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Bala Yogesh October 8th, 2020 4:52 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel Expected to Post Over 4 Million Subscriber Additions: ICICI Securities

ICICI Securities on Wednesday said in its research note that it expects Bharti Airtel to post 3.3% mobile revenue growth on a quarterly basis. The firm in its preview of the second quarter earnings results said that it expects Vodafone Idea (VIL) to post 1.5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) mobile revenue growth. ICICI Securities said that “for a seasonally weak” second quarter, it expects operators to post mobile revenue growth due to... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 8th, 2020 12:28 PM 45 COMMENTS

Jio Delivered Higher Voice Quality in September, Vodafone, BSNL Marginally Behind

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India registered higher voice quality rating in September with Vodafone and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) recording marginally lower ratings. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on its MyCall Portal highlighted that Reliance Jio recorded average voice quality rating of 3.5 in September. The state-run BSNL and Vodafone recorded average voice quality rating of 3.4 in September while Idea registered an average voice... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 8th, 2020 7:02 AM 32 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vi Now Say No to Chinese Vendors

Airtel and Vi (Vodafone Idea) have ignored the Chinese vendors while awarding new projects. The two telecom operators are walking down the same path as Reliance Jio. The largest telecom operator in India has been highlighting that it does not depend on any Chinese vendor to provide its services. Thus, Jio has been termed ‘clean telco’ and the telecom giant has been leveraging off the term for a while now.... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 7th, 2020 4:59 PM 19 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Set to Receive Rs 4000 Crores, Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel Merger Near Completion

Vodafone Group on Monday said that it has agreed with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India to continue with the completion of the merger between Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel. The British telecom giant said that it expects to be issued 760 million new shares post the completion of the merger translating to 28.2% stake in the combined company. It has been said that the new shares will be issued to... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 5th, 2020 4:17 PM 13 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio New Postpaid Tariff “Unlikely” to Hurt Airtel Growth

ICICI Securities on Monday said in a research note that the new postpaid plans launched by Reliance Jio “may not significantly” hit the postpaid base of Bharti Airtel. The firm said that the retail users account for only 30% of postpaid connections and that these users are “least price-sensitive.” Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India in September unveiled its JioPostpaid Plus plans with the base plan priced... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 28th, 2020 6:04 PM 40 COMMENTS

Jio Ahead of Vi and Airtel in Delivering Better Play Start Time (PST) and Video Rebuffering Rate: Mozark

There is always a question in the mind of users, 'which telco is the best in terms of providing a strong network experience?' When users talk about network experience, they are often concerned with the kind of speed they are getting. But the download/upload speed is not everything that a user should be talking about. Mozark in a report offered its views on what a network operator should focus on... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 28th, 2020 4:47 PM 8 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Yet to See Pre COVID-19 Activity Levels

The Indian telecom operators including Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have not seen the pre COVID-19 activity levels on their network, Motilal Oswal said in a report on Thursday. The firm engaged in the financial services in a report reflected on the Telecom Subscription Data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for June, 2020. The data released by TRAI highlights that the telecom industry lost 3.2 million... Read More

Chakri K September 28th, 2020 2:36 PM 25 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Offering Best Gaming Experience in India Followed by Vi: OpenSignal

OpenSignal today released its 'Mobile Network Experience Report September 2020' for the Indian market. The report focusses on several factors like gaming experience award, download experience, upload experience, video experience, 4G LTE availability and more. In the September 2020 report as well, Bharti Airtel topped the chart in terms of average download speed and it is closely followed by Vi. OpenSignal, for the first time, also tested mobile gaming experience... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 25th, 2020 3:42 PM 41 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost Over 4.8 Million Subscribers in June, More “Active” Users on Airtel

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday highlighted in its Telecom Subscription Data for the period ending June 30, 2020 that the number of telephone subscribers decreased to 1160.52 million. According to the data released by Trai, Indian telecom operators registered a combined subscriber base of 1163.67 million at the end of May, 2020. The data reveals that the Indian telecom operators lost a combined subscriber base of... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 23rd, 2020 4:15 PM 51 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Set to Face More Pressure Over New Reliance Jio Postpaid Tariffs

Vodafone Idea, the third largest telecom operator currently “facing a cash gap” is set to witness more pressure following the new postpaid tariffs unveiled by Reliance Jio, ICICI Securities said in a report. According to the report released by ICICI Securities on Wednesday, the cash gap witnessed by Vodafone Idea is due to the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) verdict. The third largest telecom operator in India is required to pay... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 23rd, 2020 12:15 PM 22 COMMENTS

Postpaid Segment Emerges as New Battleground for Indian Telecom Operators

ICICI Securities in a report on Wednesday said that the new postpaid tariffs unveiled by Reliance Jio on Tuesday will have “multiple ramifications” for Reliance Jio as well incumbents. According to the firm, the plans unveiled by Reliance Jio, while offered at similar level of tariff as incumbents, largely have the benefits of three major over-the-top (OTT) platforms. Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India on Tuesday unveiled JioPostpaid... Read More

Chakri K September 21st, 2020 10:24 AM 31 COMMENTS

Vi Crediting Free 3GB Data in Prepaid User Accounts

The newly formed Vi, aka Vodafone Idea, is going aggressive to retain its subscribers from leaving the network. In recent times, we have seen a lot of Vi subscribers porting out to Airtel or Reliance Jio as the network performance wasn't impressing them. However, the company now promises better network performance under the 'Vi' brand. A couple of days ago, we reported the introduction of Vi's new plans with ZEE5... Read More