BARC Says Council Manipulation is a Legacy Issue in this Industry On the issue of adequate panel size, the counter comments by BARC said the panel expansion is solely dependent on the industry bearing the additional costs in acquiring the same. BARC also said that exploration of Sample Return Path Data (SRPD) technology which would collect data, will involve all relevant stakeholders who would have to update the software in their Set Top Boxes (STBs) and while doing that ensure privacy in homes....

Beats as a company have always faced some critique for offering products at exorbitant prices that do not offer features that might truly warrant the price difference that these products had with other market offerings from the likes of Samsung, Bose, Sony and a couple of other brands. That being said, ever since it was purchased by Apple, there have been higher expectations from the company, especially considering how the company that owns Beats is responsible for one of, if not the most influential audio product in recent years, with the Apple AirPods having set the market alight back in 2016 and having caused multiple clones, that, too this day fail to match the success that the original AirPods had and, maintain even in 2021....

The wait for 5G technology in India is ended now that the operators have the go-ahead from the government to deploy the technology. The majority of the nation is expected to get 5G network coverage by the middle of 2023 as carriers are ready to guarantee last-mile connection. With 5G, you may take advantage of high-speed internet, social network connectivity, and crystal-clear call quality. So, below is a list of 5G smartphones that cost less than Rs 30,000....

With IPL being just around the corner, the cricket lovers are in for a treat. As it is known, IPL will be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar OTT Platform, therefore a number of users will be looking to get a subscription to the platform. For those unaware, the telecom operators actually bundle up the subscription to the platform with their prepaid plans. Mentioned below are a few select prepaid plans from Jio, Airtel and Vi that offer access to Disney + Hotstar....

With the help from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) could end up saving Rs 40,000 crore. According to an FE report, the DoT is trying to get the court cases related to the one-time spectrum charges (OTSC) amounting to Rs 40,000 crore removed. The telecom department is already discussing move actively with the law ministry. The OTSC is only levied on legacy operators (Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel)....

As per data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Bharti Airtel, which announced earlier today that it had tested 5G in India, in a commercial manner had gained more mobile users, or subscribers, in comparison to the market leader, Jio, for the fourth consecutive month in November. This is a sign of users shifting from Vi and migrating to Airtel, which is poor news for VI, which keeps losing out customers day in and day out....

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), two listed private telecom operators in India have performed well on stock exchanges on Friday close. Both the telcos’ stocks were trading fairly lower compared to where they were a few months back. Bharti Airtel’s stock closed at Rs 671.20 which is 1.67% up from the previous close of Rs 660.20. Airtel’s stock had touched a daily high of Rs 675.70. An uptick of Rs 10 in a single day is something Airtel would gladly take....

Airtel CEO Talks About Unsustainable Tariffs On the sidelines of the biggest telecom event going on in the country, Indian Mobile Congress 2019, Gopal Vittal said, “Over the last 20 years IUC has been absorbed in the cost of business and tariff is what it is and we feel that the tariff is unsustainable and should go up.” As per a Business Standard report, when asked about whether or not Airtel will hike tariff Vittal refused to make any comments and said that it is better not to speculate....

Bharti Airtel Now Has More Active Users Than Reliance Jio In its report, ICICI Securities highlighted that the industry-wide active subscriber base increased by 2.5 million in October, 2020, with Airtel topping the charts with its 3 million gross subscriber additions. Airtel is now said to have 320 million active subscribers as of October while Reliance Jio active subscriber base is said to have increased by 1.1 million to 319 million....

Bharti Airtel offers its Rs 148 voucher with 15GB of FUP (Fair-Usage-Policy) data. This is a 4G data voucher meant for users looking to boost their data consumption. This data voucher can be added on top of an existing active eligible prepaid plan. The speciality of this particular data plan is not the data it brings to the table but the OTT platforms that it allows users to access....

