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Tanay Singh Thakur June 11th, 2022 7:07 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio and Vi Need the Govt to Side with Them to Make 5G Successful

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are going to need the government at their side when the discussion of private 5G networks comes around. The telcos have demonstrated many use cases around 5G. But the common theme amongst most of these use-cases was that they were built for enterprises. The consumer-focused use cases were rare, and it makes sense because consumers just need to browse the internet, stream... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 9th, 2022 8:42 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vi, Airtel and Jio Must Focus on Higher QoS

The telecom operators are indeed trying to do their best with what they have got. The Indian telecom industry wasn’t at a very sweet spot over the last few years (since the time Jio came to the market.) Not making Jio the villain as it is just business at the end of the day. But it has been a long time since the arrival of Jio, and the telcos which... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 8th, 2022 5:07 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple is Building a Stronger Ecosystem Lock than Ever

Apple, a globally renowned tech company, is building a very strong ecosystem lock for its consumers. One thing that’s been clear about Apple’s philosophy of doing business is that it doesn’t want its customers to just keep one Apple gadget, but all of them. The company has been trying to do it in several ways for the last decade. But with the announcements in the recent WWDC 2022 (World Wide... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 5th, 2022 12:16 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G: Indian Telcos Getting Help from State Govts With RoW Charges, Here’s Why

Many Indian state governments have reduced RoW (Right of Way) charges for deploying OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) and mobile towers for the telecom operators. This has happened very recently, and the telcos will get a huge relief because of that, as their costs for setting up new infrastructure and rolling out networks would go down significantly. So why are the state government’s finally coming around together and aligning their RoW... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 27th, 2022 2:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Old 4G Smartphones Still a Good Buy for Indians

One thing that Indians love is getting a value deal. Be it in the streets with the vegetable vendors or inside the malls, Indians want a good deal whenever they are spending money. Thus, for such people, spending too much on an ultra-premium or even a mid-range premium device doesn’t make sense. This is one of the biggest reasons why older generation iPhones keep selling in India. Users would rather... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 26th, 2022 6:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Rollout and Data Center Capacity Expansion to Boost OTT Growth in India

5G, the next-generation network technology, might become a commercial reality for India by August 15, 2022. The spectrum auction planning is already underway, and the telcos have also geared up by upgrading their networks to meet future demands. In addition to this, many new data centers have been added across the nation, and many more are going to be added in the next five years. Investments in the data center... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 22nd, 2022 12:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

OTT Growth in India Depends a Lot on Broadband Connectivity

There’s one thing for sure, without last-mile connectivity, the growth of OTT (over-the-top) in India will be fairly limited. Right now, India has a long way to go with developing sufficient infrastructure to provide connectivity in every nook and corner. The government is driving the BharatNet project to enable broadband connectivity in rural panchayats of India at a fast pace, but it will still take some time before the internet... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 20th, 2022 3:02 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea are Trying to Make Super Mobile Apps

All the private telecom operators in India are trying to do one thing very desperately – create a super mobile app. Be it Jio or Airtel, or Vi; all are in the race to make their mobile app a super app that contains not only facilities to recharge or check data balance but do much more. Case in point, Vodafone Idea now allows users to stream music, play games, and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 19th, 2022 12:08 PM 2 COMMENTS

Broadband Connection Can Solve Your 4G Mobile Network Problems, But only at Home

A broadband internet connection is the right way for you to go if you can’t rely on your 4G mobile network for working from home or basically doing anything that involves the internet. Note that broadband here means fixed broadband. There are multiple internet service providers (ISPs) in almost every part of the country who are offering a fixed broadband connection to users with speeds going up to 1 Gbps.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 18th, 2022 1:49 PM 1 COMMENTS

Is 4G Enough for BSNL to Turn Things Over

4G networks from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will be available in multiple parts of the country by the end of this year. The state-run telco is planning to strategically launch 4G networks in high-population and urban locations to make the most of its investment. BSNL has been working in harmony with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics) to roll out 4G. The PoC process... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 11th, 2022 7:19 PM 6 COMMENTS

Smartphone Prices Going Up Is Making Life of Indian Telcos Difficult

The smartphone vendors and manufacturers have increased the price of their 4G and 5G devices. They had to do so because of the rising cost of manufacturing new products. There’s a global shortage of chipsets for electronics. Further, the shipment costs have also risen since the time the coronavirus pandemic hit the world. Other components of smartphones, such as displays, have also become expensive. Because the manufacturers of components and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 8th, 2022 11:06 AM 54 COMMENTS

Telcos Are Not Necessarily Bad, India Is Just a Hard Place to be in Business

The Indian telecom operators are not necessarily bad or not paying attention to the problems of the customers. It is just that India is a very hard place to do business in, especially if you are in the telecom sector. This is because of the sheer size of the market. Forget urban areas for a second, there’s just such a huge population in the rural and backward parts of the... Read More