The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) released Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the 5G spectrum auction on Wednesday. The auction is all set to take place on July 26, 2022. DoT said that the telcos wouldn’t have to pay SUC (Spectrum Usage Charges) along with the Bank Guarantees (BGs) for the spectrum they acquire during the upcoming auction. This means that the outgo of cash for the telcos will reduce significantly.... Read More
The Indian telecom industry has been in a constant state of survival since Jio has come to the market. The debt levels have been soaring because of liquidity issues that Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have faced in the past. But since 2021, things have started becoming good for the telecom industry and signs of recovery are there. The improvements can be credited to the higher demand for digital services... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) all brought multiple Disney+ Hotstar prepaid plans for the users in early 2022. This was because of the demand that the IPL (Indian Premier League) creates for the platform. None of the other platforms has been focused this much by the telcos. But now, Disney+ Hotstar won’t be streaming IPL anymore. The company didn’t win the bid for the cricket league’s streaming... Read More
The war of words between the tech industry and the telecom industry is going over private 5G. The telcos, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), don’t want the government to allocate airwaves to the tech firms in an administrative manner for setting up private 5G networks. But the tech firms say that they are the best qualified for setting up their own 5G networks as the telcos... Read More
To comply with the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) rules on offering at least one prepaid plan with a complete month validity, the telcos brought in multiple plans around early 2022. Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea), and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) all offer at least or more prepaid plans with one month of validity now. But right now, we will just be looking at prepaid plans... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, offers prepaid plans which are quite similar to what Jio and Vi (Vodafone Idea) offer. Not to imply that Airtel is copying the prepaid plans of other telcos, but the telecom market in India is such that the telcos are offering very similar prepaid plans to the users. But the telcos have also found a way to distinguish their services from... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in the country, offers multiple prepaid plans to users. There are affordable options as well as expensive options. If you are looking for a very affordable plan under Rs 200 which can also offer a decent amount of data, you can definitely go for the 1GB daily data plan of Jio that comes for Rs 179. However, this plan doesn’t come with a long... Read More
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are going to need the government at their side when the discussion of private 5G networks comes around. The telcos have demonstrated many use cases around 5G. But the common theme amongst most of these use-cases was that they were built for enterprises. The consumer-focused use cases were rare, and it makes sense because consumers just need to browse the internet, stream... Read More
India’s private telecom operators who are looking forward to the 5G spectrum auction are in for a big disappointment. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is supporting the recommendations from TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) for the spectrum auction. This means that the DoT has been backing TRAI recommended spectrum price for twenty years. While TRAI cut the price of the airwaves, the industry felt like it wasn’t enough. Airtel,... Read More
The Broadband India Forum (BIF) has asked the government to allocate the spectrum directly to the enterprises for captive private networks. For the unaware, BIF represents tech companies such as Microsoft, Google, Meta, Cisco, and more. As per BIF, the government must consider the recommendations given by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on private 5G networks. COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India), which represents the Indian telcos including... Read More
The private telcos in India, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), have been working on 5G for a long-time now. But now, there’s something that threatens all the money spent by the telcos on the R&D (Research and Development) of new products and use-cases relevant to 5G. The government might be considering allocating spectrum to the enterprises in an administrative manner so that they can set up... Read More
The telecom operators are indeed trying to do their best with what they have got. The Indian telecom industry wasn’t at a very sweet spot over the last few years (since the time Jio came to the market.) Not making Jio the villain as it is just business at the end of the day. But it has been a long time since the arrival of Jio, and the telcos which... Read More
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