December 17th, 2019 9:37 AM 32 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Monthly Subscriber Additions Might Come Down Moderately: Report

Reliance Jio is currently ruling the Indian telecom market, thanks to its affordable tariff plans and LTE-only network service. And a new report now says the telecom operator will continue leading the telecom sector for another two years, despite the not-so-impressive tariff plans. According to Centrum Institutional Research, Reliance Jio's monthly subscriber addition will come down moderately, however, the telco will retain its top spot owing to the impressive 4G... Read More

December 1st, 2019 5:16 PM 78 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Increases Prepaid Tariff Prices by Up to Rs 699, New Plans Start at Rs 19

In line with its announcement made on November 18, Bharti Airtel today introduced new tariff plans for prepaid users. Airtel's new prepaid plans start at Rs 19 and they will be effective from December 3, 2019. Airtel's Rs 1,699 yearly prepaid plan will be available for Rs 2,398 going forward and the company also extended the validity of Rs 1,498 plan. Some of Airtel's new plans include Rs 49, Rs... Read More

November 20th, 2019 11:10 AM 16 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Lost Over 5 Million Subscribers Together in September: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today revealed 'Telecom Subscription Data as on September 30, 2019.' Going by the latest report, the total number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,191.81 million at the end of August 2019 to 1,195.24 million at the end of September 2019, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.29%. During the same month, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea combinedly lost over five million... Read More

October 26th, 2019 3:59 PM 25 COMMENTS

JioTV Plus Service, Additional Cable TV Charges, Long-Term Plans and Other Key Things About JioFiber

It has been more than 45 days since the announcement of JioFiber plans and we did not see any major changes in the broadband segment. Jio disrupted the telecom market back in 2016 with its affordable offerings, however, that is not the case in the broadband sector. Reliance JioFiber broadband plans received a lukewarm response from the users because of the FUP limit put on place for every broadband plan.... Read More

October 7th, 2019 6:01 PM 11 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Expected to Continue Gaining Market Share as Rivals Lose Customers

One of the parameters that is being most looked at in the telecom industry these days is the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). The ARPU has become a measure of how the company is performing in the industry, and all the telecom operators seem to be fighting over it by vying for the most share in the market. However, on paper Reliance Jio is the only profitable telecom operators, but... Read More

September 18th, 2019 3:57 PM 19 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio and BSNL are the Only Telcos to Add New Subscribers in July 2019: Trai Data

Reliance Jio added a whopping 8.5 million new subscribers in July 2019, according to the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Besides Reliance Jio, government-owned BSNL is the only telco to add new subscribers as other top telcos- Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost close to six million subscribers combinedly. The Trai data also reveals that Vodafone Idea Limited is still the leading telecom operator in the country... Read More

July 30th, 2019 7:53 AM 56 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio is Now the Leading Telco by Subscriber Base: A Step by Step Analysis of How it Got There

The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator Reliance Jio stepped into the telecom sector to change the face of the industry irreversibly. When the telco entered the industry, it did so with the plan of amassing a large number of subscribers at a massive rate, and it was also an easy feat for Reliance Jio given that it was offering free data and calling benefits to the subscribers. However, even with... Read More

May 29th, 2019 5:28 PM 19 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel Approach Advanced Stages of VoWi-Fi Testing

The next leap for the telecom operators in the case of network connectivity and capacity is going to be through VoWi-Fi (Voice Over Wi-Fi) services. This new service will also enable the telcos to compete with the over-the-top applications and will give them an edge over them. Out of all the telcos in the industry operating right now, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm are ahead of others in this... Read More

May 20th, 2019 5:49 PM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio VoWi-Fi Testing Commences in Few Circles, Public Launch Expected Very Soon

Reliance Jio has changed the dynamics of the Indian telecom industry with its LTE only network. Jio has the highest 4G availability in the country according to various firms like OpenSignal and Tutela. To recall, Reliance Jio was the first operator to launch VoLTE or Voice over LTE services in India, and now, the telco could be the first operator to launch VoWi-Fi (Voice over Wi-Fi) service in the country.... Read More

April 18th, 2019 8:28 PM 0 COMMENTS

MediaTek Aims to Bring 5G Chipset to India by Year-End

Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek on Thursday said it is set to introduce a 5G-enabled chipset in India by the end of this year to step up the competition around faster wireless data connections. "5G is a very big focus area for us. The SoC (system-on-chip) will surely be launched by the end of the year and shipped next year," Anku Jain, Managing Director, MediaTek India, told IANS. The company is... Read More

March 15th, 2019 11:25 AM 15 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi Go India Launch Set for March 19, Expected to Cost Less Than Rs 5,000

The Xiaomi Redmi Go is finally coming to India on March 19, as announced by the company's India Head, Manu Kumar Jain. The Redmi Go is Xiaomi's first Android Go smartphone and by far it has the best hardware on any Android Go phone launched till date. Xiaomi fans were little disappointed when the company did not announce the Redmi Go at the Redmi Note 7 Pro launch event, but... Read More

February 26th, 2019 7:51 PM 3 COMMENTS

Google Assistant Coming Soon to Android Messages, Gains Seven Indian Languages Support

Google Assistant is coming to Android Messages. This means that Android phone users will now able to use Google Assistant to input information to text messages. In addition to that Google has also brought about support for seven new Indic languages to the Assistant. The languages are -- Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Urdu. With the coming of new local Indian languages, users will be able to speak in... Read More

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