Galaxy Note 7 debacle costs Samsung $17 billion, company plans to boost Galaxy S7 production: Report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Samsung Electronics’ recall of Galaxy Note 7 worldwide would be the worst-ever recall for the company, costing it a whopping $17 billion.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="Samsung Galaxy Note 7" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156012" height="328" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/buy-now_banner_galaxy-note7.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/buy-now_banner_galaxy-note7.jpg 600w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/buy-now_banner_galaxy-note7-300x164.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="600" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> In the early September, Samsung announced the first recall of its flagship smartphone following the numerous reports of the phone catching fire. The company replaced the devices with an updated battery. However, on Tuesday, many of these replaced handsets were reported to catch fire, deepening the crisis. With this, Samsung asked the carriers to cease the sales of Galaxy Note 7. It also asked the users to shut down the device globally.</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The U.S. safety regulators are already probing the issue of the smartphone. Meanwhile, Samsung may withdraw the model and move to the other successors of Galaxy series, reported <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphones-costs-idUSKCN12B0FX" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Reuters</a>. In order to compensate the financial loss caused by the recall of Galaxy Note 7, the company may beef up the production of Galaxy S7.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “Samsung is planning to put more focus on the Galaxy S7 by ramping up production of the handset,” said unnamed sources to<a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161011000852" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Korean Herald</a>. According to the report, the company has requested its partners to make more parts of the Galaxy S7. There are also reports that the company will also boost the production of smartphones such as <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/metal-clad-samsung-galaxy-a8-with-fingerprint-sensor-launched-in-india-for-rs-32500/140250/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Galaxy A8</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Samsung has also not decided the launch of Galaxy S8, the flagship smartphone company was planning to announce in March 2017. There were reports that the company will advance the launch date of S8.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “Samsung has not given any notice whatsoever about the plan to push forward the launch date,” Korean Herald quoted another unnamed industry source. “The rescheduling would be possible only if Samsung ceases production of the Note 7 for good and takes no further measures to salvage the handset,” the official added.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “We remain committed to working diligently with appropriate regulatory authorities to take all necessary steps to resolve the situation.” said Samsung in a statement released yesterday.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The industry critics say that the debacle of Note 7 has seriously cost name of the Samsung Note 7 brand name. Now, it is not sure how many of the Samsung fans will switch their minds to get its next Note series smartphone.</div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Galaxy Note 7 debacle costs Samsung $17 billion, company plans to boost Galaxy S7 production: Report

Samsung Electronics’ recall of Galaxy Note 7 worldwide would be the worst-ever recall for the company, costing it a whopping $17 billion. ...

Read more »

Report: Vodafone 4G faster than Reliance Jio?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Triggering an interesting debate, online media <a href="https://www.thequint.com/technology/2016/10/10/its-not-just-you-reliance-jio-4g-speeds-have-totally-gone-down" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">The Quint</a> has come up with a claim that the speed of Reliance Jio’s 4G has gone down drastically since its launch on 5 September 2016.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="india-vodo" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155898" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png 925w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo-300x156.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="925" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “….During the Jio preview offer, the speed of Reliance <a href="http://telecomtalk.info/category/general/reliance-jio-2/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Jio 4G</a> was in an average ranging between 20-25Mbps. Nowadays, most people are just content with getting up to 5 Mbps speed,” pointed out the report. The Quint has used the speed test provider Speedtest by Ookla to establish the claim.</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> According to Reliance Infocomm, <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/jio-new-record-by-adding-16million-new-subscribers/157774/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Jio has managed to grab 16 million</a> users in the first month of its launch, a data bigger than what Facebook or Whatsapp has ever managed to make. On Speedtest app, it was found that Jio users have been increasingly testing the speed of Jio post its launch.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “It looks like mean download speeds for 4G capable phones actually decreased 23% month-over-month from 11.31 Mbps to 8.77 Mbps, continuing a downward trend for 2016,” the report quoted Speedtest.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The company has been talking about the speed of Jio to surpass 135Mbps, but the actual number is nowhere seen to be close to that milestone.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> For a comparison, the report has also taken out the speed data of Vodafone 4G. According to the report, Vodafone 4G is reported to deliver a better speed than the Jio in Mumbai. A Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/ankitv/status/785390453990498304/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Gadgetwala</a> has posted a screenshot of the comparison between Jio and Vodafone 4G in Mumbai (posted on 10th Oct 2016). While the app reported 8.55Mbps on Jio, there was 15.41 Mbps speed reported on Vodafone 4G.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The report also pointed out the problems of connectivity raised by Jio. Voice calling across networks is a prolonged issue of Jio. “On an average, we are hardly able to connect with the Airtel, Vodafone or Idea network when calling from Jio,” the report said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The Point of Interconnection (PoI) issue got TRAI and COAI deeply involved into it. Yet, this looks like an unresolved issue for a long time. Post Jio Welcome offer will be determining to Reliance Jio as it will deliver a true picture about the quality of its service. The report ended with a reminder that the company cannot continue to boast about getting 16 million subscribers, when it fails to deliver a good service to the people.</div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Report: Vodafone 4G faster than Reliance Jio?

