Reliance Infotel - My Thoughts + All Updates

Reliance Industries owned Infotel Broadband is going to roll out 4th Generation services on LTE platform and plans to offer data as low as Rs 10/GB, as reported by Economics Times. The report also tells that RIL will also bundle the data with multiple devices. Entry level tablets will be major device for Infotel's LTE offerings and it may cost as low as Rs 3500/ ~$70 (Just remember Aakash - the $35 tablet).

But this report has nothing new, all these stuffs are already said on ET. RIL is keeping all of its BWA plans under hood and no one can have it. Even their employees are also very secretive regarding BWA launch. Interestingly this latest 2-page report by ET creates a storm among telecom portals - Medianama & goBroadband makes a follow up story.

MoneyControl published a report on October 3, 2011 saying it can be Operation Vijay for Reliance as Mukesh Ambani re-enters telecom space. But this story also does not have the substance to make us cheerful. All stories on media are based on rumor or market speculation.

But only story that caught my brain is by Forbes India, says Reliance Juggernaut On The Move. Again! The story depicts the entry of RIL in telecom space as battle of Titans - 'The first time Mukesh Ambani disrupted Indian telecom, Sunil Mittal survived, even emerged stronger. Can he pull it off a second time?'

My Hands-On With All GSM Data Services in Kolkata

With two 3G modems at hand – ZTE MF190 and Huawei E1550 I tried all available GSM players available at Kolkata circle. Both the dongles support 3G though ZTE MF190 supports upto 7.2Mbps, while Huawei E1550 supports upoto 3.6Mbps downlink speed. I did experimenting with their 2G packs and come to an conclusion that Uninor & BSNL is best at my home place, Barrackpore. I did not try my hands with 3G players, as they are costly and beyond the reach of most users.

Disclaimer: This view is absolutely of mine, and based upon

Internet Service Providers (ISP) of Kolkata

Wired Internet:

Those days are past when we were exhausted to use BSNL dial up via landline, BSNL got us with their 2Mbps of broadband in Kolkata in 2007-08. Days of Cable broadband or ADSL/DSL broadband are also over, now in 2023 most ISPs in Kolkata have been upgraded to Fiber. Thanks to COVID lockdown the service providers got much needed time for the upgrade. I must say Jio took the opportunity to extend its fiber coverage across the country.