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.
The upcoming mega spectrum auctions may be pushed by a few days, following a request from the telecom players to delay the auctions by a few days to coincide with the navratras, a period considered auspicious by Hindus. The navratras are due to commence on October 1. The government is … Read More
XOLO has partnered with Reliance Jio to offer Jio Preview 4G SIM card for its smartphones. Reliance Jio 4G SIM comes with free unlimited voice calling and data services. Customers will be able to avail VoLTE calling facility, SMS and and Jio’s suite of apps which include My Jio, Jio … Read More
Indian telecom operators’ aggressive 3G and 4G network deployment will help towers firms increase the mobile tower tenancy ratio to 2.9 times by March 2020 from 1.95 times as of March 2015, according to a study conducted by ASSOCHAM-KPMG. The increase in tenancy ratio has been the key growth driver … Read More
India’s top telecom operators under the aegis of COAI have approached the Prime Minister’s Office seeking an intervention on Reliance Jio’s alleged commercial operations under the guise of a test launch, even as the new 4G entrant has threatened a legal action against incumbent telcos for maligning it and damaging … Read More
Vodafone India today announced that effective Wednesday, August 24th, 2016, customers walking into its 4,500 plus select Vodafone stores and Vodafone mini stores across the country for a new connection, will be able to walk out talking on Vodafone SuperNetTM instantly. They just need to know their AADHAR number, which … Read More
Manish Prakash, Bharti Airtel’s director of strategic alliances, has reportedly quit the company and will soon join Telenor Group as the head of enterprise. According to an Economic Times report, Prakash, who is currently serving his notice period at Bharti Airtel, will join Telenor in September to spearhead the group’s … Read More
If I use 4G/LTE/VoLTE on my mobile, that doesn’t mean I can presume everyone is using the latest and fastest technology available in the market. Likewise if I use 2G/3G on my mobile that doesn’t mean no one is ahead of me in using the latest technology available. If I … Read More
Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani and his son Akash Ambani on Friday met with the telecom secretary JS Deepak as well as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman RS Sharma, to discuss the rollout plans of Reliance Jio, along with the ongoing interconnect points issue with top … Read More
Airtel, customers across UP East can now switch their existing 2G/3G SIMs with 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at any Airtel store/ retailer in the city. With the USIM upgrade, customers can continue enjoying their existing 2G/3G services, while staying ready to experience Airtel 4G from the day of … Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led 4G operator Reliance Jio has already started reaching out to big corporate firms in India to get postpaid users on board even as it plans to commercially launch services soon in the country. The company hasn’t shared details about its tariffs for prepaid and postpaid connections, but as … Read More
Indian incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have rejected Reliance Jio’s demand for more points of interconnections (PoIs). The telcos through COAI said that they already provided the 4G entrant with enough interconnect capacity to meet the usual demand of 15 to 20 million customers. Rajan S. Mathews, … Read More
The telecom department (DoT) has reportedly asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to devise clear guidelines for network testing with specific parameters, amid the ongoing battle between Reliance Jio and incumbent telcos on points of inter-connection (PoIs). According to a PTI report, the telecom department has written to … Read More
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