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Tanay Singh Thakur March 11th, 2021 5:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Huawei, ZTE to Miss Out on Further 4G Expansion and 5G Launch in India

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that Indian telecom operators can only source their network gear/equipment from trusted companies post-June 15, 2021. Any use of non-trusted products will require the licensee (telco) to obtain permission from the designated authority. This rule comes to light amidst all the ongoing tensions between India and China. The Indian government is worried about China meddling with the network infrastructure and database of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 1st, 2021 1:12 PM 3 COMMENTS

Jio’s New Bundled Offering Will Have Limited Impact on Other Telcos: Goldman Sachs

Reliance Jio recently announced a new JioPhone 2021 bundle offer for users. There are three plans which the users can choose from. The first plan comes for Rs 1,999 for two years, and it provides the user with 2GB of data per month and unlimited voice calling. The second plan for Rs 1,499 comes for 1-year, and the existing users can get the bundled offer for a special price of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 11th, 2021 12:14 PM 29 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Refarming 3G Spectrum to GIGAnet 4G in UP

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been refarming its 3G spectrum to GIGAnet 4G across India in a phased manner to enhance its network experience for the users. The telco has recently announced that it is now refarming the 3G spectrum to 4G in multiple cities of Uttar Pradesh (UP). Vi is focusing on seven major cities of the state, including Dehradun, Agra, Moradabad, Haldwani, Haridwar, Rudrapur, and Lucknow. To help its... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 10th, 2021 11:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Vi and Airtel Submit Applications for Upcoming Spectrum Auction

Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharti Airtel have submitted applications for the upcoming spectrum auctions. The spectrum auction will start from March 1, 2021, but will only be for airwaves primarily used for providing 4G services. Telcos will get to purchase from a total of 2,251.25 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, and 2500 MHz bands. The base... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 9th, 2021 12:14 PM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Expanding 4G in Kerala, Everything to Know

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, is expanding its 4G in Kerala. The telco has decided to increase its 4G power by up to 15% in the state this year to offer seamless connectivity services to its users. The demand for 4G services has risen quite significantly in the state's tier-2 towns and villages. For the unaware, Jio is the biggest network in Kerala at present with over 12,000... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 25th, 2021 6:15 PM 8 COMMENTS

Cheapest 4G Data Vouchers From Airtel, Vi, Jio and BSNL

Data vouchers have become very popular in the day and age of fair usage policy (FUP) data. Users have got unlimited data, but that’s not truly unlimited. The maximum data a prepaid plan offers for a day is 4GB (multiple Vodafone Idea prepaid plans), and for some even that’s not enough on certain occasions. To help out their users solve data shortage problems, telecom operators offer a different range of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 5th, 2021 11:28 AM 39 COMMENTS

4G Spectrum Auction Process Started Formally by DoT, Jio to Be the Main Buyer

The 4G spectrum auction will take place in March 2021 in India. It has been delayed a long time, but the formal process for the auction has been kicked off by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). DoT has started issuing notice inviting applications (NIA) to the operators. The NIA comprises of all the license conditions and rules regarding the auction. In the upcoming 4G spectrum sale, Jio will largely look... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 16th, 2020 2:20 PM 22 COMMENTS

4G Spectrum Auctions Might Take Place in March, 2021

The 4G spectrum auctions might take place in March 2021. The Cabinet has a meeting scheduled on Wednesday wherein it might consider the request made by the telecom department for the auctioning of 4G spectrum. As per a report from ET Telecom, one of the officials related to the matter believes that 4G spectrum auction is likely to happen in March next year. Whereas, for the auction of 5G spectrum,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2020 11:50 AM 127 COMMENTS

Mukesh Ambani Calls Out for Removal of 2G and Says Jio Will Pioneer the 5G Revolution in India

Mr Mukesh Ambani recently addressed the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) and expressed four important points that India needs to focus on. He said that in 2020, while everyone worked from home, learned and taught from home, India thrived online. Ambani also stressed on the fact that India will become a $5 trillion economy very soon and prove the cynics wrong. He focused his attention on four points... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 15th, 2019 2:50 PM 59 COMMENTS

Airtel Introduces 4G Services in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Connects Territory to Digital Superhighway

Bharti Airtel, the Sunil Mittal led telecom operator has become the first of the many telecom companies to start deploying 4G services in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. With this launch, the company has connected the island with the digital superhighway. It is worth noting that before this, Andaman and Nicobar residents were limited to using slow internet services which did not facilitate lightning fast internet which the rest of... Read More

Chakri K May 20th, 2018 10:30 PM 15 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Operators Continue the Toil for 4G With Cheaper Prepaid Plans and Maximum Benefit

With the stepping of Reliance Jio into the game, the Indian telecom sector has forever changed. With the prices going down day by day and the telcos offering plans with maximum benefits the users have a reason to be happy as in this ongoing battle of the telecom operators, the companies are launching new plans constantly to lure new customers all the while launching new offers, cashbacks and schemes to... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 18th, 2013 3:36 PM 28 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Gets 10,000 Mobile Numbers to Run Voice Over LTE Trial

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has provided 10,000 mobile numbers to Pan India 4G BWA spectrum winner Reliance Jio Infocom for trial of Voice over 4G LTE network, as requested by the company. The number series allocated to Reliance Jio is 83378 for trial propose, and it will be used across Mumbai, Delhi and Jamnagar where Jio will soon start the trial run of VoLTE with 4000 mobile numbers each in... Read More