Department of Telecommunications urges telecom operators to install Location Based Servers at the earliest to avoid actions from government. Telecom operators have always resisted the demand in a liable way stating concerns to consumer privacy, and that the requirement is “highly expensive”. All telecom operators had been asked to install... 

Reliance Communications and Lenovo join hands for an exclusive partnership to sell co-branded smartphones offering Reliance communication services like “dual-core network” which automatically switch calls between GSM and CDMA networks depending on network strength. We are still not sure how exactly this dual-core network works, however... 

TRAI released telecom subscription stats of March 2012. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 683.02 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in March - a 12.37 million rise from 670.65 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in February ’12. (Visitor Location Register is a temporary subscriber database.... 

It’s here! Although only in Kolkata. Airtel launched its much anticipated 4G service in Kolkata city. The reports were true, Airtel 4G was launched by Kapil Sibal, minister of DoT. Airtel did possessed the crown for being first carrier to launch 4G in India, but it might take time for the company to launch the service in major cities like Mumbai... 

TOI sources told them that Airtel would be launching 4G service in Kolkata on 10th, today. And it’s also believed that Kapil Sibbal, minister of Department of Telecommunication will inaugurate the service. Last night Airtel’s site displayed 4G tariff webpage, however it’s pulled off now. Airtel might not launch a 4G smartphone today,... 

TRAI released telecom subscription stats of February 2012. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 670.65 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in February – a 10.68 million rise from 659.97 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in January ’12. (Visitor Location Register is a temporary subscriber... 

Probably one big announcement that Airtel made at GSMA event held at New Delhi – Airtel’s going to launch TD-LTE 4G service in Kolkata in this month itself. The words came from Sanjay Kapoor himself, CEO of telecom giant Bharti Airtel. We expected Reliance to jump in to this business first as it’s the only one who bagged pan-India... 

DNA believes that Reliance will begin 4G trials at Reliance Industries in Jamnagar. They’ve prepared a report on it, but they have also wrote down that Reliance officials didn’t comment anything for the story. Alright the news is coming from a trusted press but Reliance didn’t officially announced anything like this, so we’re... 

TRAI released telecom subscription stats of January 2012. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 659.97 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in January - a 13.2 million rise from 646.77 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in December ’11. (Visitor Location Register is a temporary subscriber database.... 

DoT minister Kapil Sibal made an important announcement at MWC expo. He told that government will auction 4G spectrum by the end of the year. It is reported that about 6 blocks of 4G spectrum would be available at auction. A single block could be sold at Rs. 13,000 crore. On the other hand Airtel announced its tie-up with Nokia Siemens Network to make... 

TRAI released telecom subscription stats of December 2011. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 646.77 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in December – a 11.38 million rise from 635.39 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in November. (Visitor Location Register is a temporary subscriber database.... 

TRAI released telecom subscription stats of November 2011. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 635.39 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in November – a 9.21 million rise from 626.18 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in October. (Visitor Location Register is a temporary subscriber database.... 

Not a long wait after the release of telecom subscription data for September; TRAI released October stats. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 626.18 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in October – a 8.42 million rise from 617.76 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in September. (Visitor Location Register... 

TRAI today revealed telecom subscription data for September. Key highlights of the data are as followed: There have been 617.76 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in September – a 9.13 million rise from 608.63 million active mobile subscribers on peak VLR in August. (Visitor Location Register is a temporary subscriber database. Total... 

Idea announced two affordable 3G Android phones at press conference today held in Mumbai. These new devices are ZTE Blade (previously branded by Dell as XCD35) and Huawei Ideos X1 (previously branded by MTS as MTAG 3.1). The only good part of the rebranding is: cost cut-off! Idea id-280 on left and Idea Blade on right ZTE Blade is decent on its specs... 

This sounds pretty cool, especially for new telecom operators who have smaller subscriber base. TRAI submitted a suggestion to the Supreme Court on 31st October on reducing interconnection tariff for telcos from Rs. 0.20 per minute to Rs. 0.10 per minute next year, and Rs. 0.05 per minute in 2013. And ultimately removing the tariff completely in 2014... 

Note the date. It’s just been about a month since the implementation of the so called “The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010″, and TRAI already changed one of its rules. Well it’s not something to criticise about, in fact they listened consumers and cellular operators about reducing the... 

Idea has announced that it now holds the trophy of being the top in the list of cellular operators in Kerela when it comes to the number of subscribers. The Birla folks claim to have gained 70 lakh subscribers in Kerela since 2004, and currently comes 3rd for the largest GSM cellular operator in India – after Airtel and Vodafone. And it’s... 

Oh the blasphemy of having a disorganized system, it’s so painful – but it seems our very own DoT is seeking to organize the system by lowering unwanted obligations for broadband operators, in the new telecom policy. Business Standards reported some inside talks from the internal discussions where a few big guys of Department of Telecommunication... 

Yeah that’s right, they’ve now included half paisa  per second calling on national basis. Two months from now MTS introduced the same offer excluding the talktime offer on STD calling. If you’re currently using MTS service, you can make the most of this offer by making a recharge of Rs. 191. New subscribers need to lose a little more...