Tata Sky announced on Tuesday that it would offer 12 of its services free for users during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The company, a product of Tata Sons, had earlier announced that its Tata Sky Fitness service channel would be offered for free for one month. It has to be noted that Tata Sons had committed Rs 1000 crores to tackle the COVID-19 situation while its chairman Ratan Tata through... Read More
The Indian telecom operators are doing their best to maintain the uptime of networks which lets everybody in need of the network to access it, the director of Cellular Association of India (COAI) Rajan Mathews said. COAI, the industry body for telecom operators like Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea, has urged users to use their data more responsibly while pushing the government to issue additional spectrum. COAI has also... Read More
The monthly data usage of an average user is currently high due to the high allowance and that an user’s actual requirement could be much lower, ICICI Securities says. According to the report released on Monday by ICICI Securities on the Indian telecom sector, the comments made by telecom operators on floor prices are “quite encouraging.” The telecom operators called for a five times hike on data prices along with... Read More
More Indian Cable TV operators could be launching an Android Set-Top Box (STB) or an Android TV dongle in 2020, according to the data available on Android TV Guide. With most DTH operators offering an Android TV STB, the Indian Cable TV operators could offer their own Android STB or an Android TV dongle to counter their DTH peers. The Android STB provides a one stop solution as it enables the... Read More
Reliance Jio has announced that its double data offer for all its JioFiber customers and its free basic broadband connectivity plan for certain regions in India are now live. The Mukesh Ambani-owned company said it would be offering double data to all its existing JioFiber users with the additional data available on existing recharges as well. Further, the company also said it would be offering basic broadband connectivity capped at 10... Read More
Realme announced on Saturday that it is rolling out Android 10 based Realme UI for its Realme X2 and the Realme X2 Pro devices. The company said that the update will be rolled out in batches and that users need to be on the latest update to receive the Realme UI. The company released the midrange Realme X2 and its budget premium sibling Realme X2 Pro in 2019 with both phones... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked the country’s telecom operators including BSNL, Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea to extend the validity of prepaid numbers, ET Telecom reports. Trai is said to have sent a letter to the telecom operators on March 29 in a move that could aid 800 million users during the COVID-19 lockdown. The publication said that the Trai has noted in its letter... Read More
Reliance Jio on Sunday announced that its customers can recharge their prepaid mobile numbers at an ATM of several participating banks. The company announced the new recharge facility through a tweet, providing an additional way for its customers to stay connected during the COVID-19 lockdown. The facility to recharge a prepaid number is said to be available in nine participating banks across India. Jio said that the customers need to... Read More
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) announced on Saturday that it will offer four pay TV channels free for next two months and that it will support the government's fight against COVID-19 outbreak. The announcement from IBF comes in the midst of the country being placed under 21 day lockdown due to COVID-19 with broadcasting networks facing uncertainty owing to potential impact on advertising revenues. Despite the bleak situation surrounding the... Read More
With Indian government announcing a 21-day lockdown that is in place till April 14 due to Covid-19, several brands including OnePlus, Huawei, Realme and Oppo have extended warranty services for their devices. The lockdown move from the Indian government meant to contain the spread of the Coronavirus has resulted in the shutdown of non essential services along with the movement of citizens. Several other countries have also imposed lockdowns and... Read More
Tata Sky Broadband might soon be launching landline services for its customers as the company has been teasing the service on its website. According to the company’s website, Tata Sky’s upcoming landline service could offer unlimited free calling for its broadband users. Founded in 2015, Tata Sky Broadband is a subsidiary of Tata Sky Limited with its service being offered in 20 cities and towns across India. Broadband operators like... Read More
OnePlus on Friday announced on Twitter that the Always-on Display (AOD) feature is “on the roadmap” indicating that the feature might start arriving on OnePlus phones shortly. OnePlus users have been asking for the always-on display for a while now with the latest request being submitted on OnePlus IDEAS portal. The post has received more than 999 likes and the OnePlus team on Friday confirmed that the feature is “now... Read More
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