The COVID-19 lockdown around the world has resulted in people turning to video apps, according to a report from AppAnnie. With India currently under the 21-day lockdown that is set to last at least until April 14, Indians too have turned to video conferencing apps for their professional work. Zoom, a video conferencing app is currently at the second spot and until recently was the top free app in India... Read More
WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it is making it easier for users to call a group with four or less people through its app. The platform owned by Facebook announced the development on Twitter with the feature now available in India and other countries across the globe. WhatsApp has introduced several changes in the recent past including a restriction placed on WhatsApp forwards and an advanced search enabling users to find... Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Monday has released its annual report for the financial year 2019-20 highlighting that India is now the global leader in monthly data consumption. According to the report, the average consumption per subscriber per month has increased from 62MB in 2014 to 9.06GB in 2019, representing a growth of 146 times. Further, it was said that the cost of data has seen an dramatic decrease... Read More
Indian telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are offering extra commission to users who pay for others with the operators offering instant cashback on every successful recharge. Airtel on Thursday announced that it is rolling out the Airtel Super Hero feature on its Airtel thanks app that lets users to enroll as a superhero. The company said that the enrolled users can then recharge other Airtel numbers including the... Read More
Ookla on Monday said in a report that the mean download speeds on fixed broadband increased in India during the week of March 30. According to the internet testing, data and analytics company, the mean download speed increase was observed during the week of March 30 and April 5. It has to be noted that India went into the COVID-19 lockdown on the night of March 24, indicating that data... Read More
Mobile phone users on Airtel and Vodafone networks experienced better video quality says a new report from Opensignal released on Tuesday. The mobile analytics company in its April mobile network experience report for India said that Vodafone recorded the highest increase in providing better video experience to users. Opensignal said that Vodafone pushed its score to narrow the gap to Airtel on multiple network experience parameters including download speeds while... Read More
Xiaomi on Monday announced that it is rolling out PatchWall 3.0, the company’s latest Android based custom software built for its TVs to its users in India. The company said that the PatchWall 3.0 would further focus on its "Content first" philosophy with enhanced curation and discoverability. Xiaomi said that the PatchWall 3.0 would be available on its selected range of TVs including Mi TV4A, Mi TV 4C Pro, Mi... Read More
Bharti Airtel has launched its Airtel Home services in five cities across India combining its three services including DTH, Mobile and Broadband under one bill. The company currently offers three plans with the base plan priced at Rs 899 bundling several benefits including complimentary WiFi router, complimentary service visits along with access to Amazon Prime. According to a dedicated Airtel website, the service is currently available in five places including... Read More
Vodafone Idea, Airtel and Reliance Jio might propose digital customer acquisition process to stall further decline in sale of mobile connections as the country battles the COVID-19 outspread. According to a Economic Times report on Friday, the Indian telecom operators have managed to add only 500,000 new customers in March. It was said that the telecom operators normally add around 2.5 million to 3 million subscribers each month. With India... Read More
Vodafone Idea announced on Thursday that it has deployed over 12,000 massive multiple-input multiple-output (ma-MIMO) sites across India to keep its users connected during the lockdown. According to the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry body representing operators like Vodafone Idea and Airtel, telecom operators had witnessed a surge in data usage since the COVID-19 lockdown. While COAI had initially backed down from its earlier push for additional... Read More
Paytm, one of India’s leading payments and financial services company has announced an “Weekend Special Offer” that provides users with 50% cashback on 4G data add-on packs of major telecom operators. As India enters into the eleventh day of its 21-day lockdown as announced by the Indian PM Narendra Modi, telecom users might be looking at alternative ways to recharge mobile phones. The Paytm’s “Weekend Special Offer” provides users with... Read More
Reliance Jio, one of the largest telecom operators in India recently offered its users 2GB of additional data under "Jio Data Pack" free of charge valid until April 1, 2020. However, with the free high speed data plan now done and dusted, users might be on the hunt for similar paid data plans. For those users who are looking at new data plans, it has to be noted that Reliance... Read More
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