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Chakri K June 5th, 2019 7:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

Asus Barred from Selling Products Under ZEN and ZENFONE Trademarks in India

The Delhi High Court has passed a new order restraining the Taiwanese manufacturer Asus Technology from selling and advertising its phone, accessories or any other product under the trademark ZEN or ZENFONE, or any other deceptively similar trademark. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Manmohan passed this interim order following a suit for infringement filed by Telecare Network India Pvt Ltd against Asus. In the filing, Telecare Network India Pvt Ltd... Read More

Chakri K June 5th, 2019 5:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

PUBG Mobile Death Match Mode on Update 0.13.0: All You Need to Know

Last we heard about PUBG Mobile it was about the coming of the 0.13.0 update to the game which brought the Team Death Match (TDM) mode and the Godzilla: King of the monsters event to the game. Now although these new add-ons have not been extended to the stable version of the game, they are still available on the Beta version which is already being rolled out the players. Out... Read More

Chakri K June 5th, 2019 3:26 PM 32 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio in Support of Early 5G Spectrum Auction; Vodafone Idea and Airtel Urge for Price Reduction

There has been a massive divide in the opinions of telecom operators in the industry about whether or not the 5G spectrum auction should be held in 2019. A lot of the telecom operators are against it and are asking for a reduction in prices recommended by the telecom regulator, whereas some players in the industry deem the prices and the early auction as an appropriate step. A new ET... Read More

Chakri K June 5th, 2019 2:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Network Coverage Map Likely to Go Live in a Few Weeks

Trai hopes to go live, in a few weeks, with an all India coverage map on its site that will allow telecom subscribers to check the extent and strength of an operator's network coverage at a chosen location, a top official has said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had, last year, launched the beta version of the map on a limited scale - covering only two circles including... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 5th, 2019 1:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Dish TV Eyes Target of 1.4 Million Subscriber Addition in FY20

The implementation of the new tariff regime by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has upset the DTH and broadcasting industry. The new regulatory framework has changed the viewership of channels and affected ad revenues as well. Like you would expect, the new regime has also affected the subscriber addition numbers as well. Similar to other DTH operators, the largest DTH company of India Dish TV also registered a... Read More

Chakri K June 5th, 2019 12:14 PM 2 COMMENTS

Latest OxygenOS Stable Update Brings May 2019 Security Patches to OnePlus 6, 6T

OnePlus is now rolling out a stable OxygenOS update to its 2018 smartphones- the OnePlus 6 and the OnePlus 6T. The OxygenOS 9.0.6 update is rolling out to the OnePlus 6, while the OnePlus 6T is getting OxygenOS 9.0.14 version. While the version number of both smartphones differ, it brings the same features to the table. The update adds May 2019 security patches to both the smartphones alongside fixing general... Read More

Chakri K June 5th, 2019 9:43 AM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Follows Private Telcos by Removing Rs 10, Rs 20 Talk Time Plans

State-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL is making new changes to its tariff portfolio in recent times. To recall, the telco has removed several popular prepaid STVs like Rs 333, Rs 444, which offered great value for money. With all the private telcos now looking to increase their ARPU, BSNL is likely aiming for the same as it's retaining only high-end plans. As part of this move,... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 5th, 2019 7:27 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel TV App for Android Gets Dark Theme, New Navigational Changes and PiP Mode With Latest Update

In the recent times, telecom operators had a switch regarding the type of offers they want to provide to the customers. While at one point of time, data, voice and SMS were the main offerings, now most prepaid and postpaid plans are being judged based on how much free content they offer and Live TV apps make up a big part of it. One of the biggest Live TV app... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 4th, 2019 8:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Now Allows Merchants to Collect Payments Using BHIM UPI

Airtel Payments Bank has announced today that it has finally started offering open loop BHIM UPI based transactions at over 500,000 merchant points across India. This new introduction will allow the consumers to make digital payments for goods and services by using any BHIM UPI enabled bank or payments app over their mobile phones. It is worth noting that Airtel Payments Bank has been providing payments solutions to consumers to... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 4th, 2019 7:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Cricket Season Offerings You Must Know About: Rs 251 Recharge, Play Along App and Live Matches

During the Indian Premier League (IPL) season we have already seen the telecom operators provide numerous benefits to their customers. Most of these benefits were focused around providing more data to the consumers to catch the cricket action live on Live TV apps, some telecom operators were also providing games and other offers to the consumers. One telco which was most active during the cricket season was Reliance Jio, and... Read More

Chakri K June 4th, 2019 6:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus 7 Gets DC Dimming, Camera Improvements and Fnatic Mode in Its First Update

Today noon, OnePlus 7, the second in the ladder of the OnePlus series for 2019 went live for sale. After the OnePlus 7 Pro, the OnePlus 7 was the most talked about phone, and with a price tag of Rs 32,999 for the base 6GB RAM and 128GB variant, it comes as one of the best performing phones in the market right now, owing to the Snapdragon 855 SoC. Just... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 4th, 2019 3:49 PM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel Introduces Two New Circle Specific Postpaid Plans Priced at Rs 349 and Rs 399

We have seen Airtel make a huge change in its postpaid portfolio in the past few weeks. This postpaid portfolio revamp by the telecom operator was considered a massive one because it removed a lot of postpaid plans and increased the starting price of its base postpaid plan, which now starts at Rs 499. However, it was expected that a lot of customers were on the lower rung postpaid plans... Read More