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Kripa B January 29th, 2025 3:49 PM 1 COMMENTS

Bharat Offers One of the Cheapest Mobile Data Rates Globally: DoT

Bharat offers one of the cheapest mobile data in the world. With affordable data, India's digital revolution continues to transform lives, the Department of Telecom (DoT) shared in a post on social platform X on January 27, 2025. According to the department, "Cheap handsets, internet penetration and affordable data have placed a mobile phone in almost every hand in the country." Also Read: India’s Digital Economy to Outpace Agriculture, Manufacturing... Read More

Tanuja K January 28th, 2025 1:20 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL 5G: 3 Companies Bid to Rollout 5G SA in Delhi

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has seen interest from three companies for rolling out its 5G SA (standalone) network in Delhi. This rollout will span across 1,876 sites in the national capital. It is worth noting that over 29 companies participated in the pre-bid meeting for BSNL's 5G tender, but only three have shown interest. These three companies include Tejas Networks, Lekha Wireless, and Galore Network. Tejas Networks is already... Read More

Srikapardhi January 27th, 2025 9:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

Boldyn Networks Expands Into Germany with Smart Mobile Labs Acquisition

Boldyn Networks, a shared network infrastructure provider, has announced an agreement to acquire Germany-based Smart Mobile Labs (SML), a provider of bespoke private 5G networks. The acquisition marks Boldyn's entry into the German market and expand its global footprint. "The strategic acquisition enhances Boldyn's technical knowledge for critical sectors, tailored use cases, and the further development of its Private 5G as a Service offering," Boldyn said in a recent statement.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 26th, 2025 6:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio AirFiber Plans Under Rs 1000

Reliance Jio's AirFiber service is now present in almost every town and city of the country. The telco's 5G SA (standalone) networks have allowed it to expand 5G FWA (Fixed-Wireless Access) service or as we call it in India, AirFiber, rapidly. Today, we will look at the plans offered under AirFiber which cost less than Rs 1000 per month. These are monthly plans we are talking about which can also... Read More

Srikapardhi January 23rd, 2025 11:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

StarHub Partners with Nokia to Drive Network Monetisation Through APIs

Singapore's StarHub has partnered with Nokia to enable new revenue opportunities by leveraging network APIs. The companies will work together to help developers create 5G and 4G applications like device status and quality of service on demand, for sectors including banking, finance, ports, online streaming, public sector and other enterprise verticals. Serving over 2 million subscribers, StarHub plans to create revenue opportunities for its customers and monetise its network assets,... Read More

Srikapardhi January 21st, 2025 11:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

Freshwave Deploys Portable 5G Network to Test Agritech Robots

Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave has partnered with the National Robotarium to deploy a portable 5G private network at its robotics and AI innovation centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. The 5G network is being used to test robotics, aiming to enhance the centre's capabilities for commercial agricultural technology (agritech) applications. Also Read: Apptronik Partners with Google DeepMind to Advance AI-Powered Humanoid Robots Harnessing 5G for Agricultural Insights According to the company, the first... Read More

Kripa B January 20th, 2025 11:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Q3 FY25 Highlights: ARPU, 5G Milestones, and AirFiber

Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom service provider, has reported an ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) of Rs 203.3, up 11.9 percent year-on-year, adding approximately 3.3 million subscribers during Q3 FY25, which ended December 31, 2024, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced during its recent earnings call. While most of the announcements may not be entirely new, this time, specific numbers are worth noting. With that said, let's quickly review these figures... Read More

Srikapardhi January 20th, 2025 3:28 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telefonica Germany, Orange and Partners Join to Set Up Cross-Border 5G Highway Corridor

Telefonica Germany (O2 Telefonica), Vantage Towers, Orange and its tower company Totem, and the Saarland University of Applied Sciences (htw saar) are collaborating to create what they call "one of Europe's first cross-border 5G highway corridors." The four companies are joining forces to set up a cross-border 5G network alongside the highway connecting the French city of Metz with Saarbruecken in Germany. Also Read: Telefonica Germany to Expand 5G Network... Read More

Kripa B January 18th, 2025 11:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

What Did COAI and Broadband India Forum Say About Spectrum Refarming?

Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Friday that 320 MHz of spectrum would be immediately available following the Cabinet's approval of spectrum refarming, addressing the telecom industry's needs. Speaking at the Digicom Summit 2025, organised by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the minister highlighted significant developments in the country's telecom infrastructure. Also Read: Cabinet Approves Spectrum Refarming for 5G and Future 6G Services: Report Spectrum Refarming "We... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 18th, 2025 10:05 AM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Way Ahead of Competition in FWA Services

Reliance Jio’s aim is to add a million FWA (fixed wireless access) users every month in the near future. FWA is basically AirFiber service of Jio. Bharti Airtel, the only competitor of Jio in the segment is still working on rolling out 5G SA (standalone) for FWA which Jio has already done for entire India. India’s FWA subscriber count was expected to surpass 5 million at the end of 2024,... Read More

Tanuja K January 17th, 2025 4:52 PM 11 COMMENTS

Jio Confirms VoNR Deployment for 5G Users

Reliance Jio has confirmed the deployment of VoNR deployment for its 5G customers. VoNR or Voice Over New Radio is a calling technology. At this point, Reliance Jio is the only telecom operator that is offering 5G VoNR. Airtel's not yet deployed 5G SA (standalone), and is unlikely to offer it in 2025 to mobile customers. Thus, for quite some time, if you are looking for VoNR calling services, then... Read More

Tanuja K January 17th, 2025 4:11 PM 2 COMMENTS

Jio AirFiber Total User Base at 4.5 Million in Q3 FY25

Reliance Jio's 5G FWA (fixed wireless access) service is expanding aggressively in India. The telco has reached a total AirFiber subscriber base of 4.5 million at the end of Q3 FY25. These are great numbers for Jio and have made it the leading operator in the space. Bharti Airtel is quite far behind in this department from Jio. Jio's 5G services are now live in almost every city and town... Read More