Telecom News

TATA DoCoMo launches in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa

DJ — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:12:29 +0000

Finally – TATA DoCoMo has announced it’s launch of operations in Mumbai and Maharashtra & Goa circle. The mantra is the same – per second billing. TATA DoCoMo will be introducing both the prepaid and postpaid connections. The billing is per second across all plans and tariffs. Have a look at the details of their offerings below: Prepaid [...]

DoT thinking of 4G even when 3G hasn’t rolled out yet

DJ — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:44:25 +0000

The Spectrum Policy on 3G has not been finalised yet and no sign of auctions in next few months and DoT is already talking about 4G. The Government and it’s Department’s need to give priorities to issue at hands and stick to it. It would be better if DoT, TRAI, Govt and EGoM use their [...]

Mobile Number Portability to miss September 2009 Deadline

DJ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:11:26 +0000

It is very likely that the Cellular Phone Operators may miss the September 2009 Deadline for implementation of Mobile Number Portability in India. MNP has already been delayed by 1 year. It is being said that the implementation of MNP would be delayed due to the delay in announcement of certain guidelines by the Government. Mr. T. [...]

TRAI – Minimum Broadband speeds – 2 Mbps

DJ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:24:49 +0000

Well, this is like a dream come. Well, not exactly – it is just one step forward in the right direction. TRAI has recommended that an Internet Connection to be labelled as Broadband should have a minimum speed of 2 Mbps. The current definition of broadband in India is an internet connection with atleast 256 [...]

3G Auctions likely to be delayed again to next Year

DJ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:49:38 +0000

As always, it seems that the 3G Spectrum Auctions which were likely to be held in September this year are delayed to the next year. It is being said that the Government may not get the expected Revenue from auctioning the 3G Spectrum as of now amidst the Global Recession. This means that we would have [...]

Airtel 10 paisa SMS Offer for Prepaid Users

DJ — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:14:57 +0000

Airtel has launched a new 10 paisa per sms offer for it’s Hyderabad Susbscribers. It is available after the first three SMS which will be charged at Rs. 1 per sms. The special tariff is applicable to all local sms sent and only for the month of July 2009. Source: BL

Idea Cellular launches mobile services in Chennai

DJ — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:56:44 +0000

Idea Cellular launched mobile services in Chennai yesterday – 9th July 2009. Now, after the Chennai launch Idea Cellular covers all of South India. Idea Cellular is expanding it’s national coverage to become a PAN India Operator. It is said that Chennai Circle has Mobile Penetration of 131%. Idea Cellular has various exciting prepaid and postpaid [...]

MTNL Mumbai launches 3G HSDPA – Wireless Broadband

DJ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:09:29 +0000

MTNL Mumbai has recently launched 3G HSDPA Data Services in Mumbai. The maximum download speeds are upto 3.6 Mbps and upload speeds are upto 384 Kbps. It will be downward compatible with 2.75G and 2.5G data services. As of now 3G/HSDPA network is available in the following Mumbai areas: Cuffe Parade Fountain Cooperage City Mazgaon Mandvi Worli Dadar areas Prabhadevi to Mulund on Eastern [...]

India to have mobile number begining with ‘8′

DJ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:23:30 +0000

The mobile subscribers in India were around 415 million by May 2009 end compared to 277 million an year ago. Considering the pace at which mobile subscribers are growing, DoT is toying the idea of 11 digit mobile numbers. As DoT will be running out of mobile numbers starting with ‘9′ soon, and they will introduce [...]

Mobile Number Portability Soon – MNP Draft Norms by TRAI

DJ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:57 +0000

Mobile Number Portability or MNP was to actually arrive last year. However, it has been delayed many times and at the moment, it is set to arrive by September 2009 in most Metro Circles and few State Circles and by March 2010 to the other remaining Circles. TRAI has recently released Draft Norms for this MNP [...]