Tag: Telecom

Vittal said in a statement that after December, the company will expand rapidly to cover the entire country.

Arvind Bali, CEO, Telecom Sector Skill Council, said that the rollout of 5G and scheme for design-led manufacturing for 5G ecosystem is "likely to uplift human resource requirements significantly" and we "also need to train the existing and new workforce".

China Telecom, which has provided telecoms services in the US for nearly 20 years, called the decision "disappointing"

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday gave time till January 31 for consumers to select channels of their choice under the new framework for broadcasting and cable services. All existing packs of subscribers will continue uninterrupted till then. The TRAI, in March, 2017, had notified the new regulatory framework for […]

Bhubaneswar: Tariff war in telecom sector intensified further after Idea Cellular launched a prepaid pack offering data at Rs 93. The new recharge pack from Idea targets consumers having call requirements rather than internet data. The Rs 93 prepaid pack offer unlimited local and STD calls and 1GB of 3G data for 10 days. However, […]

Tariff wars in telecom sector has intensified at the start of year 2018. To counter Reliance Jio’s Rs 799 pack, which offers 3 GB data daily with a validity of 84 days, Airtel has revised its Rs 799 pack and offers 3.5 GB data daily to users. The revised Airtel’s Rs 799 pack offers a […]

New Delhi: Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Friday said it has rolled out an initiative under which its customers on 2G/3G mobile devices will be eligible for 30 GB data free of cost when they upgrade to a 4G smartphone. Airtel said this programme will complement its ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ initiative, under which it […]

New Delhi: Majority of telecom operators will seek legal redressal against Indian telecom regulator’s decision of slashing mobile termination charges to 6 paisa per minute from 14 paisa, Cellular Operators’ Association of India’s Director General Rajan S. Mathews said. “Clearly this is a disastrous tariff order. We have indicated earlier that the regulator has to […]

New Delhi: State-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a voice and data centric plan for Rs 429, which will provide unlimited voice and 1 GB data per day for 90 days for prepaid mobile services. This plan will give free voice (local/STD) on any network and 90 GB data (1 GB […]

New Delhi: The government has set up more than 2 lakh mobile towers in nine months, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said here. The minister also reiterated about the government’s recent initiative to check the mobile tower radiation to allay fears about its adverse effect on health. The minister was speaking to Zee Regional channels’ CEO […]

In a move to lure its customers, Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications service provider, recently announced a special festive offer for its customers as part of its newly launched #AirtelThanks program. All Airtel customers will now get an instant cashback benefit of Rs. 2000 on upgrading to a new 4G smartphone. The cashback will be […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India Wednesday held RCom chairman Anil Ambani guilty of contempt of court for willfully violating its order by not paying Rs 550-crore dues to Telecom equipment maker Ericsson. The apex court held that the RCom chiarman and Reliance Telecom chairman Satish Seth and Reliance Infratel chairperson Chhaya Virani breached […]

Mumbai: In a stinging response to Congress President Rahul Gandhi who in his typical cavalier fashion has continued his campaign of calumny, disinformation, distortion and malicious lies in his recent interviews against Reliance Group Chairman Anil D. Ambani, Reliance has hit back. Attacking Gandhi for singling out Anil Ambani allegedly as a crony capitalist and […]

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has extended Bumper Offer period for prepaid subscribers, which provides additional 2.21GB data per day, till June 30. The telecom major has reportedly updated its prepaid plans to confirm this offer extension. As per sources, the bumper offer was announced back in September last year and was to end […]

With an aim to provide unlimited calling benefit to its subscribers, BSNL has launched a new plan at an affordable price of Rs 151. Despite being in financial crunch, the State-run BSNL has launched ‘Abhinandan-151’ to give a tough competition to private players and woo more subscribers. As per a report published by www.indiatoday.com, apart […]