Walmart finally closed the deal with Flipkart for USD 16 billion, after weeks of rumours and speculations, as it plans to take on rival Amazon in one of the fastest growing markets. The acquisition is Walmart’s biggest foreign investment ever and also one of the most successful exits by an Indian startup. The acquisition was first announced by investor Softbank’s CEO and founder Masayoshi Son followed by an official statement... Read More
One of the biggest letdowns for Reliance Jio in the current scenario is its postpaid plans. While Jio's prepaid plans are unbeatable, it's postpaid plans are nowhere close to the competition. Today, Jio promised that it would redefine the postpaid services in India. The all-new JioPostpaid service will be available for subscription starting May 15, 2018. Under the JioPostpaid service, the telco's primary focus is to provide affordable postpaid plans... Read More
It's been a while since Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been saying about the launch of its 4G services in the country, but it didn't happen until now. However, it's expected to change very soon as the telco has now introduced 4G USIM priced at just Rs 20. Earlier, when BSNL introduced 3G services in India, they picked the USIM at Rs 200, however, the price of the 4G... Read More
Though the central government gave the go-ahead to use of internet telephony in the country last week, consumers will have to wait much longer for the launch of Wi-Fi-based calling or Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi). The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is now looking for clarification from the telecom regulator on the routing of international voice calls over the public internet. Top telecom operators Reliance Jio Infocomm, Idea Cellular and Bharti... Read More
As it teased yesterday, HMD Global has now officially launched the 4GB of RAM variant of the Nokia 6 (2018) (also known as Nokia 6.1) in India at a price point of Rs 18,999. Earlier, the Finnish upstart launched only the 3GB RAM and 32GB of onboard storage variant in the country. But now, it has introduced a 4GB RAM and 64GB variant for the storage hoggers out there. This... Read More
The Nokia 6 (2018) was released last month in India for Rs 16,999, but that variant featured just 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. HMD Global back then confirmed the arrival of 4GB RAM and 64GB storage option at a later date. Finally, the premium variant is launching in India on May 13 as listed on e-commerce portal Amazon India. However, the Amazon landing page did not reveal... Read More
Reliance Jio may receive a fresh investment of Rs 60,000 crore from its parent company Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) this financial year, according to a new report. On top of this investment, the telecom unit of RIL is expected to borrow a massive amount of Rs 1 trillion. This news will worry the top telecom operators a bit as Jio will be looking to continue the aggressive pricing strategy during... Read More
R S Sharma, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Chairman today stated that they are in the middle of consulting various international agencies and experts on the next spectrum auction in India. Trai is hoping to finalise the recommendations on spectrum auction soon, Sharma said. Currently, the regulator is in the process of finalising the recommendations, and a meeting on the same was held last week. "There is a... Read More
All the telecom operators in the country are stopping nowhere for the sake of claiming more and more subscriber base and to charm the customers with attractive offers day by day. Reliance Jio with its pricing first took the market by storm and rest all the incumbent operators like BSNL, Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India have followed Jio to this race. With so many plans to choose from, it’s... Read More
Vodafone India has now started offering the 3GB of data per day with the Rs 349 prepaid plan, which earlier provided 2.5GB data per day benefit. This revision comes right after the change made by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular. Vodafone's Rs 349 prepaid plan, starting today, offers 3GB of 4G/3G data per day, unlimited voice calls with a daily & weekly cap and 100 SMS per day benefit for... Read More
Lenovo has announced the Android 8.0 Oreo update rollout to its best smartphone available today, the Lenovo K8 Note. The company has confirmed the rollout on its website, stating that users will receive an OTA update automatically. If not, users can head over to the Settings app and check for the update manually. The Lenovo K8 Note was launched back in August 2017 with Android 7.0 Nougat on board, and... Read More
Aircel users, who're yet to port out from the network has a good news as the telco is now officially allowing them to generate Unique Porting Code from its website. The telco, which filed for bankruptcy a while back has been plagued with UPC generation issues as a massive number of subscribers across the country tried to generate codes at the same time. Aircel before filing bankruptcy approached Trai to... Read More
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Yes, But some investment is better than none. Also as said by CEO, these funds and 18k crore FPO money…
IMO, Airtel only needs to buy sub GHz ( like B8/B5 ) to have atleast 10 MHz in that. &…
Yes I like your detailed reply. I have noticed same in Kolkata circle. Under many metro train station, Jio 4G…
It's good that Airtel is sharing number of 5G customer circle by circle to attract new customer from that circle…
Thank you Rupesh for good realistic long writing on Vi and BSNL.??
