Currently, the biggest problem that the telecom operators in the industry seem to be facing is related to the dues that they have to pay to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the name of the new Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) decision from the Supreme Court. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are the worst hit telecom operators in this regard as they have to pay the most dues. However, in... Read More
In the past few years, the telecom industry has seen some major shift with the attention turning from voice to data and then slightly on to additional offerings. At one time, voice and data were used to be the only things that the subscribers got when they bought recharges for their numbers. However, those days are long gone, and now the telcos also offer many subscription-based services to the users... Read More
The one thing that the telecom operators desperately need right now in the industry is financial support from the government in the form of relief. The two telecom operators which are in the worst possible shape right now are Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. These two telecom operators are also the ones that owe the most dues in the name of license fees and Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) which amount... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are two telecom operators in the industry right now which are locked in a tough competition. These two telcos have been in a tough competition courtesy of the services they offer, and the highest level of competition has been in the cases of prepaid plans by both these telcos. A while ago, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel both used to offer very resembling prepaid plans... Read More
There has been an industry wide announcement in the country about the hiking of tariffs in the coming days. The first telecom operator amongst these was Vodafone Idea which has announced that it would hike the tariffs on December 1. Following this announcement, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio also announced that they would hike their tariffs too and now we can expect that the tariffs are bound to go up... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are losing subscribers on a regular note, but in the September quarter, both the telcos together lost more than 10 million subscribers. According to the Trai data for the months of July, August and September, Bharti Airtel lost 2.5 million, 5.6 lakh and 2.3 million subscribers respectively. According to the latest report by ICICI Securities, Airtel lost up to three million customers due to the... Read More
With the prepaid tariff plans all set to increase a price hike on December 1, telecom subscribers right now are in sight of bother. Even Reliance Jio prepaid customers are sitting on the edge because the telco already announced a price hike. But Jio customers are enjoying an advantage as they can queue prepaid plans of unlimited number. Majority of customers are unaware that even Bharti Airtel allows its prepaid... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are going neck-on-neck with each other when it comes to offering prepaid plans. The Mukesh Ambani-led Jio ruled the prepaid market for more than two years now and the introduction IUC Top-Up vouchers made things difficult for the telco. Both Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are offering 3GB daily data plans under Rs 350, but Jio's plan is Rs 50 cheaper than that of Airtel.... Read More
Bharti Airtel is known as the telecom operator, which offers the most attractive postpaid plans in the industry. To recall, earlier this year, Bharti Airtel had increased the base limit of its postpaid plans. While these plans used to start at a much lower rate previously, now they come with the base price of Rs 499 for most subscribers. Although the Rs 399 postpaid plan also exists in the portfolio... Read More
ACT Fibernet was the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in India to launch a 1 Gbps broadband plan and it was soon followed by Spectra which has a presence in popular cities like Bengaluru and New Delhi. Reliance JioFiber is currently the popular service provider in the country to offer 1 Gbps broadband plans in several cities. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company's broadband plans will be available in over 1,100 cities.... Read More
The telecom operators have been caught in a financially stifling situation since a long time, and a big blow had come in the form of the new AGR decision from the Supreme Court which had put an additional burden of Rs 1.3 lakh crore on the telecom operators. Now there are two avenues which the telecom operators are looking forward to, for financial relief. The first way seems to be... Read More
In the upcoming days, all the telecom operators in the industry are going to raise tariffs. The first move was made by Vodafone Idea, which announced a hike in tariffs starting December 1. Next up, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and BSNL have also announced that they would be increasing the prices of their plans in the coming weeks. But, now the next question in the minds of the consumers is... Read More
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