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Srikapardhi January 1st, 2017 12:17 AM 58 COMMENTS

Infographic : The 4G Rollout Story of Airtel and Vodafone so far

If it is to be believed there are various parameters involved to expand the network and business decisions supersede any other reasons. Network investment and expansion, depend only on a couple of factors which are again directly proportional to business, of course in some cases vested interests also act as a catalyst. Leaving behind the causes whatever might be, there will be some selection and planning carried out before rolling... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 30th, 2016 4:51 PM 98 COMMENTS

“Happy New Year” offer is different from “Inaugural offer”, claims Reliance Jio

In response to the queries raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio said that the free data offer provided till 31 March 2017 is not an extension of the promotional offer expired on 4 Dec 2016, reports NDTV and PTI. Instead, the newly announced free benefit is a Happy New Year” offer for the subscribers. In the letter dated December 20 to Reliance Jio, TRAI pointed... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 30th, 2016 1:13 PM 6 COMMENTS

Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu gets Vodafone SuperNet 4G services

Vodafone India has launched its SuperNet 4G service in Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, announces a release from the company. The 4G services will be expanded to other towns and cities of the state by March 2017. Built on 2100MHz band, Vodafone SuperNet 4G can be accessed on a wide range of devices including Mi-Fi, and dongles. Vodafone promises a super fast internet experience with features such as HD... Read More

Srikapardhi December 30th, 2016 10:01 AM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone Play vs Airtel Movies: The Content War is Heating Up!

Online content is slowly becoming the next big thing in India. In this year alone, we have seen several online streaming content services making their way to India that includes some of the major names such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video. With the entrance of foreign brands, telecom brands such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone came out with their video streaming apps. Airtel Movies (formerly known as Wynk Movies) was launched... Read More

Srikapardhi December 28th, 2016 9:42 PM 34 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio seeks additional time to reply on Trai’s query on Happy New Year offer

Reliance Jio has reportedly requested for additional time to reply to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s query on why the recent extension of the 4G telco’s free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing norms. The existing norms specified by the telecom regulator require promotional offers to be limited to 90 days. Reliance Jio, according to various media reports, has now asked for... Read More

Srikapardhi December 27th, 2016 7:16 AM 55 COMMENTS

Battle Between Telecom Operators: Who is Currently Offering Cheapest 1GB 4G Data?

Currently, we are witnessing some massive changes in the Indian telecom sector, thanks to Reliance Jio. The new entrant along with its complete free 4G services has created a major stir and at the same time challenged all the other telecoms networks in India. All these days, major operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular used to lure the customers with their dynamic data and talk time plan... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 26th, 2016 3:04 PM 52 COMMENTS

These are the Best 4G Plans Available Right Now

In the past two years or so, the world has transformed into a complete digital arena. From meetings to taking school lectures, everything has become digitized. The sole reason for this significant transformation is the Internet, which has an extensive database of information that resulted in all these revolutionary changes. In the era of internet, one of the major areas influenced is the telecommunications. Till date, there are several telecom... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 23rd, 2016 6:05 PM 171 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s user base may decline quickly after touching 100 million mark: Analyst

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's subscriber base may decline quickly after touching the 100 million, which is likely by the end of March 2017, even as the telco is likely to come in the next three months to further attract subscribers, according to an analyst at Fitch Ratings. According to Fitch Ratings' Nitin Soni, Jio’s user base may go down once the 4G entrant starts charging its customers. In an interview... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 22nd, 2016 5:59 PM 119 COMMENTS

Airtel records high 4G and 3G speed on TRAI test: Report

Bharti Airtel tops the 4G and 3G speed test, according to a report by Telecom Lead. The graph released by the report (sourced to TRAI) shows that the telecom operator has recorded an average 4G download speed of 8.4Mbps. Jio follows Airtel at 8.1Mbps download speed. In terms of other service providers, Vodafone India occupied the third position with an average download speed of 7.3Mbps. Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 21st, 2016 2:53 PM 105 COMMENTS

5 Roadblocks for Jio to Win over Incumbents

Jio, the digital platform from the house of Reliance Industries has shaken the Indian telecom and digital scenario in a way which nobody can ignore. India's business tycoon Mukesh Ambani's ambitious greenfield telecom project Jio is being targeted as a digital platform over Jio's own LTE network expanding over 2300MHz, 1800MHz and 850MHz. However Jio's datagiri sees roadblocks in many ways, so that the company has to extend its unlimited... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee December 18th, 2016 7:14 AM 13 COMMENTS

4G, Augmented Reality, USSD: Just some of things that will make headway in 2017

We could better call 2016 as ‘the year of 4G’, with the advent of Reliance Jio and free voice calling offerings and some exciting data packs. In fact, with Reliance Jio, the whole telecom ecosystem geared up to provide 4G and VoLTE phones. As we bid adieu to 2016, we zeroed in on few trends that we may see in the year to come: 1. Inevitable Existence in the devices segment... Read More

Srikapardhi December 16th, 2016 1:07 AM 53 COMMENTS

Latest Report Reveals that Reliance Jio SIM Owners Are Not the Major Users of Wi-Fi

It’s been just four months since Reliance Jio forayed into the Indian telecom market and already the company has created a major stir. On September 1, 2016, Mukesh Ambani, the company’s chairman revealed the tariff plans of the service, and they are uber cheap. Apart from these tariff plans, the major attraction for the service will be its ‘Welcome Offer’ (Now, Jio New Year Offer), where the company is offering... Read More