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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 February 26th, 2021 5:16 PM 5 COMMENTS

EchoStar to Supply 4G Backhaul Services to Reliance Jio in 7 States

EchoStar, a global satellite communication solutions provider, in its fourth quarter earnings call on Tuesday said that it is set to offer 4G backhaul solutions to Reliance Jio in seven states across India. The development was shared by Pradman Kaul, president of Hughes Network Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar engaged in the high-speed satellite internet services. In September, 2018, Hughes Communications India said that Reliance Jio had picked... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 24th, 2021 5:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

OTT Platforms Thriving in Price Sensitive Indian Market as Data Penetration Grows

Netflix, the American streaming service on Monday announced that Jagame Thandiram, a Tamil film starring Dhanush is all set for an “exclusive release” on its platform. The streaming giant with 204 million users across the world said that Jagame Thandiram is “one of the first big Tamil films” set for Netflix release in 2021. Netflix said that Jagame Thandiram will “launch globally in over 190 countries,” with the movie also... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 22nd, 2021 5:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ribbon Communications Expects More from Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel

Ribbon Communications on Wednesday said that it expects more business from Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea due to 5G and the shift away from Huawei products. In August, 2020, Ribbon Communications, a company engaged in the communications software and optical networking solutions said that Airtel had selected its Neptune platform to “enhance its mobile backhaul transport capabilities.” Bruce McClelland, CEO of Ribbon Communications in the fourth quarter earnings call on... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 22nd, 2021 4:30 PM 12 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Register Lower Download Speed in January

Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Tuesday updated its Speedtest Global Index for January, 2021, with the data highlighting that India dropped two spots on the Speedtest Global Index for mobile. According to the data released by Ookla, India registered 12.41 Mbps and 4.76 Mbps average download and upload speeds respectively on mobile in January. The data highlights that the mobile download speeds recorded in India in January... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 19th, 2021 5:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Well Placed, DTH Industry Outlook May Have Weakened Says Analyst

The outlook for the Direct-to-Home (DTH) industry in India and its valuations “may have only weakened” in the past three years, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said in a report on Wednesday. The firm engaged in the financial services said that Airtel Digital TV is “well placed” in the DTH industry that has consolidated in the past few years. The report is on the heels of Airtel on Wednesday announcing its... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 17th, 2021 4:30 PM 65 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Subscriber Losses Continues But At Reduced Pace

Vodafone Idea, the third largest wireless operator in India continues to witness subscriber losses but at a reduced pace, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said in a report on Monday. The Indian diversified financial services firm said that the operator lost a “mere” two million subscribers in the third quarter of the current financial year. Motilal Oswal said that the active subscriber base of Vodafone Idea “continued to decline, but at... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 12th, 2021 6:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sun TV Observing Rising Demand for DTH, Sun NXT Telecom Partnerships to Continue

Sun NXT, the over-the-top (OTT) platform run by Sun TV Network has witnessed a “significant growth” in the recent years as the company has “entered into agreements with almost all the telcos.” The development was shared by the Sun TV management in the third quarter earnings call on Monday. The Sun TV management said that the company receives a “substantial fixed revenue” from the telecom operators on a month-on-month basis.... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 10th, 2021 5:10 PM 7 COMMENTS

Excitel Broadband Set to Connect Over 50 Cities, Targeting Users Spending Rs 500

Excitel, one of the largest wired broadband providers in India is “looking forward to expanding” to over 50 cities by the end of 2021. The development was shared by Vivek Raina, chief executive officer of Excitel in an email interview with TelecomTalk. Raina said that the company “aims on connecting the Bharat” including the Tier II and the Tier III cities across the country. Excitel is currently said to be... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 9th, 2021 5:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Broadband, JioFiber Top Netflix Speed Index for January

Netflix, the American over-the-top (OTT) platform on Monday updated its ISP Speed Index for January, 2021, with the company highlighting that 18 countries and regions are now on its “top performance-tier.” The streaming giant said that the Netflix ISP Speed Index highlights the internet service providers (ISP) offering the “best prime time Netflix streaming experience” to its users. Netflix said that 18 countries and regions including Australia, Belgium, Denmark and... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 9th, 2021 4:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Speedtest Now Enables Users to Measure Streaming Experience

Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Monday announced that its users can now “measure the quality” of their streaming experience. The company said that the “ability to directly measure video experience is an important tool for network management” as “most” users spend much of their “online time consuming” one video or another. Speedtest, the platform that enables users to “test the speed and performance” of their internet connection... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 5th, 2021 6:17 PM 2 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Gained Lion’s Share of Vodafone Idea Subscribers

Bharti Airtel, the second largest wireless operator in India registered “yet another strong operating performance” across multiple parameters such as average revenue per user (ARPU), ICICI Direct said in a report on Thursday. According to the report released by ICICI Direct, one of the largest retail broker and financial product distributors in India, Airtel continued to record “resilient numbers, especially on Indian wireless business front.” Airtel on Wednesday announced its... Read More

Bala Yogesh February 3rd, 2021 2:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Increased Focus on Infrastructure Set to Hurt Indus Towers

Motilal Oswal Financial Services on Monday said that the “increased focus on infrastructure” by Reliance Jio may “weaken” the positioning of Indus Towers. The Indian diversified firm engaged in the financial services in a report said that the “long-term overhang of business viability continues” for Indus Towers, a company that offers infrastructure services to wireless services providers. The report is on the heels of Indus Towers announcing its third-quarter financial... Read More