19/10/2019

Hathway and ACT Fibernet Both Offer Broadband Plans Up to 150 Mbps Speed, But One is Better than the Other

The broadband and the DTH industry are two sectors in the country which are seeing a lot of competition from the players in the field. While the DTH sector became competitive with the arrival of the new Trai tariff regime, the broadband sector went through a similar phase in the run-up to the launch of the Reliance JioFiber service. However, as a result, now we have a lot of operators which provide high-speed broadband plans to their subscribers with speeds upwards of 100 Mbps and that too not at very exorbitant prices. Tow major broadband players in the field right now are ACT Fibernet and Hathway broadband, and both of these operators offer many plans in that speed range. However, there is one operator which is a little better than the other.

18/10/2019

Reliance Jio adds 84.45 lakh net subscribers, others end up as losers: Trai data

Reliance Jio was the only net gainer adding 84.45 lakh subscribers in August, while other telecom operators including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea were on the losing side, a report by regulator Trai showed on Friday. 'The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,189.28 million at the end of July 2019 to 1,191.81 million at the end of August 2019,' Trai said in telecom subscription report for the month of August 2019. 'Top five service providers constituted 98.96 per cent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of August 2019. These service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (34.82 crore), Bharti Airtel (12.67 crore), Vodafone Idea (11.11 crore), BSNL (2.15 crore) and Atria Convergence (14.7 lakh),' the report said.

18/10/2019

Reliance Jio adds 84.45 lakh net subscribers, others end up as losers: Trai data

Reliance Jio was the only net gainer adding 84.45 lakh subscribers in August, while other telecom operators including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea were on the losing side, a report by regulator Trai showed on Friday. 'The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,189.28 million at the end of July 2019 to 1,191.81 million at the end of August 2019,' Trai said in telecom subscription report for the month of August 2019. 'Top five service providers constituted 98.96 per cent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of August 2019. These service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (34.82 crore), Bharti Airtel (12.67 crore), Vodafone Idea (11.11 crore), BSNL (2.15 crore) and Atria Convergence (14.7 lakh),' the report said.