April 21st, 2017 1:06 PM 37 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Tops OpenSignal’s Speed Ranking Results in India Followed by Vodafone and Idea Cellular

OpenSignal, the UK-based private firm revealed that Airtel is the fastest mobile network in India with an average download speed of 6.15Mbps in its State of Mobile Networks India 2017 report. Bharti Airtel managed to secure the top position in both the 4G as well as 3G download speed categories. According to the report, the telco registered average 3G download speeds of 4.77Mbps while the 4G speeds recorded 11.53Mbps. OpenSignal’s... Read More

April 12th, 2017 8:34 PM 39 COMMENTS

BSNL to Introduce Its 4G Services in Select Cities of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Soon: Report

State-run telecom operator, BSNL is finally making some move in implementing the 4G services. BSNL was long-rumored to roll out 4G services in the country but never did so. BSNL is now said to launch 4G services in select areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the current financial year. BSNL Chief General Manager, L Anatharam of Telangana circle speaking with PTI quoted that "A total of 1,150 (4G towers)... Read More

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 6:32 PM 9 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to register Rs 19,600 crore loss in 2017-18; may cross 100 million paid users by March 2018: Analysts

Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, is likely to register a loss of Rs 19,600 crore in 2017-18 and Rs 11,500 crore in 2018-19, according to a forecast made by financial service company IIFL. The agency also expects Reliance Jio to achieve PBT (profit before tax) break-even only by FY22 (2021-22). A separate report from CLSA said that Reliance Jio could reach well over 100 million paid subscribers by March... Read More

March 31st, 2017 3:40 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone 4G Services Now Available Across Seven States in Assam and North East

Vodafone, India' second largest telecom network today announced that its SuperNet 4G services are available in 248 towns and more than 1300 villages across all the seven states of Assam and North East circle. To recall, Vodafonf recently launched its 4G services in Manipur, and with that roll out, the services are now available in full seven states. Vodafone claims that they will add more towns and villages in coming... Read More

March 29th, 2017 1:04 PM 117 COMMENTS

Airtel is the Fastest LTE Network in Major Metro Cities Of India With Average Download Speeds of Over 10 Mbps Says OpenSignal Website

Yesterday, we reported the OpenSignal's report on India's fastest LTE connections chart and now, the company's website data shows that Airtel is the fastest network in the major metro cities of India with average download speeds of over 10 Mbps as of today. However, in some areas, Reliance Jio has the upper hand along with Idea Cellular. According to the OpenSignal's website,... Read More

March 28th, 2017 12:22 PM 36 COMMENTS

India’s Fastest LTE Connections are in Mumbai with Average Speeds of 6.9 Mbps Says OpenSignal

OpenSignal, one of the pioneers in testing the mobile data speeds has been working on the report of India's fastest mobile network. And to show a sneak peak of what they are working on, the company has released a short report showing the fastest network area in the country and the most covered LTE area in the country. OpenSignal has conducted the tests over the previous three months in India's... 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 4:18 PM 18 COMMENTS

Just 13% 4G smartphone users had 4G connections activated in India: Nokia

Just 13% of India’s 4G smartphone users had 4G connections activated on their devices, while 35% of 3G smartphone users had 3G connections activated in 2016, findings from Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband Index study, which added that there is a significant growth opportunity for operators. According to the findings, 4G LTE was the major source of data traffic across India in 2016 with 60% of the incremental data payload from... Read More

March 22nd, 2017 6:18 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches 4G Services in Manipur Along With Introductory Offer of 22GB 4G Data at Rs. 999

Vodafone India, today, has announced the expansion of their 4G footprint to Manipur. The services were launched in the capital city of the state- Imphal. Vodafone is launching the 4G services after the successful roll out of services in Kerala, Karnataka, Kolkata, Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Haryana, UP East, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Goa, Odisha, Tamil Nadu & Chennai, UP West, Assam & North East, and Punjab. Also,... Read More

March 20th, 2017 7:06 PM 89 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio writes to ASCI seeking withdrawal of Airtel’s speedtest advt, sends legal notice to Ookla

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has written to the Advertising Standards Council of India, the advertising watchdog to seek withdrawal of Bharti Airtel’s recent advertisements that claimed that it is India’s fastest telecom network. In its letter to ASCI, Reliance Jio said that Bharti Airtel’s advertisements based on Ookla speed test findings are false, misleading and incorrect. Ookla, the broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications recently rated Bharti Airtel as... Read More

March 19th, 2017 1:30 PM 3 COMMENTS

Micromax to compete against Reliance Jio’s VoLTE feature phone with the Bharat 1

It is no secret that Reliance Jio’s foray into the Indian market last year had a (still has a) big effect on the incumbent telecom operators in the country. While the dust is still settling, the new entrant in the telecom sector is eying to disrupt a different sector now. Yes, the feature phone market (no points for guessing). And, it seems like the smartphone vendors are prepping to compete... Read More

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