OnePlus, despite its many shortcomings lately, is a brand that Indians trust a lot. The smartphone manufacturer had officially announced its partnership with Hasselblad in 2021 for tuning the cameras of its flagship devices. However, with the OnePlus 9 series, the Hasselblad partnership only seemed like a marketing play from … Read More
The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) was set up in 2003 by the Indian government to speed up connectivity in rural and backward parts of the country. While it was set up with good intent for the nation, the fund has been sucking up telcos dry of cash for a … Read More
There are many consumers who are unhappy with the fact that their 5G smartphone supports less than five or, on certain occasions, a single 5G band. For the unaware, 5G services would be rolled out using a dynamic range of the spectrum, which would for the first time include mobile … Read More
The Government of India (GoI) has been at the front actively helping out the telecom sector, which was severely stressed due to the low average revenue per user (ARPU) and huge amounts of statutory dues at every turn. One of the biggest effects that all the help from the government … Read More
India, one of the biggest markets for telecom services with more than a billion customers still has millions of people users 2G network for communication purposes. 2G is not fit for internet browsing, but only voice calling and SMS. Even when 4G services are readily available almost everywhere, there are … Read More
The smartphone market today has intense competition. Even the companies with the most flagships and powerful smartphones are finding it difficult to retain market share. India is one market where every smartphone brand wants to excel (Google being an exception). Samsung was one of the early movers with the Android … Read More
What started as a beautiful relationship between Indians and OnePlus is now turning a little sour with the buggy experience of smartphones. With the OnePlus 7 Pro, the company stepped into the super-premium category with its smartphones crossing Rs 50,000 in MRP in India. Further, with the OnePlus 8 and … Read More
Bharti Airtel has been very careful about its branding and the message that it is sending to its customers. The telco has never focused on being only ‘affordable’ at the cost of experience. Airtel launched its new service named Airtel Black a few months back in India. Airtel Black is … Read More
2022 is going to be an exciting year for the telecom sector of India. Not just the telecom sector reforms 2.0, but many new exciting technologies will be coming to India. 5G along with satellite broadband and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL’s) 4G networks might become a reality all at … Read More
The telecom operators of India have been looked at the wrong way by some for moving ahead with tariff hikes. Many have opposed the government for coming out with reforms that helped at least one private telco save its life in the long run. Then some say that the government … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator, is in a very good position post the tariff hikes and the reforms announced by the government. Note that Airtel wasn’t in a bad position either before the sectoral reforms were introduced. The reforms have just helped the telco in strengthening its market position … Read More
The telecom operators are going to get high-quality telecom gear for cheap in the long term. This is not just because the technology will achieve scale, and with scale, high-quality stuff becomes more affordable. This will be because of all that is happening in India and what has happened already. … Read More
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