February 18th, 2016 12:10 PM 31 COMMENTS

Here’s the reason for the slow uptake of 4G LTE in India

It is a fairly well known and well-accepted in the industry that the uptake of 4G services, launched by various service providers, like Idea Cellular, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, is not impressive. While it is still early days to pass the verdict one way or the other, it is certainly likely to be an area of concern for Reliance Jio which is close to launching commercial 4G network soon. The... Read More

February 6th, 2016 4:34 PM 62 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s LTE-U may need a longer timeframe for a commercial launch

In a recent ET report, it was revealed that Indian mobile service providers – Airtel and Reliance Jio – are working on next step of simple LTE – LTE-A and LTE-U – respectively. LTE-A (LTE Advanced) is more about carrier aggregation, which means adding different types of spectrum bands. On the other hand, LTE-U (LTE Unlicensed) is more likely to be the next step forward after LTE-A. It was originally... Read More

November 17th, 2015 1:01 PM 254 COMMENTS

Exclusive: First look and feel of Reliance Jio’s 4G VoLTE service with speed test

As December approaches, the anticipation of Reliance Jio's commercial launch starts to heat up. Like every year around this time of the year subscribers become more hopeful and optimistic about the launch of an operator which has been predicted to grossly change the dynamics of the Indian telecom industry. But unlike the yesteryears this year has seen an official announcement by Jio about commercial launch at least in key markets... Read More

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