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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 July 16th, 2020 6:52 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Expands Bharat Fiber Service, Resumes Amazon Prime Subscription

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Thursday expanded its Bharat Fiber service to the city of Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu. According to a flyer shared by a Twitter handle, Dharmapuri Pillars, a local retailer is offering the service with four major Bharat Fiber plans including the top-tier 200 Mbps plan. Crucially, the ad highlights that the Bharat Fiber service is available with complimentary access to Amazon Prime Video and Disney+... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 16th, 2020 5:32 PM 1 COMMENTS

GTPL Hathway Adds 50,000 Broadband Subscribers, Set to Launch Hybrid Box

GTPL Hathway on Wednesday said that the company added 50,000 broadband subscribers including 20,000 Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) users in its first quarter ended June 30, 2020. The company shared the data in its first quarter financial results for the period ended June, 2020. GTPL Hathway said that the addition of broadband subscribers in its first quarter of the current financial year represents two times growth as compared to the same period... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 16th, 2020 4:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Launches Sound Tower and Premium Soundbars Lineup in India

Samsung on Wednesday launched its 2020 lineup of sound devices in India including the new Sound Tower along with the Q Series and T Series Soundbars. The company said that the devices were tuned at the Samsung Audio Lab in Valencia, California to give users a “perfectly balanced and room-filing sound.” The Sound Tower with 1500 watt output features built-in woofer and bi-directional sound that is said to be ideal... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 16th, 2020 12:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Twitter Hit with Coordinated Social Engineering Attack, Hackers Receive Over Rs 88 Lakhs

Twitter on Wednesday was hit with an “coordinated social engineering attack” that resulted in takeovers of several Twitter accounts including individuals and companies like Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Apple. The attack resulted in the hackers promoting a bitcoin scam on the accounts that were compromised. The Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos and the US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden requested donations in the cryptocurrency. According... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 15th, 2020 7:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

Oppo Introduces New Range of Charges Including 125W Flash Charger

Oppo on Wednesday unveiled a new lineup of chargers including an 125W flash charge, a 65W AirVOOC wireless flash charge along with a 50W mini SuperVOOC charger and a 110W mini flash charger. The company said that the new range of chargers including the high-power wired and wireless charging technologies would consolidate Oppo’s position in the flash charge category. The 125W flash charge is said to feature an “advanced encryption... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 15th, 2020 4:34 PM 3 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Updates Jio TV+ Platform, Unveils JioGlass

Jio Platforms, a majority owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries on Wednesday unveiled JioGlass, a mixed reality product designed to enhance virtual interactions. The announcement was made by Kiran Thomas, president of Reliance Industries at the 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries. The AGM also featured several key announcements including the introduction of Google as a strategic investor in Jio Platforms. The JioGlass is said to weigh at 75... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 15th, 2020 3:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus Expands OxygenPlay Content with DocuBay Addition

OnePlus and DocuBay on Tuesday announced a partnership that enables OnePlus TV users to access a wide range of documentaries. DocuBay, a video on demand platform designed for streaming international documentaries is a part of IN10 Media Network. The streaming platform is said to host over 300 titles across multiple genres dubbed by the platform as “Bays.” TechBay, TravelBay, ScienceBay and PoliticsBay are among the genres available on the platform.... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 15th, 2020 12:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus Buds to Feature 30 Hours Battery Life and Ultra-Low Latency Gaming Mode

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on Tuesday said that the upcoming OnePlus Buds will feature up to 30 hours of battery life. Lau in a forum post highlighted several features including design and battery life of OnePlus Buds, the first true wireless earbuds of OnePlus. The OnePlus CEO said that the OnePlus Buds will offer seven hours of continuous playback and that the users can fully topup the device “more than... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 14th, 2020 7:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

India Registers Growth in Fixed Broadband Subscription in March, ACT Fibernet Registers Noticeable Spike

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday released the Telecom Subscription Data as of March 31, 2020 that highlighted that the wireline broadband subscriber base in India touched 19.18 million. According to the TRAI data for the month of February, India registered a wireline broadband subscriber base of 19.07 million. The data highlights that the wireline broadband operators in India added over 100,000 users in March despite the... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 14th, 2020 7:00 PM 8 COMMENTS

TDSAT Denies Immediate Relief to Vodafone Idea Premium Plan, Reliance Jio Files for Impleadment

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday denied immediate relief to Vodafone Idea over its petition challenging Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) order on withholding its RedX plan. The third largest cellular provider in India moved TDSAT on Monday seeking a relief order against the Trai directive that required Vodafone Idea to stop providing its premium RedX plan to users. The Trai in a letter dated... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 14th, 2020 5:33 PM 14 COMMENTS

Jio and BSNL Gain Subscribers in March as Vodafone and Airtel Lose

Reliance Jio and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) gained subscribers while Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost its users in March, a report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) reveals. The Trai report highlighting the Telecom Subscription Data as on March 31, 2020 said that India had 989.10 million active wireless subscribers. Crucially, the total number of telephone subscribers in India is said to have decreased from... Read More

Bala Yogesh July 14th, 2020 2:44 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Reintroduces 40 Mbps Plan with 250GB Data for Effective Price of Rs 475 per Month

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reintroduced its 40 Mbps plan with 250GB monthly data for a “limited time” in multiple circles including Gujarat. The 40 Mbps plan dubbed as “Fibro 3000GB Per Annum CS336 Plan” had earlier expired on June 22 with the plan largely exclusive to the Gujarat circle. Meanwhile, the operator has been expanding the availability of its Bharat Fiber services in Gujarat in recent months. The... Read More