It is frankly strange to see Vodafone Idea (Vi) not aggressively fighting Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel for 2G users. There are over 300 million legacy network users in the country. If these users are upgraded to 4G soon, the overall income of the telcos will increase dramatically. However, it won’t happen with the push from a single telecom operator. Every operator including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India is counting on its legacy network users to increase revenues. The telco’s average revenue per user (ARPU) figure rose to Rs 153 in the September quarter which is a 5% sequential growth. While it is the best ARPU amongst all the telecom operators in India, Bharti Airtel still has room to grow it further in the short-term. The telco will be counting... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) will have to wait further for getting the backhaul spectrum from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The DoT is waiting for the final spectrum policy to be formulated before it starts giving the spectrum to the telcos for backhaul. For the unaware, the backhaul spectrum is different from the access spectrum. According to an FE report, the telcos have said that they... Read More
There are a plethora of prepaid plans available in the Indian market. Because of the high competition, each of the telcos offers as many options as possible to customers for getting their attention. There are some prepaid plans from Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and Bharti Airtel that you should look out for. These plans are very unique and offer really great benefits to the users for... Read More
With the help from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) could end up saving Rs 40,000 crore. According to an FE report, the DoT is trying to get the court cases related to the one-time spectrum charges (OTSC) amounting to Rs 40,000 crore removed. The telecom department is already discussing move actively with the law ministry. The OTSC is only levied on legacy operators (Vodafone... Read More
Recently, the demand for broadband plans has increased rapidly in the Indian market. To catch on with this ongoing demand, the various internet service providers in the country have come up with many affordable broadband plans. There are many broadband plans from companies such as Jio, BSNL, Airtel, and others. Despite being affordable, these broadband plans come bundled with unlimited calling benefits and high-speed data. Having said that, here we... Read More
Both Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are trying to make India a 4G only nation by rolling out new smartphone offers. Airtel came with its smartphone offer in October, while Jio announced the JioPhone Next a few days later. Analysts have already commented on the pricing of the JioPhone Next and have called it non-disruptive. Many might be confused between the JioPhone Next and the Airtel smartphone offer. Here’s a... Read More
Bharti Airtel has been in the Indian Telecom market for a long time now. The telco has seen the worst and the best of being in a competitive market such as India. It has survived every scenario and come out thriving because of the strategic approach it has towards everything it does. Today, one of the biggest aims for Bharti Airtel is increasing its average revenue per user (ARPU). Now... Read More
All of the private telecom operators in India, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel, have said that 5Gi should be made a part of 3GPP. The telcos want the Indian government to not lose focus from 3GPP because it would ensure economies of scale. According to an ET Telecom report, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the representative body of the private Indian Telecom operators, said that... Read More
Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, isn’t sure about the JioPhone Next offer from Reliance Jio. In the recent earnings call, Vittal indirectly said that the new 4G phone offer might not attract feature phone users in India. According to an ET Telecom, the Airtel CEO didn’t directly name the device, but the device he was talking about was the JioPhone Next for sure. This is because of the price... Read More
Bharti Airtel is expanding its broadband network to 2,000 towns across India with 35 million home passes. The telco is planning to do this in the next three years. In the recent earnings call, Bharti Airtel CEO, Gopal Vittal said Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) is a very large opportunity for the company. Vittal shared that Airtel is continuing to scale up investments so that it can take its broadband network to over... Read More
The telcos have been working out ways, planning strategies, and offering newer plans and services to earn more out of each customer. Bharti Airtel has been one company that has been very vocal about how the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure for the Indian Telecom industry is not where it should be. The telco has been pushing for the entire sector to go ahead and focus on improving the... Read More
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