The ongoing Flipkart Freedom Sale has made some serious price cuts on various devices. The one that caught our eyes is the Rs. 5000 discount on Nextbit Robin. Nextbit Robin, the cloud-centric smartphone in India, had Rs. 19,999 listed on its price tag. Now the device is available for Rs. 14,999. In case, if you are an HDFC Bank Credit card holder, you could grab an additional 10% discount. There... Read More
Reliance Jio subscribers who joined the 4G network through Lyf preview offer and have completed 90 days on the service will now be able to use their SIM cards in any 4G smartphone, as the telco has lifted the IMEI lock from the sim cards. Under the first phase of beta extension, Jio SIM cards offered through LYF preview offer are locked to LYF devices for a period of 90... Read More
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in its latest report, said that Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to commercially start offering services on August 15, and it would offer free voice along with its data services. The brokerage firm expects Jio to come up with a differentiated offering, which will be unlimited VoLTE voice bundled with its data offering above Rs. 300 per month. However, it added that the unlimited VoLTE... Read More
After slashing data rates up to 67% , the country's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has now launched another promotional offer called 'Airtel Jackpot' for their customers across India. Under the new offer, Airtel is offering 5GB free data to all its customers who will follow some easy steps on their self-care app My Airtel. To do this, Airtel customers need to install all Wynk apps which are almost... Read More
Telenor Group has appointed Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, effective from November 1, 2016. The company said that the current acting CFO, Morten Karlsen Sorby, will continue until Rostrup commences the position, and will then assume a new role as Chief Transformation Officer. Rostrup comes from the position as President of Yara North America, Inc., and will join the Telenor Group Executive... Read More
Japanese telecom major Docomo on Friday accused Tata and Sons of making excuses not to honour $1.17-billion arbitration award and said that the latter has now shown its willingness to make the payment. The Japanese company, in a statement, said, "The only excuse for non-payment of the award which is alleged by Tata is the decision by the Reserve Bank of India earlier this week which was based on a... Read More
The changing voice dynamics and soon to be launched Reliance Jio’s 4G services is providing momentum to Voice over LTE (VoLTE) in the country. The incumbents, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are likely to focus on VoLTE in the coming few years. In fact, Airtel and Vodafone have already awarded IP Multimedia System (IMS) solution deal to Nokia. Incidentally Nokia has also bagged $100 Million IMS contract from... Read More
Though we like it or not, we end up contacting customer care numbers of various brands whenever we face issues. This one call often turns out to be a frustrating experience thanks to the IVR Systems. The Present Situation Let's take an example of a customer who is facing issues w.r.t. a failed bank transaction and calls up customer care. The typical workflow of the bank's IVRS would be - Thank... Read More
On the occasion of Xiaomi's second anniversary, the company is going to hold a sale from July 20 to July 22. The Mi anniversary sale will offer products for Re. 1 in the name of the flash sale. In the sale, Xiaomi will also be launching new products will also allow users to win coupons by playing the "Pair 2 Win game" on its Mi Store app. The Mi 2nd... Read More
Indian citizen can now use the e-Aadhaar letter or the downloaded version of the card from the UIDAI website as a valid identity and address proof document for taking a new mobile connection, according to the country’s telecom department (DoT). The telecom department has also placed the onus of verifying the details mentioned in the e-Aadhaar letter from the UIDAI on the representative manning the point of sale, who will have... Read More
India’s incumbent telecom operators—Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular—are increasingly focusing on building competence around content to counter the looming threat from Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio, which is expected to commercially launch services anytime in the country. Jio is planning to position itself as a digital content company, according to brokerage CLSA, which said that the prime services differentiator would continue to revolve around network experience, especially since content... Read More
Mobile handset makers have asked the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) to bring back the old rule of bank guarantee for importing parts for mobile manufacturing, in place of the surety condition, which was introduced in the new customs rules or IGCR, 2016. In a letter to Diety Secretary Aruna Sharma and Department of Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, Pankaj Mohnidroo, national president of the Indian Cellular Association (ICA)... Read More
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where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
