Airtel has launched Happy Hours for its prepaid customers that them get 50% data back for all in-app content downloads scheduled between 3.00 am and 5.00 am. Continue reading “Airtel Happy Hours launched, offers 50% data back for prepaid users”
Category: Operators
Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators
Samsung phones to get free Jio SIM with 3 months unlimited 4G data, calls
Samsung is all set to launch Jio Preview Offer in partnership with Reliance Jio soon. This offer will be available for select Samsung smartphones and will let you enjoy unlimited HD voice & video calls, unlimited SMS, unlimited 4G data and Jio Premium apps for 90 days / 3 months. Continue reading “Samsung phones to get free Jio SIM with 3 months unlimited 4G data, calls”
Reliance Jio could launch 4G services commercially with free voice with data in August
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had launched 4G services for its employees in December last year. It was expected to roll out 4G services commercially by the end of this year, now ET and The Hindu are reporting that the company could roll out 4G as early as next month and the launch date could be August 15th. Continue reading “Reliance Jio could launch 4G services commercially with free voice with data in August”
Vodafone to launch 4G services in Haryana soon, starts rolling out 4G ready SIMs
Vodafone already promised to roll out its 4G services in Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (East) and West Bengal in the second phase, after successfully rolling out 4G in Kerala, Karnataka, Mumbai, Delhi & NCR and Kolkata.
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Airtel launches Kabali Recharge Pack, SIM and more for Rajinikanth fans
Airtel has Kabali exclusive products and services in Chennai and Tamil Nadu circle, a week before the release of the most expected movie. These include special Kabali recharge packs with unlimited 2G internet, Kabali Hello Tunes and new Kabali branded SIM packs. Continue reading “Airtel launches Kabali Recharge Pack, SIM and more for Rajinikanth fans”
Airtel public Wi-Fi hotspots launched in Gurgaon
After winning contract from Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) to launch Wi-Fi services in Gurgaon a year back, today Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana launched public Wi-Fi hotspots in the city powered by Airtel. Continue reading “Airtel public Wi-Fi hotspots launched in Gurgaon”
Reliance Lyf smartphones get a price cut, 3 months free unlimited Jio 4G data
Reliance has slashed prices for a number of Lyf phones that were launched at the beginning of this year. A total of six phones are getting a price cut along with some additional offers.
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Airtel to launch 4G services in Gujarat soon, asks customers to upgrade to 4G ready SIMs
Airtel today announced that it has started offering 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at Airtel retail stores across the Gujarat for the existing 2G/3G SIMs to switch to 4G when it launches soon. Continue reading “Airtel to launch 4G services in Gujarat soon, asks customers to upgrade to 4G ready SIMs”
RCom starts rolling out 4G services for CDMA customers
Reliance Communications (Rcom) has started rolling out its 4G services in Mumbai, Delhi, Maharasthra and Andhra Pradesh circles for the CDMA customers who had upgraded to 4G, reports ET. Rcom is offering 4G for its customers through spectrum sharing agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm. Continue reading “RCom starts rolling out 4G services for CDMA customers”
Airtel launches service in remote towns of Arunachal Pradesh under Project Leap
Airtel has launched its 2G and 3G mobile services in remote towns of Lumla, Nafra and Longding in Arunachal Pradesh under its network transformation program Project Leap. “This is also the first time that customers in these towns will have access to 3G mobile services,” said the company. Continue reading “Airtel launches service in remote towns of Arunachal Pradesh under Project Leap”
Moto X Play OTA update adds support for Reliance Jio VoLTE in India
Motorola has started rolling out a new over-the-air (OTA) update for the Snapdragon 615-powered Moto X Play smartphone in India that adds VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) support for Reliance Jio users. The latest Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus smartphones have the VoLTE feature built-in. Continue reading “Moto X Play OTA update adds support for Reliance Jio VoLTE in India”
Airtel launches Open Network microsite for customers to check network coverage/signal strength
Airtel announced network transformation program – Project Leap last year, aimed at improving network quality. Later it launched a microsite so that all the customers can see the network coverage for voice, basic data services (2G) and high speed data services (3G/ 4G) in their regions. Today it has launched open network microsite under Project Leap that will allow customers to check if the Airtel mobile network in an area is excellent, good, moderate or non-existent, along with the status of corresponding sites serving the area – existing, required, being upgraded or forcibly shut down. Continue reading “Airtel launches Open Network microsite for customers to check network coverage/signal strength”
Jio Lyf Preview Offer invites being sent to users who signed up on Jio website
Until recently you required an invite from a Reliance employee to get a Jio SIM card along with the purchase of a Lyf phone to get a 90 day trial with unlimited data, calls and SMS to the soon to be launched Jio 4G LTE network from Reliance. The company has kept the Jio preview offer exclusive to its own Lyf brand of handsets. Initially, these devices were only sold at Reliance Digital stores across the country but few days back we reported that Lyf handsets are being sold at non-Reliance stores in open market, and it was possible to get the Jio SIM card along with the handset purchase for free and no invite was required. In an interesting development today, the company has started sending out invites to users who had signed up on the Jio website which went live last week.
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Reliance Jio 4G Speed test and VoLTE demo
We have been testing Reliance Jio 4G network though the Jio lyf preview offer for the past few weeks on a Lyf Water 1 device and also the Lyf Flame 1 device. The Jio SIM cards are locked to Lyf devices at this point of time. We even managed to get hold a Jio sim from someone working for Reliance so that we could do some speed tests on the network on high end devices like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, iPhone 6s Plus, Redmi Note 3, Lenovo Vibe X3 and more.. We managed to test the network in Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. We managed to test the upcoming VoLTE feature of the network too.
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Aircel launches Ramzan Pack with full talk time, discounted local, STD and ISD calls
Aircel has launched its Ramzan Pack, before the start of the holy month in the country. This offers discounted tariff for voice calling at night and Talk Time benefits for voice calling at night. Continue reading “Aircel launches Ramzan Pack with full talk time, discounted local, STD and ISD calls”