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Tanay Singh Thakur January 19th, 2022 8:39 AM 11 COMMENTS

Jio Prepays Rs 30,791 Crore of Deferred Spectrum Dues Prior to March 2021

Reliance Jio has prepaid Rs 30,791 crore worth of deferred spectrum liabilities to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). This has helped the telco clear all the spectrum dues pertaining to auctions prior to March 2021. Along with this, Jio has prepaid the deferred liabilities pertaining to the spectrum acquired in 2021 through trading of right to use with Bharti Airtel. Jio had executed the first part or tranche of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 15th, 2022 12:24 PM 1 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Want USOF to be Suspended in the Upcoming Budget

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the top telecom operators in India, want the government to remove the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) from the upcoming budget to reduce the burden on their business. USOF was established to financially support the rollout of telecom services in the rural areas of the country. But the telcos have to shell out a significant sum of money towards the fund at... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 10th, 2022 2:39 PM 9 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Customers Confused After Recent Change in Benefits

Reliance Jio customers are a little confused as to which plans the JioMart Maha cashback offer is applicable on. Earlier, when Jio announced the cashback offer, it was assumed by many that the offer would be applicable on select prepaid plans, which were only three at the time — Rs 299, Rs 666, and Rs 719. But it wasn't the case. However, since the company hasn’t made any official announcement,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 8th, 2022 1:00 PM 40 COMMENTS

Why India Still Has 2G in 2022

India, one of the biggest markets for telecom services with more than a billion customers still has millions of people users 2G network for communication purposes. 2G is not fit for internet browsing, but only voice calling and SMS. Even when 4G services are readily available almost everywhere, there are affordable 4G smartphones, and cheap tariffs, why India still has 2G networks? It would be safe to assume that 2G... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 8th, 2022 12:00 PM 12 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Brings New Prepaid Plan With 2.5GB Daily Data

Reliance Jio has introduced a new prepaid plan for the customers offering 2.5GB of daily data. This is the first and now the only prepaid plan from the telco that is offering 2.5GB of daily data to the users. The plan will cost Rs 2999 and will come with a validity of 365 days. Users will get a total of 912.5GB of data with this plan, along with unlimited voice... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 7th, 2022 9:46 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike Impact to Stay Limited in Q3 FY22 for Telcos: ICICI Securities

The overall revenue growth for mobile services in Q3 FY22 will be steady as the 20% tariff hikes in the last leg of the quarter would have a limited impact, says ICICI Securities. The analyst has, however, earmarked the last quarter of the year to be a very important one for the telcos as the maximum benefits of the tariff hikes will be seen and would pave the ground for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 6th, 2022 2:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, NPCI Bring UPI AUTOPAY for Convenient Mobile Recharges

To ease out the process of mobile recharges, Reliance Jio and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have announced UPI AUTOPAY for the telecom industry. All hundreds of millions of Jio users will be able to leverage UPI AUTOPAY for automatic recharges without any hassle. Now onwards, Jio users can set standing orders on the MyJio app using UPI AUTOPAY for their favourite tariff plans and never worry about... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 1st, 2022 1:25 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Has Better Offers than Jio, Airtel in 2022

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been trying to scoop up subscriber and revenue market share from its rivals, including Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. While the telco is often looked at as piggybacking on Airtel’s moves, for example, the recent tariff hikes and the structure of its prepaid plans, there’s no denying that its prepaid offers are better than what Jio and Airtel provide in 2022. If you are not aware... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 31st, 2021 1:49 PM 7 COMMENTS

BSNL Beats Vi, Jio, Airtel in Offering the Best 28 Days Plan

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is the only telecom company that didn’t go ahead with prepaid tariff hikes. All the private telecom operators have increased the price of their prepaid offerings by up to 20% to 25%. This has created a significant price difference between the prepaid plans offered by the state-run telco and all the private operators. In comparison, not just in price but also considering the benefits offered,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 27th, 2021 11:47 AM 1 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel Help Govt Reach Telecom Revenues Target

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have pre-paid their deferred spectrum liabilities. The amount pre-paid by the telcos amount to Rs 26,200 crore, and because of this, the government might be able to reach its revenue target from the telecom sector in the current fiscal. A few days back, Bharti Airtel announced that it had pre-paid its deferred spectrum liabilities worth Rs 15,519 crore pertaining to the spectrum auction held in... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 25th, 2021 2:03 PM 2 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Has Increased the Validity of this Plan by 29 Days

Reliance Jio has just announced a new offer for the users to celebrate the approaching new year. The telco has added 29 days of additional service validity on its Rs 2545 plan. The Rs 2545 prepaid plan normally offers 336 days of validity, but under the new year offer, it will come with additional 29 days of validity for no additional cost. The total validity of the Rs 2545 plan... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 24th, 2021 5:59 PM 23 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Discontinues Re 1 Plan After all the Hype

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, has discontinued its Re 1 prepaid plan completely. The plan is not available to recharge on the mobile app of the company or its desktop website. This is a little disappointing after all the hype that Re 1 plan had created. The telco had initially announced that it was offering 100MB of data for 30 days. This had made a lot of people... Read More