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Bala Yogesh September 25th, 2020 12:45 PM 24 COMMENTS

JioFiber Now Has 1 Million Users, BSNL Continues to Lose Users

JioFiber, the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) arm of Reliance Jio now has over 1 million subscribers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) highlighted in its report on Thursday. The authority released the Telecom Subscription Data as on June 30, 2020, with the data highlighting that the internet service providers (ISP) in India added over 440,000 users in June. According to the data released by Trai, India hit a wired broadband subscriber... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 24th, 2020 5:27 PM 18 COMMENTS

BSNL Facing Bandwidth Issues in Select Cities, Unable to Serve New FTTH Connections

Update: It is learned from BSNL Sources that BSNL Kerala circle has quickly responded and diverted equipments to Palakkad to resolve the bandwidth issue in Attapadi area. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is currently witnessing “severe bandwidth issue in Attappadi area” in Kerala resulting in “heavy customer complaints and churn.” The development was shared by Sanchar Nigam Executives Association (SNEA) Kerala Circle in a mail as uploaded on its website... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 24th, 2020 12:03 PM 11 COMMENTS

HFCL Building Reliance Jio FTTH Network Across 300 Cities, Seeks More Clarity on BSNL 4G

HFCL, a company engaged in the telecommunications infrastructure sector on Saturday said that it is currently implementing Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network for Reliance Jio in about 300 cities across India. The development was shared by Mahendra Nahata, promoter and managing director of HFCL in its first quarter earnings call for the period ended June 30, 2020. Nahata said that the FTTH network has been a “great opportunity” for HFCL. Further, it... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 24th, 2020 7:01 AM 1 COMMENTS

Tata Sky New Broadband Plans Offer Unlimited Data and Faster Speeds at Low Prices

Tata Sky had to revamp its broadband offerings looking at what JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber did with its offerings to stay in the competition. Both JioFiber and Airtel Xstream FIber customers are now getting unlimited data with any of the plans they pick regardless of their price and validity. Thus Tata Sky has also introduced new plans so that its customers can get more for less. These new plans... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 22nd, 2020 6:11 PM 19 COMMENTS

Government Set to Enhance Broadband Internet Connectivity in Bihar

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a project intended to connect all 45,945 villages in Bihar with optical fibre internet service. The government in a release said that the project will “enable digital revolution to reach the farthest corner” of Bihar. The project is set to cost approximately Rs 1000 crore with Rs 640 crore of capital expenditure set to be funded by the Department of Telecommunications.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 22nd, 2020 7:03 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Broadband Now Offering Landline Service for Free With Long-Term Plans

Tata Sky is ramping up its broadband offerings. Both Airtel and Jio have upgraded their broadband plans and are now offering unlimited data with its every plan. In the bid to compete against the other internet service providers (ISPs) and stay afloat in the market, Tata Sky is now offering landline service with its broadband plans. It is not surprising though. Many broadband customers of the company were wondering why... Read More

Chakri K September 18th, 2020 7:01 AM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL to Offer Work from Home Broadband Plan With 10 Mbps Speeds for Free Till December 8

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is making several changes in the broadband sector. After hiking the Bharat Fiber installation charges, the company has now reintroduced the Work@Home broadband plan which will allow the company's landline users to enjoy a free broadband connection. BSNL has been providing this Work@Home plan ever since India entered into lockdown in March. This will also help the company's landline users to migrate to a broadband... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 16th, 2020 3:16 PM 4 COMMENTS

India Gains Four Spots on Fixed Broadband Index, Drops Two Spots on Mobile Rankings

India climbed four spots on the Speedtest Global Index for fixed broadband while the country dropped two spots in the mobile segment for the month of August. Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Tuesday released its Speedtest Global Index for the month of August. The company said that India took the 71 spot on the Speedtest Global Index for fixed broadband while the country dropped to 128 spot... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 16th, 2020 12:15 PM 19 COMMENTS

BSNL Hikes Bharat Fiber Installation Charges Across India

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Monday hiked the installation charges for landline and broadband connections under Bharat Fiber category. According to a circular issued by the operator to the Heads of BSNL Telecom Circles, the hike in installation charges would be applicable to new Bharat Fiber voice and broadband connections across India. Further, it was said that the users opting for a new Bharat Fiber voice and broadband combo... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 15th, 2020 12:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Now Offers 40 Mbps Bharat Fiber FTTH Plan at Rs 499 Till December

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday reintroduced its “300 GB Plan CS337” in multiple circles across India including West Bengal and Sikkim. The 300 GB Plan CS337 enables users to browse at 40 Mbps speed and serves as an entry level monthly plan for the operator in select BSNL circles across the country. BSNL initially introduced the 300 GB Plan CS337 in December 2019, on a promotional basis for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 15th, 2020 7:00 AM 3 COMMENTS

JioFiber and Airtel Xstream 1 Gbps Broadband Plans Compared: Check Details

1 Gbps broadband plans have become popular amongst consumers. A few years back, it was hard for people to imagine getting 100 Mbps speed comfortably sitting in their homes. But things have changed now and technology has evolved for the better. Now 100 Mbps has become a common thing. What’s more, 1 Gbps plans have become quite popular amongst the consumers as well. Of course, this plan might not be... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 14th, 2020 4:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Xstream Fiber Set to Launch in 5 More Cities

Bharti Airtel, the second largest telecom operator and wired broadband service provider in India highlighted on its dedicated Xstream Fiber portal that its services would soon launch in five more cities across India. The development is on the heels of ITI Limited announcing in early September that Airtel had issued a Letter of Intent for works related to its Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) expansion in eight circles. ITI said that the work... Read More