4G in India

April 27th, 2020 7:07 AM 6 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Plans for Massive 4G Expansion in Rural Areas

Bharti Airtel has picked the products and services of top wireless hauling specialist Ceragon for additional 4G network expansion. Since the demand for broadband connections have increased in India amid the lockdown period, Bharti Airtel is planning to increase the network capacity, which will cater to the growing demand for stable connection in India. Also, the telco giant has deployed the expansion plans in rural areas and started preparing for... Read More

April 3rd, 2020 2:47 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Might Add Only Half Million Subscribers in March

Telecom operators such as Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio have just added half-million subscribers in march month. The prime reason behind the low addition in subscribers is the precautionary lockdown period imposed by the government to combat COVID-19. In regular good times, telecom operators were approximately adding three million subscribers in a single month, but the addition of new subscribers have been drastically reduced because of COVID-19 which has... Read More

March 31st, 2020 5:35 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea to Provide Extended Prepaid Validity and Rs 10 Talk Time to 100 Million Users

Vodafone Idea, the second-largest telecom operator in India by subscriber base is extending the validity of prepaid plans which is owned by low-income customers. The telco giant will extend the validity of prepaid Plans until April 17, 2020. Not only this, but Vodafone Idea will also credit Rs 10 talk time in the account of nearly 100 million users belonging to the low-income group. The extension of the prepaid plan... Read More

March 31st, 2020 3:05 PM 6 COMMENTS

JioPhone Users to Get 100 Minutes of Calls and 100 SMS for Free Till April 17

Following the footsteps of BSNL and Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio has announced new measures to JioPhone users during the lockdown period. Reliance Jio says it will deliver 10X benefits to JioPhone users when it needed the most. As part of its commitment, JioPhone users will be eligible to get 100 minutes of calls and 100 SMSes at no extra cost until April 17. Alongside that, JioPhone users will continue receiving... Read More

March 6th, 2020 4:33 PM 7 COMMENTS

4G and 5G Spectrum Auction Still Not in Sight till September Quarter

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to postpone the Spectrum sale as the telco giants such as Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices are facing massive financial stress because of AGR dues. DoT is planning to reschedule their Spectrum Sale before July-September quarter. As per the sources of ET, the department is analysing the self-assessed dues submitted by telcos as their AGR estimates are significantly lower than the original... Read More

February 27th, 2020 6:49 PM 7 COMMENTS

4G Pushes Data Traffic in India While 3G Records Its Highest Fall, Says Nokia Study

Data traffic in India grew 47% in 2019, driven mainly by 4G consumption according to a new study published by Nokia. In its annual Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) index report, Nokia said the 4G constituted the 96% of data consumed in the country while 3G saw its highest-ever decline of 30%. The study noted the number of 4G handset devices too grew in the same period. The 4G... Read More

February 10th, 2020 7:58 PM 7 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel 4G User Base Gets a Major Boost Owing to 6 Paise Off-Net Charges from Jio

Bharti Airtel added a whopping 21 million 4G subscribers in a single quarter for the first time. During the September-December 2019 quarter, Airtel 4G subscriber base got a major boost, owing to the six paise interconnect usage charges introduced by Reliance Jio. For the unaware, Jio started charging six paise per minute for off-net calls which made its subscribers shift to Bharti Airtel on a large number. Last week, Bharti... Read More

February 10th, 2020 3:09 PM 10 COMMENTS

Proposed 5G Spectrum Auction Will Not Generate Enough Income for the Government

The 5G spectrum sale will only generate Rs 10,000 crore as upfront payment according to Telecom Department officials, a figure far lower from government’s expectations as some of the major telcos are facing a financial crisis due to adverse AGR decision. This means next spectrum sale could bring only around Rs 35,000-40,000 crore overall against the Rs 5.86 lakh crore worth of airwaves that the government intends to put on... Read More

February 8th, 2020 11:48 AM 43 COMMENTS

BSNL to Receive 4G Spectrum Starting April 1, Expansion to Happen in Next 19 Months

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL will be starting 4G expansion soon. The Central government announced 4G spectrum allocation for BSNL as part of the push to revive the public sector undertaking. “BSNL has been allotted 4G spectrum from April 1 and 4G technology will be implemented in 19 months,” Minister of State for Telecom Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre informed the Parliament. The development comes after the Central government assured... Read More

October 24th, 2019 6:30 AM 49 COMMENTS

BSNL Will Take On Competition After Merger With MTNL, VRS and 4G Spectrum Allocation

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was neck-deep in financial troubles since the last few years. The troubles became even more detrimental as Reliance Jio made its entry to the Indian telecom industry and bruised the sector with the data tariff war, thus hurting the financials of other telecom operators severely including BSNL. However, out of all the telecom operators, BSNL was the most in trouble with heavy debts and payments... Read More

October 7th, 2019 6:30 AM 10 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Ships 4 Long-Term Prepaid Plans But the Competition Dominates them All

Reliance Jio has been the go-to choice of every prepaid subscriber when it comes to 4G data. Owing to its extensive 4G-only network, high-speed network, freebies and the affordable data rate, the telecom operator has seen massive traction from the customers. One of the reasons for the high success of these plans is the rate at which they offer data. In the Reliance Jio prepaid portfolio, the subscribers will be... Read More

October 4th, 2019 5:15 PM 12 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Might Beat Jio by Rolling Out VoWi-Fi Service First, Spotted Testing in Multiple Cities

Over the years, we have seen much revolution when it comes to data speeds and calling technology. Initially, all calls used to happen over the 2G network, and that was the norm, but after coming of Reliance Jio, the Voice Over LTE technology, or popularly known as VoLTE has become the norm. The next in line in the series of improvements in voice calling is a similar technology known as... Read More

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