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Airtel to deploy 7000 new mobile broadband sites, Massive MIMO pre-5G technology and 10MHz of fresh 4G spectrum in Mumbai

Airtel today announced that it is planning a massive network deployment plans for Mumbai as part of its network transformation initiative – Project Leap. During the FY 18-19, Airtel plans to roll out 7000 new mobile sites including the large-scale deployment of pre-5G Massive MIMO technology across Mumbai to significantly boost network capacity for high-speed data and voice services. Continue reading “Airtel to deploy 7000 new mobile broadband sites, Massive MIMO pre-5G technology and 10MHz of fresh 4G spectrum in Mumbai”

Vodafone India teams up with Nokia to deploy cloud packet core in Bengaluru to meet mobile network data demand

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Vodafone India today has announced that it has deployed Nokia’s field-proven cloud packet core to cost-effectively provide faster mobile broadband and enhance the scale and agility of its network to ensure the timely launch of new services. The technology leverages all the benefits of a cloud packet core architecture for maximizing resource utilization and rapidly deploying services when needed. Continue reading “Vodafone India teams up with Nokia to deploy cloud packet core in Bengaluru to meet mobile network data demand”

Airtel TV app for Android clocks 50 million downloads; free subscription for all customers extended till December 2018

Back in December last year Airtel updated its Airtel TV app that offers Live TV channels as well as Regional & International content. It also announced that the entire content catalogue of Airtel TV will be available for its users on a free subscription basis till June 2018. Today the company has announced that the Airtel TV Android app has crossed 50 million downloads with 40 million download in just 9 months, since it hit 10 million in August 2017. Continue reading “Airtel TV app for Android clocks 50 million downloads; free subscription for all customers extended till December 2018”

Airtel will deploy 5000 new mobile sites, 500 kms of additional optic fiber in FY 2018-19 in Kerala

Airtel today announced that it will continue to make significant investments to further expand its operations and network footprint across Kerala as a part of its ongoing network expansion program Project Leap. Continue reading “Airtel will deploy 5000 new mobile sites, 500 kms of additional optic fiber in FY 2018-19 in Kerala”

Airtel Home combined billing for calls, DTH and broadband services launched

Airtel today announced the launch of ‘Airtel Home’, India’s first-of-its-kind digital quad-play platform that truly simplifies the customer experience for homes that use multiple Airtel services, just as rumored. It allows customers to bundle multiple Airtel services like home broadband, postpaid mobile, and digital TV as a single account as a single unified interface on my Airtel app. Continue reading “Airtel Home combined billing for calls, DTH and broadband services launched”

Vodafone launches one day unlimited calling pack for Rs. 9 in UP East

Vodafone today launched one-day unlimited calling pack for its pre-paid users in Uttar Pradesh at just Rs. 9. It also offers 100 SMS and 100MB of 2G/3G/4G data, which will also expire over the midnight. The pack will be useful for more than 60000 towns and villages in the circle believes Vodafone. The company launched a similar pack for Rs. 19 last year.

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Airtel planning to introduce combined billing for calls, DTH and broadband services

Bharati Airtel is said to be planning on bundling the billing for calls, DTH, broadband connections with a 5-10% discount on the combined bill. It is pretty obvious that the move is aimed at retaining consumers base in the competitive telecom sector. Continue reading “Airtel planning to introduce combined billing for calls, DTH and broadband services”

Reliance Jio launches Holiday Hungama offer with Rs. 100 discount on recharge of Rs. 399 – Here’s how to get it

After JioPostpaid, Reliance Jio has launched Holiday Hungama offer for its postpaid users. This lets you get instant Rs. 100 discount on recharge of Rs. 399 that comes with 84 days validity and 1.5GB data per day, offering a total of 126GB, and also includes unlimited voice calls and Jio’s services for free. Rs. 100 instant discount is available for MyJio app users who pay via Phone Pe.

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Idea expands VoLTE services to 9 more circles, offers 30GB free data

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Earlier this month Idea Cellular started commercial roll out of VoLTE services across six circles – Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) & Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, and, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, after rolling it out to its employees in the first phase. Today it has expanded VoLTE services to 9 more circles – Mumbai, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, UP East, UP West, Bihar, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Continue reading “Idea expands VoLTE services to 9 more circles, offers 30GB free data”

Reliance Jio once again offers 8GB free cricket add-on data pack for users

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Last month Reliance Jio offered 8GB free data at 2GB per day for users with 4 days validity that got automatically added in their account, now it is once again offering 2GB data per day, valid for 4 days as a part of Jio Cricket Season data pack, and to watch IPL qualifier 2 today and finals on Sunday. Continue reading “Reliance Jio once again offers 8GB free cricket add-on data pack for users”

Vodafone launches VoLTE services in Kolkata

After Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa and Rajasthan,Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (UP) west, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh (UP) East, Punjab, Chennai and Kerala, Vodafone has finally launched VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services in Kolkata. Continue reading “Vodafone launches VoLTE services in Kolkata”

Airtel, Amazon team-up to offer 4G smartphones at an effective starting price of Rs. 3399

Airtel and Amazon India today announced that they are partnering to jointly drive smartphone adoption across the country. Both the companies will now launch 4G smartphones at an affordable price for a wide range of smartphone starting at Rs. 3,999. Continue reading “Airtel, Amazon team-up to offer 4G smartphones at an effective starting price of Rs. 3399”

RED HYDROGEN ONE smartphone with Holographic display coming to AT&T and Verizon in August

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RED, popular for its high-end cameras back in July last year had introduced the RED HYDROGEN ONE. Though the initial launch date was Q1 2018, after delaying it for a while, the phone is finally coming to AT&T and Verizon in the USA and Telcel in Mexico in August. Pre-orders will ship about a month before the official launch date.
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OnePlus 6 Idea offer announced – Rs. 2000 cashback, Up to 370 GB additional data and more

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Yesterday OnePlus announced several launch offers for its upcoming OnePlus 6 flagship smartphone, including Rs. 2,000 cash back and device insurance for Idea subscribers. Today Idea Cellular has details the offers. The Rs. 2,000 (in the form of discount of Rs. 100/month for 20 billing cycles) cashback will be available for post-paid customers on OnePlus 6 and they also get 10 GB/month additional data for 20 months on the Nirvana 499 Plan, which will effectively make the plan Rs. 399. The plan also covers device security for 4 months along with Digital Idea content services – music, movies and game for free.
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Airtel completes acquisition of Telenor India

Airtel today announced that it has completed the acquisition Telenor India, after a year of entering into an agreement to acquire Telenor India’s running operations in seven circles – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, UP (East), UP (West) and Assam, and transfer of all of Telenor India’s assets including spectrum, licenses and operations, including its employees and customer base of 44 million as well as outstanding spectrum payments and other operational contracts, including tower lease. Continue reading “Airtel completes acquisition of Telenor India”