Aircel has slashed the 2G data rates up to 90 percent on select plans for pre-paid customers in Punjab and Haryana, reports The Times of India. This comes after Vodafone’s move to cut 2G data rates up to 80% for the Pay as you Go (PAYG) in Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. Vodafone is also similarly expected to roll out...

Reliance Jio Infocomm was expected to roll out next generation 4G high speed internet standard in India before 2013 was over. But perhaps the company may deploy the same a little sooner. The company has inked a partnership deal with its sister concern & mobile service provider company Reliance Communications (RCom) for backend infrastructural support.   How will the synergy accelerate 4G rollout? RCom...

The Indian Telecom companies have managed to add just a few subscribers in the month of March. The growth of 0.67% was recorded when the subscriber count went from 89.20 Crores to 89.80 Crores, according to data released by Telecom regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). In its latest monthly report, TRAI has confirmed, “The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 898.02 million at the...

Telecom Operator Tata Docomo has joined hands with Opera Software to offer a co-branded Opera Mini mobile browser to its users in India. Tata Docomo customers will be able to download this co-branded version of Opera Mini on their devices from m.opera.com. Since Opera Mini is known the world over for its data compression technology which results in 90% decrease in data size, it will be quite useful...

Bharti Airtel appears to be in a quandary. Though it is adding customers, the number is much lesser than those acquired by Vodafone & Idea. According to latest figures collated by Cellular Operators Association of India, the industry body representing GSM operators indicated that Airtel may have lost its leadership at least in pure subscriber acquisition. The Indian Telecom sector had been adding...

The Consumer Court has just struck a blow to Airtel for not providing reliable service to its customers. The East District Consumer Disputes Redressal came to the conclusion that Airtel did not fully comply on the service agreements as stipulated in the contract & has ordered it to remedy the situation & pay penalty compensation. What implications does this have on the Service Segment? Realizing...

 Bharti Airtel has announced its intention of procuring the remaining 30% from its Joint Venture Partner Warid Telecom.  Airtel is gearing up to pay for the 30% gain & 100% control confirmed a filing with Bombay Stock Exchange where the company is Publicly Listed, “Bharti Airtel Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Ltd and Warid Group have reached an agreement,...

According to the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Vodafone India led the rural market with 82.24 million subscribers in March 2013. This is for the first time that Vodafone has edged out Airtel to achieve the number one spot.  Vodafone has a slender lead with 82.24 million rural subscribers as compared to Bharti Airtel’s 82.16 million.  Vodafone India added 4.9 million rural customers...

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 companies further is that these licenses are for the prime circles of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Why are these players being targeted? Vodafone as well as Airtel has always been one the most active...

Indian mobile network operator Videocon has announced that it will be rolling out 4G services in the country in association with Nokia Siemens Networks. The exact timeframe of the roll out has not been revealed but it may happen before the year is out. Nokia Siemens Network already provides 2G operations for Videocon. This news comes on the heel of Airtel announcing that it will be rolling out 4G services...