The next round of 4G spectrum sale should have ideally happened in the month of October 2020. But this won’t be possible anymore given that the AGR (Adjusted Gross Revenue) dues case took a lot of time and the issue of upfront payment is not yet sorted. Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is at the moment thinking about whether it should ask the telcos to pay money upfront or not for... Read More
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of BSNL Employees Union (BSNLEU) on Friday asked the BSNL unions and associations to “create compulsions on the government” for removing “road-blocks” in launch of BSNL 4G service. According to the BSNLEU, its CEC held a two day online meeting on September 10 and September 11, 2020, passing resolutions on multiple issues including the “denial of 4G technology” to BSNL. The CEC is said to... Read More
The telecom operators in India including Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone registered a marginal dip in 4G data speeds in August, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai on Thursday, Reliance Jio continues to register higher data speeds as compared to its rivals. However, Idea emerged as the lone operator to register an improvement in data speeds in August as compared to... Read More
The effect of COVID-19 was seen in every sector of the economy. One of the already struggling sectors, the telecom sector saw many losses and hardships during the lockdown period. Reliance Jio was the only telecom company which saw profits during the time because of all the investments which came in. One of the many side-effects witnessed was low migration rate and new user addition to the 4G. In the... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has directed its chief general managers (CGM) across its territorial and non-territorial circles to “draw a clear road map for non engagement of contract labours immediately.” According to a letter dated September 1, 2020, BSNL CGMs were also told that there was “no justification for housekeeping labourers and other contractual stuff such as security.” The operator earlier in May 2020 and September 2019 had asked... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has “initiated discussions” with other telecom operators for launching 4G services across the country. The development was shared by Sanchar Nigam Executives Association (SNEA) on Tuesday as SNEA shared the highlights of its meeting with P K Purwar, CMD of BSNL. SNEA is said to be the largest and recognised executive association in BSNL with more than 12,000 members. The members of the SNEA and... Read More
Ather Energy, an Indian electric vehicle company on Wednesday said that it should be ready by mid September to start swapping the Vodafone SIM card fitted on the Ather 450 with BSNL SIM card. The company behind the Ather 450 and the Ather 450X electric scooters had equipped several Ather 450s with Vodafone SIM card. The electric vehicles use data connectivity for multiple elements inside a vehicle including onboard navigation... Read More
India may ask private telecom operators like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to discontinue their engagements with Chinese telecom equipment makers like Huawei and ZTE, having already made up its mind to to block ZTE's participation in BSNL's upcoming 4G expansion tender. The development follows the skirmishes on the Indo-China border in the Galway valley in Eastern Ladakh. Both Huawei and ZTE work with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea in... Read More
Telecom gear maker Ericsson has released a report which states that 4G LTE subscriptions and 5G will extensively grow in India. As per the report, 5G will equate around 18% of entire mobile subscriptions in India by 2025. Also, 4G LTE subscriptions will drastically increase from 550 million users in 2019 to 820 million in 2025. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) will be around 7 % as reported by... Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio will continue its growth momentum in the country and will cross 500 million mobile subscribers mark by financial year 2023, which will further touch 569 million in FY25 and 609 million in FY28, Bernstein said in a report released on Wednesday. The 4G telecom operator’s subscriber base stood at 388 million in FY20. Bernstein said that if Vodafone Idea is forced to close, Jio's subscriber share... Read More
In Q42020, Airtel’s mobile revenue growth outstripped Jio’s by a huge margin (quarter on quarter increase of 15%, 2X Jio) as the company saw an increase in ARPU from Rs 135 in Q32020 to Rs 154 in Q42020. This revenue and ARPU growth are despite the ~30 million customers not recharging due to the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Airtel has consistently maintained its subscriber market share (Airtel –... Read More
Government of India is speeding up the sale of the 4G spectrum which is worth more than Rs 4 lakh crore. The statement was announced by a senior government official. Earlier, the government deferred the sale of 5G spectrum to 2021 and focused on the auction of 4G airwaves. As reported by ET Telecom, the draft is being prepared to fasten up the sale of the 4G spectrum, and it... Read More
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Yes, But some investment is better than none. Also as said by CEO, these funds and 18k crore FPO money…
IMO, Airtel only needs to buy sub GHz ( like B8/B5 ) to have atleast 10 MHz in that. &…
Yes I like your detailed reply. I have noticed same in Kolkata circle. Under many metro train station, Jio 4G…
It's good that Airtel is sharing number of 5G customer circle by circle to attract new customer from that circle…
Thank you Rupesh for good realistic long writing on Vi and BSNL.??
