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2G Bidding Fiasco Takes Ugly Turn As Vodafone Alleges Favoritism
The soon to be auctioned 2G Spectrum has come under heavy criticism for apparently favoring a particular set of companies. As per the revised norms, Vodafone India feels the spectrum auction...
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The National Free Roaming Implementation Gets Postponed Till October
The national free roaming service which Kapil Sibal promised Indians last year during the release of the National Telecom Policy has been postponed again. It was supposed to be implemented by March...
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Reliance Industries Is Said To Have Partnered With Samsung To Deploy 4G...
Okay, this is big! Close on the heels of Airtel and Videocon announcing 4G services in certain parts of the country, Reliance Industries, run by Mukesh Ambani, seems to have pulled off a big deal with...
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Government Denies Extension To 2G License Of Airtel & Vodafone
Vodafone & Airtel both face an uncertain future thanks to India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) rejecting their requests for interim extension of 2G licenses. What’s going to hurt these...
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Nexus 7 32 GB WiFi and 3G Versions Have Been Launched In India
Following close behind the launch of Nexus 7 16 GB WiFi version in India after a lot of delays, Asus has announced the launch of Nexus 7 32 GB WiFi+3G as well as WiFi-only model in India. The 3G...
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Indian Mobile Services Market To Reach Rs.1.2 Trillion By 2013: Gartner
Analytics and research firm, Gartner has announced that the Indian mobile services market will touch Rs.1.2 trillion this year. This represents an 8% growth from last year’s figure of Rs.1.1 trillion....
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TRAI Says UP And Tamil Nadu Has Most Mobile Phone Users In India
Uttar Pradesh has emerged as country’s number one mobile phone users according to TRAI. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar followed UP and together accounted for almost half of the total...
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Idea Cellular Follows Vodafone And Airtel By Slashing 2G Data Rates In Select...
Idea Cellular has joined the bandwagon when it comes to lowering 2G mobile data rates significantly. This started a few days back when Vodafone announced that they would be slashing their 2G rates in...
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Tata Docomo to slash 2G, 3G Internet rates by 90% from 1 July
Tata Docomo has joined other prominent Indian telecom operators in slashing mobile data rates. It has announced that it will be slashing 2G and 3G data (only certain packs) transmission rates by 90% ....
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Telecom Companies Introduce ‘Packs’ To Ease The Roaming Burden
Indians may not have got to enjoy true ‘Free Roaming’, but that hasn’t stopped telecom companies from introducing special packages to at least soften the impact. A while ago, India was in a state of...
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TRAI’s Mobile Subscriber Report For April Pegs Total Mobile Subscriptions At...
The TRAI recently released a report which throws some light on the subscription data as of 30th April, 2013. According to the report, India currently has around 867.02 million which has decreased from...
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TRAI Adds New Guidelines For Indian VAS Providers In Order To Protect...
In what can be seen as a move to protect the rights of mobile consumers, the TRAI has issued new guidelines for mobile VAS providers which seek to curb the widespread problem of wrongful activation of...
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TRAI’s Stringent Guidelines Nearly Eliminates Wrongful VAS Activation Complaints
It is certainly one of the most noteworthy achievements of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Following the release of strict guidelines regarding VAS Activations for mobile subscribers,...
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Airtel Will Invest Rs.4000 Crore In Punjab In Order To Drive Adoption Of 4G...
Airtel has announced that they will be investing Rs. 4000 crore in Punjab over the next 5 years in order to bring 4G LTE services across the state. The company has signed an agreement with the...
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TRAI Confirms Reduction In Unwanted Calls And SMSes After Warning Financial...
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has confirmed that efforts to curtail pesky and unwanted calls to telecom subscribers have come down significantly. The regulatory body had specifically...
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Why Is India Wary Of 2G Spectrum Re-Auctions?
The Indian government has pushed ahead the dates of the 2G Spectrum Auctions. The process will now begin from 3rd February. The re-auctioning of the 403.2 MHz of spectrum in the 1800MHz band and 46 MHz...
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Vodafone Wants To Acquire Tata Teleservices: Reports
Vodafone India is in what can be described as early talks with the Tata Group over the possible acquisition of its controlling stake in Tata Teleservices. If these talks go ahead and bear fruit,...
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Vodafone To Extend M-Pesa Across India In This Year
Mobile service provider Vodafone is getting ready to have a nation-wide launch of its mobile wallet service M-Pesa. After almost 2 years, telecom service provider Vodafone India is gearing up to launch...
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BSNL To Launch Partially Free Roaming Plans, MTNL To Offer The Same In Mumbai...
State run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) are trying to catch-up with private players with roam-free plans. Expected to be officially announced on India’s...
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Bharti Airtel To Acquire Loop Mobile For Rs.700 Crore
India’s leading Telecom Service Provider Bharti Airtel is all set to buy a relatively smaller player, Loop Mobile. Six months after contemplating the issue, Bharti Airtel has finally decided to acquire...
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