India's famous Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been linked to Singapore's PayNow system. Both UPI and PayNow are built to help users send money in real time or instantly to other people. But what this integration between the two platforms would do is enable users to make international money transfers. Users in both countries would now be able to send money in real-time via a QR code or the mobile... Read More
Vodafone Idea has not been able to stop the subscriber loss for seven straight quarters now. This means the telco has been losing users for 21 months, which is just 3 months or one-quarter shy of two years. Vi has been losing out to the competition because of liquidity issues and limited investments in its networks. The telco has been unsuccessful in raising fresh funds, and that has caused a... Read More
Reliance Jio has been quite slow at adding active users compared to Bharti Airtel in the last several months. November 2022 was a shock for the industry as Jio lost 2 million active users MoM (month-over-month). Along with that, in Dec 2022, when Airtel added close to 6 million active users, Jio added only 3 million active users. The slow rate at which Jio is adding active users is not... Read More
Reliance Jio has just launched 5G network services in 20 more cities in India. With this launch, the total number of 5G cities has reached 277 for Jio within the country. The latest launch has taken place in several states in the country. Reliance Jio has covered different parts of the country in this launch, including South and North. The telco is offering 5G at no additional cost to the... Read More
POCO C55 has debuted in India for Rs 9499. There are two memory variants of the device that we will come to later. The smartphone is an affordable 4G device meant for users looking to upgrade from feature phones to smartphones. The device is powered by an entry-level MediaTek Helio chipset and boasts a large HD+ display. It will be available in India in three colours - Cool Blue, Power... Read More
OnePlus 11R 5G is going to go on pre-orders from tomorrow, i.e., February 21, 2023. The device sits as an upgrade over the OnePlus 10R 5G, which was introduced in 2022. OnePlus 11R 5G made its debut in India at the Cloud 11 launch event on February 7, 2023. While it is not the flagship smartphone of OnePlus for 2023, it does come with many great specifications and features that... Read More
The Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) has congratulated the Chandigarh UT administration for its notification of the Chandigarh RoW (Right of Way) policy for telecom infrastructure (amendment). The amended policy will ensure that the 5G rollout takes place at a faster rate in the state. The policy focuses on reducing the timeline from 60 days to 40 days, providing deemed approval, and eliminating the requirement for prior permission to install... Read More
Retail Roaming revenues will increase for the global telecom market in the coming few years. According to a new study from Juniper Research, retail roaming revenues will grow from $10 billion USD in 2022 to $19 billion USD by 2027. The growth will be aided by an increase both in the number of 5G roaming subscribers across key international travel corridors between Asia Pacific, Europe and North America and data... Read More
Broadband India Forum (BIF) has just announced that it has appointed Aruna Sundararajan, a retired IAS officer and the former telecom secretary, the Department of Telecommunications as the new chairperson with immediate effect. Sundararajan is one of the most respected figures in the telecom industry in India. She accepted the organisation's offer to chair the forum and guide it in its mission to improve affordable broadband penetration across India. Sundararajan... Read More
The GSM Association (GSMA) has again said that India should see the 6 GHz spectrum band as the next step for providing 5G to consumers. The body, which represents hundreds of telecom operators across the world, including Jio, Airtel and Vi, said that the 6 GHz mid-band spectrum is important to meet the needs for 5G expansion. In a letter to the union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, GSMA said that... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked the telecom operators in India to improve the quality of services (QoS) urgently. TRAI met with the telcos on Friday and asked them to take urgent steps to "demonstrate visible improvement in quality of service,". TRAI asked the telcos to analyse the issue of call muting and one-way speech so that corrective action could be taken on priority. Many consumers in... Read More
Tecno has launched the Tecno Pop 7 Pro in India. The smartphone has been priced very low to ensure that it is a device that is affordable for almost anyone. The device has a dual-camera setup and comes with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. It also packs a big battery to ensure that the device can last more than a day on a single charge. Not only... Read More
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