Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel announced that the two telcos will increase the tariff prices — the first such hike in the Indian telecom market since 2012.
The download speed helps in accessing content from various applications while upload speed helps in sharing of content by the subscribers like email, photo, video etc.
Opensignal has consistently found Airtel to be the fastest network in terms of 4G data download while telecom regulator Trai has found Reliance Jio to be the fastest network from last several months.
BSNL has revised its prepaid portfolio to offer more data on existing plans. BSNL standard tariff vouchers (STV) of Rs 186, Rs 187, Rs 153, Rs 192, and Rs 118 have been revamped to include up to 3GB data per day.
Jio was expected to overtake Bharti after the Jan-Mar quarter results and this may have come as a surprise to many who were quite hopeful of Jio’s growth considering its bullish performance in past quarters.
Bharti Airtel's revenue growth in India may halve over the next two fiscals, but it has enough room to weather Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's disruptive entry into the telecom market, S&P Global Ratings today said.