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About the author: Born in India, Yogesh loves to travel and has lived in multiple countries including New Zealand and Canada. His bylines can be found on various newspapers and blogs throughout the world, including Vancouver Sun, Surrey Now-Leader, Daily Hive , Investing News Network and Rach F1.

Bala Yogesh October 6th, 2020 2:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Enhances Payment Experience with New App Update

Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said that its Airtel Payments Bank has enhanced its app to simplify payment experience for its merchant partners. The company said that the enhanced app will “further empower its merchant partners with a range of digital benefits” that streamlines the payment experience. The merchants using the Airtel Payments Bank would now be introduced to two new features namely “Smart ePOS” and “On-Demand Settlement.” The company said... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 6th, 2020 1:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Revises EPG Numbers of 18 Channels, More Channels to be Revised

Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India on Tuesday revised electronic programming guide (EPG) numbers of over 15 channels on its platform. The operator on Tuesday revised EPG numbers of multiple Telugu regional channels including Gemini TV, Star Maa and Zee Telugu. Tata Sky has also highlighted that more Telugu channels including ETV and TV9 will have its EPG revisions on Wednesday and Thursday. The operator since early... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 6th, 2020 11:47 AM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 777 Plan to Now Offer 100 Mbps Speed, Extends Two Plans for 90 Days

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Monday revised its Rs 777 plan dubbed as “500GB CUL” with the plan now offering users up to 100 Mbps download speeds. The 500GB CUL plan was initially introduced by the operator in late 2018 with BSNL withdrawing the plan and reintroducing it in early 2019. In early 2020, BSNL said that the 500GB CUL plan would be valid till June, 2020. However, the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 5th, 2020 6:06 PM 39 COMMENTS

Tariff Hikes Imminent with Cheapest Data Plan Set to Cost Over Rs 3000

Rohit Paranjpe, CEO of SugarBox told TelecomTalk that “consumers are facing imminent tariff hikes” for both voice and data services with the hikes set to be in the range of 10%. Paranjpe highlighted the “cheapest data” rate of Rs 3.5 per GB is currently offered in a plan priced at Rs 599 with an 84 days validity. However, Paranjpe said that the same data plan will be priced in the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 5th, 2020 4:17 PM 13 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio New Postpaid Tariff “Unlikely” to Hurt Airtel Growth

ICICI Securities on Monday said in a research note that the new postpaid plans launched by Reliance Jio “may not significantly” hit the postpaid base of Bharti Airtel. The firm said that the retail users account for only 30% of postpaid connections and that these users are “least price-sensitive.” Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India in September unveiled its JioPostpaid Plus plans with the base plan priced... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 5th, 2020 1:52 PM 6 COMMENTS

Motorola Razr 5G Launched in India, Jio Users Can Save Up to Rs 14,997

Motorola on Monday launched the new Motorola Razr 5G in India, the second generation device of the iconic flip phone brand that was re-introduced by the company earlier in the year. The company said that the new Razr is the “refined, enhanced and powerful successor of the earlier generation” model released in India. The new Razr is said to be designed to “withstand up to 200,000 flips.” The second generation... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 5th, 2020 12:05 PM 34 COMMENTS

Paytm Unveils Android Mini App Store with Over 300 Service Providers

Paytm, the Indian digital payment and technology platform on Monday introduced its Android Mini App Store to “support Indian developers to take their innovative products to the masses.” The company said that the mini apps are a “custom-built” mobile site that provides users “app like experience” without the requirement of users actually downloading the apps. Paytm said that the mini apps “would greatly benefit millions of citizens” by allowing them... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 2nd, 2020 5:55 PM 59 COMMENTS

87 Million Jio Subscribers Recharge Without Connecting to Jio Network: Kotak

Kotak International Equities in a report on Thursday highlighted that Reliance Jio, the country’s largest telecom operator has 87 million users who recharge their mobiles without connecting to Jio network. The report is based on the Telecom Subscription Data for June as released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in late September. Kotak International Equities in its note highlights the gap between active users as reported by Trai... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 2nd, 2020 1:06 PM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Set to Offer Up to 25% Additional Data to its Users in October

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is set to offer 25% more data to its users as part of its plans to celebrate 20 years of its corporatization. According to an internal release accessed by TelecomTalk, the state-run operator has decided to celebrate October month as “Customer Delight Month.” The operator has planned multiple initiatives to provide “best service experience” to its users as part of its Customer Delight Month programme.... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 1st, 2020 8:57 PM 2 COMMENTS

Telegram Rolls Out New Update with Support for Channel Comments and More

Telegram, the cloud-based multi-platform messenger app on Thursday introduced a new update with features such as search filter and channel comments. The company also said that the update also includes the ability to support anonymous group admins and that “few more” features will also be made available to the users. Telegram said that the update is intended in enabling the group and channel admins to “make their forums interactive and... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 1st, 2020 8:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

ITI to Deploy Strategic Communication Network for Indian Army

ITI Limited, a telecom and defence equipment manufacturing PSU on Thursday said that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to implement Rs 7796 crore worth ASCON Phase IV Project. Army Static Switched Communication Network (ASCON) is said to be Indian army’s telecom network covering multiple terrains in the northern, north-eastern and western regions of the country. ITI in a release said that its contract with the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 1st, 2020 5:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky to Migrate Users on 30 Packs to Newer Versions

Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India announced that over 30 of its custom curated packages including Hindi Basic and Family Kids will be discontinued on October 16, 2020. The development was highlighted by the operator in its compliance section of its web portal. Tata Sky on its portal provided a list of 36 packages that are set to be discontinued with effect from October 16, 2020. However,... Read More