State-run telco Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has now approached the government for the allotment of 4G spectrum in the circles it operates. MTNL is seeking 4G spectrum in two circles Mumbai and Delhi in two bands, and the telco even offered its equity in return. MTNL CMD P K Purwar said to PTI that the firm has written to the Telecom Department regarding the spectrum allotment in the 1800... Read More
Bharti Airtel is now after the trendy Hello Tunes department as it seems like Airtel users are interested in setting up Hello Tunes to their prepaid numbers. After introducing the Rs 219 prepaid plan, Airtel has now come up with a Rs 129 prepaid plan under which it's offering free unlimited voice calls, 1GB of data, 100 SMS per day and more importantly, it comes bundled with Hello Tunes pack.... Read More
Idea Cellular has already opened its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services for employees in select circles back at the start of March 2018. However, the company has been silent on when it's going to open the VoLTE services to the public. In the recent earnings report, Idea revealed that it's going to introduce VoLTE services in a phased for its customers from May 2018. This falls in-line with what we... Read More
Following the footsteps of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular has now introduced a new Rs 349 prepaid plan with a validity of 28 days and 3GB data per day on offer. Idea's new tariff plan is different from the Rs 357 prepaid plan which the telco used to offer earlier. The Rs 349 plan is offered in several circles alongside the Rs 357 plan, but the irony is the newly launched... Read More
Reliance Jio has released its Q4 FY 2017-18 performance report moments ago. In the report, Jio posted positive net income in the first year of commercial operations. The net profit for the year stood at Rs 723 crore and that too in a competitive market. Alongside the revenue aspect, Jio also revealed the numbers of the company such as subscriber base, data usage by the subscribers and more. During the... Read More
India’s telecom regulator is going to issue a consultation paper which will address the problem of call muting. The problem which has been faced persistently by a lot of consumers on Long Term Evolution (LTE) or VoLTE networks is finally in the cross-hair to be done with by setting up statuary measures. This public announcement was made by RS Sharma, the chairman of Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). He said... Read More
Bharti Airtel is planning a massive FY 2018-19 in terms of network expansion and going head-on-head with Reliance Jio. The telco has now announced massive network rollout plans in Gujarat state. As a part of its network expansion program – Project Leap, Airtel announced its plans to add more than 6000 new sites in FY 2018-19, along with the deployment of an additional 2000 kms of optic fiber across Gujarat.... Read More
Bharti Airtel has launched a new Rs 249 prepaid plan. All telecom operators in the country right now are releasing plans featuring unlimited calling and unlimited data. With so many plans present in the market which are very closely priced it becomes hard for the consumer to make the right decision. Presently Vodafone had also released a plan which is priced at Rs 255, and there is a similar existent... Read More
OpenSignal today released its State of Mobile Networks: India (April 2018) edition, in which it stated that Reliance Jio's 4G LTE network reach is growing at a rapid pace in the country, but it isn't able to match market leader Bharti Airtel in the 4G speeds department. OpenSignal states that the Indian telcos are focusing on growing LTE's reach rather than injecting more speed into the 4G services. Over the... Read More
Globally most of the mobile service providers already on LTE or deploying LTE on their network. As far as we are concerned about Indian landscape, here the big players all are offering LTE. As the global trends show the universal acceptance of VoLTE (Voice over LTE) - for offering voice calls over IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) architecture based LTE networks, here in India apart from BSNL, all serious players (Airtel,... Read More
Panasonic has announced a new smartphone under its P-series in the country. The Panasonic P101 is the latest entrant to the Indian market with an 18:9 display which the company calls it as 'Big View' display. The device is priced at Rs 6,999, but telecom operator Idea Cellular is offering Rs 2,000 cashback on the device, which brings the effective price to Rs 4,999. The device will be exclusively available... Read More
In a chase of capturing the telecom market, BSNL is not letting its attempts lag behind other telcos in releasing new and attractive plans. The new plans by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited all come with unlimited data and without any weekly or monthly cap on the STD or Local calling. BSNL has named their new prepaid plans as the BSNL Happy Offer plans, below we discuss the various Happy Offer... Read More
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