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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 January 11th, 2021 4:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

DD Free Dish, Smart TV to Restrict Cable, DTH Growth in India: Analyst

Prabhudas Lilladher, a research based financial services organization in a report said that the pay TV services including cable TV and Direct-to-Home (DTH) will deliver “low single digits” growth in India. The firm in a report on Tuesday said that the “uptick in DD Free Dish” along with the “higher growth in connected TVs” will restrict the growth of pay TV homes across India. Prabhudas Lilladher highlighted that the pay... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 8th, 2021 3:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel 4G Subscriber Additions Likely to Hit 10 Million

Bharti Airtel, the second largest wireless operator in India is set to “outperform yet again,” ICICI Securities said in a report on Friday. In its report, ICICI Securities, a subsidiary of ICICI Bank said that Airtel will register “strong” user additions in the third quarter of the current financial year. The firm said that the “strong” user additions will aid the operator to record a 5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) increase in... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 7th, 2021 6:08 PM 4 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Set to Only Partially Renew Expiring Spectrum

ICICI Securities, a subsidiary of ICICI Bank on Thursday said that it expects Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to “renew their expiring spectrum only partially” in the upcoming spectrum auctions. The firm engaged in the broking and distribution of financial products in a report said that Airtel and Vodafone Idea currently have “excess spectrum holding.” The report is on the heels of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in a notice... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 6th, 2021 3:30 PM 9 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Witnessing Healthy Subscriber Additions Over Reliance Jio: Analyst

Dolat Capital, a financial firm engaged in the trading markets on Monday said that Bharti Airtel with its “superior execution” had seen “healthy subscriber additions ahead of Reliance Jio.” The firm in a report said that the third quarter of the current financial year had been a “complete foregone quarter” on the aspect of tariff hikes. Dolat Capital said that there had been “high hopes” of a potential hike in... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 5th, 2021 1:55 PM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Continues to Deliver Higher Voice Quality, Airtel Rating Dips in December

Vodafone Idea, the third largest wireless operator in India continued to receive higher voice quality ratings as compared to its rivals, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data updated by Trai on its MyCall portal on Monday, Idea retained its top spot with the operator receiving an 4.9 average voice quality rating in December. The data released by Trai on its MyCall portal is... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 4th, 2021 3:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Prasar Bharati Registers Over Billion Digital Views, 6 Billion Digital Watch Minutes

Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster recorded over a billion digital views and over six billion digital watch minutes, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a release on Sunday. The ministry highlighted that the digital channels of the public service broadcaster recorded over 100% growth in 2020. The growth is said to have been recorded across both the divisions of Prasar Bharati namely Doordarshan, the television broadcasting service... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 1st, 2021 3:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sony PlayStation 5 Set to Launch in India on February 2, Pre-Orders Begin on January 12

Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5), the latest gaming console from Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is all set to be launched in India on February 2, 2021, the company announced on Friday. SIE, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation responsible for the PlayStation products initially unwrapped the PS5 devices at a virtual event in June, 2020. The company said that the PS5 series would be available in two models including a... Read More

Bala Yogesh January 1st, 2021 1:45 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Sector will Continue to Have Good Run in 2021: Axis Securities

Telecom sector along with the digital and healthcare sectors will “continue to have a good run in 2021,” Axis Securities said in a report on Thursday. The company engaged in the distribution of financial services and broking services said that the three sectors were “promising even before COVID-19.” However, Axis Securities said that the “pandemic has resulted in business transformation decisions which were unthinkable a year back.” The company said... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 31st, 2020 6:19 PM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL Withdraws Multiple Prepaid Vouchers, Only 24 Denominations Made Valid

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Thursday announced the withdrawal of multiple top-up denominations priced between Rs 160 to Rs 5500. The development was shared by the BSNL Chennai circle on Thursday with the changes initially said to be effective across Chennai and Tamil Nadu circles. The state-run operator introduced two new top-up denominations with BSNL also highlighting that “only 24 top-up denominations” will be made available from January 1,... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 31st, 2020 4:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Partnerships Driving Sun NXT Subscriber Growth

Prabhudas Lilladher, a financial services company in a report on Monday said that “Sun TV is grossly under-invested in Sun NXT,” a over-the-top (OTT) platform focusing on South Indian languages. The financial services company is said to have had “interaction” with the Sun TV management with the broadcaster highlighting that it plans to spend Rs 2 billion towards its Sun NXT platform. In its report, Prabhudas Lilladher highlighted that the... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 31st, 2020 2:20 PM 63 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Reverses Off-Net Domestic Voice Call Charges to Zero

Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India on Thursday said that it will “once again make all off-net domestic voice calls free” from January 1, 2021. The operator in a release said that it is “honouring its commitment” to reverse its off-net domestic voice call charges to zero “as soon as” interconnect usage charges (IUC) are “abolished.” Reliance Jio in the release highlighted that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of... Read More

Bala Yogesh December 31st, 2020 12:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Extends SIM Card for No Additional Charge Scheme to January 31

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Wednesday said that the new users joining the state-run operator till January 31, 2021, will be offered SIM card for no additional charge. The development was shared by the BSNL Tamil Nadu Circle on its web portal. The state-run operator also highlighted that the users joining the BSNL network through mobile number portability (MNP) would also be covered under the scheme. In 2020, the... Read More