July 24th, 2017 12:35 PM 18 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Will Spurn Severe Net Neutrality Issues: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) recently announced the JioPhone, a feature phone with 4G LTE & VoLTE support. The company is looking to disrupt the Indian telecom market yet again with the JioPhone because it's priced at Rs. 0 (although Rs. 1,500 security deposit has to be everyone). And today, analysts say that the complete product details are not revealed by RJIL, which has become a worry for feature phone makers... Read More

July 22nd, 2017 3:05 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, RCom, Aircel & SSTL Understated Revenues by More Than Rs 61,000 Crore: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Friday said that six private telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular understated revenues by more than Rs 61,000 crore over five years, which resulted in short payment of nearly Rs 7,700 crore in statutory dues to the government. The CAG, in its report tabled in Parliament, said another Rs 4,531.62 crore was due from these operators as interest... Read More

July 22nd, 2017 9:46 AM 75 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Extends the Validity of Summer Surprise Offer for One More Month, As Promised

Reliance Jio, the high-flying LTE-only network operator in India, has silently made a change to the Summer Surprise offer. The company has silently extended the validity of the Summer Surprise offer for one more month, as they promised at the time of announcing the plan. For the unaware, Reliance Jio announced the Summer Surprise offer back on March 31, 2017, but pulled back the offer due to the violation of... Read More

July 21st, 2017 1:06 PM 183 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Announced at an Effective Price of Rs. 0; Available for Preorder from August 24, But There’s a Catch

At the Reliance Industries 40th Annual General Meeting, Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of the company has announced the world's most powerful feature phone. Dubbed as the JioPhone, this feature phone is aimed to make the 2G feature phone obsolete. That said, Mukesh Ambani is also calling the JioPhone as 'India ka Intelligent SmartPhone.' So, the mystery is now unfolded, and Jio has officially announced the much awaited 4G VoLTE supported... Read More

July 20th, 2017 7:15 PM 35 COMMENTS

“Reliance Jio Wants to Simply Transfer Its Cost to Airtel and Other Operators,” Says Bharti Airtel On ‘Bill and Keep’ Regime

Bharti Airtel has hit back at Reliance Jio's claims at creating a monopoly in the Indian telecom market by proposing to scrap the interconnect usage charge (IUC), and moving to a 'bill and keep' regime. In a statement issued by Airtel moments back, the leading telecom operator in the country says "By proposing a transition to the ‘Bill and Keep’ regime with zero MTC, Reliance Jio wants to simply transfer... Read More

July 20th, 2017 1:07 PM 3 COMMENTS

Leak Shows Nokia 8 Temporarily Listed on Official Website; Launch Imminent

Since the past few days, rumours about an upcoming high-end Nokia 8 smartphone have been the talk of the town, and recently we have seen a few leaks giving away some of the key specs and design of the smartphone. As time goes by, these leaks keep getting more interesting, and this time, there is one straight from the company itself. A new image has been leaked online, and it... Read More

July 20th, 2017 11:07 AM 14 COMMENTS

IT Minister Urges that Dual SIM 4G Smartphones Have Network Speed Issues

Back in March 2017, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has urged that dual SIM 4G smartphones in India are uncertified and untested, which is causing several calls drops and network speed issues. But those reports were dismissed by the Indian Cellular Association saying that the devices are well-built and meet all the prescribed norms. And now, the minister of state for law and IT P.P. Chaudhary informed Parliament that... Read More

July 20th, 2017 10:33 AM 43 COMMENTS

Jio Alleges Airtel, Idea Made Excess Recovery of Rs 1.2 Lakh Crore in Interconnect Usage Charges

Reliance Jio has reportedly alleged that India's top two telecom operators had made excess recovery of around Rs 1.2 lakh crore in Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) over the actual cost of termination in the last five years, dismissing claims that they are incurring losses due to the reduction in call connect charges. It said that India's leading telco, Bharti Airtel, made excess recovery of Rs 73,385 crore, while Idea Cellular,... Read More

July 20th, 2017 7:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Can We Expect Unlimited Daily Data Packs With 1GB Data per Day, Unlimited Calling, and 100 SMS in the Near Future?

With the launch of new unlimited plans every day, the rate cutter and special tariff vouchers (STVs) have lost their significance. The unlimited plans seem to be the norm now for every operator. Every telecom operator is now focusing only on unlimited plans and planning to move to 4G. Such is the intensity of competition that incumbents have started tieing up with each other. Thanks to Reliance Jio, India is... Read More

July 19th, 2017 9:05 PM 13 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds 2.05 Million Subscribers in June 2017, While Aircel and Telenor Continue to Dip

Just after TRAI releasing the monthly subscriber addition report for the month of May 2017, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released the monthly subscriber addition of the Indian telecom industry for the month of June 2017. The Indian telecom industry marked another month of steady growth by adding 1.98 million mobile subscribers in June 2017. As per the data released by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), on... Read More

July 19th, 2017 12:46 PM 6 COMMENTS

Next Spectrum Auction Likely to Happen in August: What You Need to Know

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) chairman RS Sharma has revealed that the regulator will release the new mobile service quality norms covering call drops in a week. Speaking with PTI, RS Sharma said that "We are almost ready with revised standards for quality of service (for mobile phones). It will be issued within a week." At the same time, Sharma also indicated various things about the next spectrum auction. Next... Read More

July 18th, 2017 6:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s Customer Acquisition Drive Impacting Smaller Telcos in India: Report

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm's customer acquisition drive is impacting smaller telecom operators more than incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Smaller telcos such as Telenor, Aircel, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices and Sistema are either struggling to grow in India or are in a process to sell their operations. These players lost five million users in the first two months of the new financial year. According to... Read More

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