Elon Musk and Mukesh Ambani, two global business tycoons, are battling over the allocation method/mode of spectrum for satellite services in India. Reliance Jio, owned by Mukesh Ambani is the largest telecom operator in India. Elon Musk owns the global satcom company Starlink. So what's the fight? Well, it's not a fight between two individuals, but two major companies owned by them. Jio has been vocal about an auction route... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, is offering customers access to OTT (over-the-top) platforms of SonyLIV and ZEE5 with a single prepaid plan. This plan is now available for customers across India, and also bundles truly unlimited 5G benefits. So OTT + unlimited 5G will definitely help keep your entertainment quotient on the top. SonyLIV and ZEE5 are two of the top OTT platforms in India which offer plenty of... Read More
Bharti Airtel's CEO, Gopal Vittal, has hinted at a new tariff structure that the telco wants to move towards in the future. Now don't fret over it, as it is not going to happen anytime soon. On top of that, no one player can change the tariff structure as it has to be a collaborative approach from the telcos so that one company doesn't end up losing a major chunk... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, recently partook in the tariff hikes of mobile plans implemented in the early Q2 of FY25. The result of any tariff hike in the past has been a growth in average revenue per user (ARPU) but at the cost of the customer base. Airtel had anticipated losing customers and a downtrading of plans as the prices went up. Downtrading here means that... Read More
In a public-private collaboration, National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) and Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) have launched the National Government Cloud (NGC), a pay-as-you-go cloud service designed to support government digital initiatives. This cloud service will reportedly operate through NICSI's data centers, with both capital and operational costs shared between the partners, according to a ET report. Also Read: Reliance Jio Set to Launch IPO in 2025, Potentially India’s Largest:... Read More
Reliance Jio, a leading Indian telecom operator, is unhappy, to say the least with the telecom regulator's recent move regarding spectrum allocation for satcom (satellite communication) companies. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) sought comments for allocation of satellite spectrum recently. However, the regulatory body didn't seek comments from the industry stakeholders on the mode of allocation of spectrum to the satcom companies. The new telecom act says that... Read More
Bharti Telecom Ltd (BTL), the primary promoter of Bharti Airtel, has raised its stake in the company to 40.33 percent by acquiring an additional 1.2 percent from another promoter entity, Indian Continent Investment Ltd (ICIL), through an off-market transaction. Also Read: Bharti Airtel to Acquire Membership Stake in Ericsson’s US-Based API Joint Venture Bharti Telecom’s Stake Increase in Airtel "...Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) has acquired around 1.2 percent shares of... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, recently moved the tariffs upwards making services more expensive for customers. It wasn't just the price of regular plans that went up, but the telco also modified its free 5G offer. While Jio continues to offer free 5G services to both prepaid and postpaid mobile consumers, the telco has restricted it to plans offering 2GB daily data only. Earlier, unlimited 5G was offered with... Read More
OnePlus and iQOO always have decent competition in the market as both their devices come with similar specs every year in the flagship range. In the pricing, iQOO always maintains a slightly more affordable position. Both in iQOO 13 and the OnePlus 13 recently launched in the China market, and are bound to make their way to the global market in a few months. So this warrants a comparison between... Read More
Nxtra by Airtel, the data centre arm of Bharti Airtel, has become the first data centre in India to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its operations, marking a step toward building smarter and more sustainable digital infrastructure. The AI-powered SmartSense platform, developed by Ecolibrium, has been implemented at Nxtra's Chennai facility, with plans for further deployment across its network of data centres, the company announced on Wednesday. Also Read: Nxtra... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has awarded RVNL (Rail Vikas Nigam Limited) led consortium a nearly Rs 5000 crore deal for developing the middle-mile network of BharatNet. The BharatNet project is an initiative from the government under which the goal is to connect all the unconnected villages in India with high-speed broadband. This deal is for the third phase of the BharatNet project, which is... Read More
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has collaborated with the Indian Army to bring mobile connectivity to Galwan and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), the northernmost military outposts in Ladakh. This makes Airtel the only private telecom service provider to offer its services at an altitude of 16,700 feet above the sea level, Bharti Airtel said on Wednesday. Also Read: Airtel Enhances Network Coverage in Leh and Ladakh for Travellers Towers Set... Read More
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x.com/TheShivrajRoy/status/1895166598862066048 i made a parody/meme video on VI 5g please do check it out @faraz @androidfreak @sujata
This must be 5G only. Checkout iPhone service mode. I don't know what it is exactly called.
First outdoor tests Note:Vi hasn’t officially rolled out 5G yet ,as you dont see any announcements on Vi’s website or…
Hope babus in bsnl do something about it
