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Tanay Singh Thakur April 4th, 2021 1:00 PM 61 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Provides Industry Unique Offers, Yet Behind Jio and Airtel

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been losing out on subscribers every month since October 2019. In March, Vi investors found temporary relief when the Trai report said the company added 1.7 million customers in January 2021. But Vi clarified that it had made ‘inadvertent errors’ while submitting the numbers to the regulator. From the correct numbers, it was found that instead of adding subscribers, Vi lost 2.3 million of them. What’s... Read More

Karan Sharma April 3rd, 2021 6:14 PM 12 COMMENTS

DoT Gave Reliance Jio New MSC Code, Details

Reliance Jio is the largest telecom operator in India. The telco entered the Indian telecom industry back in 2016 and right after its launch disrupted the entire market. The company has increased the competition by offering internet services at affordable prices and also become the reason for packing bags for some of the competitors. In the latest development, the telco has received a fresh ACCESS-MSC code from the Department of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 2nd, 2021 7:02 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Disney+ Hotstar Prepaid Plans Compared With Jio and Airtel

All the private operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Reliance Jio, provide their users with prepaid plans that come with the benefit of Disney+ Hotstar. Do note that none of the operators offers the Disney+ Hotstar Premium benefit, but only the Disney+ Hotstar VIP benefit with their plans. For the unaware, the annual subscription cost of Disney+ Hotstar VIP is only Rs 399, whereas the Disney+ Hotstar Premium... Read More

Sonali Rauthan April 1st, 2021 4:11 PM 1 COMMENTS

NCSC, Telcos to Coordinate via Nodal Officer Orders Says: DoT

The Indian government is making efforts to ensure that none of the Chinese firms takes part in the 5G network in India because of the ongoing border tension between India and China. According to an ET telecom report, the Department of Telecommuncations (DoT) has directed the major telcos in the country - Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), to appoint nodal officers to coordinate with the NCSC for... Read More

Sonali Rauthan March 29th, 2021 3:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio and Vi Pay DoT Rs 5,000 Crore: Report

India's private operators, namely Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), have all paid their dues amounting to Rs. 5000 crores towards the spectrum usage charges (SuC) and license fee (LF) for the quarter ending March 2021. The telcos should pay the dues for the January-March quarter by March 25, and if there is a small balance due, it should be paid by the end of March since it... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 29th, 2021 12:00 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Has to Push for Tariff Hikes Earlier Than Jio, Airtel: Analysts

The much-anticipated tariff hikes have been delayed by the telecom sector owing to multiple reasons. According to the analysts, the possibility of a higher subscriber churn rate, indirect inflation, and the amount of money spent on the 4G spectrum auctions are key reasons for the industry to not go for the tariff hikes right away. Tariff hikes will directly impact the market share growth of the telcos. While Jio and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 28th, 2021 5:00 PM 9 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Postpaid Plans Are Overrated

Postpaid plans are overrated because prepaid plans can fulfil the demands of an average user very comfortably. If you are subscribing to a postpaid plan, you are shelling out more money than you need to. The entry-level postpaid plans from Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) all come for Rs 399 per month. Now that’s a staggering amount to pay for a mobile subscription every month to get unlimited calling,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 26th, 2021 1:37 PM 1 COMMENTS

Jio Set-Top Box Users Can Now Stream From Discovery+

Jio Set-Top Box (STB) users can now stream content from Discovery+. The partnership between both platforms will enable users to stream world-class content from more than 40 genres. Users won’t have to face any language barrier with the content since it will be available in Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, and Malayalam. For the unaware, the Jio STB is provided to the users when they purchase a JioFiber connection. With... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 23rd, 2021 2:30 PM 44 COMMENTS

Jio to Focus on Subscriber Addition, Tariff Hikes to be Delayed: Report

Reliance Jio will keep its focus on adding more subscribers to gain a larger market share instead of going after a higher average revenue per user (ARPU) aggressively. Jio’s tariff hikes are expected to come at a later stage than its peers. The telco might go with a segmented tariff hike strategy to keep its unique selling point (USP) of providing cheaper plans than its competitors. According to the analysts... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 21st, 2021 4:00 PM 76 COMMENTS

Jio Has Slowed Down on Subscriber Addition, But Why

Reliance Jio has slowed down on adding new subscribers. At the same time, Bharti Airtel has been adding more subscribers than Jio for consecutive months now. According to the Monthly Subscription report from Trai for January 2021, Jio added 1.9 million users in contrast to Airtel’s 5.8 million users. Adding to this, Jio is also behind Airtel with respect to active users. Jio has 324.52 million active VLR customers, while... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 18th, 2021 4:25 PM 14 COMMENTS

Attractive Entry-Level Broadband Plans Couldn’t Help Jio and Airtel Much

The Indian broadband industry saw a strong growth since the pandemic hit, and work-from-home became the new normal. As the market became more competitive with more players adding every quarter, big Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Airtel, Jio, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) started offering cheaper broadband plans to the users. A few months back, Jio, Airtel, and BSNL launched new entry-level plans priced much lower than the... Read More