Bharti Airtel has been deploying 5G Plus at a rapid pace. The telco has been making continuous announcements for days now. Today, Airtel has announced that the 5G Plus services are now live for citizens in Pune. This means that, like the other cities, Airtel users in Pune would now be able to consume 5G at no additional cost. Since Airtel is deploying 5G NSA (non-standalone) across India and thus... Read More
On Tuesday, the Maharashtra cabinet announced the Telecommunications Infrastructure Guidelines for Urban Local Bodies 2022. The new set of guidelines is meant to expand coverage and tele-density in urban areas. The telcos are now deploying 5G, and that calls for an entirely new way of looking at digital infrastructure. Let's take a look at some of the features of the new telecom infra guidelines that the Maharashtra government has announced.... Read More
By tripling the VoLTE capacity in Maharashtra and Goa, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) claimed that it had improved the voice calling experience for users in those two states. As a result, more Vi users will be able to make calls using VoLTE and experience HD quality, crystal clear speech with a quick call connection, according to the business. Customers of Vi have access to VoLTE calling across all cities and... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has said that it has doubled the VoLTE capacity in two states, including Maharashtra and Goa. Because of this, users living in the concerned states will get an enhanced voice calling experience. The telco said that users would get HD quality crystal clear voice with a super-fast call connection. It is worth noting that Maharashtra and Goa are priority states for the company. Vi has been ramping... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the Indian non-governmental industry body of telecom operators of India has asked for aid from the Maharashtra Government to evade the network outages in the city of Pune. The issue arises as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued letters/notices to TSPs and cable TV operators demanding payment of charges for the regularization of aerial OFCs within its municipal limits. It is to... Read More
Bharti Airtel has just announced the commissioning of a 21 MW solar power plant in Bhuldana, a district in Maharashtra. This announcement falls in line with the company’s commitment to progressively reduce carbon footprint and contribute to the global efforts for curbing the effects of climate change. Airtel partnered with Avaada to set up this captive unit which is spread over 80 acres of land. This solar power unit will... Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), telecom industry with the support of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) have been working to support the Maharashtra government in facilitating the deployment of telecom infrastructure in the state. One of the biggest issues that the telecom service providers (TSPs) have raised is that the telecom infra policy of multiple states doesn’t align with the Indian Telegraphy RoW Rules 2016. One such state... Read More
The need for rural connectivity has shot up after the coronavirus pandemic kicked in. However, people in the backwards and rural parts of India need access to the digital connectivity at affordable rates. RailTel, a PSU that provides one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure in the country is now looking to provide affordable internet services in the villages of Maharashtra and Jharkhand. According to a PTI report, RailTel has... Read More
In 2021, telecom and networking have become more important than ever, with major cities and villages depending on the internet for all tasks owing to the global pandemic. From offices to schools, everything has been forced to move online rather than be physical, as close proximity to others is a risk in today's day and age. Due to this increased dependence on telecom companies and their network, the number of... Read More
Reliance Jio has acquired new numbering resources for the state of Maharashtra. The company said that it is to meet the demands of one million customers/subscribers in the state. Reliance Jio has time and again requested for new numbering resources from the telecom department for different circles of India. The additional numbering resources help the operator in tackling the increasing demand for numbers by new subscribers/connections. For the unaware, the... Read More
Bharti Airtel has recently announced that its subsidiary Nxtra is going to be opening two new facilities across Maharashtra. These facilities will be set up in two different cities of the state namely Mumbai and Pune. The telco said that it has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Maharashtra government for developing two new data centres in the state. Both the data centres will offer clients and customers... Read More
Several subscribers of Vodafone Idea (Vi) took to Twitter to report the connectivity issues they experience in Maharashtra since Thursday morning. The company said that one of its key sites in Pune is under a flood attack due to heavy overnight shower resulting in the disruption of the network. Vodafone Idea confirmed that it is working on a resolution and will restore the service at the earliest. Vodafone Idea Network... Read More
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Wow that's great. Thanks for the information Arjun, appreciated!
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What about Triple Riding?
