Reliance Jio claims to have signed up 52 million 4G subscribers since its official launch in September, while Airtel added nearly three million 4G users in the second half of the year, taking its total to 7.4 million. Idea Cellular at number 3 is forecast to have 4.2 million 4G...
In India, 7 Telecom Firms Will Participate in Spectrum Auction
Seven telecom firms have applied to India's Department of Telecommunications to participate in the upcoming spectrum auction beginning October 1, and they have made a total earnest money deposit of over $2.3 billion to acquire rights to use spectrum in a number of frequencies. According to the amount of earnest...
Indian Telcos Adopt Mobile Authentication
U.K.-based telecom industry body GSMA launched its Mobile Connect mobile-based authentication solution in India at an event in Delhi. The Mobile Connect solution enables customers to create and manage a digital universal identity via a single login. By matching the user to their mobile phone, Mobile Connect allows them to log-in to websites...
Will India's Reliance Jio Infocomm Disrupt the 4G Market?
Telecom analysts and research agencies predict that India's Reliance Jio Infocomm will disrupt the Indian 4G market with innovative offers. Reliance has not yet officially announced the commercial launch of Jio, but the service is currently available as a limited preview only. According to telecomlead, this is what analysts have...
India's Telecom Operators Collaborate to Curb Call Drops
Last month, as part of a 100-day commitment to the government, telecom operators in India -- Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, BSNL, MTNL, Reliance Communications, Aircel, Telenor, Tata Docomo and Reliance Jio -- set up 48,000 new telecom sites across the country to curb call drops. Another 12,000 base transceiver stations will...
Vodafone Poised to Buy Out Telenor India
Vodafone India is expected to acquire Telenor India's spectrum holdings and operations in a deal that could be worth over $1 billion. Sources differ over whether the deal would involve only acquiring Telenor's Indian spectrum holdings or the company as well. Spectrum is the main draw of the acquisition, but if Vodafone does...