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Chakri K March 6th, 2020 12:45 PM 9 COMMENTS

JioFiber Subscriber Base Reaches 0.86 Million at the End of December 2019

Broadband services have always been in demand after the introduction of Digital India Campaign initiated by the Indian Government. Recently, Wired Broadband subscribers list showed approximately 19.14 million subscribers which is marginally higher than the subscriber base of 19.4 million reported at the end of November 2019. The top contributing Wired Broadband Service providers were BSNL with 8.39 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 2.42 million subscribers, Reliance Jio Infocomm with... Read More

Chakri K March 6th, 2020 11:40 AM 83 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Suggests Floor Tariffs at Rs 20 per GB Over Six Months

Trai has been planning to fix floor prices from a long time now as the telecom industry is facing substantial financial distress because of massive AGR burden. Recently, Reliance Jio addressed Trai and suggested that increase in floor prices must be done gradually and fixed at Rs 15 per GB which must eventually increase to Rs 20 per GB after a period of six to nine months. As per the... Read More

Chakri K March 5th, 2020 7:14 AM 2 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Hikes New SD and HD Set-Top Box Prices to Rs 1,499

Right after implementing Trai's National Tariff Order 2.0, leading DTH operator, Tata Sky has increased the prices of SD and HD connections. Tata Sky has been selling both SD and HD Set-Top Boxes for new customers at Rs 1,399, but after the latest revision, it will charge Rs 1,499. Notably, the price of the SD STB always used to Rs 1,399, whereas HD Set-Top Box was available at Rs 1,499... Read More

Chakri K March 4th, 2020 4:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

TTSL and TTML Pays Rs 2,000 crore to DoT towards AGR dues

Telecom operators have been facing massive financial burden because of the default in AGR dues. Telco giants like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, TTSL and many more have a whopping amount of AGR dues which needs to repaid to Trai. As the supreme court verdicts were against the telecom operators, the supreme court denied any relief to stressed telcos and directed them to pay their AGR dues before the final hearing... Read More

Arpit Sharma March 4th, 2020 12:44 PM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Likely to Turn to European Vendors for Telecom Gear Amidst Coronavirus Crisis

The growing cases of deadly Corona Virus seem to be increasing troubles for multiple nations across the world. Countries like the USA and Italy seem to be in crisis mode already, and some effect of it has already touched the borders of India as fears of the virus spread grow. This is likely to affect the telecom business as well. Especially for all the vendors that supply telecom equipment to... Read More

Chakri K March 2nd, 2020 2:29 PM 12 COMMENTS

Telcos Self-Assessed AGR Dues Creates Tension for Government

Telecom operators have been facing AGR dues burden since the supreme court has asked the operators to pay their AGR dues before March 17, 2020. However, to reduce the burden of massive AGR debt, telcos have been self-assessing their AGR dues. DoT noted that Tata Teleservices owes a whopping amount of Rs 14,000 crore to government towards their AGR dues and the telco have just paid Rs 2,197 crore, saying... Read More

Chakri K February 28th, 2020 12:19 PM 23 COMMENTS

Government Evaluates Contingency Options in Case of Default AGR Dues of Vodafone Idea

DoT officials appealed to India’s two important MNP providers Syniverse Technologies India and MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions India on how many porting requests the providers can process in a day, as the government is looking for alternate solutions in case if Vodafone Idea fails to pay their AGR dues. As per the sources of ET Telecom, services providers noted that approximately 500,000 customers could be ported out each day in... Read More

Chakri K February 28th, 2020 6:58 AM 21 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G Data Vouchers Offer Same Validity as Your Existing Prepaid Plan

Reliance Jio is currently offering four data vouchers to its prepaid subscribers across the country. As the name of the plans itself suggests, they act as data top-ups, meaning a user will get extra data on top of the existing prepaid plan. These Jio 4G Data Vouchers come in really handy to the users who exhaust their daily data limit on a regular basis. Right now, Reliance Jio has Rs... Read More

Chakri K February 27th, 2020 6:49 PM 7 COMMENTS

4G Pushes Data Traffic in India While 3G Records Its Highest Fall, Says Nokia Study

Data traffic in India grew 47% in 2019, driven mainly by 4G consumption according to a new study published by Nokia. In its annual Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT) index report, Nokia said the 4G constituted the 96% of data consumed in the country while 3G saw its highest-ever decline of 30%. The study noted the number of 4G handset devices too grew in the same period. The 4G... Read More

Chakri K February 25th, 2020 7:03 PM 39 COMMENTS

Prepaid Tariff Hike Effect: BSNL Adds More Subscribers Than Jio in December 2019

Well, the inevitable has happened at last. State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has added more subscribers than any other telecom operator in India in December 2019. After the prepaid tariff hike in December 2019, everyone expected that BSNL would lead the subscriber addition chart, which is true if the subscription data released by Trai is anything to go by. During the month of December, BSNL added 4.2 lakh new... Read More

Chakri K February 25th, 2020 12:31 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Gets Demand to Bring Floor Tariff In Action From Government

Government officials have reached out to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to fasten up the process and decide floor tariffs which would restore the long term viability of the telecom sector. According to the words of a senior government official “The regulator is being pushed to soon come out with a floor price, once the consultation completes this month.” Trai facing the burden from government and sector to fix... Read More

Chakri K February 25th, 2020 6:49 AM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Also Reduces Validity of Rs 1,299 Prepaid Plan to 336 Days

Last week, Reliance Jio made a major move and reduced the validity of its yearly plan to 336 days. Jio's newly launched Rs 2,121 prepaid plan is now being marketed as the one with 12 months validity, and why not, because telecom operators always stated that a month for prepaid users would be 28 days and not like postpaid users. It can also be noticed that Reliance Jio has reduced... Read More