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.

September 4th, 2020 6:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Enables Users to Rent Movies on Digital Platforms

Tata Sky, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) providers in India expanded its Movies on Rent, a transactional video on-demand service to its digital platforms such as its mobile app. The Movies on Rent service is said to be available to Tata Sky subscribers with an “active account status.” The DTH operator on its website said that the subscribers can use the Tata Sky mobile app and the Watch Tata... Read More

September 4th, 2020 3:37 PM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL to Disengage with Contract Workers Even as Quality of Service “Deteriorated”

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has directed its chief general managers (CGM) across its territorial and non-territorial circles to “draw a clear road map for non engagement of contract labours immediately.” According to a letter dated September 1, 2020, BSNL CGMs were also told that there was “no justification for housekeeping labourers and other contractual stuff such as security.” The operator earlier in May 2020 and September 2019 had asked... Read More

September 4th, 2020 12:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Zoom Video Conferencing App Bets Big on India, Expands Presence

Zoom Video Communications, a company engaged in video conferencing app solutions on Monday said that India is its second largest country in terms of its user base. The development was shared by Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications in the second quarter earnings call. Yuan said that the US emerges as the top source in terms of visitors to its web site with India taking the second... Read More

September 3rd, 2020 6:29 PM 1 COMMENTS

Qualcomm Introduces 5G Capabilities to Snapdragon 4-Series Platform

Qualcomm Technologies on Thursday announced that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4-series will receive 5G connectivity capability in “early 2021.” The company said that it plans to “accelerate 5G global commercialisation” with Qualcomm highlighting that the revised Snapdragon 4-series is “designed to be truly global.” Qualcomm Technologies currently enabled 5G connectivity capabilities on six of its platforms including the Snapdragon 865+, Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 855. Further, the Snapdragon 768G, Snapdragon 765... Read More

September 3rd, 2020 4:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

JioFiber Long Term Packs Provide Up to 30 Days Extra Service, Legacy Packs No Longer Listed

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India is currently offering up to 30 days free service to those users opting for the long term JioFiber packs. The operator on Monday revamped its JioFiber plans with “truly unlimited” data along with free access to multiple Over-the-Top (OTT) apps like Zee5 on its plans priced at Rs 999 and above. However, the revamped packs were initially available for monthly subscription with... Read More

September 3rd, 2020 2:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Releases Consultation Paper on Review of The Quality of Service

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday released a consultation paper on the Review of the Quality of Service regulation, the code of practice for metering and billing accuracy. The authority said that the Quality of Service regulation was introduced on March 21, 2006 to minimise the incidents related to billing complaints. Trai said that the Quality of Service regulation contains code of practice for metering and billing... Read More

September 3rd, 2020 12:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Lost Over One Million Subscribers in June

The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on Tuesday released its Monthly Telecom Scenario report for June with the data highlighting that the telecom operators lost over one million subscribers in one month. According to the report, the telecom operators in India registered 1162.36 million subscribers in June. In May, the operators registered 1163.58 million subscribers with the data indicating that the operators lost 1.22 million subscribers in one month. The telecom... Read More

September 2nd, 2020 8:02 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL Set to Outsource Network Maintenance and Customer Services for Business Growth

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is set to outsource its network maintenance and customer services to keep up with the current “market trends and business requirements.” The development was shared by the BSNL general manager in a letter to the chief general managers across the BSNL Territorial circles on August 27, 2020. According to the letter, the outsourcing model has turned into a “necessity for business growth.” It has been... Read More

September 2nd, 2020 4:43 PM 31 COMMENTS

Analysts Expect Telecom Industry Tariff Hikes to be Imminent

Bharti Airtel, the second largest telecom operator in India is expected to manage its AGR payment dues with no tariff hikes, Motilal Oswal, an Indian diversified financial services firm said in a research report. The firm’s report released on Tuesday reflects the Supreme Court verdict on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) case. The apex court on Tuesday allowed a 10-year repayment period for the AGR liability with the operators required... Read More

September 2nd, 2020 11:57 AM 1 COMMENTS

Netflix Makes its Debut on JioFiber, Upgrade Options Enabled

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India on Wednesday enabled Netflix subscription to its JioFiber users who have opted for its plans priced at Rs 1499 and above. The operator is currently offering the monthly subscription to Netflix, one of the leading over-the-top (OTT) platform to its users subscribed to the Diamond, Diamond+, Platinum and Titanium packs. Reliance Jio on Monday unveiled its revamped JioFiber plans with symmetric speed... Read More

September 1st, 2020 7:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Platform Changes to Now Include Sports Channels

Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India said that multiple sports channels and a regional channel on its platform will undergo electronic programming guide (EPG) number revision on September 4, 2020. The company said that the channels that are set to be impacted by the EPG revisions include multiple regional feeds of the Star Sports 1 channel and Seithigal channel. The development is on the heels of the... Read More

September 1st, 2020 5:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Infratel Inches Ahead on Indus Tower Merger

Vodafone Idea on Tuesday said that the company along with Vodafone Group, Bharti Airtel, Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel have agreed to move ahead with completion of the merger between Indus and Infratel. The company in an exchange filing on Tuesday provided the update on the Bharti Infratel and Indus Tower merger. The development would result in Vodafone Idea selling its 11.15% stake in Indus Towers for approximately Rs 4000... Read More

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