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Industry shows signs of stabilisation, as incumbent operators manage to expand their wireless broadband user base LATEST NEWS :  Reliance Jio is witnessing continued momentum in subscriber additions even after the company raised tariffs in July. The company added 5.9 million customers, the highest among all telecom operators, in September to take its user base to 138.61 million. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company had added 4.1 million subscribers in August. According to a report by UBS, Reliance Jio’s active subscriber base grew by 7.3 million in September after slowing down to 2.2 million in August. Reliance Jio’s market share increased to 11.7 per cent at the end of September. The incumbent operators have also been able to expand their wireless broadband user base, indicating the industry is stabilising. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has put out data that shows Airtel gained one million subscribers in September and its market share increas...

Ever since Reliance Jio entered the market in September last year, Airtel as well as others have seen their profits slide LATEST NEWS : Thanks to hyper competition unleashed by Reliance Jio , the country's top operator Bharti Airtel suffered a consolidated net profit drop of 76.5 per cent to Rs 343 crore from Rs 1,462 crore last year. The consolidated revenues of the company spanning 17 countries — India, Sri Lanka and 15 in Africa — declined 11.7 per cent to Rs 21,777 crore for the reported period as compared to Rs 24,652 crore last year. For India, Bharti Airtel showed a drop of over 90 per cent in its net profit to Rs 121.1 crore (before exceptional items) for the quarter ended September 30, over Rs 2,095.9 crore in the same period last year. Due to financial stress and declining profitability, India net profit has been lagging that of Africa for two consecutive quarters. The net profit for Africa (before exceptional items) for the September quarter stood a...

The partnership between Airtel and Karbonn is part of Airtel's 'Mera Pehla 4G Smartphone' initiative LATEST NEWS :             Bharti Airtel has collaborated with home-grown Karbonn Mobiles to provide a 4G smartphone at an effective charge of Rs 1,399. Dubbed ‘Mera Pehla 4G smartphone’ by using the telecom principal, the initiative is aimed at imparting cheap 4G phone to humans seeking to transport from characteristic phones to smartphones and enjoy high-speed internet at the cross. Under the partnership, the Karbonn A40 Indian telephone, which has a retail fee of Rs three,499, will be offered at an powerful price of Rs 1,399. The smartphone comes bundled with a monthly percent of Rs 169 from Airtel, which gives generous data and calling advantages. Karbon A40 India cellphone and Reliance JioPhone Karbon A40 India smartphone and Reliance JioPhone To avail of the cellphone bundled with Airtel advantages, the cons...

Mittal noted that building infrastructure in telecom sector, like in other sectors, will take time LATEST NEWS :  Chairman of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Bharti Mittal on Wednesday stated that amid infrastructural development in the telecom quarter, the organisation can be investing around Rs. 18, 000 to twenty,000 crore this 12 months toward the identical. Speaking at the Indian mobile Congress 2017 (IMC) here, Mittal referred to that even as the authorities is aware of the challenges that the telecom area is going through, constructing infrastructure, like in other sectors, will take time. "India's time has come to show off increase in digital economic system. authorities is acutely privy to the shortages of the telecom quarter. Rs 50,000-60,000 crore is going into constructing hard infrastructure every 12 months. however, building Infrastructure, like in different sectors, will take time," he stated. In addition, he known as for aid from the authorities whi...

Charges to be zero in two years; incumbents set to move court LATEST NEWS : In a fresh blow to incumbent mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has cut the interconnect usage charges (IUC, also known as terminating charges) by 57 per cent to 6 paise per minute effective October 1, from 14 paise currently. In two years, the charges would come down to zero, meaning there won’t be any payment for calls landing on other telcos’ networks. The new charges are being seen as a relief for the latest entrant, Reliance Jio . It is estimated to save about Rs 3,800 crore annually from this move. However, the reduction is likely to hit the profitability and revenues of the incumbents further. Analysts at HSBC said in a recent note that a significantly lower IUC would be a boost for Jio and there may be some more pricing disruption after downward revision of IUC rates. Jio has, since its launch last year, paid about Rs ...

Recently, Jio announced a 4G-enabled feature phone with smartphone like capabilities LATEST NEWS  :  India’s leading telecom major Bharti Airtel is reportedly all set to take on Reliance Jio with its own 4G-enabled Rs 2,500 smartphone. According to a report in Economic Times, Bharti in talks with mobile phone makers to launch the 4G-enabled smartphone bundled with voice and data services by Diwali. The report the phone will come with a bigger display, battery and camera than seen in other feature phones, and Bharti is in talks with brands like Lava and Karbonn to manufacture the device. The 4G-enabled smartphone is touted to run Google Android operating system and will allow users to download apps available on Google Play Store. The smartphone will be co-promoted by Airtel but will not receive any subsidy from the telecom major. Instead, Airtel will bundle data and voice benefits to bring down the price of the smartphone. ALSO READ THIS : SC verdict on triple...

With current market share, Jio stood 4th in overall base, behind Airtel, Vodafone and Idea LATEST NEWS    : Reliance Jio added nearly 5 million users ( 4,786,324 subscribers )  and controlled 9.94 per cent of the telecom market in May, shows the latest report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). In May, Airtel led in terms of overall telecom market share, with 23.59 per cent subscribers. It was followed by Vodafone with a 17.86 per cent share, and Idea with 16.62. Reliance Jio was a distant fourth with 9.94 per cent subscribers. According to the report, the telecom industry saw a net addition of 6,228,813 customers in May. While Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular continue to add subscribers to their base, telecom operators such as Telenor and Tata lose most of their subscribers. Last year, Reliance Jio had entered the highly competitive telecom space with a free preview plan that offered unlimited free 4G high-speed ...

