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Tanay Singh Thakur May 12th, 2022 5:31 PM 5 COMMENTS

Airtel Added Most Subscribers in March 2022, Jio Behind While Vi Loses Users

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has just released its monthly telecom performance report for March 2022. During the month, Airtel was seen adding the most number of subscribers. Jio was right behind Airtel, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) was the only private telecom operator to lose subscribers. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, also saw its overall user base declining during the month. Airtel Added 2.25... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 9th, 2022 3:22 PM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Testing 5G VoNR With 5G Core Using 4G VoLTE Network

Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, is now testing the interoperability between the 5G VoNR and 4G VoLTE. Aayush Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President, Reliance Jio, said in a LinkedIn post that Jio has upgraded its 4G VoLTE network and has integrated 5G core for testing 5G VoNR with 4G VoLTE. Bhatnagar said that the trial would include testing seamless interoperability between the devices that are 4G voice and video-capable with... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 9th, 2022 12:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Consumer Spends Has Finally Crossed Pre-Jio Levels: ICICI Securities

The consumer spends on mobile services has finally crossed the pre-Jio levels in Q3 FY22. The previous high was in Q1 FY17. The total consumer spends during the quarter post-GST rose 4.2% QoQ and 8% YoY to Rs 420 billion, said ICICI Securities taking data from the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) report. The rise in consumer spends will be attributed a little to the prepaid tariff hikes introduced... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 8th, 2022 11:06 AM 54 COMMENTS

Telcos Are Not Necessarily Bad, India Is Just a Hard Place to be in Business

The Indian telecom operators are not necessarily bad or not paying attention to the problems of the customers. It is just that India is a very hard place to do business in, especially if you are in the telecom sector. This is because of the sheer size of the market. Forget urban areas for a second, there’s just such a huge population in the rural and backward parts of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 6th, 2022 6:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Net Profit Jumps to Rs 14,817 Crore for FY22

Reliance Jio, one of the most profitable subsidiaries of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has reported that its net profit for FY22 jumped to Rs 14,817 crore. Compared to this, Jio had posted a net profit of Rs 12,015 crore in FY21. For the last quarter of FY22, Jio’s net profit stood at Rs 4,173 crore which was more than the preceding quarter’s Rs 3,615 crore. License Fees/Spectrum charges for the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 4th, 2022 7:32 PM 16 COMMENTS

Jio Launches New Prepaid Plans With 3 Months Disney+ Hotstar

Reliance Jio has launched multiple new prepaid plans, which will now come with a Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription for three months. Until now, all the existing prepaid plans which offer Disney+ Hotstar Mobile benefit come with a one-year subscription and are slightly more expensive than what users would have liked. But now, the company has launched four new plans which will offer three months of Disney+ Hotstar subscription. The four... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 3rd, 2022 6:51 PM 4 COMMENTS

Jio Way Behind Airtel in Bundled Service Offerings

Reliance Jio can never do what Bharti Airtel can do with Airtel Black. Airtel Black is one of the most unique bundled digital services in the country. Even Vodafone Idea can’t follow Airtel’s steps in creating services such as Airtel Black. Jio might be the number one telecom operator in the country, but it doesn’t have any Direct-to-Home (DTH) arm to compete with Airtel’s DTH brand. The fact is, to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 3rd, 2022 2:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Base 1GB Daily Data Plan Pretty Expensive Compared to Jio’s Same Plan

Both Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio offer a 1GB daily data prepaid plan to the consumers. These plans are meant for people who don’t have heavy data usage. Further, to ensure that the telcos are earning enough out of their customers, they don’t offer their 1GB daily data plans for the long or medium term. Users can only get these plans for the short term. Airtel and Jio are considered... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 3rd, 2022 11:03 AM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio ARPU Might See Positive Growth Post Removal of JioMart Offer

On March 31, 2022, Reliance Retail stopped giving cashbacks under the JioMart Maha Cashback offer to consumers making purchases from Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) owned companies. These cashbacks could be used for making purchases and getting discounts across Reliance owned retail stores, both online and offline. Reliance Jio, a telecom brand under RIL, also allowed users to utilise this cashback to get a discount on the recharges made through the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 2nd, 2022 8:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Jio Now Both Offer This Highly Demanded OTT Benefit to Users

Earlier, it was just Reliance Jio which offered the over-the-top (OTT) benefit of Netflix to users. But now, Bharti Airtel has joined the league as well. Airtel Xstream Fiber, the fiber broadband service arm of Airtel, is now bundling Netflix with its two high-end plans. Jio also bundles Netflix with its broadband plans starting at Rs 1,499. With Airtel, too, it is the same. The Rs 1,498 broadband plan from... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 22nd, 2022 2:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Might be Awarded Uncovered Villages Connectivity Program Says CMD: Report

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) might be awarded the uncovered villages connectivity program by the Indian government. This could be in line with the Government of India’s (GoI) campaign of Aatmanirbhar Bharat for promoting local technology. Pravin Kumar Purwar, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), BSNL, told ET Telecom that BSNL had sent a proposal to the GoI regarding the same. Purwar is hopeful of a positive response as the GoI... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 21st, 2022 5:10 PM 10 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Overtakes Bharti Airtel in Wireline Subscriber Market Share

Since the time Reliance Jio has come into the market, it has been achieving new milestones one after another. This time, according to the data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio has overtaken Bharti Airtel in the wireline subscriber market share. In the wireless category, Jio is already ahead. But in the wireline category, until January 2022, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) was at the... Read More