June 20th, 2025 9:41 AM 1 COMMENTS

Jio Aligns with Tech Firms, Now Supports De-Licensing of 6 GHz Band for Wi-Fi and FWA Use: Report

The Indian telecom industry, which had previously been united in seeking the entire 6 GHz spectrum band for 5G services, is now divided over the government's proposal to delicence the lower portion of the band for Wi-Fi use. While Reliance Jio has softened its earlier opposition and aligned with global tech companies in supporting higher power limits for Wi-Fi devices, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are calling for further... Read More

June 20th, 2025 6:57 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Q-5G FWA Launched in Hyderabad

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has launched Quantum 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) in Hyderabad. The company recently announced that it will call its 5G service Q-5G, which actually stands for Quantum 5G. Now, the company has soft-launched the service in Hyderabad. It isn't just Hyderabad though. The service is now live in select cities. Note that this is just a soft launch and... Read More

June 19th, 2025 2:37 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Quantum 5G FWA Could Disrupt Jio and Airtel in the Battle for Enterprise Internet

In a market where India's enterprise connectivity needs are growing faster than fiber rollouts, BSNL has quietly entered the ring with Quantum 5G FWA, a government backed fixed wireless access service aimed squarely at businesses. While Jio and Airtel continue to battle it out for consumer broadband dominance, BSNL is betting on a different playbook one that could give it a strategic edge in a space often overlooked by private... Read More

June 18th, 2025 4:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Signal for Every Indian: Vi’s Big Step with Satellite Connectivity

In a major push toward universal digital access, Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced a strategic partnership with AST SpaceMobile, the U.S based company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed to connect standard mobile phones directly to satellites. The collaboration is aimed at enabling direct-to-mobile satellite connectivity, a breakthrough that could eliminate mobile signal blackspots across India especially in remote and rural areas where traditional towers are... Read More

June 18th, 2025 2:24 PM 25 COMMENTS

BSNL Names Its 5G Service as Q 5G, Launches Quantum 5G FWA in Select Circles

State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the name of its 5G services on its official X account (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. Earlier, as reported by TelecomTalk, the telecom operator had asked the public to suggest a name for its 5G services, which the company plans to launch once its 4G network becomes stable. Also Read: BSNL to Deploy Additional 1 Lakh 4G Towers; Public Invited to... Read More

June 18th, 2025 1:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Targets Budget Users with Rs 1049 Prepaid Plan, 180-Day Validity

In a strategic move aimed at strengthening its prepaid portfolio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) has launched a new Rs 1049 prepaid plan offering long-term validity with core telecom benefits. The plan, which comes with 180 days of validity, is designed for users seeking unlimited voice calls, modest data consumption, and essential SMS access over an extended period. Under this plan, Vi offers: Truly Unlimited voice calls across all networks, 12GB of... Read More

June 18th, 2025 12:49 PM 4 COMMENTS

Why Airtel’s Spam-Blocking Proposal Could Do for Indian Telecom What UPI Did for Payments

In 2016, India launched the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) a bold, interoperable platform that revolutionised digital payments and became a global benchmark for scalable, public-tech infrastructure. Nearly a decade later, Bharti Airtel is attempting something strikingly similar in a different domain: telecom fraud protection. In a move that could transform how India's mobile users are protected against scams, Airtel has proposed an industry wide joint initiative aimed at real-time detection... Read More

June 18th, 2025 11:39 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio Partners With Krafton India to Launch Mobile Gaming Pack, Targeting BGMI Players

Reliance Jio has partnered with Krafton India, publisher of the battle game title Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), to launch what they call the country's first gaming-specific mobile plan. According to the official release, "this collaboration brings together industry leaders with a shared vision: to empower India's rapidly growing gaming community - a surge fuelled by widespread internet accessibility across the nation." Also Read: Reliance Jio Revises Gaming Add-On Pack Benefits... Read More

June 18th, 2025 10:35 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Gears Up for Major BharatNet Expansion in Karnataka, Goa, and Puducherry

In a major development towards expanding rural broadband connectivity, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed an agreement with Polycab India Limited for the implementation of the Amended BharatNet Project across Karnataka, Goa, and Puducherry. This initiative is being funded by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the DBN (Digital Bharat Network) program. The project aims to deliver high-speed broadband to all inhabited Gram Panchayats (GPs) and villages in the... Read More

June 17th, 2025 11:36 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel IPTV Plans Now Live in Delhi

Bharti Airtel officially launched its IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service in the last week of March 2025 across 2,000 cities in India. At the time of launch, Airtel stated that the service would soon be available in Delhi and other regions in the coming weeks. Now, according to the website, it appears that Airtel has expanded its IPTV services to Delhi as the plans are now available. The Airtel IPTV... Read More

June 17th, 2025 7:28 AM 3 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi’s Data Vouchers have a Problem

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) all made changes to their vouchers recently. Well, not exactly Airtel and Vi, but Jio definitely. All the three private telcos in India want to maximise revenue from their services, and they have a right to do so. But their strategy doesn't align well for the customer pockets all the time. Much recently, Jio also did what Airtel and Vi had done... Read More

June 16th, 2025 5:23 PM 1 COMMENTS

Jio Services Hit by Major Disruption, Now Back Online

Reliance Jio, has successfully restored its mobile and JioFiber services after a major network outage disrupted connectivity for thousands of users on Monday afternoon across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The outage, which began around 1:30 PM, impacted users across Kerala and select part of Tamil Nadu, leaving many without internet, mobile signals, and call access. While services were restored later in the day, an official explanation from the company is... Read More

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