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• Jio Enables Users to Carry Forward Credit Limit from Existing Operators
• Airtel Expected to Post Over 4 Million Subscriber Additions: ICICI Securities
• ACT Fibernet Revamps Broadband Plans in Two More Cities
• Jio Delivered Higher Voice Quality in September, Vodafone, BSNL Marginally Behind
• BSNL Users Can Select from 34 Prepaid Denominations to Boost Balance
• Airtel and Vi Now Say No to Chinese Vendors

Jio Enables Users to Carry Forward Credit Limit from Existing Operators Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:41 AM PDT This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/jio-enables-users-carry-forward-credit-limit/303344/, Jio Enables Users to Carry Forward Credit Limit from Existing Operators Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India now enables users to carry forward their credit limit from their existing operators to Jio at "absolutely zero cost." The development is on the heels of the operator in late September introducing its JioPostpaid Plus plans in multiple tiers priced in the range of Rs 399 to Rs 1499. The JioPostpaid Plus plans are bundled with multiple features such as complimentary access to Over-the-Top (OTT) apps including Netflix Mobile, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar subscription. Postpaid Users Can Carry Forward Their Existing Credit Limit to Reliance Jio The operator now enables users to carry forward their existing credit limit from their existing operator to Reliance Jio in three steps. It was said that the users who wish to join Reliance Jio are required to send "Hi" to 88-501-88-501 on WhatsApp. The postpaid users have to note that the WhatsApp message has to be sent from the postpaid number that they wish to be ported to Jio. The users upon the completion of the first step are also required to upload existing operators’ postpaid bill. Further, the users post the 24 hour period can head to a Jio store to collect the JioPostpaid Plus SIM card with the credit limit of their choice "without paying the security deposit." Additionally, the users can also call and schedule home delivery of their JioPostpaid Plus SIM card. JioPostpaid Plus Plans Offer 75GB Data on Entry Level Plans It has to be noted that the entry-level plan of Jio priced at Rs 399 offers 75GB data to users along with "truly unlimited" voice calling and "unlimited" SMS benefits. While Airtel and Vi also offer a Rs 399 entry-level plan, the data benefits are restricted to 40GB. Further, the users on the entry-level Rs 399 plan will also be provided complimentary access to OTT apps along with access to over 600 live TV channels. The users on Airtel and Vi can also access live TV but the channel count is restricted to 300 and 450 channels respectively. However, the three operators including Jio enable users to carry over 200GB unused data to the next billing cycle. Original article: Jio Enables Users to Carry Forward Credit Limit from Existing Operators ©2020 TelecomTalk. All Rights Reserved.

Airtel Expected to Post Over 4 Million Subscriber Additions: ICICI Securities Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:22 AM PDT This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/airtel-expected-post-over-4million-subscriber-additions/303333/, Airtel Expected to Post Over 4 Million Subscriber Additions: ICICI Securities ICICI Securities on Wednesday said in its research note that it expects Bharti Airtel to post 3.3% mobile revenue growth on a quarterly basis. The firm in its preview of the second quarter earnings results said that it expects Vodafone Idea (VIL) to post 1.5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) mobile revenue growth. ICICI Securities said that "for a seasonally weak" second quarter, it expects operators to post mobile revenue growth due to "one additional day during the quarter, higher mobile broadband subscriber addition." Crucially, the firm also highlighted that the "low base" set by the operators during the first quarter "due to severe lockdown" will "offset the seasonality led dip." ICICI Securities Expects Airtel to Post Subscriber 4 Million Subscriber Additions ICICI Securities said that it expects the Airtel subscriber base to grow by four million in the second quarter of the current financial year. However, the firm said that the VIL subscriber base during the same period could dip by eight million. "But, given rising aggression from VIL post the AGR verdict, it may start adding subs from Q3FY21 itself," ICICI Securities said in its note. The firm also said that the average revenue per user (ARPU) should be positive for the operators "due to one additional day, higher availability of recharges" and the growth in 4G subscriber additions. In terms of the data subscribers, ICICI Securities said that Airtel is expected to post five million subscribers additions and Vodafone Idea at three million additions. VIL Expected to Post 5% Increase in ARPU ICICI Securities said that the overall Airtel revenues are "likely" to grow by 2% QoQ and 17% year-over-year (YoY) to Rs 181 billion with the growth aided by its mobile segment. Similarly, it was said that revenues of VIL are also "likely" to increase 1.5% QoQ to Rs 108 billion. "This is due to continued loss of subs (down 8mn), which should start growing from Q3FY21 itself," ICICI Securities said in its note on VIL earnings for the second quarter. "ARPU is estimated to increase by 5% QoQ as most of the lost subs were in the low-ARPU bucket." Original article: Airtel Expected to Post Over 4 Million Subscriber Additions: ICICI Securities ©2020 TelecomTalk. All Rights Reserved.

