Telenor India launches 4G services in Hajipur, offers Super Saver 4G plans at Rs 11

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">Telenor India today announced the launch of 4G services for its customers in Hajipur. Hajipur is the third city in Bihar & Jharkhand region to go live with 4G services. Prior to Hajipur, the company launched its 4G services in Ranchi and Dhanbad in the month of July and August respectively and got encouraging response witnessing 100 % growth in subscribers’ month on month.</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="sms-india" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-151087" height="562" sizes="(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sms-india.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sms-india.png 850w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sms-india-300x198.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="850" /></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;">With the brand promise of “Sabse Sasta Sabke Liye – Full Paisa Vasool”, Telenor is offering 4G special tariff vouchers (STV) at three different affordable price points of Rs. 11, Rs. 47 and Rs. 97. STV 11 offers 100 MB 4G data with the validity of 1 day, STV 47 offers 500 MB 4G data for 21 days and STV 97 offers 1GB 4G data for 28 days along with local calls @ 25p/min and STD calls @ 30p/min. Customers can avail this offer by walking into any of the fully functional Telenor branded stores and retail outlets in Hajipur.</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; line-height: 23px; 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><table border="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"></table><table bgcolor="#FAE6C1" border="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="376"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Telenor 4G special tariff vouchers</strong></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="45"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">STV</strong></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="236"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Offer</strong></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="95"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Validity</strong></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="45">11</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="236">100 MB 4G data</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="95">1 day</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="45">47</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="236">500 MB 4G data</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="95">21 days</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="45">97</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="236">1 GB 4G data +  all local calls @ 25p/min and STD calls @ 30p/min</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="95">28 day</td></tr></tbody></table><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 launch in Hajipur follows the successful launch of Telenor’s 4G services across its 6 circles in Varanasi, Vizag, Amravati, Agra, Anand, Lucknow, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru, Bhimavaram, Dhanbad, Dehradun, Guntur, Rajahmundry and Warangal. With this Telenor has moved a step closer to its ambition of Internet for All and becoming the preferred partner in the digital life of its customers.</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;">Telenor announced the modernization of its entire network in Bihar & Jharkhand in 2015. As of now 74% of its sites have been modernized. To make its network future ready, Telenor has deployed latest Technology Equipment that provides superior voice and data experience. At the sites that have been migrated to the new technology, Telenor has reduced congestion and increased data throughput resulting in an improved network experience for its customers. This is one of the biggest network modernization deal made by Telenor Group across its business units.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Telenor India launches 4G services in Hajipur, offers Super Saver 4G plans at Rs 11

Telenor India today announced the launch of 4G services for its customers in Hajipur. Hajipur is the third city in Bihar & Jharkhand reg...

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WhatsApp brings Siri integration onboard with latest iOS 10-based update

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">Whatapp for iPhone has received a new update that brings new features aboard. This new update is for the iOS 10 users, and it includes Siri integration. You can now ask Siri to send WhatsApp messages or place WhatsApp calls. The new update can be downloaded from the App store.</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="WhatsApp iOS 10" class=" wp-image-157137 aligncenter" height="490" sizes="(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-14-at-5.21.57-PM.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-14-at-5.21.57-PM.png 606w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-14-at-5.21.57-PM-300x201.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="730" /></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;">You can also receive calls from the lock screen. There is an addition of a new widget that allows you to jump to most recent chat quickly. It also includes a feature that enables users to forward multiple chats at once. A new quick forward button has also been added, which lets users share media faster. Lock screen has been made more functional, users can now check the number of unread messages from the lock screen itself.</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; line-height: 23px; 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><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans Condensed", sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 39px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">New features in Version 2.16.10</h2><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;">• When forwarding messages, you can now send to multiple chats at once<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />• Ask Siri to send WhatsApp messages or place WhatsApp calls (iOS 10+)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />• Answer WhatsApp calls right from your lock screen, just like a standard phone call (iOS 10+)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />• A new Widget lets you quickly jump to a recent chat or see which chats have unread messages (iOS 10+)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />• Chats you frequently contact now appear when forwarding or sharing messages<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />• A new quick forward button on photos and videos in chats<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" />• When taking photos or videos, double tap your screen to switch between the front and rear cameras</div></div>

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MTNL reports a standalone loss of Rs.718 crores in Apr-June 2016 quarter

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">Struggling PSU telecom operator, Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd. today reported that their standalone loss was at Rs 718.02 crore in the April-June quarter this year down fro Rs 734.24 crore in the same period a year ago. The total income of MTNL from their two operational circles of Mumbai and Delhi also declined by 4.5 per cent to Rs 744.72 crore in April- June quarter from Rs 780.12 crore in the corresponding quarter of 2015-16.</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="mobile-india-network" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-141597" height="403" sizes="(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mobile-india-network.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mobile-india-network.png 619w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mobile-india-network-300x195.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="619" /></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;">Income from basic telephony and other services declined to Rs 612.74 crore in April-June 2016 from Rs 648.68 crore in the year-ago period. While revenue from cellular GSM services declined to Rs 163.01 crore from Rs 166.33 crore.</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; line-height: 23px; 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;">During the March – June quarter, the company added only 29587 new GSM subscribers while its nearest competitors added 3-5 times more new subscribers on their network. Though the company had 35,90,443 GSM customers on their network at the end of June, the VLR data shows only 61% of those connections are active.</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 wireline category, MTNL lost over 20,200 connections during the period and now has 34,38,888 active wireless connections.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS MTNL reports a standalone loss of Rs.718 crores in Apr-June 2016 quarter

Struggling PSU telecom operator, Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd. today reported that their standalone loss was at Rs 718.02 crore in the April-...

