About the author: Chakri is a go-to guy for your next smartphone recommendation. Back in his engineering days, he used to play with smartphones by installing custom ROMs and that passion got him into the tech industry. He still goes nuts about a smartphone knocking his door for review. Currently managing everything at Telecom Talk, Chakri is trying to master PUBG Mobile in his free time.

April 17th, 2017 1:47 PM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel Secure Launched to Take on JioSecurity, But With Much Better Features

Airtel is looking to combat Reliance Jio in every possible way. After offering stiff competition to Jio in tariff plans, the country's largest telecom network has now launched a portal, `Airtel Secure' to compete with the JioSecurity application. However, with the JioSecurity application, you can just protect your device from any malware or threats. But, with Airtel Secure, the company is offering more benefits such as mobile repair service, cloud... Read More

April 17th, 2017 7:38 AM 67 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Ended the Streak of Profits for Incumbent Telecom Operators With Its Competitive Tariff Plans

The entire Indian telecom segment is baffled with the launch of Reliance Jio 4G services. What started as a 'Welcome Offer' is now converted to 'Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan' offer providing similar benefits to the consumers of India. However, with its aggressive moves and free 4G services, the Mukesh Ambani's company has impacted the incumbent telecom firms revenue by a huge margin. According to a recent report from brokerage CLSA,... Read More

April 16th, 2017 6:57 PM 16 COMMENTS

MTNL Announces Two New Broadband Plans at Rs. 299 and Rs. 399 with 4 Mbps Download Speeds in Mumbai

State-run telecom service provider, Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) has announced two new promotional broadband plans of Rs. 299 and Rs. 399 for the residents of Mumbai. Both the schemes offer almost similar benefits, but the Rs. 299 plan doesn't offer any free voice calling with it. As the plans are offered on a promotional basis, they will be valid only for 90 days. After the 90-day period, the company... Read More

April 16th, 2017 12:33 PM 7 COMMENTS

Motorola is Bringing Back the 3.5mm Headphone Jack With the Moto Z2 Force Reveals New Video

It's already a known fact that Motorola is working on the next generation Moto Z series smartphone, and rumours, for now, claim the smartphone as Moto Z2. Just a couple of days ago, a press render of the Moto Z2 was posted online, but it did not reveal any details about the phone except the design from the front. Android Authority, today posted a 360-degree video of the Moto Z2... Read More

April 15th, 2017 4:49 PM 233 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Operators Aggressive Data Pricing Is Only Helping Consumers in the Long Run

Reliance Jio has disrupted the market yet again by offering long validity data plans at affordable prices and also by making other operators to match its offers. When Reliance Jio announced its Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, we predicted that other telecom operators would provide plans that match Jio's offers in coming days. As expected, incumbent operators such as Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have come up with their long... Read More

April 15th, 2017 12:27 PM 62 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Offer Free Data for One More Month; Affordable International Roaming Plans Announced

Bharti Airtel has started sending out emails to its loyal customers saying that it will offer free data for one more month via the MyAirtel app to make its customers holidays even better. Back in March, Airtel offered free data to all its postpaid customers to celebrate the India’s fastest network label given by Ookla. With this addition, Airtel is now offering free data for four months. The company’s CEO,... Read More

April 15th, 2017 11:55 AM 2 COMMENTS

Android 7.1.1 Nougat Update for Nokia 6 Now Rolling Out Ahead of Its Global Release

The Nokia 6 is yet to reach several markets, but ahead of the global launch in May, the smartphone is receiving a new Android Nougat update that takes it to latest version 7.1.1. HMD Global, Nokia’s parent company, launched the Nokia 6 in China in January but announced the global roll-out of the phone only at the MWC 2017 event. At the same event, HMD promised that they would roll... Read More

April 15th, 2017 6:27 AM 22 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Partners With Vivo to Offer Up to 168GB of Free Data, but There’s a Catch

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio gets into a partnership with the Indian Premium League (IPL) sponsor and Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo and announces ‘Vivo Jio Cricket Mania,’ for the ongoing 10th edition of IPL. Under this new offer, Jio is providing up to 168GB of free data for the users of Vivo smartphone. Do make a note that the offer is valid only for Vivo smartphone users. Customers who own a... Read More

April 14th, 2017 3:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

BHIM Aadhar Service is the Indian Government’s Payment Solution for Non-Smartphone Users

Back on November 8, 2016, our honourable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi announced the devaluation of high-valued notes (Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000), which accounted in a huge cash crunch situation across the country. Narendra Modi made this move to fight against corruption in the country, and that's a good move. To compete with the private digital payment services, Indian Government announced the BHIM app based on the Unified Payments Interface... Read More

April 14th, 2017 2:36 PM 4 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Officially Confirmed to Launch in India on April 19

Samsung has finally opened up on the launch date of its flagship phones- the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in India. The South Korean giant has fixed the date as April 19 to launch both the phones in the country. Samsung confirmed the news through Twitter, and the company has already started taking preorders for the phone through Samsung India website. To recall, Samsung launched both the flagship phones at an... Read More

April 14th, 2017 2:17 PM 3 COMMENTS

Freshly Leaked Xiaomi Mi 6 Images Confirm the Lack of 3.5mm Headphone Jack

Of late, a day doesn’t seem to pass without at least, one leak about the Xiaomi Mi 6 flagship phone. While Xiaomi officially started teasing the phone in China confirming various specs such as dual lens rear camera, rumours leak other features of the phone as well. Xiaomi, in a teaser, confirmed that the phone would come with the dual rear camera setup and a curved design on both front... Read More

April 14th, 2017 11:49 AM 130 COMMENTS

Airtel to Introduce A Slew of New Plans Ranging from Rs. 244 to Rs. 1,198 with Unlimited Calls and Data

Slowly, all the telecom operators in the country are responding to Jio’s Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, and the first one in the list is Airtel. Yesterday, we reported that Airtel has started offering unlimited calls and 1GB data per day at just Rs. 399 for segmented users. In that article, though, we mentioned only two offers. But, Airtel has more plans under its sleeves ranging from Rs. 244 to Rs.... Read More

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