GUESS WHAT | Airtel is still cheaper than Reliance Jio for heavy, professional data users

Reliance Jio today did an impressive job of sweeping most people in the country off their feet with ultra-low tariffs, including an offer for unlimited voice calling at Rs 149 and unlimited 4G downloading at night for Rs 499 per month. But there’s one group of customers who are less than happy, perhaps even feeling […]

Airtel merges 4G spectrum in Mumbai to increase download speed

Bharti Airtel has brought advanced 4G technology that conjoins the different blocks of spectrum it has in Mumbai circle, about six months after it introduced the technology to Kerala. With this, Mumbai has become the second circle where the company has introduced ‘carrier aggregation’ technology, a part of LTE Advanced standard. “The deployment will result […]

Vodafone launches 4G in Haryana; UP-East, Gujarat and West Bengal to follow

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunication services providers, launched its 4G service in Haryana, starting with Karnal and Panipat. The service will be rolled out across Haryana over the next few months, the company said. As part of the promotions, customers buying greater than 1GB packs will get twice the data allowance and unlimited […]

Telecom Tower companies will be big beneficiaries of 4G boom – KPMG

Due to the expansion of 3G and onset of 4G technologies, telecom tower industry’s tenancy ratios will increase to 2.9 times by March 2020 from 1.95 times as of March 2015, according to an ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study. Tenancy ratio refers to the number of tenants (operators) who have put up their antennae and other active […]

Reliance Jio preview users can now insert SIM into other phones – reports

Subscribers of Reliance Jio’s ‘free preview’ offer who have got their validity extended free of charge can now use these SIM cards in any phones, according to social media and blog reports. Reliance Jio had, starting earlier this month, given free extensions to users who booked its SIM cards under the free preview offer starting […]

UPDATE: Lenovo launches cheapest LTE phone in India A6000, price Rs 6,999

There is strong buzz in the market that Lenovo will launch the cheapest LTE phone in India next week at a price of Rs 6,000-6,500, eclipsing the Xiaomi RedMi 1S, Nokia Lumia 638 and Huawei Holly Honor in value for money. UPDATE: The Company has officially launched the A6000, priced at Rs 6,999, and to […]