After an initial uproar, the feedbacks about Reliance Jio depict a mixed reaction, according to various reports. In terms of addition of new customers, Reliance Jio is adding five lakh customers a day for the Welcome offer instead of the one million customers it targeted, pointed out a report by The Hindu. December 31, 2016, is the internal target for the company to reach 100 million customers using e-KYC. However,... Read More
Airtel has started Aadhaar based e-KYC solution in Bihar from today following the notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of India. Consumers in Bihar have appreciated the e-solution and started taking SIM based on Aadhar e-KYC. Airtel become the first company to roll out E-KYC solution in Bihar. The solution will facilitate and enable instant activation of Airtel mobile connection and thereby enhance customer convenience and experience. The digital... Read More
Vodafone India, has launched 4G service in West Bengal in the prominent business and residential town of Siliguri. 4G services will be rolled out across West Bengal over the next few months. The launch in West Bengal follows the successful launch of Vodafone 4G services in Kerala, Karnataka, Kolkata, Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Haryana UP East and Gujarat. Announcing the launch of Vodafone 4G service in West Bengal, Naveen Chopra,... Read More
Idea Cellular, today said that it welcomes Jio, and remains committed to facilitate its seamless entry into the hyper-competitive market. Idea Cellular has in the past been providing and augmenting Points of Interconnect (POIs) very liberally and we will continue to support all new operators for all their reasonable, fair and legitimate requirements of POIs. In the month of August 2016 there were a total of 2.97 million unique Jio subscribers who... Read More
A third-party online retailer is selling an improved version of Xiaomi Mi 5 named “Extreme” in China. As the official Xiaomi website has not listed the new smartphone, it’s unsure if it’s an official release. Considering its specifications, the new Mi 5 Extreme comes with some serious improvements over its predecessor. It features a 2.15GHz Snapdragon 820 processor, Adreno 530 GPU, and 3GB RAM. The CPU is overclocked by 19% to... Read More
Things are just not going right for Samsung. The company was already struggling with battery issues in its latest flagship - the Galaxy Note7, and now a third-degree burn case has been reported and this time it is not the Galaxy Note7 but Galaxy S7 edge. A user has reported the explosion of his S7 edge in his pocket, which caused him severe third-degree burns. It is noteworthy to mention... Read More
Reliance Jio which is currently the largest holder of liberalised spectrum in the telecom sector has recently started testing carrier aggregation of band 3 (1800 MHz) spectrum with band 5 (850 MHz) spectrum in Kerala circle and may soon launch LTE-A on a pan India scale. The operator currently holds liberalised airwaves in 2300 MHz and 850 MHz pan India and in 1800 MHz in 18 out of the total... Read More
According to data released by TRAI about telecom subscriber base in India at the end of June 2016, Wireline subscriber base declined from 24.88 million at the end of May 16 to 24.74 million at the end of Jun 16. Net reduction in the wireline subscriber base was 0.13 million at the monthly decline rate of 0.52%. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 83.51% and... Read More
TataSky has chosen the Ericsson AVP 4000 compression platform which offers superior quality system encoding for IPTV, Cable, Satellite and Broadcast and delivers greater reliability and flexibility with lower transmission delay to ensure media organizations use bandwidth more efficiently and ensure consumers receive a high quality viewing experience. TataSky which currently has the highest number of HD channels and services in the DTH market will be benefited by this move... Read More
Vodafone and BSNL, today signed a 2G intra-circle roaming agreement to use each other's assets and network strength across the country. This strategic partnering will lead to improved connectivity and enhance the customer experience overall. The agreement will help Vodafone expand its 2G network further, especially in rural areas and strengthens BSNL’s network reach in urban areas. Vodafone India has over 137,000 towers across the country and BSNL over 114,000.... Read More
The total mobile subscriber base in the country has marginally grown to 1.035 billion, with Bharti Airtel leading the GSM subscriber addition for the month of June 2016. According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall 1.36 million new mobile subscribers were added during the month. Top operator Bharti Airtel added 1.4 million new users, followed by BSNL (1.3 million) and Vodafone (0.70 million users) in the month. Idea Cellular... Read More
The Chhattisgarh high court has issued notices to the telecom department (DoT), the Telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) and TERM cell, Chhattisgarh on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a 61-year-old social worker Dilip Kumar Bhandari on minimum broadband speeds in India. The court has fixed next date of hearing for December 5, and sought answers from these authorities over the issue. The petitioner, in his PIL, said... Read More
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