Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to soon hold the next round of spectrum auctions. According to the Mint, Reliance Jio in a letter to the DoT, highlighted that the delay in spectrum auction will result in a huge loss to the government revenues. Crucially, the operator also said that the holding of the spectrum auctions at the earliest will result... Read More
There is always a question in the mind of users, 'which telco is the best in terms of providing a strong network experience?' When users talk about network experience, they are often concerned with the kind of speed they are getting. But the download/upload speed is not everything that a user should be talking about. Mozark in a report offered its views on what a network operator should focus on... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India on Thursday unveiled three inflight connectivity packs said to be applicable on its 22 partner airlines. The inflight connectivity packs are priced in the range of Rs 499 to Rs 999 with a one day validity. The operator highlighted that the incoming calls are not permitted on the inflight connectivity packs and that the data speeds “may vary from airline to airline.”... Read More
Reliance Jio has now introduced a new prepaid plan of Rs 598 that comes bundled with Disney+ Hotstar VIP membership. With this new launch, the telco now has four prepaid plans which come bundled with voice calling and data benefits. The plans in question are Rs 401, Rs 598, Rs 777 and Rs 2,599. Besides, it is also offering data add-ons without calling and SMS benefits. The newly launched Rs... Read More
Bharti Airtel is the second biggest telecom company in India. It offers a variety of prepaid and postpaid plans to the customers. If you are looking for a certain kind of plan with specific benefits, chances are that you will get it with Airtel. There are many top-up vouchers which come solely with talk time benefits or data benefits. The thing is, there is something for every kind of customer... Read More
Supreme Court a few days back announced its decision on the matter of AGR dues. The apex court said that the telcos will have to pay all the remaining dues in the coming decade starting next financial year. Before that, each telco will have to pay the 10% dues in advance so the 90% will be left for the next 10 years. This clarity on the decision of AGR dues... Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio is soon going to set up a cable landing station at Digha, West Bengal. Jio has been making steady moves and has already become the most valuable telco in the country in a short span of 4 years. A few months back, it got a ton of investments from various companies all around the world including the likes of Facebook and Google. Reliance Jio was looking... Read More
The Supreme Court on Friday had postponed the hearing of the AGR dues case of telcos to today. One thing that has become clear from all the past hearings is that there is no way that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited’s (VIL) request of reassessment of AGR dues is going to be entertained by the apex court. SC will only decide on the period at which the dues needs... Read More
25 years back, on this very date, the first mobile call was made in India. To mark the special date, COAI and Department of Telecommunications (DoT) organised an online event. The event was named ‘Desh Ki Digital Udaan’. Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi congratulated the industry via a written letter. There were key messages from many important figures from the telecom industry. Dr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman... Read More
Jio Platforms has released its quarterly earnings report today. In the past few months, the telco has raised Rs 1,52,056 crores in capital through investments from various groups and companies. Reliance Jio aims to connect every Indian with internet and that is why it has partnered up with Google. Google bought a 7.73% equity stake in Reliance Jio for an amount of Rs 33,737 crore. Both the companies together will... Read More
The Indian wired broadband service providers lost 160,000 subscribers in April, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) highlighted in a report on Friday. According to the Trai report, the fixed broadband subscriber base in India dipped to 19.02 million in April as compared to 19.18 million in March. It has to be noted that India was under intense lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 24. While the... Read More
Today, Reliance held its 43rd Annual General Meet (AGM). Just this morning we reported that Google might invest $4 billion in Jio Platforms. In the online meet, Mr Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) confirmed the partnership with Google and made the news official. This is a strategic partnership between both companies to overcome existing market challenges. Google is going to invest Rs 33,737 crore... Read More
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I wish those Airtel 2G customers could shift to BSNL 2G, but in North and central India, BSNL 2G has…
Forget that 2L target which is not even announced. Their 1 lakh target site is yet to be achieved. BSNL…
But they need to improve network in all remaining circles also if Vi wants to stop loosing customers.
definately by Jio 2022-2030 8 years of 5G time to move to 6G for sure
i guess 6G should solve the issue of 5G's low network penetration and still deliver high speeds
