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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about 5G technology at the India Mobile Congress. Reliance Jio and Airtel announced the rollout of timelines for 5G services in the country at the event. PM Modi spoke about the benefits of 5G, India’s role in technology development and the benefits of data. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India Mobile Congress (IMC) in Delhi today and announced the launch of 5G services in the country.

Airtel announced its 5G services in the country today. The Sunil Mittal-led company said that 5G will be available in the country in eight cities starting today. Airtel has said that its 5G services will be available across the country by March 2024. Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel announced the launch of 5G services in the country. During the launch, Sunil Mittal announced that the country’s second-largest telco will start rolling out 5G in the country from today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday experienced several 5G use cases first-hand here, along with driving a car remotely...

The government has released the draft telecom bill that seeks to replace three old bills, one of which is over a century old. The new telecom bill’s primary focus remains on safeguarding consumer interests and ensuring competition in the industry, at a time when concerns of a Jio-Airtel duopoly are rife. Analysts suggest that while the draft bill empowers the government to ensure the industry remains competitive, Jio and Airtel are still likely to dominate the 5G roll-out.

As India and the US double down on domestic semiconductor manufacturing, China witnessed its biggest-ever monthly decline in chip manufacturing in August owing to Covid restrictions and weakening demand.

‘Airtel Xstream Fiber’ is Airtel’s ultrafast broadband offering launched in September 2019. The different plans, benefits and prices of Airtel Xstream Fiber provide a stiff competition to those of Reliance Jio Fiber.

Jio 5G services will be launched in India this Diwali, across some of the major cities of the country. The telco has branded its service Jio True 5G; Ambani is betting on the superior Standalone 5G network to deliver faster and more reliable 5G services to beat rivals Airtel and Vodafone Idea.

The government on Thursday said it expects 5G services to be rolled out in the country by October 12, and the Centre will make sure that the prices a...

Bharti Telecom has entered into an agreement with Singapore-based Singtel to acquire a 3.33% stake in Airtel for $1.6 billion (approx. ₹12,800 crore), according to an exchange filing today. Bharti Telecom is one of the promoters of Bharti Airtel, led by Sunil Mittal. However, Singtel too is a shareholder of the promoter arm.

Reliance Jio paid more than twice the amount that its closest rival Airtel did to acquire 5G spectrum. Beyond the large capex, analysts believe that Jio has multiple advantages when compared to its rivals. From making India 2G- mukt to rapidly expanding its broadband presence, Reliance Jio’s future goals are tied to one common thread – 5G.

Industry leader Reliance Jio outpaced Airtel by a factor of 5 to 1, adding 4.2 million subscribers in June. However, Airtel maintained its lead over Jio and Vi for the whole year, adding 7 million subscribers in the first six months of 2022, while Jio lost 2.7 million and Vi lost 9 million. Overall, the telecom industry witnessed a net positive subscriber addition of 2 million in June. Reliance Jio added 4.2 million subscribers in June, beating its closest rival Bharti Airtel by a margin of 5 to 1.

Airtel and Reliance Jio have introduced plans for their prepaid users. The plans offer additional benefits with high-speed data and unlimited voice c...

Reliance Jio and Airtel are both gearing up to launch 5G services, after the 5G spectrum auctions concluded earlier this month. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has bought spectrum worth more than twice that of Airtel, spending nearly 40,000 crore. Here, we try to decode why Mukesh Ambani went all-in on 700MHz and what he might use it for. The are behind us and India’s leading telcos – Reliance Jio and Airtel – are eager to launch their 5G services.

Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea have all reported their Q1 FY23 results. While Jio leads in almost every important metric, its closest rival Airtel is still putting up a fight. Vodafone Idea has made some moderate improvements, but it still has a very long journey to make to become financially healthy again.

The telco also needs a tariff hike boost more than its rivals Airtel and Jio do, as it struggles to retain subscribers and its current ARPU levels are much lower than those of its rivals. The telco lost 15 million subscribers and the gap between its total and active subscribers is increasing too. India's third largest telecom provider Vodafone Idea today said that another tariff hike is possible before the end of 2022 as it looks for a margin boost to improve its liquidity.

As the race to launch 5G services for millions of smartphone and internet users take steam, Reliance Jio may launch its 5G services on August 15.

5G in India is all set to become a reality now that the spectrum auctions are done with. However, with telcos buying large capacities of spectrum, price hikes could be imminent, say industry experts. Government’s telecom reforms are expected to provide some relief to the common man, too, in the form of lower 5G prices.

Led by Reliance Jio, the mega 5G spectrum auction ended on Monday after receiving record bids worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore in 40 rounds spanning across seven days. 5G airwaves worth Rs 1,50,173 crore has been sold so far and the final tally is being prepared by the government, according to sources.

Day 1 of 5G spectrum auctions has already surpassed analyst estimates even as telcos and Adani remained less aggressive. Despite the good demand, analysts say the competition was low and bids were at reserve prices. Here’s the 5G spectrum auctions picture after the first day of bidding. The much anticipated in India have commenced, with Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea, along with India’s richest man Gautam Adani – having submitted bids worth 1.

India's biggest-ever auction of spectrum that carries telephone and internet data signals, began on Tuesday with a total of 72 GHz (gigahertz) of 5G airwaves worth Rs 4.3 lakh crore on offer.

India’s largest telecom provider, Reliance Jio, on Friday announced its June 2022 quarter results. The past three months saw Jio’s average revenue per user surge 5% sequentially to 175.7, continuing the momentum the telco gained in the March quarter. Jio also added nearly 10 million new subscribers in this period.

The Indian telecom landscape is heating up once again with the 5G spectrum auctions just a week away. But, there’s a quiet battle for subscribers going on in the background and Airtel seems to be taking the lead for the year. Airtel has been a quiet winner in 2022 with over 6 million subscriber additions, while Jio and Vodafone Idea lost nearly 7 million each.