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May 16th, 2020 3:39 PM 7 COMMENTS

BSNL Extends Rebates for Landline Calls Till May 31

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Tamil Nadu circle on Friday said in a tweet that the 6 paise cashback scheme has been extended till May 31. The state-run BSNL provided a cashback scheme across India that enabled landline and broadband customers to earn 6 paise on voice calls. While the pan-India scheme was applicable till end of April, BSNL Tamil Nadu has now extended the scheme till end of May.... Read More

May 16th, 2020 3:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Rooms Available Across the World, Rooms Can Host 50 People

Facebook on Thursday said that the Messenger Rooms has rolled out globally to everyone on the desktop and on the latest iOS or Android apps. The Messenger Rooms enables users to create a room that can host up to 50 people for video calls with no time limit. Facebook said that the Messenger Rooms aid users to “spend quality time with friends, loved ones and people who share your interests."... Read More

May 15th, 2020 7:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

Mi TV 4 55 Will Not Receive Android TV Updates, Xiaomi Instead Offers Rs 1000 Discount for Mi Box 4K

Xiaomi on Thursday announced that its Mi TV 4 55-inch will no longer receive Android updates as the device “does not support requirements for Android TV codecs.” The company said that it is offering a Rs 1000 discount on the Mi Box 4K to the users of the Mi TV 4 55. Xiaomi entered the TV segment in India with the Mi TV 4 55 in early 2018 and has... Read More

May 15th, 2020 4:57 PM 3 COMMENTS

Seven Indian Movies to Make Global Premiere on Amazon Prime Video, Evokes Strong Response from Multiplex Owners

Amazon on Friday announced that six Indian films across multiple Indian languages would make its global premiere on Amazon Prime Video in the next three months. The e-commerce giant on Thursday announced that Gulabo Sitabo featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana would make its global premiere on June 12 on Prime Video. In a separate release on Friday, Amazon announced that six Indian movies across five languages would premiere directly... Read More

May 15th, 2020 3:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

ShortsTV Bags Distribution Rights of 15 Short Films Featuring Top Bollywood Actors

ShortsTV on Thursday announced that it has signed a new content deal with Tipping Point, the digital production arm of Viacom 18 Studios. As part of the deal, the channel dedicated to short films has bagged the distribution rights of 15 short films produced by Tipping Point including Maya, Geek Out and The Epiphany. The short films are said to feature top bollywood actors including Vicky Kaushal, Sayani Gupta and... Read More

May 15th, 2020 11:28 AM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Offers Double Data on Rs 98 Data Add-on Pack to Counter Jio

Bharti Airtel is offering double data on its popular Rs 98 data add-on pack with the company now enabling users to browse up to 12GB of high speed data. The telecom major previously offered 6 GB of data with the Rs 98 pack to its users while the validity of the plan remains unchanged from its 28 days. Crucially, the company has not revised its other standalone data add-on pack... Read More

May 14th, 2020 7:55 PM 1 COMMENTS

Spotify Offers 3 Months of Free Premium, Indian Prices Reduced

Spotify on Thursday announced that the company is offering three months of Spotify Premium to eligible users who haven’t previously subscribed to its premium plans. The Spotify Premium plan enables users to listen to ad-free music along with access to one million podcast titles. Additionally, Spotify Premium enables offline playback to users while making the platform available to users on multiple devices including speakers and TV. Further, the company announced... Read More

May 14th, 2020 6:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sony Media and Television Business Face Significant Impacts in India

Sony on Wednesday announced its financial results for the quarter ended March with the company posting operating profits of 35.45 billion yen (US$331 million). The operating profits represent a 57% decrease from the prior year quarter while its overall revenue decreased 18% to 1.75 trillion yen. The company said that the COVID-19 situation has had an impact on several segments that Sony operates including music and pictures. Hiroki Totoki, CFO... Read More

May 14th, 2020 4:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

India Placed Requests for Over 25,000 Facebook User Data

Facebook on Tuesday said that the United States placed maximum requests for user data during the last six months of 2019 followed by India, United Kingdom, Germany and France. The company said that government requests for user data increased 9.5% from 128,617 requests in the first half of 2019 to 140,875 requests in the last six month of 2019. Facebook said that it received 51,121 requests for user data from... Read More

May 14th, 2020 11:53 AM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone Group will Not Inject New Equity into Vodafone Idea

Vodafone will not inject new equity into its Indian venture, Nicholas Read, CEO of Vodafone Group, said in the earnings call on Tuesday. Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator reported its FY20 results on Tuesday with the group posting 2.6% increase in its core earnings. The company said that the group revenues increased 3% to 45 Billion euros but Vodafone did not provide an outlook for the current financial... Read More

May 12th, 2020 6:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung India Begins Home Delivery of Smartphone Finance Service

Samsung India on Tuesday announced that the company has commenced the home delivery of its Samsung Finance+ service enabling its users to buy devices from their homes. The Samsung Finance+ service is said to provide simple financing options to users who are interested in purchasing Galaxy smartphones in India. While the financial service was earlier available with Samsung dealers across 300 towns in India, Samsung has enabled home delivery of... Read More

May 12th, 2020 5:18 PM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Promises JioMeet to be Simple, Smart, Secure Solution

Sensor Tower on Thursday said that the Zoom conferencing app was the most downloaded app across the world in April 2020 with the app having an 60 times growth from April 2019. The company engaged in providing market intelligence and insights on the global app economy said in its report that the Zoom app registered over 131 million installations. Additionally, the report highlighted that Google Meet and Microsoft Teams were... Read More

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