Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, has added more than six lakh 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) and UBR (unlicensed band radio) users in November 2025. Now, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has started reporting FWA and UBR users separately. For now, UBR is only offered by Reliance Jio. In the FWA space, Jio and Airtel are the only telecom operators competing. Vodafone Idea (Vi) is yet... Read More
India added more than 4,000 new 5G base stations (BTS) in December 2025. This brings the total BTS count nationwide to over 515,000, according to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). According to the DoT, the total number of deployed 5G BTS stood at 518,854 at the end of December 2025, up from 514,742 in November 2025, 508,732 in October 2025 and 504,588 in September 2025. This indicates that 4,112 5G... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, has segmented its home broadband and Set-Top Box (STB) servce into the Home segment. The company, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the Flashback 2025 is now live. The flashback feature here looks something like what Spotify Wrapped is. This year, most of the tech platforms where users conusme content started offering data on what the users have spent... Read More
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the nationwide rollout of Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi), also known as Wi-Fi Calling, making the service available to customers across all telecom circles in the country. Pan-India VoWiFi rollout The new service allows BSNL users to make and receive voice calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi network, offering clear and reliable connectivity in areas with weak or no mobile... Read More
Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel (Airtel), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and Reliance Jio gained wireless subscribers in November 2025, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) and state-run telco MTNL lost wireless subscribers during the month, according to TRAI's Telecom Subscription Data as of November 30, 2025, released on December 31, 2025. The data shows that the total number of wireless (Mobile and Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1184.62 million... Read More
Let’s take a look at what Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries—which includes Reliance and Jio platforms—has said about artificial intelligence (AI), infrastructure, and investments in India. Quotes from press releases and edited excerpts from various interviews and interactions are presented below. What They Said: Timeline October 2024: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani had a fireside chat at the Nvidia AI... Read More
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani unveiled a draft Reliance AI Manifesto, outlining an ambitious plan to transform the conglomerate into an AI-native deep-tech enterprise. The initiative aims to deliver a tenfold improvement in productivity for over six lakh employees and a 10x impact on India’s economy and society, according to multiple reports, including Moneycontrol and PTI, dated December 30, 2025. Also Read: Jio Building World’s Best AI Infrastructure in India:... Read More
The proposed initial public offering of Reliance Jio, targeted for the first half of 2026, is shaping up to be a significant milestone for India’s telecom sector. While the listing will attract market attention, its broader relevance lies in what it could mean for India’s digital infrastructure and for end consumers who increasingly depend on reliable connectivity. Over the last decade, Reliance Jio has evolved from a disruptive entrant into... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, offers the cheapest 5G recharge plan amongst all the private telecom companies in India. In fact, Jio is the only telco to offer 5G benefit with a plan that costs less than Rs 200. Today, we will look at the cheapest 5G recharge plan for 2026 from Reliance Jio. The plan we are referring to here costs only Rs 198. This is the cheapest... Read More
For years, identifying an unknown caller in India has largely depended on third-party apps. From spam alerts to caller names, applications such as Truecaller became the default layer of trust for millions of mobile users. That model is now being challenged by a system built directly into telecom networks. India’s Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) framework, combined with stricter SIM-binding rules, signals a shift in how caller identity is verified moving... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator is leading the race when 5G usage is concerned. Airtel, which always competes with Jio neck-to-neck in almost everything, is far behind here. In terms of availability, both telcos have almost similar performance, but when it comes to usage, Jio is far ahead, Opensignal, a network intelligence company found. As per Opensignal, Airtel's 5G availability and Time on 5G was 66.6% and 28%, respectively.... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, will roll out 23,000 additional 4G sites for the users. Along with this, there will also be many sites that will be upgraded to 5G. For 5G, the state-run telecom operator, will also work on a revenue-share model to compete with the private telecom operators. Talking to ET, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications, said that private players... Read More
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