It has been nearly a month since India's richest man Mukesh Ambani announced his ambitious telecom project- digital services of Reliance Jio. Jio is different from all existing mobile operators of the country in many ways. Jio is a completely green field operator which has only 4G-LTE network without any fall back 2G/3G network. And since its network went online it continues to offer services free of cost to its... Read More
Reliance Jio the new telecom entrant which is all up in arms against industry lobby body COAI today cleared its stand on the recent statement made by the Lobby's director general Rajan Mathews where he had called Jio a back door operator. Jio called Mathews' statement surreptitious, defamatory, and an act of contempt of the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and devoid of any merit. Reliance Jio Infocomm... Read More
Aircel, today launched RC 333 that would offer 5GB of 3G data with 28 days validity especially aimed at high data users. The company also unveiled a unique ‘Jodi Offer’ pack of two SIMs with unlimited calling benefits between the two numbers for 12 months. Aircel’s ‘Jodi Offer’ pack will be offering new customer unlimited free calls between the two SIMs for the first three months. From fourth to 12th... Read More
Airtel, today announced the launch of its new International Roaming (IR) packs that redefine the value proposition for customers traveling abroad. With the new IR packs, customers will have the convenience of carrying their India mobile number wherever they go and stay connected 24x7 without having to worry about high call and data charges. The packs will be available to both postpaid and prepaid customers. Airtel’s new IR packs offer free... Read More
5th largest GSM operator, Aircel which was expanding networks in West Bengal rapidly after RCom 2G shutdown to gain subscribers and improve overall network in the circle has now crossed 5 million mark in the circle. According to the latest subscription data provided by the GSM lobby COAI, the company has crossed 5 million mark in the B category circle by adding 57,827 new subscribers in August. In the circle... Read More
Vodafone India, has extended its 3G network in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh to 1593 more towns. With this expansion, Vodafone 3G is now available in over 2151 towns and villages across the circle, benefiting more than 53.75 lakh customers. Inviting all residents of Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh to enjoy the benefits of Vodafone 3G Arvind Vohra, Operations Director, Vodafone India, said, “With the expansion of Vodafone 3G services in the circle,... Read More
In response to Airtel’s letter stating Reliance Jio’s (RJIL) delay in the operationalization of POIs, RJIL released a statement today that such a claim in absurd. Also, the operator pointed out that there are no call failures reported in Jio-to-Jio calls, whereas over 1.6 crore calls are still failing every day between Airtel and Jio. “RJIL has been completely ready to accept any augmentation of POIs from Airtel and other... Read More
Anil Ambani the CEO of Reliance communications today addressed the Annual general meeting for the shareholders of the company in Mumbai. The event started off with Gurdip Singh highlighting the shift in consumption trends of the mobile user today who spends 90 mins a day on apps as opposed to 10 mins on a voice call, indicating that data is the current growth driver for this decade like voice was... Read More
Vodafone India the second largest operator by subscriber base which recently crossed the 200 Million mark is starting to feel the heat from the entry of arch rival Jio which is currently providing free 4G data to all subscribers till 31st December. To prevent the churn of its high revenue generating data consuming user segment, the operator has launched an offer where it will offer an additional 9 GB of... Read More
When Jio's announcement to make voice calls free on their network made incumbents worried about the future of voice revenues which contributes more than 70% of total revenue, it seems incumbent operators are still finding ways to balance the voice market by cutting down tariff of voice calls. After cutting down data tariffs to match Jio, market leader Bharti Airtel has now started revising most voice rate cutters across major... Read More
To help its customers locate and connect with friends, family or a group of people, Reliance Communications has now launched a location tracking service called 'Spottr'. It uses cell tower tracking feature to track people's location. With this new tracking facility, Reliance Mobile users can easily track the location of friends and family, even if they aren't connected to internet. But, the service is only available for Rcom subscribers as... Read More
Government-run telecom operator state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is planning to acquire 5 MHz spectrum in the super premium yet costly 700-MHz band across the country, in a bid to take on private telecom operators that are offering high-speed 4G services. BSNL has reached out to the government, seeking financial support to buy spectrum in the 700-MHz band, according to a Business Standard report. “We have 20 MHz spectrum in 2,500-MHz... Read More
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it would be harakari for vodafone to increase tariff, as it will only benifit 5g players
That is good enough speed as per 4G standard, and you get cheaper plan. You could dial *#0011# and show…
Tested BSNL 4G, on Band 28 coverage is best, speed also 10mbps to 40mbps with 10mHz
Yes, But some investment is better than none. Also as said by CEO, these funds and 18k crore FPO money…
IMO, Airtel only needs to buy sub GHz ( like B8/B5 ) to have atleast 10 MHz in that. &…
