Reliance Jio wins against Bharti Airtel, Vodafone in TRAI spectrum auction recommendations

One of the most keenly fought battles during the Telecom Regulatory Authority’s consultation over upcoming spectrum auction has been won by Reliance Jio. On the losing side are India’s top two operators — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. The battle was on the question of whether or not Reliance Jio should be allowed to top up […]

Zee TV warns against plans by Airtel, Idea, Vodafone etc to dilute net neutrality

Following Star TV and Sony, Zee TV has also come out strongly against any move to allow telecom operators to charge websites for content viewed by their consumers over the Internet. At present, any person is free to start a website, app or any other content service on the Internet, and telecom providers like Bharti […]

TRAI rejects plea by Airtel, Idea and Jio to postpone 700 Mhz spectrum sale

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has rejected the request by three of India’s biggest 4G operators — Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular — to not sell any more 4G spectrum, especially in the strategic 700 MHz band. The move is likely to lead to a fast rollout of 4G services in rural […]

Why Google’s takeover of Twitter is inevitable

When I started using social media about 8-9 years ago, Facebook and Twitter were largely equal in their cool factor. In fact, while it was not obvious what Facebook was (a more intrusive form of Orkut, anyone?), the possibilities of Twitter seemed as limitless as the places where your ‘contacts’ lived. Over the next nine years, Facebook […]

HCL wins mega infrastructure management deal from Alstom

HCL Technologies, one of India’s top IT services providers, announced a new IT Infrastructure partnership with Alstom, a railway equipment provider. HCL will offer workplace engineering services and roll out PC as a Service for 30,000 users worldwide and will enable local end-user support services across 360 locations in 62 countries. Additionally, HCL will establish […]

Reliance Jio to start sales of LYF mobile, SIM cards in 2 weeks, 50 GB 4G data, 5000 mins free

Reliance Jio will launch its LYF-branded phones by the first week of February in at least 13 cities and these handsets will come with the company’s own fully-functional SIM cards and 50 GB of free 4G data, according to retailing sources. According to these sources, the thirteen cities include the five metros — Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore, […]

Reliance Jio users may be able to make calls from Airtel, Idea, Vodafone networks

Last year, when Bharti Airtel tried to block voice calling apps, everyone thought it was aimed at WhatsApp. But as it turns out, the move could also have been aimed at a new feature from Reliance Jio that ensures that you can make calls using RJio’s phone number using rivals’ networks. The Mukesh Ambani-owned telecom […]

Amazon sale offers mobile deals on Yu Yutopia, Nexus 5X, OnePlus 2, Zenfone

A day after Flipkart gave discounts on many top mobile phones, Amazon India is offering price cuts on smartphones and mobiles as part of its Great Indian Sale today, including the open sale of Yu Yutopia. YU Yutopia OPEN SALE Surprisingly, the Great Indian Sale includes the open availability of Yu Yutopia, a quad-HD mobile […]

RCom will continue to hold spectrum edge over Reliance Jio after 800 MHz sale

Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications Ltd will continue to hold a spectrum edge over Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio in the 800 MHz band even after it sells chunks of 4G spectrum to the latter, according to sources. The Anil Ambani group said yesterday that it would sell unspecified amounts of 4G-capable 800 MHz spectrum to Reliance […]

RCom users can use Reliance Jio 4G under new tie-up

Making it official, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Reliance Communications Limited (“RCOM”) today announced the signing of agreements for the sale of 800 MHz spectrum in 9 Circles by RCOM to Reliance Jio, and for sharing of spectrum in 800 MHz band across 17 Circles. As part of the enhanced strategic collaboration, both Companies also […]

NALCO to expand Suzlon-built wind power project to 27,000 households capacity

National Aluminium Company or NALCO has awarded to Suzlon a contract to double its wind energy production capacity to 100.80 MW, the wind energy company said. The project will be capable of providing power to around 27,000 households and reducing “0.10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum. NALCO which is a public sector enterprise […]