After new government sets in, there are only good news for state-run telcos - BSNL & MTNL. In the latest development BSNL decides for leasing or sharing its telecom towers across the country. The revenue from tower sharing can boost its present weak financial status. At present BSNL has around 73,000 towers of its own and a good number of them are in remote areas which will give good valuation. We... Read More
Long- awaited spectrum sharing policy (pooling of spectrum held by the two operators for simultaneous use) for Indian mobile operators can soon be a reality, as Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its final recommendations to DoT. If we can go back, in 2010 & 2011 TRAI published their views on spectrum sharing among operators. Due to various causes DoT did accept them partly and there were many... Read More
MVNO or Mobile Virtual Network Operators can be a reality in India in near future as Department of Telecom asks TRAI to submit their views on virtual operators as these are also a part of upcoming spectrum sharing policy. DoT wants to allow entry to virtual network operators, a new category of players who will take bulk infrastructure capacity from existing telecom companies and then resell it reports The Hindu... Read More
Department of telecommunications is considering the sale of airwaves across most commercially used spectrum bands in the current fiscal year 2014-15. Spectrum in 900, 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2500MHz bands will be put up for sale across the 22 telecom circles in India. Dot expects a total of Rs 38,954cr proceeds from communication services this current fiscal including the revenues generated from auction. The exact dates of the auction have... Read More
With the commercial launch of services by Reliance Jio drawing closer day by day, the company has taken every measure possible to ensure a large scale smooth roll out of services on a Pan India level. Rjio has signed tower sharing deals with Tower vision, ACT India, Viom networks, Bharti AirTel and also with younger brother Anil Ambani’s company Reliance communications. Rjio has signed multiple deals with Rcom which includes... Read More
Oppo, the famous smartphone maker from China, made its entry in India with the launch of N1. It also launched Find 7 and Find 7a recently. They also have some entry-level and mid-range smartphones such as Oppo Joy, Oppo R1 and Oppo N1 Mini. All of these devices are pretty impressive if you consider the hardware specifications. Oppo has done a great job by releasing Find 7 and Find 7a with... Read More
Closely after Mukesh Ambani's declaration of launch dates of 4G by Reliance Jio comes another declaration from Vodafone India's chief technology officer Vishant Vora stating that Vodafone will be starting its 4G trials in the second half of 2014 in the five circles where it won spectrum in 1800MHz band in the February auctions. Vodafone had won 5MHz or more in the 1800MHz band in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Karnataka and... Read More
India's broadband dream could have been stalled if TRAI's suggestion of 8% of annual revenue as license fee for internet service providers becomes a reality. The state of internet, more specifically the wire line segment is the worst in India; though wireless broadband situation is better, thanks to 3G, EVDO and LTE. TRAI proposed a uniform license fee of 8% of adjusted gross revenue to be applicable on all internet service providers including those have... Read More
The IM (instant messaging) and VoIp apps like WhatsApp and Viber who provide free unlimited messages and voice/video calls respectively have taken over the world by storm. The total number of messages sent and received through WhatsApp per day have now overtook the total number of SMSes sent and received everyday. WhatsApp has disrupted the IM market in the same way how Skype did to international calling market. [caption id="attachment_116080" align="aligncenter"... Read More
Multiple mobile handset vendors as well as OEMs are in collaboration with telecom operators in India for faster 4G LTE network rollout. India uses TD-LTE technology for the deployment of 4G networks over Band 40 (2300 MHz). Earlier, this technology was being used only by China and India but now, more and more countries in Asia are adopting it due to its lower cost of deployment when compared to LTE FDD. [caption... Read More
Update: Airtel has currently removed the New 3G plans from its official portal what we have reported and they have updated us saying the reason for removal is technical glitch and currently only old 3G plans are active on system. In what may be termed as a result of competition in 3G segment and also a measure to capture users before the 4G launch by Reliance Jio, Airtel has drastically... Read More
Tata Teleservices, which operates under Tata Docomo brand, stayed away from last few auctions (BWA auction in 2010, Unified 1800MHz auction in 2013, Unified 900 & 1800MHz auction in 2014), which causes the company with out any spectrum capable of rolling out 4G services. Certainly there is some excitement around 4G/LTE services across the globe, as well in India. But ultimately it's about about high speed data. Tata Teleservices doesn't... Read More
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I am actually waiting for Nothing Phone 3 now.
I don't recommend either of three. Realme GT 7 Pro, iQOO 13, One Plus 13.
I don't think so.
Yes, Jio did bring revolution, but now everyone hates Jio to the core. South India doesn't have Jio at all.…
