Right now, there are only three telecom operators in India who offer 4G network services. These companies are Vodafone Idea (Vi), Reliance Jio, and Bharti Airtel. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is in the process to roll out 4G networks. The thing is, Vodafone Idea is the only private telco that has been continuously losing active subscribers for months now. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) data suggests that Reliance... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are all expected to launch 5G network services commercially later in 2022. There are a lot of people who doubt that they will go for 5G as they can be satisfied with 4G. But the thing is, like what happened with 4G, the telcos might do with 5G too. A few years back, Reliance Jio came and shocked the market with its... Read More
Bharti Airtel recently launched two new prepaid plans. One of those plans is the Rs 319 option. The great thing about this plan is that it is a 30 days option for the users. Reliance Jio offers a similar plan as Airtel’s Rs 319 plan, but Jio’s plan comes with 28 days of validity and not 30 days like Airtel is offering. The Jio’s plan that we are talking about... Read More
Reliance Jio had 364.34 million active users at the end of December 31, 2021. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) data, that number went up to 368.53 million at the end of January 31, 2022. Further, the telco’s total subscriber pool went down from 415.72 million to 406.39 million. So it is pretty evident that the company is removing inactive subscribers from its total count and adding... Read More
Post the tariff hike, Jio has been actively removing inactive users from its total subscriber base. As per the monthly performance report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Jio lost 9.3 million users (93,32,583) subscribers during January 2022. Along with Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) also lost 3,89,082 (0.38 million) and 3,77,520 (0.37) million subscribers. Amongst all the telecom service providers, only... Read More
Reliance Jio recently brought a new Rs 259 prepaid plan for the users. This plan is a step-up over the Rs 239 plan already offered by the telco. With the Rs 259 prepaid plan, the telco wants to give users a complete 30 days validity option. Jio’s biggest competitor, Bharti Airtel, also offers a prepaid plan that costs almost the same amount of money as the Rs 259 plan of... Read More
Reliance Jio has added multiple new prepaid plans to its offerings recently. One of those plans is the Rs 259 plan. With this plan, users get 1.5GB of daily data, 100 SMS/day, and unlimited voice calling. But the speciality of this plan is that users get 30 days of validity with this plan. Post the consumption of daily data; the speed drops to 64 Kbps for the rest of the... Read More
Reliance Jio has launched a new Rs 555 prepaid plan in India with a Disney+ Hotstar subscription. This plan comes at a time when IPL is only a few hours away. The company has silently added the plan on its website for the users in the Cricket category. It is worth noting that Jio used to offer a Rs 555 plan before the tariff hikes too. With the old Rs... Read More
If you are looking for a 4G prepaid plan with 84 days of service validity in India right now, you will have a ton of options at your disposal from all the telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharti Airtel, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). However, all of these plans are different in price and offer varied benefits. But amongst all of these, there’s one plan that... Read More
Reliance Jio’s subsidiary, Asteria Aerospace, a drone manufacturer and solution provider in India, has announced the launch of SkyDeck, a new Drone-as-as-Service (DaaS) platform. It is a cloud-based software platform built for delivering a DaaS solution to several industry verticals such as surveillance, security, agriculture, industrial inspections, and more. What Does SkyDeck Provide to Clients? SkyDeck offers a unified dashboard to the clients and services for drone fleet management. Customers... Read More
Reliance Jio is raising $750 million (approximately Rs 5,700 crore) via an offshore syndicated loan for funding the capex requirements, which will come for 5G. Multiple banks, including the State Bank of India, Bank of America, Credit Agricole, HSBC, along with three Japanese banks - MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho might be syndicating the five-year offshore loan. According to the ET Telecom report, the loan agreement between the banks and Reliance... Read More
Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio, and Bharti Airtel, all the three private telecom operators, are slightly worried about the reduced availability of 5G smartphones in the country. For the unaware, the Indian government has called for the need to test 5G mobile locally and certify them safe from January 1, 2023, before they are made available to the people of India. According to an ET Telecom report, the private telcos have... Read More
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I generally travel from WB to Delhi and have found multiple blank or zero spots in the Airtel network—WB, Bihar…
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