We could better call 2016 as ‘the year of 4G’, with the advent of Reliance Jio and free voice calling offerings and some exciting data packs. In fact, with Reliance Jio, the whole telecom ecosystem geared up to provide 4G and VoLTE phones. As we bid adieu to 2016, we zeroed in on few trends that we may see in the year to come: 1. Inevitable Existence in the devices segment... Read More
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, India’s top telecom operators have increased focus on their secondary businesses to offset revenue related challenges in their mobile operations, according to an Economic Times report. These telcos’ respective revenues from the mobility business are set to go down following Reliance Jio’s free offer, coupled with the government’s move to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. These developments could reduce their Ebitda... Read More
As expected, after teasing the Moto M launch for some time, Lenovo has finally launched the phone in India for Rs. 15,999. The device will be up for sale in Gold and Silver colour options on Flipkart, starting from midnight. The Moto M is a metal-clad smartphone with a fingerprint sensor placed on the back. It comes integrated with Dolby Atmos technology for better multimedia experience and water repellent nano... Read More
Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, is facing intense competition from incumbent telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, which may impact its profitability and returns, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), which has assigned the Mukesh Ambani-led telco a Long-Term Issuer Rating of ‘IND AAA’ with a Stable Outlook. Jio launched its IP based 4G-LTE (long-term evolution) services on September 5, 2016 and its operations are in... Read More
Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom operator by subscribers, Saturday informed the stock exchange that it is planning to raise Rs 1,500 crore by issuing Unsecured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures (“NCDs”) on private placement basis. With this issue, the company may be aiming to bring down its borrowing costs with bank loans still remaining costlier, according to media reports, which added that it may raise another Rs 1,000 crore in... Read More
InFocus, the American smartphone maker had been recently awarded with the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) which gives it the exclusive access to launch smartphones with support for Aadhaar verification via Iris-recognition. The company stated that it will be launching a slew of devices in the near future with the first smartphone with support for the Aadhaar based authentication being launched in the next 2 to 3 months. These... Read More
Reliance Jio- the single word for the entire rattling the Indian telecom sector. With its completely free services, the new entrant has turned out as a major headache to other telecoms such as the Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, and Vodafone India. For the same, RCom, the so-called India’s fourth largest telecom network has merged with Aircel to dominate the industry. Having said that, Airtel has majorly cut down all of... Read More
For any organization to undergo digital transformation (DX), it has to be embraced at all levels of the organization, according to the business communications software provider Avaya. The organizations have to ensure that the DX projects are supported by its workforce and they are capable of handling the projects. They should undergo the training and technology to implement them. Also, the clients should enjoy some differentiated experiences from the DX... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday said that it has extended the deadlines for stakeholder and counter comments on its discussion paper on delicensing some 4G spectrum for M2M communications. This is the second time when the regulator has extended the deadlines. TRAI has now sought comments on the consultation paper by January 12, 2017, and counter-comments by January 19. It had originally sought such submissions by November 15... Read More
The Internet user base in India is rapidly expanding, and is expected to double to 600 million users by 2020 from 343 million users currently, driven by 3G and 4G penetration, according to an ASSOCHAM- Deloitte joint study. The study said that the Internet user base has reached a penetration of over 27% as comapred to 50.3% penetration in China. It added that rural adoption of data-enabled devices is also... Read More
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today said that it has appointed Sunil Taldar as CEO & Director - DTH. Sunil will be a member of the Airtel Management Board and report to Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel. He takes over from Shashi Arora who after a successful stint of appx. five years as CEO – DTH has moved as MD & CEO, Airtel Payments Bank. In... Read More
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm, today announced the extension of welcome offer as ‘Jio New Year Offer’, which extends the free 4G services up to March 2017. While the earlier introduced ‘Welcome Offer’ offered us 4GB of data limit per day, that isn’t the case with the New Year Offer as the company capped the data limit to 1GB per day. According to Mukesh Ambani, in India,... Read More
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