Triggering an interesting debate, online media  The Quint  has come up with a claim that the speed of Reliance Jio’s 4G has gone down dras...

Read more »

Airtel partners with Ditto TV to offer free TV streaming to its mobile subscribers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> To counter Jio’s live TV streaming app Jio TV, market leader Bharti Airtel has now partnered with Zee Group’s Ditto TV which is famous for low cost live tv streaming service.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="downloads1" class="aligncenter wp-image-157813" height="426" sizes="(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Downloads1-1024x730.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Downloads1-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Downloads1-300x214.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="597" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Jio which offers a host of digital content through its app suite has attracted millions of users towards its network. One of its main attraction is Jio TV which was earlier famous as Jio Play, the TV streaming app offers more than 370 live TV channels with over 50 HD channels with an option to catch up missed shows up to 7 days. For this feature, it already surpassed 10 million downloads on Google Play, making it one of the most popular TV streaming apps available in the market.</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> To compete with Jio TV, Bharti Airtel has forged a partnership with Zee group’s Ditto TV which offers more than 100 live TV channels with catch-up options on its platform. Under the partnership, Airtel users access the app without any monthly rental. Generally the app charges Rs 20 per month as subscription fee for its services.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Though, compared to Jio’s TV streaming app, Ditto offers fewer popular channels and most of the channels are from its parent Zee Networks, so it wouldn’t be in great place to compete with the likes of Jio TV which offers all popular channels even in HD quality. However, we expect this partnership with Ditto to flourish as it adds more channels on its platform.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Note:</span> Only the subscription fee for Ditto TV is waived off for airtel subscribers, data usage charges are as applicable.</div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Airtel partners with Ditto TV to offer free TV streaming to its mobile subscribers

To counter Jio’s live TV streaming app Jio TV, market leader Bharti Airtel has now partnered with Zee Group’s Ditto TV which is famous for...

Read more »

