Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Wednesday announced that the fixed monthly charges of its broadband plans will be revised from August 1, 2020. While several BSNL broadband users across India received a notification about the price hike in the last one week, BSNL Kerala circle has now issued an official notification about the revised prices. The broadband price hike is on the heels of the operator revising its fixed... Read More
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said that it recorded an “exponential data traffic growth” in the first quarter ended June 30, 2020. The company said that the total data traffic on its network stood at 7240 billion MB as compared to 4192 billion MB registered in the prior year quarter. Airtel said that the total data traffic represents a growth of 72.7% on YoY basis. The company shared the development in... Read More
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of its Microsoft Family Safety app for iOS and Android platforms. The company said that the Family Safety app is designed to aid users in protecting their family’s digital and physical safety. The app offers weekly digital activity reports along with enabling users to limit screen time for certain activities. Further, the company said that the users can set web and search filters on... Read More
The Indian government on Monday said that a total of 6940 entries were submitted to the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge across eight categories. The Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge was launched by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4, designed to develop and promote Indian apps. In a separate post on LinkedIn on July 4, the Indian PM said that the Indian PM said that... Read More
The mobile internet users across India witnessed a dip in download speeds during the initial phases of the COVID-19 lockdown, Opensignal said in a report. The company engaged in the mobile network analytics said that the dip in the mobile internet speeds was more prominent in Tier 2 cities as compared to Tier 1 cities. However, Opensignal said that the easing of the lockdown restrictions has resulted in an noticeable... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday reintroduced its 200 Mbps plan dubbed as “Fibro Combo ULD 1999 CS55” plan in the Telangana circle. The operator initially introduced its 200 Mbps plan in January in the Telangana and the Chennai circles. While the 200 Mbps plan was later expanded to the other circles including Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, the operator had dropped the plan in the Telangana and the Chennai... Read More
Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India on Sunday reduced the prices of six service channels by 50% under the Double Dhamaka Offer. The company said that the offer would be applicable from July 26 to August 2 with the price reduction applicable on services like Tata Sky Smart Games and Dance Studio. Additionally, Tata Sky on Twitter said that the offer would enable users to earn double... Read More
Qualcomm Technologies on Monday announced Qualcomm Quick Charge 5, the latest flash charging standard of the company that promises to deliver 50% battery power in five minutes. The company said that the Quick Charge 5 offers “unprecedented mobile phone charging speed” along with “efficiency improvements” as compared to earlier versions. The Quick Charge 5 is said to support more than 100W charging speeds in a smartphone. Qualcomm said that the... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday extended its “Bharat Fiber 300 GB CUL CS346” plan to October 27, 2020. The Bharat Fiber 300 GB CUL CS346 plan was introduced in early 2020 in the Odisha circle with the plan enabling users to browse high speed data till 300GB. BSNL had earlier said that the Bharat Fiber 300 GB CUL CS346 plan would be valid till July 27, 2020. It... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Odisha Circle announced that the fixed monthly charges of various landline plans will be hiked from August 1, 2020. The development shared by the BSNL Odisha circle on its website highlighted that the fixed monthly charges of landline plans will be hiked in the range of Rs 4 to Rs 30. BSNL offers five major landline plans in the Odisha circle with the base plan... Read More
The decline in mobile broadband subscriber base by 11.2 million in April was a negative surprise, ICICI Securities said in a report on Saturday. The report is based on the telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday. The Trai report highlighted that the Indian telecom operators lost 8.23 million subscribers in April. The ICICI Securities in its report highlighted that the industry active... Read More
Telegram on Sunday introduced a new update that enables users to add Profile Videos along with unlimited file share up to 2GB per file. The company with over 400 million monthly users said that the update released on Sunday also enables users to soften skin with the built-in media editor. The People Nearby feature on the app is said to have been updated along with the mini thumbnails section for... Read More
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