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TRAI charts mobile data speed quality: Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, RCom to feel the heat

With the TRAI on July 24 prescribing quality of services standards for mobile data download speed, top telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular,...
Vodafone 4G

How Vodafone 4G gaining momentum?

Vodafone 4G is gaining momentum in select telecom markets after the mobile operator announced its £19 billion Project Spring Capex (capital spending) program. Vodafone CEO...

Is Nokia losing out to Ericsson due to poor acquisition policy?

Telecom industry analysts believe that Nokia Networks is missing out to its main rival Ericsson due to its weak acquisition policy. Ericsson made several acquisitions...
Mobile Internet

How Verizon outperforms AT&T in revenue and subscriber growth in Q2

Verizon has outperformed AT&T in revenue and subscriber growth in Q2 2014. Eric Costa, telecom analyst at TBR, is analyzing the financial performance and business...
3G in India

How Indian enterprises dumped 3G driven mobile broadband

When 3G was launched in 2010 and 4G later, the Indian telecom industry thought that the third and fourth generation access technologies will be...

How telecoms handled mobile data traffic during FIFA 2014

Telecom operators -- Claro, Nextel, Oi, TIM and Viva -- have together invested $585 million in new mobile infrastructure and $102 million in stadiums...

Chinese phone Xiaomi flexes muscle with 3 devices in India

Xiaomi, a Chinese phone brand, today announced its three new smartphones -- Mi 3 at Rs 13,999, Redmi Note at Rs 9,999 and Redmi...

Why Bharti sold majority stake in Beetel to Brightstar

Brightstar, a global wireless distributor, has acquired a majority equity stake in Beetel Teletech from Bharti Enterprises. Bharti Enterprises, which owns stake in telecom operator...
ZTE

How 4G of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom reviving ZTE

4G LTE network roll out by three telecom operators -- China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom –are reviving the fortunes of ZTE. In coming...

Telecom Budget 2014: Time to cheer? Not really!

The Budget 2014 – presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley – offers lots of hopes to all including the Indian telecom industry. The annual...

Telecom Budget 2014: Mobile industry welcomes

Indian telecom industry – though disappointed because of poor sops in the Budget 2014 – tried to paint rosy picture by welcoming Finance Minister...

Railway Budget : More hopes to telecom and IT

Railway Budget 2014 presented by the BJP Government offers more hopes to the India IT and telecom industry. Setting timelines would have assisted the...
Telefonica 5 image

E-Plus deal: Deutsche Telekom demands Telefonica to give up spectrum

Following the completion of E-Plus deal with Telefonica in Germany, which received the European Commission approval with conditions, Deutsche Telekom today demanded Telefonica to...
Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Jio 4G scam: AAP demands CBI probe

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has demanded BJP Govt led by Narendra Modi to cancel telecom license and 4G spectrum to Reliance Jio Infocomm. The...

Flipkart follows Amazon, launches Digiflip Pro tablet without ‘Fire’

Flipkart had a low-key tablet -- Digiflip Pro XT712 – launch on Thursday in Delhi. The successful Indian e-commerce channel is following Amazon, global...
Mobile users

VoLTE: No business case yet?

Telecom analysts are speculating that there is no strong business case for VoLTE (Voice over LTE) for mobile operators. Interestingly, U.K. telecom operator EE last...

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