Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has deployed the first 5G site in Siachen Glacier for the Indian army. This is a major milestone as it will enable the soldiers in the region to stay seamless connected to the world for critical communications. This is the highest battelfield of the world, and it is now 5G connected. Jio got help from the Indian army to deploy 5G. This has taken... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently published data of Independent Drive Tests (IDT) conducted in four cities including Jaipur (Rajasthan LSA), Delhi (Delhi LSA), Ahmednagar (Maharashtra LSA), and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh LSA). This data is for between September to October 2024. In these test, Reliance Jio emerged as the leader in providing the best download speeds, followed by Bharti Airtel on the second rank. Both these operators offer... Read More
Bharti Airtel is expected to lead the industry with around 5 percent QoQ revenue growth. The maximum benefits of tariff hikes in Q3 are anticipated for Bharti Airtel and Hexacom. Vi's continued subscriber loss and adverse subscriber mix are likely to limit the extent of its gains. "Telcos should witness decent revenue growth in Q3, led by residual benefits from the July tariff hikes. Bharti is likely to see the... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator is soon going to discontinue a prepaid plan that offers truly unlimited 5G to consumers. The plan we are talking about is the new year prepaid offer from the telco. It was announced back in December. The original offer period was December 11, 2024 to January 11, 2025. However, that has now been extended to January 31, 2025. This means that Jio customers who... Read More
Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, in collaboration with Google, is paving the way for what the companies call "India’s first AI-enabled sovereign cloud solution." Last year in May, Airtel and Google entered into a long-term strategic collaboration to accelerate cloud adoption and deploy Generative AI solutions in India. This comes at a time when the two companies are targeting the growing Indian public cloud services market, which... Read More
Reliance Jio (Jio), in collaboration with the Indian Army, has extended its 4G and 5G network to the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen Glacier. With support from the Army Signallers, Jio claims to have become the "first telecom operator to deliver seamless connectivity in this harsh and formidable region." Reliance Jio said it leveraged its indigenous full-stack 5G technology and deployed plug-and-play pre-configured equipment at a forward post. Also Read:... Read More
Reliance Jio has several prepaid plans on offer for customers. Many of these plans also come with the benefit of truly unlimited data. However, if you are looking for a plan that comes with 3GB of daily data and also offers OTT (over-the-top) benefits, then there's only one option from Jio available. Reliance Jio has spread the reach of its 4G and 5G networks throughout India. The telco's approximately 450... Read More
Reliance Jio is offering free YouTube Premium subscription for two years to AirFiber/Fiber customers. Note that this is for the users who are subscribing to the telco's postpaid broadband plans. This is the first of a kind offer for Indian customers and marks the partnership between Reliance Jio and YouTube. YouTube Premium susbcription for one month costs Rs 159 in India, and if you go for a 12 months plan,... Read More
Reliance Jio offers 5G-based Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) through its AirFiber service across 7,722 towns in India. Jio is reportedly scaling its AirFiber service by accelerating customer additions over the next 12 months. To achieve this, the company has started scaling up distribution and optimising the AirFiber onboarding process, enabling it to onboard over 1 million homes every month, according to a recent report. By the end of September 2024,... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, put more focus on expanding in rural areas in FY25. Along with that, the telco has been very stringent in executing its 5G rollout plans and 4G expansion to add new customers after tariff hikes when other private telcos lost users. This has helped Bharti Airtel in closing the gap in revenue market share (RMS) with Reliance Jio. The emphasis on rural areas has... Read More
Reliance Jio has two family postpaid mobile plans available in 2025, the same as 2024. These are plans that are meant for a group of users. This means that there will be one primary SIM, and on top of that, users get additional SIM cards, but there is only one bill. The additional SIM cards can be used by family, friends, and colleagues, there's no restriction on that. Jio's two... Read More
Bharti Airtel has introduced a range of data packs to cater to diverse user needs, with prices starting from Rs 11 for 10GB of data valid for 1 hour, up to Rs 361 for 50GB of data with a 30-day validity. Notably, certain plans come with additional perks; for example, the Rs 149 pack offers 1GB of data along with a subscription to Airtel Xstream Play Premium, providing access to... Read More
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Jio too will.
