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Bala Yogesh May 9th, 2020 7:09 AM 0 COMMENTS

Apple Services Has Turned Into Crucial Component

Apple in its second quarter results of the fiscal year 2020 posted quarterly revenues of US$58.3 billion with the company reporting that its services revenues have touched a new high of US$13.3 billion. The company announced its results on April 30 with Tim Cook, CEO of Apple highlighting that its users “are depending on Apple products in renewed ways to stay connected, informed, creative, and productive.” However, the iPhone revenues... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 4th, 2020 3:27 PM 7 COMMENTS

Top Privacy Focused Browsers Available on Desktop, Android and iOS

Xiaomi on Sunday announced that it has pushed a new update to its web browsers on Google Play that enables users to turn off the aggregated data collection in the incognito mode. The company said that the new update would be available on the Mi Browser, the company’s preloaded browser on Mi devices and the Mint Browser, available to download on Google Play. Xiaomi said that the ability to turn... Read More

Bala Yogesh May 1st, 2020 4:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Maintains Average Data Consumption Per User, Voice Consumption Slides

Reliance Industries on Thursday released its fourth quarter and year ended March 2020 results with the company reporting an 40.7% rise in annual revenue of its digital services. According to the company, the digital services which includes Reliance Jio as the key component reported an standalone net profit of Rs 2331 crore during the quarter and Rs 5562 crore for the full year. The annual net profit represents an 88%... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 30th, 2020 3:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

BARC India Celebrates 5 Years of Delivering Ratings, Trai Knocks on its Doors for Revamp

The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India on Wednesday said on Twitter that it has completed five years of delivering ratings as it shared celebratory messages from its board members and industry experts. BARC India, the industry led body representing broadcasters, advertisers along with advertising and media agencies was accredited by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in 2015 to carry out television ratings in India. Meanwhile, the Telecom Regulatory... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 25th, 2020 4:57 PM 1 COMMENTS

Sports Channels Brace for Loss of Viewership in India

Sports could emerge as a huge attraction when India begins its recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown, particularly if the dates for the Indian Premier League (IPL) are announced, KMPG said in a report. The audit, tax and advisory firm said in the report released on Wednesday that the overall TV viewing has increased in India but the absence of fresh content is hurting the broadcasters. Further, the report said that... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 24th, 2020 2:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Entertainment Bundled Broadband Plans of BSNL, Airtel, Act, Hathway and Jio

People across the world are switching from traditional cable and direct-to-home (DTH) setup to subscription based video and audio streaming, Absolute Markets Insights said in a report on Tuesday. According to the company engaged in providing latest trends related to consumer demand and consumer behavior, the over-the-top (OTT) services are increasingly adopted across growing economies such as India. Further, Absolute Markets Insights said that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 23rd, 2020 8:06 PM 2 COMMENTS

JioTV Now Offering Almost Two Fold Live Channels Compared to Airtel Xstream

JioTV, the entertainment app of Reliance Jio that enables users to watch live TV channels and past seven day programs has added 9x Jhakaas and Sangeet Marathi onto its platform. With the two channel additions, the platform now carries over 688 channels across 13 genres while its key rival Airtel with its Airtel Xstream app lags behind at 380 channels. The differences between the two platforms on the high definition... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 20th, 2020 1:03 PM 2 COMMENTS

OnePlus Pulls Off ‘Brave Move’ with OnePlus 8 Series Pricing

OnePlus on Sunday announced the Indian pricing of its OnePlus 8 series smartphones with the pricing seen as “aggressive” and on the “expected” lines. The company announced that the OnePlus 8 will begin at Rs 41,999 and the base variant of OnePlus 8 Pro is priced at Rs 54,999. While the company announced its pricing of the OnePlus 8 series smartphones for the US and European markets at its launch... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 17th, 2020 6:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Platform Services of Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV in the Times of Lockdown

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in November 2019 announced its recommendations on the platform services (PS) offered by Direct-to-home (DTH) operators which included capping of such services. In its recommendations, the authority suggested that the platform services be limited to 3% of the total channel carrying capacity of an operator and to a maximum of 15 service channels. While the industry opposed the recommendations from Trai, several months... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 15th, 2020 7:46 PM 5 COMMENTS

Chennai Setting Tone for India’s Broadband Landscape

The city of Chennai has been leading the broadband landscape in India as the data consumption in the city is close to the average of developed countries. Hathway, a pan India broadband provider, said in its investor presentation for the third quarter of previous financial year that the average data consumption per consumer in Chennai is 190GB per month. The company said that the average data consumption per user in... Read More

Bala Yogesh April 14th, 2020 3:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

DTH and Cable TV STBs Cannot Be Interoperable Due to Technical and Financial Constraints: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Saturday announced that all Set-Top Boxes (STB) in India must be interoperable. The authority said that the Direct-to-Home (DTH) providers as well as multi-system operators (MSO) would be given six months from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) notification to facilitate the service. Crucially, it was said that the interoperability would be permissible within the DTH segment and within cable segment... Read More

Srikapardhi October 4th, 2018 9:04 AM 13 COMMENTS

Here Is How Jio’s Core Service Offerings Are Competitive Compared to Those of Rivals

The networks are getting stronger, the service offerings are being simplified, as the consumer use cases and consumption patterns are evolving. And yes, it is evident from the pack benefits, service and content offerings what operators are bundling at different price segments to counter the competition in the market. Now, let me get straight to the point. Agree or not, it is easy for Jio to bolster its service offerings... Read More