Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) might get a total of Rs 22,000 crores back from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) if they opt for the moratorium of spectrum payments for the next four years. The Rs 22,000 crores in concern here are the Bank Guarantees (BGs) that the telcos had provided to the DoT. Out of the Rs 22,000 crores, Vodafone Idea will get Rs 14,000 crores and... Read More
Tata Sky Broadband offers pretty decent internet plans to the customers. If you are someone who is looking to purchase a 1 Gbps broadband plan, you must look at the offering from Tata Sky Broadband. The reason is the affordability that Tata Sky Broadband offers to the users. One great thing about the company is the kind of service it offers. Tata Sky Broadband has been known for offering consistent... Read More
Bharti Airtel did not want to pay the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues that were owed by Videocon Telecommunications to the government. Now, in a fresh development, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has put a stay on the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) order for Airtel to pay Rs 1,376 crores owed by Videocon in the form of AGR dues to the Centre. But Airtel said that while... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, wants the telecom operators to come together for building a unified strategy and reviving the sector. Mittal said that the telcos have been cutting each other for getting a larger market share. As per the Indian business tycoon, it’s high time that the industry regroups and focuses on building a sustainable business. For the same, Mittal recently spoke to Nick Read, CEO of... Read More
Apple unveiled a plethora of products across categories. Of these, the iPad mini 2021 took over the spotlight as it was a major upgrade as compared to its predecessor. The new iPad mini 2021 gets the power from the new Apple A15 Bionic chip, which makes it an upgraded variant to the iPad mini 2020. So, here are the differences between the iPad mini 2021 and iPad mini 2020. iPad... Read More
The Oppo Enco Buds were launched a couple of days back in India. In the first impressions of these affordable Truly Wireless Stereo (TWS) earphones, I said that these are too good in sound, and they look oddly beautiful. After using them for almost five days or so, I can say I stand by my statement. In the past few days, I have watched a movie on these earphones, heard... Read More
The government yesterday announced a bailout package for the telecom sector. Brickwork Ratings has called the measures a “much-needed breather” for the industry. The telcos will now not have to worry about paying the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues and spectrum usage charges in the next four years. However, the interest on the dues will be added up and will be payable to the government once the moratorium period ends.... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited’s (VIL) future, until yesterday, was mixed in dark clouds. Things weren’t clear, and the company had failed to secure any new investors. However, with the announcement of the relief package, one thing’s fixed, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is not going to go out of the market, even in the long-term, at least that’s what the evidence suggests. The company’s visibility as a “going concern” has increased with the... Read More
The kind of debt Vodafone Idea has, it will be very hard for the telco to pay it all in the next few years. The relief package will help the telco in stabilising a lot, but it will still require Vi to increase its revenues significantly and that too very fast to reach a good position. To ease the pain of the telcos even further, the Indian government is working... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers multiple 4G prepaid plans to customers. If we are talking about affordable plans, then BSNL is right at the top of our list. This is because even though the company’s plans don’t have the backing of a 4G network, they can still offer a lot of value to the customers. These plans are even better when you are looking for something significant to back... Read More
The most awaited event for the telecom industry of India is the 5G spectrum auctions. The government said that it had fixed the last quarter of the early year as the time period when the spectrum auctions will take place. Looking at this, it is absolutely clear that the 5G spectrum auctions might happen in January, February, or March of 2022. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Telecom Minister, recently said that the 5G... Read More
Bharti Airtel offers a number of prepaid, postpaid, and fiber broadband plans through which you can watch the second-leg or second-phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL). To watch IPL online directly on your smartphone, you need a subscription to Disney+ Hotstar. You can either buy a Disney+ Hotstar’s standalone subscription or you can purchase a plan from Bharti Airtel that offers the subscription for free to the users. The... Read More
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I have not used more than 150 GB a month till now. Mostly it is between 80 to 140 GB.
Or maybe they need to market themselves better
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