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Srikapardhi December 1st, 2022 9:51 PM 22 COMMENTS

An Overview of Wireless Subscriber Additions and MNP Requests: TRAI Sep Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently released the telecom subscription data as of September 30. So far, we have only discussed subscriber growth or decline and are yet to look into the numbers concerned with growth and Mobile Number Portability. In this analysis, let's look into the numbers and circles related to the same. Dual SIM Usage: The question in the future is not about dual sim usage... Read More

Srikapardhi November 24th, 2022 8:36 AM 36 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost Subscribers in All of its Circles Except Delhi and Karnataka: TRAI Data

Vodafone Idea, the merged telco of Vodafone and idea cellular, in its Q2FY23 results, updated that the telco has 234.4 million subscribers as of September 30, 2022. In our earlier analysis, we examined how well the Priority circles are performing but couldn't include the September data as TRAI data was unavailable during that time. But as the subscriber numbers are in now, we have circle-wise data to check what's happening where with Vodafone... Read More

Srikapardhi November 22nd, 2022 3:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Is Witnessing a Steady Growth in Wireless and Wired Subscriber Base: TRAI Data

Bharti Airtel has been very aggressive in announcing 5G services and the same time, leading the Industry to correct the unsustainable tariffs induced by competition in the market. At this juncture, we know telecom enthusiasts would be curious to understand the subscriber scenario and the associated aspects of the telco. Thankfully, TRAI has released the Telecom Subscription Data for September 2022, and let's now look into the wireless and wired subscriber... Read More

Srikapardhi November 22nd, 2022 9:22 AM 5 COMMENTS

Airtel 5G: A Look at the Aggressive 5G Rollout Timeline

Bharti Airtel launched its 5G services during IMC 2022 on October 1, 2022. The initial announcement happened with the launch of Airtel 5G Plus services in eight cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi and within less than 30 days of launch, the company announced that it surpassed 1 million unique customers on its 5G network. In this Analysis, let's look at the timeline, showing the... Read More

Srikapardhi November 21st, 2022 8:23 AM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel Touched Highest Download Speeds in 14 Circles as per TRAI MySpeed Oct Data

TRAI has recently released the crowdsourced MySpeed October 2022 Data, which comprised 7,63,010 (download, upload) speed test results. These data samples consist of captured speed test results performed by users across India using the TRAI MySpeed Test on 3G/4G Networks. Out of 22 Telecom circles, Airtel touched the highest download speeds in 14 circles, which means Airtel Network was able to deliver a peak download speed on the live network,... Read More

Srikapardhi November 18th, 2022 10:22 PM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI MySpeed October 2022 Data: Circlewise Best Speed Sample Tabulated

We all know TRAI has a crowdsourced Speed Data Analytics App and Portal to empower users with the average speeds delivered by telcos across India. Most of the time, we get fascinated by the crazy download and upload speeds and waste the data by performing speed tests alone. We also witness people share their crazy download and upload speed test screenshots only to make us feel envious or pitiful, either... Read More

Srikapardhi November 16th, 2022 6:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio Users, Look at These Disney+ Hotstar Options From Airtel and Vodafone Idea

Telcos in competition offer different OTT benefits for users to enjoy and consume the Data that comes with the plan/pack subscribed. Now that Reliance Jio has removed Disney+ Hotstar benefits from its prepaid offerings, we have only two private telcos left to understand the Disney+ Hotstar bundling scenario. In this analysis, let's look at the plans in which Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are currently offering Disney+ Hotstar Benefits. Also... Read More

Srikapardhi November 12th, 2022 11:40 PM 30 COMMENTS

Jio and Airtel 5G: Cities, Supported Smartphones, Launch Timeline and Key Differences

India is now a 5G-powered Nation. That said, the Network rollout and Digital Infrastructure deployments happen continuously as network maintenance and optimisation are never-ending in a telco business. In this analysis, let's look into the launch timeline and how exactly 5G launch announcements are happening. We have three telcos to consider - Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea. Since there is no update from Vodafone Idea regarding the 5G... Read More

Srikapardhi November 9th, 2022 9:28 PM 11 COMMENTS

How Vodafone Idea’s Priority Circles are Performing Based on Subscriber Data

Vodafone Idea, India's leading and the merged telco of Vodafone and Idea, as we all know, projected several synergy benefits before and after the merger. The single largest telco also chalked out 17 Priority circles, and as the name suggests, these circles are prioritised at the forefront to achieve the telco's goals and objectives. Let's now look into the performance of the wireless subscriber base aspect of the telco in... Read More

Srikapardhi November 7th, 2022 9:35 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Complete List of 4G Prepaid Plans: Check Out

We recently discussed the organic growth of the Bharti Airtel mobile business in a story after the announcement of Q2FY23 Results. As we started covering all the 4G prepaid plans provided by the telcos before the advent of 5G services widely in India, let's look into the prepaid plans offered by Airtel. Bharti Airtel 5G Services: Bharti Airtel has launched its commercial 5G services with NSA deployment across eight cities... Read More

Srikapardhi November 3rd, 2022 2:26 PM 17 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lowers Postpaid Tariffs, Can it Help Reduce Subscriber Churn

Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced new postpaid plans with Vi Max branding. The telco brought in four new postpaid plans for the users. Vi has also brought back the REDX branded plan. It removed all the REDX plans from the platform a couple of days back in a silent manner. Now with the new Vi Max, postpaid plans from Vi have been loaded with additional benefits. Even the concerns around... Read More

Srikapardhi November 2nd, 2022 9:02 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel is Growing Because of these Digital Products and Solutions

As we delve further, let's look into the digital ecosystem and innovations, which Airtel emphasised during its Q2 FY23 results. This analysis is in continuation to Airtel Mobile Business Shows Organic Growth. Digital products and services and enterprise use cases play a significant role when the telecom Industry is getting ready for 5G. After all, there is nothing much an end consumer can do with 1 Gbps+ speed, even if... Read More