One of the major issue faced by Indian telecom subscribers is the call set up time. Aiming to solve the issue, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today revealed that it would ask telcos for the call set up time data from October 1 to bring a solution to the issue. For the unaware, call set up time is the duration taken to connect a call after a user... Read More
Bharti Airtel today stated the telco is offering 4G services across 15,863 towns and villages in Assam, allowing users to enjoy high-speed data. Airtel, which has over 8.4 million customers in Assam alone recently announced network expansion to further enhance the network. Furthermore, as part of its acquisition of Telenor India's operations, Airtel has added 6 MHz of spectrum in 1800 MHz band to its portfolio in Assam. This move... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the government led telco which is running operations in Delhi and Mumbai plans to roll out 4G services with the help of Rs 6,292 crore capital issuance from the government. For the rollout of 4th generation network services, the telco will also soon release a tender for searching a vendor partner. MTNL has planned that it would relay its 4G services in the 1800 Mhz... Read More
Vodafone India is aiming to increase its postpaid user base by offering 20% discount to users who purchase the Apple iPhone XS and XS Max through its website. Same as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone is also selling the new iPhones on its website (in partnership with Servifiy). A customer will receive get a 20% rental discount on RED/RED4Business postpaid plans priced above Rs 499 for 12 billing cycles. Furthermore, the telco... Read More
One of the established content players in India, ZEE Entertainment, today inked a deal with telecom operator Reliance Jio to make all its content portfolio available on Jio's applications. As part of this partnership, ZEE's 37 Live TV channels will be available for JioTV users and ZEE5's varied content including ZEE5 Originals, Movies, TV Shows, Music Videos, Lifestyle Shows, Kids Shows and Plays, will be available through the JioCinema application.... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, the state-owned telecom operator has launched a new Rs 299 plan to counter the competition being raised by the private carriers. The government led operator, however, has made this plan available only to the new users of BSNL. This means that only the subscribers who decide to get on the BSNL network will be eligible for this offer. As part of this offer, BSNL is shipping... Read More
Idea Cellular has finally launched its 4G services in Kolkata circle and it's now left with only Delhi circle to become a pan-India 4G operator after Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. As part of the launch offer, Idea Cellular is offering free 10GB data to every user in Kolkata which will be valid for seven days. Idea introduced the 10GB data offer on the occasion of auspicious Pujo season. Idea... Read More
The upcoming OnePlus 6T is shaping up to be a major upgrade to the OnePlus 6. After confirming the in-display fingerprint scanner and the removal of 3.5mm headphone jack on the upcoming 6T, OnePlus has now revealed that the phone will have a bigger 3700mAh battery, compared to the OnePlus 6's 3300mAh battery. OnePlus never used such big battery on its smartphone, so the 6T is the first one to... Read More
BSNL is the largest wired broadband service provider in India, beating other players such as Airtel, ACT Fibernet and so on hands down. Now Jio is aiming to take that crown from BSNL with its high-speed Jio GigaFiber services. To take on Jio, BSNL has unveiled a slew of entry-level broadband plans starting at just Rs 99. Yes, you heard it right, BSNL has launched four new plans of Rs... Read More
Ever since its inception, Reliance Jio has been the leader in the tariff plans department. To recall, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco refreshed its tariff lineup back in January 2018, but still, it's offering the best plans in the industry. Reliance Jio has a monthly prepaid recharge plan of Rs 799 which gives a whopping 140GB of total data benefit, spread across 5GB data per day. Right after Jio rolling out... Read More
The latest telecom entrant in the industry, Reliance Jio has officially surpassed the former Market leader Bharti Airtel in terms of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) as per the latest Trai report. The industry regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) published data about the quarter ending in June where it was apparent that the Mukesh Ambani led telco has managed to race past Bharti Airtel to establish itself as one... Read More
The networks are getting stronger, the service offerings are being simplified, as the consumer use cases and consumption patterns are evolving. And yes, it is evident from the pack benefits, service and content offerings what operators are bundling at different price segments to counter the competition in the market. Now, let me get straight to the point. Agree or not, it is easy for Jio to bolster its service offerings... Read More
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