BSNL added maximum new wireless subscribers in July 2016- TRAI

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The total mobile subscriber base in the country has declined marginally to 103.42 crore at the end of July this year from 103.51 crore in June, primarily due to operators like Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices losing CDMA subscribers.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="screenshot_20161011-030423_1" class="aligncenter wp-image-157810" height="479" sizes="(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot_20161011-030423_1.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot_20161011-030423_1.jpg 852w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot_20161011-030423_1-300x209.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="687" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall telecom operators lost 0.88 million mobile subscribers during the month. State run BSNL added 1.1 million new users, followed by Bharti Airtel (1.07 million) and Aircel (0.40 million users) in the month.</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Though it’s not the first time that telecom subscriber base in the country has seen a month-on-month decline. In the month of May, the mobile user base had shrunk 1.1 per cent, while the overall subscriber base had fallen 1.26 per cent compared to the base in April. However, the overall active wireless base has increased to 919.28 million at the end of July from 915.12 million in June.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> As we reported earlier, Reliance Communications lost a whopping 3.24 million customers as a result of CDMA shutdown. While two other struggling operators Tata Teleservices and Sistema lost 6,96,325 and 2,28,626 subscribers, respectively.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="screenshot_20161011-030423_2" class="aligncenter wp-image-157811" height="395" sizes="(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot_20161011-030423_2.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot_20161011-030423_2.jpg 895w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot_20161011-030423_2-300x191.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="620" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> State run operator, BSNL performed well this month and added more customers than market leader Bharti Airtel who was adding the most new subscribers since the last few months. BSNL added 1.17 million new customers while Airtel saw a net addition of 1.07 million new mobile customers, taking its total subscriber base to 25.68 crore.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Second largest operator, Vodafone added 3,26,248 new subscribers, taking its total base to 19.97 crore, while Idea added 2,56,170 new users taking its subscriber base to 17.64 crore at the end of July, 2016. Aircel which is awaiting approval to merge with Reliance Communications added 4,03,603 new users based on their cheaper data and voice rates. Telenor added 19,049 users, MTNL added 6,730 users in their two metro markets.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Operator wise latest subscription data details:</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Bharti Airtel</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Added 10,71,984 new subscribers, taking the total subscriber base to 256.80 million.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Most of the new additions are in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chennai-TN, UP East and West Bengal.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Lost subscribers in Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir circles.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Average VLR rate stands at 97.35 % at the end of July which is slightly higher than June, means more customers are actively using the network.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Data growth in 3G, 4G circles and majority of MNP requests helped Airtel to add maximum new customers.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Vodafone India</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Second largest operator added 3,26,248 new subscribers, taking its total base to 19.97 crore.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">It lost thousands of subscribers in seven circles resulting negative growth in UP East, UP West, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Active customer base now stands at 95.34% of total customer base.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Rajasthan, UP East and Orissa remain the three circles where it continues to post negative growth.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Idea Cellular</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Idea’s user base rose to 176.49 million with the addition of 0.25 million new users.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Average VLR rate for the month was 104.77 percent, because of large number of in-roamers on their network in 3G circles.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Posted negative growth in 12 out the total 22 circles. However, it performed well in Kerala, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh market.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Reliance Communications</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">After losing 2.65 million mobile users in June, it again lost 3.24 million customers in July and now has 95.46 million cellular customers on its network.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Subscriber decline due to CDMA shutdown and MNP port out requests made by CDMA customers.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Active customer base sees no improvement, mostly due to high data tariff and less attractive voice offers. VLR rate for the company was at 74.02 percent in July.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">BSNL</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">State-run BSNL had the highest net addition of 1.1 million customers, taking its total mobile user base to 90.71 million.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">The company added majority of new subscribers in markets like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Posted negative growth only in Madhya Pradesh.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Active customer base remains low for the state run operator at 70.24 percent in July.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Aircel</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Aircel added 0.40 million new wireless subscribers, taking its total mobile customer base to 89.3 million.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">The company posted positive figures in every operating circle except home market Tamil Nadu and in Andhra Pradesh.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">However, it has close to 90 million customers, but its active customers are close to 63 – 65 million. Average VLR rate was 72.18 percent for the period.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Tata Docomo</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Tata Docomo now has 58.67 million customers after consecutively losing customers since the last few months.</li> </ul> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Active customers for the company also decreasing day by day and it currently has nearly 45 million active customers.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Telenor</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">The inadequate data network is the key reason why the ‘Sabse Sasta’ operator is losing ground in India each month. The operator now has 53.11 million customers, out of which only 73.86 % customers are active.</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">MTS</u></strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Even before merging with Rcom it continues to post negative growth in almost all markets as CDMA technology is dying and customers are moving to 4G networks. The company posted negative growth at 3.01% and now has only 7 million customers, out of which 64 percent are active.</li> </ul> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS BSNL added maximum new wireless subscribers in July 2016- TRAI

The total mobile subscriber base in the country has declined marginally to 103.42 crore at the end of July this year from 103.51 crore in ...

Read more »

ACT Fibernet upgrades speed and bundled data in broadband plans of existing subscribers free of cost

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Anticipating threat from <a href="http://telecomtalk.info/category/general/reliance-jio-2/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Reliance Jio</a>, as the 4G operator is all set to launch Gigafiber in the coming weeks and other operators who are rapidly cutting broadband data tariff, South based leading ISP ACT Fibernet has started offering free speed and bundled data upgrade to most of its customers across its operational cities to protect subscriber base.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="unnamed" class="aligncenter wp-image-157805" height="451" sizes="(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1024x760.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-135x100.jpg 135w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-300x223.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="608" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Act Fibernet which offers high speed broadband services across 11 cities including Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi is offering up to 100% speed and bundled data upgrade to select customers, while majority of the customers are getting a speed upgrade of 50% in their existing plans at no extra cost.</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> An executive from the ACT pricing team shared with us ‘We’re offering speed upgrade to most of our existing customers while the company is looking to cut down data tariff by offering more data in existing plans for all customers to compete with other operators.’ Though he was unaware as to when the company would amend most of the market plans.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="unnamed" class="aligncenter wp-image-157806" height="206" sizes="(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1-1024x333.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1-1024x333.jpg 1024w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1-300x98.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="634" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Besides offering free speed upgrade, ACT is also offering Video and Movie content to boost its subscriber base in the markets where Jio is believed to launch its ultra-speed broadband services with free content like TV, music and movies on demand to tap the market. According to the latest regulatory report, ACT had more than 1.05 million wired broadband customers at the end of August 2016.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> If you are an ACT Fibernet subscriber, do share your experience with and review of the ISP through comments below.</div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS ACT Fibernet upgrades speed and bundled data in broadband plans of existing subscribers free of cost

Anticipating threat from  Reliance Jio , as the 4G operator is all set to launch Gigafiber in the coming weeks and other operators who are...

