day itself. Today, the company announced that more than 1 lac units of the Moto E3 Power were sold on the sales day. With this, the Moto E3 Power has set a new record for selling most number of units in a day... Read More

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