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...

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will soon get a bump to the National level as the apex governing body, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has begun the process. MNP has been prevalent for quite some time in India. It basically allows one to keep one’s number & still change the service provider. Though this landmark & fundamental freedom drew wide-spread attention in the beginning,...

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of Communications Kapil Sibal divulged some interesting facts about the state of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme launched in January last year. Sibal confirmed that Idea Cellular was the biggest gainer with a net customer base of 3.32 million customers as on March 31st. From this number 9,297,896 were due to MNP. The next beneficiary was Vodafone...

The apex body for Telecom companies, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has filed a law suite against Loop mobile for rejecting certain Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Requests. TRAI has alleged in the complaint that Loop mobile citied some reasons which were “not in consonance with the provisions of the Telecom Mobile Number Portability Regulations”. In simpler words, Loop mobile...

Taking note of the high number of MNP requesting being cancelled, TRAI has issued a stern directive to “Stop the cancellation or withdrawal of MNP Port Out request by ‘Donor’ operator“. Mobile Number Portability introduce in India was received with much fanfare. Though later it fizzled out. Upon wondering why, TRAI unearthed a shocking truth; Tricks that telecom operators were playing to...

Airtel seems to have succumbed to pressures of high loan repayments costs and competitive pressure in the Indian market. This coupled with low Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) has resulted in 22 per cent drop in its net profit. Country’s largest private telecom service provider, Airtel reported profits of Rs. 1,011 Crores. Meanwhile, its ARPU fell 16 per cent on year-on-year basis to Rs. 187. Interest...

According to data released by TRAI, Telecom companies added somewhere around 2.74 million new subscribers in last November. This brings the number of mobile users in the country to 917.33 million. The mobile subscriber base was on the increase since last year and grew by 0.34% in the month of November itself. The number of subscribers in the country now stands aka  total of 884.37 million users.The...

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has been available in India following TRAI’s directive since a year now. We earlier blogged about how the service has not become very popular among consumers. Besides, the fact that roughly 95% of Indian mobile consumers are on a prepaid plan and generally are not very interested in shifting network operators, there is also the issue of network operators rejecting...

Earlier we blogged about MNP and 1.5 crore customers who adopted it. The picture doesn’t look so rosy now. Mobile number portability was going to be the biggest change agent in the Indian Telecom segment when it was launched roughly a year back. It represented the people’s win over the choice of keeping their phone number constant and not having to go through the tedious procedure of signing...

Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd has bought back mobile marketing services provider – Ravience. It was Netcore’s former executive Mr. Veerchand Bothra who was the brains behind the incorporation of Ravience back in 2008. With this acquisition, Netcore hopes to expand its offerings into the multi-modal mobile marketing business. Netcore is into local languages & mass messaging to over 2000 Indian...