Amid a disquiet in the industry over new unsolicited commercial communication norms, Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has asserted that it operated within its mandate to tighten rules for curbing pesky calls and messages, a menace which goes beyond harassment into the realm of defrauding customers. Coming out in … Read More
YOU Broadband, the Mumbai based and Vodafone powered broadband company has been known to introduce offers which ship free complimentary products with its select broadband plans. Earlier, YOU Broadband came up with the free Amazon Fire TV Stick offer with some of its broadband plans. Last month, the broadband provider … Read More
BSNL has made a much-needed change to its postpaid plans. BSNL, which offers limited SMS benefit with its postpaid plans has modified the benefit to match the private telecom operators. BSNL’s postpaid plans priced above Rs 399 will now provide 100 SMS per day for the entire rental period, while … Read More
The mobile industry body, COAI, today stated that Trai’s new rules on curbing pesky calls and messages saying tailoring of systems and use of blockchain technology will involve Rs 200 to Rs 400 crore investment and 18 months of time would be required for the final roll out. The Cellular … Read More
To stick to the trends and to offer competitive services, Bharti Airtel also introduced its FTTH (Fiber to the home) V-Fiber broadband services a couple of years ago. With Jio GigaFiber launching in August, the competition is only going to grow tougher as days pass. Bharti Airtel is also offering … Read More
As UIDAI confirmed that it did not force telecom operators or mobile manufacturers to include the Aadhaar helpline number in smartphones, users have been wondering how the number entered their phonebooks. Amidst the public outrage over Aadhaar helpline number being pre-stored without user consent, Google apologised for “inadvertently” loading the … Read More
Asus Zenfone 5Z debuted in India in July as a OnePlus 6 contender. Now news has surfaced which reveals that the phone has received the latest firmware over the air (FOTA) update which has brought many new features onboard along with system level improvements. Some significant advances have also been … Read More
Xiaomi has carved out a niche for itself in Indian and other markets as the manufacturer of budget smartphones. However, now the Chinese OEM has announced two new feature phone which is the Qin1 and Qin1s. Xiaomi has confirmed the phones, are upon Youpin, a crowdfunding platform where the interested … Read More
WhatsApp is working on one of the much-anticipated features for Android- Picture-in-Picture (PiP). The feature, which is already present on Apple iPhones, once rolled out, will allow users to watch YouTube or Instagram videos right in the WhatsApp application itself. Wondering how? Well, here’s why the feature is named as … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in a bid to force local manufacturing of telecom gear has now recommended that India aim for ‘net zero imports’ of telecom equipment by 2022. The Indian regulator also proposed the creation of a Rs 1000 crore fund to promote design, testing and … Read More
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has responded to the helpline number appearing in smartphones. The Aadhaar body said it has now asked any device maker or service provider to include its toll-free number on mobile phones and it even clarified that the number 1800-300-1947 appearing in the contact … Read More
In this time of bundled combo prepaid data plans, Idea Cellular has brought a new Rs 595 plan which perfectly balances a little bit of data and massive calling benefits for subscribers who primarily use voice calling. The plan which is valid for 112 days offers unlimited calling and SMS … Read More
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