Category telecom

Reliance Jio has updated its website with new recharge options ranging from data add-ons to annual subscriptions, with OTT access and AI service integration. The monthly Happy New Year plan, priced at Rs. 500, offers 28 days of validity and 2GB of data per day. It also offers unlimited voice calls and 100 SMS per day. The plan includes a bundle of streaming services

Starlink, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elon Musk's SpaceX, recently updated its website the reveal the prices of its Residential subscription in India. Soon after the revelation, the satcom firm received flak for relatively high pricing. Now, Lauren Dreyer, the Vice President of Business Operations at Starlink, has clarified in a post on X that the reported pricing wa...

Starlink, the satellite internet provider, has revealed the monthly residential subscription price in India. The wholly-owned subsidiary of the Elon Musk-led SpaceX, Starlink, claims that the subscription fee will include the cost of the hardware, including the satellite receiver, ground wires, and terminals. This comes shortly after the parent company, SpaceX, listed...

Bharti Airtel has quietly discontinued two prepaid recharge packs in India. Priced at Rs. 121 and Rs. 181, the plans offered high-speed data benefits for a period of 30 days. It also included complimentary access to Airtel Xtreme Play Premium, the telecom operator’s subscription service that bundles content from over 25 OTT streaming platforms, including Netflix, Ji...

ACT Fibernet has launched revamped broadband plans in more than 30 indian cities. The plans start from Rs. 499. The value plan comes with access to essential OTT platforms. It costs Rs. 749 in cities like Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, and Lucknow. It offers Prime Video, JioHotstar, Zee5, SunNXT, and Yupp TV subscriptions alongside access to more than 4...

India’s telecom market saw a slight rise in wireless users in October, as per the latest TRAI data. Reliance Jio led growth once again with 1.997 million new additions. BSNL also reported gains, adding 0.269 million subscribers. Vodafone Idea, meanwhile, continued to struggle, losing 0.2083 million users during the month.

Various US-based tech companies, including Apple, Amazon, Meta, HP, Intel, and Cisco, are opposing the demand of Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) for the 6GHz spectrum allocation for phone services. The two Indian TSPs want the Indian government to start allocating the wider network band for phone service, while the US-based companies want the same for Wi-Fi services, which...

The Indian government has reportedly started testing the Caller Name Presentation (CNAP) feature in select cities. Soon, users will start seeing the names on the Aadhaar card of a linked phone number. TRAI has created a dedicated database, which is accessible to telecom service providers in India. It carries the names, entered against the telephone numbers of people. ...

Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the top telecom service providers (TSPs) in India, and they continue to compete with an ever-expanding range of prepaid recharge options. For users who prefer long-term convenience, all three TSPs also provide select prepaid packs that stay active for a full year, eliminating the need for monthly recharges. So, if you’ve been ...

BSNL has been reducing the validity and benefits of its various relatively affordable prepaid plans. A few months ago, the telecom service provider (TSP) reduced the validity of the Rs. 197 recharge voucher to 54 days. Now, the company has also reduced the validity of the Rs. 107 prepaid plan to 22 days, which used to 28 days of validity. The recharge plan reportedly ...