ACT Fibernet Revamps Broadband Plans in Two More Cities Posted: 08 Oct 2020 01:36 AM PDT This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/act-fibernet-revamps-broadband-plans-two-cities/303297/, ACT Fibernet Revamps Broadband Plans in Two More Cities ACT Fibernet has revamped its broadband plans in two more cities across India. We at TelecomTalk earlier reported that ACT had revamped its broadband plans in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai circle. Now, the ACT subscribers in Madurai and Coimbatore circle are also going to witness updated broadband plans from their Internet Service Provider (ISP). It has to be noted that the broadband plans in both the cities continue to be offered at the same price but the operator has bumped up the benefits of its plans. The third largest wired broadband service provider in India is slowly revamping broadband plans across various cities to compete with JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber. More on the story ahead. ACT Fibernet Revamped Broadband Plans for Madurai In Madurai , ACT offers four broadband plans. All of the plans now come with more data than before and at the same price. However, the operator reduced speed on its premium plan available in the city. Firstly, 'ACT Silver' plan costs Rs 599 per month and now offers 50 Mbps speed and 500GB data as compared to 50 Mbps speed and 150GB data that it offered earlier. The 'ACT Gold' plan now offers 100 Mbps speed and 1000GB data as compared to 100 Mbps speed and 300GB data with the plan offered at the same price of Rs 799 per month. The third plan, 'ACT SOHO Lightning' used to offer 100 Mbps speed and 600GB data for Rs 1499 per month, but after the upgrade, this plan offers 100 Mbps speed and 2000GB data at the same price. Further, the 'ACT SOHO Incredible' used to offer 150 Mbps speed along with 1000GB data. The operator has now revised the plan to offer 125 Mbps speed and 3000GB data. However, the ACT SOHO Incredible plan continues to be available for Rs 1999 per month. While the operator offered a huge positive jump in the amount of data offered, ACT has reduced the speed of the plan. ACT Fibernet Revamped Broadband Plans for Coimbatore In Coimbatore, ACT has revamped all nine of its plans. The entry-tier 'ACT Basic' plan priced at Rs 675 per month offered 40 Mbps speed and 200GB data to its users. The operator has now revised the ACT Basic plan to offer 40 Mbps speed with 500GB data at the same price. The 'ACT Rush' plan priced at Rs 825 per month offered 75 Mbps speed and 350GB data. After the upgrade, the ACT Rush plan plan now offers 100 Mbps speed and 1000GB data without any change in its pricing. The 'ACT Sprint' plan carrying a price tag of Rs 1025 earlier offered 125 Mbps speed and 600GB data with the now revised to 150 Mbps speed and 1500GB data. The 'ACT Race' costing Rs 1125 earlier offered 150 Mbps speed and 750GB data with the plan now revised to 175 Mbps speed and 2000GB data. Further, the 'ACT Zoom' plan that offered 175 Mbps speed and 1000GB data has been revised to 200 Mbps speed and 2500GB data for the same price of Rs 1,325 per month. The operator has also revised 'ACT Bolt' plan carrying a price tag of Rs 1,499 per month. The ACT Bolt plan earlier offered 200 Mbps speed and 1500GB data but the operator now revised the plan to offer 250 Mbps data and 3000GB data. Further, the 'ACT Remarkable' plan that offered 200 Mbps speed and 3000GB data has been revised to 250 Mbps speed and 4000GB data for Rs 2999 per month. The 'ACT Exceptional' plan priced at Rs 3999 per month earlier offered 250 Mbps speed and 4000GB data. But after the upgrade, this plan now offers 300 Mbps speed and 5000GB data. Finally, the 'ACT Phenomenal' plan that offered 250 Mbps speed and 5000GB data for Rs 4999 per month has been revised to offer 300 Mbps speed and 6000GB data. Original article: ACT Fibernet Revamps Broadband Plans in Two More Cities ©2020 TelecomTalk. All Rights Reserved.

