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April 4th, 2017 6:00 PM 68 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio users may surrender one of their connections after July, moderation likely in overall telecom user base: Care Ratings

A very high percentage of the subscribers added by Reliance Jio are dual sim users, and these users may surrender one of the connections once Reliance Jio starts charging for its services, thereby some moderation is likely in the number of telecom subscribers after the month of July 2017, according to Care Ratings. According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio has a subscriber base of 72.16 million... Read More

April 3rd, 2017 12:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Users to Get 2GB Data per Day With Rs. 499 Plan on Enrolling for Jio Prime Membership Before April 16

Reliance Jio recently announced the Jio Summer Surprise plan, which will extend the free 4G services for another three months. At the time of the announcement, Jio did not reveal the detailed tariff schemes. Instead, it said that the users who recharge with Rs. 303 plan or above will get additional three months of free 4G services. Yesterday, Jio updated their website with the new Summer Surprise pack details giving... Read More

March 30th, 2017 7:36 AM 89 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel has Made a Right Move By Removing Roaming At The Right Time

So, the roaming free India is about to kickstart from three days to now. For the uninitiated, Airtel has already announced the scrapping of domestic roaming in the country, and the changes will be effective from April 1, 2017. That said, Airtel won't charge you anything extra even if you are on roaming. The scrapping of national roaming means that customers can enjoy free incoming calls/SMS, and there will be... Read More

March 28th, 2017 10:57 AM 68 COMMENTS

Indian GSM Telcos Say MediaTek Chipset Powered Smartphones Slow Down Network Quality

Indian GSM telecom operators through their industry body the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) have informed the telecom regulator that 4G smartphones running on Taiwan-based MediaTek chipsets slow down network quality. In a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the COAI cited a recent test conducted by individual telecom operators to come to this conclusion about MediaTek chipsets. The industry body, which represents Bharti Airtel, Vodafone,... Read More

March 27th, 2017 7:05 PM 23 COMMENTS

COAI wants government to conduct auction in 2018, says no immediate need for airwaves

Indian GSM telecom operators through their industry body, the Cellular Operators Association of India, have urged the government to avoid conducting spectrum auction this year as there might not be a demand for new spectrum due to the ongoing consolidation among telecom operators. The industry body has also asked the government to conduct the spectrum auction in 2018 instead of 2017. "In the immediate context, we don't expect a whole... Read More

March 25th, 2017 11:41 AM 155 COMMENTS

Aadhaar eKYC Mandatory for New Mobile Connections, DoT Orders Re-Verification of 1.1 Billion Users

The telecom department has now made it mandatory for all the telecom operators to initiate a new verification exercise based on their Aadhaar identification for 1.1 billion telecom subscribers--both prepaid and postpaid -- in India. In a bid to conduct Aadhaar based re-verification, telcos will have to send an SMS to a customer with a verification code after establishing that the SIM card is physically available with the person. "Only... Read More

March 24th, 2017 2:47 PM 118 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Started Testing VoLTE Services in Various 4G Supported Devices; Launch Imminent

Bharti Airtel is trying to match the new entrant Reliance Jio is every aspect possible. Airtel, after matching Jio in the tariff plans segment is now looking to take on the latter by rolling out VoLTE services. According to our sources, Airtel is currently working with various smartphones vendors to test the service. Our sources also said that Airtel has done with deploying the required infrastructure for the service, but is... Read More

March 23rd, 2017 6:45 PM 84 COMMENTS

1.32 crore voice calls to Airtel network failed: Reliance Jio data

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday released call failure statistics for March 3 that revealed that 1.32 crore voice calls or 4.8% of total 27.52 crore calls made to Bharti Airtel’s network had failed. However, the call failure rate on Airtel’s network has come down significantly from 12.4% a month earlier. The call failure rate on Vodafone and Idea Cellular networks is much lower at 3.1% and 1.2%, respectively.... Read More

March 22nd, 2017 7:20 PM 80 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Consumers Feel that Voice Calling is Superior than the Rivals: Bank of America Merrill Lynch report

There is a dilemma right now in every Jio user's mind in the country whether to subscribe Jio Prime membership scheme or not. In a recent survey conducted by a brokerage firm, Bernstein, it was said that Jio would retain its consumers even getting paid. In addition to that report, here comes yet another survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) saying that majority of Jio users will subscribe... Read More

March 22nd, 2017 5:59 PM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel Speedtest Issue: Reliance Jio Claims Contamination in Primary Data Collected by Ookla in India

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio on Wednesday claimed that Ookla’s clarification on Speedtest methodology proves that its submission that there is a clear contamination in primary data collected by Ookla in India, where nearly 90 percent of smartphones are dual SIM devices. “With reference to the issue of the fundamental flaw in Ookla’s Speedtest methodology which Jio has pointed out repeatedly, we note that Ookla has now admitted to ‘limitations’ in... Read More

March 21st, 2017 6:30 PM 3 COMMENTS

Xiaomi to Add a New Smart SMS Feature That Shows IRCTC Messages in a Ticket From

Xiaomi, at the launch of Redmi 4A yesterday has shown an upcoming smart SMS feature which will be added to MIUI in coming weeks. Dubbed as the Smart IRCTC SMS, this feature will make the IRCTC booking messages lot more understandable than the boring old confirmation message, which most of the people doesn't even understand. That said, this new feature is almost similar to that of Google Now integration. For... Read More

March 21st, 2017 11:21 AM 77 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Hits Back at Reliance Jio Saying Their Allegations are Deliberate and to Mislead Consumers

The saga continues. After Reliance Jio claiming that Bharti Airtel's advertisements about fastest telecom network of India are misleading and incorrect, Airtel has hit back at Jio, and the interesting part is speed test service, Ookla also came out with their saying on the allegation. In the statement issued by Bharti Airtel, Rajiv Mathrani, Chief Brand Officer quoted as follows “Airtel is one of the most trusted and admired brands... Read More

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