Reliance Jio is working with featurephone makers including Transsion’s Itel, Lava, and Nokia to make their versions of affordable Jio Bharat 4G devices, in a bid to push around 250 million 2G users to go 4G and beyond, a top company executive said. The telco is also set to announce an enhanced version of its Rs 999-priced 4G phone with suppor...
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It is the exchange of information over the electronic referring to all types of voice, data, and video files. The Telecom companies which provide its services are Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and BSNL.
Airtel, Vi sell stake in wi-fi infra firm Firefly
London-based Digital Infrastructure Accelerator (DIA), along with a Middle East-based fund, is buying a 100 percent stake in Airtel-Vodafone’s wifi joint venture Firefly Networks.
After the acquisition, according to a report in the Economic Times, the new owners will invest up to $10...
Jio Satcom’s plans unaffected by delay in SES service rollout
Luxembourg-based SES's decision to push back commercial services of its new O3b mPOWER satellite constellation amid technical snags won't impact its Indian joint venture partner Reliance Jio's upcoming broadband-from-space services launch plans as the latter has access to the global player's alternate satellite...
Bharti Airtel CEO urges tariff increase in India
Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal on Wednesday said telecom tariffs in India are low and need to go up. He also asserted that the industry needs to become viable. Describing 5G as a “long haul", Vittal said that the company is not in any race to beat its drum on having the ...
Airtel reports steep drop in Q2 profits; Digital TV subs up at 15.7 mn.
India's Bharti Airtel yesterday reported a steep drop in second-quarter profit, hurt by a one-time charge, but its revenue rose as it added more 4G and 5G subscribers.
Consolidated net profit fell to Rs. 13.41 bill...
Nokia forecasts surge in telecom gear demand in 2024-2025
While Indian telecom operators have completed the rollout of the 5G network across the country, Nokia sees demand for equipment to be substantial in 2024-25, a senior company official said. The proliferation of fixed wireless access networks will usher the Indian telecom sector into the second phase of 5G ...