Motilal Oswal Financial Services on Thursday said that the 5G deployment in India for commercial use is “still more than a couple of years away.” The firm in a report said that the extended timeframe for 5G is due to multiple factors such as “spectrum availability” and that the “ecosystem development would take much longer.” The report is on the heels of Bharti Airtel announcing that it has become the... Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday said that the company brings the “same world-class privacy features” to WhatsApp and Messenger. Zuckerberg said that the “biggest difference between Messenger and WhatsApp is, obviously, the connection to Facebook and the kind of same identity” that people use on Facebook carries over to Messenger. Crucially, Zuckerberg also said that the company has “a lot of competitors who... Read More
Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster on Friday invited applications for the allotment of vacant MPEG-2 slots on DD Free Dish, the free Direct-to-Home (DTH) service. According to the notice issued by Prasar Bharati, the vacant MPEG-2 slots on the DD Free Dish are to be allotted through the third annual e-auction scheduled to be held from February 22, 2021. The public service broadcaster said that the slots won through... Read More
Samsung Electronics on Monday announced that the Galaxy Tab S7 and the Tab S7+ users can now do “even more” with their devices as the company is rolling out its latest One UI 3 update. The company said that the latest One UI 3 software update for the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ devices will “enhance” the “connected experiences” with the recently launched Galaxy S21 series. In early December,... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India is set to eye “new growth engines” as its subscriber additions “continue to languish,” Motilal Oswal said in a report on Sunday. The report is on the heels of Reliance Industries on Friday announcing its third quarter financial results for the period ended December 31, 2020. Reliance Industries said that its wholly owned subsidiary Jio Platforms registered a 5.3% increase in consolidated... Read More
Tejas Networks, a Bengaluru based company engaged in the “high performance and cost competitive” products in the telecommunications space on Wednesday said that it expects 5G rollouts in India to begin in 2022. The company in its investor presentation highlighted that the roll out of 5G in the country will aid in “expediting fiberization of cell towers.” Tejas Networks on Wednesday also reported its third quarter financial results with the... Read More
The Chief Operating Officer and Chief Product Officer of Netflix, Gregory Peters, in the fourth quarter earnings call on Tuesday said “there’s a lot of interest amongst” users in India to “try” its platform. Netflix, an American Over-the-Top (OTT) platform on Tuesday reported its fourth quarter financial results with the company announcing that it now has over 200 million paid users. Peters in the earnings call said that “millions of... Read More
India dropped one spot on both the Speedtest Global Index for mobile and fixed broadband in December, 2020, Ookla data reveals. According to the data released by Ookla on Tuesday, Qatar and Thailand clinched the top spots on the Speedtest Global Index for mobile and fixed broadband index respectively. The company behind the Speedtest platform highlights that the data for its Index “comes from the hundreds of millions of tests... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Monday announced the launch of the international prepaid roaming facility with cellular operators in five countries including France and Sweden. According to multiple releases by the BSNL Chennai circle, the international prepaid roaming facility unveiled by the operator on Monday will be applicable to the BSNL prepaid users in the Chennai circle. In its releases, the state-run operator highlighted that its prepaid users can... Read More
ICICI Direct, one of the largest retail brokers and financial product distributors in India on Monday said that the “growth momentum” in the broadband segment continued for GTPL Hathway. The firm in a report highlighted that GTPL Hathway registered over 50,000 new broadband users during the quarter ended December 31, 2020. GTPL Hathway, a leading Digital Cable TV and broadband service provider in India on Wednesday announced the financial results... Read More
Reliance Jio along with Bharti Airtel registered a dip in download speeds in December, 2020, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the data released by Trai on its MySpeed portal, Reliance Jio, the largest wireless operator in India registered a 20.2 Mbps average download speed in December. In comparison, the Trai data highlights that the largest wireless operator in India registered an 20.8 Mbps average download... Read More
HSBC Global Research in a report on Monday said that it expects Bharti Airtel to invest Rs 9800 crores in the upcoming spectrum auction. The independent research firm with a “strong focus” on the emerging markets said that it doesn’t expect the wireless operators to purchase the entire spectrum set for renewal. HSBC also said that Airtel is set to witness an improvement in its average revenue per user (ARPU)... Read More
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