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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
As on 31, May 2018 – the total number of Wired Broadband Subscribers is 1.794 crore (17.94 Million) in India. While the numbers of wired connectivity subscribers are not impressive, being optimistic is the first quality to achieve a target or conquer a business. Wired broadband is an under-penetrated market in India, be it for demographic limitations, user requirements, expenditure or expansion constraints. Wired broadband subscribers are less when compared... Read More
I strongly believe mobile connectivity services are essential for the development of our country as they keep us connected on the go with the rest of the globe. In an era of exponential digital growth backed by mobile broadband connectivity, just the voice/SMS offering alone cannot serve the purpose, that said yesterday, even volumetric data offerings today are not enough to cater the needs of growing consumer demands or keep... Read More
Seldom we get a chance to experience device insurance claim services and share opinions. Who in reality wishes to experience them or even think of those nightmares? Certainly not anyone. In one such a rare incident, I happened to experience the device damage claim services provided as a part of 'Airtel Mobile Secure.' I never happened to slip a device from my hands nor claimed damage to any smart device.... Read More
They Say "The intensity of the pain can't be felt unless or until experienced." While the layoffs have been happening for a while, few days back a HR Services Company floated a report whose gist is something as titled "Telecom to lose more jobs; on course to cull 90,000 more." If you read the piece of news carefully, the entire scenario is put forward in a raw manner, but who... Read More
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