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Chakri K March 23rd, 2017 6:25 PM 27 COMMENTS

Airtel Acquires Tikona to Boost its 4G Services in Five Circles With 2300MHz Spectrum

Last week, it was rumoured that Bharti Airtel is planning to acquire the 4G business of local internet service provider, Tikona. Today, the company has officially announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Tikona Digital Networks to acquire the 4G business. After the deal, Tikona's 4G business including the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum and 350 sites in five telecom circles will be controlled by Airtel. The... Read More

Zara Ali March 23rd, 2017 4:18 PM 18 COMMENTS

Just 13% 4G smartphone users had 4G connections activated in India: Nokia

Just 13% of India’s 4G smartphone users had 4G connections activated on their devices, while 35% of 3G smartphone users had 3G connections activated in 2016, findings from Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband Index study, which added that there is a significant growth opportunity for operators. According to the findings, 4G LTE was the major source of data traffic across India in 2016 with 60% of the incremental data payload from... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 23rd, 2017 12:43 PM 23 COMMENTS

Aircel Now Offering 36GB of 3G Data at Just Rs. 999 for One Year

It's raining data offers. Every telecom operator in India wants to compete against the new entrant Reliance Jio. And it's time for Aircel to step up and provide some offers to their customers. Aircel has come up three new data plans for the residents of Bihar claiming the plans as 'Lowest Tariffs and Longest Validity.' As touted, the plans are attractive and much better than other telecom operator's plans. Under... Read More

Chakri K March 23rd, 2017 11:50 AM 3 COMMENTS

RCom gets CCI approval for sale of towers to Brookfield

Reliance Communications on Thursday said that it has received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the sale of the Tower Division of Reliance Infratel Limited to Brookfield Infrastructure Group. The sale will be carried out pursuant to a demerger of the Tower Division to Towercom Infrastructure Private Limited (Towerco), which will be the second largest independent and operator-neutral towers company in India after Indus Towers. Upon the... Read More

Chethan S March 22nd, 2017 7:20 PM 80 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Consumers Feel that Voice Calling is Superior than the Rivals: Bank of America Merrill Lynch report

There is a dilemma right now in every Jio user's mind in the country whether to subscribe Jio Prime membership scheme or not. In a recent survey conducted by a brokerage firm, Bernstein, it was said that Jio would retain its consumers even getting paid. In addition to that report, here comes yet another survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) saying that majority of Jio users will subscribe... Read More

Chakri K March 22nd, 2017 6:18 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches 4G Services in Manipur Along With Introductory Offer of 22GB 4G Data at Rs. 999

Vodafone India, today, has announced the expansion of their 4G footprint to Manipur. The services were launched in the capital city of the state- Imphal. Vodafone is launching the 4G services after the successful roll out of services in Kerala, Karnataka, Kolkata, Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Haryana, UP East, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & Goa, Odisha, Tamil Nadu & Chennai, UP West, Assam & North East, and Punjab. Also,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 22nd, 2017 5:50 PM 6 COMMENTS

Nokia executes one of world’s biggest 100G deployments for Reliance Jio

Finland’s Nokia said that it has executed one of the biggest 100G deployments in the world for Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio to help the telco handle the massive traffic growth fueled by the operator's initiative to build broadband connectivity for all of India. Nokia’s deployment of optical core and metro solution covers over 90,000 km across in India. The gear vendor’s transport network allows Jio to offer innovative, high-capacity services... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 22nd, 2017 12:01 PM 22 COMMENTS

Data Accuracy and Neutrality is of the Utmost Importance: Ookla on Airtel-Jio Speedtest Issue

Ookla on Wednesday reiterated that it fully stands behind the accuracy and reliability of the methodology used to designate Airtel as ‘India’s Fastest Mobile Network,' claiming that it goes to great lengths to ensure that the information collected on any Speedtest internet test is verifiably correct. The company said that data accuracy and neutrality is of the utmost importance to the company. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio lately made public statements... Read More

Srikapardhi March 21st, 2017 8:49 PM 40 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to initiate actions against Ookla, says public shouldn’t be misled by false claims

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio on Tuesday said the public should not be misled by false claims based on the Ookla’s speedtest results, and it will initiate actions against the company at appropriate forums. A Jio spokesperson said that core issue is that the speedtest results are attributed to the primary SIM even though the SIM for which the data speedtest is conducted is the secondary SIM in the case of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 21st, 2017 7:59 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio deploys multi-terabit converged packet-optical tech with 200 Gb/s speeds to support data explosion

Ciena bagged a big ticket contract from Reliance Jio, the country's newest 4G service provider, to deploy multi-terabit converged packet-optical technology for the latter's pan-India 4G network across the country. The deployment will help Reliance Jio "unleash the digital revolution in India," according to an official statement. Operating at speeds up to 200 Gb/s, this deployment gives Jio a high-speed, highly resilient mesh network with an unprecedented scale to support... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 21st, 2017 4:02 PM 85 COMMENTS

BSNL Users Consumed a Total Amount of 400TB Data on March 19: Report

BSNL, the state-run telecom operator, recently introduced a new pack of Rs. 339 offering unlimited voice calls and 2GB of data per day. It is worth noting that this new data plan from BSNL is the best one in its price range as private telcos are offering only 1GB of data per day while charging the same amount. It’s been just one week since BSNL introduced the plan, but the... Read More

Chakri K March 21st, 2017 12:31 PM 6 COMMENTS

Aircel Launches Unlimited Combo Packs Offering Unlimited Calls and Data for New Users in Karnataka

Aircel one of the leading telecommunications network in the country has come up yet another initiative for new users, under which the company has launched three new plans- FRC82, FRC191, FRC291. All the new plans come with unlimited calling and data benefits. The company is calling the plans as 'Unlimited Combo Packs,' and the plans are only for new users of Karnataka. The new FRC291 comes with unlimited Aircel to... Read More