September 26th, 2016 9:02 PM 64 COMMENTS

Vodafone starts offering 10 GB 4G data at the price of 1 GB for new 4G smartphones

Vodafone India the second largest operator by subscriber base which recently crossed the 200 Million mark is starting to feel the heat from the entry of arch rival Jio which is currently providing free 4G data to all subscribers till 31st December. To prevent the churn of its high revenue generating data consuming user segment, the operator has launched an offer where it will offer an additional 9 GB of... Read More

September 26th, 2016 6:20 PM 60 COMMENTS

Airtel lowers tariff for voice calling STVs across major circles

When Jio's announcement to make voice calls free on their network made incumbents worried about the future of voice revenues which contributes more than 70% of total revenue, it seems incumbent operators are still finding ways to balance the voice market by cutting down tariff of voice calls. After cutting down data tariffs to match Jio, market leader Bharti Airtel has now started revising most voice rate cutters across major... Read More

September 25th, 2016 6:44 AM 82 COMMENTS

Incumbent operators added 2.09 million new subscribers in August 2016- COAI

According to latest COAI subscription data, India's GSM subscriber base grew to 781.14 million with GSM telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone and Idea together adding 2.09 million subscribers in August. The combined subscriber base grew upward even though Jio was offering free benefits under preview offer. Total subscriber base of these six operators grew at a rate of 0.26% when compared to July 2016 subscriber figure of 779.05 million. Telecom major... Read More

September 24th, 2016 12:35 PM 78 COMMENTS

TelecomTalk Survey Results : Most of the mobile users feel 2-3 GB would suffice their monthly data needs

TelecomTalk conducted a Nationwide survey on "What is your monthly consumption of mobile data and what do you use it for?" and we have received responses from all the telecom circles. While the poll is already closed, we have come up with a detailed analysis of the much-awaited results of the survey. Continue reading to know more about the insights. 1.Which Circle you belong to? The majority number of respondents were... Read More

September 23rd, 2016 12:05 PM 99 COMMENTS

Airtel launches long duration 4G data pack with effective rate less than Rs.50/GB

Airtel today announced the launch of a special data pack that offers 30 GB 4G data for 90 days. While the pack is available for Rs.1495 for existing users; new users can avail this offer via first recharge of Rs.1494 thus bringing down the per GB cost to just below Rs.50 (which was the price point advertised by Jio at the time of launch). After crossing the 30 GB data... Read More

September 22nd, 2016 4:30 PM 25 COMMENTS

Vodafone Group invests Rs 47,700 crore in India ahead of spectrum auctions

Vodafone India, the country's second largest telecom operator with 200 million users, said that it has received an equity infusion of Rs 47,700 crore from its parent company, Vodafone Group, in the first half of the current fiscal. The carrier claimed that the equity infusion via foreign direct investment (FDI) is largest ever FDI infusion in the country. "This equity infusion of Rs 47,700 crore, which we believe is the... Read More

September 22nd, 2016 1:02 PM 11 COMMENTS

Motorola sets a record by selling more than 1 lakh units of Moto E3 Power on Flipkart

Lenovo recently launched the Moto E3 Power smartphone in India, exclusively via Flipkart. The device is priced at Rs. 7,999 and went on sale on the launch day itself. Today, the company announced that more than 1 lac units of the Moto E3 Power were sold on the sales day. With this, the Moto E3 Power has set a new record for selling most number of units in a day... Read More

September 21st, 2016 6:47 PM 17 COMMENTS

Telenor in talks to merge data business with Tikona

Telenor India, a smaller GSM telecom operator, is reportedly looking at merging its data business with Goldman Sachs-owned Tikona Digital, which offers broadband services to home and business customers and had lately started providing 4G services in a few cities such as Varanasi. According to an ET Now report, the talks between these companies are revolving around just the data business, and Telenor’s oice business may be kept out of... Read More

September 21st, 2016 6:40 AM 89 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal interconnection “becomes unnecessarily a big issue”

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal assured Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio that the ongoing Point of Interconnect (PoIs) issue will be resolved within few weeks, even as the 4G entrant claimed “all talk- no action on augmentation in operational interconnection capacity in last 15 days. Mittal’s comments comes after the telecom regulator, Trai, took a strict view of ongoing spat between Reliance Jio and top telcos- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and... Read More

September 20th, 2016 11:32 AM 50 COMMENTS

Rcom-Aircel merger and its impact on the Indian telecom sector- Analysis

After several attempts to merge wireless operations, Aircel and RCom finally led the consolidation in telecom space to create a Rs 65,000 crore telecom behemoth, no doubt fierce competition because of Jio's entry was a key factor in uniting these two companies. Though, RCom already sealed another deal with pure play CDMA operator MTS which is yet to receive regulatory approvals is the another part of the biggest consolidation. As,... Read More

September 20th, 2016 2:04 AM 16 COMMENTS

True MVNO soon to be a reality in India

More than 2 years back I discussed about MVNO in India - their challenges and how they can be successful in this country despite the telecom space is crowded and tariff is overall lower than other countries. It's 2016 now and Indian telecom players are consolidating - Airtel bought Loop, Augere & Aircel's 4G spectrum and liberalized spectrum from Videocon; RCom is merging with MTS and Aircel. After all the... Read More

September 19th, 2016 5:37 PM 18 COMMENTS

Moto E3 Power goes official in India with 4G VoLTE and 3500mAh battery for Rs. 7,999

As teased, Lenovo has finally made the Moto E3 Power official in India for Rs. 7,999. The device will be exclusively available via Flipkart, starting from today midnight in Black and White colours. Lenovo launched the battery-focused Moto E3 Power instead of Moto E3. Also, the Moto E3 Power has got better specs (RAM and storage) than the Moto E3. The Moto E3 Power features a 5-inch (1280 x 720... Read More

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