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Srikapardhi December 19th, 2024 6:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Prepays Rs 3,626 Crores to Clear 2016 Spectrum Liabilities

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

Tanay Singh Thakur December 19th, 2024 5:24 PM 24 COMMENTS

India’s Median Mobile Download Speeds Touch 100 Mbps: Ookla Data

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

Srikapardhi December 19th, 2024 9:02 AM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel Saw No Significant SIM Consolidation or Down-Trading After Tariff Revision

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

Tanay Singh Thakur December 19th, 2024 6:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Affordable OTT Bundled Broadband Plans for Customers in 2025

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

Tanuja K December 18th, 2024 2:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL to Start Working on 5G Upgrade After April-May 2025: Report

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

Kripa B December 18th, 2024 2:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Launches JioTag Go with Support for Android

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

Tanay Singh Thakur December 18th, 2024 1:09 PM 1 COMMENTS

POCO C75 is Yet Another Phone to Only Support Jio’s 5G

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

Srikapardhi December 18th, 2024 12:08 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel Partners With Indian Army to Connect Villages Along LOC in North Kashmir

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

Kripa B December 17th, 2024 10:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Poco Partners with Jio, Qualcomm to Launch India’s Most Affordable 5G Smartphone

Smartphone maker Poco announced that it has collaborated with American chipmaker Qualcomm and India's largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio, to launch what the company calls 'India's Most Affordable 5G Phone,' the Poco C75 5G. The phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen2 5G chipset, with clock speeds of up to 2GHz. Also Read: Qualcomm Envisions a Hybrid AI Future with Enhanced Experiences: Report Affordable 5G for All The... Read More

Srikapardhi December 17th, 2024 2:27 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel Expands FWA Coverage in Q2FY25 and Optimises CPE Costs

Bharti Airtel has rapidly expanded its Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) during the Q2FY25. This expansion is driving both the addressable market and the expansion of Airtel's Wi-Fi services. Airtel is now live in more than 2,000 cities through a combination of fixed wireless access and FTTH, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel Limited, Gopal Vittal, said during the Q2FY25 earnings call. In the broadband segment, Bharti Airtel... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 17th, 2024 6:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio and Airtel Recent Prepaid Plan Launches: Recap

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, two of the leading telecom operators recently came up with new prepaid plans for customers. Today, we will take a look at those plans and recap their benefits. The offer bundled in the plan from Jio is a limited-time offer meant for the new year. Reliance Jio recently launched the Rs 2025 prepaid plan while Bharti Airtel brought the Rs 398 plan. The plan from... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 15th, 2024 5:03 AM 0 COMMENTS

India’s Cheapest Validity Mobile Prepaid Plan with Disney+ Hotstar

Indians love consuming content from Disney+ Hotstar. It is one of the largest over-the-top (OTT) platforms in the country. Many of the local TV shows and movies are available for consumers to watch here. Much recently, Bharti Airtel came out with a new prepaid plan bundled with Disney+ Hotstar Mobile. With the Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription, users get access to the mobile platform, which allows them to watch content only... Read More