One of India’s leading telecom service provider, Vodafone has partnered with the leading private Indian bank, ICICI to launch a unique mobile service application, which has been named as M-Pesa. The use of M-Pesa will let the Vodafone customers deposit and withdraw cash from designated outlets, transfer money to any mobile, remit money to any Indian bank account, do shopping at selected stores and lot more...  View more

India’s one of the leading Telecom players, Aircel has launched a new unique Data plan, Pocket Internet 24 to increase the customer base of mobile internet on its network. This new Data plan is priced at Rs.24 and offers 100MB of Data usage, valid for 30 days. This will enable customers to enjoy internet on their mobile phones at a price of less than Rs...  View more

SSTL providing CDMA telecom services under the MTS brand name has officially announced on its website that it will shut down its operations in UP (East) circle today. MTS had informed its customers in the UP circle previously about the shutdown that was going to take place through its blog and had also instructed them to complete the balance and various benefits attached with their account a day before...  View more

The Private Telecom Operator Videocon Mobile Services has announced free incoming calls to its customers while on roaming. This means that Videocon mobile subscribers will not pay a single paisa for receiving incoming calls, while roaming. This free roaming facility is available only to those subscribers who are roaming on Videocon's network. Videocon Mobile Services is currently available in seven circles...  View more

Bharati Airtel has launched 4G mobile broadband services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. Airtel has already launched 4G services in Bengaluru, Kolkata and Pune. Mr. Jagbir Singh, CTO & Director, Network Services Group, announced, "This launch is another first by Airtel that further enhances the footprint of mobile broadband in India. We are optimistic about the potential of Airtel 4G services and invite our data savvy customers in Punjab to enjoy this world class data experience...  View more

The leading Private Telecom operator Bharti Airtel can continue its 3G Roaming services till the next order by Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court on Monday gave a relief to Bharti Airtel by allowing the private telecom service provider to continue its 3G roaming services pan India. Earlier, DoT (Department of Telecommunications) ordered Bharti Airtel to stop 3G services in the circles, where it misses the license...  View more

The Private Telecom Operator, Videocon Mobile Services has announced that it will roll out 4G services in six telecom circles by the end of 2013. Videocon Mobile Services has came together with Nokia Siemens for their technology to roll out 4G services. Arvind Bali, Director and CEO of Videocon Mobile Services stated, "We will be using FDD-LTE technology which will be deployed by Nokia Siemens Network across six circles where we have liberalized spectrum...  View more

MTS, the mobile service operator which now has operations within 9 circles in the country, has rolled out a new dongle that is customizable and has got its price listed as Rs. 1299. The newly launched MTS dongle can be customized using music, gaming or lifestyle themed stickers in order to give them a personal touch. MTS’s new dongle will bring along with itself some additional benefits such as free 15GB data along with some value added service that are valid for six months...  View more

The CDMA Service providers Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL) under the brand name of MTS has today won 800MHz band spectrum for 8 circles in India. But it failed to grab the spectrum license for three circles including Maharashtra & Goa, Mumbai and East Uttar Pradesh. Following which, MTS has to shut down its operation in these three circles...  View more

The Indian Telecom Operators seem to be all set to celebrate International Women's Day in different style this year. Following which Aircel, MTS and Vodafone have announced special plans for women customers. This plan includes special call rates, SMS rates, beauty tips and much more. Aircel's new and existing women customers will be benefiting with a free value added service...  View more

The Leading Private Telecommunication Services provider, Vodafone is all set to celebrate Women's Day in a different style. Vodafone will open 16 new Angel Stores in India, which will be fully controlled and run by women employees. This is the first time that any retail store will use this concept. Vodafone will open more such stores in coming days...  View more

Kapil Sibal had announced that free roaming facility would be available to Indian mobile phone users by October this year, as per the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012. Aircel has already implemented a Re.1/ minute call charges to any place in India plan. Now, following in the footsteps is Bharti Airtel, who have launched the free limited roaming facility in five states so far...  View more

Most Indian mobile internet users are still accessing 2G Network on their phones, however, the mobile operators are all set to launch 4G Services in India. Videocon has tied up with Nokia Siemens to roll out 4G services by the end of 2013. Nokia Siemens also caters its technology for Videocon’s 2G Network. Videocon grabbed Spectrum licenses in six telecom circles for Rs...  View more

Uninor had been directed by the Supreme Court of India on Friday to shut down the operations in Mumbai and Kolkata, following which the telecom operator had disconnected its service being provided to its subscribers in the two cities on Sunday-midnight. Now, the Telecom Authority of India has directed Uninor to refund the balance amount of its users within a period of 15 days...  View more

Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) has announced a new regulation for deactivation of Prepaid Mobile Connections due to their non usage. According to the latest orders, a telecom operator cannot deactivate any Prepaid Mobile connection, if it has a balance of Rs.20. The operator now has to watch atleast 90 days, after which it can call the connection to be inactive...  View more

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, is one prudent watchdog, meticulously scrutinizing and keeping service providers wary of the rules and laws of the land. TRAI, works ceaselessly to ensure that consumers are not bogged down by the negative aspects of service providers, for whom India is the best economy. This government body, is the nodal agency for the government to implement and enforce policies across all networks and associations...  View more

A consumer forum has directed Bharti Airtel to pay Rs. 10,000 as compensation for disconnecting services provided to a mobile subscriber without any prior notice. The North East District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has passed the orders for Airtel to pay a compensation of Rs. 10k to a customer on the basis of the documents placed on record by him and also Airtel did not appear before the forum to contest the complaint filed against it...  View more

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India yesterday has initiated the pre-consultation process required for the nationwide service of Mobile Number Portability that will enable the user to retain their mobile number even after shifting from one circle to other. TRAI has released a pre-consultation document asking its stakeholders for their respective comments on the subject by 7th of March...  View more

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL) which operates CDMA services in India under the brand name of MTS, has announced the shutdown of its services from 10 circles in India. The Company has informed its customers in these 10 circles to port out and choose another operator, as per their wish. These 10 circles include Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, North East, Orissa and Punjab...  View more

If you are amongst the 1 Crore Uninor customers, whose Mobile Services went off due to the shutting down of Company's operation, We have a good news for you. Now you can use the Mobile number portability service and opt for another operator. This was confirmed by Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar. He stated, "The customers can certainly make request for porting out their number...  View more