Amazon Prime, one of the most popular online subscription services in India, is all set to get expensive. While this is not a fresh development, there is not much time before the new increased prices kick in. Everything, including the monthly, quarterly, and annual subscriptions of the platform, is going to become expensive. On its India website, Amazon has mentioned that the monthly subscription cost will shift from Rs 129... Read More
The recent release has confirmed that Oppo is launching its ColorOS 12 Beta version based on Android 12 for more of its smartphones. ColorOS is an Android-based mobile operating system that is highly customized, efficient, intelligent, and has been designed elaborately. The OS already has more than 370 million global users and is available in more than 80 languages. The update cycle will bring in ColorOS 12 Beta version on... Read More
MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor manufacturing company powering billions of devices, has said that it is looking to expand India footprint in the coming year. 5G is going to be the next disruptive technology at scale in the coming years, and MediaTek is upbeat about enhancing India’s 5G prospects in 2022. The company plans on bringing a complete and comprehensive range including premium, flagship, and mainstream products to India in 2022.... Read More
iQOO, a subsidiary of Vivo, might be working on a new mid-range smartphone called Neo 6. This smartphone might become one of the most affordable Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC sporting devices in the world. The listing of the smartphone has been spotted in the Google Play Console. From the alleged listing, some of the specifications and other details of the smartphone are exposed. Here’s everything to know about the iQOO... Read More
Starlink, a satellite communications (satcom) company trying to provide global satellite broadband coverage plans to enter Indian territory with commercial services in 2022. The company has shared expected equipment and service cost for the Indian market. Sanjay Bhargava, India Head, Starlink, shared the cost/benefit analysis via a link in a LinkedIn post. The expected cost of the connection for the first year might go up to Rs 1,58,000 for the... Read More
Samsung Galaxy S21 Fan Edition (FE) is strongly anticipated to launch during the CES 2022 in January. CES 2022 is not very far from now (less than a month to go live). Samsung is unlikely to hold a special/standalone event for the smartphone’s launch. If you have been excited about the device and plan on purchasing it, you can get the first look at the official design of the Galaxy... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is looking to avoid a duopoly scenario of Ericsson and Nokia for 5G. The third-largest telco is looking beyond the two vendors and talking to other local and international companies/vendors for sourcing network gear. This will help the telco with being safe from overpaying to Nokia and Ericsson for the equipment. More so, Vodafone Idea would come in a strong position to negotiate prices with the two... Read More
Due to the recent tariff hikes, there has been a significant change in the prepaid plans provided by Vodafone Idea or Vi. The increased prices have resulted in a change in the 1.5GB a day data plans provided by the telco. The 1.5GB per day plans are usually sufficient for a majority of the users and Vodafone Idea provides a number of options from short term to long term for... Read More
Vodafone Idea, the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is going all out on conducting 5G trials. It is one thing to hear about how fast 5G is, but it is completely another to see the blazing-fast download and upload speeds bringing new use-cases of network technologies to life. In Pune, Maharashtra, where Vodafone Idea is already testing 5G solutions, the telco shared a live demonstration of multiple 5G speed... Read More
The recent rumours suggest that smartphone maker Xiaomi has been working on Redmi 10 2022 and Redmi 10 Prime 2022 handsets. There are various model numbers of certain devices that are being speculated to be Redmi 10 2022. Recent speculation suggests that a device with model number 22011119UY has been certified by Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It is to be noted that the model numbers 21121119SG, 22011119UY, and 21121119VL are... Read More
Much recently, the private telecom operators announced prepaid tariff hikes. In just a span of a week, all of the operators had implemented the new prices to their offerings. But the surprising thing was, the telcos had only moved ahead with the prepaid tariff hikes. The prices of the postpaid plans, at the time of writing this, are untouched! But that shouldn’t be the case for too long. According to... Read More
Private 5G networks are already helping enterprises in a variety of industries to cut costs, reduce energy use and analyse business-critical data in real-time, says Aniruddho Basu, SVP & GM of Emerging Business at Mavenir. Q1. How Should the Industry Build the Private Network Connectivity Platform in a 5G and 6G World? The concept of a private mobile network is not particularly new, as such networks first started using 4G... Read More
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Please don't give them ideas.
Do anyone get VI network in BR on band 41 or band 1, if yes then what's the speed?
I think it will be more costly than WiFi.
this won't take off at all , someone with such high income definitely lives in a city or somewhere with…
If it improves the overall quality of network, I'm all for it.
