4G in India

March 29th, 2017 1:04 PM 117 COMMENTS

Airtel is the Fastest LTE Network in Major Metro Cities Of India With Average Download Speeds of Over 10 Mbps Says OpenSignal Website

Yesterday, we reported the OpenSignal's report on India's fastest LTE connections chart and now, the company's website data shows that Airtel is the fastest network in the major metro cities of India with average download speeds of over 10 Mbps as of today. However, in some areas, Reliance Jio has the upper hand along with Idea Cellular. According to the OpenSignal's website,... Read More

March 28th, 2017 12:22 PM 36 COMMENTS

India’s Fastest LTE Connections are in Mumbai with Average Speeds of 6.9 Mbps Says OpenSignal

OpenSignal, one of the pioneers in testing the mobile data speeds has been working on the report of India's fastest mobile network. And to show a sneak peak of what they are working on, the company has released a short report showing the fastest network area in the country and the most covered LTE area in the country. OpenSignal has conducted the tests over the previous three months in India's... Read More

March 24th, 2017 2:47 PM 118 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Started Testing VoLTE Services in Various 4G Supported Devices; Launch Imminent

Bharti Airtel is trying to match the new entrant Reliance Jio is every aspect possible. Airtel, after matching Jio in the tariff plans segment is now looking to take on the latter by rolling out VoLTE services. According to our sources, Airtel is currently working with various smartphones vendors to test the service. Our sources also said that Airtel has done with deploying the required infrastructure for the service, but is... Read More

March 23rd, 2017 4:18 PM 18 COMMENTS

Just 13% 4G smartphone users had 4G connections activated in India: Nokia

Just 13% of India’s 4G smartphone users had 4G connections activated on their devices, while 35% of 3G smartphone users had 3G connections activated in 2016, findings from Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband Index study, which added that there is a significant growth opportunity for operators. According to the findings, 4G LTE was the major source of data traffic across India in 2016 with 60% of the incremental data payload from... Read More

March 22nd, 2017 6:18 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches 4G Services in Manipur Along With Introductory Offer of 22GB 4G Data at Rs. 999

Vodafone India, today, has announced the expansion of their 4G footprint to Manipur. The services were launched in the capital city of the state- Imphal. Vodafone is launching the 4G services after the successful roll out of services in Kerala, Karnataka, Kolkata, Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Haryana, UP East, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Goa, Odisha, Tamil Nadu & Chennai, UP West, Assam & North East, and Punjab. Also,... Read More

March 20th, 2017 7:06 PM 89 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio writes to ASCI seeking withdrawal of Airtel’s speedtest advt, sends legal notice to Ookla

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has written to the Advertising Standards Council of India, the advertising watchdog to seek withdrawal of Bharti Airtel’s recent advertisements that claimed that it is India’s fastest telecom network. In its letter to ASCI, Reliance Jio said that Bharti Airtel’s advertisements based on Ookla speed test findings are false, misleading and incorrect. Ookla, the broadband testing and web-based network diagnostic applications recently rated Bharti Airtel as... Read More

March 19th, 2017 1:30 PM 3 COMMENTS

Micromax to compete against Reliance Jio’s VoLTE feature phone with the Bharat 1

It is no secret that Reliance Jio’s foray into the Indian market last year had a (still has a) big effect on the incumbent telecom operators in the country. While the dust is still settling, the new entrant in the telecom sector is eying to disrupt a different sector now. Yes, the feature phone market (no points for guessing). And, it seems like the smartphone vendors are prepping to compete... Read More

March 17th, 2017 2:08 PM 18 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Launches its 4G Services in Bihar and Jharkhand

Idea Cellular, India's third-largest telecom network has announced the expansion of its 4G services to Bihar & Jharkhand circle today. Till date, Idea is offering 4G services in 10 circles out of 22 telecom circles in India and with this Idea has added yet another circle to their portfolio. The company flagged off services from Muzaffarpur today, and will rapidly expand the 4G network to cover five towns within this... Read More

March 14th, 2017 4:00 PM 46 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea Cellular Merged Entity Will Pose a Serious Threat to Bharti Airtel

The Indian telecom industry is currently going through some insane changes, both in terms of tariff plans and marketing, everything has changed after the commercial launch of Reliance Jio. Yes, the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani has changed the entire scenario of the telecom sector in India and feeling the pressure are country's top three telecom operators- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular. Recently Reliance Jio has crossed 100 million... Read More

March 14th, 2017 1:29 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G services goes live in Jammu and Kashmir; now offers pan-India 4G coverage

India's largest telecommunications services provider, Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its 4G service in Jammu & Kashmir. With this roll out, Airtel becomes the first network in India to offer 4G services in all the 22 telecom circles of India. In contrast, Vodafone has 4G services in 17 telecom circles of India and Idea is offering 4G services in 10 circles of India. Airtel 4G is currently available... Read More

March 13th, 2017 1:26 PM 13 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel is a step ahead of Idea Cellular in International Roaming

Following the footsteps of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular had earlier announced that the telco is doing away with the domestic roaming charges. As a result, Idea subscribers will be able to receive unlimited voice calls while on roaming for, i.e., without paying any extra roaming charges for the incoming calls starting April 1st. Idea had also announced a set of International Roaming value packs which more or less are quite... Read More

March 12th, 2017 7:21 PM 46 COMMENTS

Vodafone Group close to finalise Idea merger deal worth £21 billion: Report

Vodafone Group may announce its final agreement to merge its Indian operation with rival mobile operator Idea Cellular in a £21 billion deal in a few days, UK's Telegraph reported. The publication's sources said that Vodafone and Aditya Birla Group talks had reached an advanced stage and that an agreement "could be announced this week." They, however, said that the deal negotiation has proven to be complicated and delicate for... Read More

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