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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 1st, 2020 9:42 AM 0 COMMENTS

Institutional Buyers Can Now Opt for Monthly BSNL Broadband and Landline Plans

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Saturday withdrew an order that required the institutional buyers to purchase annual tariff plans of BSNL broadband, landline and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections. According to the earlier order issued on April 9, BSNL said that its services would be offered only to those institutional buyers who availed the annual tariff plans. The operator highlighted that the institutional buyers include central, state and private organizations. Crucially,... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 30th, 2020 7:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Photos Turns Off Messaging Apps Back-up

Google has turned off the automatic backup of folders created by messaging apps on Google Photos. The development was shared by a Google employee on Monday. The employee said that the changes were made on Google Photos in a bid “to save internet resources.” It has to be noted that several streaming apps including Netflix and Amazon along with YouTube introduced multiple changes to its systems to save bandwidth due... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 30th, 2020 3:18 PM 1 COMMENTS

India Continues to Register Decline in Fixed Broadband Subscription

India continues to register a decline in the fixed broadband subscription as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals that India now has 19.07 million subscribers as of February. The data released by Trai on Monday highlights the telecom subscription data as of February 29, 2020. According to previously released Trai data for the month of January, India had a registered wireline broadband subscriber base of 19.08 million.... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 30th, 2020 10:48 AM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL Drops Rs 499 Bharat Fiber FTTH Plan

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday dropped its Rs 499 Bharat Fiber plan across India. The Rs 499 plan dubbed as “100GB CUL” was introduced across India except for Andaman and Nicobar Islands in early 2020 with the plan initially said to be available till March 31. However, the operator extended the plan beyond its initial validity and offered it till June 29. The 100GB CUL plan served as... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 29th, 2020 10:06 PM 17 COMMENTS

UC Browser, TikTok, WeChat Among 59 Apps Banned by Indian Government

The Ministry of Information Technology on Monday banned 59 apps including TikTok, UC Browser and WeChat to “safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users.” The ministry said that it is invoking its power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act to block the 59 apps. The development is on the heels of the escalated confrontation between the Chinese soldiers and Indian soldiers in mid June... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 29th, 2020 5:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Entry Level Broadband Plans of BSNL, Airtel, Act Fibernet, Hathway and Reliance Jio

The fixed broadband providers witnessed a traffic growth in the range of 20% to 100% across India, Ericsson said in its Mobility Report. The report based on a survey conducted on over 1000 people across India indicates that 30% of the citizens plan on investing in “improved broadband” facilities at their homes. According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data for the month of February, wired broadband penetration in... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 29th, 2020 3:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

ITI Signs MoU with Tech Mahindra, Sets Sight on BSNL 4G Tenders

ITI, a PSU engaged in the manufacturing of telecom and defense equipment has set its sight on the now delayed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) 4G tender. The development was revealed on Monday by R M Agarwal, CMD of ITI in a video interview to CNBC TV18. ITI on Friday announced the signing of an MoU with Tech Mahindra for the new generation wireless technology with Agarwal on Monday highlighting... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 29th, 2020 1:11 PM 2 COMMENTS

Snapdragon 875 Pricing Leak Suggests 2021 Smartphones Will Be Significantly Expensive

Qualcomm Technologies, the company behind the Snapdragon platform that powers several Android devices is tipped to increase the price of its next generation flagship platform, the Snapdragon 875 by over 60%. According to a forum post on Clien, a South Korean message board, Xiaomi has reportedly received a price tag of US$250 for a Snapdragon 875 “set.” Qualcomm had previously charged smartphone makers US$150 to US$160 for the Snapdragon 865... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 27th, 2020 5:02 PM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Employees Stage Protest, Ladakh MP Pushes BSNL to Upgrade Towers to 4G

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Employees Union (EU) said that the “employees will be forced to resort to more serious forms of struggles” if the management does not act on its demands. The development is on the heels of the BSNL employees staging demonstrations across India on Friday urging the government to act on its demands ranging from salary payments to 4G roll out. The BSNLEU on Saturday said that... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 26th, 2020 7:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Enhances Privacy Options for New Users, Existing Users Need to Opt-in

Google on Wednesday announced improvements to its privacy features including changes to its data retention policies across its core products with a focus on storing less user data by default. The company said that the users turning on Location History for the first time starting Wednesday will have their data auto-delete option set to 18 months by default. Google said that the Web and App Activity will also have the... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 26th, 2020 4:29 PM 35 COMMENTS

BSNL Employees Union Express Displeasure Over Reliance Jio Expansion in Ladakh

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Employees Union (EU) on Thursday said that the government of India is promoting Reliance Jio while offering only “lip service” to BSNL. The BSNLEU voiced their concerns following a tweet from Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, MP of Ladakh who said that the government has sanctioned 54 Jio mobile towers for the uncovered rural areas of Ladakh. Namgyal said that the new towers would be covered under... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 26th, 2020 3:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Announces New Initiatives to Support Local Businesses in India

Google on Thursday announced multiple initiatives to support small businesses across India including the expansion of Nearby Stores feature. According to Google, the company has “consistently invested in programs and solutions that remove the barriers that come in the way of small and medium businesses benefitting from the Internet.” However, Google said that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns have increased the need for many small and medium businesses... Read More