Currently, all the telecom operators in India except for Reliance Jio offer prepaid plans, which do not come with truly unlimited voice calling. But in the near future, that might change. At least for the consumers of the private telcos, there might be no more prepaid packs that bundle voice calling benefits with select minutes. The only plans which do not bundle unlimited voice... Read More
There's so much talk about why 5G is the next big thing. It's not wrong; 5G is indeed the technology that will change a lot of lives. Be it in the enterprise space or the retail consumer space, 5G is going to make a big difference. As SP Kochhar, DG of COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India), told TelecomTalk during an exclusive interaction, 3G to 4G was an upgrade, but... Read More
India is a big nation. In terms of population, we are not far from overtaking China and becoming the country with the largest number of people in the globe. This means more and more people would need telecom services to stay connected to the internet and the outside world. 5G is the latest generation of wireless network technology. When it comes to 5G, things will change forever. Things like cloud... Read More
The premium smartphone market in India has been growing pretty fast since the pandemic. Users have realised the need and importance of powerful smartphones while living inside their homes. Premium devices can enable users to play games, watch movies, do graphic work and more pretty comfortably. For perspective, premium smartphones are devices which cost above or more than Rs 30,000. The festive sales, which just went by, add a boost... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), an Indian govt owned telecom company, has faced many roadblocks in its endeavour to launch 4G. The most major one that the telco was having problems addressing was the mandatory local technology for rolling out 4G. The government made it pretty clear that it doesn't want foreign vendors on the 4G network of BSNL. But what was not clear was the roadmap for BSNL to... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has been the talk of the town due to multiple reasons. But all of these reasons revolve around the telco's inability to raise funds and boost business operations. While the CEO of the company doesn't believe there's any disadvantage in delaying the 5G rollout, there's a significant advantage to Airtel and Jio in rolling out 5G first as they can market... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, released the Q2 Fy23 report a couple of days back. While the analysts expected the telco's average revenue per user (ARPU) figure to cross Rs 180 levels, that didn't happen. The lower the ARPU, the lower will be the overall revenues. With Jio, there's definitely an advantage of scale. But the revenues won't improve much if the scale of customers goes slightly higher and... Read More
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
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel users in India are pretty excited about the arrival of 5G. Since it has already been announced for several cities, users across the country are anticipating a 5G rollout in their city and town soon as well. Jio says that it will cover the entire nation with 5G by December 2023, while Airtel says it will do so by March 2024. Because of this excitement... Read More
Reliance Jio has been very vocal about developing indigenous 5G solutions to be leveraged for deploying its 5G networks across the country. But on Monday, Ericsson and Nokia announced that they have secured multi-year deals from Jio for 5G deployment. This means that Jio's promise of homegrown 5G will not be made true anytime soon. Even if Jio has to replace Nokia and Ericsson's gear in the future, it would... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Vodafone Idea (Vi), two of the ailing telecom operators, are working as hard as possible to make a U-turn towards success. Both telcos have been struggling for as long as one can remember. There's not been a single positive quarter for Vi since Vodafone and Idea merged. While both telcos are not the top picks for consumers or investors, they are desperately needed in... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has not launched 5G services alongside Airtel and Jio. While the telco has already proven the power of its 5G networks by demonstrating several use cases with the partners and vendors, it doesn't have the money to roll out 5G right now. Once Vi has sorted its funding issues, the telco will plan for the 5G rollout by purchasing 5G network... Read More
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Remember initially when Jio started their service of unlimited, FUP was 4 GB per day. In 2017, Jio completely removed…
Tariff restructure? Can you elaborate? Like what kind of tarrif you wanted/were expecting?
they're too lazy to do that.
Bro, Let's enjoy VI's slow and natural death!
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