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Esmail February 9th, 2015 7:13 PM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio President Sumit Chowdhury quits before commercial launch

Reliance Jio Infocom LTD is one of the most awaited new generation mobile operators in India. Tech enthusiasts and early technology adopters alike have been waiting with bated breath for it to launch services. But even before the company’s commercial launch we have been witnessing changes in leadership and high profile exits in the pecking order. In the recent turn of events Reliance Jio’s President Mr. Sumit Chowdhury has stepped... Read More

Esmail February 8th, 2015 1:57 AM 25 COMMENTS

Aircel starts offering 4G LTE WiFI router, 4G Plans starting at Rs 999

Aircel is buckling up its armour and entering into the 4G LTE battlefield in which up till now Airtel and Reliance Jio have been locking horns for gaining the early movers advantage. Aircel holds 20MHz of spectrum in the 4G LTE 2300 MHz band across eight circles - Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and North East and Jammu and Kashmir. In comparison, Airtel holds 20MHz of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 5th, 2015 9:58 PM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Introduces Free Public Wifi in Kolkata, How to Use Jionet Wifi ?

Kolkata has become country's first 'metro' to get public WiFi on a large scale, credit to Reliance Jio. Earlier RJIL has launched public WiFi services in Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat of Gujarat in April-May of 2014. Jio is banking upon its WiFi services to reach the masses before they launch their 4G wireless services across the country. Today's launch event of WiFi services in Kolkata was taken care of by... Read More

Asif Iqbal February 2nd, 2015 6:56 PM 136 COMMENTS

Airtel asks customers in Hyderabad to upgrade to 4G SIM cards, official launch evident?

Earlier today, a number of Airtel customers in Hyderabad (including me), have received a message from Airtel requesting to upgrade their SIM cards to avail 4G services on their devices. This means that Airtel is officially stating that it has launched 4G services in Hyderabad? Last month, we had reported that Airtel might soon launch 4G LTE services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana circles. The report also stated that Airtel's 4G... Read More

Srikapardhi February 2nd, 2015 4:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

360 LTE networks commercially launched in 124 countries by end 2014: GSA

According to GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) latest report, around 360 operators have commercially launched LTE networks and service in 124 countries by end of 2014. The most widely used spectrum for LTE network deployments continues to be 1800 MHz (3GPP band 3). 158 LTE1800 networks are commercially launched in 76 countries. “1800 MHz is used in almost 44% of LTE network deployments and also has the largest user devices... Read More

Ritij January 24th, 2015 1:30 PM 70 COMMENTS

Update: Airtel’s services disrupted in Hyderabad : Report

Airtel, the country’s largest private operator has been in the middle of quite a lot of controversy since it announced it plans on charging for VoIP services. But it took back the move after that and resumed providing regular services after that. Now the company has been struck by a systemic failure of its network in Hyderabad and, as a result, its cellular services have not been available since 6... Read More

Srikapardhi January 21st, 2015 12:32 AM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel inks Rs 12.40 billion 4G network deal with Nokia Networks

Bharti Airtel has selected Nokia Networks for its 4G network deployment in the 1800 MHz band in six telecom circles, the contract is worth around USD 200 million (approximately Rs 12.40 billion). Interestingly the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has sought clarification from Bharti Airtel Limited with respect to recent news saying that Nokia Networks Bags Rs 12.40 billion (Rs.1240-cr) Airtel 4G Deal. Three months ago, Ericsson joined hands with Bharti Airtel... Read More

Mahit January 19th, 2015 12:51 PM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel to launch 4G services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana soon

Airtel has been pushing the 4G services aggressively and has been targeting tier two cities. Airtel has also sorted the low 4G speed issues and now customers can enjoy upto 20-25Mbps speed in 4G areas. TelecomTALK has learnt from its sources that Airtel will be soon introducing 4G services in greater Hyderabad and then the services will be extended to Vizag and Vijayawada. Also read : Airtel 4G plans Airtel has also... Read More

Mahit January 18th, 2015 6:20 PM 30 COMMENTS

Best affordable 4G LTE supported smartphones in India under Rs. 10,000

Indian smart phone market is being swarmed by highly affordable smartphones that support 4G LTE. In fact telcos like Airtel already have a tie up with Xiaomi and are selling the 4G devices in Airtel stores. Nokia recently came up with Lumia 638 which is another budget 4G phone but Nokia unlike Xiaomi have cut corners on hardware and quality. If you are planning to buy a 4G supported budget... Read More

Tharun G January 9th, 2015 12:37 PM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel now offers 4G double data for Xiaomi and dongle users

Ahead of rival Reliance Jio 4G launch, Airtel has revamped its website for 4G services. The new website offer a modern and easy to navigate interface with stunning graphics. The website list Airtel 4G service in 16 cities with images of main tourist attractions for each city. It also list location in city where 4G coverage is available. Airtel has also showcased best mobile device for its 4G network which... Read More

Esmail December 25th, 2014 5:58 PM 86 COMMENTS

Reasons why we expect to see a soft launch by Reliance Jio on 28th December

Telecom enthusiasts all over the country are eagerly awaiting the commercial launch of Reliance Jio which is the 4G venture that marks the re-entry of Mukesh Ambani in the telecom market. Every year as we approach the end of December, rumours of Jio’s launch run rife with the date under speculation being 28th December which is the birth anniversary of late Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani, the pioneer of reliance group of... Read More

Mahit December 25th, 2014 1:05 PM 13 COMMENTS

Airtel extends 4G network in Maharashtra’s Virar, Nalaspora and Vasai

At a time when Reliance Jio is expected to take the Indian Internet scenario by storm Airtel is silently increasing their 4G foothold. Airtel has added up three more circles cities Virar, Nalasapora and Vasai. Airtel already have 4G coverage in Pune and Nashik which translates into a pretty strong foothold in the Maharashtra region. It can be observed that Airtel are extending 4G services to tier 2 cities so that... Read More