Vodafone Idea (Vi) is short of funds for incurring capex. The telco has indeed benefitted from the relief measures announced by the government, but the absence of cash for incurring capex is an issue. Vi’s competitors including Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are heavily investing in their networks to increase capacity and coverage. But due to stale revenues and cash flow, Vodafone Idea is not able to do that. ICICI... Read More
It is frankly strange to see Vodafone Idea (Vi) not aggressively fighting Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel for 2G users. There are over 300 million legacy network users in the country. If these users are upgraded to 4G soon, the overall income of the telcos will increase dramatically. However, it won’t happen with the push from a single telecom operator. Every operator including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel... Read More
Satellite broadband is not for everyone who wants to use internet services. Looking at the global services, there’s no doubt that it will be very expensive to consume for an average user. Satellite broadband internet would be able to reach parts of India where the terrestrial networks can’t. But we are not talking about urban cities here. Almost every major city has blanket 4G network coverage provided by Bharti Airtel,... Read More
The recent tariff hikes by private telecom operators are elevating the financial position of the Indian telecom industry. The tariff hike for prepaid and postpaid services by Bharti Airtel is aimed to increase ARPU from Rs 200 to Rs 300. Gopal Vittal, Chief Executive Officer of Airtel, recently marked that the ARPUs in India are significantly low, and the return on capital for companies is in the low single-digit. As... Read More
The Realme Book seems to have been the talk of the town for quite some time, with leaks and rumours revealing key details such as the processor and, more importantly, the design, which seems rather inspired by Cupertino-based giant Apple's MacBook lineup of laptops. Recently, however, the Chinese giant revealed that it would finally be launching the Realme Book Slim in India on August 18, confirming the name itself, which... Read More
The numbers are in from the analysts about the telecom industry’s growth and subscriber addition along with revenue in recent times, and it appears that the telecom companies have not been able to beat the lockdown. Despite the talk of heavy data usage for work from home and online classes, it seems that the telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea, will see lukewarm responses in terms... Read More
The telecom industry is in a tricky position right now. There are a few telecom companies that are fighting for the top spot, whereas others are busy carving their name in the survival list of the companies. We need not go into details of who’s who of this industry as that remains pretty much clear to anyone who’s been following the news headlines. However, what seems to be happening between... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will have to pay a percentage of its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) towards the spectrum usage charges (SUC) to the government for providing satellite-based services. As per a PTI report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the state-run telco to pay 1% SUC for offering services based on satellite communications. At present, the state-run telco offers satellite-based communication services to several shipping companies, government... Read More
The buzz around the arrival of 5G has been quite high in India since the time the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had announced that telecom operators could start with 5G trials. There are some who believe it will be good for the economy, and then some who are worried about its impact on nature (Juhi Chawla case). Regardless, the next-generation technology is insignificant for now. Even in 2022, it won’t... Read More
Indian telecom operators are in “rush to become the first player to launch 5G” and “it is expected to be a close competition,” says Deepa Dhingra, senior telecom analyst at GlobalData. Dhingra told TelecomTalk that the “major” telecom operators in India including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are all “highly competitive” and that these operators “have been carrying out 5G trials.” In early June, it emerged that Bharti... Read More
In our series of discussions about telecom operators and what each player has done well, there is one operator that stands out from the rest, and looking at the numbers to determine a name is an exercise in futility. Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator Reliance Jio has trumped over the other competitors owing to a perfect mixture of pricing, strategy, and product offerings. However, there are slight lapses in the... Read More
Reliance Jio and Google had last year joined hands together and announced that they would work together to introduce a low-cost smartphone for the Indian market. But since the announcement in Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL’s) Annual General Meeting (AGM), neither of the companies were too vocal about the smartphone. According to a PTI report, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google said that both the companies are still working closely and developing... Read More
Have a breaking news, inside story, scoop?
Write to us, your anonymity is our priority at news [at] telecomtalk.info
Want to be featured on TelecomTalk?
Send us your articles, stories, suggestions, feedback at news [at] telecomtalk.info
I hope TRAI also updates tarang sanchar portal from reported information for general consumer access.
But Vi reduced number of sites too after merger during pandemic, but since amount of spectrum doubled, I assume they…
I like how idea heavily bid for 2500 MHz (2.5 GHz) B41 in all the circles, while Vodafone only consider…
It still isn't updated! ??
I don't think your site is well tuned. I don't think it's loaded site. Band 28 gives superb 50-80Mbps speeds…
