LG Electronics India has launched the LG Spirit LTE and LG G4 Stylus 4G, the latest VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) and VoWiFi (Voice Over Wi-Fi) enabled smartphones in India. It has also entered an exclusive sales and distribution partnership with Reliance Retail. With the launch of these devices, the handset maker said that it will have a first mover advantage in a rapidly evolving 4G handset ecosystem. The VoLTE and... Read More
Airtel 3G signal is now live in different parts Goa indicating its ready for launching 3G service using own network. Currently Airtel provide 3G service in the circle using ICRA with Vodafone and Idea. Airtel had won 3G spectrum in Maharashtra & Goa circle on March 2015 auction. In the auction, Airtel had also bagged 3G spectrum in additional 6 circles were it currently don't have 3G network. Earlier we had reported Airtel... Read More
Vodafone, the leading operator in India, has now launched a referral program for their customers and their families. Under the offer, Vodafone is offering free unlimited calls for one year between the user’s Vodafone number to his referred contact who switched to Vodafone through MNP. The person who avails MNP can choose between postpaid and prepaid. However, if they choose postpaid billing, they could win attractive handsets from Samsung as... Read More
After launching the new fibre-based broadband plans in Delhi, MTNL has now stopped taking new subscribers for the popular VDSL 4999 plan. However, it has launched a new VDSL plan priced at Rs. 2,490, which offers almost the same benefits and offers unlimited browsing (of course at a lower speed). The new VDSL 2490 plan will offer the same speed of 10-20 Mbps. However, the MTNL authority has almost doubled... Read More
After Vodafone's 4G LTE signal went live in Kerala, Idea's 4G LTE signals were spotted in Chandigarh (Punjab). Idea is readying its 4G network for an early 2016 launch. Idea had earlier announced its plan to launch 4G LTE services in Kerala, Maharashtra & Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, North East, Tamil Nadu, and Orissa in a phased manner. Idea will be using its efficient... Read More
Aditya Birla Group controlled Idea Cellular has started teasing the launch of its 4G LTE services with a new banner on their website. The banner states that "4G is coming soon”. A few weeks back, Idea announced that they will launch the 4G network based on FDD-LTE standard in 300 cities starting in December till the first half of the next year. Primarily Idea, the third largest telecom operator by... Read More
With the telcos planning to focus on 4G services in the coming year, the market for 3G in India faces an uncertain future just four years after its commercial introduction and only five years after the telcos spent nearly $15 billion for their 3G licenses. While there is a little doubt that 3G services introduced India to mobile broadband and its vast potential, 3G has not led to mobile broadband... Read More
Looks like Vodafone is all set to launch 4G and 3G service in Kerala circle ahead of Reliance Jio. Vodafone 4G and 3G signals are now live in different parts of Kochi. Kochi was in the list of initial cities announced by Vodafone where it plans to roll out 4G services by the end of December 2015. Live signals indicate that the operator is all set to meet its December... Read More
Vodafone India, the country’s second largest telecom operator, will primarily look at tapping metros with its 4G LTE services in the country, targeting high-end data subscribers, the company’s CEO Sunil Sood told Hindu Business Line. Taking a cautious approach, Vodafone will be launching 4G LTE services in select towns, given that the overall 4G phones on its network was below 2 percent, whereas 3G phones were 26-27 percent, Sood said,... Read More
In 2014, the telecom industry in India thought that it would see its first consolidation in the sector with Bharti Airtel’s acquisition of Loop Mobile, which would have made the former a number 1 player in the Mumbai circle, where Vodafone had a dominating position. But, country’s top operator called off the Rs 700-crore deal after it got stuck in regulatory hurdles. Now, with RCom, SSTL merger, the question pops... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom carrier will have a revenue growth of 8-10 percent over the next 12-18 months on strong demand for data services and affordable smartphones, Moody's Investors Service said in its outlook for the Asia Pacific telecommunications industry. Bharti and Vodafone are increasing their 4G capex spending ahead of the 4G launch of Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio, Moody’s said, adding that the capex of these incumbent telcos... Read More
Reliance Communications’ board will meet on November 2 to discuss the potential merger with Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), which operates under the MTS brand in the country, the company said in a notice to the stock exchanges Saturday. The company’s board will consider a scheme of arrangement for demerger of telecom business undertaking of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited into the company. The Anil-Ambani-owned company was in talks with MTS India... Read More
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