Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators
Earlier this month, telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio revised prepaid tariffs and later announced unlimited calling to all networks across the country. Post that yesterday, Reliance Jio launched the 2020 Happy New Year offer and now on similar lines, BSNL has announced recharge offers for Rs. 1999 annual plan.
Reliance Jio just launched Jio 2020 Happy New Year Offer for both Jio users and those who are looking to get a new JioPhone. Under this offer Jio users get 1.5GB/day data, 100 SMS per day and Jio to Non-Jio FUP of 12,000 minutes with 12 months of validity at Rs. 2020. This is Rs. 179 cheaper than the yearly All-in-one plans that was announced earlier this month. Continue reading “Jio 2020 Happy New Year Offer: Get 1 year plan with 1.5GB/day data or JioPhone with 500MB/day data at Rs. 2020”
Airtel rolled out Voice over Wi-Fi services officially starting from Delhi NCR and started testing in Hyderabad, Chennai & Bangalore few days back. Today the company has launched it officially in Mumbai, Kolkata,Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Airtel Wi-Fi Calling leverages cutting edge technology to enhance the indoor voice calling experience for Airtel smartphone customers. The innovative service uses WiFi networks to create a dedicated channel for voice calls and allows customers to make telco grade calls to any network. This dramatically improves customer experience as one can seamlessly switch to Airtel Wi-Fi Calling. Continue reading “Airtel Wi-Fi Calling launched in Mumbai, Kolkata,Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu”
Reliance Jio introduced‘New All-in-one plans‘ with revised pricing along with JioPrime benefits with Fair Usage Policy on unlimited calling from Jio to other networks. Later it revised the plans with up to 40% higher tariff that came into effect 6th December 2019. It also urged users to recharge before the date. Thanks to TRAI’s tariff protection, which mandes all telecom operators to make any plan available for a minimum of six months, you can recharge smartphone plans for 6 more months, and all-in-one plans till April 2020. Continue reading “Reliance Jio users can still recharge old plans — Here’s How [Update: Old Tariff Protection plans removed]”
Airtel today launched its Wi-Fi Calling / Vo-WiFi services in India officially starting from Delhi NCR. This lets Airtel users make VoWi-Fi calls in compatible handsets offering improved indoor coverage, faster connectivity and says it will offer crystal clear conversations as if you are next to each other, however it is currently available only when users are connected to Airtel Xstream Fibre network when connected to WiFi. Continue reading “Airtel Wi-Fi Calling launched officially — Here are the list of supported devices and how to enable it”
After Airtel, Vodafone Idea has is also now offering unlimited calling to other networks on their unlimited plans. Similar to Airtel, there are ‘no conditions’ applicable and users can enjoy unlimited calling to any network on all unlimited plans. Vodafone Idea revised its prepaid plans few days back to introduce FUP in off-net minutes and charged 6p/min for them, which is not applicable anymore with any of the unlimited plans. Continue reading “Vodafone Idea offers unlimited calling to other networks with all unlimited plans”
After Airtel and Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio introduced its New All-in-one plans‘ with revised pricing along with JioPrime benefits, but it started with Rs. 199 offering 1.5 GB/day, 1000 off-net mins and 28 days validity. Now it has brought back Rs. 149 plan, which now offers 1GB / day, 300 off-net mins and 24 days validity. Previously the plan offered 1.5 GB/day data and 28 days validity with unlimited calling to any network. Continue reading “Reliance Jio brings back Rs. 149 All-in-one plan with less data and validity, yet cheaper than others”
Update: Airtel has announced 3 new Truly Unlimited Plans – Rs. 219, Rs. 399, and Rs. 449.
Alongside the new truly unlimited plans, all existing unlimited plans will offer unlimited calls to other networks in India without any FUP.
Earlier this week, Airtel and Vodafone Idea hiked prepaid tariff and released new recharge plans. Following Reliance Jio’s announcement regarding tariff hike recently, the company has now officially launched the ‘New All-in-one plans‘ with revised pricing along with JioPrime benefits.
Earlier today, Vodafone Idea and Airtel increased prepaid tariff and introduced new prepaid plans. Similarly, Jio has now announced that they will be introducing new All-in-one plans from December 6th, 2019.
Shortly after Vodafone Idea announced their new prepaid plans, Bharati Airtel has now released their new prepaid tariff. The new plans represent a hike in tariff between 50 paise per day to Rs 2.85 per day.
Last month, Vodafone Idea, Airtel, and Jio announced prepaid tariff hikes that will be effective from this month. On similar lines, Vodafone Idea has now announced its new prepaid plans which will be available across India starting 3rd December 2019.
Wynk Music, the music streaming service from Airtel is now reported to be India’s #1 music when considering Daily Active Users (DAU). This performance metric is driven massively by regional music streaming seeing a surge, with some languages seeing over 150% increase, popular even outside their home state.
Update: Reliance Jio has now confirmed that it will also be increasing tariffs in “next few weeks”. “As per media reports, we understand that TRAI is likely to initiate a consultation process for revision of telecom tariffs. Like other operators, we will also work with the Government and comply with the regulatory regime to strengthen the industry to benefit Indian consumers and take measures including an appropriate increase in tariffs in next few weeks in a manner that does not adversely impact data consumption or growth in digital adoption and sustains investments.”, said Jio in a statement.
At India Mobile Congress (IMC) last year and this year, Airtel showcased 5G use cases, futuristic digital technologies, and more. While some countries have started deploying commercial 5G networks, Indian telecom operators are yet to get the spectrum allocated. But in the meantime, Airtel has now said that they have started building partnerships and alliances for right 5G use cases and is also in talks for private LTE networks.
