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Chakri K June 8th, 2018 1:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Floats a Tender to Install 5 Lakh Wi-Fi Hotspots Across Gram Panchayats Within 2018

While the government is aiming to provide broadband connectivity across Gram Panchayats in the country, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has now floated a tender to install over five lakh Wi-Fi hotspots across gram panchayats by the end of 2018. The estimated cost of this project is Rs 4,000 crore. "This document intends to outline a high level approach for implementation of Wi-Fi hotspots or any other suitable broadband technology... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 8th, 2018 12:58 PM 21 COMMENTS

Jio Supports Trai Decision of Scraping IUC While Other Telcos Convey Disappointment

Mukesh Ambani led telco Reliance Jio Infocomm has backed the Trai decision, whereby the regulator has decided to cut down the Interconnection Usage Charge (IUC). The telco says that this move will remove the “artificial tariff hurdle” and will be a good step towards the adoption of new technologies like VoLTE. In its annual report, Jio said that the IUC cut “…not only removes the artificial tariff hurdle with floor... Read More

Chakri K June 8th, 2018 11:39 AM 3 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Starts Recruiting MIUI 10 Global ROM Testers

Xiaomi, at an event yesterday in India, announced the Global ROM of MIUI 10. The Chinese company stated that the Global Beta ROM of MIUI 10 would be made available to some devices this month itself. And now, the company has posted a blog post for the recruitment of MIUI 10 Beta Team- Global. Xiaomi has already recruited the team for testing the China ROM, but the Global Beta team... Read More

Chakri K June 8th, 2018 10:22 AM 1 COMMENTS

BlackBerry KEY2 Announced With Android Oreo and Snapdragon 660

BlackBerry has unveiled the successor to last year's BlackBerry KEYone smartphone with improvements to the design and hardware. For the most part, the BlackBerry KEY2 remains the same as KEYone, but BlackBerry has taken the feedback it received for the KEYone and implemented the same on the KEY2. For example, the keyboard is 20% larger on the KEY2 when compared to the KEYone, which itself is a big deal for... Read More

Chakri K June 7th, 2018 8:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Sony Xperia XZ3 to Come With Snapdragon 845 SoC, Expected to Launch at IFA 2018

Sony debuted the Xperia XZ2 at the MWC 2018. Following that launch, Sony is now working on the successor to the previous device, which is the Xperia XZ3. The phone is also expected to make its way to IFA 2018, in Berlin Germany. The highlight of this new phone by Sony is the top-end Snapdragon 845 which this device is going to run under the hood. Apart from this, the... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 7th, 2018 7:06 PM 2 COMMENTS

Now UIDAI Will Allow Aadhaar Users to Pull Up Data Update History

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a new feature using which Aadhaar holders will be able to pull up their Aadhaar information update history and use it for official purposes when demanded by an authority. The CEO of UIDAI Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey said "This is yet another innovative and useful facility through which people can now obtain their own Aadhaar update history from the UIDAI's website... Read More

Chakri K June 7th, 2018 6:53 PM 10 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular to Offer Rs 20 Cashback On Every Recharge of Rs 100

Telecom operators are showering cashback offers on the users, especially in the last couple of months. Today, Idea Cellular has come up with a new offer, namely, 'Jeeto Bejhijhak,' aiming at driving data usage. Under this new offer, the telco will be providing a cashback coupon of Rs 20 on every recharge of Rs 100 for prepaid customers. The Rs 20 cashback coupon can be used on the subsequent recharges... Read More

Chakri K June 7th, 2018 6:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Render Video Shows Minor Changes Over the Predecessor

After a very successful launch of its flagship phone at the beginning of the year, the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+, Samsung is all set to launch the latest iteration of its phablet series - the Galaxy Note. According to the speculations, the launch of the Galaxy Note 9 is going to be one of the biggest launches by the company till date. However, there are some people who... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 7th, 2018 4:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Ready to Launch Wi-Fi Hotspots in Cities After the Completion of RaiTel Project

Google recently spoke that it has finally deployed public Wi-Fi hotspot at Dibrugarh railway station in Assam thus marking the completion of its RailTel Wi-Fi project in India. The RaiTel project focused on providing high-speed public Wi-Fi hotspots in 400 of the busiest railway stations in India. The project was kicked off in January 2016 with the first public hotspot launching in Mumbai Central station. In the first year, 100... Read More

Chakri K June 7th, 2018 4:30 PM 53 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Deploy Pre-5G Massive MIMO Technology Across Mumbai During FY 18-19

Bharti Airtel has revealed its massive network deployment plans for Mumbai under the company's network expansion program- Project Leap. Airtel, under Project Leap, has been expanding its network in various circles and the very recent one was Kerala; Now the telco announced its plans for the same in Mumbai circle. During FY 18-19, Airtel plans to roll out 7000 new mobile sites including the large-scale deployment of pre-5G Massive MIMO... Read More

Chakri K June 7th, 2018 3:52 PM 20 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi Y2 With 16MP Selfie Shooter Makes its Debut in India at Rs 9,999

As expected, Xiaomi India today announced the Redmi Y2 as a successor to the Redmi Y1, which was launched just six months ago. Xiaomi stated that the Redmi Y1 was the best-selling selfie smartphone in the last two quarters beating the likes of Oppo F7 and Honor 9i. The Redmi Y2 features a 16MP front-facing camera, same as its predecessor and of course, Xiaomi is touting it as the best... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 7th, 2018 3:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Deploys Nokia Cloud Packet Core in Bengaluru to Meet the High-Bandwidth Requirement

Vodafone India has deployed Nokia's field-proven cloud packet core to cost-effectively provide faster mobile broadband and enhance the scale and activity of its network to ensure the timely launch of new services. Nokia's technology leverages all the benefits of a cloud packet core architecture for maximising resource utilisation and rapidly deploying services when and where needed. The Nokia Cloud Packet Core, supported by Nokia CloudBand software, will meet the mobile... Read More