Jio Delivered Higher Voice Quality in September, Vodafone, BSNL Marginally Behind Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:58 PM PDT This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/jio-delivered-higher-voice-quality-september/303283/, Jio Delivered Higher Voice Quality in September, Vodafone, BSNL Marginally Behind Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India registered higher voice quality rating in September with Vodafone and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) recording marginally lower ratings. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on its MyCall Portal highlighted that Reliance Jio recorded average voice quality rating of 3.5 in September. The state-run BSNL and Vodafone recorded average voice quality rating of 3.4 in September while Idea registered an average voice quality rating of 2.9 in the same month. Bharti Airtel, the second largest telecom operator in India registered the lowest voice quality rating of 2.6 in September. Reliance Jio Improves Voice Quality Rating in September The data on Trai MyCall Portal highlights that Reliance Jio received a 68.54% satisfactory rating in September. The largest telecom operator in India is said to have recorded average call quality rating of 3.5 on both indoors and outdoors. The operator in the previous month registered an average voice quality rating of three. According to Trai, the data on its MyCall Portal highlights the voice call quality feedback provided by the users on the Trai application. Meanwhile, BSNL received 64.62% satisfactory rating in September with the operator recording an average 3.3 indoor call quality rating and 3.4 outdoor call quality rating. The state-run operator received an average voice quality rating of 2.9 for the month of August. The data on the MyCall Portal highlights that Vodafone received an average 3.5 indoor call quality rating and 2.8 as the outdoor rating. The operator is said to have received 62.07% satisfactory rating. In the previous month, Vodafone was in the second spot with an average 3.4 voice quality rating. Idea and Airtel Receive Lower Voice Quality Rating in September Idea registered an 60.43% satisfactory rating in September with an average indoor rating of three and an 2.6 outdoor rating. In August, the operator received a 2.9 average voice call quality rating. Further, Airtel registered an indoor call rating of 2.6 and an outdoor call quality rating of 2.9 along with the 47.80% satisfactory rating in September. The operator registered an average voice quality rating of 2.8 in August. Original article: Jio Delivered Higher Voice Quality in September, Vodafone, BSNL Marginally Behind ©2020 TelecomTalk. All Rights Reserved.

