The top major telecos- Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have hiked rates of special tariff voice call vouchers in wake to bear their losses after increase cost of 2G data plans by Indian government. Read more
Category: Telecom Sector
Bharti Airtel India CEO Sanjay Kapoor quit in management shake-up
The World fourth largest mobile phone by customers, Bharti Airtel announced that Sanjay Kapoor, CEO of India and South Asia domestic operations of Airtel group has resigned. Read more
DoT changes women helpline number from ‘167’ to ’181′
The Delhi government on Monday announced ‘167’ as the new women helpline number. But within house, the Telecom Ministry changed the number to ‘181’ saying that the new number three-digit number was easier to remember.
After the brutal Delhi gangrape of a 23-years-old girl student, the Telecom Ministry has announced the women helpline number for the first time in the past three years. Read more
Nationwide Mobile Number Portability from Feb 2013: Kapil Sibal
Talking to media on Thursday the telecom minister Kapil Sibal said that Nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) as predicted in the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012 is likely to be in place by February next year.
With the launch of nationwide MNP, mobile users can retain the same number but still they can move to another state or circle. Read more