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Sanjay January 15th, 2014 7:57 PM 45 COMMENTS

4G Operator Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular and Uninor Applies to Bid in 1800 and 900Mhz GSM Spectrum Auction

Pan India 4G - LTE service license holder Reliance JIO Infocomm (RJIL), Idea Cellular and Uninor (TeleWings) today submitted their applications for taking part in the 900mhz and 1800mhz GSM spectrum auction scheduled for February 3, 2014. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications (Rcom), Aircel and Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo) already applies for the same as earlier we shared on TelecomTalk. The Auction of Spectrum will be a big bang now... Read More

Sanjay January 15th, 2014 5:31 PM 32 COMMENTS

Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Tele and Aircel Apply for 1800 and 900Mhz Spectrum Auction

India's leading mobile service provider Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications (Rcom), Aircel and Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo) today submited their applications for taking part in the 900mhz and 1800mhz GSM spectrum auction scheduled for February 3, 2014. According to an official source at DoT, Vodafone has filed the first application, followed by Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Tele and Aircel. It raising hopes at Department of Telecom that this round of auction... Read More

Sanjay March 22nd, 2012 12:42 PM 14 COMMENTS

India Adds 8.77 Million GSM Subscribers in February 2012 – IDEA Leads

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released India’s ‘GSM Subscriber Figures for February 2012. IDEA Cellular tops in the new subscriber additions, added a total of 2.5 million new GSM subscribers followed by Uninor that lost licences in the SC's 2G judgment, added the 2nd largest number of subscribers with 2.3 million in February. Idea Cellular now has more than 110 million GSM customers with a 16.8% market share.... Read More

Sanjay February 24th, 2012 4:28 PM 19 COMMENTS

Dual Tech Telcos Responsible For Losses of Over Rs.51977 Crore : COAI

India's GSM industry body COAI - The Cellular operators Association of India, today said that the Government has suffered a loss of Rs.51977 crore due to owing to license and related violations by the Dual-Technology operators (Tata Docomo and Reliance) in the country. COAI claims that Dual-Technology operators (GSM-CDMA) are in fact beneficiaries of a decision taken by DOT during the period September 2007 to March 2008. Decisions taken during... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas October 18th, 2010 10:03 AM 79 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo 3G Is Coming – Preview By Telecomtalk

Tata Docomo, the joint venture of TTSL and Japan’s telecom major NTT Docomo has announced launch of next gen 3G mobile services by diwali. TTSL is one of those companies who operate both on CDMA and GSM technologies to offer telecom services throughout the country. The company has reached the mark of 80 million subscribers on GSM and CDMA platform at the end of September, 2010. As Tata Docomo, the... Read More

NeaL Pradeep September 23rd, 2010 11:54 AM 10 COMMENTS

IDEA Cellular Launches Value Recharge For Rajasthan

Idea Cellular, the 3rd largest GSM service provider of India has launched new offer for the customers of Rajasthan. Now, over 25 Lk customers of Idea cellular in Rajasthan can enjoy this benefit. With all new Special tariff voucher priced at Rs. 250, get a Talk time of Rs 200, 600 free Local & National SMS and also free GPRS surfing/download up to 200 MB. This coupon comes with a validity... Read More

Santosh Dornal August 9th, 2010 3:20 AM 15 COMMENTS

Wireless Internet Why Speed Differs At Different Times In Different Networks

The current major mobile internet deployment in India is EDGE with pockets of 3G deployed by couple of operators. EDGE gives a maximum speed of 384Kbps with per channel capacity being around 50Kbps max. So a user on EDGE is atleast guaranteed a 64Kbps speed, which is fair enough for email and chat. EDGE is based on legacy GSM radio technology. On the other hand 3G has picked up the... Read More

TT Desk August 1st, 2010 2:08 PM 56 COMMENTS

Friendship Day And SMS Don’t Come Hand In Hand

Though this is quite an old news, TelecomTalk wanted to Throw a Light on this again . From few years, we are aware of Telecom Operators charging special rates for SMS on particular days like festivals and occasions calling it as "Special Day". On special days,inspite of Offering some 'Sweet' like offers, Top GSM Operators are charging for every SMS which you send on this 'Special Occasion' . The Telecom... Read More

Santosh Dornal July 13th, 2010 11:29 AM 30 COMMENTS

What is 3G – A Quick Look

3G is here or will be here! Much awaited spectrum has been auctioned and service providers are gearing up to launch their services. Even the mobile phone manufacturers are excited too. 3G has been around for a while in Europe and East Asia and has been refined to work efficiently there. International Telecom Union (ITU) tracks the evolution of the mobile communication systems. Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) from GSM... Read More

Sanjay June 14th, 2010 2:05 PM 23 COMMENTS

Tata Teleservices Crosses 70 Million Subscribers Mark

Tata Teleservices Limited, India's fastest-growing dual-technology (GSM and CDMA) telecom service provider, today announced that it has added 2.33 million new subscribers in the month of May 2010 to cross the 70-million-subscribers milestone in a short span of just over five years since the launch of its mobile telephony services in early 2005. The achievement of 70 million by Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited is all... Read More

P K Tarun May 26th, 2010 10:25 AM 0 COMMENTS

Mobile Design House Longcheer kickstarts Its Indian Innings

Longcheer Holdings Limited a leading Singapore based mobile design firm today announced its India operations. The company specializes in developing products and services in mobile handsets designs, complete mobile handsets, wireless communication, data communication products, mobile broadband technology and mobile internet applications. Looking at the prospects in the Indian Telecom Market, the domestic handset makers are flourishing and thus Longcheer aims to capture it.Longcheer has a range of mobile handsets... Read More

Sanjay May 21st, 2010 6:41 PM 42 COMMENTS

April 2010 Adds 11.18 Million New GSM Subscribers in India

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has released the GSM subscriber base for April 2010 and, quite expectantly, new additions continue at an average growth rate. The number of new GSM subscribers being added in April month 11.18 million as compared to at a monthly growth rate of 2.65%. Among the GSM Mobile Service Operators, Vodafone added 2.9mn new users in April, taking its total base to 103.8mn while market... Read More