May 16th, 2017 4:14 PM 31 COMMENTS

7 Star Digital and Airtel Have the Best Average Internet Speed in India: Netflix

Following its tradition, the world's leading video-streaming platform Netflix has released the monthly ISP speed index for April 2017. According to the data released, 7 Star Digital has the best monthly average internet speed in the country. The network's average monthly speed is increased from 2.28Mbps in March to 2.69Mbps in April. That said, the growth in the average monthly speed brought the 7 Star Digital to the number one... Read More

May 14th, 2017 8:13 AM 114 COMMENTS

BSNL vs. Idea Cellular: Which Operator is Providing the Best Prepaid Plan Right Now?

The state-run telecom operator BSNL is on fire currently and has been unveiling new tariff plans now and then to match the newcomer Reliance Jio’s offerings. After Jio's entry, the entire Indian telecom scene has changed due to its aggressive tariff plans. A year ago, we used to pay around Rs. 250 for a GB of data for 28 days. We're getting the same 1GB of data at a similar... Read More

May 12th, 2017 6:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

Intex Aqua Crystal Plus Offers Android 7.0 Nougat and 13MP Rear Camera at Rs. 6,799

It seems like Indian smartphone brands are launching smartphones, budget devices in particular, for fun. Intex, after launching an array of entry-level smartphones under its Aqua series today announced a new smartphone, called, the Intex Aqua Crystal Plus. Priced at Rs. 6,799, the smartphone will pit against the Xiaomi Redmi 3s. The Aqua Crystal Plus is a beefed up variant of the Aqua Crystal which was launched earlier this year.... Read More

May 10th, 2017 7:09 PM 6 COMMENTS

Asus Launches the 5.5-inch Variant of Zenfone Go With Snapdragon 410 SoC at Rs. 8,499

Asus, after launching an array of smartphones at the start of this year has been silent for a while and today, the company has announced the Asus Zenfone Go 5.5 with model number ZB552KL for Rs. 8499. The device will be exclusively sold via Amazon India in two colour options - charcoal black and sheer gold. Asus claims that the overwhelming response to the Zenfone Go series has made them... Read More

May 9th, 2017 2:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

Idea Movie Club is Slowly Catching JioCinema and Airtel Movies in Terms of Features

Late last year, India’s third largest telecom operator, Idea Cellular announced the Idea Movie Club application, the company’s first take on the content space. Now Idea has three digital content apps - Idea Movie Club, Idea Game Spark, and Idea Music Lounge. The Idea Music Club’s main target is to take on the rival telcos services - JioCinema and Airtel Movies. However, the service was in beta stages for a... Read More

May 4th, 2017 9:03 PM 3 COMMENTS

Telenor Discloses the Password Habits of Indians on World Password Day

On the eve of World Password Day, Telenor India has disclosed the password habits, internet usage, and access patterns of school-going children in the country. The report is named as ‘WebWise’ which shows all the information about Indian resident’s password habits. The WebWise report indicates that a whopping 98.8 percent of children in urban areas are using the Internet and 54.6 percent of those surveyed use “weak passwords” i.e. passwords... Read More

May 4th, 2017 6:52 PM 31 COMMENTS

Telecom Regulator Discards Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea’s Demand for Fixed IUC Charge: Report

India's telecom regulator Trai has reportedly dismissed incumbent telcos' demand that the interconnect usage charge (IUC) be fixed as the minimum price of a voice call at 14 paise per minute. In an interaction with ET, Trai chairman RS Sharma termed incumbents' demand as 'too much noise'. "I don’t think that’s really a correct thing to do for a regulator. The price is under forbearance; both the top and bottom... Read More

May 4th, 2017 2:12 PM 15 COMMENTS

Here’s Why Some Reliance Jio Users are Getting 1GB Data Even After Recharging With Rs. 509 Plan

Reliance Jio has now become paid after offering six months of freebies for all the users across India. The company launched Summer Surprise offer on March 31 providing benefits of 1GB, 2GB data at just Rs. 303 and Rs. 499 respectively for three months, which was halted by TRAI as the offer violated terms and conditions. Later on, the new entrant came out with Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer with... Read More

May 3rd, 2017 1:50 PM 44 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone & Idea plans look attractive post price cut, Jio sees slowdown in net active subscriber additions

4G entrant Reliance Jio’s speed of acqui­ring net active subs­criber has slowed do­wn, even as incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea Cellular cont­inue to see healthy net active subscriber additions, Kotak Institutional Securit­ies said in a note. Kotak said that the 4G entrant is seeing the slowdown due to “addressable market challenges”. The agency said, “Ev­en as Jio’s free off­erings meant a shift in usage from and dec­line... Read More

May 3rd, 2017 12:31 PM 78 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio seeks action against Airtel for offering customised freebies-rich plans for 4G handset users

After fighting rigorously over the network speed claims by Bharti Airtel, Mukesh Ambani's telecom venture Reliance Jio has now opened up a new battlefront against India's leading telecom operator. Jio has now reportedly approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India seeking highest penalty on Sunil Mittal-led telco for violating tariff orders and marketing some plans in a misleading manner. Terming these plans to be non-compliant of Trai’s issued directions, Jio... Read More

May 3rd, 2017 10:24 AM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel Promises Zero Buffering Issues While Streaming Content on the Airtel Movies App

The craze for online content in India has seen a sudden increase in the last one year especially after the inception of Reliance Jio. Before Jio commenced its operations in the country, Airtel was leading the content space along with its telecom services. Back in 2014, Airtel launched its music streaming app Wynk Music, which was a huge hit back then. After six months, the firm announced Wynk Movies (now... Read More

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TheAndroidFreak :

900Mhz band has made lot of things better for Airtel. So it should do same for Vi as well. 1800Mhz…

Vodafone Idea Struggled to Add 4G Subscribers in FY24

TheAndroidFreak :

Nope, no need of marketing. It's waste of money. Airtel did lot of marketing but overall, Jio was far better…

Vodafone Idea Struggled to Add 4G Subscribers in FY24

TheAndroidFreak :

You are not complete set of users for Airtel, some people use 500GB+ month easily. So 300GB should be norm…

Bharti Airtel had 72 Million 5G Users at the End…

Faraz :

I have not used more than 150 GB a month till now. Mostly it is between 80 to 140 GB.

Bharti Airtel had 72 Million 5G Users at the End…

Shivraj Roy :

Or maybe they need to market themselves better

Vodafone Idea Struggled to Add 4G Subscribers in FY24

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