Arpit Sharma

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.

November 27th, 2019 7:22 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Is the Only DTH Operator Offering Long-Term Channel Pack to Subscribers

Similar to the telecom industry, the DTH industry has also become a little competitive owing to the latest regulatory changes from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The DTH operators are also fighting for the top spot and there seem to be changes in the subscriber market share. Some of the most popular DTH operators in the race obviously include Tata Sky, Dish TV and more. However, Bharti Airtel’s DTH... Read More

November 27th, 2019 6:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Reintroduces Rs 1,999 Prepaid Plan With 3GB Daily Data and Yearlong Validity

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is perhaps the most differentiated telecom operator in the industry because of the plans it offers. While the other telecom operators stick to a handful of prepaid plans, BSNL has a portfolio of plans which makes the other rosters look tiny. This becomes the strength of the telecom operator, as with so many prepaid plans, there is plenty for everyone. Every subscriber can find the... Read More

November 27th, 2019 1:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

Wynk Music by Bharti Airtel Becomes Top Music Streaming App by Daily Active Users

In the past few years, the telecom industry has seen some major shift with the attention turning from voice to data and then slightly on to additional offerings. At one time, voice and data were used to be the only things that the subscribers got when they bought recharges for their numbers. However, those days are long gone, and now the telcos also offer many subscription-based services to the users... Read More

November 27th, 2019 1:06 PM 29 COMMENTS

Trai Might Want Subscribers to Keep Paying 6 Paise Per Minute IUC for Two More Years

The telecom industry has been caught in a bit of tussle right now, and as is the case with any business, the effects of the industry are making their way to the consumers as well. Here, we are talking about some of the reeling changes that the telecom industry is seeing in the latest turn of events. The first of them happens to be the tariff hike which will begin... Read More

November 27th, 2019 9:33 AM 0 COMMENTS

Multi TV Users of Dish TV and D2h Pay Less NCF Charges Compared to Other DTH Operators

Dish TV India, along with D2h, is currently offering the cheapest Network Capacity Fee (NCF) for Multi TV connections. Back when the new tariff regime was introduced, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said it's up to the DTH operators whether to provide any discount on NCF for secondary connections. While Tata Sky is not providing any such discount, Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV and D2h came up with... Read More

November 27th, 2019 6:30 AM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Prepaid Plans Above Rs 500, Are They Worth the Price

When it comes to buying data packs which offer affordable data, impressive validity and other benefits, there is one telecom operator which comes to the minds of people, and it is the Mukesh Ambani led telco Reliance Jio. The telco offers some of the best-prepaid plans in the industry when it comes to data, albeit with the new introduction of the IUC based charges, the attractiveness of the Reliance Jio... Read More

November 26th, 2019 7:20 PM 2 COMMENTS

MediaTek Launches New Dimensity 1000 Series Chipset With 5G, AI and Better Imaging Capabilities

As the world of smartphones is slowly progressing towards the implementation of the fifth-generation network technology, the hardware inside the smartphones is also growing in technology to match the innovation and technological progress. An imperative requirement for any smartphone to support any kind of network is to have a modem which is supported by the particular chipset, which means that now the smartphones are starting to come with 5G modems... Read More

November 26th, 2019 5:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel, Tata Sky and Other Broadband Companies Offering Most Affordable 100 Mbps Plans

While the industry has been filled with the chatter of 1 Gbps speed plans, there is no dearth of operators offering plans which come with 100 Mbps speed. While the plans with 1 Gbps speed do sound a lot fancy, the truth with most consumers is that they are not likely to require such high speeds for their day to day usage. With the common usage being streaming of services... Read More

November 26th, 2019 1:54 PM 56 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Airtel Troubles Set to Increase as Government Says No to More Relief

The one thing that the telecom operators desperately need right now in the industry is financial support from the government in the form of relief. The two telecom operators which are in the worst possible shape right now are Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. These two telecom operators are also the ones that owe the most dues in the name of license fees and Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) which amount... Read More

November 26th, 2019 11:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Removes Semi-Annual and Annual Channel Packs for New Connections

Tata Sky has competed hard in the DTH industry, which has itself remained competitive in the last few months because of the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime. The DTH operator has also surpassed Dish TV, which was the former market leader to now boast of the largest subscriber market share. This means that Tata Sky has successfully managed to make the customers like its offerings just enough. In... Read More

November 26th, 2019 6:30 AM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel Prepaid Recharge Plans Which Can Replace Jio All-In-One Plans

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are two telecom operators in the industry right now which are locked in a tough competition. These two telcos have been in a tough competition courtesy of the services they offer, and the highest level of competition has been in the cases of prepaid plans by both these telcos. A while ago, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel both used to offer very resembling prepaid plans... Read More

November 25th, 2019 6:44 PM 24 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Push 5G Rollout By Five Years as New Quantum Issue Comes Up

There has been a lot of hustle-bustle in the telecom industry as of late, and the epicentre of all these issues seems to be the financially strained situation of the telecom operators. The industry which was once thriving like never before has come to a grim situation given the financial situation of the telecom companies which has worsened ever since the entry of the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance... Read More

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