Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, has removed two very popular plans from its offering. The first plan is the Rs 189 option, which was an entry-level offering from the telco for the users to keep their SIM active. The Rs 189 plan used to cost Rs 155 before the tariff hikes were implemented in July 2024. But now, even that plan is not available for customers. Another plan, the... Read More
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked Indian telecom operators including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to trial an anti-spam solution. This anti-spam solution comes from the Delhi-based Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), a government-run body. TCIL has agreed to provide its anti-spam solution to the telcos for free for three months. During this time, the telcos will test the solution's... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest telco in India in terms of market share, recently unveiled voice and SMS-only plans. The plan didn't make the consumers too happy, as understandable by witnessing all the backlash online. However, on top of that, TelecomTalk has now confirmed that Jio will not allow data boosters or data add-on plans to work on top of the voice and SMS-only plans. Jio has confirmed this via its... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched the IFTV (Integrated Free TV) service nationwide, offering a platform that combines over 550 live SD and HD TV channels with more than 18 premium OTT apps. Developed in collaboration with technology partner Skypro and OTT provider PlayboxTV, this platform offers a seamless entertainment experience through a single subscription. "This initiative bridges live television and on-demand OTT content under a single subscription, providing accessibility,... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom service provider, recently unveiled its voice and SMS-only prepaid plans according to TRAI's mandate. Now that all the private telecom service providers have unveiled plans in line with the tariff mandate, we will see what plans Jio is offering to its prepaid users in the voice-centric usage segment. We have already seen what Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are offering in this segment, and... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has seen interest from three companies for rolling out its 5G SA (standalone) network in Delhi. This rollout will span across 1,876 sites in the national capital. It is worth noting that over 29 companies participated in the pre-bid meeting for BSNL's 5G tender, but only three have shown interest. These three companies include Tejas Networks, Lekha Wireless, and Galore Network. Tejas Networks is already... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has confirmed deploying 2000+ 4G sites in Telangana. The largest number of 4G sites is in Telangana's capital city, Hyderabad. A total of 2,088 4G sites are now deployed in the state, with many more to be deployed soon. This is part of the 1 lakh 4G sites milestone that BSNL is trying to achieve by deploying a home-grown technology... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, didn't need to bring new voice and SMS-only plans. This is because BSNL already had such plans on offer. The two plans from BSNL that are under the category of voice or voice + SMS only cost Rs 99 and Rs 439. These plans have been available for quite some time now. With both these vouchers, you will get voice... Read More
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), three Indian private telecom operators, have all unveiled their revised Voice and SMS-only prepaid plans in compliance with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) Tariff mandate. Before we delve into these plans, let's first review the timeline of these plan changes. The tariff plans were initially unveiled by Airtel, followed by Jio, with Vi launching theirs last. However, Vi initially introduced... Read More
Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has strengthened its network infrastructure to support the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair, which will take place from January 28th at the Boimela Prangan in Salt Lake City, Kolkata. According to a company statement released on Monday, Airtel has set up five dedicated sites within the venue to ensure seamless connectivity for the large number of attendees. Also Read: Airtel Installs 42 Towers in 5 Months Bringing... Read More
As per the telecom subscription report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the month of November 2024, every telco lost active wireless users. While Jio was the only one which added wireless users to its overall base, even Jio lost active users. The decline in active user base can be attributed to several factors - people shutting down SIM cards or the telos deactivating older SIMs... Read More
Bharti Airtel, an Indian telecom service provider, offers postpaid services for users seeking serious mobility solutions. As a leader in postpaid services in India, Airtel offers plans tailored to users in both the retail and corporate segments. Now, for existing Airtel prepaid users in the retail individual segment, Airtel is offering extra benefits to encourage them to upgrade to Airtel Postpaid. If you're looking for bulk data benefits from Airtel,... Read More
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But Jio is also using ericsson?
