TRAI recommends PAN India 3G auction in Feb 2015

As we all know, we are heading towards the biggest spectrum auction in the history of Indian telecom to be conducted next month. This auction will the first time when all frequency bands 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz will be auctioned in a single auction.

BSNL revokes concessional offers due to widespread protests

Thiruvananthapuram: The BSNL move to discontinue with the concessional offers for voice calls and SMSs for 2 days in connection with the New Year was withdrawn on Wednesday following talks held with the chief minister and the BSNL officials.

BSNL Increase in IDA w.e.f. 1.1.2015

According to calculations based on All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers for September, October and November 2014, IDA is to increase by 2.2% w.e.f. 1.1.2015 from 98.1% to 100.3% Know , How IDA increase is calculated?

4G calling ; 2015 has promises and challenges for the Indian telecom sector

Another year comes to an end for the Indian telecom market. While 2014 year was significant, 2015 will be crucial in defining the Indian telecom market. We present below the key trends which we believe will dominate the industry in 2015.

List of Operators with blackout days on 31st and on New Year. BSNL extends blackout days to voice calls

New Year is only hours away and everyone is excited to welcome 2015. If you feel like sending SMS with new year wishes to your friends, beware that all mobile operators has marked New Year’s Eve(Dec 31st) and New Year(Jan 1st) as blackout days.

Indian Telecom Industry in 2014 ; hits and misses

2014 has been a significant year for the Indian Telecom market and it has given reasons both to rejoice and despair to the different stakeholders in the industry. We take a look at how the year was for the customers and the operators and how different regulations have impacted the industry.

Spectrum auction: TRAI recommends 3G spectrum base price at Rs 2,720 cr per MHz pan-India

The telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended 3G spectrum base price at Rs 2,720 cr per MHz pan-India for to be auctioned in February next year.

Pastebin, Dailymotion, Github blocked after DoT order: Report

NEW DELHI: A number of Indian users are reporting they're not able to access websites such as Pastebin, DailyMotion and Github while accessing the internet through providers such as BSNL and Vodafone.

BSNL Limited Internet Combo Plans with No Rental & Cheapest Charges under Landline Broadband Services

We all think that if we go for BSNL broadband connection, as most of us are using mobile phones we may be ending with some portion of amount for Landline Billing, for that BSNL introduced Flexi Combo Plans for BSNL Broadband Connections where you will pay according to your data usage only. Furthermore there we will have to pay only one month security as deposit, where the beauty is minimum hire period is only one month.

With these “BSNL Broadband Flexi General Combo Plans” customer can also avail Annual Payment Discount benefit. These cheapest BSNL Limited Broadband Internet Packages are ranging from Rs.500 to Rs.1500 with speeds 2Mbps/3GB to 4 Mbps/20GB. Please find the details given below.

BSNL has increased its focus on Mobile Governance and come up with a new policy for realizing the revenue potential of upcoming Mobile Governance projects launched by government at central and state level. The revenue opportunity in this field has increased multi fold in view of government project of “Digital India” which aims to leverage ICT and Mobile technology capabilities to deliver governance to common citizens across the length and breadth of the country.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to issue a consultation paper on OTT players by early 2015

The telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is set to issue a consultation paper on regulating the over-the-top players (OTT) by third week of January, 2015. The telecom regulator is of the view that currently there is no law or framework governing the concept of net neutrality in India and thus there is a need to address this issue.

At present, the pricing on the internet is based on validity and the volume of data. The regulator is examining if the current data packs based on these parameters limits the users access to mobile internet. The exercise would also set the scope of regulation of OTT operations in the country.

BSNL Online Education Services now available for Wireline (ADSL) & Fiber to Home (FTTH) Broadband Customers

Most of parents who are educated or even tried to go to college know about distance education where if time is constraint to attend colleges, they might have opted to go for distance education. In distance education methodology students will get material by post and have to read by themselves and later they have to give exam. Nobody will explain their Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

BSNL Online Education Services eSiksha from 1st to 10th Class subjects

BSNL is going to provide Online Education Services to BSNL Broadband Users both Wired and FTTH users with the collaboration of M/S Sri Balaji Max Mail Pvt. Ltd from Class I to Class X. This will be not like Distance education rather it will be like proximate education.

BSNL Gujarat Circle introduced Triple bonanza offers for Prepaid Customers

In view of upcoming Festivals and New Year 2015 Celebration State run Telecom Company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced Triple damakha offers across Gujarat Circle.

Revises Landline Pulse Duration for BSNL Mobile N/W & Other Fixed Network BSNL

BSNL is going to revise its tariff in 2015. It is not a thunderbolt but most expected in today’s market. It’s like a calculated expected hike from BSNL Landline,WLL(Fixed) and CDMA segment. BSNL has played a good strategy rather effecting directly to customer pockets budget with its revised pulse rate….Good option.

BSNL Mobile SIM Card Price Slashed upto 35% for New & Replacement

Have you heard this type of discount from BSNL? BSNL the PAN India major with largest user base in wired Broadband segment wants to encourage its Mobile Customers by giving a huge discount for its Prepaid SIM Cards of 128K under GSM Mobile Services.

