It is the last day of the week, and all the telecom stocks are in the red. It is not just the telecom stocks, but also the indexes including NIFTY and SENSEX in the negative. After seeing a good Thursday, Vodafone Idea’s stock (listed as Idea) is 5.41% in the red (at the time of writing), trading at Rs 10.50. This comes after the board of the telco has approved... Read More
When Jio arrived in the Indian telecom market, it started offering unlimited voice calls and unlimited data to the users with a ton of SMS every day for a very less fixed cost. Jio didn’t start with postpaid plans heavily but only focused on the prepaid segment of the market. The companies that couldn’t adopt the model of Jio had to go out of business, and the companies which remained,... Read More
All the industry experts and stakeholders have submitted their opinions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for its consultation paper regarding the upcoming 5G spectrum auction. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel firmly stand apart when it comes to the views on the spectrum for the satellite communications (satcom) sector. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, told ET in an exclusive interaction that the spectrum is not auctioned... Read More
Reliance Jio had earlier announced the ‘Jio Emergency Data Voucher’ facility. Using this facility, users can get data loans from the company. It is meant for users who don’t have access to money to pay for purchasing data from the telco. There are many 4G data vouchers offered by Reliance Jio. If you are going to purchase one, you will have to pay for it upfront. But in case you... Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, offers its 1GB daily data prepaid plans starting at Rs 149 only. 1GB daily data prepaid plans are good for people who are not looking for something data-heavy. With such plans, users can comfortably get validity, a decent amount of data, and unlimited voice calling without any worries. Let’s take a look at all the 1GB daily data prepaid plans offered by Reliance... Read More
The overall industry adjusted gross revenue (AGR) grew by 9.9% YoY and 4.4% QoQ to Rs 476 billion during Q3 FY22. During the quarter, Bharti Airtel’s AGR market share grew by 90bps QoQ (350bps YoY), said ICICI Securities, in a report. At the same time, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) AGR market share kept on dipping with 60bps further down during the quarter to 18.4%. The analyst said that Vodafone Idea... Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, is offering prepaid plans to the users that Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) aren’t. These plans were recently introduced by the telco and offer a major over-the-top (OTT) benefit to the users. To be precise, there are two prepaid plans that we are talking about and both of these plans bundled an OTT benefit that none of the telcos in the country is... Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s number telecom operator will land the next generation multi-terabit India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Hulhumale, Maldives. Because of this, Hulhumale will directly connect to the world’s major internet hubs in Singapore and India. Uz Fayyaz Ismail, Minister of Economic Development, said that this will open up vast opportunities for the people in the Maldives by providing them with a high-quality, secure, and affordable internet experience. Ismail... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-run telecom operator, needs to go aggressive with its fiber broadband business. Airtel replaced BSNL as the second-largest wired broadband operator in December 2021. In November, it was Jio who took BSNL’s first position. So, in a span of two months, BSNL fell down from the first position to the third position. The state-run telco had long enjoyed the attention in the wired broadband... Read More
The fixed broadband (FBB) segment in India saw December as its most successful month in the year. According to the data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), more than two million users were added to the overall FBB subscribers list of the country. However, at the same time, it was the worst month for wireless broadband. “Wireless broadband segment witnessed a massive loss of 11.54 million subscribers... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) came out with its monthly telecom performance report for the month of December on Thursday. Looking at the report, ICICI Securities has said that Reliance Jio adding 4.7 million active subscribers is a positive surprise. It is worth noting that the telco’s overall subscriber base reduced by 12.9 million users. However, in terms of active subscribers, Jio added 4.7 million new users. This... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has lost to Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel in yet another area of competition. Until now, Vi was the second-ranked telecom operator when it came to the VLR subscribers percentage or the percentage of active subscribers it had against its total user pool. However, with a swift and heavy blow to its subscriber base, Reliance Jio has removed a ton of inactive users and has gone ahead... Read More
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um no no i meant how 3500mhz doesnt penetrate through walls and such
That not gonna happed instead Government should mandate all new phone (Smartphone & Keypad phone) should come with 4G Network…
Target is mid May for 1L sites. I don't have any doubt that it won't be covered. I am keeping…
2G should be shut down immediately by all three operators. BSNL should fast track LTE on 700Mhz and 900Mhz bands…
6G frequency should be around 7-8Ghz and bandwidth should be atleast 500Mhz per operator and sub-Ghz bandwidth should be 30-40Mhz(600/450Mhz).
