Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has only two yearly prepaid plans to choose from. This change happened after the tariff hikes got implemented in July 2024. The two plans from Jio that come with yearly validity are - Rs 3999 and Rs 3599. The Rs 3999 plan is also the most expensive plan from Jio. The annual plans from Jio are a testament to the fact that prices aren't... Read More
Bharti Airtel, a leading Indian telecom operator is looking to invest in Bihar to get benefits from the new IT policy. Airtel has a PAN-India business, and it is always looking to expand its business meaningfully. Under the new IT policy from Bihar, companies have an incentive to get most of their invested money back from the state. The telco is in an advanced stage and has already received the... Read More
Indian telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel has teamed up with OTT platform Zee5 to offer Airtel Wi-Fi customers with digital content at no extra cost. Customers on Airtel Wi-Fi plans starting from Rs 699 will receive free access to Zee5, adding over 1.5 lakh hours of shows, movies, and series. Airtel Wi-Fi services are available in more than 2,000 cities through a combination of fixed wireless access (FWA) and FTTH. Also... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has added 3.6 million mobile users between August and October 2024. This was possible due to the tariff hikes which the private telcos implemented. Customers of the private telcos moved to BSNL for more affordable plans. But this gain is now starting to reverse for BSNL, and this has been confirmed by Vodafone Idea (Vi) CEO, Akshaya Moondra. Month-wise, BSNL... Read More
Indian telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has prepaid Rs 3,626 crores to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), clearing all its liabilities for the spectrum it acquired in 2016. With this payment, Bharti Airtel has now prepaid all its spectrum dues that had interest costs higher than 8.65 percent, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Also Read: Airtel Saw No Significant SIM Consolidation or Down-Trading After Tariff Revision... Read More
The Indian telecom operators have been working hard to solve the network capacity and coverage concerns for their customers across the country. The continued investments from the telcos and their persistent efforts have taken India to new heights in the median mobile downlink experience. A figure that used to be under 30 Mbps until a few years back, is now at 100 Mbps. We are talking about the median mobile... Read More
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has neither witnessed significant SIM consolidation nor experienced notable down-trading, contrary to expectations following the tariff revision effective July 2024. In the mobility business, while the operator lost 2.9 million customers due to SIM consolidation triggered by the tariff changes, this decline was less severe compared to previous rounds. Also Read: Airtel Expands FWA Coverage in Q2FY25 and Optimises CPE Costs Airtel 5G User Base... Read More
We are close to the new year 2025. At this point, we want to share some of the affordable broadband plans from Bharti Airtel that bundle OTT (over-the-top) as well as TV benefits for customers. Airtel Xstream Fiber/AirFiber is now expanding fast to new towns and cities. With that in mind, we have listed some of the plans here that won't put a hole in your pocket and at the... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, is soon going to achieve its target of 1 lakh 4G towers. The telco has used indigenous technology to roll out these 1 lakh towers. Jyotiraditya Scindia, union telecom minister of India, said in a recent interview that BSNL will start working on 5G after 1 lakh 4G towers are deployed by April - May 2025. The government has maintained... Read More
Indian telecommunications service provider Reliance Jio has launched the JioTag Go, which the company claims is India's first Android tag. JioTag Go is a sleek, compact asset tracker that helps you locate and track valuables like keys, ID cards, wallets, purses, luggage, pets, and other items prone to being misplaced or lost. Simply put, JioTag Go is a Bluetooth-enabled lost-and-found tracker that makes tagging and locating your personal belongings easy.... Read More
Reliance Jio has come up with a new tactic to sustain its higher subscriber market share in the 5G era. Now the telecom service provider (TSP) is partnering up with the device makers to only enable support for Jio's 5G. This is of course happening for devices in the budget segment. OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) find it a little hard to offer 5G support at a lower price point. But... Read More
Bharti Airtel (Airtel), Second-largest Indian telecommunications service provider, has joined hands with the Indian Army to bring mobile connectivity to remote villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir. This follows Airtel's earlier efforts, announced in November, to bring connectivity to Galwan and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), the northernmost military outposts in Ladakh. Also Read: Airtel Enhances Network Coverage in Leh and Ladakh for Travellers Airtel's Expansion Efforts... Read More
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Oh, the legendary Rs.1 plan of Dec 2021. Right now the 5G users can stack the 601 plan in the…
It is not just hike. This plan was reduced to 150 days long back a year or before that, not…
So we could have had that 1 rupee plan for 6 months in 2021.. Oh I wish I knew it…
For me it still same, getting many call for loan, insurance, credit card, NGO etc. I don't know how NGO…
thats just ridiculous
