Idea Cellular, the country's third largest telecom operator, has expanded its 4G presence to Asansol, a city in West Bengal today. With this launch, Idea expands its 4G services to over 100 towns in West Bengal telecom circle. Idea had launched its 4G services in West Bengal on March 6, 2017, with the initial roll out in cities Bardhaman, Krishnanagar and Arambagh. The company claims that the Idea 4G Services... Read More
Idea Cellular became the India's third telecom operator to offer pan-India 4G services after Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Reliance Jio was the first network to offer 4G services in all the telecom circles of India, while Airtel recently joined the list and with the roll out of 4G services in Mumbai, Idea became the third operator to provide 4G services in all the telecom circles. India's third largest telecom... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reportedly rejected the Department of Telecom's call to reconsider Rs 3,050 crore on penalty recommendation on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. It has staunchly defended its recommendation on incumbents for restricting the availability of adequate points of interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, which caused significant call failures. In a detailed response to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) letter, the regulator... Read More
Ericsson, the maker of telecom equipment, on Tuesday launched its new dual-band radio products, which are customised for the Indian market. The company said that the new solutions would help Indian telecom operators drive the deployment of 3G and 4G networks, besides helping them to operate expenditure. "Video and Social media are driving the dramatic increase in data traffic. Growing smartphone penetration and rapidly changing data usage patterns have put... Read More
On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) – 2017, COAI conducted a high-level roundtable to highlight and discuss the role of technology in the advancement of 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The event focused on the succcess story of the Indian telecom revolution but at the same time discussed the important policy developments which can help in addressing solutions and promoting sustainable practices through innovation... Read More
Bharti Airtel has refreshed its home broadband plans to offer more data ahead of the Reliance JioFiber launch. Airtel issued a press statement saying that the company is looking to serve the exploding demand for high-speed data these days. Almost all the Airtel's new broadband plans now offer up to 100 percent more data benefits and that too within the same monthly rates. To give a brief idea on what's... Read More
Idea Cellular, India's third-largest telecom operator, said that it added 50,004 sites (2G+3G+4G) during the last fiscal year which ended on March 31, 2017, thereby taking the overall count to 241,540 sites. The telco said that its network saw 70% increase in its wireless broadband site (3G+4G) count from 64,703 sites as on March 31, 2016, to 110,054 sites as of March 31, 2017. Idea Cellular also said that it... Read More
Bharti Airtel said that 55% of its IT or engineering arm are software engineers, and the company looks to increase this percentage further as it focuses on developing more customer-centric products that will ride on its data network in the country. India’s leading telecom operator’s global chief information officer Harmeen Mehta told ET, “Every year this percentage is growing. It's a very young team with no hierarchy and rules…It gives... Read More
There have been quite a lot of reports in the past suggesting that many users prefer Reliance Jio as a secondary SIM rather than using it as their primary SIM. Whether it still holds true or not even today is a discussion for another day. But, if we assume it still does, chances are some of you will be switching your Jio SIM from one slot to the other or... Read More
Vodafone India, the country’s second-largest telecom operator, a few months back introduced its 4G Mobile Wi-Fi to compete with the likes of Reliance JioFi and Airtel 4G Hotspot, but Vodafone priced it a bit on the higher side than the other two. Initially, the device was priced at Rs. 5099, but it is now available to purchase at Rs. 2399 from the company’s official site. Still, the device is a... Read More
The Indian handset market will soon see unsubsidized 4G feature phones selling at Rs 1500, courtesy Chinese chipmaker Spreadtrum Communications, which is currently powering Lava's first 4G VoLTE feature phone. According to an ET report, the chipmaker is working on bringing down starting prices by at least half from the current levels Spreadtrum has reportedly started concept promotions to its handset partners to make... Read More
Indian telecom operators are getting quite aggressive as far as tariff plans are concerned to offer tough competition to each other. Last month, Reliance Jio unveiled its Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan scheme providing 1GB or 2GB of 4G data along with unlimited voice calling at just Rs. 309 and Rs. 509 for 84 days. Immediately, incumbent operators such Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, and Idea Cellular have come up with plans to... 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…
