Telecoms

Reliance Jio added 25.1 million customers in the third quarter ending December 31. The company released its financial performance report for wherein it shared that Jio made all domestic voice calls free from January 1 this year. The company credits the easing of restrictions and increase in smartphone shipments for the user base growth. Jio

Outgoing US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai said potential Chinese espionage and threats to US telecommunications networks and Internet freedom are the biggest national security issue that regulators will face in the next four years. Ajit Pai told Reuters in an interview there is a “wide array” of activity from China that was

Vi (Vodafone Idea) has partnered with MFine AI-powered healthcare platform to connect patients with doctors through instant chat and video consultation. Vi customers can use the Vi app to connect with over 4,000 doctors from over 600 reputed hospitals across 35 specialties on MFine at no extra charge. This service, announced via a press release,

The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications to supply the telecommunications firm, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The action – likely the last against Huawei under Republican President Donald Trump –

Airtel has launched Rs. 78 and Rs. 248 prepaid plans with bundled Wynk Premium subscriptions. These new plans are data add-on packs. The Rs. 78 prepaid pack offers one month of Wynk Premium subscription, whereas the other Rs. 248 prepaid pack comes bundled with one year of Wynk Premium subscription. Airtel also allows users to

BSNL has reportedly started offering four of its Bharat Fiber broadband plans as annual subscriptions for those who prefer to pay in one go. The plans that are available for annual subscription are said to be BSNL Fiber Basic Plus, BSNL Fiber Value, BSNL Fiber Premium, and BSNL Fiber Ultra. These Bharat Fiber broadband plans

Vi (Vodafone Idea) has extended its weekend data rollover offer till April 17 from its previous end date of January 17. The company started the data rollover system back in October last year for its prepaid customers and it allows them to carry forward their daily unused data to the weekend. The updated time frame

As India is kicking off its vaccination drive from Saturday, the existing caller tune featuring the coronavirus public service announcement voiced by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been replaced with a new message that aims to spread awareness about the anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. Telecom operators have started rolling it out in the country and is

Amazon India has launched a mobile-only plan for Prime Video — it’s called Prime Video Mobile Edition — to compete with Netflix’s Rs. 199 mobile-only plan, in what marks a global first for the ecommerce-first company. Unlike Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video Mobile Edition is tied directly to your prepaid plan. Amazon is collaborating with Airtel

Netflix revamped its ISP Speed Index website after several months of inactivity, and it reflects the last six months’ results, with Jio Fiber leading the charts last month. Jio Fiber achieved an average speed of 3.8Mbps in December 2020, with other Internet service providers (ISPs) like 7 Star Digital, Airtel Xstream Fiber, ACT Fibernet and

Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offer many affordable data plans for both prepaid and postpaid customers. Out of the four, Vi is the only service provider that does not offer broadband connections. Airtel recently surpassed Reliance Jio and Vi in terms of new subscribers for the month of

What are the best annual prepaid recharge plans? Airtel, BSNL, Reliance Jio, and Vi (Vodafone Idea) have some value for money annual prepaid plans for you to choose from. A lot of the plans include year-long subscriptions to OTT platforms including Airtel Xstream, Disney+ Hotstar, ZEE5, and Eros Now, among others. According to the telecom

The head of Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson, Börje Ekholm, is worried about Chinese reprisals after Sweden banned Huawei from taking part in the rollout of 5G networks, he said Monday. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) announced it was excluding Huawei and ZTE, both from China, from its 5G frequency auction in late October,

The New York Stock Exchange is reconsidering its plan to allow three Chinese telecom giants to remain listed, the latest twist amid confusion over rules set by the Trump administration and tension within Washington on China policy. If it does so, it would mark a second sudden U-turn. The bourse said late Monday it reversed

The New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday it will delist three Chinese telecom companies, confirming its latest U-turn on the matter a day after US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told the NYSE chief he disagreed with an earlier decision to reverse the delistings. The latest move, which is effective January 11, marks the third

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has once again topped Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) voice call quality charts, this time for the month of December. The telecom operator had come out on top in November as well, trumping BSNL, which offered the best call quality in October. Idea in particular, offered the best voice call quality

The New York Stock Exchange abandoned plans to delist three state-owned Chinese telecom companies on Monday, reversing a decision that further dented already strained relations between the world’s two superpowers. In a brief statement, the stock exchange said it “no longer intends to move forward with the delisting action” for China Telecom, China Mobile, and

Airtel is one of the largest telecom providers in the country and it surpassed Reliance Jio in terms of new wireless subscribers in the month of October, according to the latest data from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Airtel offers a host of plans and has its own streaming service as well – Airtel

Airtel offers a variety of postpaid and prepaid data plans to its customers. The company is among the top service providers in India and, according to latest data from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Airtel added the highest number of new wireless subscribers in the month of October, more than Reliance Jio. Not only

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chinese telecom companies, after President Donald Trump last month barred US investments in Chinese firms Washington says are owned or controlled by the military. The move by the NYSE, which will limit US investor access, follows global index providers MSCI,

Vodafone Idea, the telecom operator that runs its business under the Vi brand, announced its plans to upgrade 3G users to 4G a few months ago. The change has started rolling out in phases and will eventually be applicable to all Vi users. Although the telco claims the upgrade will help deliver a “superior network” experience

Reliance Jio on Thursday announced that it would once again make off-net domestic voice calls free on its network starting January 1, 2021. The operator will restart its earlier practice over a year after it started charging its subscribers 6 paise a minute to make voice calls to other mobile networks. The fresh decision came

Reliance Jio has written to Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) seeking their intervention into “incidents of sabotage and vandalism at Jio Network sites” in the state by unknown persons. The letter alleges that police personnel at local level are not taking action or filing FIRs against vandalism and that is

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly revised its annual Rs. 1,999 prepaid plan to offer extended Eros Now subscription. The Rs. 1,999 prepaid plan is bundled with Lokdhun subscription as well, and the validity of that has been reduced to offer better validity for Eros Now subscription. All the other benefits in the Rs.

Facebook recently hosted the Facebook Fuel for India 2020 virtual event where CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed interest in pushing payments through WhatsApp deeper in the country. The social media giant also hosted a special session at the two-day event to highlight different use cases of the instant messaging app. However, while naming banking partners behind

Airtel Postpaid users can switch to Prepaid quite easily, but need to visit an Airtel store to do so. The telecom operator has a strong presence in India and it offers postpaid and prepaid services to its calling and data consuming subscribers. Airtel Postpaid users get monthly bills of their expenses after the month is

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) lost around 50,000 wired broadband subscribers in the month of October, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) latest report suggests. Airtel and Jio gained subscribers, as Airtel Xstream Fiber’s user base increased from 2.6 million in September to 2.67 million in October. BSNL, on the other hand, saw a dip

To curb the use of mobile boosters that wreak havoc on mobile networks and impact the experience for customers, Wireless Monitoring Organization, Department of Telecom (DoT), with the support of relevant authorities and mobile operators, has conducted inspection drives in South Mumbai. An official release said that the usage of illegal signal boosters been rampant

Airtel has once again surpassed Reliance Jio by adding more than 3.67 million new wireless subscribers in October, according to the telecom subscription report released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Airtel added 1.45 million more subscribers than Jio that managed to add 2.22 million wireless subscribers in the same month. Airtel also continued

Airtel Xstream, the Web streaming service that was earlier exclusive to Airtel users, is now available for all. With the new update, you can watch your favourite content on Airtel Xstream even if you’re not on the Airtel network. The service is available at Rs. 49 a month or Rs. 499 a year. Airtel claims