BSNL Chairman Anupam Shrivastava has officially confirmed what had only been hinted at so far, the company will indeed launch 4G services starting with Kerala next month. However, in all the buzz, one key element of the plan was overlooked — it is going to use Band 1, also known as the 3G band, for […]
Ortel Communications, which provides broadband services in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, has announced new plans in line with the cheapest 4G plans offered by rivals like Reliance Jio. It has also cut prices for its high-volume plans. The Rs.99 plan will give 500 MB data per day @ 2Mbps, […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the government-controlled telecom company, is likely to start its 4G services with a modest 10,000 towers. In comparison, players like Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel have between 50,000-100,000 4G towers, while Reliance Jio has around 200,000 LTE base stations. BSNL has planned for only 10,000 4G node B or base […]
Bharti Airtel has unveiled two new publicly available 4G plans with 2 GB and 3 GB of data allocation per day, along with free voice and SMS benefits. These plans are unique as currently no other operator offers 2GB or 3G per day at these price levels. Airtel has priced its 3 GB per day […]
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said it would offer one month of its wired services — DSL, landline or fiber — free if the booking is made via Twitter or Facebook. The user will have to pay security deposits and installation charges, if any. However, he or she will get a month’s worth of services […]
Idea Cellular, one of India’s top telecom companies, is working with the assumption that its users will increase their data consumption from the present level of around 2.2 GB per month per head to 15 GB per month by next year, CEO Himanshu Kapania said. “Idea is planning on a business model of 15 GB […]
Bharti Airtel launched its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services today, starting in Mumbai, and said call charges will remain the same. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will offer customers HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time. “Airtel VoLTE will be available on popular 4G/LTE enabled mobile devices, which must have […]
Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunication services providers, announced the launch of the company’s 4G service in Haryana. The network, which is built on 1800 MHz band, will be made available across Haryana over the next few months. The launch also offers initial double data benefit of 20 GB for Rs 999 and follows similar launches […]
Telenor India today launched 4G services for its customers of Guntur and Rajahmundry area in Andhra Pradesh. The launch in Guntur and Rajahmundry follows test pilot of Telenor’s 4G services across its circles in Varanasi, Vizag, Amravati, Agra, Anand, Lucknow, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Tenali, Eluru, Bhimavaram, Dhanbad, Warangal and Dehradun. For new Telenor subscribers, company has […]
While many were expecting Reliance Jio to launch VoLTE (voice over LTE) phones priced as low as Rs 5,000, it is the Samsung Galaxy On5 that has emerged as India’s cheapest VoLTE-enabled phone. UPDATE: As more and more 4G phones have started becoming available, it has become more difficult to keep up a list of […]
Just a couple of years ago, buying a 4G LTE dongle to use with Airtel’s 4G service meant shelling out Rs 7,500 or so. Today, LTE dongle prices have crashed and the latest entrant to the market is the Huawei E3276, which supports 4G, 3G and 2G. The E3276 is available in the market for […]
In a move that is likely to disrupt the Indian smartphone market, dealers are taking orders for Nokia Lumia 638 at prices around Rs 9,000, which will make it the cheapest LTE phone in India, and promising delivery in ten days. A dealer in Delhi’s Nehru Place said the phone’s official price will be known […]
It looks like Reliance Jio Infocomm may be among the last operators to launch 4G in India in many circles. Aircel Cellular has announced that it has launched 4G LTE services in two more areas – Tamil Nadu and Jammu and Kashmir. The company had earlier launched its 4G services in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar […]
Idea Cellular will launch 3G services in Punjab in May, in Delhi by about February, and launch 4G services in eight states after that. Idea had got possession of its 3G spectrum in Punjab earlier this year after the courts forced the Department of Telecom to give hand over the spectrum to the operator. Talking […]
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 […]
