In a sincere sense, Reliance Jio has had a very mixed sort of love/hate relationship with the Indian consumers. Some dislike the company because it disrupted the market and sent many players back to the pavilion - into early retirement. But then some appreciate the role of a 'hero' Jio played by bringing a digital revolution to India. This sort of relationship will most likely always be there, and at... Read More
During the first half of the year, Spirent Communications posted great performance and record orders thanks to 5G and its targeting of new clients, including hyperscalers with assurance solutions. The company is "executing well on our plan of pushing further into the exciting structural growth areas of our industry, from wireless 5G networks to the internet of things and cloud assurance," according to CEO Eric Updyke. Spirent's first-half revenues of... Read More
5G spectrum auction concluded on August 1, 2022. The government made handsome revenues from this auction, and the telcos got finally got their hands on the spectrum through which they could roll out 5G. Ashwini Vaishnaw, telecom minister, said the government completed the 5G spectrum harmonisation process in a single day after the auction concluded. This is not something surprising but actually a very common thing which happens after every... Read More
Teoco, a leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimisation solutions, has announced the release of Helix 11.3. It is the latest version of the Service Assurance Solution with a new Long-Term Support (LTS) feature. The main differentiator for Helix 11.3 is that it will be supported and maintained for over five years. This is not the case with the standard editions of the solution. The goal behind Helix 11.3 is... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just released the performance reports for Q1 FY23. The telco said that its revenues grew to Rs 104.1 billion, a QoQ growth of 1.7% and 13.7% YoY growth. The average revenue per user (ARPU) of the telco jumped to Rs 128 during the quarter. This is a 23.4% YoY jump in ARPU as the figure stood at Rs 104 in Q1 FY22. Vi said that it... Read More
Bharti Airtel has created one of the most solid businesses in India. The company has several operations going under the umbrella brand. Airtel is recognised as one of the premium telecom service providers in India. However, at the same time, it is regarded as one of the best in the DTH (Direct-to-Home) segment and is also considered a strong performer in the fibre broadband segment. Well, all we know is... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is going to release its earnings report later today. The results will be for the first quarter of the financial year 2022-2023. Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is expected to post an increase in the blended average revenue per user (ARPU) figure on account of the residual effect of tariff hikes implemented in late November 2021. Investors would look at whether the telco's 4G subscribers increased or not.... Read More
India's 5G Spectrum Auction successfully concluded on the 1st of August. Every telco has acquired spectrum based on its needs or capabilities. There is a fourth participant from a non-telco background that participated in the spectrum auction for the first time, and everyone knows it is Adani Data Networks. We have covered spectrum acquisitions of telcos in our earlier story, and in this story, we will look into the spectrum... Read More
This particular spectrum auction was one of the biggest ever for India and its future. The amount of money spent by the telcos is the highest ever spent on spectrum auctions. This was because the telcos wanted to shift to 5G as well as the presence of relaxed payment terms. One thing that's great for the telcos is that there is no SUC on the new spectrum, and the floor... Read More
India 5G Spectrum Auction 2022 finally concluded after a total of 40 clock rounds on August 1 with a total bid amount of Rs 1,50,173 crore. About 71% (51,236.2 MHz) of the total spectrum that was bid out has been sold. If you are following the series closely, we have already covered the spectrum understanding and related stories precisely this year. Now that the results are out, we know you... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's number one telecom operator, has announced the 5G spectrum it acquired during the 5G spectrum auctions 2022. The telco emerged as the highest bidder for the airwaves by purchasing spectrum worth Rs 88,078 crore from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Jio took airwaves across several bands, including the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3300 MHz, and 26 GHz. The mid-band and mmWave bands would enable the... Read More
The 5G spectrum auctions are finally over now. Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has announced that it has acquired 5G airwaves in the mid-band (3.3-3.67 GHz) and mmWave (26 GHz) band across its priority circles. Vodafone Idea didn't announce the amount it had to spend for acquiring these airwaves, but the telco has shared a detailed table for its spectrum holdings post the 5G spectrum... Read More
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