BSNL Users Can Select from 34 Prepaid Denominations to Boost Balance Posted: 07 Oct 2020 10:05 PM PDT This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/bsnl-users-select-prepaid-denominations-boost-balance/303262/, BSNL Users Can Select from 34 Prepaid Denominations to Boost Balance Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is currently offering a total of 34 top-up vouchers to the users in Chennai circle. For the unaware, there were many more top-up vouchers on offer from the state-owned operator in the Chennai circle. But as per a recent announcement by BSNL, it has removed a total of 82 top-up vouchers from its offerings. So now the users are left with a lot less options for getting a top-up. From cheaper options to expensive ones, BSNL has removed a lot of top-up vouchers. More on the story ahead. BSNL Removes 82 Top-Up Vouchers, 34 Still in Offer Focusing on the 34 vouchers which are still on offer in the Chennai circle, users can select through cheap vouchers such as Rs 10, 20, 30, and so on until Rs 100. Then there are vouchers which offer full-talk time as the recharge amount including Rs 100, Rs 110, Rs 160, Rs 600, Rs 1,000, and Rs 2,500. There are six vouchers available which cost Rs 1,000 or more. With the Rs 1,000 voucher, the operator offered full talk time of Rs 1,000 until September 26, 2020, however, the talk-time provided with this plan has now reduced to Rs 844. Then there are other vouchers above Rs 1,000 which are of Rs 1,100, Rs 2,000, Rs 2,500, Rs 3,000, and Rs 5,500. BSNL also offers 28 vouchers that are priced less than Rs 1,000. So the users still have plenty of top-up vouchers to choose from. pic.twitter.com/oLsRby7QLp — BSNL_Chennai (@BSNL_CHTD) October 6, 2020 However, the operator now removed the expensive vouchers such as Rs 2,200, Rs 3,300, along with nine other vouchers that were priced between Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000. It has to be noted that a total of 82 vouchers were removed by the telecom operator on October 7, 2020. Among the vouchers that were removed by the operator, 71 were priced less than Rs 1,000. Even though the users now have a lot of lesser options to choose from, it isn't necessarily bad. The operator seems to have Limited the options to a few plans which are actually demanded by the users. So now after the removal of plans, the users get 34 top-up vouchers to choose from. One thing to note would be that all the vouchers mentioned are inclusive of the taxes. So the user doesn't need to pay anymore than what they see on the website. Another thing to note is that users in other circles are still offered the top vouchers which are removed from the Chennai circle. So for example, users in Chhattisgarh can still enjoy the benefits of the vouchers such as Rs 130, Rs 160, Rs 170, Rs 2,000, Rs 3,300 and more which are removed for the users in Chennai circle. Original article: BSNL Users Can Select from 34 Prepaid Denominations to Boost Balance ©2020 TelecomTalk. All Rights Reserved.

Airtel and Vi Now Say No to Chinese Vendors Posted: 07 Oct 2020 06:32 PM PDT This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/airtel-vi-now-say-no-chinese-vendors/303207/, Airtel and Vi Now Say No to Chinese Vendors Airtel and Vi (Vodafone Idea) have ignored the Chinese vendors while awarding new projects. The two telecom operators are walking down the same path as Reliance Jio. The largest telecom operator in India has been highlighting that it does not depend on any Chinese vendor to provide its services. Thus, Jio has been termed 'clean telco' and the telecom giant has been leveraging off the term for a while now. Airtel and Vi have done the same by not offering any new contracts to the Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei who are their old partners in providing telecom gear. Airtel and Vi Ignore Chinese Vendors, But Still Work With them on Existing Contracts As per an ET Telecom report, both Airtel and Vi have refrained from offering any new contracts to the Chinese vendors. However, these telecom operators still continue to work with ZTE and Huawei on their old and existing contracts which are yet to complete. One of the biggest reasons behind the Indian telecom operators not working with the Chinese vendors isn't just the data security, but also geopolitical reasons. A lot of European and US service providers are said to be not comfortable working with companies which are using gears and equipment from Chinese vendors. This is because of the potential possibility of theft of data which these US and European companies have in abundance. So now the telecom operators are looking to award contracts to companies such as Nokia, Ciena, and Cisco. Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE won't be considered for offering any new deals by the telecom operators and that has been made clear. The telecom operators need to plan their network strategy and for that, they need a certain clarity on how things can be executed. But working with Chinese vendors won't give the telcos the clarity they need for planning. Thus it becomes a sensible thing to look ahead of Chinese companies. As of now, Airtel depends on both Nokia and Huawei for the equipment of the NLD network in India. For the unaware, NLD is a part of the core networks of Airtel. With Airtel and Vi going the same 'clean telco' route, it will be interesting to see where the Chinese vendors finally end up in the Indian telecom space. Original article: Airtel and Vi Now Say No to Chinese Vendors ©2020 TelecomTalk. All Rights Reserved.

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