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Bala Yogesh November 3rd, 2020 2:00 PM 4 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio ARPU Boosted by Tariff Hike But Growth Momentum Has Slowed

Motilal Oswal, an Indian diversified firm engaged in financial services in a report on Sunday said that growth momentum of Reliance Jio has slowed in its second quarter of the current financial year. Reliance Industries on Friday announced its second quarter results with the company highlighting that its subsidiary Jio Platforms registered a 7.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) improvement in its consolidated revenues. Jio Platforms is said to have registered a consolidated... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 3rd, 2020 12:50 PM 51 COMMENTS

Micromax Launches In Note 1 and In 1b, Price Starts at Rs 6,999

Micromax has made its come back with a new sub-brand ‘In’ in the smartphone market of India. The company has just launched the ‘In Note 1’ and ‘In 1b’ for the Indian users. Both the devices are very price sensitive and look to offer maximum features to the users for very less. None of the devices supports 5G connectivity though. The company has claimed that the user will get a... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 3rd, 2020 12:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Adds 5 Channels Back on its Platform

Airtel Digital TV, the third-largest direct-to-home (DTH) operator of India has added five channels back to its platform. The DTH operator has a knack of adding and removing channels depending on multiple reasons; one of them being to enhance user experience. Airtel Digital TV users will now get the service of five channels removed earlier namely Sahara Samay, Sahara Samay Bihar, Sahara Samay MP, Sahara Samay UP, and Sahara Samay... Read More

Chakri K November 3rd, 2020 10:37 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Brings Back Voice Calling Limit to Prepaid Users, Revises STV 395

After removing five prepaid STVs, BSNL is back again in the news with the revision of STV 395. With this revision, BSNL brought back the voice calling limit which it used to have on prepaid plans a couple of years ago. The revised STV 395 will have a limit of 3000 on-net minutes and 1800 off-net minutes. This is down from the unlimited voice calling benefit the telco has been... Read More

Chakri K November 3rd, 2020 9:18 AM 0 COMMENTS

Apple to Launch 3 New ARM-Based MacBooks on November 10

Cupertino giant Apple just announced a new event for November 10. The event invite highlights 'One More Thing,' hinting at a major product unveiling. Earlier this year at the WWDC 2020 virtual event, Apple announced that it would launch ARM-based MacBooks by the end of this year. In line with the schedule, the company has now sent out media invites for the same and the November 10 event could be... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 3rd, 2020 7:02 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Xstream Fiber, JioFiber Entry-Tier 100 Mbps plans Against BSNL New 100 Mbps Plan

For months now, people have been working and studying from their homes. A lot of homes have more than three to four users connected to the same Wi-Fi network which can essentially reduce the speed for each user. Thus the need for high-speed broadband plans has increased. The users can get a 100 Mbps broadband plan from several players including the top wired broadband providers such as Airtel Xstream Fiber,... Read More

Chakri K November 2nd, 2020 8:21 PM 70 COMMENTS

Airtel to Have Better Opportunity Than Jio in Grabbing Vodafone Idea Feature Phone Users: Analysts

Bharti Airtel will be the frontrunner in grabbing Vodafone Idea's feature phone users, according to analysts. Reliance Jio has been grabbing all the 2G feature phone users of Airtel and Vodafone Idea which is the prime reason behind the telco amassing 400 million subscribers in such a short period. With Reliance Jio and Google rumoured to bring the low-cost Android smartphone, it was expected that the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco would... Read More

Chakri K November 2nd, 2020 6:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Removes Rs 1,498 Prepaid STV That Offered 91GB Data for a Year

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited aka BSNL has removed the Rs 1,498 Data STV which it introduced several years ago. We have seen BSNL updating several STVs in recent years and the Rs 1,498 Data STV is also part of the same. When we last reported about the Rs 1,498 plan, it offered the customers 91GB of data without any daily or monthly limit for 365 days. The removal of Rs... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 2nd, 2020 5:01 PM 6 COMMENTS

Paytm Postpaid Reaches 7 Million Consumers, Targets 15 Million Users by March End

Paytm, one of the largest online payment platforms of the country has just announced that it has reached a milestone of 7 million users for its Postpaid service. With this, the company has also extended the Postpaid service to Android POS (point-of-sale) devices and Mini App Store. This will expand the reach of micro-credit to more payment segments in the country. Paytm has further targeted to reach the milestone of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 2nd, 2020 3:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Binge Adds SonyLIV, Now Offers OTT Content from Over 9 Platforms

According to a recent release, Tata Sky Binge has partnered up with SonyLIV, an over-the-top (OTT) content platform. This partnership will add 1,000+ hours of entertaining content from the library of SonyLIV for the Tata Sky Binge subscribers. SonyLIV will allow the subscribers to view live sports, TV shows, and other forms of entertaining content such as movies. One thing to note here is that Binge service is only available... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 2nd, 2020 2:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

OnePlus 8T OxygenOS 11.0.2.3 Update to Improve Bluetooth Stability, Optimise Intelligent 5G and More

In less than a month since launching, OnePlus 8T has got two over-the-air (OTA) updates already. The first update was rolled out a few weeks back, and it brought several improvements to the device, making the system more stable. The first update was named '11.0.1.2.KBO5DA'. Now as per a post on the community forum, OnePlus is rolling out yet another update for the OnePlus 8T named '11.0.2.3.KBO5DA' for the Indian... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 2nd, 2020 1:56 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vivo V20 SE With Snapdragon 665, 8GB RAM, 33W Flash Charge Launched in India: Price and Specifications

Vivo has just launched a new smartphone for the Indian market namely ‘Vivo V20 SE’. It is worthy to note that the Chinese smartphone manufacturer launched the V20 series just last month starting at Rs 24,990. The Vivo V20 SE is a toned-down version of V20. While the Vivo V20 comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, the Vivo V20 SE runs on Snapdragon 665. Both the Vivo V20 and... Read More