Bharti Airtel is expanding its broadband network to 2,000 towns across India with 35 million home passes. The telco is planning to do this in the next three years. In the recent earnings call, Bharti Airtel CEO, Gopal Vittal said Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) is a very large opportunity for the company. Vittal shared that Airtel is continuing to scale up investments so that it can take its broadband network to over... Read More
On Wednesday, the telecom regulator TRAI floated a consultation paper in order to discuss the tariff-related issues for cell broadcast and SMS alerts that are disseminated via the Common Altering Protocol (CAP) platform at times of both disasters and non-disasters. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) explained that there are specific occasions when the government might like to send alerts to the public free of cost to warn of a... Read More
Starlink, a SpaceX owned satellite broadband service provider, is subsidising costs for the Indian users heavily. The service is quite expensive, and if the cost was passed on to the customers, it would become unaffordable. Sanjay Bhargava, India head for Starlink, said that the benefits offered by the connection must outstrip the costs involved. According to an ET Telecom report, Bhargava said Starlink only wants to focus on areas that... Read More
The telcos have been working out ways, planning strategies, and offering newer plans and services to earn more out of each customer. Bharti Airtel has been one company that has been very vocal about how the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure for the Indian Telecom industry is not where it should be. The telco has been pushing for the entire sector to go ahead and focus on improving the... Read More
WhatsApp launched the ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature a few years back to let users delete the messages they sent by mistake. This feature will delete the message that was sent mistakenly or to a wrong contact or group. However, it will leave the caption ‘This message was deleted’. Moreover, the instant messaging platform has a specific time restriction to delete the message on both sides. Now, it looks like WhatsApp... Read More
Today, the telecom department amended the unified license agreement that will let 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) as per the automatic route. Notably, this was a part of the telecom relief package and it has come right when Vodafone Idea aka Vi is looking forward to fundraising via global investors. As per the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s notification that was issued today, FDI up to 100% under the automatic... Read More
The Two-Step verification (2-factor authentication), which was announced to be mandated by Google before the end of 2021, now has a finalised date. Every time a user logs into the Google account, a verification e-mail or an SMS will be sent. This process is designed to protect the personal data of users by providing an extra layer of security. This method is supposed to protect the user accounts from the... Read More
After many rumours and speculations, Motorola just unveiled the Moto G51 smartphone. The device has been officially unveiled in China with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that supports 5G connectivity. As of now, there is no word regarding when this smartphone could be launched in the global markets including India. Notably, the Moto G51 has been launched in a single storage configuration with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage space.... Read More
The State-run telco BSNL has announced that it has extended the Free Installation Offer for the new Bharat Fibre FTTH, DSL Broadband, Air Fibre, and Landline connections all over the country. Going by the latest offer, the PSU has extended the waiver of the Installation cost for 90 days. This offer will be applicable with immediate effect for all new customers who have enrolled into the service across all telecom... Read More
Bharti Airtel recently came out with the September quarter results. The telco’s consolidated profits grew by almost four times quarter-on-quarter. This was helped by the one-time spectrum sale to Reliance Jio. According to analysts, the income of Bharti Airtel should compound by 18% annually in the FY22-24 period. This will be due to the increasing 4G penetration across the country. Further, the telco will also increase tariffs in the near... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) might get $150 million in additional capital from Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group (ABG). Vodafone Group Plc of the UK, which holds the largest promoter stake in the telco, might follow up with additional capital as well. According to an ET Telecom report, Birla might invest this money out of his personal assets. People aware of the matter told the publication that the... Read More
D2h is amongst the major Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in the country. The company offers an Android Set-Top Box (STB) to the users, namely d2h Stream. It is available for a price of Rs 2499 (inclusive of 18% GST). At the same price, you can get the Android STBs from Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV, and Tata Sky. So why should you go with the D2h’s offering right now? This is... Read More
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Great work Jio ! Atleast jio doing this !! … in premium CHORarpuTEL(airtel) i faced same for two days first…
Happy to see … So airtel started afraid of some one Jio or BSNL or Vi … Who is that…
Not happening really soon. Backhaul is not yet there.
Lol. I believe Airtel won't even in 2028(or after moving to SA).
