Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley launched Hits digital broadcasting, an innovative platform that will provide over 500 TV channels to cable operators. The project secured by the promoter Hinduja group outlay at more than Rs. 5,000 crore. The Hinduja-Hits (Headend-in-the-Sky) Network, under the brand name NXT Digital, will serve Multi System Operators (MSOs) as well as Local Cable Operators (LCOs) and aims to tap the transition from analog to... Read More
BSNL the largest PSU operator has hiked the fixed monthly charges (FMC) of select broadband plans in select service areas of UP East circle. The areas for which the tariff hike applies are as follows, Lakhimpur Kheri, Azamgarh, Basti, Deoria, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Mirzapur, Sultanpur, Behraich, Fatehpur, Barabanki, Ballia, Banda, Gonda, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Hamirpur, Jaunpur, Mau, Orai, Pratapgarh, Raibareli, Shahjanpur, Sitapur and Unnao service areas of UP (East) circle.... Read More
If you are a subscriber of Airtel Digital TV DTH service, get ready to pay more. The company has hiked DTH monthly packs by upto 10 percent. Depending on the monthly subscription package rate, prices will increase in the range of Rs. 12-25 per month. Earlier this week, we reported that Videocon d2h and Tata Sky have hiked their DTH monthly tariffs. but it looks like every DTH operator is... Read More
After being exclusive to Amazon for almost an year, OnePlus One is now available through Snapdeal. OnePlus announced this news through its social accounts on Facebook and Twitter. The device is available on Snapdeal with a price tag of Rs. 21,998. Snapdeal is also offering freebies worth Rs. 3,000 for users who buy the OnePlus One from them. The OnePlus One features a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS LCD display, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop,... Read More
In a move that was initiated by Videocon d2h, it seems other DTH operators are following suit. Tata sky recently sent out SMS to its subscribers informing them of the tariff revision. The message read 'Tata Sky base pack charge on your account has been revised to Rs. 250 per month. Select add on channels and packs will also undergo price revision. Press help on your remote for details.' This... Read More
Idea cellular the 3rd largest operator by subscriber base has refreshed the look and feel of it's 'My Idea' selfcare app. The current version of the app which is available in the app store is already pretty functional, the new version builds upon this functionality by a few tweaks here and there. The new look has a more graphical layout with better visual presentation for details like data usage in... Read More
This is the age of digitisation of analogue cable and more and more people are moving towards DTH platform. The active subscriber base of the 6 commercial DTH operators put together is around 41 million in the quarter ended March 2015 as per figures released by TRAI. This number is expected to grow with the phase 3 and 4 of digitisation of cable TV. In such conditions the subscriber at... Read More
Idea Cellular, India's third largest telecom operator, has made a revision to its data packs. Instead of hiking data prices like they did earlier, they have added more data into existing data packs. As operators are in fear of losing subscriber to bigger rivals and to Reliance JIO, who's 4G network is almost ready to be launch in the coming months. As per the latest subscription data, Idea gained 0.67... Read More
Bharti Airtel has collaborated with Ericsson to roll out 4G in Delhi. The duo has also partnered to expand 3G WCDMA network across eight telecom circles in India. Under the 4G deployment agreement, Ericsson will be responsible to provide superior network performance, with faster web browsing, video-on-demand, downloads and other services. The four year agreement between Ericsson and Bharti Airtel also enables the latter to avail the multi-standard radio equipment... Read More
Telecom regulatory authority of India has today released the data about telecom subscriber base of India at the end of June 2015. Total wireless subscriber base increased from 975.78 million at the end of May-15 to 980.81 million at the end of Jun-15, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.51%. The Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 558.83 million at the end of May-15 to 562.95 million at the... Read More
The 'Sabse Sasta' operator, Uninor, has launched a new value combo rate-cutter pack for its customers in the Maharashtra & Goa circle. The new rate-cutter offers local and STD calls at only 25 paise/min at Rs. 19, which is one of the cheapest rates in that circle provided by any operator. As per the latest subscription data from COAI, Uninor had a count of 7.6 million subscribers in the end... Read More
Have you ever wondered why you have to sit through advertisements while watching your favourite prime time shows on TV despite having to pay a monthly subscription fee to your local cable operator or DTH provider. It's not like they are providing you the service for free anyway, like free Apps on your cell phone are free because they get their revenue from advertisers, then why can't the same concept... Read More
