November 27th, 2019 1:06 PM 29 COMMENTS

Trai Might Want Subscribers to Keep Paying 6 Paise Per Minute IUC for Two More Years

The telecom industry has been caught in a bit of tussle right now, and as is the case with any business, the effects of the industry are making their way to the consumers as well. Here, we are talking about some of the reeling changes that the telecom industry is seeing in the latest turn of events. The first of them happens to be the tariff hike which will begin... Read More

November 27th, 2019 11:29 AM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy S10 Likely to Get Android 10 Update in January 2020

Samsung may start pushing the Android 10 update to its 2019 high-end smartphones in January 2020. Samsung Israel has notified users via Samsung Members app on when the phones will get Android 10 update. Every year, Samsung releases roadmap for the latest iteration of Android 10, but this year, the company has stayed silent. Now, it has revealed the Android 10 update roadmap for Galaxy devices. Even the high-end Samsung... Read More

November 27th, 2019 9:33 AM 0 COMMENTS

Multi TV Users of Dish TV and D2h Pay Less NCF Charges Compared to Other DTH Operators

Dish TV India, along with D2h, is currently offering the cheapest Network Capacity Fee (NCF) for Multi TV connections. Back when the new tariff regime was introduced, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said it's up to the DTH operators whether to provide any discount on NCF for secondary connections. While Tata Sky is not providing any such discount, Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV and D2h came up with... Read More

November 27th, 2019 6:30 AM 1 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Prepaid Plans Above Rs 500, Are They Worth the Price

When it comes to buying data packs which offer affordable data, impressive validity and other benefits, there is one telecom operator which comes to the minds of people, and it is the Mukesh Ambani led telco Reliance Jio. The telco offers some of the best-prepaid plans in the industry when it comes to data, albeit with the new introduction of the IUC based charges, the attractiveness of the Reliance Jio... Read More

November 26th, 2019 8:27 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Unlimited Combo Prepaid Plans Under Rs 300 Offer Up to 70 Days Validity and 70GB Data

Vodafone is currently offering several unlimited combo prepaid plans to the customers across various circles. These Unlimited Combo plans from Vodafone bundle data, voice calling and SMS benefits for a certain period. Unlike Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, Vodafone is not offering any prepaid plan queuing facility which is a bummer to many users. In fact, Idea is providing prepaid plan queuing to its prepaid users, but not Vodafone. With... Read More

November 26th, 2019 7:20 PM 2 COMMENTS

MediaTek Launches New Dimensity 1000 Series Chipset With 5G, AI and Better Imaging Capabilities

As the world of smartphones is slowly progressing towards the implementation of the fifth-generation network technology, the hardware inside the smartphones is also growing in technology to match the innovation and technological progress. An imperative requirement for any smartphone to support any kind of network is to have a modem which is supported by the particular chipset, which means that now the smartphones are starting to come with 5G modems... Read More

November 26th, 2019 5:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel, Tata Sky and Other Broadband Companies Offering Most Affordable 100 Mbps Plans

While the industry has been filled with the chatter of 1 Gbps speed plans, there is no dearth of operators offering plans which come with 100 Mbps speed. While the plans with 1 Gbps speed do sound a lot fancy, the truth with most consumers is that they are not likely to require such high speeds for their day to day usage. With the common usage being streaming of services... Read More

November 26th, 2019 5:24 PM 4 COMMENTS

MIUI 11: Dynamic Video Wallpaper, Activity Tracking and Other Key Features Detailed

Xiaomi is the top smartphone manufacturer when it comes to budget and mid-range devices. The company is so popular in India that any room that we walk into, chances are that we are going to find a Xiaomi user. With that being said, Xiaomi also equips its phones with its customised ROM, which is MIUI. Now, as Xiaomi phones are immensely popular amongst smartphone users, MIUI also holds high regard... Read More

November 26th, 2019 3:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sun Direct SD+ and HD+ Set-Top Box Prices Now Start at Rs 1,799, Competes With Dish TV and D2h

Sun Direct is now offering its Set-Top Boxes at a starting price of Rs 1,799. Sun Direct, which is the popular DTH service provider across South Indian states, is currently offering two types of Set-Top Boxes to the customers. Similar to other DTH operators, Sun Direct has an SD+ Set-Top Box and a premium HD+ Set-Top Box, priced at Rs 1,799 and Rs 1,999, respectively. Right now, Airtel Digital TV... Read More

November 26th, 2019 1:54 PM 56 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Airtel Troubles Set to Increase as Government Says No to More Relief

The one thing that the telecom operators desperately need right now in the industry is financial support from the government in the form of relief. The two telecom operators which are in the worst possible shape right now are Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. These two telecom operators are also the ones that owe the most dues in the name of license fees and Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC) which amount... Read More

November 26th, 2019 12:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio No Longer Offering Preview Offer to New JioFiber Users

Reliance Jio is currently focussing on adding more JioFiber customers across the country. Up until now, Reliance Jio offered 'Preview Offer' to the customers in various locations, but that has ended now as every new JioFiber user will have to choose a paid plan to avail the services. In addition, existing JioFiber users who are on the Preview Offer are being migrated to paid plans and the company is even... Read More

November 26th, 2019 11:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Removes Semi-Annual and Annual Channel Packs for New Connections

Tata Sky has competed hard in the DTH industry, which has itself remained competitive in the last few months because of the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime. The DTH operator has also surpassed Dish TV, which was the former market leader to now boast of the largest subscriber market share. This means that Tata Sky has successfully managed to make the customers like its offerings just enough. In... Read More

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