-
Mukesh Ambani Unveils Jio Plans & Launch Date, Intends to Change the Telecom Industry Structure in India
Jio – the much hyped about network from Mukesh Ambani and his son is all set to change the structure of the telecom industry in India. At the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani unveiled the launch dates and the tariff plans for Jio and declared a war on the current telecommunication…
-
Radius Infratel to Make 1Gbps Broadband Internet a Reality in India by 2013
Radius Infratel has announced that it is working towards making 1Gbps broadband internet a reality in India by 2013. Radius plans to launch such high speed residential broadband plans in the Delhi NCR region to start with and will soon expand its network to other cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Radius has already…
-
Indian Cellular Carriers Offering Nano SIMs
A couple of cellular operators like Vodafone, Airtel & MTNL are already offering nano sim cards in the Mumbai circle. This hints at the imminent launch of the iPhone 5 in India. Apple has already reduced the prices of iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 in India twice already and is apparently beefing up its supply…
-
Airtel rolls out its 4G LTE network in Pune
After successful roll out in Bangalore and Kolkata, airtel has launched it 4G LTE network in Pune. Currently, the services are only available for postpaid consumers, however, prepaid plans should follow soon. Airtel also launched India’s first 4G phone in collaboration with Huawei – Ascend P1 LTE which features Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5Ghz dual core processor,…
-
National Telecom Policy 2012 gets Government Nod
The National Telecom Policy 2012 for reforming the Indian telecom space has been approved by the union cabinet. The policy aims to: Achieve Mobile Number Portability (MNP) across telecom circles. Currently, it is only possible to port your number within the same circle. Achieve free roaming throughout the country. Redefine broadband to a minimum of…
-
How to Access Blocked Torrents Sites on Airtel Broadband
I recently shifted back to Airtel broadband partly due to incompetence of BSNL engineers to fix the frequent disconnection issue with my connection, and partly because Airtel is now offering much cheaper high speed 8 Mbps and 16 Mbps plans. The first thing I noticed after the move was that airtel has blocked a lot…
-
Tata Docomo Launches Service to Let Customer Activate/Deactivate Value Added Services via Twitter
Tata Docomo has launched an innovative way for activating & deactivating value added services via twitter. Here are the steps one needs to perform in order to use the service: Tweet #reg <Mobile Number> to @tatadocomo You will receive a pin code for verification through SMS Tweet #code <Pincode> to @tatadocomo Tata Docomo will retweet…
-
Reliance & Idea Reduce their 3G Tariffs
Following Airtel’s move, both Reliance & Idea have reduced their 3G tariffs by 70%. As always, in the Indian market, one player has to buckle up and do something competitive and everyone follows. The revised tariffs from both the providers rival that from Airtel. Reliance’s revised 3G tariff: 3G Data Usage Billed amounts (Rs) Up…
-
Airtel Launches Affordable High Speed 8 Mbps and 16 Mbps Broadband Plans
After reducing 3G tariffs, Airtel has launched new affordable high speed 8Mbps and 16Mbps plans in areas where such plans are available (owing to some network infrastructure requirement, these plans are not available in all localities in all cities – call airtel’s customer care to find out if they are available in your area). The…
-
Airtel Slashes its 3G Data Tariffs
In an unprecedented move, Airtel has slashed it 3G data tariffs across India. The new plans look much more economical than the predecessors and Airtel is also offering its Smartbytes solution on its 3G network now. Smartbytes solution allows users to buy additional data quota if they run out of the free quota in a…
