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

December 19th, 2019 1:16 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel Chairman Hopeful About Relief from Government and Trai to Ease Financial Pressure on Telco

The Bharti Airtel Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator met with commerce and industry minister, Piyush Goyal to discuss the future pathway of the telecom industry and the relief that the telecom companies might be getting from the government in the coming days. As per a new ET report on the matter, Sunil Bharti Mittal said that Bharti Airtel would be fine if the telecom regulator brings floor pricing... Read More

December 19th, 2019 12:15 PM 7 COMMENTS

Trai Might Help Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel In Improving Their Financial Situation

In a situation of distress where the older telecom companies in India, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel are under massive financial pressure and are surrounded by dues and debts, some of the steps which are to be brought forth by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) might help these telcos in climbing back to sustainable levels. As per a new ET report, some of the steps that Trai is... Read More

December 18th, 2019 9:38 AM 40 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Jio Tariff Might Increase Further Over New Trai Floor Pricing Consultation Paper

After denying several times, Trai has finally come up with a new consultation paper to set floor pricing in the bleeding Indian telecom industry. Trai's latest "Tariff Issues of Telecom Services," consultation paper seeks the stakeholder and public views on setting minium price for data and voice calls. Trai never intervened in the tariff department and left it entirely to the telcos on designing tariff plans of their choice in... Read More

December 18th, 2019 6:30 AM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel Postpaid Might Be Worth the Extra Money Compared to Current Prepaid Plans

After the data tariff hike in the Indian telecom industry, a lot of the prepaid subscribers were left disappointed. Although there are some long term good effects of the new data tariff hike eventually which the subscribers will enjoy, there is little to change the fact that suddenly the subscribers have gone from enjoying extremely cheap data to paying almost one and a half times more for the same amount... Read More

December 17th, 2019 3:27 PM 13 COMMENTS

Trai to Take Right Decision on IUC Before January 2020: RS Sharma

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today confirmed that it would take the right decision on Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) before January 2020. For the unaware, Trai was all-set to remove the IUC on January 1, 2020, however, top telcos- Airtel and Vodafone Idea opposed the move saying that it will only benefit Reliance Jio and not them. Trai reduced the IUC to six paise per minute from 14... Read More

December 16th, 2019 6:29 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Long Term Prepaid Plans Now Start at Rs 598, Check Your Available Options

When it comes to choosing a prepaid operator or a prepaid plan, most of the subscribers out there are either going to opt for Bharti Airtel SIM or a Vodafone or Idea SIM. The main reason behind the subscribers’ affinity towards Airtel and Vodafone Idea is the result of the truly unlimited calling benefit that these operators are shipping for their subscribers. After the data tariff hike, all the telecom... Read More

December 15th, 2019 3:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Starts Offering Wynk Music Premium Subscription at No Extra Cost to Platinum Tier Users

Bharti Airtel has started offering Wynk Premium subscription to the Airtel Thanks Platinum Tier users at no extra cost. Airtel Platinum is the topmost tier under Airtel Thanks programme which the company introduced earlier this year. Airtel Thanks has a total of three tiers- Silver, Gold and Platinum and the benefits differ with each tier. Up until now, Airtel Thanks Platinum tier offered just Wynk Music subscription and even Airtel... Read More

December 13th, 2019 3:59 PM 11 COMMENTS

Trai Maybe Open to the Idea of Setting Minimum Tariff for Calls and Data to Ensure Viability

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which constantly denied the set up of floor pricing in the Indian telecom industry, has now dropped the first signs of considering floor pricing to ensure stability in the sector. According to a PTI report, Trai says it may be open to the idea of setting floor pricing for calls and data in the telecom sector. A few weeks ago, telcos had approached... Read More

December 12th, 2019 12:09 PM 12 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Retailers Get New Incentives to Aggressively Reel in Customers

Both Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, are the two telecom operators who are engrossed in the battle of the telecom industry. Burdened with heavy financial dues, Vodafone Idea remains behind in this competition. Now, it is very well known that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are fighting for the remaining share of the pie and currently Reliance Jio boasts of having the most number of subscribers in India with a... Read More

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