Passionately following the Indian #Telecom Industry for over a decade from Business, Consumer and a Technical perspective. My primary focus area is Consumer & Digital Experience.
Idea Cellular, today said that it welcomes Jio, and remains committed to facilitate its seamless entry into the hyper-competitive market. Idea Cellular has in the past been providing and augmenting Points of Interconnect (POIs) very liberally and we will continue to support all new operators for all their reasonable, fair and … Read More
As the dispute between Reliance Jio and top telecom operators for interconnection points reaches a temporary resolution, a new issue has erupted between the COAI and the Trai. The relationship with the GSM body and the regulator hit a rough patch on Friday following COAI’s claims that its director general … Read More
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani slammed the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) for its undemocratic functioning, and said that the voting rights of the members depend on the revenue of the operators. “I didn’t realise until just a few months ago that while it’s an association, the voting rights … Read More
Industry leader Bharti Airtel’s premium subscriber base will be impacted the most due to Reliance Jio’s entry even as its revenue growth may halve over the next two fiscal years, according to analysts, who also said that the Sunil Mittal-led telco is best placed among the incumbent players in India … Read More
Smaller telcos like Aircel, Telenor India, Tata Teleservices and RCom, which are already struggling to grow in the market, will find it hard to sustain in India’s telecom industry following Reliance Jio’s commercial entry into the Indian telecom industry with disruptive free voice calls, and cheapest data plans. Industry analysts … Read More
The launch of commercial services by Reliance Jio will force bigger carriers like Vodafone and Idea Cellular to review their strategy for the upcoming auctions. Following the introduction of free voice services and data at rock bottom prices, Vodafone and Idea Cellular will now be forced to spend more on … Read More
Since the launch of Jio, one of the technical jargon’s that is widely in buzz is VoLTE and Reliance Jio is also betting big on VoLTE. Being a highly technical terminology there have been many doubts arising on VoLTE. We have tried to clear all those doubts/confusions with this article. I … Read More
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular are expected to be active bidders in the upcoming spectrum auctions for their 4G network roll-out, while Bharti Airtel -the most diversified spectrum holder – will look to bridge the gaps in its spectrum, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said in its latest report. Bharti … Read More
Telenor India today announced the launch of high speed 4G services for its customers in Guntur and Rajahmundry. The launch in Guntur and Rajahmundry follows the successful test pilot of Telenor’s 4G services across its 6 circles in Varanasi, Vizag, Amravati, Agra, Anand, Lucknow, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru, Bhimavaram, Dhanbad, Warangal … Read More
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications, which recently switched to 4G LTE technology for providing high speed mobile internet services, is reportedly planning to offer voice calling over LTE (VoLTE) by the end of the year. The telco, according to an Economic Times report, is holding talks with major network providers like Ericsson, … Read More
Airtel has announced the launch of its ‘India with Airtel’ a bouquet of end-to-end connectivity solutions for companies looking to set up businesses in India. India with Airtel offers end –to-end telecom and connectivity solutions to companies under one roof, thereby eliminating the challenge of dealing with multiple vendors and … Read More
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, in a note, has estimated that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco’s annual payout towards interconnect charges could reach around Rs 2,400 crore or $360 million at 14 paise/minute with 30 million customer in its first year of commercial operation. These 30 million customers will result in average … Read More
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