Read more »

Xiaomi launches Mi Max Prime with Snapdragon 652 and 128GB storage in India for Rs. 19,999

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Xiaomi’s massive display smartphone – the <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/xiaomi-mi-max/154717/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Max</a> made a debut in May, this year. <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/tag/xiaomi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Xiaomi</a> is back with an enhanced variant of the device, dubbed as the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Max Prime</strong>. It is launched as a part of the three-day Diwali sale organized by the company. Regarding specs, the Mi Max Prime is superior to its predecessor. It will go on sale in India via Mi.com from October 17 for a price of Rs. 19,999.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="Mi Max Prime" class="size-full wp-image-157802 aligncenter" height="577" sizes="(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-11-at-4.35.34-AM.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-11-at-4.35.34-AM.png 908w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-11-at-4.35.34-AM-300x191.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="908" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The Prime variant of the Mi Max comes with a better chipset and RAM capacity than the Mi Max; it houses a Snapdragon 652 clubbed with 4GB of RAM. It is superior regarding storage too; the Mi Max Prime features 128GB of expandable internal storage. All these specs could make an ideal pick for the buyers who want premium features under 20k.</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Other than the specs mentioned above, the Mi Max Prime is pretty much similar to its predecessor. The device features a 6.44-inch full HD 1080p display, a 16-megapixel primary camera with dual-tone LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) and f/2.0 aperture. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8 on top. A 4,850mAh battery backs it. For connectivity, it supports 4G LTE with VoLTE (Band 1 /3 /5/7/38/39/40/41), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2 LE with A2DP, GPS, GLONASS, and USB OTG.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Xiaomi’s Diwali sale will offer Mi Air Purifier 2 at Rs. 9,999, <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/xiaomi-mi-band-2-launched-india/157312/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Band 2</strong></a> at Rs. 1,999, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://telecomtalk.info/xiaomi-launches-10000mah-power-bank/155281/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Mi 10,000mAh power bank</a></strong> at Rs. 1,999. On October 14, the company will unleash additional deals for the sale. The <a href="http://www.mi.com/in/events/diwali2016/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Diwali sale</a> is set to go live on October 17th and 19th.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> To refresh, the Mi Max standard variant comes with a massive 1080p display of 6.44-inch. Similar to China, the device was launched in two variants in India – 3GB RAM/32GB storage/Snapdragon 650 hexacore SoC (priced at Rs. 14,999) and 4GB RAM/128GB storage/Snapdragon 652 octa-core SoC (priced at Rs. 19,999). The metal-clad smartphone will be available in Dark Grey, Gold, and Silver color options.</div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Xiaomi launches Mi Max Prime with Snapdragon 652 and 128GB storage in India for Rs. 19,999

Xiaomi’s massive display smartphone – the  Mi Max  made a debut in May, this year.  Xiaomi  is back with an enhanced variant of the device...

Read more »

Regional OS Indus and Karbonn Mobiles partner to offer regional language services on smartphones

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> The world’s first regional operating system Indus OS has formed a tie-up with Jaina Group, the brand owners of Karbonn Mobiles. Indus OS already has the partnership with Micromax, Celkon, and Swipe.</div> <div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <img alt="india-vodo" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155898" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png 925w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo-300x156.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="925" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Commenting on the new partnership, Rakesh Deshmukh, co-Founder & CEO, Indus OS, said, “Our partnership with Karbonn is a testimony that smartphone brands are recognizing the need for a regional language smartphone ecosystem in India. It is a young homegrown brand, differentiated by its efforts to create a simplistic experience for the Indian users, much like us. They are a fast growing company and we are glad to partner up in the next leg of their growth phase.”</div> <div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Indus OS is said to have over 4.5 million users and commands a 6.3% market share. Regional keyboards are the specialty of Indus OS. It was the first keyboard of the country to have the natural ordering of the alphabet, making it easy for the Indian smartphone users to type.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> Auto-correction, mantra-prediction features in 12 languages, own regional app store App Bazaar in 12 languages, etc. are the other notable features. In June 2016, India OS and the Government of India’s Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) introduced text-to-speech (TTS) technology in 6 regional languages.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “As per IAMAI, the regional language user base in India grew 47% and touched 127 million in June 2015. The growing consumption of regional language content on mobile phones is a clear indicator of the need for localizing the Smartphone ecosystem for bridging the gaping digital divide,” said Shashin Devsare, Executive Director, Karbonn Mobiles & Jaina Group.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> “Recognizing the explosive growth potential of this segment, Jaina Group has been working towards dissolving language barriers, a major impediment to Smartphone adoption, by introducing solutions offering uncomplicated regional language experience to the users. The partnership with Indus OS is an extension of our efforts towards this end and would play a pivotal role in simplifying the web experience for regional language speaking users further driving adoption,” he added.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"> <br /></div> </div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Regional OS Indus and Karbonn Mobiles partner to offer regional language services on smartphones

The world’s first regional operating system Indus OS has formed a tie-up with Jaina Group, the brand owners of Karbonn Mobiles. Indus OS a...

Read more »