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About the author: Arpit spends his day closely following the telecom and tech industry. A music connoisseur and a night owl, he also takes a deep interest in the Indian technology start-up scene and spends rest of his time spilling poetry and stories on paper.

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 8:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Garmin Introduces Fenix 5 Plus Smartwatch with Maps, Garmin Pay and New Sensors

Garmin has made some recent additions to its lineup of Fenix smartwatches. The new debuts in the market which include the Fenix 5S Plus, Fenix 5 Plus, and Fenix 5X Plus come with brand new features like Garmin Pay and music storage support. Now, there is also support for GPS and routing features which will be especially well suited for someone following an active lifestyle. However, these upgrades to the... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 7:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Launches Mi Router 4Q at Half the Price of its Predecessor

Xiaomi, the Chinese tech manufacturer, has recently launched one of the cheapest Wi-Fi routers in the mainland. The Xiaomi Mi Router 4Q has already arrived on the shelves in Mainland China and on the Xiaomi’s Youpin crowdfunding platform. The external appearance of this new router is nothing like what we get to see in the other routers by Xiaomi. This drastic revamp is marked by a blue hue on the... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 6:20 PM 3 COMMENTS

5G Committee Finds 6000 MHz Spectrum for the Roll Out of Next-Gen Service

The 5G Committee of the telecom ministry has come up with a report saying that 6000 Mhz of the spectrum can be availed for the rollout of services with utmost priority. If the recommendations by the panel submitted to the government are implemented, then it could lead to the biggest ever allocation of spectrum in the country for any service. Arogyaswami Paujraj, who is an expert member of the committee... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 4:01 PM 3 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Payments Service to Be Launched in Few Weeks After 1 Million Users Complete Testing

WhatsApp’s newly launched payment services are being tested by over one million users in India. The Facebook-owned company is working hand in hand with numerous banks, the government and the NPCI to expand its payment operations in the country. The UPI based payment service which will come with the addition of chatting and social media will be in direct competition with the apps like Google Tez and Paytm. The service... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 2:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jabra Elite 45e With Google Assistant Support and IP54 Rating Launched at Rs 7,499

Jabra has launched a new headset in India with soft neckband design and customisable equaliser settings – the Jabra Elite 45e. There is also one-touch access to voice assistants. The headset supports almost all voice assistants available in the market like Amazon Alexa, Google assistant and Apple’s Siri. The company is also claiming eight hours of battery life on this device. The Denmark-based company has also developed the band to... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 1:16 PM 4 COMMENTS

Aircel and RCom Distributors in Distress as Telcos Delay Repayment

After the debt-ridden telecom giants, Aircel and Reliance Communications (RCom) hit the wall of poor financials, distributors of these telcos have alleged that they have not been paid appropriately and the payment that they have received is a fraction of what the original dues are. The Anil Ambani led telco has asked its distributors to wait for a couple of weeks while the company hastens the process of settlement. On... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 18th, 2018 9:24 AM 3 COMMENTS

FIFA 2018 Seasonal Prepaid Offers From Reliance Jio, Airtel, BSNL and Vodafone

All the telcos are trying to leverage the FIFA World Cup 2018 phenomenon, and as a result, they are rolling out new and attractive offers for their users. Chances are, even if you are not a fan of the event, you will get to benefit a lot in this month as telcos like Bharti Airtel, BSNL, Vodafone and Reliance Jio are planning to give a lot of benefits to their... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 17th, 2018 3:27 PM 33 COMMENTS

BSNL to Delay Rollout of 4G Services, Likely to Launch in March 2019

People who have put their trust in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for the rollout of 4G services might be a little bit disappointed since the state-owned telco has said that the launch of 4G in the twin cities- Hyderabad & Secunderabad will only happen in the March of 2019. However, the rest of Telangana is likely to receive the rollout of 4G services early, in this year itself. BSNL Chief... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 17th, 2018 11:47 AM 0 COMMENTS

How to Customise Swipe Actions in Gmail Android App

Gmail for Android used to give two options to the users to choose from whenever they swiped left or right on any mail in their inbox. This new update which has come upon Android Gmail will give the users the option to customise what happens to a mail when it is swiped. This option is good for the people who like to swipe on their mail incessantly. The users will... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 16th, 2018 3:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

Google Rolls Out AI-Based Priority Notifications for Gmail iOS Users

Gmail for iOS will now make use of Google’s AI and ML capabilities to display notifications only when users receive an important email. This is not the first time we are coming to hear about this feature. In April, when Gmail talked about its biggest revamp, it also announced a host of new features which would show up on the platform. Besides the selective notifications, Gmail will also be rolling... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 16th, 2018 2:34 PM 22 COMMENTS

RCom Hands Over Non-Auctioned Spectrum in 1800 Mhz Band to DoT

Reliance Communications (RCom), in a new move, has handed over 70 units of unliberalised or non-auctioned spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). RCom moved over to this option when the company could not find any buyers for the spectrum and the Anil Ambani led telco wasn’t in the position to spare Rs 1,500 crore which was the requirement for starting up 4G services. A... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 7:49 PM 25 COMMENTS

MediaTek Helio A22 Features Detailed: Dual 4G, LPDDR4 RAM Support and More

Xiaomi debuted its new device, the Redmi 6A and what made this device special was the new processor from MediaTek which shipped the device- the MediaTek Helio A22 SoC. The Taiwanese manufacturer has detailed the features of the SoC which has been specially designed for budget level phones. The quad-core MediaTek Helio A22 SoC delivers power through the four ARM Cortex-A53 processors which clock a max frequency of 2.0 GHz.... Read More