ZipDial Will Help Marketers Crack Mobile – Marketing Inspite Of The New TRAI Regulations

by | posted: September 26, 2011
Soon to be implemented TRAI regulations and policies to protect consumers from SPAM marketing SMS and calls, is giving lot of marketers sleepless nights. Obviously, the law is being enforced with the intention...
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Will RCom’s Restructuring Gambit Work Amid Ruthless Competition?

by | posted: September 7, 2011
The Anil Ambani headed Reliance Communications is looking to streamline its entire structure to “enhance competitiveness” in India’s unforgiving telecom arena. A chief operating officer is set to...
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Customer Is King With Mobile Number Portability

by | posted: August 10, 2011
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is proving to be a big hit across India, with 13 million subscribers changing their service provider since November 2010. Users can now freely change their existing numbers...
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There Are 851.7 Million Mobile Phones In India, Reveals a Survey

by | posted: August 10, 2011
Every day we read and hear from various sources on how India has a large base of mobile phone users. Well, the fact is proven now as according to a recent official data released on Monday, India with 1.2...
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TRAI To Telecom Providers: Own Up About Real 3G Coverage Areas

by | posted: July 6, 2011
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a notice to all service providers to mention the 3G coverage areas in their respective advertisements so that the users can access the services...
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To Increase Mobile Coverage DoT Offers Incentives In Rural Areas

by | posted: July 4, 2011
Lately it was reported that around 96% of rural population in India are active internet users.  Now it is reported that around 74% areas is covered by different type of mobile operators and only 9 % of...
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SMSGupshup’s Platform To Remove Spam Calling And Spam Messages

by | posted: June 24, 2011
The government’s crackdown on bulk messaging threatens to harm a lot of businesses which revolve around text messages. To tackle this and at the same time keep cellphone subscribers’ interest...
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TRAI Delays Telemarketing Regulation Indefinitely

by | posted: March 21, 2011
We have been blogging about how TRAI is trying to tackle the issue of unwanted calls by instituting a separate number for telemaketers. But just like we saw delays one after the other for MNP and then...
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Airtel Has Highest Number Of Active Subscribers, What About The Rest?

by | posted: February 11, 2011
Sometime back in July last year, we covered a story on the growth of mobile subscribers in India. Adding onto this, a recent TRAI report also said that there were 752.19 million subscribers in December...
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Expect More Unsolicited Calls While Regulators Wrangle Over Authority

by | posted: December 23, 2010
Last month, we wrote that TRAI has issued new guidelines for unwanted calls. These guidelines proposed to do away with National Do Not Call Registry and replace it with a Customer Call Preference Regulation....
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Mobile Number Portability’s Data Churn And How Telcos Will Implement It!

by | posted: December 7, 2010
Well, Mobile Number Portability has been here for 12 days. Ok, not here. Only in Haryana. Nevertheless, 12 days should give us a sneak peak into what trends are likely to unfold when it spreads across...
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Mobile Phones – What Indian Teenagers Can’t Live Without!

by | posted: December 7, 2010
Every person in this world has his or her most valuable asset in life, so called the thing that he or she cannot live without. Indian teenagers today seem to have a big obsession for Mobile phones that...
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TRAI Issues New Guidelines For Unwanted Calls

by | posted: November 30, 2010
Everyone has probably faced a situation where they are waiting for an important phone call or message. And when that phone finally does come to life, it turns out to be a telemarketer selling you some...
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Happy Mobile Number Portability Day? – MNP Kicks Off In Haryana

by | posted: November 25, 2010
Finally! After delays, delays, delays, delays and delays followed by some more delays, it is here. Mobile Number Portability has been launched in Haryana today. By now, I’m sure you know the drill,...
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To 3G Or Not 3G?

by | posted: November 12, 2010
10 years ago, UK raised $34 billion for the sale of 5 3G licenses. Yes – 10 years ago. In 2010, India raised Rs.67,710 crore (approx $15 billion) by auctioning 3G spectrum in 22 circles. In the months,...
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Telenor To Sweat It Out In India

by | posted: October 7, 2010
Cut. Pain. Endure. Heal. This is the story of the Indian telecom sector. Last time around, Telenor was bleeding and we dripped that here. Now, it is not that it has stopped bleeding but the commitment...
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