• 

  Pakistan: Mobile services suspended on 'specific routes' as Iranian president arrives in Karachi

  World | April 23, 2024 21:13 IST

  Elaborate security measures have been set up in Karachi as Iranian President Ebraham Raisi arrived in the port city on Tuesday. This is the first visit by any leader since the February 8 elections in Pakistan after the two countries exchanged tit-for-tat airstrikes in January.

• 

  Pakistan Elections 2024: Mobile phone services suspended across country as voting begins

  World | February 08, 2024 11:47 IST

  Pakistan Elections 2024: The government's decision comes amidst a rise in militant attacks in the run-up to the election and a day after jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan urged his supporters to wait outside polling booths after voting until results are announced.

• 

  Pakistan: Mobile services suspended amid unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan, minister says 'all peaceful'

  World | September 03, 2023 16:32 IST

  "Schools, colleges, markets, and roads are open, displaying a sense of normalcy. Peaceful protests do occur at times in reaction to some religious and sectarian concerns but the law and order situation is calm," said Solangi.

• 

  BSNL offers new Rs 2022 prepaid plan with 75GB data per month and unlimited calls

  Technology | August 04, 2022 18:12 IST

  BSNL has launched a new prepaid plan. For the cost of Rs 2022 per month, users will receive 75 GB of data and other package benefits.

• 

  Samsung Galaxy A51 starts to receive security update

  January 03, 2022 11:37 IST

  Samsung has started to roll out a new software update for its Galaxy A51 smartphone which brings the January 2022 security patch to the device. The recent update is being rolled out in Malaysia and Russia.

• 

  Mobile phone services now restored in Kashmir

  India | January 26, 2020 20:02 IST

  Mobile phone services were restored in Kashmir on Sunday hours after being suspended as a precautionary measure for ensuring an incident-free Republic Day celebration in the Valley, officials said. 

• 

  J&K: Prepaid mobile services restored after over five-month suspension

  India | January 18, 2020 17:56 IST

  2G mobile data services on postpaid mobiles for accessing the whitelisted sites were resumed in only two districts -- Kupwara and Bandipora -- in Kashmir.

• 

  Airtel to hike mobile service rates in December

  Business | November 18, 2019 20:38 IST

  Airtel on Monday said it will start increasing rates for mobile services in December. The telecom sector is highly capital intensive with fast changing technology cycles that require continuing investments and therefore, extremely important that the industry remains viable to support the vision of Digital India, Bharti Airtel said in a statement on Monday.

• 

  Vodafone Idea to increase mobile service rates from December 1 citing 'acute financial stress'

  India | November 18, 2019 19:20 IST

  Vodafone Idea on Monday announced it will increase mobile service rates from December 1 in the wake of ongoing financial stress. The debt-ridden company, however, did not disclose the range or details of the proposed tariff hike.

• 

  Phone companies charge people for suspended period in Kashmir

  India | October 15, 2019 13:23 IST

  Recharge packs credited by the subscribers to their phones have 'exhausted' even though nobody ever used them during the clampdown period.

• 

  Postpaid mobile phone services in Kashmir restored

  India | October 14, 2019 13:55 IST

  The move comes barely days after the Centre issued an advisory opening the Valley for tourists. Travel association bodies had approached the administration, saying that no tourist would like to come to the valley where no mobile phones are working.

Advertisement
• 

  Balesh Sharma steps down as CEO of Vodafone Idea; Ravinder Takkar to take over

  Business | August 19, 2019 18:34 IST

  Ravinder Takkar, currently Vodafone Group’s representative in India, will be appointed as the new MD and CEO with immediate effect, the company said in a statement.

• 

  Over 43,000 villages in India without mobile services: Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha

  India | August 01, 2018 21:34 IST

  According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, at the end of March 2018, there were 145.82 million Internet connections in rural areas. 

• 

  Kashmir: Mobile, Internet services snapped in three districts

  India | June 22, 2018 13:14 IST

  The services are suspend as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.

• 

  Mobile internet services restored in Kashmir after four months

  India | November 19, 2016 1:39 IST

  Mobile Internet services on postpaid connections were restored tonight in Kashmir four months after these services were snapped due to the unrest in the Valley. Mobile Internet services, which were snapped on July 15, have

• 

  Reliance asks staff to stop using mobile services of other operators, switch to 4G Jio

  August 22, 2016 18:42 IST

  Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate, has asked its 40,000-plus employees to stop using phone connections of operators like Airtel and Vodafone, and instead switch to its own high-speed 4G Jio.

• 

  Microsoft's rebranding of Nokia priority stores continues

  June 11, 2015 10:38 IST

  Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday opened its first Microsoft Priority Reseller Store in Chennai as it rebrands "Nokia Priority" stores.The change of brand follows the Microsoft-Nokia deal in which Washington-based firm acquired the handset business

• 

  Airtel, BSNL to sign Pan-India intra-circle roaming pact

  February 23, 2015 12:17 IST

  New Delhi: BSNL's mobile network covers an area of 72 percent of country's populationTelecom operators Airtel and BSNL are likely to sign a pan-India roaming pact within a month to strengthen their 2G mobile services

• 

  Pakistan restricts mobile service for Muharram

  World | November 23, 2012 16:47 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 23: Pakistan has suspended mobile phone services in several districts as part of the precautionary security measures for Muharram.The Rawalpindi city Thursday witnessed a huge Taliban bomb attack on a Muharram procession which