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Sharique R August 15th, 2017 12:35 PM 37 COMMENTS

Will Airtel’s New Rs.1198 Prepaid Plan Be Able To Lure Data Hungry Users Desiring For Better Network?

Mobile data consumption in India has grown at a rapid pace of 24 times in last five years, and is set to increase four-fold in the next five years through fiscal 2022, with data subscribers expected to double beyond 900 million and penetration reaching 80% from 40% at present, Crisil said in a report, adding that the faster penetration would be supported by a continued drop in tariffs given the... Read More

Chakri K August 12th, 2017 2:55 PM 49 COMMENTS

The Entry of Reliance Jio Rattled the Revenue of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular: Eco Survey Report

The Indian telecom industry used to be in a different league a year ago, but with the entrance of the Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, the industry has experienced a "renewables shock." Reliance Jio has changed the landscape of the industry dramatically by offering free LTE services and cutthroat tariff plans. End of the day, consumers are the most benefitted ones with these changes. "The entry of a new player has... Read More

Shruti R August 9th, 2017 1:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Mafe Shine M810 Budget Smartphone launched in India; Sales start on Independence Day

Home based smartphone manufacturer, Mafe Mobile, has announced that it would be launching a new 4G VoLTE smartphone in India, named the Shine M810. The new Mafe Shine M810 is said to be slated for launch on the occasion of India’s 71st Independence Day. The handset sports a 5-inch display with basic FWGA resolution and under the hood, the device is powered by a quad-core SPREADTRUM processor, clocked at 1.3GHz.... Read More

Chakri K August 7th, 2017 6:32 PM 5 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Bring Back the Data Bundling Offers to India

At the moment, the most trending topic in India is the telecom sector. With the entrance of Reliance Jio, the entire industry has witnessed some massive changes. The tariff plan prices went down within no time, and the Mukesh Ambani-led operator achieved 100 million subscribers in just 172 days. Now the disruption with free services is finally gone, the telecom operator is going back to the past and introducing bundled... Read More

Chakri K August 7th, 2017 3:27 PM 21 COMMENTS

Court rules against Reliance Jio’s Petition for Airtel and Ookla’s India’s Fastest Network Ad: Report

India's high-flying telecom operator Reliance Jio, in July 2017 signed a petition against Bharti Airtel and speed test service Ookla because of multiple Airtel TV ads claimed the network as India's fastest network. Reliance Jio had some issues with the advertisements because it believes that Airtel is not the fastest network of India, and they are indeed losing money and reputation due to the advertisements. Today, a report from Economic... Read More

Chakri K August 2nd, 2017 9:55 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Seeks 700 MHz Spectrum for 4G and 5G Services: Report

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has again sought the government's support to get 700 Mhz spectrum, which the state-run telecom operator wants to use for 4G and 5G services in India. The telco has reportedly written to the telecom department to allocate these super premium airwaves. Furthermore, the telecom operator, which recently inked an agreement with Finnish telecom gear vendor Nokia, is now set to ink a similar agreement with... Read More

Srikapardhi July 31st, 2017 11:58 AM 46 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular to Launch VoLTE Service by 2018: What to Expect?

Idea Cellular recently joined the bandwagon of notifying its users about shifting its voice call technology to VoLTE (Voice Over LTE). India’s third largest telecom service provider, Idea Cellular, two days ago revealed that it would launch voice over LTE or VoLTE service on its 4G LTE network by early calendar year 2018. The company, however, earlier said that it would introduce VoLTE within 2017 calendar year. Another telecom operator... Read More

Chakri K July 29th, 2017 10:09 AM 31 COMMENTS

5 Tariff Plans Introduced by Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea to Counter Reliance Jio in Recent Times

Reliance Jio has created yet another disruption in the Indian telecom market with its new tariff plans. A few weeks back, the new entrant rolled out new tariff plans of Rs. 349 and Rs. 399. The Rs. 399 plan offers same benefits as the Rs. 309 plan of 1GB data per day and unlimited voice calls, SMS. To counter this plan, incumbent operators such as Vodafone, Idea Cellular, and Bharti... Read More

Chakri K July 23rd, 2017 5:34 PM 76 COMMENTS

Things You Must Know About the Reliance JioPhone Priced at Rs. 0

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) recently announced the smartest ever feature phone- the JioPhone at an effective price of Rs. 0. Well, every customer has to pay a security deposit amount of Rs. 1,500, which is completely refundable after three years- but there's a catch. There are several things about the JioPhone which the company did not mention at the AGM meeting. Let's check out all the unmentioned things at the... Read More

Chakri K July 14th, 2017 6:22 PM 89 COMMENTS

Best 4G Plans From All the Indian Telecom Operators as of July 2017

Telecom operators in India are launching new tariff plans every now and then to attract the customers. However, every time, Reliance Jio is coming on top marginally beating other operators. Almost all the telecom operators are currently offering daily data plans to cope up the ongoing trend in the market. Reliance Jio recently launched two new plans of Rs. 399 and Rs. 349 plans, but there is no response from... Read More

Srikapardhi July 12th, 2017 3:11 PM 1 COMMENTS

Here’s How Reliance Jio’s Paid Service Will Help Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular

Reliance Jio's move to completely end free 4G services is expected to enable incumbents Bharti Airel and Idea Cellular to contain a sequential fall in revenue in the first quarter of this financial year, according to a report by Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. However, the brokerage added that revenue growth for these incumbents ould still be some quarters away. Both incumbent telcos are expected to report 0.5-2% sequential dip in... Read More