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Tanay Singh Thakur November 1st, 2020 1:24 PM 5 COMMENTS

Vi RedX Plan Continues to Offer More Benefits to Users Than Airtel, Jio Plans

The postpaid plans have become quite popular amongst users for multiple reasons including the benefits they come with. In late September, Reliance Jio introduced its ‘Postpaid Plus’ plans and now offers plans ranging from Rs 199 to Rs 1499. Even though Jio provides the maximum benefit to its users with its prepaid plans, it falls a little behind in its postpaid offerings when compared with the Vi (Vodafone Idea) postpaid... Read More

Chakri K November 1st, 2020 7:02 AM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Starts Providing Free Disney+ Hotstar VIP Subscription to Postpaid and Broadband Users

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel is slowly getting back into the competition. The postpaid and broadband users of Airtel can now redeem Disney+ Hotstar VIP membership at no extra cost in Airtel Thanks mobile app. According to the terms and conditions updated on Airtel's website, the offer will apply only to the postpaid users on plans above Rs 499 and broadband users on a plan priced above Rs 999. In other... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 31st, 2020 2:11 PM 54 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Set to Double Down on Broadband Services

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest wired broadband provider in India will be “doubling down” on its broadband services through multiple points including “rapid expansion” of its service areas in the upcoming quarters. The development was shared by Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel in the second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday with Vittal highlighting that the broadband services is “at a cusp in terms of growth.” Vittal highlighted that the company added... Read More

Chakri K October 31st, 2020 9:40 AM 5 COMMENTS

Why Is It High-Time for Telecom Operators to Focus on Fiberisation?

5G sans Fiberisation—Possible? Telecom operators have realised that Fiberisation is the pivot for riding the 5G or emerging technologies bandwagon. If from 2G to 4G was about rationalising capacity by telcos, 5G is more about fibre. Fiberisation will surely meet the present requirement of bandwidth and future technologies. However, India has about 25-30% level of Fiberisation versus 70% that is required for 5G technology rollout. According to industry experts, Fiberisation... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 30th, 2020 9:29 PM 45 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio ARPU at Rs 145, Average Data Consumption Per User at 12GB

Jio Platforms, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries registered 7.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) improvement in its consolidated revenue while its net profit grew 19.8% on a quarterly basis. The development was shared by Reliance Industries on Friday with the company reporting its second quarter results and half yearly results for the period ended September 30, 2020. Reliance Industries highlighted that Jio Platforms consolidated revenues hit Rs 18,496 crores while its consolidated... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 30th, 2020 5:18 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL VoLTE Support Enabled on Asus ROG Phone 3

Asus on Wednesday announced a new firmware update for its Republic of Gamers (ROG) Phone 3 featuring multiple bug fixes and updated Android security patch. The company introduced the ROG Phone 3 in India in late July with a price tag of Rs 49,999 for its base variant. The device is powered by a 3.1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus mobile platform with the company promising an “immersive gaming” experience... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 30th, 2020 2:33 PM 4 COMMENTS

Excitel Slashes Broadband Plans, Set to Expand to 50 Cities by End of 2021

Excitel Broadband, a service provider with a presence in 12 cities across India on Friday announced a “sale” on its broadband plans for the festive season. The operator said to be among the Top 10 service providers in India highlighted that its broadband plans will be available to its users “at exciting prices.” Excitel Broadband offers three major plans with 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps speeds. The company... Read More

Chakri K October 30th, 2020 1:30 PM 13 COMMENTS

Vi Tops 4G Speed Charts Across 120 Cities in India

As per Ookla, Vi delivered the fastest 4G Download and Upload speeds compared to all other operators for the July to September 2020 period. The most consistent and fastest 4G network verification is based on analysis by Ookla of tests taken with Speedtest by 4G users across the country. The latest verification by Ookla comes on the back of fastest 4G network verifications for GIGAnet across various circles over the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 30th, 2020 12:10 PM 3 COMMENTS

Apple Sets September Quarter Record in India

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple in the company earnings call on Thursday said that Apple had set a September quarter sales record in India. The iPhone maker on Thursday announced its financial results for its fiscal 2020 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2020 with Apple posting a “record” September quarter revenue of US$64.7 billion. Apple said that its quarterly earnings per diluted share for its fourth quarter hit... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 30th, 2020 10:04 AM 3 COMMENTS

5 GHz Routers, Benefits and Things You Must Know About Them

5G routers are becoming quite popular amongst Indians now. The speciality about these routers is that they come with dual channels namely 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Either of these channels can provide you with high-speed internet comfortably. These routers are also capable of handling gigabit-speed plans. While people are used to the 2.4 GHz router with the band providing good speeds, they are nothing like the 5 GHz routers.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 30th, 2020 7:02 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 1999 Prepaid Plan Against Long-Term Plans From Jio, Airtel and Vi

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) much recently extended the validity of its Rs 1,999 prepaid plan. Now the plan comes with a validity of 425 days as compared to the 365 days it earlier offered. With the extended validity, this plan becomes more fruitful for the user. Thus it becomes interesting to see what Jio, Airtel, and Vi (Vodafone Idea) are offering compared to the Rs 1,999 plan from BSNL.... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 29th, 2020 7:44 PM 104 COMMENTS

Vi Registers ARPU Increase, Data and Voice Consumption Falls

Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Thursday reported its second quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 with the company registering an 1.2% quarter on quarter (QoQ) increase in its revenues. The third largest wireless operator in India said that its second quarter revenues hit Rs 107.9 billion as the “impact” of the COVID-19 lockdown “gradually started to ease.” The company citing Ookla said that it is “now the... Read More