Bharti Airtel has announced that they’ve picked up a 49 percent stake in Qualcomm AP’s India entities that hold the BWA licenses. The deal means good news for Airtel consumers as the operator will soon launch its 4G LTE service in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala, expanding its LTE service to a total of […]
Airtel switches on the 4G service for Bengaluru
After Kolkata, Bharti Airtel has launched its 4G service for the Bengaluru city. Users in the India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ will now be able to enjoy wireless internet speeds to up to 100Mbps (theoretical). As an introductory offer, Airtel is offering 4G CPE devices for free when a user opts for a Rs. 1,999 or […]
Airtel launches India’s first 4G service
Airtel today became the India’s first operator to launch 4G services and Kolkata will be the first region that will allow high-speed wireless internet speeds. Airtel will use network based on TD-LTE and promises to deliver speeds of up to 40Mbps. Disappointingly, there are no smartphones or tablets to take advantage of but Airtel […]
Vodafone India to discontinue inactive numbers
Own a Vodafone number that hasn’t been used for months? Well, if you want to preserve the number you better start using it because Vodafone is clamping down on inactive numbers. Vodafone in accordance with DoT’s guidelines will terminate the service of prepaid users who have not used their number to make or receive […]
Airtel 3G network goes live in Karnataka, plans start from Rs. 9
Airtel today commenced its 3G operations in Karnataka. Karnataka is Airtel’s largest circle by revenue so it’s understandable why Airtel chose to launch their services in the southern state first. However, Airtel has confirmed to launch its 3G operations in rest of the 13 3G license circles by March 2011. Airtel has segregated its plans […]
MNP goes live in India
Let’s be honest here – we’ve given our fair share of cusses to our operators who’ve taken its subscribers for granted. The only thing that kept consumers tolerating was the fear of losing their number, until now that is. Mobile Number Portability aka MNP that was available in Haryana is now available nationwide, which […]
MNP finally launched in Haryana, rest of India to get on Jan 20 2011
Well, here it is. After a series of delays Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has been launched in Haryana. Starting today, subscribers in Haryana will be able to change their cellular operators without needing to change their phone number. Consumers can easily change their operator by sending a message “Port ” to 1900 to receive […]
Mobile Number Portability delayed till Nov 25
This shouldn’t come as a surprise but the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has again delayed the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP). MNP that was scheduled to go live today has now been pushed to November 25 and will be launched initially in Haryana. For the uninitiated, MNP is a service that will allow […]
Mobile Number Portability set to come from October 31
When repeated requests don’t work, Indian telecom ministry has to resort to carrot and stick method. TRAI’s Chairman, JS Sharma has said that Mobile Number Portability (MNP) services will be implemented nationwide from October 31. What if it gets delayed just like previous times? Sharma says there will be no further delay because if […]
Mobile Number Portability delayed till October 31
Indian mobile subscribers if you’ve been waiting to switch your number to different operator, you’ll have to wait till October. Telecom ministry announced to delay the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implementation until October 31 because the operators are not ready yet. “The government has taken the decision after reviewing the readiness of the various […]
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