Bank of America-Merrill, in a note, said, that Bharti Airtel will face a host of challenges in case it goes ahead with a mega alliance with the Tata Sons. The brokerage said that Bharti Airtel would have to consider over Rs 30,000 crore in debt, and market rate payment of over Rs 11,000 crore for spectrum owned by the latter. Furthermore, the speculated merger would only bring 48 million subscribers... Read More
Earlier this year, a report cited that WhatsApp will soon foray into the digital payments department by enabling UPI-based payment system to send and receive money directly within the app. And today, a new report says that the Facebook-owned company will roll out the UPI-based payment system by the end of the year. A report from Gadgets360 claims that the "WhatsApp is in advanced talks with banks and lobby organisation... Read More
Xiaomi has scheduled yet another smartphone launch in India on July 18. The company is using the tagline 'Big is Back,' meaning they will be launching a big smartphone and the one in the pipeline is the Xiaomi Mi Max 2, which was unveiled in May this year. The Mi Max 2 succeeds last year's Mi Max a massive hit for the company in India. This launch is very much... Read More
Tata Sons, a Tata group’s holding company, will reportedly infuse Rs 12,000 crore more into its telecom venture, Tata Teleservices, allowing the latter to repay its debt and improve its financial metrics. According to a Business Standard report, the infusion is approved by the board led by Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran, who is working on devising a strategy for TTSL to help its navigate the competitive landscape. The latest investment... Read More
Plintron, the world's largest multi-country mobile virtual network enabler recently entered into a partnership with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and became India's first Virtual Network Enabler (VNE) for enabling the launch of Virtual Network Operations in India. To recall, in March 2017, the Telecom Commission has approved the long-pending proposal on virtual network operators. The move will provide Indian consumers with more choices voice and data services, while telcos... Read More
Plintron, the world’s largest multi-country mobile virtual network enabler, today empaneled itself with BSNL and had become the first Virtual Network Enabler (VNE) for enabling the launch of Virtual Network Operators in India. Through this strategic association, Plintron aims to help BSNL to monetize their network assets better. Under this alliance, Plintron will leverage BSNL’s national network and provide services to their customers efficiently, leading to increased revenues and profits... Read More
India saw unprecedented market disruption following the entry of an extremely well capitalised and aggressive new operator [Reliance Jio], Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said in the company's annual report for 2016-2017. Mittal said that the new telco's prolonged free trial offers created massive pressure on industry revenues and margins. Mittal, however, said that Airtel on its part navigated this extraordinary challenge with a... Read More
Prepaid connection refers to the payment made in advance, and cellular services are availed afterwards. On the other hand, the postpaid connection is one in which a subscriber avails the cellular services first and then pays for it. Generally, a deposit is taken by the operator for a postpaid SIM connection. Earlier we only had postpaid connections offered by the operators. As time passed on and with fall in the... Read More
The telecom industry in India has become an ultra-competitive one in the last eight months. Reinforced competitive intensity and pricing pressures have resulted in the telecom industry’s revenue and EBIDTA declining by an estimated 5 percent and 10 percent respectively during FY2017. The impact on the telecom industry’s financial health was visible in the second half of FY2017 post-Reliance Jio’s launch. Rating agency ICRA estimates the situation to remain weak... Read More
InFocus, the American company, has made a comeback to the Indian market after losing the plot to Chinese brands such as Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Lenovo, etc. InFocus has announced the Turbo 5 smartphone, which was listed online two days ago. The smartphone's USP is the massive 5000mAh battery, which is rated to deliver two days of battery life with a single charge. Rest of the specifications are decent as well... Read More
India's top telco Bharti Airtel may acquire ailing telco Tata Teleservices, while Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications are likely to combine their businesses in a longer term, according to a report by London-based CCS Insight. The ongoing and these expected merger and acquisition moves will result in a four-operator market in the next three years, down from 15 licensed providers in 2010, a report in Times of India said. “From... Read More
InFocus, the US-based firm launched a plethora of smartphones in 2015 and at the start of 2016. However, the brand vanished quickly due to the increased competition in the Indian market, especially in the sub Rs. 10,000 price bracket. Back then, InFocus used to offer decent entry-level smartphones with design as a standout factor in all of its devices. Two days ago, InFocus teased a smartphone launch in the country,... Read More
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