SYAM (an imaginary Indian Character) read the news about the recent NET NEUTRALITY Debate in India and seeing his anger his friend Ram became curious about what this is all about. Ram: What is net neutrality? Syam: The term implies that all traffic on the Internet has to be treated equally by ISPs (Internet Service Providers). This is why today we pay for only the data that we consume and not... Read More
The CES 2015 is over, and we've seen some interesting smartphone and mobile technology launches during the event. We've tried to cover and report about all the important launches, which happened during the event. Here's a summary of all the products and technologies announced during the event, which was held in Las Vegas from 6 - 9 January, 2015. 1. LG G Flex 2 revealed, features a 5.5-inch P-OLED display, Snapdragon... Read More
Another year comes to an end for the Indian telecom market. While 2014 year was significant, 2015 will be crucial in defining the Indian telecom market. We present below the key trends which we believe will dominate the industry in 2015. OTT wars: Fresh from the Airtel’s move to charge internet usage differently, we expect to see many such wars between operators and OTT players in 2015. While the wars were... Read More
It has been an action-packed year so far, when it comes to smartphone launches, sales, and a number of technological improvements. In this article, I have listed 10 smartphone trends which I noticed in the year 2014. 1. Entry of new smartphone brands in India Some new, yet popular smartphone brands entered India, as the country is on it's way to become the largest mobile phone market in the world. Xiaomi, which is being portrayed as the "Apple of China",... Read More
Some time back we conducted the TT Poll : Share your views on Airtel myPlan and Idea !Plan. We usually get a good response for polls, but this one left us with a different experience as the responses received themselves spoke about the scenario and interest among users. Note : This survey mainly concentrates on the postpaid plans rather than on the prepaid myPlan as we feel there is no point... Read More
This Christmas may not be much of a delight for Airtel subscribers. In an unprecedented move, Bharti Airtel has started charging standard data rates for VoIP data usage on all Internet data packs and plans. As per the new data policy All Internet/data packs or plans (through which customer can avail discounted rate) shall only be valid for internet browsing and will exclude VoIP (Both incoming/ Outgoing). VoIP over data connectivity would be charged at standard data rates... Read More
4G war is definitely heating up and all of us are waiting with baited breath for Reliance Jio to launch its services. We have seen what Airtel has to offer in terms of 4G and now have lot of expectations from Reliance Jio in terms of 4G services in India. In my last article, I had analysed the pricing strategy of Airtel 4G. Today I am analysing Airtel vs Reliance... Read More
Uninor launched a Toll-free SELF CARE option to all its subscribers some time back. One can check balance, validity expiry, offers and many other services through Self Care option. Any uninor subscriber needs to dial *121# from mobile and can experience the easiest and fastest way to get information which gives an advantage. The same is being promoted by Uninor across various channels. Now let us see what Uninor is... Read More
We conducted the TT Poll: Pan India Mobile Data Usage Survey few weeks back and would like to thank our readers for their responses. After filtering the responses we were able to consider 828 of them in this survey result. It was very fascinating to read the experiences/suggestions users have provided in the survey result, though it was an optional field. Here are the survey results: We can clearly see that most of... Read More
OnePlus officially entered the Indian smartphone market when it launched its first smartphone in the country. The OnePlus One was launched yesterday exclusively through Amazon with a price tag of Rs. 21,999, but following its fallout with Cyanogen Inc., many consumers in India were confused about future software updates in India. But shortly after the official launch event of the OnePlus One, the company has answered some of the important questions in... Read More
Airtel’s recent move to drop prices of its 4G services below the 3G prices can be seen as a predatory pricing move. Right now Airtel is the only player in the Indian market offering 4G, which is soon set to change. Having won the spectrum in 2010, RJIO is all geared up to launch 4G services by next year in the country. While Reliance JIO is preparing to launch its... Read More
With mobile operators hiking data tariff every now and then in recent times, neglecting the types of data users in existence, usage scenarios and the real quality they provide, its difficult for mobile data users to digest the increasing data hikes. Not every user is same and have the same priority and importance for data on the move. So, in order to analyse the usage scenarios and to come up... Read More
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1000Mbps.
In my experience, Airtel and Vi LTE has been better than Jio always.
