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Tanay Singh Thakur February 4th, 2022 5:43 PM 1 COMMENTS

Jio Jumps Into Metaverse Bandwagon With $15 Million in Two Platforms

Jio Platforms Limited has just announced an investment of $15 million into ‘Two Platforms’, a Silicon Valley-based startup, for a 25% stake, marking the startup’s value at $60 million. Two Platforms, founded by Pranav Mistry, is a company that focuses heavily on Artificial Reality (AR) and wants to create immersive and interactive AI experiences. AI’s future after text and voice is visual interaction, believes Two. Two’s artificial reality platform enables... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 4th, 2022 10:25 AM 15 COMMENTS

DoT Allocated MSC Codes to Reliance Jio Thrice in January 2022

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) allocated MSC codes thrice to the number one private telecom operator of the country, Reliance Jio, in January 2022. The new MSC codes allocated to the telco were for seven different regions of the county. It is worth noting that none of the other telecom operators required fresh MSC codes from the DoT; only Jio was after the fresh codes. For the unaware, MSC codes... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 31st, 2022 9:37 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel to Better Compete With JioPhone Next in Coming Quarters: ICICI Securities

Even though Google has invested much lesser in Bharti Airtel as compared to Reliance Jio, the former will be able to give a strong competition to Reliance Jio’s affordable 4G device namely ‘JioPhoneNext’, said ICICI Securities in a note. The purpose of Google’s investment in both Jio and Airtel is different. With Airtel, the partnership with the search engine giant will focus on these key areas: 1) making the 4G... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 28th, 2022 2:34 PM 6 COMMENTS

Jio Recharge Plan 2022: Which is the Best 84 Days Plan?

Reliance Jio offers a plethora of options to customers who want a prepaid plan for medium-term use. To add to that, the number one telco also offers 20% JioMart Maha cashback with its prepaid plans that cost more than Rs 200. If you are looking for a medium-term plan from the telco, the 84 days plans make for the best choice as 56 days plans aren’t that economical. With 56... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 27th, 2022 2:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Stock Plummets on Thursday

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator is having a very bad week. Last week, the telco had announced its quarterly earnings report and since then its stock hasn’t been able to stay stable. At the time of writing, Vodafone Idea’s stock is 5.75% down to Rs 10.65 after opening at Rs 11 on Thursday. Airtel and RIL Stock Also in the Red It is not just Vodafone Idea, but... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 26th, 2022 8:28 AM 1 COMMENTS

Private 5G: Difference of View Between Telcos and Organisations Continue

With 5G, the role of private networks is going to grow multiple folds. Many organisations and multinational companies (MNCs) would want to go for a private 5G network to keep data and communication internal and more secure. But even for private 5G networks, spectrum is required. This is where the industry is at a standstill at the moment. The telecom operators have asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 24th, 2022 10:47 AM 5 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G Prepaid Plan That Other Telcos Should Also Offer

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is the most affordable option for prepaid mobile customers in India right now. This is because the state-run telco is the only operator who didn’t implement prepaid tariff hikes, unlike its private rivals, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi). There’s a prepaid plan that BSNL offers to customers that none of the private operators does. This is a plan that every telco... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 24th, 2022 8:27 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel to Catch Up With BSNL After Jio in Broadband

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the market leader in the wireline segment, is continuously losing market share to private telecom operators. Much recently, data came to the surface that Jio had overtaken BSNL in the fixed-broadband business. It won’t be long before Airtel does the same. Both Jio and Airtel have a strong presence in the fiber broadband market with their fixed-line service brands - JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 22nd, 2022 10:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Vi and Airtel Offer These Strange Daily Data Plans

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) all offer 2.5GB daily data prepaid plans. Not a lot of people want these plans as they offer a strange amount of data, but if you are looking for one, here are all the options that you will get from the top private telecom operators in the country. Note that we have already made a comparison between the same, click here if... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 20th, 2022 2:37 PM 8 COMMENTS

Jio Net Subscriber Addition Decelerating a Negative Surprise: ICICI Securities

Reliance Jio’s net addition of subscribers decelerating in November 2021 is a negative surprise, said ICICI Securities in a report. Jio added a net 1.1 million subscribers during the month, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report. Reliance Jio’s active subscriber base or VLR subscribers grew by 1.1 million to 359.9 million in November 2021 from 358.49 million in October 2021. ICICI Securities said that the deceleration... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 19th, 2022 9:47 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Rs 599 Plan Better than Jio, Airtel 84 Days Plan

Vodafone Idea (Vi) offers a Rs 599 prepaid plan to prepaid customers living across India. The speciality of this plan is that it comes with 70 days of validity. In terms of data, users get 1.5GB of daily data along with unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS/day. The plan also bundles Vi Hero Unlimited benefits which include Data Delights, Weekend Rollover, and Binge All Night offer. All the additional offers... Read More

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