The telecom industry has become a bloodbath and is no field for new players now. Even seasoned companies are finding it hard to hold their ground in the extremely competitive environment that has grown to severe heights in the last few months. The falling data rates, the expectations of the shareholders and the customers alike have to be managed, and the COVID-19 pandemic has added to the worries by quite... Read More
I recently interacted with Mr Sandeep Sudeep, NEC India's Telecom Head. Mr Sudeep shared a lot of insights about India's readiness for the 5G trials and related things about the next-generation connectivity technology. Q1 - What Is Your View on India’s Readiness to Conduct a Nationwide 5G Tech Trial? It is a good idea given that 5G is new. It is important to validate 5G business cases/used cases as well.... Read More
There are two telecom operators in the country who are suffering at the hands of the incumbent and the top-performing other telecom operators. One is a private telecom company, and the other is a public-owned telecom operator. No more words need to be mentioned for the readers to know whom we are talking about. But, it’s also true that every telco has something unique to offer to the subscribers, which... Read More
The Indian smartphone market is witnessing the launch of premium and budgeted smartphones. Some of the major smartphones entities like Samsung, Xiaomi, Realme and OnePlus are gearing up to launch exclusive handsets in July 2021. Not only this, but the very own domestic entity Micromax is also gearing up to launch its In 2B handset in India. If you are a smartphone enthusiast, embrace yourself for all the upcoming smartphones... Read More
Friday saw the launch of the new Bharti Airtel postpaid series of plans known as Airtel Black. The name sounds as premium as the service and we can’t disagree because of the promises that the telecom operator is making for these plans. The telco has said that it will bundle all other services in the same plan, such as Digital TV, and Airtel Xtream Broadband plan under a single bill... Read More
Airtel Xstream Fiber is one of the largest fiber broadband brands in India. The service comes directly from Bharti Airtel, a premier telecommunications company that is known for providing quality mobile services. Then there is ACT Fibernet, an emerging internet service provider (ISP) that has expanded operations in multiple parts of the country in the last few years. Both the companies are pretty well known and have a large number... Read More
After each and every passing week, we get to hear more and more about the future of OnePlus, with a special emphasis on Oppo. Just yesterday, we learnt that the company would now be merging the codebase of OxygenOS with Oppo's ColorOS, so as to offer better support. Today, however, there are some interesting hardware-based details that are a bit shocking. This shocking detail comes via a Chinese leaker on... Read More
In the last couple of years, mobile charging has become so different that if one were to take a look back 4-5 years, they would simply scoff at what used to be tolerable in charging. 5W or 10W charging that took an eternity to charge up the smartphone, resulting in a massive waste of time. In contrast, however, we can see that in 2020 or 2021, users go for devices... Read More
The country’s only financially ailing telecom company Vodafone Idea has found itself in a stifling situation owing to its extremely low tariffs and the dues which it owes to banks and the government. To add to its woes, Vodafone Idea has acquired spectrum in March for which payment remains to be paid. Vodafone Idea is also the only telecom operator which is loss-making in the country. The government’s position on... Read More
BSNL plans withdrawal and launch is always a work in progress. However, as of late, BSNL has been intensifying its portfolio rework progress to make its plans more attractive and lure more customers to its network. These changes in the BSNL prepaid portfolio combined with the free SIM and BSNL 4G network is likely to impress the customers to port in from other telecom operators to BSNL. In the latest... Read More
The new IT rules have been a point of contention between Big Tech companies and the Indian Government. The most flared-up tussle has been between the Government of India and Twitter. The new IT rules issued by the government caused much ruckus with the social media companies, with Twitter facing the wrath of police as well. However, in a new positive turn of events, companies like Facebook, Instagram and Google... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been working at a guns-blazing speed to intensify its presence all across the country. The public telecom operator has already been doubling down on its broadband connections and has had a meteoric month on the back of 1.1 lakh new connections. However, the telecom operator is also serious about its new prepaid subscribers. First, the news of free 4G SIM in the Kerala circle,... Read More
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