The private telecom operators in India including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharti Airtel aren’t going to see robust growth in mobile revenues in Q1 FY23. This is due to a couple of reasons, said ICICI Securities in a note. First of all, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) saw a decline in subscribers. The smartphone prices were up and thus the sales were lower resulting in fewer... Read More
iQOO is soon going to release its flagship smartphone series for the year – the iQOO 10 series for the users. The series will come with two smartphones – iQOO 10 and iQOO 10 Pro. The devices will first be launched in China and then will be made available for customers in other parts of the world. iQOO has announced the launch date and time of the smartphone series. The... Read More
Vivo, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, is soon expected to launch a new affordable 5G smartphone. Reportedly, this device will be placed under the Y series portfolio. The smartphone in concern is the Vivo Y30 5G. The smartphone’s launch is expected soon because of its listing on NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) in Thailand. There’s already a Vivo Y30 smartphone available in the market, but it is the standard edition... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in the country, is offering the JioCall app to consumers on 2G/3G smartphones for making VoLTE calls. Even if your 4G smartphone doesn’t support VoLTE (which would be pretty strange in today’s world), you can use the JioCall app for making HD calls. JioCall app can be downloaded through the Google Play Store on Android and App Store on iOS. Note that the JioCall... Read More
Bharti Airtel, a major telecom operator in India, has added four new prepaid plans for its users. These plans are meant to give users something affordable to keep their SIM active. Of course, there was the Rs 99 plan already available for the users. But, the Rs 99 plan comes with 28 days of validity only. Users were slightly irritated that they didn’t get a super-affordable prepaid plan from Airtel,... Read More
Reliance Communications (RCom), a major telecom operator now under insolvency proceedings, has failed to sell its non-core assets. The company has not seen any interested party for its non-core assets, which include land in Pune, Chennai and shares of Reliance Realty and Campion Properties Ltd. RCom had told the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that the Committee of Creditors had approved the sale of non-core assets. EoI (Expression of Interest) by... Read More
Back in 2020, for the first time, OnePlus launched a Nord smartphone. At that point, there weren’t a lot of Nord branded products. In 2022, OnePlus launched multiple Nord products, including Nord Buds. There are reports online which suggest that OnePlus might separate Nord from its existing brand and make it an independent brand or a sub-brand of the company. Xiaomi has done this successfully with Redmi and Poco. Since... Read More
Bharti Airtel runs a wholly-owned banking subsidiary company in India called Airtel Payments Bank. The company has paid good returns to Airtel as it is now profitable. Rarely do we see banking or finance startups in India becoming profitable as fast as Airtel Payments Bank. Airtel Africa, majorly owned by Bharti Airtel recently launched SmartCash Payment Service Bank. It is a wholly-owned banking subsidiary of Airtel Africa. The SmartCash Payment... Read More
The Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) has partnered with the skill-based organisation Britco and Bridco to open up new examination centers in Hyderabad, Delhi and Guwahati. Under this partnership, the focus will also be on offering special telecom courses to college and school students. By studying and passing these courses, the students get an opportunity to open up their own business or get employment in reputed organisations, as all the... Read More
Regardless of the 5G network launch, users won’t ignore the benefits that fiber broadband brings to the table. India’s journey in the fiber broadband segment has just started. There’s still a long way to go for the country to get fiber access in every nook and corner. A report from Point Topic, a US-based analyst, suggests that India will see rapid growth in fiber broadband subscribers by the end of... Read More
All the private Indian telecom operators including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel are jumping into the metaverse world and investing a significant sum of money into it. Several local, as well as international tech companies, have also poured in billions of dollars into the metaverse. In fact, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta to align with the future. But there are many who think that Metaverse is just... Read More
At the first roundtable discussion organised by ASSOCHAM, a non-governmental trade body, leaders and stakeholders from the industry talked about the potential of O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) in India. G Narendra Nath, Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), the government of India, said that O-RAN is of great importance as radio access networks account for the bulk of the investments in networks. Nath said that with O-RAN, the... Read More
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My 22 vi Postpaid users friends shifted to Airtel and jio due to poor service in postpaid and almost everyone…
basically second sim packs, atleast we now have plans lower than 150
:) my exact thoughts, same concept for Jio Landline on fiber
It's available. Above plans are available for 30 days.
Because of this chortel mentality, video calls (ViLTE) among operators still not supported.
