The spectrum auction completed 7 rounds of bidding on day 4, bringing up the total to 24 rounds since the start of the auction process. The 800MHz band is growing in popularity especially in the C category circles of Assam and North East, mainly because the price of spectrum in these circles is comparatively lower than A and B category circles and the number of towers here is lesser which... Read More
A new kind of telecom revolution is happening in some parts of the world like rural Mexico where people are setting up their own mobile networks. This has become necessary since telecom service providers aren't interested in setting up their services due to commercial non-viability. The company which helps communities set up such networks is Rhizomatica. Rhizomatica states this in their website: Our overall goal is to increase access to mobile... Read More
The spectrum auction today completed its third day with 6 clock rounds, bringing the total up to 17 rounds conducted to date. The third day saw an increased demand for the efficient 800MHz band. The demand went up in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Odisha. In the 900 MHz, we saw an increased demand in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, UP East and West Bengal. In the 1800... Read More
Idea cellular and Reliance communications both Pan India operators number 3 and number 4 respectively by subscriber base are popular among mobile data users. Idea has 900MHz spectrum in 10 circles while Rcom has it in 7 circles and 1800MHz spectrum in the remaining circles both of which are being used to offer 2G voice and data services (Except for Idea’s 900MHz liberalised spectrum in Delhi which will be used... Read More
The spectrum auction completed 5 clock rounds and in all there have been 11 clock rounds completed since the start of the auction process. The 800MHz band didn’t see much change in demand apart from Madhya Pradesh circle where the demand has doubled to 8 blocks from the initial 4 blocks that it was at the end of the 6th clock round yesterday, the available spectrum in this circle in... Read More
Reliance communications has launched an exciting high speed data pack at Rs.349 for it's CDMA subscribers Pan India which will offer true unlimited EvDO data (3G like speeds up to 3.1 Mbps) without any FUP or speed throttling with a validity of 30 days. This pack is available only for a limited duration from 5th to 7th March 2015. The pack is available only for prepaid subscribers and is valid... Read More
Xolo has unveiled the Q600 Club in India for a price of Rs. 6,499. The company listed it online on its official website, however, the device is already available through many third-party online retailers at a lower price tag. The Xolo Q600 Club is a Dual SIM smartphone and runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box. It comes with a 4.5-inch FWVGA display with a pixel density of 218ppi and 480x854 pixels... Read More
Reliance communications is popular among mobile data subscribers who need high speed Data at low tariff. Rcom has 3G spectrum in 13 circles and ICRA with Aircel in another 5 circles. It gained a major share of the 3G market by offering 3G data at 2G rates for smartphones. Though the quality of 3G network of Rcom is inferior to that of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea in most circles, they... Read More
Today was the first day of the spectrum auction of 800, 900, 1800 and 2100MHz bands. The bidding process completed 6 clock rounds today. At the end of 6 rounds of bidding there was excess demand for 900MHz spectrum in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, UP East and UP West, and demand was equal to the spectrum available in Bihar and Rajasthan circles. In the 1800MHz band, there was excess demand... Read More
The wait is finally over as the big day has arrived. The largest spectrum auction in the history of Indian telecom industry is set to commence today as 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands go up for sale. The government will be auctioning 380.75 MHz of spectrum in 800, 900 and 1800MHz bands and 85MHz in 2100MHz band. A total of 8 telecom operators will be bidding for spectrum out... Read More
Vodafone Qatar has launched App Corner, a service to help users choose the best App for their devices. The store is launched at its stores and online at Vodafone Qatar's website. Vodafone’s Apps Corner provide information about essential Apps for any smartphone such as Whatsapp, Facebook, Youtube and more. The App Corner also provides 5 favourite apps as recommendation from Vodafone Innovation Team every month. App corner has detailed user guides for the first time users to get to know... Read More
Aircel unveiled an attractive STV which offers fully unlimited whatsapp and facebook usage in Mumbai circle at an attractive rate of Re.1 per day. This voucher provides free usage for browsing facebook and sending and receiving instant messages on whatsapp. This voucher does not include the newly launched voice calling feature by whatsapp. The voucher is only applicable for usage on 2G data network not for Aircel’s 3G network in... Read More
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