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
Bharti Airtel has been radically upgrading its 4G networks across the country. Now the telco has deployed additional spectrum in two states, namely Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. For the deployment, the telco has leveraged L900 technology which will help with boosting the indoor network coverage for the users. The telco has upgraded a total of 10,000 sites across the two states to enhance its 4G coverage and network performance. Bharti... Read More
When Reliance Jio introduced new prepaid plans with no daily data consumption limits, it was very predictable that Bharti Airtel won’t sit quietly. A few days back, Airtel announced its Rs 456 prepaid plan for the users. This plan is a new offering from the company, which too doesn’t come with any daily data consumption limit. Now, Airtel has changed the benefits of its multiple prepaid plans. The telco has... Read More
Bharti Airtel has just deployed additional spectrum in Odisha. The second-largest telecom operator has already deployed additional spectrum purchased from the recently held auctions in multiple parts of the country. Odisha becomes the latest state/circle to see additional spectrum deployment from Bharti Airtel. Post the spectrum deployment, users consuming services of Bharti Airtel will see better connectivity during peak hours. In an announcement, Bharti Airtel said that it has deployed... Read More
Reliance Jio’s foray into the Indian telecom industry will probably be shelved as one of the most game-changing moments for the company and its competitors. However, the tides are turning fast in this game, and the red-icon of the Indian telecom industry, which was feared to be on the back-foot, is making an extremely meteoric comeback. While Reliance Jio has certainly made pragmatic decisions that checked a lot of boxes... Read More
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Correct. Don't knw why airtel, vi ignoring up east circle. Fir baad me boltey h ki subscribers gain nhi ho…
Exactly same.. while Jio enables additional bandwidth within 2 or 3 months. Even 3CA working with additional benefit.
Not even close.. Airtel has 170 million 4G customers and 80 million 5G customers. Jio has 290 million 4G and…
I wanted to ask something 1) Airtel hv 5mhz + 5 mhz ( got in new auction) in band 8…
Airtel is aggressive in increasing its network coverage all over india.... This is an example expands coverage over 89000 villages....…
