Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand has announced that it would offer free WiFi services in Gurgaon Rapid Metro running on the 5.1 Km long six station corridor connecting Sikanderpur Metro station, Cyber City, DLF Phase 2, DLF Phase 3 and Ambience Mall in partnership with Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL). Continue reading “MTS to provide Free WiFi on Gurgaon Rapid Metro”
WhatsApp is the current leader in the instant messaging app market with over 500 million monthly active users globally. In April WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum also touted that the service has over 48 million monthly active users in India.The cross platform app which was acquired by Facebook in February this year, has joined hands with Airtel to provide special data packs.
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone Fan Army, a new Group Selfie contest for pre-paid and post-paid Vodafone customers. Vodafone customers can upload a group selfie with their friends on vodafone.in/fanarmy and stand a chance to win an opportunity to be a part of the Vodafone Fan Army by winning tickets to watch the IPL match live in India. Participants would also stand a chance to win jerseys and other merchandise. Continue reading “Vodafone India launches Vodafone Fan Army contest for IPL 2014”
Bharti Airtel has launched 4G on mobile in three cities, Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in India. The company launched 4G LTE service on mobile back in February starting from Bengaluru and also set up experience zones in the city to showcase the power of 4G on mobile in partnership with LG and Qualcomm. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G on mobile in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula”
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today cleared the 3G intra-circle roaming agreements signed between Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular by saying that the 3G intra-circle-roaming (ICR) does not violate the Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) license, reports ET. It has also quashed all penalties imposed by the Department of Telecom (DoT) on these operators last year.
Continue reading “TDSAT allows 3G Intra-circle roaming pacts between Airtel, Vodafone and Idea”
Reliance Communication (RCom) Tata Teleservices and Aircel have entered into a tripartite agreement to offer 3G roaming services. With this partnership, the trio will provide 3G roaming services across their respective customer bases using their network across the country. Continue reading “RCom, Tata Teleservices and Aircel team up for 3G inter-circle roaming”
Videocon Telecommunications plans launch its 4G services using FDD-LTE technology by December 2014, according to a report by ETTelecom. It would initially launch the services in Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. At the 4G World India conference, Videocon Telecom CEO Arvind Bali said to ETTelecom that it plans to launch the services between December to January and would launch it in 10 towns initially.
Continue reading “Videocon Telecom to launch 4G services by December 2014”
NTT DOCOMO, popular mobile solutions provider has just announced that it plans to sell the company’s entire 26.5% stake in Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL). It entered India by investing in TTSL in March 2009. It invested 252.3 billion yen or about Rs. 13,000 crore in Tata Teleservices in March 2009 and 14.4 billion yen or Rs. 800 crore in May 2011.
Continue reading “NTT Docomo to exit India, sell entire stake in Tata Teleservices by June 2014”
Truecaller, popular for its caller ID application has partnered with Tata Docomo to offer free data for Truecaller usage and Premium Truecaller features to its customers. This will help propel the usage of Truecaller in India and enable users to stay protected from spam calls, believes Truecaller. Continue reading “Truecaller ties up with Tata Docomo to offer free data and premium features”
Aircel has joined hands with DigiVive to enable users stream IPL 2014 on their mobile. In order to access the service, customers will have to activate it through USSD strings which will include Live TV and Data benefits. Available on Android and iOS devices, the Aircel nexGTv app can be also used by feature phone users as it supports WAP.
Continue reading “Aircel teams up with DigiVive to stream IPL 2014 on mobile”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has entered into a pan-India tower infrastructure sharing agreement ATC India, an independent tower company, to use the latter’s telecom infrastructure with a footprint of over 11,000 telecom towers for their 4G roll out. Continue reading “Reliance Jio, ATC India tie up to share telecom tower infrastructure”
LG has launched the Lucid 3 for Verizon Wireless in the U.S. It has a 4.7-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has all the software features present on the other latest LG smartphones, including KnockON with 80,000 possible KnockCode combinations to unlock the phone, QSlide 2.0, QuickMemo and more. It works on Verizon’s 4G LTE network. Continue reading “LG Lucid 3 with 4.7-inch qHD display and LTE launches on Verizon”
Aircel has launched Buddee Pack, a first of its kind service aimed at students in Delhi. This enables students preparing for graduate and postgraduate entrance examinations access real time entrance news updates, availability of forms, last date of application, number of seats available, institute rankings, eligibility criteria, website links of various institutes and more. Continue reading “Aircel launches Buddee Pack to get entrance exam info”
Airtel has launched Night Store, new night packs that would let pre-paid users enjoy unlimited on-net (Airtel to Airtel) voice calls and 2G data. It also offers limited 3G data with select packs in 3G circles and free Facebook access. These packs are applicable between 12AM to 6AM and is valid for one night. These packs are not applicable for customer who already has an active Unlimited 2G or 3G pack. Continue reading “Airtel launches Night Store for unlimited on-net local calling and internet all night”
U.S. carrier Sprint has announced that it would roll out Android 4.4.3 update (Build KTU84F) for the Nexus 5 users starting from April 14th. This is a minor upgrade that would enable LTE bands 26 and 41 and also bring some enhancements and bug fixes. Earlier reports revealed that Google would roll out Android 4.4.3 update for the Nexus devices to fix several bugs, including camera related fixes. Continue reading “Sprint rolls out Android 4.4.3 update for Nexus 5”