BSNL Mobile 128K Prepaid SIM Card Price Slashed to Rs.39 upto march 2015

BSNL which is the king of Rural segment wants to increase the Wireless user base with best deals, it can provide at any pocket of entire subscription chain. Whether it can be the best BSNL Voice Packages, which suits to the best of the wide Indian home user base.

TRAI plans to regulate HD, SD channels’ subscription charges

Telecom and broadcast regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to review the freedom given to direct-to-home service providers in deciding subscription charges for high-definition channels.

BSNL extends the promo period for the broadband plans in Chennai circle

BSNL has been going great guns with excellent offers on broadband and combo connections. As part of its promotional offer BSNL had recently launched ULD Combo 999, ULD Combo 1999 and ULD Combo 4999 in Chennai circle.

BSNL revises Landline Pulse rates on PAN India Basis

BSNL has once again revised the Landline pulse rates making the tariffs costlier in most of the circles. BSNL has been most competent when it came to value for money in the WLL segment. The following revisions are applicable for all the service areas on a PAN India basis.

BSNL has revised the pulse rate for calls to MTNL and other operators to Delhi and Mumbai from 120 seconds to 60 seconds. The Pulse rates for MTNL or any other operator in Delhi from adjoining SDCAs is revised from the previous 90 seconds to 60 seconds.

BSNL's Loyalty Reward Point Scheme is a innovative reward program through which loyal customers get reward points when customer uses BSNL Land line and Broadband services. Reward points earned can be redeemed in terms as Free Metered Call Units (MCUs) for making free call on BSNL "On Net" calls.

Telecom secretary Rakesh Garg pulls up BSNL executives for 'Delayed Decisions'

KOLKATA: Telecom secretary Rakesh Garg has warned that top Bharat Sanchar Nigam executives could face administrative action if "delayed decisionmaking" on their part results in a failure to meet the March 2016 deadline set by the Prime Minister's Office for concluding the national broadband venture.

BSNL Music / Video on Demand charges revised and offers Unlimited services

BSNL VAS provides Music/Video on (MoD) demand services per month charges revised and makes it unlimited usage for Broadband customers.

BSNL has announced a new concession for its customers on pre-paid mode.

Under the new special scheme STV 84, concession is offered for all STD calls.

If the customer buys the pre-paid special voucher for Rs. 84/-, STD calls will be charged at 35 Paise per minute. This voucher is valid for 84 days.

Currently only BSNL EVDO gives unlimited data usage without any FUP i.e. you can use as much data you want. EVDO is simply 3G version of CDMA technology and 1X is 2G version of CDMA technology. You can get max download speed of 3.1 Mbps and upload speed of 1.8 Mbps, and with 1X download speed of 155 kbps.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Digital India programme is in serious danger of being derailed if the pace of work of the National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN), which aims to link the country’s 2.5 lakh villages through high-speed broadband services, is anything to go by.

BSNL & UoH Offers PG Diploma in Telecom Technology Management

BSNL has set up a world class multi-gigabit, multiprotocol convergent IP infrastructure that provides convergent services like Voice, Data & Video through the same backbone & Broadband Access Network. On continuing the same in all fields, BSNL NATFM joins with UoH to offer PGDTTM Distance Learning College Course for Degree & Engineering Students after Graduation.

To build further skills of the students in Telecom Technology,

A panel under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recommended that all the application servers and gateways that are used for machine-to-machine (M2M) services, must be located in India. The panel has suggested so on the grounds of national security. The DoT panel has also recommended that M2M service providers (MSPs) should be jointly governed under the regulations of the specific industry vertical where such M2M services are deployed along with DoT.

BSNL has some good news in store as IT and Telecom Minister Mr. Ravi Shanker Prasad has announced that the Government would be giving out incentives to BSNL and MTNL in a bid to help it revive. Its no secret that both the state-owned Telcos are posting huge losses thanks to their poor service quality and the lethargic manner in which they resolve customers problems.

“Hello, are you there?” We frequently fave call drops and with no standard definition of a dropped call the telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to issue new regulations and penalties on the same by early 2015.
It is reported that there would be higher penalty for telecom operators which are found offering inefficient services leading to call drops. The calls are dropped due to the lack of frequency spectrum and base transceiver stations, which are inadequate at present to cater to the growing mobile subscriber base in India,” according to the industry reports.

As part of Good Governance Day celebrations, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today announced new schemes and services for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) subscribers in Delhi and Mumbai.
MTNL Jodi Plan
Under this plan, MTNL prepaid subscribers can pair their mobile or landline to make calls at reduced rate of 20p/min. The paired number should be an MTNL number within the city. Call rates to other network local and STD calls will at a reduced rate of 40p/min and 50p/min. On activation of the plan subscribers will also get 100 minutes of local calls to MNTL network and 200MB data for the first month.

We have been reporting the increase in IDA every three months, always before official announcement is made.

We have not been making predictions or assumptions. Our reporting has always been based on standard calculation used for the purpose. We feel that the members also should be aware of the calculation. Hence this article.

The IDA rate revision is based on All India Consumer Price Index. After Second Pay Revision w.e.f. 1.1.2007, the base index has also been revised to 1.1.2007, which is 126.33