Tag: 4G

The declining ASP (Average Selling Price) due to the advent of Chinese manufacturers is resulting in the exploded adoption of smartphones in India. In 2016, Reliance Jio fueled the adoption growth by introducing new data tariffs at a jaw-dropping price. A majority of 374 million smartphone users in India are now hooked to high-speed 4G mobile internet. But how...

After the advent of Jio, India’s picture in terms of the internet, especially the state of 4G in India, has changed drastically, and for the good. Statistically, there are about 1049.74 million mobile subscribers in India as of April 2018 and of them, 337 million are expected to use the smartphones by the end of 2018. According to technology consultancy counterpart...

It has been more than 2 years since Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio disrupted India's telecom market and now the 4G titan is planning for an overseas expansion, starting from Estonia, in Northern Europe. Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings, which is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), is supposed to give a loan of Rs 12.20 Crore to...

The telco battle continues to wage in India. Every other operator is trying to outplay Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio. The raging data and price wars have led to shrinking profits and growth for the incumbent operators. While Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India continue to feel the wrath of Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani is apparently in no mood...

The immense upheaval in the mobile internet technology has led to an unprecedented demand for speed. The estimated growth in the number of 5G smartphones and the advent of the high-speed internet has triggered a fierce competition among telcos. The ever-changing data consumption habits of users have set the stage for the 5G network and that's why the number...

The mobile data consumption in India is growing at the unprecedented rate. The tug of war between telecom providers has resulted in a massive drop in data rates. Consequently, mobile phone users are consuming a lot more data on daily basis than ever before. The availability of high-speed data connectivity is one of the primary reasons behind exploded data...

The competition in 4G phone market in India is about to intensify as the country's biggest mobile phone company Bharti Airtel is gearing up to counter Reliance Jio with its own 4G mobile device bundled with new offers to lock-in customers. According to sources, Airtel is in talks with multiple 4G mobile phone manufacturers in India and China. The...

We live in an era of technology defined by convenience, accessibility, and perhaps most of all - mobility. Traditional digital platforms are rapidly being outmoded by more mobile solutions in more portable packages. With the increased proliferation of modern cellular technologies and the smartphone revolution well and truly under way, we see an unprecedented shift towards mobile to satisfy...

Mobile Broadband is perhaps the bedrock of most modern consumer technologies and services today. We are in an age of innovation, with so many new up and coming technologies like Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Internet of Things. What do they all have in common? Their deep reliance on fast internet connectivity to function optimally.But perhaps most importantly, the...

Can Reliance Jio revolutionise the market yet again? New reports have emerged that suggest that Reliance is planning on doing exactly that by launching a new 4G VoLTE enabled feature phone by the end of the month. Economic Times reports that Reliance 4G VoLTE feature phone will be launched by as soon as the end of July. In typical...

OpenSignal's latest "The State of LTE" report for June 2017 is out, and like most things in the Indian telecom industry over the past ten months, it is all about Reliance Jio. According to the report, 4G availability and coverage in India have shot up over the past six months. However, this has come at the already poor 4G...

2016 was a revolutionary year for the Indian Telecom Industry. The usually stable and languid industry was thrown into chaos by Reliance Communications Ltd. (NSE:RCOM). The launch of Reliance Jio metaphorically threw the among the pigeons. Since then, all of the major telecom providers in India have been scrambling to retain customers and maintain their market share.Now that the...

4G smartphone adoption has almost killed the 3G growth, especially in the developed countries. The shipment share of 4G smartphones is expected to grow to 92% in 2020 from 81% in 2016, according to the latest data from IDC. The market growth of 4G smartphones will be led by emerging markets (Asia/Pacific excluding Japan, Latin America, Central and Eastern...

Ever since the introduction of 4G, the digital economy has been growing rapidly. 4G has facilitated better internet speed, making it easier for the users to access the internet. According to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC), 4G smartphone shipment will grow to 21.3% YoY in 2016, reaching 1.17 billion units. A majority of this growth is expected...

It’s hard to believe that it's been just two years since Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) took its first step into the field of 4G with iPhone 5 and with in such brief duration the company has turned the market in its favour. In Q1 2014, Apple grabbed 42% share of the global LTE smartphone shipments, thereby leading the pack, claims a...

The average global penetration of mobile subscription has reached to 93% by the end of Q1 2014. As the number of smartphone subscriptions has increased explosively, the consumption of mobile data traffic is surging up with each passing quarter. In most of the developing nations 2G service has high penetration though, the growth is definitely moving towards 3G and 4G services....