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Kripa B March 31st, 2025 12:32 PM 9 COMMENTS

Smaller ISPs Struggle as Airtel, Jio Push Fixed Wireless Broadband: Report

India's local internet service providers (ISPs) are facing mounting challenges as telecom giants Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio aggressively expand their home broadband services, particularly through Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). The affordable and easy-to-deploy FWA technology on 5G Networks is further squeezing ISPs' revenues and margins as they fight to maintain their ground, according to an ET Telecom report. Also Read: AirFiber is Just Repackaged 5G, Says Excitel CEO: Report... Read More

Kripa B March 28th, 2025 9:51 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Urges Govt to Reconsider License Fee on Wireline Broadband to Boost Penetration: Report

Bharti Airtel has urged the central government to reconsider the 8 percent license fee (LF) on wireline broadband to accelerate fiber penetration in India. The chief regulatory officer of Bharti Airtel highlighted that only 13 percent of Indian households have fiber broadband, compared to over 90 percent in the US and China. Also Read: Bharti Airtel Prepays Rs 5,985 Crores Towards High-Cost Spectrum Liabilities Airtel Calls for Policy Reforms Speaking... Read More

Kripa B March 26th, 2025 9:19 PM 4 COMMENTS

AirFiber is Just Repackaged 5G, Says Excitel CEO: Report

With the rollout of high-speed wireless networks supporting tens of Mbps to up to Gbps, broadband services now include both wired and wireless, and wired internet is no longer a necessity for calling it "broadband." With the launch of wireless 5G services, Airtel and Jio both offer Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services, which they call AirFiber, a wireless broadband service leveraging their existing 5G networks. However, the CEO of the... Read More

Srikapardhi March 26th, 2025 12:03 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel IPTV Launches in 2,000 Cities: Plans Start at Rs 699 with OTT Streaming Apps

Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) services in 2,000 cities in India. Customers will get access to an extensive library of on-demand content from 29 prominent streaming apps, including Netflix, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, SonyLiv, and Zee5, along with 600 popular television channels and Wi-Fi service, with plans starting at Rs 699, Airtel said on Wednesday. Also Read: Bharti Airtel Trials IPTV Entertainment Service in... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 16th, 2025 8:07 AM 3 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and BSNL Cheapest Wi-Fi Plans

Today, we will look at the cheapest Wi-Fi plans or broadband plans from the top three internet service providers (ISPs) in India. All of these companies have a plan priced under Rs 500 for the customers. This is the monthly price we are talking about. If you have the budget, you can also go for the long-term plans and get further discounts from these companies. Jio is the largest ISP... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 13th, 2025 6:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL 300 Mbps Plan Bundles Several OTT Benefits

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, offers its 300 Mbps broadband plan with several OTT (over-the-top) benefits. BSNL has long-been offeriing OTT benefits with its broadband plans, but today, we will focus on its most premium plan. The company's most expensive broadband plan comes for Rs 1799 per month. This plan comes with 300 Mbps speed. This is the same for both download and upload. The company's... Read More

Kripa B March 12th, 2025 9:35 PM 3 COMMENTS

Nokia News: BerryComm, Outer Reach Broadband and Canal+ Telecom

US Internet Service Provider (ISP) Outer Reach Broadband has selected Nokia to deploy a fiber network, enabling the ISP to bring multi-gigabit broadband services to homes and businesses across rural Maine. With Nokia's fiber solution, which is also ready for 25G, the ISP will be able to provide customers with a 10 Gbps symmetrical broadband service, according to Nokia's statement on March 10. Also Read: Du and Nokia Sign MoU for... Read More

Srikapardhi March 5th, 2025 1:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Lumos Expands into Georgia with 5,000-Mile Fiber Optic Deployment

US fiber-optic internet service provider (ISP) Lumos has announced its expansion into Georgia, investing in 5,000 miles of fiber infrastructure. "As part of its first expansion into the state, Lumos will provide more than 320,000 homes and businesses in Georgia communities," the ISP said on March 4, 2025. Also Read: Lumos Expands into Florida with a 7,500 Mile Fiber Network Doubling Operational Footprint According to Lumos, the expansion doubles its... Read More

Srikapardhi March 3rd, 2025 2:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

PureLiFi Unveils LINXC Bridge System to Enhance FWA Broadband Deployment: MWC25

LiFi technology company pureLiFi has launched the LINXC Bridge system developed in collaboration with Solace Power, at Mobile World Congress (MWC25) in Barcelona. According to the company, this solution empowers Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) broadband providers by offering a self-installable connectivity option using outdoor Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). Also Read: pureLiFi Launches Light Antenna One, a LiFi Module for Devices Carrier Trials Begin for LINXC Bridge Since its initial concept... Read More

Tanuja K March 3rd, 2025 1:25 PM 3 COMMENTS

ACT Fibernet Improves User Experience with ACT SmartWi-Fi

ACT Fibernet, one of the major non-telco internet service providers (ISPs) in India recently said that it has improved customers' experience with the ACT SmartWi-Fi. The service is powered by its own router OS called ACT Zippy. ACT had partnered with Zippy to develop this AI (artificial intelligence) technology for delivering a superior Wi-Fi experience to its customers. ACT said that it has been able to improve its customers' broadband... Read More

Srikapardhi February 20th, 2025 7:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

Lumos Expands into Florida with a 7,500 Mile Fiber Network

American Fiber Internet provider Lumos is expanding into Florida with a nearly 7,500-mile fiber network investment. This expansion marks Lumos' eighth state of operation and will bring fiber internet to over 30 communities, reaching nearly 500,000 homes and small businesses. Also Read: Lumos Expands Fiber Optic Internet to Franklin County, Ohio Third Major Market Expansion This marks Lumos' third major market expansion in 2025. The company plans to provide fiber-optic... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 20th, 2025 6:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio AirFiber Max Most Expensive Plan Benefits Detailed

Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has expanded the reach of its AirFiber service or FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) service to almost every part of the country. To promote the service, the company, is in fact, running offers such as free installations. Further, YouTube Premium is only offered by Jio to the customers in India as an added beenfit on purchasing services. Today, we will take a look at the... Read More