Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India is set to move over 50 channels across multiple genres to new electronic programming guide (EPG) slots as part of a three day exercise. The operator on its web portal highlighted that it will move the English news channels on its platform to new EPG slots on November 24, 2020. Further, the Hindi news and Hindi movies channels on the Tata... Read More
Sun Direct, the fourth largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India is still witnessing “tremendous demand” for its Set-Top Box (STB) with the company expecting the DTH sector to generate double-digit revenue growth. The development was shared by SL Narayanan, group CFO of Sun TV Network in the second quarter earnings call on November 12, 2020. Sun TV Network on November 12, 2020 reported its second quarter financial results for the... Read More
The Indian telecom market is "looking structurally very good,” Rod Smith, executive vice president and chief financial officer of American Tower Corporation (ATC) said in the NAREIT REITworld 2020 annual virtual conference. The Boston based ATC is said to own and operate 74,569 tower sites in India as of September 30, 2020. The company in its financial data for the period ended September 30, highlighted that India accounted for 15.4%... Read More
Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India on Wednesday revised the electronic programming guide (EPG) numbers of 18 English movie channels to new slots on its platform. The operator since early September has been revising the EPG numbers of various channels on its platform including English entertainment channels along with Tamil, Telugu and Hindi regional channels. Further, Tata Sky on its web portal highlighted that 13 more channels... Read More
Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Monday released its Speedtest Global Index for October, 2020, with the data highlighting that India registered lower mobile data download speeds than Pakistan and Nepal. According to Ookla, the Speedtest Global Index “compares internet speed data from around the world on a monthly basis.” The company said that the data for Speedtest Global Index “comes from the hundreds of millions of tests... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced that two circle specific Bharat Fiber plans that were earlier available on a promotional basis will now be available on “regular basis” in the respective circles. The two Bharat Fiber plans include the “Bharat Fiber 300GB CUL CS346” in the Odisha circle and the “Bharat Fiber BB Combo 400GB 525 Monthly” plan in the Haryana circle. The state-run operator in an internal release on... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India registered a dip in download speeds in the month of October, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal on Thursday, Reliance Jio recorded 17.8 Mbps average download speeds in October. In the previous month, the Trai data highlights that the largest wireless operator in India recorded 19.3 Mbps average... Read More
Multiple analysts expect the telecom industry to outperform in the upcoming quarters due to “increased demand for data” with the analysts placing their bets on Bharti Airtel to deliver long term returns in the sector. Airtel, the second-largest wireless operator in India has been in the spotlight in the recent months with the operator consistently registering more active users on its network as compared to its rivals. The Telecom Regulatory... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India together with Hathway Cable and Datacom added over 100,000 broadband users in August, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai on Tuesday, the wired broadband service providers in India added 340,000 users in August with Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Hathway driving up the subscriber numbers. The Trai data highlights that the wired... Read More
The telecom operators in India registered an increase in the number of prepaid users during the quarter ended June, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai on Monday, the share of prepaid users increased to 95.48% in the quarter ended June as compared to 95.35% in the previous quarter. In the same period in the previous year, the Trai data... Read More
Rewheel Research in a report said that Indian telecom operators had the “lowest monthly price” for a 4G smartphone plan that offered at least 1000 voice minutes, 10GB data and 10 Mbps speed. The report released by the Finland based telecom research firm in early November compares the 4G and 5G monthly telecom prices among 168 telecom operators in 48 countries for the period ended September 2020. Rewheel Research said... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) registered higher voice quality rating in October followed by Bharti Airtel and Idea, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. The data released by Trai on Thursday on its MyCall portal is said to be generated using the Trai MyCall application. Trai said that the data on its MyCall Portal highlights the voice call quality feedback provided by the users on its application. According... Read More
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x.com/TheShivrajRoy/status/1895166598862066048 i made a parody/meme video on VI 5g please do check it out @faraz @androidfreak @sujata
This must be 5G only. Checkout iPhone service mode. I don't know what it is exactly called.
First outdoor tests Note:Vi hasn’t officially rolled out 5G yet ,as you dont see any announcements on Vi’s website or…
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