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Reliance Jio retaliates to Airtel’s claim on asymmetric traffic flow as baseless

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">Soon after <a href="http://telecomtalk.info/after-idea-now-airtel-to-augment-pois-jio-breathes-sigh-of-relief/157103/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Airtel </a>announced its plan to offer three times more points of interconnect (PoI) to Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), the latter released the call failure rates on various networks via a statement to the media.</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; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; 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(193, 193, 193); box-sizing: border-box; color: #f0f0f0; 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; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px; 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-tower" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155179" height="614" sizes="(max-width: 1146px) 100vw, 1146px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/india-tower.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/india-tower.png 1146w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/india-tower-300x161.png 300w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/india-tower-1024x549.png 1024w" 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="1146" /></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 the statement, around 22 crore calls have failed on Airtel network. Around 52 crore calls have failed cumulatively on the networks of the three incumbent operators viz. Airtel, Vodafone India Ltd, and Idea Cellular Ltd. Overall, an estimated 75 calls failed out of every 100 call attempts, RJio pointed out.</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; line-height: 23px; 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 release welcomed Airtel’s decision to offer more PoI but reminded that the company has been communicating about the issue for last several months. “The inaction on the part of incumbents resulted in non-compliance of TRAI regulation on quality of service that mandates that PoI congestion should not affect more than 1 call in every 200 calls made,” said the release.</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;">Points of interconnect enable two networks to connect with each other to facilitate calls.</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 have repeatedly appealed to the incumbent operators to create a fair and reciprocal framework of competition that is good for India and good for Indian customers,” RJio said in the statement.</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 also retaliated to Airtel’s claims on “asymmetric voice traffic” due to RJio in the release. “When a new operator begins its operations, its customer base is understandably low and a large proportion of these are new numbers that are not yet in the address book with whom they communicate. Therefore in the early days of operations of any new operator, there are more outgoing calls than incoming calls. Over time, as the customer base grows, this asymmetry reduces and the traffic becomes symmetric,” <a href="http://telecomtalk.info/category/general/reliance-jio-2/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">RJio</a> elucidated.</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 the company, RJio’s outgoing traffic is only 2 calls per customer per hour and this does not demand a huge PoI. Also, it pointed out that the asymmetry of traffic has nothing to do with the PoIs required. “The equipment required for PoI are two-way trunks, which means that the same equipment is used for both directions. No additional equipment is needed for handling the calls coming from RJIL to the other operator. It is therefore in customer interest to have adequate interconnection capacity irrespective of the direction of traffic,” it 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;">In its release, Airtel had raised a complaint about the asymmetric traffic flow between the networks of both the companies and requested Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to intervene in the matter.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Reliance Jio retaliates to Airtel’s claim on asymmetric traffic flow as baseless

Soon after  Airtel  announced its plan to offer three times more points of interconnect (PoI) to Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), the latter re...

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After Idea, now Airtel to augment POIs -Jio breathes sigh of relief

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">Airtel,  today said that following its bilateral discussions with <a href="http://telecomtalk.info/category/general/4g/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Reliance Jio</a>, it will provide additional PoIs to Jio which will be more than adequate to serve over 15 million customers. Airtel has been providing PoIs to Jio, well ahead of the commencement of its commercial operations.</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="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png 925w, http://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;">With the latest augmentation, the total number of PoIs will become 3 times the present number of PoIs. Based on the current traffic pattern with all other operators, this capacity is sufficient to serve over 15 million customers, which is significantly higher than Jio’s existing customer base.</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; line-height: 23px; 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;">Having agreed to release the PoIs, Airtel said it would also need to take cognizance of the massive asymmetry in the volume of traffic between the two networks and ensure that the quality of service for Airtel customers is not impacted.</div><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Also read:<a href="http://telecomtalk.info/idea-commissions-more-poi-to-facilitate-smooth-entry-of-jio/157078/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Idea commissions more points of interconnect to facilitate smooth entry of Jio into telecom</a></h4><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;">Airtel expressed hope that the TRAI will look into the issue of asymmetric traffic on an urgent basis and ensure that massive volumes of free calls terminating on Airtel’s network do not adversely impact its network.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS After Idea, now Airtel to augment POIs -Jio breathes sigh of relief

Airtel,  today said that following its bilateral discussions with  Reliance Jio , it will provide additional PoIs to Jio which will be more ...

