The three major players in the Indian telecom industry, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have been in extreme competition since the last two years. However, even with some stabilisation in the tariffs and a little calm in the sector the prepaid plans of these telcos largely resemble each … Read More
The apex decision-making body at the Telecom Department Thursday decided to refer to Trai for reconsideration the recommendations on spectrum auction amid industry’s concerns on pricing. The Digital Communications Commission (DCC), which met here Thursday, also approved the terms and conditions for 5G trials in the country, sources said. The … Read More
Although Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was late in bringing 4G service for its subscribers, it has taken substantial steps in the past few months to hasten the 4G rollout in the country. The state-led telecom operator started offering the 4G VoLTE service firstly in Kerala circle. In fact, in … Read More
For a lot of telecom subscribers, a different way to connect to the internet is through a Wi-Fi hotspot device. Owing to the availability of devices like the Airtel 4G hotspot, or the Jio-Fi, it has become more comfortable for the customers to connect multiple devices at once to the … Read More
Chennai has been declared the king of 4G video load time among the eight IPL cities with an average of just 6 seconds for a download on smartphones, global mobile analytics company OpenSignal said on Thursday. Kolkata came second with an average time of 6.2 seconds, followed by Hyderabad at … Read More
Reliance Jio’s eight million strong subscriber additions, Airtel’s stable market share and Voda Idea losing customers is the sum of brokerage firm CLSA ‘s telecom sector outlook for February 2019, that projects Jio will lead the subscriber market share in the current year. In its India Telecom report, CLSA said … Read More
OpenSignal, one of the well-known portals that test the network availability and speeds of telecom operators today released a new report of 4G availability in India’s 50 largest cities. The report, which is named as ‘OpenSignal’s Hottest city for 4G Availability’ reveals the 4G Availability in 50 cities. Out of … Read More
Tutela in February published its report on the ‘State of Mobile Networks India 2019’ which informed the consumers about the quality and coverage of various telecom operators across India along with some industry-specific insights. Other agencies like Ookla, Trai, and OpenSignal also published important data related to the telecom industry … Read More
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture Reliance Jio will this year become India’s No.1 telco in terms of both subscriber base and revenue, brokerages Bernstein and Credit Suisse said in separate reports Tuesday. Jio which stormed into the sector in 2016 by offering free voice calls and dirt cheap data on … Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced that it’s deploying coherent optical and intelligent software platforms of Ciena to provide enhanced services to the customers. Airtel says that it’s building the world’s largest Photonic Control Plane networks in India. With this deployment, Airtel’s backbone network will serve the aggressive demand for high-speed data … Read More
Rising hunger for data amongst Indians led to 109% growth in data traffic in 2018, fuelled primarily by 4G adoption, according to a latest study. Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband India Traffic (MBiT) Index study of mobile broadband performance in India showed that the average data usage grew 69% in 2018 … Read More
Swedish telecom gear provider, Ericsson has announced that it has bagged a contract from the leading telecom operator of India Vodafone Idea for radio and microwaves. The manufacturer has said that as part of its deal it is now providing its 5G ready LTE equipment in eight circles for the … Read More
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