Airtel finally rolled out VoLTE services to its Mumbai subscribers earlier today. The company was rumoured to launch VoLTE for a long time now, and finally, today is the day. So, Airtel says that its VoLTE service will differ from that of Reliance Jio's because Jio is a LTE-only network. Airtel, in a press statement, said that even in the case of non-availability of 4G, Airtel VoLTE calls will automatically... Read More
Two weeks ago, we reported that Bharti Airtel is testing VoLTE service in some parts of Mumbai. And today, a new report claims that the leading telecom operator will roll out VoLTE to the public as early as next week. A few months ago, Airtel officially confirmed that they will shift to VoLTE calling technology by the end of this fiscal. “Some customers in Mumbai and Kolkata, and then other... Read More
India's top three telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular are under tremendous pressure due to the competitive tariff plans offered by Reliance Jio. However, Reliance Jio is all set to begin its next journey of disruption with the smartest feature phone, the JioPhone. With the JioPhone, the newcomer is looking to add more subscribers to its fastest growing subscriber base. At the same time, it's making the... Read More
Indian telecom sector has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, and a new study now reveals that the sector will generate 30 lakh jobs by 2018. Roll-out of 4G technology with an increase in data, entry of new players in the market, the introduction of digital wallets and the popularity of smartphones leading to a consistent increase in demand for technology are likely to increase job opportunities... Read More
Reliance Jio is disrupting the Indian telecom market with cheaper tariff plans every single time. When everyone thought that Jio had run out of cut throat tariffs, Jio launched the most affordable 4G phone targeting the feature phone makers and the incumbent operators at the same time. The launch of Jio Phone aims to take away around 50 crore feature phone users who are deprived of data services that are... Read More
Mobile data consumption in India has grown at a rapid pace of 24 times in last five years, and is set to increase four-fold in the next five years through fiscal 2022, with data subscribers expected to double beyond 900 million and penetration reaching 80% from 40% at present, Crisil said in a report, adding that the faster penetration would be supported by a continued drop in tariffs given the... Read More
The Indian telecom industry used to be in a different league a year ago, but with the entrance of the Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, the industry has experienced a "renewables shock." Reliance Jio has changed the landscape of the industry dramatically by offering free LTE services and cutthroat tariff plans. End of the day, consumers are the most benefitted ones with these changes. "The entry of a new player has... Read More
Home based smartphone manufacturer, Mafe Mobile, has announced that it would be launching a new 4G VoLTE smartphone in India, named the Shine M810. The new Mafe Shine M810 is said to be slated for launch on the occasion of India’s 71st Independence Day. The handset sports a 5-inch display with basic FWGA resolution and under the hood, the device is powered by a quad-core SPREADTRUM processor, clocked at 1.3GHz.... Read More
At the moment, the most trending topic in India is the telecom sector. With the entrance of Reliance Jio, the entire industry has witnessed some massive changes. The tariff plan prices went down within no time, and the Mukesh Ambani-led operator achieved 100 million subscribers in just 172 days. Now the disruption with free services is finally gone, the telecom operator is going back to the past and introducing bundled... Read More
India's high-flying telecom operator Reliance Jio, in July 2017 signed a petition against Bharti Airtel and speed test service Ookla because of multiple Airtel TV ads claimed the network as India's fastest network. Reliance Jio had some issues with the advertisements because it believes that Airtel is not the fastest network of India, and they are indeed losing money and reputation due to the advertisements. Today, a report from Economic... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has again sought the government's support to get 700 Mhz spectrum, which the state-run telecom operator wants to use for 4G and 5G services in India. The telco has reportedly written to the telecom department to allocate these super premium airwaves. Furthermore, the telecom operator, which recently inked an agreement with Finnish telecom gear vendor Nokia, is now set to ink a similar agreement with... Read More
Idea Cellular recently joined the bandwagon of notifying its users about shifting its voice call technology to VoLTE (Voice Over LTE). India’s third largest telecom service provider, Idea Cellular, two days ago revealed that it would launch voice over LTE or VoLTE service on its 4G LTE network by early calendar year 2018. The company, however, earlier said that it would introduce VoLTE within 2017 calendar year. Another telecom operator... Read More
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India will get 5G in 2030 for sure. Courtesy Jio. I doubt Airtel will get profitable by then.
2G customer base declining fast and are close to 250 million now. Even those 2G customers aren't shifting to BSNL…
2G came in 1992 (2003 in India) 3G came in 2002 (2009 in India) 4G came in 2012 (Airtel launched…
I really hope BSNL and MTNL improve their network that it atleast become usable. (not expecting high quality or higher…
