January 9th, 2020 9:34 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Jio Seek More Time from DoT to Submit Proposals for 5G Field Trials

The top three telcos in India are now looking to approach DoT seeking deadline extension required to submit their proposals for conducting 5G field trials. The deadline to submit the proposal was January 10, but telcos did not come up with their proposals which will ultimately result in the delay of 5G trials. Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea Limited and Bharti Airtel will seek more time from the telecom department for... Read More

January 8th, 2020 6:47 AM 18 COMMENTS

Should You Choose Reliance Jio IUC Top-Ups or 4G Data Vouchers

At the end of 2019, Reliance Jio made some huge changes to its prepaid portfolio like introducing IUC Top-Up Vouchers, removing full talk time benefit with the talk time plans and also the latest revision of prepaid plans. Reliance Jio has been providing 4G data vouchers to the users for a while now. However, after the introduction of IUC Top-Ups, these 4G data vouchers from Jio become redundant. Because, Jio... Read More

January 7th, 2020 4:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Offering 4 Prepaid Plans Between Rs 300 and Rs 400: All Serve Different Purpose

Bharti Airtel and other telcos increased the tariff prices in early December 2019 in a bid to increase their ARPU and stabilise financially. After introducing the first wave of prepaid plans, telcos like Airtel and Vodafone Idea came out with few more plans to expand their offerings in the prepaid segment. Bharti Airtel is now offering four unlimited prepaid plans between Rs 300 and Rs 400 price point. The plans... Read More

January 6th, 2020 11:59 AM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio and Incumbents to See Effect of Data Tariff Hike By End of FY20

One of the major moves in the telecom industry in the last few days has been that of the tariff hike by the telecom companies. The companies like Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel have hiked their tariffs by as much as 40% after Vodafone Idea first made the move. This data tariff hike has already been expected to boost the revenue of the companies by a certain extent... Read More

December 31st, 2019 7:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Industry In 2019: A Look Back On Major Events That Were the Milestones This Year

The year 2019 has been a very happening one for the Indian Telecom industry. This was a year full of ups and downs and many waves. The telecom operators were mostly locked in a battle for the large part of the year, and the effects of the data tariff war definitely spawned in the entire industry. The future of the telecom industry was also decided somewhat in this year with... Read More

December 29th, 2019 12:14 PM 88 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Hikes Minimum Recharge Tariff to Rs 45 as First Sight of Floor Pricing Comes Up

Bharti Airtel is one of the top choices of the subscribers in the telecom industry right now. A lot of people prefer Bharti Airtel over other operators given the quality of the network, the services they enjoy and all the benefits which come with having an Airtel connection. This means that the Airtel SIM sits in the primary SIM card slot of a lot of subscribers. But, this also means... Read More

December 27th, 2019 6:46 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Brings Back Rs 558 Prepaid Plan Offering 3GB Daily Data, But With Reduced Validity

Bharti Airtel is slowly modifying the newly launched prepaid plans to stay ahead of the competition. After adding Amazon Prime membership subscription to the Rs 349 recharge, the telco has now introduced the Rs 558 prepaid plan. For the unaware, Airtel used to offer a Rs 558 recharge before the tariff revision and it was probably the best plan offered by the telco under Rs 1,000. Airtel customers used to... Read More

December 26th, 2019 11:21 AM 9 COMMENTS

Prepaid Subscribers Said to Be Recharging Monthly Plans After the Tariff Hike

It seems like prepaid subscribers of the telecom operators are moving to monthly recharges after the recent tariff hike in the Indian telecom industry. A new report now says that the tariff hike is forcing the users who are on a tight budget to choose monthly plans over the long-term plans. An ET Telecom report highlights that some customers are even opting data-only packs from the telcos as they are... Read More

December 25th, 2019 7:42 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Is Taking These Steps to Improve Health of Telecom Sector But Still There are Hurdles

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is responsible for overseeing the regulations in the telecom and other related industries. The year 2019 has been a very important one for the telecom regulatory majorly because of the regulations that it has issued and whatever has ensued in the sector as a whole. But, right now, the responsibility on the shoulder of Trai is a huge one because the telecom regulator... Read More

December 25th, 2019 2:32 PM 5 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Rs 349 Plan is the Only Prepaid Offering to Come With Amazon Prime Benefit

One of the top choices of the telecom subscribers right now happens to be Bharti Airtel. The reason behind that, we have discussed plenty of times, and it is also no secret. The benefit of unlimited calling, without any cap, has been the driving factor behind the attractiveness of the Bharti Airtel prepaid plans. However, that is not the only benefit that Airtel prepaid plans excel at. If there is... Read More

December 25th, 2019 10:14 AM 31 COMMENTS

Tariffs Should Keep on Increasing to Address the Financial Distress in Telecom Industry: COAI

Over the last few weeks, there has been a long debate going on the internet regarding the latest tariff hike from telcos. Some say that the tariff hike is good for the industry, while some believe that it's not at all a good move from the operators as they don't have the capability to provide quality services. Rajan Mathews, the Director General at Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), believes... Read More

December 19th, 2019 7:18 PM 29 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Subscribers Will Have to Keep Paying 6 Paise Per Minute IUC for Another Year

In this year, we have seen a lot of ups and down in the telecom industry. The second half of 2019 has especially been tumultuous for the telecom sector. One of these major changes has been the introduction of the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) by the biggest telecom operator of India, Reliance Jio. The issue which had started with the reduction in ringing time eventually snowballed into something bigger and... Read More

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