In response to the queries raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio said that the free data offer provided till 31 March 2017 is not an extension of the promotional offer expired on 4 Dec 2016, reports NDTV and PTI. Instead, the newly announced free benefit is a Happy New Year” offer for the subscribers. In the letter dated December 20 to Reliance Jio, TRAI pointed... Read More
Vodafone India has launched its SuperNet 4G service in Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, announces a release from the company. The 4G services will be expanded to other towns and cities of the state by March 2017. Built on 2100MHz band, Vodafone SuperNet 4G can be accessed on a wide range of devices including Mi-Fi, and dongles. Vodafone promises a super fast internet experience with features such as HD... Read More
Online content is slowly becoming the next big thing in India. In this year alone, we have seen several online streaming content services making their way to India that includes some of the major names such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video. With the entrance of foreign brands, telecom brands such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone came out with their video streaming apps. Airtel Movies (formerly known as Wynk Movies) was launched... Read More
Reliance Jio has reportedly requested for additional time to reply to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s query on why the recent extension of the 4G telco’s free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing norms. The existing norms specified by the telecom regulator require promotional offers to be limited to 90 days. Reliance Jio, according to various media reports, has now asked for... Read More
Currently, we are witnessing some massive changes in the Indian telecom sector, thanks to Reliance Jio. The new entrant along with its complete free 4G services has created a major stir and at the same time challenged all the other telecoms networks in India. All these days, major operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular used to lure the customers with their dynamic data and talk time plan... Read More
In the past two years or so, the world has transformed into a complete digital arena. From meetings to taking school lectures, everything has become digitized. The sole reason for this significant transformation is the Internet, which has an extensive database of information that resulted in all these revolutionary changes. In the era of internet, one of the major areas influenced is the telecommunications. Till date, there are several telecom... Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's subscriber base may decline quickly after touching the 100 million, which is likely by the end of March 2017, even as the telco is likely to come in the next three months to further attract subscribers, according to an analyst at Fitch Ratings. According to Fitch Ratings' Nitin Soni, Jio’s user base may go down once the 4G entrant starts charging its customers. In an interview... Read More
Bharti Airtel tops the 4G and 3G speed test, according to a report by Telecom Lead. The graph released by the report (sourced to TRAI) shows that the telecom operator has recorded an average 4G download speed of 8.4Mbps. Jio follows Airtel at 8.1Mbps download speed. In terms of other service providers, Vodafone India occupied the third position with an average download speed of 7.3Mbps. Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications... Read More
Jio, the digital platform from the house of Reliance Industries has shaken the Indian telecom and digital scenario in a way which nobody can ignore. India's business tycoon Mukesh Ambani's ambitious greenfield telecom project Jio is being targeted as a digital platform over Jio's own LTE network expanding over 2300MHz, 1800MHz and 850MHz. However Jio's datagiri sees roadblocks in many ways, so that the company has to extend its unlimited... Read More
We could better call 2016 as ‘the year of 4G’, with the advent of Reliance Jio and free voice calling offerings and some exciting data packs. In fact, with Reliance Jio, the whole telecom ecosystem geared up to provide 4G and VoLTE phones. As we bid adieu to 2016, we zeroed in on few trends that we may see in the year to come: 1. Inevitable Existence in the devices segment... Read More
It’s been just four months since Reliance Jio forayed into the Indian telecom market and already the company has created a major stir. On September 1, 2016, Mukesh Ambani, the company’s chairman revealed the tariff plans of the service, and they are uber cheap. Apart from these tariff plans, the major attraction for the service will be its ‘Welcome Offer’ (Now, Jio New Year Offer), where the company is offering... Read More
Airtel will soon launch two new Infinity plans exclusively for their postpaid customers. Yes, postpaid subscribers of Airtel can now make unlimited calls to any number all over the country starting at just Rs. 549. Primarily, Airtel hasn't introduced any new plan, but marginally cut down the price of their affordable infinity plan of Rs. 1,199 to Rs. 549 per month. Alongside the Rs. 549 plan, there’s another plan which... Read More
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um no no i meant how 3500mhz doesnt penetrate through walls and such
That not gonna happed instead Government should mandate all new phone (Smartphone & Keypad phone) should come with 4G Network…
Target is mid May for 1L sites. I don't have any doubt that it won't be covered. I am keeping…
2G should be shut down immediately by all three operators. BSNL should fast track LTE on 700Mhz and 900Mhz bands…
6G frequency should be around 7-8Ghz and bandwidth should be atleast 500Mhz per operator and sub-Ghz bandwidth should be 30-40Mhz(600/450Mhz).
