India's largest mobile operator Reliance Jio added 32.4 lakh users in August, and its wireless subscriber tally topped 44.57 crore, according to data released by telecom regulator Trai. Bharti Airtel gained 12.17 lakh wireless subscribers in August, while cash-strapped Vodafone Idea lost 49,782 users. The mobile subscriber count of
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Jio working with Nokia to provide affordable 4G services
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Reliance unveils satellite-delivered b’band via JioSpaceFiber
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, a leading name in India's telecommunications sector, has unveiled JioSpaceFiber, the country's first satellite-based gigabit broadband service, marking a step in connecting remote regions of India with high-speed internet. According to ANI, this launch was showcased at the Indi...