August 27th, 2016 11:26 AM 17 COMMENTS

Vodafone starts offering Rs. 200 discount to new postpaid MNP subscribers for 6 months

After offering double data to postpaid customers, Vodafone has now come up with heavy discount for new postpaid subscribers who join its network using Mobile Number Portability. According to latest information, the company has started offering huge discounts on Postpaid Red connections for new customers who are coming from rival networks without changing their number. The second largest telco is offering Rs 200 discount for 6 consecutive months on popular Red... Read More

August 24th, 2016 4:32 PM 30 COMMENTS

Airtel now offering 3G speed on 2G data packs, Fierce battle ahead ?

Ever since Jio entered the telecom market in India, the existing operators are gearing up to compete with Jio's insanely priced 4G packs. The operators like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India have been slashing their data rates rapidly to counter Jio. In one of the latest moves, Airtel has started offering 3G speeds to 2G data packs. Today, we got an SMS on our Airtel prepaid number, which touts the 2G... Read More

August 24th, 2016 12:15 PM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone India-Idea Cellular merger talks, Idea denied rumors: Report

According to a CNBC TV18 report citing unnamed sources, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are involved in talks for a possible merger. If ever occurred, the deal would dislodge Bharti Airtel from its position as a market leader. Idea is said to have rejected the possibility of merger talks. "Your query on Idea [being] up for sale, picked up from wherever and that our company is speaking to Vodafone is... Read More

August 23rd, 2016 2:22 PM 150 COMMENTS

Data tariff war: BSNL to offer True Unlimited 3G Data STV 1099 without any FUP

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has announced its revision of its existing data STV 1099 to provide true unlimited 3G internet any without speed restriction or FUP. BSNL has also introduced new data STVs 549 and 156 offering more bundled usage compared to existing data packs. The new data tariff will come into effect from 25th August 2016 on PAN India basis. BSNL has revised existing data STV 1099 which used to offer 9GB... Read More

August 20th, 2016 11:23 AM 11 COMMENTS

Telecom operators can issue STVs with 365 days validity: TRAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has permitted to increase the validity of the special tariff vouchers (STVs) from the present 90 days to one year. According to TRAI, many internet users (especially the first-time users) fail to utilize the complete data allotted in an STV during the prescribed time period and such unused data will lapse. “Requests were received in TRAI seeking longer validity for data packs (that is... Read More

August 19th, 2016 4:16 PM 5 COMMENTS

Midst of rising 4G competition, Singtel increases its stake in Bharti Telecom

The Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel has announced its plan to buy an additional 7.39% stake in Bharti Telecom Ltd for a cost of $659.5 million. This will raise Singtel’s holding in Bharti Telecom up to 46.39%. Mittal’s family holds the 51% stake in the company. Singtel acquires this 7.39% stake from Singapore-based investment company Temasek owned by the Government of Singapore. The investment comes ahead of Reliance’s Jio’s launch in... Read More

August 18th, 2016 7:24 PM 71 COMMENTS

Rcom now ready to upgrade GSM 2G/3G subscribers to 4G platform ?

Reliance communications the 4th largest operator by subscriber base which recently migrated its entire Pan India CDMA user base to 4G now seems to be in the mod of opening the upgrade route for its much larger GSM 2G/3G user base. The operator has sent out invitation messages via SMS which read to the same effect to its subscribers in Punjab circle and may soon do the same for other... Read More

August 18th, 2016 11:47 AM 15 COMMENTS

Airtel to shut down IPTv service from 31st August, offers free migration to DTH platform

On the one hand where newcomer Jio is betting big on its IPTv venture through Jio Tv on fiber connectivity, Industry leader Airtel has decided to shut down its own 7-year-old IPTv service from 31st August 2016. Prior to the closure, the company has started sending out notices to its IPTV customers that it will be pulling the plug on it by 31 August. More than 50,000 airtel broadband customers... Read More

August 17th, 2016 5:11 PM 39 COMMENTS

RCom bets on data based voice packs, introduces new ‘App-to-App’ voice calling pack at Rs 39 for 300 voice minutes

Reliance Communications which operates under Reliance Mobile brand, today announced the introduction of APP-TO-APP calling pack. This new pack will let users make calls to friends through social networking apps at dirt cheap rates without worrying about data rates. With ‘APP-To-APP' calling pack, customers will experience significantly better app-to-app voice calls with high-definition (HD) quality and instant connections. Further, RCom customers can call their near ones by utilizing RCom 2G,... Read More

August 16th, 2016 9:29 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL stays focused on improving revenues, talks to form partnerships for MVNO deals: Report

The state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is on the path of recovery from the losses it reported in the earlier years. It employed various strategies, including job cuts, forming partnerships, or augmentation of its mobile networks to get back into the game. In the latest development, BSNL is reportedly in talks with six to seven companies for mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) deals. Two companies that held talks... Read More

August 15th, 2016 7:44 AM 46 COMMENTS

Vodafone to start rolling out 4G services in West Bengal, Haryana, Gujarat and U.P. East circles starting next week: Sources

Vodafone India, the second largest telecom operator of our country which has 4G presence across 5 circles and preparing to offer 4G services in other 4 circles, might launch 4G services starting this week in those circles in a phased manner. According to our sources who are working with the telecom operator in this matter, shared with us that the operator has already tested 4G services in several places in... Read More

August 13th, 2016 4:41 PM 47 COMMENTS

“It’s time an umpire steps in and says it is an LBW or not,” says COAI Rajan S. Mathews

The spat between Reliance Jio and the industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has heightened to the next level with Rajan S. Mathews, the director general of COAI said it’s waiting for an “umpire” to step in to resolve the issue, reports Financial Express. “It’s time an umpire steps in and says it is an LBW or not,” Rajan S. Mathews, director general of COAI. “The balance of... Read More

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