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Chethan S January 26th, 2016 2:12 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel, Reliance Jio plan faster LTE services via carrier aggregation tech: Report

The 4G LTE war is yet to start in India, but telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular have already started considering deployment of LTE-A (Advanced) and LTE-U (unlicensed) using the carrier aggregation technology to offer faster and stable fourth generation services in India, ET reported on Tuesday. The country’s leading telco, Airtel has started carrier aggregation trials for LTE-A, the report said, adding that Reliance Jio... Read More

Ria Lakshman January 25th, 2016 1:35 PM 36 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel launches 4G across three towns in Kerala taking the total number of 4G roll out in state to 50

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Manjeri, Tirurangadi & Thalaserry, three towns in Kerala. This has taken the 4G roll outs in Kerala to 50. Commenting on the milestone, George Mathen, Hub CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel said, “As customers in India show an increasing propensity for consuming data services, we at Airtel are excited to take... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 25th, 2016 12:51 PM 28 COMMENTS

Vodafone rolls out 4G services in City of Joy; special offers on cards from January 26th

Telecom service provider Vodafone has launched its 4G services in Kolkata and as part of its January 26th special offer, it is providing an array of data packs ranging from 150 MB at Rs 42 to a bonanza pack of 25GB at Rs 2,049. For Vodafone customers, it would be a free upgrade to 4G along with a 4G SIM. It is offering 100% extra data for all 4G customers... Read More

Kaur G January 20th, 2016 1:00 PM 17 COMMENTS

Here are the bumps in the road that Reliance Jio might face

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has recently launched 4G LTE services for more than 1,00,000 Reliance Group employees, and is likely to launch for consumers very soon. The company is also bringing its own devices under the brand name of Lyf, and they are likely to be available in the market by the end of the month. As the company gets ready for the commercial launch after more than five years... Read More

Chethan S January 19th, 2016 6:44 PM 14 COMMENTS

Reliance Retail builds distribution ecosystem to support Jio 4G services

Reliance Retail is building distribution ecosystem for 4G devices to support its telecom subsidiary Reliance Jio’s 4G services, which are widely expected to be launched commercially around March-April. RIL is a statement said that the retail distribution infrastructure for 4G devices is currently being rolled out in a phased manner in the country. Under this infrastructure, the company is establishing integrated supply chain and service centres, along with trained sales... Read More

Tharun G January 18th, 2016 1:39 PM 301 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Here’s the first look at Reliance Jio’s 4G services along with various apps

Reliance Jio has had a soft launch of its 4G services last month that was limited for its employees. As promised at time of the soft launch, Reliance has started giving out Jio 4G SIM cards to its 35,000 odd employees, and we've managed to obtain a first look at the Jio connection. Jio 4G SIM with bundled data, voice, and SMS The... Read More

Imon January 17th, 2016 12:12 PM 48 COMMENTS

Vodafone starts offering 1GB of free data to customers in Kolkata for booking a 4G SIM

Ahead of its official 4G launch, Vodafone has started offering 1GB of data for free to its subscribers who book for a 4G supported USIM. We had reported earlier that Vodafone is going to launch its 4G LTE services on the 24th of January. To encourage customers to use 4G services, the company has offering free data to users with a 4G supported handset (Band 3). Those users would have... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 16th, 2016 12:33 PM 33 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone to start VoLTE battle against Reliance Jio

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone may soon start offering Voice over LTE or VoLTE services in the country to take on their bigger rival Reliance Jio, which will launch its services commercially and is banking big on VoLTE technology to offer voice services. Both the leading telecom operators have given contracts to Nokia for IP multimedia solution (IMS) for the implementation of VoLTE technology on their networks, the Economic Times reported.... Read More

Srikapardhi January 15th, 2016 1:36 PM 40 COMMENTS

Experience: Idea 4G LTE speed is similar to it’s own 3G speed in Vijayawada

Before discussing about 4G LTE (1800MHz – Band 3) on Idea Cellular's network, lets check what's the maximum speed* the telco is able to deliver in ideal conditions* or what I could experience. Experience : Spectrum Information Andhra Pradesh Circle : 5 MHz of contiguous 1800 MHz spectrum + 1 MHz additional top-up spectrum = 6 MHz. Karnataka Circle : 5 MHz of contiguous 1800 MHz spectrum + 1... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 14th, 2016 8:00 PM 21 COMMENTS

Under Project Leap, Airtel rolls out largest 3G network in Odisha

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has deployed the largest 3G network in Odisha under the ‘Project Leap’, the recently launched Rs 60,000-crore network transformation program by the company. The company has rolled out 1,800 3G sites in Odisha, thus covering 109 census towns in the region and has also strengthened its existing network of more than 5,000 2G sites. It has added 8,564 kms of high fiber optic cable and 234... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 14th, 2016 4:45 PM 29 COMMENTS

Idea 4G LTE services to be available across 183 towns in India by January 31st

Telecom firm Idea Cellular has launched its 4G LTE services across four more states in India (three telecom circles) – Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, and with this, the company will now offer its 4G services across 183 towns by January 31st, 2016. The company has expanded its 4G LTE service footprint to seven telecom service areas, including the four telecom circles of South India--Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Karnataka,... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee January 14th, 2016 2:49 PM 79 COMMENTS

Not only LTE, Airtel’s 3G & HSPA technologies best performing networks in India: Study

Country’s top operator Bharti Airtel has the best performance among all the networks in India, while Aircel and Reliance’s HSPA and 3G networks are 20-25% slower, a study says. The 5th edition of the Twin Prime GLAS (Global Location based Acceleration Strategies) Insights report said that Airtel is not only leading the LTE investment trend, but its 3G and HSPA technologies are also among the best performing networks in India.... Read More