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Report: Is Reliance Jio losing its charm?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">After an initial uproar, the feedbacks about Reliance Jio depict a mixed reaction, according to various reports. In terms of addition of new customers, Reliance Jio is adding five lakh customers a day for the Welcome offer instead of the one million customers it targeted, pointed out a <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/reliance-jio-falls-short-on-acquiring-customers-by-almost-half-of-target/article9096965.ece" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">report</a> by <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Hindu</em>.</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="trai-mobile" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-139822" height="375" sizes="(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trai-mobile.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trai-mobile.png 573w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trai-mobile-300x196.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="573" /></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;">December 31, 2016, is the internal target for the company to reach 100 million customers using e-KYC. However, the company faces a major challenge as the e-KYC facility is now available only in Mumbai and New Delhi.</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; line-height: 23px; 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;">Reliance is adding customers via its 3500 retail stores across the country, including Reliance Digital, Express, and Digital Express Mini stores. “We want to add 5 million customers a week or 20 million a month but (we are) facing difficulty in activating so many customers at the back-end,” The Hindu quoted an unnamed executive.</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 e-KYC customers, we can activate connection in a couple of hours if you come with your Aadhaar card,” he said. There are complaints arising from various buyers that the SIM card takes time for activation.</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;">However, the executive is said to have confirmed that the company has crossed the 5-million subscriber base mark.</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;">Meanwhile, the company is seeking ways to expand the e-KYC facility to top eight cities and to all retail outlets for faster enrollment of customers. “I request all Jio users to kindly bear with us for any inconvenience until we fully implement this process. We want to make the on-boarding experience for Jio users as simple and delightful as possible. And with eKYC, in a few weeks, any Jio customer carrying an Aadhaar card will be able to walk out of a Jio store with a working connection within 15 minutes,” Mr. Ambani 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;">In a <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/jio-4g-one-week-later-the-charm-is-gone-and-so-has-speed/1/762332.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">report</a> published by <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">India Today</em></strong>, a writer Manish Sain has elucidated his experience with Reliance Jio SIM card where he claimed to have lost the signal after delivering a “butter-smooth” speed till night 11pm of September 5.</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;">Nevertheless, the writer has claimed to have a good experience with the speed of Jio when stationed somewhere or while inside a room. The roaming or in the metro makes the speed sluggish, he added. Hotspot is irregular and voice calls are bad, 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;">With addition of the new customers everyday, the speed of Reliance Jio plummets. “While Reliance Jio’s promise of Mbps is attractive enough, it also cannot be denied that the company is having a hard time providing that speed to everyone,” the report pointed out. The issues mentioned in the report by <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">India Today</em> could be limited to certain places.</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;">There is also another <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/features/reliance-jio-speed-plummets-after-sim-cards-become-available-to-everyone-1457011" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">report</a> by <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">NDTV</em> that pointed out a similar loss of speed. “I was using it for all my calls earlier, but now the calls drop 25-30 times a day,” the report quoted a Jio user Mihir Gupta based in Delhi. “Speeds are also much slower now. It’s still better for the Internet, but for calling it’s become useless.”</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;">Is Reliance Jio really losing its charm? Users are welcome to share their feedback in the comment section.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Report: Is Reliance Jio losing its charm?

After an initial uproar, the feedbacks about Reliance Jio depict a mixed reaction, according to various reports. In terms of addition of new...

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Airtel rolls out Aadhaar based digital verification process in Bihar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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;">Airtel has started Aadhaar based e-KYC solution in Bihar from today following the notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of India. Consumers in Bihar have appreciated the e-solution and started taking SIM based on Aadhar e-KYC. Airtel become the first company to roll out E-KYC solution in Bihar.</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="mobile-india-1" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-148926" height="583" sizes="(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mobile-india-1.png" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mobile-india-1.png 809w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mobile-india-1-300x216.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="809" /></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 solution will facilitate and enable instant activation of Airtel mobile connection and thereby enhance customer convenience and experience. The digital verification, which is fully secure, will also eliminate paperwork and benefit the environment.</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; line-height: 23px; 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><blockquote style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; position: relative; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Mr. Bharath Uppiliappan, CEO (Bihar and Jharkhand), said that, Airtel, “Aadhaar based e-KYC for a mobile connection is a milestone for the telecom industry and will enhance customer experience through faster onboarding. Customer’s sim will now be activated in few minutes. The solution also complements the Government’s Digital India vision and will add to Airtel’s green initiatives.”</div></blockquote><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;">Under the Aadhaar based instant verification process, customers purchasing a new Airtel prepaid/postpaid mobile connection need to submit/verify their Biometrics (iris scan / fingerprints) at the Point of Sale. The details will be instantly matched with the UIDAI database and following the validation, the connection will be activated instantly in the name of the customer. The process is fully secure and the retailer/representative at the point of sale will also be registered under Aadhaar.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Airtel rolls out Aadhaar based digital verification process in Bihar

Airtel has started Aadhaar based e-KYC solution in Bihar from today following the notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of I...

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