Popular telecom service providers Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Airtel hiked their prepaid plan tariffs by 20-25% last month. Since the tariff hike, not many new plans have been announced. However, Airtel has now announced a Rs 666 prepaid plan, and Vi has launched prepaid plans at Rs 155, Rs 239, Rs 666 and Rs 699. Here are the details of the newly launched plans. Airtel Rs 666 prepaid... Read More
Demand for 4G data vouchers has grown quite significantly over the last few years as more and more people have started relying on mobile internet to do a lot of their work from home. Even students use 4G data for studying from their home. However, after the prepaid tariff hikes, the price of all the 4G data vouchers also went up quite steeply. Here are all the cheapest 4G data... Read More
American multinational technology conglomerate Cisco Systems has revealed that it is operating with telcos in India – Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The company has partnered up with Indian telcos in the light of their upcoming 5G ambitions to build an automated and converged network that will enhance both cost and services efficiency. Executive VP and GM at Cisco, Jonathan Davidson has said in a statement that Cisco and... Read More
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom company in India, has hosted the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest 2021 in India in partnership with major Indian and global technology companies. Airtel hosted the event in its state-of-the-art Network Experience Centre in Manesar (Gurugram), India. It is worth noting that this was the second O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest that Airtel has hosted in the country. In this year’s event, a wider participation from members... Read More
While Reliance Jio remains the number of telecom operators in India in terms of subscriber market share, the gap between Jio and Airtel should narrow in the coming years. Analysts at ICICI Securities believe that Jio’s subscriber market share would peak in FY23 and then will see a slight decline from FY24 onwards. This is where Airtel would narrow its market share gap with Jio. Analysts believe that Bharti Airtel... Read More
It is the festive season, the time of the year when our budgets blow out of proportion. Christmas and New Year celebrations with gifts, parties and travel can leave you cash-strapped. It is the perfect time to check out some low tariff plans from major telecom service providers Jio, Airtel, Vi and BSNL. Among the four, Jio is the only provider with access to streaming services in its entry-level Rs... Read More
Reliance Jio backs the satellite gateway spectrum allocation through auctions, a position conflicting with its competitor Airtel and other global satellite broadband operators who want such allocation through administrative routes. Reliance Jio expressed its stand in a submission made to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). According to Reliance Jio, the allocation through transparent auction aligns with the Supreme Court’s 2012 judgment and complies with the ‘same service, same... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s second largest telecom operator had silently launched Rs 666 plan after the implementation of tariff hikes. The telco was the first one to move ahead with the tariff hikes which was followed by Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio. Airtel’s Rs 666 plan is geared for users who wanted something in the Rs 600 - Rs 700 range. Let’s check out the benefits of the Rs 666... Read More
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, two of the top private telecom operators in the market, have benefitted from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) loss. The state-run telecom operator is seen as the king of wired broadband subscribers in India. But things are changing fast now. Jio and Airtel are both rapidly expanding their fiber infrastructure to reach more and more parts of the country. With their excellent and growing reputation... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is offering the cheapest SMS bundled prepaid plan to the users. After the tariff hikes, SMS bundled prepaid plans became very expensive. So much so that Reliance Jio had written to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) complaining about the same. Post that, TRAI ordered that operators will allow free port out SMS to 1900 whether or not the plan comes with SMS... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has retained its lead over Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) when it comes to VLR subscribers or active subscribers in October 2021. Airtel had 346.11 million active subscribers out of its total subscriber base of 353.98 million, which equates to 97.78% of the telco’s subscriber base has been active. According to the monthly performance report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority... Read More
All major telecom service providers, including Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio, offer their prepaid plans primarily in three validity structures – 28 days, 56 days and 84 days. The plans with 84 days validity are convenient for subscribers who do not wish to take the hassles of recharging every month but aren’t looking for annual plans either. At a glance, not many plans are available in this price... Read More
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it would be harakari for vodafone to increase tariff, as it will only benifit 5g players
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