Vodafone launched 4G LTE service in Delhi/NCR on 3rd of February 2016. The company used its recently bought 1800MHz wave to offer this 4G (LTE-FDD) service to its consumers with a motto of providing a superior experience. I have been using the service on my primary SIM, for almost a month now. In this article, I bring to you my initial impressions of the service. Coverage: For starters, I had... Read More
Airtel has announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services in Kannur, Kerala, taking the total number of 4G launches in the state to 100. It’s within six months that Airtel achieved the milestone of 100 towns. With this, Airtel customers in Kannur who avail 4G services can experience uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. The service can be... Read More
Airtel has launched of its 4G services in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The service will extend to places like Kota and Ajmer soon. With Airtel 4G, customers can experience superfast internet, enabling them to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel can be accessed via mobile phones, 4G hotspots and dongles. Commenting on launch of Airtel 4G, Manoj Murali, CEO – Airtel, Rajasthan said, “As... Read More
Major telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Group, SoftBank Group, China Mobile, and KT have join hands to support GTI 2.0, a new 5-year strategic plan and mission, which aims to push the global development of TD-LTE, encouraging convergence with FDD, and to foster a cross-industry innovative and a synergistic 5G ecosystem. "Bharti Airtel is delighted to be a part of GTI 2.0. We have led the roll-out of TD-LTE in... Read More
With the commercial launch of Jio still some time away, Jio fanboys are getting impatient, but the delay Jio says is on account of network optimisation on a Pan India scale. There are a lot of developments happening under the hood which most of us here are unaware of, so we at TelecomTalk thought that while you wait for the full fledged launch we could give you a little taste... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited, has become the first mobile operator in India to commercially deploy LTE-Advanced (4G+) technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) on a LIVE 4G network. With this, Airtel has joined a select group of global mobile operators to commercially deploy the technology that delivers ultra-fast mobile data speeds and enables better spectrum utilisation and efficiency. Using the carrier aggregation technology and combining the capacities of... Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm’s launch of 4G LTE services will intensify competition which will squeeze the market share, EBITDA margins and credit metrics of incumbents, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), which said that voice revenue are likely to remain moderate in FY17 on stagnant minutes of usage (MoU) and further competition in call realisations. The agency expects data revenue to remain stagnant on a 30%-40% decline in data realisations/megabyte... Read More
Reliance Jio 4G LTE network appears to be considerably slow in the country, even during the ongoing testing phase. The network, which is just available to its group employees, is delivering an average 17.34 Mbps downlink and 3.34 Mbps uplink speed in the country, according OpenSignal app data. The test results are captured from around 141 Reliance Jio users, who have downloaded the OpenSignal app. “Take those numbers with a... Read More
Airtel, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The launch marks the expansion of Airtel’s 4G footprints in the state and will be extended to customers in other parts of the state in the months to come. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a range of smart devices including mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles. Commenting on the launch of... Read More
So now Mumbai circle has 3 LTE networks, of which 2 namely Vodafone and Airtel are commercially launched while Jio is currently only available to its employees. Some of the early technology adopters have already upgraded to the next gen technology while others have chosen to hold off until the commercial launch of Reliance Jio. The question that now arises is whether or not the waiting for Jio launch... Read More
Idea Cellular has announced the launch of 4G-LTE services in Chennai today. Coimbatore and Pondicherry will get the services shortly. With this launch, Idea Cellular successfully completed the deployment of 4G LTE services in 29 towns across 20 districts of Tamil Nadu within a short span of two months. “Since the last week of December 2015, Idea has rapidly rolled out its high-speed 4G LTE network to cover 8 major... Read More
Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of 4G services in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The service will be extended to other parts of the state in the upcoming weeks. With this, people in Udaipur can experience the benefits of the high-speed internet, with uninterrupted HD video-streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of data, video-calling etc. Airtel 4G services are available across a wide range of devices, from mobile phones to Wi-Fi dongles. “As... 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).
