Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, has filed a total 54 global patents during 2016-17, according to RIL's annual report for the same year. Jio, however, didn't divulge into more details related to its patents. The Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator has been developing some products on its own such as JioFi and car router. "I am delighted to report on the achievements of our newest business Jio. Jio has been a... Read More
GSM telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, through their industry body the COAI, has urged the Indian government to scrap the proposal for mandatory testing of telecom equipment which is used in India after certification from third party global bodies. The body said that telecom products have already been meeting legal and regulatory requirements in over 180 markets, including India. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI),... Read More
Earlier this year, Bharti Airtel was titled as the India's fastest network by Ookla, the speed test service. And as a token of gratitude, the country's leading telecom operator gifted 10GB data per month for three months for all the postpaid users. Ever since Reliance Jio made its entry to the market, Airtel started providing offers for prepaid users, and there were no offers provided for postpaid users. Airtel gifted... Read More
Telecom operators in India are on the verge of introducing new tariff plans for the users on the occasion of Eid. Ever since the festive season arrived, telecom operators have come up with their luring plans to attract the customers, like how they do every year. And for the most part, these new plans offer better value than the existing tariff plans. Following its trend, the state-run telecom operator BSNL... Read More
Let me take you a few years back when Tata Docomo did something similar to what Reliance Jio is doing today. Back then, telcos charged a subscriber for the whole minute even if the subscriber called for a few seconds. And, Docomo was the first operator to come up with per second billing, which stirred the entire market. A subscriber is now able to pay per second for the call.... Read More
Of late, merger and acquisitions in Indian telecom sector became the talk of the town. Vodafone and Idea Cellular have decided to merge and form a single telecom entity, which will overtake Bharti Airtel to become India's largest telecom operator. Bharti Airtel has acquired Telenor, whereas Reliance Communications (RCom) and Aircel has received all the necessary approvals for a merger. Telcos are coming up with time-based plans to get as... Read More
Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator may have garnered 112 million subscribers in India, but it still hasn't become the primary service providers for a majority of them, according to Bengaluru-based Velocity MR, which said that only 18% of Jio customers are using their connections as a standalone SIM while 82% are still using it as their second SIM. The agency found free service has been the major reason... Read More
BSNL has launched the Rs. 444 aka Chaukka plan for prepaid subscribers. This pack offers 4GB data per day for 90 days. As already known, this plan doesn't come bundled with voice calling benefits. The data bundled with BSNL Chaukka recharge is much higher than what other incumbents are offering. The cost per GB comes to around Rs. 1.23 per GB, against Jio's Rs. 11.04 per GB for the Rs.... Read More
At the moment, all the telecom operators in India are offering insane offers for prepaid users, which is making the postpaid users go crazy. Already, most of the postpaid customers across all the operators started converting as prepaid users to enjoy the benefits. For prepaid users, almost all the telecom operators are offering 1GB data per day at an average rate of Rs. 400. But there don't exist any such... Read More
The advent of Reliance Jio has drastically changed the market scenario for Indian telecom subscribers as well as operators. Before Jio’s foray into the market, users had to shell out their pockets for data and voice call plans. Thankfully, the scenario is entirely different now with all the operators moving towards offering data-based tariff plans. According to a report, by the year 2020, 4G will account for 17 percent of... Read More
Idea Cellular is currently India's third largest telecom operator with a user base of over 195 million. The company in order to form the country's leading telecom operator has joined hands with its counterpart Vodafone India. The merger is expected to be done by the end of 2018, and till then, Idea said that the company would be competitive enough in the market. After Reliance Jio's entry, Idea' subscriber addition... Read More
The Internet is playing a huge role in India and in the next few years, there will be a massive rise in the total number of internet users. Digital transformation will continue to drive IP traffic in India with the projected increase in Internet users from 373 million in 2016 to 829 million or 59 percent of the Indian population in 2021, says a report of Cisco Visual Networking Index... Read More
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