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Industry body Broadband India Forum on Tuesday opposed Reliance Jio's demand for revising the consultation paper on Satcom spectrum rules. Reliance Jio has urged telecom regulator Trai to come up with a revised paper on spectrum allocation for satellite communication, alleging that it ignores the key points of ensuring a level-playing field between satellite and terrestrial services. Without naming Reliance Jio, Broadband India Forum (BIF) said the argument for a 'level playing field' between satellite-based and terrestrial communication services is fundamentally flawed, demonstrating a profound misunderstanding of the technologies and the law. "In a desperate attempt to confuse all, stakeholders' have questioned the regulator's preference or 'tilting of preference' on the administrative allocation of satellite spectrum, advocating for auctioning such airwaves. "This seems to be a direct defiance of the Telecommunications Act passed by the highest legislative authority of the count
The website also showed that more than half of the affected users were facing issues related to their mobile network, while others had mobile internet and broadband-related complaints
After the bonus shares announcement, Reliance Industries share price surged up to 2.63 at Rs 3,074.80 a piece intraday on Thursday
The Jio True5G network now carries almost 30% of Jio's mobility data traffic, the company said in its annual report 2023-24
According to Downdetector, the outage has affected over 54 per cent of users who are experiencing issues with mobile internet
Jio Platforms' earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) for the quarter was a record Rs 13,528 crore, up 12.6 per cent Y-o-Y
The mobile Arpu for Airtel stood at Rs 200 at the end of the first quarter of FY24. On the other hand, Airtels's Arpu for home services stood at Rs 608
Jio AirFiber will provide internet speeds exceeding 1Gbps, matching the internet speeds offered by fibre broadband services, including the company's own Jio Fiber, without the need for optical wires
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JFS was automatically included in the benchmark Nifty 50 and Sensex indexes due to Reliance's presence, with the plan to remove the stock at the end of Aug 23
The Trai has backed Jio's approach, which states that the additional fees for shared spectrum can be levied only in the band in which airwaves are shared
According to Jio, the JioFiber Backup plan will provide a 24x7, always-on backup connection for homes with unreliable broadband connections
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has surpassed the 1 million 5G user mark on its network in Mumbai. Airtel recently crossed the 10 million unique customer mark on its 5G network nationally. The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it is well poised to cover every town and key rural areas with Airtel 5G services by end of March 2024. The Airtel statement said it had surpasses 1 million customer mark on its 5G network in Mumbai. "Airtel was the first to roll-out 5G in the country and Mumbai was one among the first 8 cities to get ultra fast Airtel 5G Plus. Today, Airtel's 5G services is available in over 140 cities across the length and breadth of the country," it said. Airtel 5G Plus is currently live in several key locations in Mumbai, including Gateway of India, Nariman Point, Film City, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai Metro junctions of Ghatkopar & Andheri, Chhatrapati Shivaji railway Terminus (CST), among others. Vibhor Gupta, CEO Mumbai, Bharti Airtel, said "We
Company's welcome offer will give users unlimited data at up to 1Gbps speeds
Starting November 10, Jio users in Bengaluru and Hyderabad will be invited to the 'Jio Welcome Offer', to experience unlimited 5G Data at up to 1 Gbps+ speeds, at no additional cost
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The company has also introduced monthly plans for JioFiber postpaid customers and given an option to subscribers of low-value plans to pay Rs 100 for availing access to six entertainment apps
With subscriber additions slowing, the price-competitive player is looking beyond its mobile operations to monetising its digital platforms. But that's where the competition is acute
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JioFiber has partnered with several over-the-top platforms and is offering free subscription for up to 12 such OTT apps