Bharti Airtel has just introduced a new offer wherein it will offer 500MB free daily data to the user. This offer is only applicable to one prepaid plan from the telco and that plan costs Rs 249. It is not a new plan. Airtel has just added the extra data … Read More
India is yet to see the power of 5G. Private telcos including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are already running 5G trials in different parts of the country. While the telcos have come quite far with testing 5G, they are still not at the point where they … Read More
It is frankly strange to see Vodafone Idea (Vi) not aggressively fighting Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel for 2G users. There are over 300 million legacy network users in the country. If these users are upgraded to 4G soon, the overall income of the telcos will increase dramatically. However, it … Read More
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Reliance Jio have deliberately avoided purchasing the 700 MHz spectrum in the past because of its steep base price. The telcos were expecting the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the regulator to reduce the base price of spectrum in different frequency bands. According to … Read More
Reliance Jio recently launched the JioPhone Next in India. The pricing of the device didn’t go down well with many in the market. The telco was expected to price the device at or under the Rs 5,000 mark. However, it is now available for Rs 6,499 in the market. Consumers … Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) will have to wait further for getting the backhaul spectrum from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The DoT is waiting for the final spectrum policy to be formulated before it starts giving the spectrum to the telcos for backhaul. For the unaware, … Read More
Both Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are trying to make India a 4G only nation by rolling out new smartphone offers. Airtel came with its smartphone offer in October, while Jio announced the JioPhone Next a few days later. Analysts have already commented on the pricing of the JioPhone Next … Read More
All of the private telecom operators in India, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel, have said that 5Gi should be made a part of 3GPP. The telcos want the Indian government to not lose focus from 3GPP because it would ensure economies of scale. According to an ET … Read More
Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, isn’t sure about the JioPhone Next offer from Reliance Jio. In the recent earnings call, Vittal indirectly said that the new 4G phone offer might not attract feature phone users in India. According to an ET Telecom, the Airtel CEO didn’t directly name the … Read More
Starlink, a SpaceX owned satellite broadband service provider, is subsidising costs for the Indian users heavily. The service is quite expensive, and if the cost was passed on to the customers, it would become unaffordable. Sanjay Bhargava, India head for Starlink, said that the benefits offered by the connection must … Read More
The telcos have been working out ways, planning strategies, and offering newer plans and services to earn more out of each customer. Bharti Airtel has been one company that has been very vocal about how the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure for the Indian Telecom industry is not where … Read More
It is no surprise that Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will earn the maximum revenues out of mobile revenues and other telecom services provided. Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) can follow the top two telcos, but they won’t even reach near the figure of revenue market … Read More
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