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About the author: Born in India, Yogesh loves to travel and has lived in multiple countries including New Zealand and Canada. His bylines can be found on various newspapers and blogs throughout the world, including Vancouver Sun, Surrey Now-Leader, Daily Hive , Investing News Network and Rach F1.

Bala Yogesh May 26th, 2021 4:26 PM 9 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Infrastructure Not Sufficient to Run 4G

India’s existing telecom network network infrastructure “just isn't sufficient to run 4G networks,” says Rod Smith, executive vice president at American Tower. Smith in the JP Morgan 49th Annual Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference on Monday said that the company is witnessing a “large number” of new tower sites built in India and Africa. In 2020, American Tower is said to have constructed around 5900 new sites across its... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 21st, 2021 6:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Set to Register Growth Even Without Tariff Hikes

Bharti Airtel, the second largest wireless operator in India can record “strong earnings growth” even with no hike in tariffs, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said in a report on Wednesday. The report is on the heels of Airtel on Monday announcing its fourth quarter results for its 2021 financial year with the operator recording Rs 25,747 crore quarterly revenues. The operator highlighted that its quarterly revenues were up 17.6% year-on-year... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 19th, 2021 5:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

Fiber Internet Connections in India Set to Surpass DSL, Cable Only in 2025

Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India is a “very important player” in the Indian fiber internet market, says Antariksh Raut, telecom analyst at GlobalData. Raut said that GlobalData expects Jio to be a “key contributor in the future as well, along with other players” like Bharti Airtel, Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. GlobalData, a data analytics company in late April, said in a report... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 14th, 2021 6:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Excitel Broadband Never Witnessed Slump in Data Consumption Since March 2020

Excitel Broadband hasn’t been witnessing “any major sustained surge in demand” even as multiple regions across India are currently under lockdown, says Vivek Raina, chief executive officer of Excitel Broadband. Raina told TelecomTalk that since the initial lockdown in March 2020, the company never witnessed a “slump in consumption.” The CEO of Excitel said that the work from home has turned into a “regular style of working for the majority... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 11th, 2021 6:23 PM 2 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Operators Making Great Efforts to Move 2G, 3G Users to 4G

Telecom Operators in India are putting “great efforts” to welcome the “vast population” currently using 2G and 3G “into the data-driven world,” says Ira Palti, chief executive officer of Ceragon Networks. Palti said that the efforts made by the Indian telecom operators to convert existing 2G and 3G users would “drive the operators'' to swiftly enhance their existing 4G networks. Crucially, Ceragon CEO in the first quarter earnings call on... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 7th, 2021 6:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Coverage Set to Improve, New Tower Construction Faces Timing Issue

American Tower continues to “collect and be pleased” with the way its clients are “paying in India,” says Rod Smith, executive vice president of American Tower. Smith in the first quarter earnings call on April 29, 2021, said that American Tower is “watching” its clients across the globe including a “couple in Africa and a couple in India.” However, the executive vice president of American Tower said that the company... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 5th, 2021 4:05 PM 17 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Needs Tariff Hikes, Financials Weak Say Analysts

Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India needs tariff hikes as its financials are “weak,” analysts said. Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries recorded Rs 3508 crore as consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, translating to a 47.5% year-over-year (YoY) increase. The development was shared by Reliance Industries on Friday with the company also highlighting that Jio Platforms recorded Rs 18,278 crore as consolidated... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 28th, 2021 5:43 PM 11 COMMENTS

Indus Towers Positive About Vodafone Idea Survival

The Indian telecom market is currently "witnessing" almost 40% year-on-year (YoY) growth in data volumes, said Bimal Dayal, managing director of Indus Towers in the fourth-quarter earnings call on Friday. According to Dayal, the surge in data volumes is “fairly rapid” and will “continue to drive growth” for all the industry players. Indus Towers on Thursday reported its fourth-quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2021, with the company... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 23rd, 2021 6:31 PM 3 COMMENTS

GTPL Hathway Adds 230,000 Broadband Users, Users Consume 212GB Data Per Month

ICICI Direct on Wednesday said that the “strong operating performance” registered by GTPL Hathway in the fourth quarter of 2021 financial year has been a “result of remarkable growth in the broadband segment.” According to the report released by ICICI Direct, one of the largest retail broker and financial product distributors in India, GTPL Hathway’s broadband segment registered “stupendous growth” while its cable TV business remained “stable.” GTPL Hathway on... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 21st, 2021 7:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Slow Internet in India Makes VPN Providers Tap Local Servers

With the telecom networks across India “getting modernized with deep fiberisations,” it should “impact the overall quality of the internet relatively soon,” says Gabriele Racaityte-Racai, communications manager at Surfshark. In July 2020, Surfshark, a virtual private network (VPN) service provider in its Digital Quality of Life Index highlighted that India is ranked 78th in terms of internet quality. The Digital Quality of Life Index is said to cover 85 countries... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 16th, 2021 6:21 PM 34 COMMENTS

Urban Telecom Users in India Will Accept Tariff Hikes

With India placed under multiple COVID-19 induced restrictions, the mobile subscription penetration in the country will now hit the 100% mark in 2025, says Deepa Dhingra, telecom analyst at GlobalData. In late March 2020, India was placed under an intense lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the government eased certain restrictions in mid April and early May 2020, the majority of the restrictions were only eased in the Unlock... Read More