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Chakri K March 1st, 2017 3:18 PM 216 COMMENTS

Non-JioPrime Users to Get 2.5GB of 4G Valid for 28 Days with the Rs. 303 Pack

Reliance Jio, the high-flying telecom network has changed the entire telecom sector scenario in India. With the pressure of Reliance Jio's free services, Bharti Airtel, the India's largest telecom network has completely scrapped the domestic roaming recently and the changes will be effective from April 1, 2017. With the Jio 4G services set to end on March 31, 2017, the company's chairman and chief person, Mukesh Ambani recently announced a... Read More

Chakri K March 1st, 2017 12:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

The Global Mobile Subscribers to Cross 5 Billion this Year, Says a New GSMA Study

The number of unique mobile subscribers around the world will surpass 5 billion later this year, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 global edition of the GSMA’s ‘Mobile Economy’ report reveals that the 5 billion-subscriber milestone will be achieved by mid-year 2017 and will increase to 5.7 billion by the end of the decade. By that point, almost three-quarters of the world’s population will be subscribed to a... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 28th, 2017 9:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Unveils Cloud Video Service GigaTV At MWC 2017

Vodafone Germany has announced the launch of a cloud video service GigaTV at the Mobile World Congress 2017 (MWC 2017), the largest technology event for the mobile industry. GigaTV allows the customers to access channels and video-on-demand (VoD) services through television set-top box, smartphone and tablet applications. Cisco is the technology partner of Vodafone in this venture. GigaTV is powered by Cisco’s Infinite Video Platform and promises enhanced functionality, quality,... Read More

Zara Ali February 28th, 2017 8:47 PM 8 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Launches Mi 5c And Redmi 4X Smartphones

Xiaomi has finally launched the much-awaited Mi 5c smartphone in China along with the new Redmi 4X. With the Mi 5c, Xiaomi has debuted its in-house octa-core Surge S1 processor. On the other hand, the Redmi 4X targets at showing off a flagship-level build quality. With the Surge S1 SoC, Xiaomi is now in the league of Samsung and Huawei who are known to have their own chipsets - Samsung's... Read More

Srikapardhi February 28th, 2017 6:58 PM 20 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, Samsung work to bring 5G to India, expand 4G network

South Korean gear maker Samsung said that it is working with Reliance Jio to bring 5G technology in India, besides helping the telco expand the 4G network and introduce LTE-Advanced. “As Jio’s end-to-end LTE solutions partner, it is a great pleasure for Samsung to contribute to Jio’s tremendous success. The massive deployment of over a million cells across India is especially remarkable. We will strive to create new paradigms for... Read More

Chakri K February 28th, 2017 5:44 PM 13 COMMENTS

Idea 4G Services Goes Live in Four Key Towns of Gujarat

Idea Cellular, one of the leading telecom operators in the country, commenced its world class 4G services in Gujarat today launching four principal towns of Gandhinagar, Anand, Bhavnagar, and Bharuch. The company will rapidly expand 4G services to cover ten major cities including Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Gandhidham, Vadodara and Jamnagar covering 25% population of the state, by end March ‘17. Digital Idea, a suite of Idea’s digital applications for the... Read More

Chakri K February 28th, 2017 3:55 PM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone Expands its 4G Footprint to Pune and Silchar

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunication service provider, today announced the launch of its Vodafone SuperNetTM 4G service in Pune. Vodafone SuperNetTM 4G services have now been rolled out in 107 cities and towns in Maharashtra & Goa including Nagpur, Nashik, Vasai, Akola, Chandrapur, Amravati, Latur, Dhule, Malegaon, Goa, Ahmednagar, Nanded, Sangli, Miraj, Kolhapur, Jalgaon, etc. and will soon be rolled out across all the main towns and cities... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 28th, 2017 1:57 PM 54 COMMENTS

BSNL set to join forces with Nokia for 5G technology

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is all set to ink a deal with Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia for a strategic cooperation on 5G technology and Internet of Things (IoT). Under the agreement, both the companies will work together smooth network evolution and transition from 4G to 5G, according to a PTi report. “After 4G, the future is 5G and IoT, which is useful in the concept such as smart... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 28th, 2017 12:03 PM 116 COMMENTS

Airtel counters Jio Prime offer with new bundled packs with aggressive pricing

Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom operator, has reportedly launched two aggressive bundled plans at Rs 145 and Rs 349 to counter Reliance Jio’s Prime offer, which will offer unlimited voice calls and 1 GB data per day at just Rs 303 starting April 1. Jio Prime subscription offer will be limited only to the existing 100 Million subscribers, and new users coming before... Read More

Esmail February 28th, 2017 7:35 AM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio fiber first impressions in Mumbai with download speeds crossing 93 Mbps

Reliance Jio, the operator which recently crossed the 100 Million subscriber mark, is aggressively making its place in the highly competitive Indian telecom space. The operator during its free services offering single-handedly managed to lift India from the 150th position globally for mobile data consumption to the current number one position. CEO Mukesh Ambani declared that Jio subscribers alone consume as much data as all the subscribers of all operators... Read More

Chakri K February 28th, 2017 5:44 AM 13 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 vs Nokia 6: Battle of Mid-Range Smartphones

It was just a matter of time since the smartphone world picked up its space and now the market is filled with a plethora of smartphones ranging from entry-level segment to flagship level. If you roll back to three years ago, it was a fool's errand to get a smartphone with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage under Rs. 10,000. Nevertheless, the time has changed, and we have... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 27th, 2017 10:36 PM 30 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio says its small cell network carrying over 350 TB of data, 5 million VoLTE calls daily

Reliance Jio’s 4G LTE small cell network comprising thousands of Airspan small cells is carrying more than 350 TB of data and terminating more than five million VoLTE calls daily, the company said in a statement. The 4G entrant, which is now serving over 100 million customers across India, said that its small cell deployment would help its self-healing Heterogeneous Network or HetNeT to transition to 5G technology seamlessly. Jio... Read More