State-owned telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will increase the speed cap on all its DSL and Fiber broadband plans to 10 Mbps. At present, most plans have a speed cap of 4 Mbps. However, higher speeds will be available only in areas which are relatively close to the telephone exchange. For example, the ADSL […]
Reliance Industries, the parent of telecom operator Jio, will announce its quarterly performance numbers at around 5 pm today. Besides its core oil and gas business, the company will give an update on the operations of its telecom unit. Some in the market even expect it to reveal the new set of tariffs that will […]
Reliance Jio, India’s most popular wireless data provider, said it will introduce new plans from Oct 19, and that it was offering “100%” cashback on its popular recharge of Rs 399 that gives three months of services. In a promotion put up on its website, the company said the 100% cashback was a Diwali offer, […]
Bharti Airtel has announced a scheme to offer a 4-inch smartphone at an effective price of Rs 1,399 — after cash backs — to take on the challenge posed by Reliance Jio’s Jiophone. The customer needs to make a down payment of Rs 2899 for the 4G smartphone. He will get a cash refund of […]
The much anticipated ‘bezelless’ phone from Xiaomi, Mi Mix 2, has been launched in India at a price of Rs 35,999 for the 128 GB version. The phone is, without doubt, the most affordable bezelless device in India. In comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S8 — which has thin bezels on the top and the bottom […]
Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel are offering 1 GB of 3G or 4G data per day for 84 days at a price of around Rs 400 in select circles, including voice benefits, matching Jio’s lowest tariff. The offer is available only for targeted users. For example, for someone who has already activated a similar pack […]
Idea Cellular, the third largest telecom operator in India by revenue, has started offering new customers 84 GB and free on-net calls for 84 days for just Rs 230 in the Kerala circle. Similar schemes are likely to have been launched in other circles as well. It also offers a 451 rupees first recharge coupon […]
Mitashi, the Mumbai-based electronics brand known for its value-for-money offerings, launched a 55-inch curved 4K TV with a Samsung panel at Rs 79,990 in India. The device is the cheapest such television in the Indian market. Its closest competitor is the Samsung 49Ku6300, which is also priced at Rs 79,990. However, since the Samsung model […]
Idea Cellular, which has been under pressure in recent months due to aggressive offerings from rivals Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, has unveiled a new promotional offer that gives 1 GB per day for 28 days at a price of around Rs 250. Unlike other plans, this one does not offer any voice benefits. But […]
OnePlus, the sister company of Vivo and Oppo, totally dominates the online market for premium handsets with a 57% market share compared to just 4% for Samsung, the Chinese company said, quoting numbers from IDC. The numbers are only for online sales, and do not include data for traditional sales through shops. OnePlus, which was […]
TVS Motor Company reported one of the strongest increases in its sales in its history, partly due to the compensatory effect of GST-related troubles in the previous month. Total two-wheeler sales registered a growth of 22.1% with sales increasing from 287,449 units last year to 350,854 units in September 2017. Within this, domestic two-wheeler sales […]
Reliance Communications, which announced it was abandoning plans to merge with Aircel Cellular, indicated that it would focus on two segments – 4G and wired. Within wired, it would focus on enterprise services. The disclosure indicates that the company, — which recently shut down its GSM network in Gujarat — could close more and more […]
The average data consumed by wireless users in India has increased five fold in the last year one year, even as prices crashed by 97% due to the launch of Reliance Jio. For India as a whole, the total consumption of wireless data touched 4.3 bln GB in the three months from April to June […]
All three of India’s top mobile networks — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Jio — are currently conducting trials of a key 5G technology that makes use of a very high number of antennas to increase the capacity of the network, David An, the technology head of ZTE said today. “Today we are very glad […]
India is likely to see a massive increase in the amount of satellite broadband connectivity, including that for hand-held devices, over the coming months with the operationalization of three new satellites, AS Kiran Kumar, secretary to the department of space said. At present, almost all the bandwidth on India’s 15 satellites are presently in the […]
A day after Reliance Industries said it would not comment on media speculation about acquisition talks with Den Networks, the cable company has issued a largely identically worded statement. However, the statement seemed to indicate the possibility of a tie-up or agreement rather than an outright sale of the company. “The company, as a running […]
Vodafone said it will offer Rs 50 per month in extra talk-time for people using any Intex 2G-only feature phone, provided they top-up by Rs 100 or more per month. The offer will work for 18 months. However, Vodafone said the offer is valid only till 31st October, which could indicate that it must be […]
WagonR, which was India’s ‘big’ small car for over a decade, has become the third car to cross the 2 mln sales milestone, Maruti Suzuki said. Launched in 1999, WagonR and Hyundai’s Santro were the most affordable cars after Maruti 800 and Alto, which ruled as the mass models. With its taller stance and higher […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, has started taking orders for the 2017 variant of S-Cross, its ‘crossover’ SUV. Booking can be done for an initial payment of Rs 11,000 at any of its 280 NEXA showrooms, or by logging on to nexaexperience.com. The car has not started selling and stocks won’t be available immediately. […]
Reliance Jio has opened pre-booking for the new Apple iPhone with an effective price of just Rs 9,200 under a dual cashback offer. The sticker price of iPhone 8 is Rs 64,000 in Jio stores. However, if you buy the device along with a 12 month contract of services from Jio, the company will return […]
