Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, runs one of the most successful DTH (Direct-to-Home) businesses as well. The brand Airtel Digital TV is known to many and is present across the length and breadth of the country with its DTH services. Airtel Digital TV users who want to switch to Star Sports to watch the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup could face issues if they don't know... Read More
The local branches of Airtel and MTN have been ordered by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to reverse the pricing hikes they implemented last week. Reuben Muoka, director of public affairs for the NCC, said that both carriers had already raised voice and data rates by 10% despite just having received the regulator's temporary clearance. Muoka said in a statement that despite the tariff adjustment being submitted and provisionally accepted... Read More
Bharti Airtel has awarded Aviat Networks, an expert in wireless transport solutions, a contract for E-band and Multi-band solutions to help with the 5G rollout. In a release, Aviat said that Airtel will deploy its all-outdoor WTM 4800 E-band and multi-band solutions to expand the capacity of the microwave backhaul network. This is the first time telcos in India are allowed to use E-band spectrum for backhaul purposes. It will... Read More
Every smartphone OEM (original equipment) manufacturer is trying to roll out OTA (over-the-air) updates for their devices to provide them with 5G support. Initially, there were only two smartphones from Motorola which supported Airtel's 5G - Motorola Edge 30 Fusion and Motorola Edge 30 Ultra. But now, spotted first by TelecomTalk, the support has been extended to one new smartphone - Motorola Edge 30. This means that Motorola is now... Read More
Airtel Africa, a prominent telecom operator in African countries, has released its financial results for the first half of FY23. The telco said that its total customer base increased to 134.7 million, up by 9.7%, with increased penetration across mobile data (customer base up by 10.6%) and mobile money services (customer base up 24%). The average revenue per user (ARPU) grew by 7.2% in constant currency, largely driven by increased... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have both launched 5G networks in different cities. While the telcos are currently planning to reach more cities in the near future, it is important for the consumers to really be educated about the network technology in the first place to be able to benefit from it. But that's a topic for another day. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have different strategies for their 5G... Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Bharti Airtel Limited, and Vodafone Idea Limited each received numbering resources from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for various uses between August and September 2022. Dates of Resource Allocation and Other Details Reliance Jio Reliance Jio received the MSC code 92010-92019 for the Madhya Pradesh LSA on September 6. The telecom requested that the ACCESS-MSC code allotment be taken into account. It will enable the telco... Read More
More subscribers in qualified circles are now receiving Airtel's 5G Plus services. In Delhi and other cities, including Gurugram, Chennai, and more, 5G services were visible on compatible handsets, according to a number of Twitter users and a member of the India Today Tech team. When its 5G services were formally introduced on October 1, Airtel announced that the initial rollout would include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur,... Read More
Reliance Jio recently announced that it would be sending out invites to users in Chennai to experience 5G. Earlier, Jio had announced the 5G services for users in four cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi. Now users in Chennai will also be able to get the 5G invite from Jio. Note that if you want to experience the 5G SA network of Jio, then you must have a device... Read More
To meet the various needs of users, Airtel, Jio, and Vi provide a variety of prepaid plans. However, the telcos don't have many choices when it comes to affordable plans. If you subscribe to an unlimited calling plan from Airtel, Jio, or Vodafone Idea, you're fine to go. In the event that this is the case, the following affordable short-term plans should cover your data, calling, and message requirements for... Read More
Bharti Airtel will get a lot of help from Oracle, a cloud major, with the rollout of 5G as well as existing 4G services in India. Airtel has launched 5G Plus services in eight cities of the country. The company intends to launch it in more cities in the coming days. According to an IANS report, Oracle is helping Airtel in its digital metamorphosis, internally as well as externally. Airtel... Read More
5G networks were launched by Airtel and Jio in several cities. While Jio started with four cities, Airtel started with eight cities. Now, Jio has expanded the 5G networks to new cities. The new cities were announced by Jio on Saturday. Reliance Jio is going to be reaching more cities with its 5G networks by the year's end. The same would be the case with Airtel. Both telcos want to... Read More
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Mmwave and 5G on every band by Jio 5G atleast. Everywhere.
Yes, Airtel has expanded really fast and Airtel fiber service and 4G service is far better than Jio to be…
Vi harming itself by providing 179 recharge to keep validity. In this way it will not survive. I think investors…
Airtel really expanded fiber network across India much faster after Jio Fiber entry. In our Village Airtel brought service first…
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