However, on net basis, RJio continues to add maximum users Latest news :Reliance Jio has begun to witness a slowdown in active subscriber additions. For the first time since September, when Jio stormed into the market, Bharti Airtel has added more active subscribers than Jio. As per reports by Goldman Sachs and ICICI Securities, Jio added 0.4 million active subscribers in April as compared to 2.6 million by Airtel. During the September-October period of last year Jio was adding around 16 million subscribers a month. However, in terms of net additions, RELIANCE JIO continues to add maximum subscribers. It added 3.87 million subscribers in April followed by 2.85 million by Airtel, 0.81 million by BSNL, 0.75 million by Vodafone and 0.68 million by Idea. All other operators lost subscribers on net basis in April. Jio has witnessed a deceleration in its active subscribers in fourth straight month and since the company has started to charge its users from April, the de...

However, on net basis, RJio continues to add maximum users Latest news : Reliance Jio (RJio), which has stormed the 4G market in India, is witnessing a slowdown in subscriber additions and for the first time since September last year, Bharti Airtel has added more active subscribers in a month than RJio. However, in terms of net additions, RJio continues to add maximum subscribers. The latest entrant added 3.87 million subscribers in April followed by 2.85 million by Airtel, 0.81 million by BSNL, 0.75 million by Vodafone and 0.68 million by Idea. All the other operators lost subscribers on net basis in April. As per reports by Goldman Sachs and ICICI Securities, RJio added 0.4 million active or VLR subscribers in April as compared to 2.6 million by Airtel. The active subscriber additions by Jio continue to slow down from September-October period of last year, when it was adding around 16 million subscribers a month. RJio has witnessed a deceleration in its act...

BSNL is mulling to revise its home broadband tariffs to counter the entry of Jio's broadband service Latest news : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is mulling to revise its home broadband tariffs to counter the entry of Reliance Jio’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service, according to a report in the Economic Times. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), BSNL leads the wired broadband market with almost 10 million subscribers. The state-run company currently offers FTTH based broadband connection for as low as Rs 799 under which the subscriber gets 10 GB of broadband data at 4 Megabits per second (Mbps). There are unlimited plans too that offer unlimited high-speed broadband data based on fair usage policy (FUP). The unlimited data plans starts at Rs 2,641 that offers 175 GB high-speed data at 8 Mbps speed, which is throttled to 1 Mbps speed once the allocated quota is consumed.  Economic Times reported that the Reliance Jio Infoc...

Airtel myHOME offer is currently active on the My Airtel app. Here's how you can avail of the offer Bharti Airtel on Thursday unleashed its myHOME promotional offer under which it is giving 5 GB of additional data every month for each postpaid connection and digital TV serviceyou link to your Airtel broadband connection. The Airtel myHOME offer is currently active on My Airtel app and can be availed of by users who have Airtel broadband or Airtel postpaid connection, or Airtel digital TV service. Airtel myHOME offer Airtel myHOME offer screenshot According to the terms & conditions of the offer, the myHOME offer is valid for users who started availing of Airtel broadband services before July 1, 2016. There is, however, a cap on the number of connections that can be bundled. You can bundle up to 25 postpaid connections and 25 DTH connections with your broadband service -- that translates into 250 GB of additional broadband data per month. READ THIS: Private ba...

Prices of 4G feature phones currently start at about Rs 3,000 Last year, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio disrupted the telecom space with extremely affordable 4G tariffs. The company seems to be geared to continue its disruptive streak by launching low-cost feature phones that, apparently, will do away with the need for smartphones. Business Standard in January had reported that Reliance Jio was considering to launch 4G VoLTE-ready feature phones that would cost around Rs 999, with access to Jio’s high-speed 4G internet, the Jio digital store and play music. Read this: The impact so far: Has Jio's entry delayed Modi's Digital India goals? According to a report published by The Economic Times on Tuesday, Chinese mobile chip maker Spreadtrum Communications has said it is working on reducing starting prices by at least half from the current levels, which might bring the 4G feature phone prices down to Rs 1,500. Shanghai-based Spreadtrum Communications has a tw...

Under Rs 299 plan, users get 680 mins of local, STD calls and 600MB of 4G data as per billing cycle As the telecom industry's war over broadband speed, data and calling plans escalates, India’s largest telco Bharti Airtel has yet again revised its Rs 299 and Rs 399 postpaid plans. While both the schemes under — myPlan Infinity — offer nationwide free roaming for incoming calls, there are no unlimited benefits extended to customers. Rs 299 plan: Along with 680 minutes of local and STD calls valid across connections, it offers 600MB of 4G data based on the users’ billing cycle. Read this : Reliance Jio's 4G speed slower than Airtel's 3G, shows report Rs 399 plan: The free local and STD minutes are increased to 765 under this plan and the data usage is increased to 1GB of the billing cycle. While incoming calls are free pan India, outgoing roaming calls come with a cap  80 paise per minute under both the plans. Free data: Under both the plans, us...