Bharti Airtel is strengthening its partnership with the Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson. The telco has renewed its contract with Ericsson for pan-India managed network operations. As reported by ET Telecom, the new three-year deal will focus on Ericsson’s Operation Engine during 2020. Also, Bharti Airtel will deploy the latest automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to enhance the mobile network experience and customer experience. Nunzio Mirtillo, who is the Head of Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania and India stated that the agreement shows the continued confidence in Ericsson’s products and end-to-end solutions in Bharti Airtel’s IT and network operations....

Bharti Airtel’s stock had a good day on Tuesday. The company’s shares closed at Rs 664.05, which is 7.03% higher than its opening price. The stock had hit the highest amount of Rs 668.10 and then closed a Rs 664.05. There was a total gain of Rs 43.60 as the stock had previously closed at Rs 620.45 on Monday. Bharti Airtel shares opened at Rs 626.05 on Tuesday and then surged more than 7% on the back of raising funds and other plans shared by Sunil Bharti Mittal in the company’s investor call....

Bharti Airtel has started offering 1.5GB daily data with its Rs 199 prepaid recharge. While announcing the interconnect usage charges removal a couple of days ago, Reliance Jio said it has the best-prepaid plans in the industry alongside comparing them with those of Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Airtel’s Rs 199 prepaid recharge used to offer 1GB data per day for 24 days, however, the plan is now coming with 1....

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Thursday stated that it will be shutting down its copper infrastructure within a year, leaving the only option to be fibre-based broadband. This move comes with an aim to offer broadband via the LCO partnership model in over 1000 cities, in contrast to the current 120 cities. Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel’s CEO during a meet announced that Airtel has added 1.4 million fibre home passes during the current quarter, with a scale of this rollout being at a historic high....

This move will help Jio gaining a lot of new users and extend its lead in the subscriber market share. However, Airtel seems to be not sitting idle as the telco is exploring partnerships with local brands and considering multiple options like locked and unlocked devices. Airtel Exploring Both Locked and Unlocked Smartphone Options In India, there’s no trend of locked smartphones. In the United States and several other Western markets, telecom operators partner with smartphone brands to launch devices bundled with tariff plans and monthly payment options....

Bharti Airtel has updated the subscriber data for May 2021. The telco has pointed out that it didn’t lose an identical percentage of users in each of the telecom circles. For the unaware, according to the data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Bharti Airtel lost more than 4.5 million subscribers in May 2021. IANS had then reported that the telco lost an identical percentage of users across the telecom circles....

Company Finally Sees Net Addition in Co-Locations The net profit of the company was as much as 46% higher sequentially and up from Rs 608 crore, which was the number in March quarter FY19. In its statement on Wednesday, the company also revealed that its quarterly consolidated revenue, in turn, rose 1% on-year to Rs 3,712 crore. About the quarterly report, Bharti Infratel chairman, Akhil Gupta remarked, “After negative trend in net co-locations for the last six quarters due to consolidation in the telecom industry, we had net additions in co-locations this quarter....

Ever since the pandemic has hit the world, people have been forced to work from their homes. This has resulted in a high surge in demand for home internet in the past couple of years. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in India provide multiple plans that suit the need of their users who are working from their homes. Some users might go for a very affordable plan while some users might opt for plans with a little higher connection speed....

The demand for home internet has grown exponentially in the past couple of years. The unprecedented events of Covid-19 forced a lot of people to work from home and even learning for students went online resulting in increased consumption of data. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country have been providing various broadband plans to suit the needs of their users. The demand for low priced broadband plans has certainly increased recently as a wide range of users from students to individuals or small families, are looking for plans that are affordable as well as beneficial....

Reliance Jio, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharti Airtel all offer their customers the convenience of recharging with a data voucher to consume additional data once they have reached their respective plans’ FUP (fair usage policy) data limit. Today, we will be looking at the most affordable 4G data vouchers on offer from all the telcos in India. These affordable data vouchers enable customers to enjoy a seamless internet experience without burning a hole in their pocket....