VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Of late, around 20 management-level executives of Tata Teleservices’ Kerala operation have joined Reliance Jio Infocomm with a 20-30-per cent hike in salary. With the Reliance Industries unit in the job market shopping staff for its yet-to-be-launched service, and ecommerce majors fattened by foreign funding always on the lookout for the best talent, telecom companies such as Tata Teleservices are seeing a flight of executives in the marketing, customer service and technology functions. Meanwhile, the heightened activity in the human resources market has also boosted the pay that top performers get in the telecom sector... Read more

Bharti Airtel’s commercial launch of 4G services may be a tactical move to pre-empt the expected entry of Reliance Jio last this year, but investors clearly weren’t impressed. The firm’s shares have fallen by about 1% since the announcement. But even though investors may not see the move as a game-changer, the early-mover advantage can be expected to help the firm in the upcoming battle with Reliance Jio. airtel logo new1 Bharti Airtel prepares to compete with Reliance Jios 4G ThunderBharti is expected to have 35,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) by the end of the year for its 4G operations, while Reliance Jio is expected to have 75,000 BTS at the time of launch. But, according to an analyst with an institutional brokerage, Bharti appears to have chosen an early launch to try and steal the thunder from Reliance Jio’s launch, expected later in the year. Some of the features in Bharti’s 4G subscriber packs are similar to what has been expected from Reliance Jio. For instance, ...