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Chakri K February 7th, 2020 2:35 PM 5 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Pay To Launch in India, Digital Payment Platform Approved by NPCI

WhatsApp will finally be able to roll out its digital payments platform WhatsApp Pay in India, after securing a key regulatory approval. The company has been trying to launch its payment feature for two years now. WhatsApp was granted a license to operate its UPI based payment service by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an RBI official told Business Standard. The NCPI’s approval comes days after clearance from India’s... Read More

Chakri K February 7th, 2020 1:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Krishii Fiber 250 Mbps Unlimited Broadband Plan Costs Rs 1,500 per Month

Krishiinet is one of the local broadband service providers in Chennai city. Besides the popular broadband operators like Airtel Xstream Fibre, Reliance JioFiber and BSNL, there are various local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across several cities, and Krishiinet is one of them. Krishiinet recently launched Fibre broadband plans and they are called Krishii Fiber plans. Available at a starting price of Rs 400, Krishii Fiber plans offer a minimum of... Read More

Chakri K February 7th, 2020 12:31 PM 2 COMMENTS

Prolonged Coronavirus Epidemic to Stifle Indian Telecom Operations: 30% Rise in Network Gear Costs

Network gear procurement costs in India will rise by at least 23-30% if China fails to contain the coronavirus epidemic within one month. Airtel, Vodafone Idea have expressed concerns saying they could face hiccups on network maintenance front as scores of Chinese technicians will become unavailable if the raging epidemic continues. The telecom sector being a 24x7 service industry requires a continuous supply of network gear as per an official... Read More

Chakri K February 7th, 2020 11:41 AM 1 COMMENTS

New Tata Sky Users Can No Longer Opt for SD Set-Top Box

Tata Sky has discontinued the Standard Definition or SD Set-Top Box for new connections. Just a couple of days ago, we reported that Tata Sky has the most number of Set-Top Boxes right now and the number used to be five until now. Tata Sky has removed the SD Set-Top Box option which brings down the number count to four. After the recent price cut on HD Set-Top Box, Tata... Read More

Chakri K February 7th, 2020 9:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy A50s Now Starts at Rs 17,499 After Price Cut

Right after the launch of Galaxy A51 in India, Samsung has slashed the prices of its predecessor, the Galaxy A50s. The Samsung Galaxy A50s, which made its debut in India four months ago, has now received its second permanent price cut. The Galaxy A50s is amongst the best-selling sub-Rs 20,000 devices in India, thanks to some key features like Super AMOLED display, in-display fingerprint scanner, 48MP triple camera setup and... Read More

Chakri K February 7th, 2020 6:52 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 2,999 Bharat Fibre Broadband Plan Launched With 2TB Data Benefit

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a new Bharat Fibre plan of Rs 2,999 in select circles. In Chennai and Tamil Nadu telecom circles, BSNL is now offering the Rs 2,999 FTTH broadband plan under Bharat Fibre branding. Benefits of the new Bharat Fibre plan include 2000GB or 2TB data limit per month, 100 Mbps speeds, unlimited voice calling to any network within India and Amazon Prime subscription worth... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 7:39 PM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL Seeks Telecom Infrastructure in the Red Corridor Region

State-owned telecom operator BSNL has sought the intervention of the Department of Telecommunications to allow them to go ahead with the advanced phase of infrastructure deployment in Left Wing extremism affected states. BSNL’s Chairman Pravin Kumar Purwar in a letter to telecom secretary Anshu Prakash said the mega project should be awarded to BSNL on a nomination basis instead of giving it to private players. In May 2019, the Ministry... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 6:47 PM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel and Jio Wi-Fi Calling Rolled Out to Multiple Nokia Smartphones

HMD Global today enabled VoWi-Fi feature on a plethora of Nokia smartphones in India. In December 2019, Airtel rolled out its Wi-Fi Calling service in select circles, which was followed by Reliance Jio in January 2020. Now, both Airtel and Reliance Jio are offering VoWi-Fi or Wi-Fi Calling service across all the 22 telecom circles, and it works on any broadband service provider. However, the list of supported handsets is... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 4:52 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Drops Idea Nirvana Brand, All Postpaid Plans Now Offered Under Vodafone RED

Vodafone Idea on Thursday announced a move to consolidate all its postpaid customers under the Vodafone RED plans. The company in a statement said all its postpaid service and products will now be offered under the Vodafone RED branding. This move will initially start in Mumbai circle and will be rolled out all over India in the next few months. This means all new postpaid customers will be directly onboarded... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 3:37 PM 7 COMMENTS

JioTV+ App Brings Live TV Channels and OTT Content Together for Jio Set-Top Box Users

Reliance Jio started offering free Jio Set-Top Box to its existing users as well as new customers of its JioFiber broadband service, following the launch of tariff plans. The Jio STB is an Android-based media streaming player and comes with a Bluetooth based remote control, and HDMI and Ethernet connection ports. JioFiber STB comes with preinstalled streaming apps such as JioTV+, HotStar, Voot, ZEE5 and SunNXT to stream Live TV... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 2:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

New Motorola One 2020 Flagship Series With Qualcomm 5G Chip & Waterfall Display to Launch at MWC

Motorola is planning to launch a new flagship smartphone range known as Motorola One 2020 series. A report by XDA developers reveals two flagship-grade smartphones from Motorola that will be launched alongside Moto G series at the upcoming Mobile World Congress tech show in Barcelona. The latest flagship devices from the Lenovo-owned brand will now feature edge to edge wrap around curved screens with 90Hz refresh rate. The devices will... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 1:03 PM 1 COMMENTS

Realme C3 Launches in India With MediaTek Helio G70 SoC and Up to 4GB RAM, Prices Start at Rs 6,999

Realme C3 is now official in India with features like MediaTek Helio G70 SoC, up to 4GB of RAM and a 5000mAh battery. The Realme C3 comes as a successor to the Realme C2 which made its debut back in January 2019, so it's an overdue upgrade. Nevertheless, the phone is finally launched and it takes on the Redmi 8A. However, Xiaomi just announced that it would be launching the... Read More