Hathway Broadband, which has over six lakh subscribers for its cable and fibre-based services, said it has upgraded its network and will soon be providing its users with up to twice as much data in the same package. Hathway provides its high-speed broadband service in around 20 cities and in much of Kerala (via Asianet). […]
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will launch Gigafiber plans with speeds of over 1,000 Mbps to counter the threat from players like Reliance Jio, the head of the organisation said today. “We have a similar strategy and soon we are going to come up with Gigabit OFC connection to customers in select locations,” BSNL Chairman and […]
Reliance Jio, the new 4G operator led by Mukesh Ambani, is coming under increasing criticism for slow connection speeds, but our latest test reveals that it is possible increase the speed by making a minor change to the access settings of client devices such as smartphones. Broadly, the issue seems to be that Jio’s IPv4 […]
Bharti Airtel has introduced a new fiber technology in its core network that can help deliver speeds of up to 100 Mbps on its fixed broadband lines. It is the biggest private sector player in wired internet in India. The new technology, called Vectorization, will make its impact felt in 87 cities where Airtel’s broadband […]
State-owned Mahanagar Telefone Nigam Ltd has made all calls free for some of its more expensive broadband combo plans. According to the company’s tariff chart updated on its website, all local and STD calls will be free for anyone opting for the rather expensive Rs 1,999 plan in Delhi. Under the plan, a user gets […]
Reliance Jio, the latest telecom company to enter the market, has started its fiber to home operations in Chennai — making the southern city only the third telecom zone to experience the service, after Mumbai and Gujarat. Though the tariff details are not available, a Facebook user has shared the photos of Jio’s invitation letter […]
Railwire, the broadband arm of Indian Railways, has started operations in hundreds of cities across India ahead of the launch of Reliance Jio and is offering tariff that are less than half that of its main existing competitor BSNL. For example, BSNL offers only 8 GB of data at 4 Mbps speed for Rs 999 […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has started consultation on how to promote broadband penetration in the country through both wireless, copper and fiber technologies. “India ranks 125th in the world for Fixed Broadband penetration with only 1.2 per 100 inhabitants having access to fixed broadband. With the world average being 9.4 per 100 inhabitants, […]
ErosNow, an internet-based content website from Eros International, has tied up with Delhi-based cable network. Under the tie-up, Home Cable Network’s subscribers will be able to view their favorite content from Eros’ library of films and music on multiple devices like smart-TVs, PCs, laptops, tablets and mobiles. It is not clear whether the service will […]
Wipro Ltd, India’s fourth largest IT exporter, will help DEN Networks, one of India’s top four cable operators, offer a variety of IT-enabled customer solutions. The tie-up comes in the wake of increasing digitization in which big cable feed providers like DEN are coming into direct contact with customers for billing, channel provisioning and customer […]
Hathway Cable will launch its 50 Mbps broadband service in Hyderabad in May, followed by Delhi and Kolkata later this year. According to an agency report, the cable service provider has already launched its 50 Mbps plans in Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai. Hathway will charge about Rs 750 for 25 GB of usage at 50 […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm could overtake Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications in revenue over the next four to five years and corner 11% of the total wireless market, an analyst with a prominent global financial group has predicted. By the 2017-18, Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications would have very similar mobile voice revenue market share, at about […]
