While Reliance Jio remains the number of telecom operators in India in terms of subscriber market share, the gap between Jio and Airtel should narrow in the coming years. Analysts at ICICI Securities believe that Jio’s subscriber market share would peak in FY23 and then will see a slight decline from FY24 onwards. This is where Airtel would narrow its market share gap with Jio. Analysts believe that Bharti Airtel... Read More
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, two of the top private telecom operators in the market, have benefitted from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) loss. The state-run telecom operator is seen as the king of wired broadband subscribers in India. But things are changing fast now. Jio and Airtel are both rapidly expanding their fiber infrastructure to reach more and more parts of the country. With their excellent and growing reputation... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has retained its lead over Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) when it comes to VLR subscribers or active subscribers in October 2021. Airtel had 346.11 million active subscribers out of its total subscriber base of 353.98 million, which equates to 97.78% of the telco’s subscriber base has been active. According to the monthly performance report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority... Read More
WhatsApp, owned by Meta, is used by millions of Indians. Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, is working with Meta to introduce a prepaid recharge facility through WhatsApp to a wide number of users. Speaking at Meta’s annual event, Fuel for India 2021, Akash Ambani, Director and Head of Strategy, Reliance Jio and Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Retail, spoke about how the partnership with Meta is helping Reliance... Read More
Very silently, Reliance Jio has introduced a Rs 1 prepaid plan. The plan is visible on the mobile app of the telco but not the website. Under the Value section, you can find ‘Other Plans’ where this Rs 1 prepaid pack is listed. This Rs 1 prepaid plan from the telco offers 100MB of data to the users for 30 days. So basically, recharging ten times with this voucher would... Read More
The telecom operators are going to get high-quality telecom gear for cheap in the long term. This is not just because the technology will achieve scale, and with scale, high-quality stuff becomes more affordable. This will be because of all that is happening in India and what has happened already. First of all, the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme of the government for the telecom sector saw multiple major equipment... Read More
After complaining about Vodafone Idea (Vi) to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) with respect to offering a very expensive SMS bundled base prepaid plan, Reliance Jio has introduced SMS benefits with a very affordable plan under its offerings. The plan that we are talking about comes for Rs 119. This has made Jio the telco offering the most affordable prepaid plan bundled with SMS benefits in the sector.... Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s number of telecom operators in terms of subscriber market share, has made a big statement related to 5G. The telco has said that before the 5G networks are even rolled out in the country, there will be at least 100 million to 150 million 5G smartphone users already in the market. Sunil Dutt, President Devices Mobility and Mobility, Jio, said India would have between 100 million to... Read More
India should focus on covering the 2G and 4G users to 5G at the earliest, said Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Speaking at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2021, Ambani said that keeping millions of Indians at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid confined to 2G is depriving them of the digital revolution. According to the Indian business tycoon, the rollout of 5G networks should... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, is popular for providing postpaid services. The telco is especially popular in the corporate world for offering uniform postpaid mobile services across India. With the prepaid tariff hikes already implemented, there’s no way that the telcos aren’t already planning on increasing the postpaid tariffs as well. It is only a matter of when it will happen. But largely, Bharti Airtel’s postpaid... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) had made their prepaid plans with SMS benefits quite expensive. Users had to pay a substantial amount of money to buy a prepaid plan with SMS benefits just to be able to port out. But the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has changed that now. Telecom operators can no longer stop users from porting out with low-end prepaid plans. While the... Read More
Reliance Jio, the telecom operator with the largest subscriber base in India is often looked at as the company offering the cheapest services. Jio’s prepaid plans have been largely popular in the Indian market because of the affordability they bring to the table. However, after the tariff hikes, it doesn’t look that way anymore. While most of Jio’s prepaid plans are still cheaper and more affordable than what its rivals... Read More
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Data k acc. toh Sabhi jagah jio ki hi high avg speed h....fir airtel kis ego me plan high kiya…
Wow i just downloaded this data from TRAI’s website This is like a treasure chest for telecom enthusiasts I’m gonna…
Thanks for this as this is very interesting data also shows how bad MTNL is, It's almost like MTNL towers…
Ofc you three would be because satellite internet would increase competition, and then you can’t increase 5G and Broadband prices…
Pehle 4g to activate kar le bsnl ...still giving 3G services in most of the newly installed bsnl site here…
