The Indian telecom sector is dominated by the three private players – Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea. However, the state-owned telco BSNL also provides prepaid plans that offer benefits just as the other operators. Some of the prepaid plans from BSNL actually offer a remarkably good amount of data for longer validity at very cheap price tags. In this article, we are going to take a look at the... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has just announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) on the occasion of ‘World Telecommunication and Information Society Day’ (WTISD). C-DoT is the premier research and development (R&D) centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Both the organisations will leverage each other’s expertise in their respective domains for... Read More
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 14 series later in September this year. According to new development, Apple is likely going to launch the iPhone 14 series along with other products in the 37th week of this year. The leaked date for the event is September 13, 2022. Other products that might be revealed during the event include AirPods Pro Pro 2 and three Apple Watches. According to the... Read More
The financial results for March 2022 quarter are out for all the private telecom operators now. Amongst all the telcos, Airtel’s performance was way better than its competitors, including Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi). When it came to revenue growth, Airtel reported an increase of 9.5% QoQ, while Jio and Vi’s revenues were only 7.4% and 5.4% up QoQ in Q4 FY22. The data was shared by BofA Securities... Read More
Wi-Fi 6E routers are the next generation router technology that consumers will get to witness. With the presence of Wi-Fi 6E routers, a new 6 GHz band comes into play. This 6 GHz band is obviously capable of delivering faster speeds than the current 5 GHz band because of a simple reason – capacity. However, Wi-Fi 6E is a technology that is yet to mature in the consumer market. Like... Read More
4G networks from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will be available in multiple parts of the country by the end of this year. The state-run telco is planning to strategically launch 4G networks in high-population and urban locations to make the most of its investment. BSNL has been working in harmony with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics) to roll out 4G. The PoC process... Read More
Nelco and Telesat have announced that they have together successfully completed their first in-orbit demonstration of high-speed broadband connectivity in India with Telesat’s Phase 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. This is yet another big milestone for bringing next-generation satellite communication (satcom) technologies to the country. The testing campaign was conducted from April 25 to April 29, 2022. It happened at the Nelco’s Mahape teleport and leveraged an 85-cm Intellian... Read More
Mobile internet speeds in India improved slightly in April 2022. At the same time, there was a noticeable dip in the speeds delivered by fixed broadband connections in the country, said Ookla. In the global ranking for providing median mobile speeds, India jumped two ranks to 118 from 120. As per Ookla, the median mobile download speeds improved from 13.67 Mbps in March 2022 to 14.19 Mbps in April 2022.... Read More
Realme is all set to launch its Realme Narzo 50 5G series of smartphones in India today. The Narzo 50 5G series will consist of two smartphones Narzo 50 5G and the Narzo 50 5G Pro. The Narzo 50 5G will be a significantly enhanced version of the vanilla Narzo 50. One of the two devices in the series will be powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 920 chipset which the... Read More
The popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus is all set to introduce its OnePlus Nord 2T smartphone in India as well as in Europe on May 19. The device has been in the rumour mill for quite some time and now just ahead of the launch, a new report has revealed some of the specifications of the upcoming Nord series handset along with images and pricing. Let’s take a look at... Read More
The telecom operators are likely to be unhappy after hearing the stance of the Digital Communications Commission (DCC). The DCC, an inter-ministerial panel with the telecom secretary as its chairman, has backed the recommendations provided by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the upcoming 5G spectrum auctions. The body has said that airwaves in the 27.5 GHz to 28.5 GHz should be reserved for the satellite broadband service... Read More
All three private telecom operators in the country have been bundling Disney+ Hotstar OTT subscriptions with a number of prepaid plans for a while now and have been adding more to their portfolio. Disney+ Hotstar is one of the leading OTT platforms and has witnessed a huge surge in demand in the last few years. These prepaid plans come with different benefits and different validities. In this article, we are... Read More
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Vi should cap speed at around 70 or 80 Mbps during day & at night unlimited they may limit 30…
Thats true majority of the people i know use Jio or Airtel Hardly anyone uses Vi I use Vi because…
Hardly anyone uses Vi now. It's fastest network right now even with 40Mbps. Airtel has slowed down due to NSA…
Idk why vi has that 40mbps cap And second thing is that vi doesn’t offer volte or hd calling yet…
Tanay JI , BSNL added 2.17 lakh New FTTH connections in March 24 not only 6203 as per your article.…
