January 23rd, 2020 7:20 AM 1 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Broadband and BSNL Both Offer 100 Mbps Plans But Only One Has Unlimited Data

If there is one industry which was filled with multiple changes, launches and offers last year, then it was the wired broadband industry in India. In the run-up to the launch of Reliance Jio’s FTTH service, all the other broadband service providers also geared up and launched their own attractive offerings for the public. As a result, now we have an industry full of flourishing new plans and the consumers... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 6:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Suggests Unbundling of Infrastructure to Ease Situation of Telcos

The telecom industry has been under massive distress. The latest in the list of financial burdens over the telecom industry is the Rs 1.47 lakh crore dues which the telecom companies have to pay to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for license fees, Spectrum Usage charges (SUC) and more. However, all of this has also got the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) worried as well. The sector regulator which... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 6:04 PM 1 COMMENTS

How to Make Calls from JioFiber Using Both Landline and Smartphone via JioFixedVoice

Reliance Jio launched its JioFiber Fibre to the Home service in India last year. The launch of this service was a much-awaited one. Now to increase the attractiveness of its offering, Reliance Jio did not merely come up with a fibre connection and a data offering. Combined with this, Reliance Jio also started shipping more things with a JioFiber connection. There is obviously the very popular Jio Set-Top Box which... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 4:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro Pays a Visit to Geekbench With Snapdragon 865 and 8GB of RAM

Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro will go official very soon as the phone has made its first appearance on a benchmarking portal. A few weeks ago, the Redmi K30 with Snapdragon 765G chipset went official in China, but the company did not reveal anything about the Redmi K30 Pro. The Redmi K30 Pro was earlier rumoured to come out in early March with the flagship chipset. And this launch timeline seems... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 2:59 PM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches Rs 558 Prepaid Recharge With 56 Days Validity and 168GB Data Benefit

Following the footsteps of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone also introduced a Rs 558 prepaid recharge. Before the tariff revision, Vodafone used to offer a Rs 569 prepaid plan, but it has been removed by the telco in December. However, the same plan has made a comeback with reduced validity and price. Vodafone is shipping 3GB daily data with this plan and the validity is 56 days. In contrast, Airtel is also... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 2:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Could Soon Become a Totally Foreign Entity With New Investments

The telecom companies in India are in desperate need for cash flow and investment. Some of the biggest telcos in India, including Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, are facing a financial crunch due to the AGR dues which were also the reason for the massive losses of the telecom companies in the last quarter. However, for the Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, things might start to look... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 11:01 AM 3 COMMENTS

WhatsApp for Android Beta Finally Gets Dark Theme, Here’s Your First Look

WhatsApp is finally getting the much-awaited dark theme functionality with the latest beta update. WhatsApp Beta for Android v2.20.13 comes with Dark Theme facility, which can be enabled via the app settings manually. After updating to the latest beta version, WhatsApp users can spot the new 'Theme' option under Chats section in the app Settings page. WhatsApp has been working on the Dark Theme feature ever since Google announced Android... Read More

January 22nd, 2020 9:06 AM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL Adding Subscribers Despite No 4G Network But Losing Wired Broadband Customers

Apart from Reliance Jio in the Indian telecom market, the only operator to add new subscribers over the last three years was state-run BSNL. Thanks to the aggressive approach, Reliance Jio added more than five million new users every month since its launch, which made it the leading telecom operator in just 3.5 years. Coming back to BSNL, it has been adding at least one lakh new users every month... Read More

January 21st, 2020 7:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Launches Mi Router 4C With Wi-Fi Optimisation and More Features for Rs 999

Whenever you have to buy electronics gadgets, there is one brand that you can certainly trust, and that is Xiaomi. The brand has come far from its image of only being a smartphone company and has now solidified its position as a consumer electronics brand with tons of products on the shelves. Now in a new launch, Xiaomi has debuted a new router in India which the Mi Router 4C.... Read More

January 21st, 2020 7:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV Merger Talks in Hold Yet Again Over Deal Structure

Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV merger talks have been 'stalled' yet again. To counter Reliance Jio and Tata Sky in the broadcasting sector, the second and third largest DTH operators in the country have been in talks of merging operations. However, for the second time, we are hearing the talks are put in the hold between the two parties over the deal structure. A new Bloomberg report says Dish... Read More

January 21st, 2020 5:20 PM 20 COMMENTS

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon 720G, 662 and 460 Chipsets in India: Everything You Need to Know

Qualcomm unveiled three new chipsets for the Indian market today. The chipmaker is already going great guns when it comes to 5G, but in India, we may not see telcos launching 5G network this year. This forced Qualcomm to launch three new 4G chipsets for India. The three chipsets in question are Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, Snapdragon 662 and the Snapdragon 460. At the launch event in New Delhi, Qualcomm confirmed... Read More

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