Telecom operators are bundling more data benefit with their prepaid plans to the customers. Very recently, we detailed the Rs 299 prepaid plans from the telcos, but for the users who're looking for a slightly better data plan, telcos have the 3GB daily data plans. Reliance Jio has the Rs 299 plan, which is providing 3GB daily data for a period of 28 days. On the other hand, Bharti Airtel... Read More
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
Going by the voice minutes, the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has soared ahead of other telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, thus amassing the most share. As per a new ET Telecom report, the Reliance Jio now has a share of 36% voice minutes, as compared to Bharti Airtel which has 33.5% and Vodafone Idea which has 30.7% share. This re-ranking of the telecom operators means... Read More
Vodafone-owned You Broadband has started providing fixed-line voice calling service to the customers in select cities. You Broadband has made this move to counter Reliance JioFiber whose broadband plans start at Rs 699 and they also come with landline voice calling service. You Broadband has its presence across 18 cities in the country, but the Internet Service Provider (ISP) has launched fixed-line voice services in only eight cities at the... Read More
Siti Broadband has teamed up with OTT content platform ZEE5 today. As part of this partnership, Siti Broadband customers to get the premium content of ZEE5 as value-added service. Siti Broadband customers on 100 Mbps broadband plan will get one month of free ZEE5 premium subscription, whereas other broadband plan users will get the subscription at discounted rates. Right now, broadband players are aggressively partnering with OTT content providers to... Read More
Vodafone has a wide-range of unlimited prepaid plans in its portfolio. Starting at Rs 199 per month, the UK-based telco is offering unlimited combo plans up to Rs 1,999 (in Kerala only). And the validity of plans ranges between 28-365 days. Sitting between the Rs 199 and Rs 229 prepaid plans is the Rs 209 plan that offers 1.6GB daily data. Not only in terms of price, but the Rs... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has introduced a new fee for mobile number portability (MNP) which is pegged at Rs 5.74, and it will be effective starting September 30, 2019. As per the telecom regulator, this new fee has been calculated based on a cost reimbursement basis after the change in architecture. This report comes from ET Telecom. The Telecom Regulatory chairman, RS Sharma, said, “These (mobile portability)... Read More
Vodafone has revised its Rs 255 prepaid plan in the country and it now ships with a total of 70GB data benefit. Even Idea has revised this affordable prepaid plan which is available as an open market one across the country. Vodafone Idea has a Rs 255 prepaid recharge that takes on Rs 249 prepaid plan from Bharti Airtel which is still offering 2GB data per day. The Rs 255... Read More
Atria Convergence Technologies or ACT Fibernet is looking to counter JioFiber and other Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the country through bundled content offerings. Broadband operators in the country are focusing heavily on offering OTT app subscriptions for free to the customers so that the users will join. ACT Fibernet is also looking to follow the same route. The Bengaluru-based company already has partnerships with OTT platforms like Netflix, ZEE5,... Read More
In the telecom industry right now, there is one offering that is being decisive for the consumers when it comes to selecting a prepaid, postpaid or broadband plan, and it has to do with content. All the telecom operators are offering free subscriptions to their over-the-top (OTT) platforms to lure the subscribers. These platforms bring easy video content access to subscribers from various content providers like ALTBalaji, HOOQ, ZEE5 and... Read More
According to a new report, the former telecom market leader, Vodafone Idea, might find its survival difficult in six telecom circles following the steep decline of its revenue market share. As per a report form Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the telecom operators’ revenue market share has fallen below 15% in six circles including Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Assam. This might mean troubles for... Read More
Reliance Jio is adding close to 10 million new users every month and it's already the leading telecom operator in terms of subscriber base. Market research firm, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), expects that the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio will likely have 40%-45% market by FY22, owing to the company's tariff plans which are still 25%-30% cheaper than those of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. On the flip side, Ind-Ra... Read More
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where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
