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Chakri K January 20th, 2018 10:14 PM 9 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Confirms Enterprise Services in India; Offering on a Trial Basis

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator, said that it has kicked off its enterprise services in the country on a trial basis, even as it continues to offer fiber-to-the-home broadband service in various cities on a trial basis. "The Company continues to make progress for delivering Enterprise solutions and FTTH with beta trials initiated in a few locations," the 4G telco said, adding that these services are being... Read More

Chakri K January 19th, 2018 7:19 PM 65 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Posts First-Ever Profit of Rs 504 Crore, Revenue Up 12%

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has reported its first-ever profit within 15 months of the start of commercial operations at Rs 504 crore for the third quarter versus Rs 271 crore loss in the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal. The telco posted a revenue of Rs 6,879 crore, up nearly 12% on quarter from Rs 6,147 crore in the previous quarter. EBITDA stood at Rs 2,628 crore, up 82.1% sequentially.... Read More

Srikapardhi January 18th, 2018 9:32 PM 28 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea Merged Entity May Offer Stock Options to Top Execs; Finalising Salary Structures for All Employees: Report

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular's merged entity may offer stock options to top executives. According to a report by the Economic Times, the stock options may include restrictive stock units and preferential shares besides regular employee stock options, even as both the companies have reportedly hired Aon, a global HR consulting company, to set the salary structures of all employees, including the top team. The senior management in Vodafone India... Read More

Chakri K January 17th, 2018 10:15 PM 129 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Not a Preferred Network for MNP Telcos: Kotak

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has still not become the preferred network for subscribers coming from other networks in the country, even as Idea Cellular has been the biggest beneficiary of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service since 2011, Kotak Institutional Equities said in a report. Jio, which has over 160 million users in the country, had 3.8 million net port-ins at end-October 2017. Idea Cellular, on the other hand, had... Read More

Chakri K January 16th, 2018 11:20 AM 18 COMMENTS

Apple iPhones to Receive Vodafone VoLTE Support by March-April 2018: Sources

Vodafone India is all set to introduce its Voice over LTE or VoLTE service this month. As per some of our readers across various states, Vodafone VoLTE service has already gone live, and they're using the service. We have now learnt from our sources about the Vodafone VoLTE compatibility and roll out structure. Firstly, all VoLTE devices do not support Vodafone VoLTE by default, same as Airtel VoLTE. Cupertino giant... Read More

Chakri K January 16th, 2018 9:08 AM 17 COMMENTS

BSNL Subscribers Can Now Reverify Their Mobile Number With Aadhaar by Calling 14546

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has finally implemented the IVRS-based Aadhaar verification mechanism which was rolled out by private telecom operators a couple of weeks ago. Now, BSNL customers who're looking to link their mobile number with Aadhaar or reverify their mobile number with Aadhaar can do that by just calling the IVRS toll-free number 14546. The service is currently available in only a few circles such as Andhra Pradesh... Read More

Chakri K January 15th, 2018 8:56 AM 118 COMMENTS

Should You Stay in Postpaid or Shift to Prepaid Right Away: 2018 Edition

Even with the dawn of 2018, telecom operators such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone India are aggressively introducing prepaid and postpaid recharge offers to retain their subscriber base, which is in-line with the aggressive approach we expected from operators this year. Jio and Airtel have specifically revamped many of their existing plans to offer more unlimited calling and data benefits. The question, however, for many subscribers is whether... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 12th, 2018 7:20 AM 29 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular and Vodafone India Added 3.1 Million and 2.7 Million Subscribers in November 2017: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released monthly subscriber data for the month of November 2017. As per the data, the number of telephone subscribers in India declined from 1,201.72 million at the end of October 2017 to 1,185.88 million at the end of November 2017, thereby showing a monthly decline rate of 1.32%. Out of the overall new subscriber additions, Reliance Jio topped the chart yet again... Read More

Chakri K January 11th, 2018 3:05 PM 1 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Industry Will Receive the Benefits of Consolidation from FY 2019: ICRA

The Indian telecom industry witnessed significant pressure in FY 2018, and telecom operators are yet to settle down. As per ICRA, the industry is expected to recover from FY 2019 onwards on the back of a consolidated structure, better pricing power and data usage with greater price-inelasticity. Also, the agency is expecting the industry revenue to increase by 10% and EBITDA to increase by 42%, although this would still be... Read More

Srikapardhi January 7th, 2018 2:38 PM 68 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Extends the Validity of Rs 458 and Rs 509 Tariff Plans to 84 Days and 91 Days

Finally, Vodafone India reacts to the new tariff plans from incumbent operators. India' second largest telecom operator has now increased the validity of its two long-validity plans- Rs 458 and Rs 509. The Rs 458 tariff plan now offers benefits for 84 days, while the Rs 509 tariff plan gives benefits for 91 days from the date of recharge. These new plans are valid in most of the Vodafone 4G... Read More

Chakri K January 6th, 2018 3:39 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Soft Launches Enterprise Service, Tests New Offerings: Report

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm is planning to soon launch enterprise services in the country, having cornered around 160 million 4G customers in the country since its launch in September 2016. According to a report in Hindu Business Line, the 4G entrant is planning to launch enterprise services like unified communications, Multiprotocol Label Switching (a protocol for high-speed telecom traffic) networks, Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Networks, cloud services, and managed video-conferencing,... Read More

Chakri K January 5th, 2018 4:46 PM 10 COMMENTS

RS Sharma Says Trai to Introduce New Rules on Tariffs

Indian telecom regulator, Trai, will soon come up with a new rule aimed at defining whether a particular tariff by any telecom service provider is transparent, non-predatory and non-discriminatory or not. "Transparency, non-discrimination and non-predatory, these are three broad principles which have to be adhered to... what will be the hallmarks or attributes of such tariffs, that is what these principles will decide,” Trai chairman R.S. Sharma told Mint newspaper.... Read More