On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) – 2017, COAI conducted a high-level roundtable to highlight and discuss the role of technology in the advancement of 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The event focused on the succcess story of the Indian telecom revolution but at … Read More
Bharti Airtel has refreshed its home broadband plans to offer more data ahead of the Reliance JioFiber launch. Airtel issued a press statement saying that the company is looking to serve the exploding demand for high-speed data these days. Almost all the Airtel’s new broadband plans now offer up to … Read More
Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest telecom operator, said that it added 50,004 sites (2G+3G+4G) during the last fiscal year which ended on March 31, 2017, thereby taking the overall count to 241,540 sites. The telco said that its network saw 70% increase in its wireless broadband site (3G+4G) count from 64,703 … Read More
Bharti Airtel said that 55% of its IT or engineering arm are software engineers, and the company looks to increase this percentage further as it focuses on developing more customer-centric products that will ride on its data network in the country. India’s leading telecom operator’s global chief information officer Harmeen … Read More
There have been quite a lot of reports in the past suggesting that many users prefer Reliance Jio as a secondary SIM rather than using it as their primary SIM. Whether it still holds true or not even today is a discussion for another day. But, if we assume it … Read More
Vodafone India, the country’s second-largest telecom operator, a few months back introduced its 4G Mobile Wi-Fi to compete with the likes of Reliance JioFi and Airtel 4G Hotspot, but Vodafone priced it a bit on the higher side than the other two. Initially, the device was priced at Rs. 5099, … Read More
The Indian handset market will soon see unsubsidized 4G feature phones selling at Rs 1500, courtesy Chinese chipmaker Spreadtrum Communications, which is currently powering Lava’s first 4G VoLTE feature phone. According to an ET report, the chipmaker is working on bringing down starting prices by at least half from the … Read More
Indian telecom operators are getting quite aggressive as far as tariff plans are concerned to offer tough competition to each other. Last month, Reliance Jio unveiled its Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan scheme providing 1GB or 2GB of 4G data along with unlimited voice calling at just Rs. 309 and Rs. … Read More
OpenSignal, the UK-based private firm revealed that Airtel is the fastest mobile network in India with an average download speed of 6.15Mbps in its State of Mobile Networks India 2017 report. Bharti Airtel managed to secure the top position in both the 4G as well as 3G download speed categories. … Read More
State-run telecom operator, BSNL is finally making some move in implementing the 4G services. BSNL was long-rumored to roll out 4G services in the country but never did so. BSNL is now said to launch 4G services in select areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the current financial year. … Read More
Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, is likely to register a loss of Rs 19,600 crore in 2017-18 and Rs 11,500 crore in 2018-19, according to a forecast made by financial service company IIFL. The agency also expects Reliance Jio to achieve PBT (profit before tax) break-even only by FY22 … Read More
Vodafone, India’ second largest telecom network today announced that its SuperNet 4G services are available in 248 towns and more than 1300 villages across all the seven states of Assam and North East circle. To recall, Vodafonf recently launched its 4G services in Manipur, and with that roll out, the … Read More
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