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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 June 4th, 2020 3:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Major GEC Channels Including Star Utsav Make its Reentry into DD Free Dish

Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster on Wednesday announced that major general entertainment channels (GEC) including Star Utsav and Colors Rishtey would make a reentry into DD Free Dish, India's free Direct-to-Home (DTH) provider. The broadcaster said that five channels were selected in its 45th e-auction held on Wednesday. Prasar Bharati initially invited applications from satellite TV channels to fill up the vacant slots on its DD Free Dish platform... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 3rd, 2020 7:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook “Manage Activity” Feature Enables Users to Delete Unpleasant Memories

Facebook on Tuesday introduced a new Manage Activity feature that enables users to trash or archive old posts. The company said that the feature can be used to trash individual and bulk posts with Facebook developing specific filters including date range, person or category to aid users in deleting the posts. The feature is said to be available on the Facebook Lite app beginning Tuesday while the standard mobile app... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 3rd, 2020 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Oppo Find X2 Series Scheduled to Land in India on June 17

Oppo India on Wednesday announced that the Find X2 series smartphones will officially land on the Indian shores on June 17. The Find X2 series of smartphones consisting of Find X2 and Find X2 Pro had its global unveiling in March. The devices are powered by the Snapdragon 865 platform and feature an 120Hz Quad HD+ AMOLED screen, triple rear camera system along with support for 65W fast charging. The... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 3rd, 2020 2:33 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel Xstream Fiber offers 1000 GB of Bonus Data to New Users in Select Cities

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday introduced an additional promotional offer that enables users to browse upto 1000 GB of bonus data for no additional cost. The company said that the complimentary offer is available to new users who are signing up for its Airtel Xstream Fiber connection in select cities across India. Further, the new users can also receive free installation and discount upto 15% on long term plans, an offer... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 3rd, 2020 11:29 AM 5 COMMENTS

BSNL ADSL Broadband and FTTH Add-on Packs Revised to Offer Up to 40GB Extra Data

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Tuesday revised its data add-on packs for both its ADSL and Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) services with the operator now offering 100% additional data for the same price. The add-on packs enable the users to restore the speeds of the broadband connection even after the user hits the Fair Usage Policy (FUP) limit. The operator has four major speed restoration data add-on packs that are priced... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 2nd, 2020 6:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Broadband Consumption Increased by 31% During the Lockdown Period

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Goa circle said that the demand for online services spiked during the lockdown period as users connected to the virtual world for professional and personal use. The operator that maintains 144 telephone exchanges in the state said that broadband consumption during the lockdown period increased 31% while the mobile data consumption increased 24% in the same period. BSNL Goa circle highlighted that the entire banking... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 2nd, 2020 5:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Dish TV Challenges Yes Bank Acquisition, Highlights Incorrect Facts

Dish TV on Monday said that the disclosures filed by Yes Bank with the stock exchanges over the 24.19% acquisition in Dish TV contained “incorrect facts.” The second largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India in a filing with the stock exchanges said that it has not defaulted on any payment obligation to Yes Bank. Crucially, the DTH operator said that “no shares have been pledged by the Promoters of Dish... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 2nd, 2020 3:25 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Deducts Rs 99 from User Accounts as International Roaming Fee, Customers Baffled

Several Vodafone users across India on Tuesday have taken it to Twitter to voice their concerns over the operator deducting Rs 99 from their account towards international roaming fee. The users on Twitter said that the operator has deducted the amount without their consent. Further, certain Vodafone users have said that they have been unable to make calls as their main account balance has turned negative with the operator deducting... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 2nd, 2020 12:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Mobile Download Speeds in India Finally Inches Above Peak Download Speeds in March

Ookla on Monday said in a report that the mean mobile download speeds in India registered an increase in the week of May 25 as compared to the speeds registered in the prior week. The company engaged in the internet testing, data and analysis said that India recorded a mean mobile download speed of 12.04 Mbps during the week of May 25. Ookla said that the speeds registered during the... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 2nd, 2020 7:07 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces PV 365 Plan with Unlimited Voice Calls and 2GB Daily Data Limit

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Kerala circle has introduced a new first recharge PV 365 plan that enables users to make unlimited calls and browse unlimited data for 60 days. Several BSNL employees have taken to Twitter to inform users about the latest plan. The PV 365 plan joins the long list of the first recharge plans that are listed in the range of Rs 74 to Rs 2399. Additionally,... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 1st, 2020 5:02 PM 2 COMMENTS

vpnMentor Discovers Over Seven Million Sensitive Data Related to BHIM App

The research team at vpnMentor, an online security firm on Sunday said that sensitive financial and personal data related to BHIM, India’s mobile payment app was exposed to the public. The firm said that the data over 400GB containing over seven million sensitive records “affecting millions of people all over India” were being exposed from an “misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket.” The team said that the sensitive records that... Read More

Bala Yogesh June 1st, 2020 3:06 PM 1 COMMENTS

Yes Bank Now Owns Over 24% Stake in Dish TV

Yes Bank, India’s fourth largest private sector bank on Friday said that it has acquired 24.19% stake in Dish TV following invocation of shares pledged by the Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator. The lender in a filing to the stock exchanges said that it has invoked 44.53 crores of pledged shares due to debt default by Dish TV and other Essel group firms. Essel Business Excellence Services, Essel Corporate Resources and Living... Read More