HMD Global today enabled VoWi-Fi feature on a plethora of Nokia smartphones in India. In December 2019, Airtel rolled out its Wi-Fi Calling service in select circles, which was followed by Reliance Jio in January 2020. Now, both Airtel and Reliance Jio are offering VoWi-Fi or Wi-Fi Calling service across … Read More
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel reaffirmed that it would not purchase 5G spectrum at the Trai recommended prices. Trai suggested Rs 492 crore per megahertz, but Airtel feels the prices are on the steeper side. Not only Bharti Airtel, but even Vodafone Idea also said the prices are on the higher … Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced its consolidated results for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2019. Overall, it’s a good quarter for the telco in terms of subscriber numbers and APRU, however, on the revenue side of things, the company is still struggling. In Q3 FY20, Bharti Airtel subscriber base … Read More
Bharti Airtel may be lagging behind Reliance Jio in providing affordable data plans, but the telco is doing a great job in differentiating itself from others. For example, Bharti Airtel has a couple of prepaid plans which offer life insurance benefits. And on the same note, the telco is also … Read More
In a new sigh of relief for the telecom companies, analysts have come out saying that the government might only ask for the principal amount from the telecom operators in the case of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. The report comes from ET Telecom. According to an Axis Capital note, … Read More
Vodafone India has been giving a fierce competition to Bharti Airtel in the postpaid segment. It was Bharti Airtel which came up with add-ons concept in India and it was soon followed by Vodafone. Last year, Vodafone introduced RED Family postpaid plans which ship with up to five family connections. … Read More
Airtel Xstream Fibre or better known as Airtel Broadband, has been long known as the bearer of good extra benefit when it comes to broadband plans. While the other broadband plans in the industry came with simple data and calling benefit, Airtel packaged a very attractive offering for the broadband … Read More
Coronavirus outbreak may likely affect Airtel, Vodafone Idea’s 4G expansion and rollout as Chinese vendors will be unable to supply network gear over the period of time. Reliance Jio Infocomm not likely to be impacted as it sources gear from South Korea’s Samsung, which we are already aware of. Bharti … Read More
The telecom companies in India have been facing a tough time in the industry with the statutory dues looking them in the face. The deadline for the payment of these dues is already over on January 23, but the telecom companies have missed the deadline owing to the legal affair … Read More
One of the major hurdles that the large telecom companies of India, especially Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have been facing is the imminent deadline of paying Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. For Bharti Airtel, these dues run up to Rs 35,000 crore. However, the deadline has been currently extended … Read More
The tariff hike in the telecom industry towards the end of 2019 was one of the major moves that shocked the consumers of mobility services. However, it is very well known that a single data tariff hike in the industry is not going to suffice for the telecom companies. Given … Read More
After the tariff revision in December 2019, telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea brought back the affordable talk time plans like Rs 20, Rs 50 and Rs 100. Airtel is providing six talk time plans to its prepaid users right now and they are Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs … Read More
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