India added over 6,000 new 5G base stations (BTS) in July 2025, significantly higher than the over 4,000 BTS rolled out in the previous month of June 2025. Vodafone Idea (Vi) claims to be in the process of rolling out 5G in 17 priority circles—where the telco has acquired the 5G spectrum—by August 2025. This means that by the end of this month, we can expect the telco to complete... Read More
Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio gained wireless subscribers in June 2025, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) and state-run telcos BSNL and MTNL lost wireless subscribers during the month, according to TRAI's Telecom Subscription Data as of June 30, 2025. The data shows that the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers increased from 1161.03 million at the end of May 2025 to 1163.03 million at the end... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's leading telecom operator, added the most active subscribers in the industry in May 2025. Jio added about 5.5 million users (active ones) in a month, as per TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) report. This was followed by Airtel which added 1.3 million active users in the same month. Reliance Jio's active subscriber market share in the last twelve months grew by 150 bps (1.5%), according to... Read More
Two of India’s largest telecom operators, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, are offering Rs 11 prepaid data plans offering 10GB of high-speed data valid for one hour. It’s a move that, at first glance, appears like a small-value add-on for heavy data users. But a closer look reveals a more strategic shift one that could redefine how mobile data is priced, delivered, and consumed in India. This is not just... Read More
Reliance Jio’s aim is to add a million FWA (fixed wireless access) users every month in the near future. FWA is basically AirFiber service of Jio. Bharti Airtel, the only competitor of Jio in the segment is still working on rolling out 5G SA (standalone) for FWA which Jio has already done for entire India. India’s FWA subscriber count was expected to surpass 5 million at the end of 2024,... Read More
The war of words between the tech industry and the telecom industry is going over private 5G. The telcos, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), don’t want the government to allocate airwaves to the tech firms in an administrative manner for setting up private 5G networks. But the tech firms say that they are the best qualified for setting up their own 5G networks as the telcos... Read More
Bharti Airtel’s fiber internet service is called Airtel Xstream Fiber. Airtel has been largely successful in adding new customers every month under its broadband arm and has become the second-largest fiber broadband service provider. Today, we are going to look at broadband plans that Airtel Xstream Fiber offers to users with which they can watch the last leg of the Indian Premier League for free. Airtel Xstream Fiber Plans for... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, offers users 4G data vouchers starting at Rs 19. With these vouchers, users can boost the amount of data they are using daily. If you have a prepaid plan whose FUP (fair-usage-policy) data for the day is exhausted, these 4G data vouchers come in very handy. The good thing is, these vouchers from Airtel are very affordable and start at Rs 19... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator is having a very bad week. Last week, the telco had announced its quarterly earnings report and since then its stock hasn’t been able to stay stable. At the time of writing, Vodafone Idea’s stock is 5.75% down to Rs 10.65 after opening at Rs 11 on Thursday. Airtel and RIL Stock Also in the Red It is not just Vodafone Idea, but... Read More
While Bharti Airtel offers slightly more expensive prepaid plans than its rival Reliance Jio, the telco is also known for offering pretty great services. The second-largest telco in the country has two excellent prepaid plans in its portfolio of offerings for short-term users. From short-term, we mean 28 days. The 28 days plans saw a significant tariff hike, and while they have become expensive, they still offer a lot of... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country has become the first company to test 5G technology using the spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The telco completed the test in partnership with Nokia. Bharti Airtel is conducting 5G trials with the spectrum that was allotted to the telcos by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). This 5G test using the spectrum in the 700 MHz band was conducted in... Read More
2016 marked a massive transformation in the telecom industry in India with the entry of Reliance Jio with affordable plans. Since then, India has become the second-lowest market in terms of telecom tariff on a global level. This transformation has set low average revenue per user (ARPU) for the telecom operators, thereby taking a hit at the major players such as Airtel. There is massive scope for upward revision, and... Read More
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