About the author: Arpit spends his day closely following the telecom and tech industry. A music connoisseur and a night owl, he also takes a deep interest in the Indian technology start-up scene and spends rest of his time spilling poetry and stories on paper.

July 16th, 2021 12:53 PM 67 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Is Doing Things Right as the Active Subscriber Data Points Out

The telecom industry is in a tricky position right now. There are a few telecom companies that are fighting for the top spot, whereas others are busy carving their name in the survival list of the companies. We need not go into details of who’s who of this industry as that remains pretty much clear to anyone who’s been following the news headlines. However, what seems to be happening between... Read More

July 15th, 2021 8:30 PM 30 COMMENTS

Indus Towers Shows Growing Concern Over Vodafone Idea Financial Health

Vodafone Idea is one of the two big customers of the network infrastructure company Indus Towers, with the other one being Bharti Airtel. However, with the deteriorating finances of Vodafone Idea, the shadow is also looming over Indus Towers as well now. The chain of poor finances is slowly shifting from the telecom companies to the backfoot players as well. In the latest development, Indus Towers has shown concern that... Read More

July 15th, 2021 6:36 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vivo Launches Y72 5G Variant 48MP Camera, Snapdragon 480 SoC and More

Vivo had launched a device a few weeks back in Thailand, titled Vivo Y72. Now, in its latest release in India, the company has launched the Vivo Y72 5G for India as well. What’s quite interesting to see is that Vivo has actually upgraded and tweaked the phone for its India launch. In this phone, Vivo has firstly added the 5G network and upgraded the RAM as well for the... Read More

July 15th, 2021 5:20 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel Black Is What The Users and Industry Both Need

Bharti Airtel is the second biggest telecom company in India right now. Some of the moves that the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led telecom operator has played in the industry have worked very well in the favour of it. Now, it seems that Bharti Airtel is again up to something big with the launch of Airtel Black postpaid plans. At the face value, these plans look like a mere bundling of offerings... Read More

July 15th, 2021 3:38 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Free Data Could Not Make Up for Disappointment of Subscribers

There are two telecom operators in the industry right now that are doing significantly worse than the incumbent telecom operators, and even before we have said it, you can guess that we are talking about the private telecom operator Vodafone Idea and the public telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). You might ask why I say that with conviction, but it’s not just me, but the TRAI data sings... Read More

July 15th, 2021 1:30 PM 2 COMMENTS

Karnataka Govt Scrambles to Find Network Solution for Online Classes in Rural Areas

The pandemic has left no industry when it comes to wreaking havoc. The education system of India is no exception to this. However, thankfully for the 4G network available in almost all parts of the country, schools were able to rely on online classes. But, not every part of the country is sufficiently equipped to handle such situations, and the worst in this suffering were the rural and tribal regions.... Read More

July 15th, 2021 12:47 PM 7 COMMENTS

Chinese Telecom Gear Manufacturers Now Allowed to List on Govt Procurement Website

In a new relief to the Chinese telecom gear manufacturers, the companies Huawei and ZTE have finally got login access to the telecom products portal. For the unaware, the telecom products portal is a government website wherein the telecom companies in India can seek products from various vendors. The telcos first have to show interest in a product and seek details for it, bid, and then make their purchase. It... Read More

July 14th, 2021 8:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia Exec Finds Flaws in 5Gi Standard, Still Optimistic About Fifth Gen in India

The 5G technology is going to be the harbinger of everything good in the Indian telecom industry in the coming years. The problem of low latency will be gone away, paving for higher throughput and other use cases. This is what Nishant Batra, global chief strategy and technology officer of Nokia, the Finnish giant said in an interview. The executive also shared a lot of insights into how 5G will... Read More

July 14th, 2021 6:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple Confident of Selling Way More Phones This Year With iPhone 13

The Cupertino-based brand, Apple, seems to be brewing a new strategy for sales in the background as we speak. The giant has revealed that it plans on amping up the production of Apple’s latest phones slated to be launched in the coming months, and that is the Apple iPhone 13 series. As per these reports, Apple is reportedly working on making at least 90 million handsets for sales which is... Read More

July 14th, 2021 5:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces Online Bill Payment Facility for FTTH, Landline Connections

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been up to a lot of activity in recent times. BSNL has also been facing stiff competition from the private telecom companies and as a result, the public telco has to up its game to survive the competition. This means offering competitive services, plans, and other benefits similar to the private telcos. In a similar move, BSNL has now started offering online payment facility... Read More

July 14th, 2021 3:03 PM 2 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Adds TravelXP 4K HDR Channel for No Additional Cost and Removes Some Channels

When it comes to picking DTH operators for your Direct-to-Home TV connection, Tata Sky seems to be the top choice of the subscribers in a lot of cases. This is because of the service quality which Tata Sky is offering along with many picks in the Set-Top Boxes. Also, the plans and channel bouquets of Tata Sky have been considered to be attractive by many. In the latest development of... Read More

July 14th, 2021 10:02 AM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Tariff Hike Can be Made More Predictable and Smooth

The Indian telecom industry currently stands in a very weird spot right now. The fifth-generation 5G network stands on the door of the Indian consumer market, and the telecom companies are already conducting testing for this network. On the other hand, the burden of financial bearings like the unexpected AGR dues, the spectrum allocation dues, and above all, the unsustainable tariff rates, which are too low for an industry this... Read More

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