Vi partners ICRIER to set up telecom centre of excellence

Vi partners ICRIER to set up telecom centre of excellence

Vodafone Idea has partnered with Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) to set up a telecom Centre of Excellence.

The centre has been named InViCT (ICRIER and Vodafone Idea Centre for Telecom), which will drive research advisory and policy support ef...


Bharti Airtel acquires Cnergee Technologies

Bharti Airtel acquires Cnergee Technologies

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has acquired a “strategic minority stake” in Mumbai-based cloud-based networking solutions provider Cnergee Technologies under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. The stake acquisition will enable Airtel to sharpen its network as a service (NaaS) proposition for small and medium businesses (SMBs) who are...


Jio Air Fiber

Jio introduces new postpaid plan with freebies

Telecom major Reliance Jio, which recently pipped Airtel to become the second largest fixed-line service provider, has announced the launch of a new 'Entertainment Bonanza' JioFiber postpaid plan for users with zero entry cost. The new plans came into effect Friday. A press release, issued by the telecom earlier this week said, postpaid p...


Jio overtakes Airtel in fixed-line; tele subs down to 116.6cr in Feb

Jio overtakes Airtel in fixed-line; tele subs down to 116.6cr in Feb

Telecom operator Reliance Jio has taken a lead over Bharti Airtel to become the country's second-largest fixed-line service provider in February 2022, according to data published by the sector regulator Trai. Fixed-line or wireline telecommunication refers to telephone and broadband internet services provided through a network of cables. ...


BBNL merger with BSNL under consideration: Telecom Minister

BBNL merger with BSNL under consideration: Telecom Minister

The Indian government has said that the mergers of BBNL, implementing the BharatNet broadband project, with telco BSNL is under consideration, while the mergers of the two State-controlled telecom service providers, BSNL and MTNL has been greenlit, but deferred owing to financial reasons.