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 11th, 2019 6:30 AM 4 COMMENTS

Jio 1.5GB Daily Data Plan Under Rs 200 Compared Against Other Plans from Airtel and Vodafone Idea

In the telecom industry, the most competitive segment happens to be prepaid. These prepaid recharges have also been the host to the brutal data tariff war waged by the latest telecom entrant in the industry, Reliance Jio. However, there have been many tides and waves since the data tariff war ended, and things are starting to shift shapes in the industry again. The latest move by Reliance Jio on introducing... Read More

November 10th, 2019 3:04 PM 2 COMMENTS

Hathway Broadband Plans Starting at Rs 850 Per Month Offer 50 Mbps Speed and Four FUP Options

Out of all the broadband service providers out there, the cable TV companies enjoy a special benefit over the other telecom operators and that is of last mile connectivity and a massive network of already existing cable reaching out to the customers’ homes. This has helped the cable TV companies in deploying fibre networks to provide high speed broadband services to the customers at a very cheap rate. One of... Read More

November 10th, 2019 6:36 AM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Broadband Plans Offer Unique Benefits to Customers Setting Them Apart from Competition

In the run-up the launch of the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) service by Reliance Jio, which is called the JioFiber now, the broadband industry went through many changes to prepare itself for the launch of the competitively priced FTTH service. However, the Reliance JioFiber plans did not impress the consumers as they were expected to do, and instead, there were some other offerings in the market which caught the attention of the... Read More

November 8th, 2019 7:07 PM 8 COMMENTS

Trai Says Customers Will Be Able to Port SIM in Two Days After December 16

The subscribers in the telecom industry who have ported a SIM know that currently the porting process has been designed such that it takes at least seven days to port a SIM from one operator to other. However, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been working on the regulations related to Mobile Number Portability (MNP) to reduce this time required by the MNP service providers and the telecom... Read More

November 8th, 2019 6:00 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Airtel Might Have to Pay More than Rs 90,000 Crore As SUC and License Fee Dues

The telecom operators in the Indian telecom space have a looming payment over their heads which is the latest burden on the already financially drained telecom companies. It is worth noting that the telecom industry which remains under a reeling debt of Rs 7 lakh crore has been slapped with another huge payment to be made which is to be made to the government on account of license fees and... Read More

November 8th, 2019 2:22 PM 55 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Shuts Down 3G Network in Kerala to Refarm Spectrum for 4G

There has been a heated discussion ongoing in the industry about the 4G and 5G spectrum pricing and how it is too expensive for the telecom operator to afford in the upcoming 4G and 5G spectrum auction. However, until then, to relay 4G services to their customers, the telecom operators are refarming their spectrum. If you do not know, then refarming is a process by which the telecom operators use... Read More

November 8th, 2019 1:13 PM 15 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vodafone Idea May Get Relief as DoT Plans to Cut Down Spectrum Prices by Half

The telecom industry in India remains buried under a massive debt which now surpasses Rs 8 lakh crore. The concerns in the industry about the financial health of the sector have been rising day by day, and the companies are not the only ones concerned now. The financial situation of the industry is in such a situation that even the government had to do some intervention in this regard. The... Read More

November 8th, 2019 11:03 AM 39 COMMENTS

Trai to Hold Discussion on IUC Next Week, Here Are the Things to Expect

The talks about the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) have been raging in the industry. Mainly, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has a lot of decisions to make on the matter. In the past, the issue has been surrounded by much controversy, and it still remains one of the most heated arguments in the telecom industry. Also, this is not the first time that talks of the IUC regime... Read More

November 7th, 2019 7:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV Yet to Form Biggest DTH Company of India as Merger Remains Afloat

In the DTH sector, which is especially in a lot of headlines these days, there are a handful of players which occupy a large share of the pie and the top names include Tata Sky, Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV, D2h along with some regional players like Sun Direct. In the recent times, as per a Trai report on the subscriber base of all the DTH operators, Tata Sky has... Read More

November 7th, 2019 6:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Why Tata Sky Has Not Launched a Hybrid Set-Top Box Yet and Why It Does Not Need To

A lot has been happening in the DTH industry since the start of this year. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has brought new rules into implementation, and these have shaped the DTH industry to its current position. However, if we look at the big picture of the DTH industry, although the industry ARPU is set to increase in the coming times, there is also the fact to consider... Read More

November 7th, 2019 2:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

New KFON Project Worth Rs 1,548 Crore Will Provide Broadband, Fibre and Wi-Fi Connectivity to 20 Lakh People

The state of Kerala has popularly declared internet as a basic right for the citizens. However, to follow up to this declaration, Kerala state will now work to provide high-speed internet to the residents of the state. On Wednesday, the cabinet has decided to draw an administrative sanction on the Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON). The new sanction pegs the project at Rs 1,548-crore and this massive undertaking by the... Read More

November 7th, 2019 1:10 PM 29 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches New REDX Postpaid Plan for Rs 999 With Unlimited Data and Many Other Benefits

While the prepaid plans in the industry are riding a wave of change and competition and all the eyes seem to be drawn on them, the postpaid plans are also an offering which are being loved by the subscribers. There was a time when the subscribers used to think that the postpaid plans are costly and that they do not offer enough benefits to justify the price. However, these views... Read More

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