Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries, is likely to launch its 4G services any time from January to March next year, and will pose a credible challenge to incumbents, driving out weaker operators, Fitch Ratings said. “Jio’s product is likely to gain traction – given the intention to launch an integrated […]
After bravely going where no others dared, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has cut the validity of its Rs 68 3G recharge scheme from 5 days to just 3 days. The 1-GB-for-Rs-68 scheme was launched by BSNL in the beginning of this year and had instantly become a big hit as it was extremely cheap […]
The latest quarterly numbers released by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular point to an interest fact — both have increased the rate of 3G deployment by 100% or more. Bharti Airtel, for example, added 9,561 new 3G towers in India during the three months ended September, compared to only around 4,060 new towers added in […]
Vodafone India said it will launch its 4G services in Delhi-NCR by December 2015. Key corridors of Delhi-NCR will be part of the first wave of the 4G roll-out, which will be launched across the circle in a phased manner, it added. “Testing of 4G services has commenced successfully. Vodafone India has partnered with leading […]
With spectrum trading rules promulgated, all eyes are on two key players — Aircel Cellular and Tata Teleservices — wondering whether they will sell coveted 3G and 4G spectrum held with them. Operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular are known to be keen to buy spectrum from these operators. Adding fuel to speculation […]
Reliance Communications has introduced a special offer under which customers who use the AC2739 CDMA modem can get ultra-high-speed wireless data (known as Rev B) at just Rs 28.2 per GB under its “Freedom Recharge” offer. Under the offer, anyone can recharge for Rs 1947 before Sept 30 and get 69 GB of high-speed data […]
The Indian government today implemented perhaps the most awaited reform in the telecom sector in recent years — spectrum trading. Trading will be allowed for all spectrum acquired through auctions or for which ‘market rates’ have been paid. Largely as expected, the norms however have hit MTS — owned by Russia’s Sistema — badly as […]
Idea Cellular, Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel are known to have started offering aggressive discounts on their 3G plans to their customers via promotional offers and SMSes ahead of Reliance Jio’s launch. All three are already offering 1 GB of 3G data for Rs 149 as opposed to Rs 249 earlier. However, the discounts don’t […]
Vodafone is going to town about its double data offer — claiming that now you can get double the amount of data at the same old recharge prices. Most of the media reports on the subject say that the offer is valid on all data recharges, such as this one. But is it really the […]
With operators like Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular asking the government to be allowed to block certain web applications that compete with their own offerings, data-centric service provider MTS has declared that it will never block any web traffic on its network. Sistema Shyam TeleServices – which runs its services under the MTS brand – […]
TRAI today issued the “Telecom Consumers Protection (Eighth Amendment) Regulations, 2015” to requiring strict levels of disclosure of billing for mobile data. While prepaid users do get such notifications even now, these rules will extend the benefit to postpaid users in addition. TRAI has been receiving several complaints from consumers regarding non-availability of information relating to […]
With competition increasing due to the launch of 4G by Bharti Airtel and the impending launch of Reliance Jio, 3G data prices seem to be on a rapid decline. Vodafone today announced that all 3G data packs in Mumbai will now offer double the data than previously, in effect halving the cost of 3G data. […]
Reliance Communications said it has tied up with other operators to offer free 3G roaming across India. According to market sources, the operators are likely to be Tata DoCoMo and Aircel, and 3G subscribers of these two operators will also be able to roam on Reliance’s 3G network. RCom has 3G in Mumbai, Delhi and […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd said it will use the towers of Bharti Infratel for its pan-India LTE rollout, and gave more details of its plans. The company said it will offer connectivity, communication and various digital services on pan India basis in key domains such as education, healthcare, security, financial services, government citizen interfaces and […]
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 […]
It has been a couple of years since 3G data services were launched in India, and tariffs have largely coalesced around certain points. While we have done similar surveys in the past to find out the cheapest data plan in India among 3G operators, we did yet another to account for the tariff changes over […]
Tata DoCoMo, whose 3G data rates are perhaps the highest in India, has just unveiled what has to be the cheapest 3G plan in India — 1 GB of 3G data for Rs 4. UPDATE – Most of the cheap plans introduced under its ‘3G SmartLife’ plans have been discontinued by Tata DoCoMo. As […]
