Smartphones today are more expensive than they should be. This is because of the rise in the cost of chips and other components. Now, as per a Bloomberg report, the cost of chips is going to go up further in 2023. A key supplier to TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Company), Showa Denko K.K., a Japanese chemicals company is expecting to raise prices further and cut down unprofitable product lines. There have... Read More
None of the telcos want to lose their customers. Be it the operator at the top or the operator at the bottom, everyone values their customers just the same. Thus, when the consumers put in the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) request, the telcos try to do their best to stop them from leaving their network. Because of this, quite often the telcos have been accused of offering differential pricing to... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, has a subsidiary called Airtel Payments Bank. Customers of the Airtel Payments Bank get something called Rewards123. Through Rewards123 subscription, Airtel Payments Bank (APB) offers many benefits to the customers when they transact online/digitally. Once users purchase the Rewards123 subscription, they become eligible to earn consistent rewards every month, which includes monthly cashback on several kinds of transactions. There’s a Platinum Online... Read More
Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, is offering Rs 2,000 worth of recharge benefits to consumers on the purchase of Moto G42. The smartphone was launched today for Rs 13,999 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB. There’s a 6.4-inch AMOLED FHD+ display, and the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 octa-core processor. There’s an assured upgrade to Android 13 with three years of security updates. If... Read More
Indians are getting duped of hard-earned money by the fraudsters claiming to install mobile towers on the premises of the people and pay rent against it. Thinking of it as an opportunity to earn extra income, people usually give in to the bait of these fraudsters. These fraudsters ask people to pay up a small deposit in their personal or company accounts in the name of government tax for leasing... Read More
The United Kingdom (UK) has received its first 5G-connected hospital. It has been possible because of a partnership between Virgin Media O2 and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Virgin Media O2 has switched on the 5G network at the hospital and it is a part of Maudsley Digital Lab’s series of digital health and innovation trials funded by NHS Digital. It is a private 5G network which... Read More
OnePlus has just launched the OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro in India. This launch will expand the Y TV series portfolio of OnePlus in India. It is worth recollecting that OnePlus launched the OnePlus TV 43 Y1S Pro recently, and since it received an amazing response from the market, the company has decided to launch it in an even bigger size. Let’s take a look at the specifications and price... Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has just issued a fresh public advisory on the use of signal boosters/repeaters and wireless jammers. The telecom department said that the use of wireless jammer or signal jammer, GPS blocker or other signal jamming devices is illegal in India except specifically permitted by the Government of India (GoI). Only authorised organisations such as police forces, state or union territory governments, and defence forces can... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has added more subscribers in the Gujarat circle in April 2022 than Airtel and Jio. Taking the data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report, Vi said that it added 42,671 new subscribers in Gujarat in April 2022. As per Vi, none of the telcos added these many new subscribers in the state during the month. Vodafone Idea’s total subscriber base in the circle has... Read More
Apple launched the first generation AirPods Pro back in 2019. It has been almost three years since, and AirPods lovers are waiting for the AirPods Pro 2 to launch as soon as possible. There were many rumours around the alleged AirPods Pro 2 which is expected to launch later this year. Online reports suggested that AirPods Pro 2 will come with an in-built heart rate and body temperature sensor. But... Read More
The state governments across the country are trying to push the digital connectivity level in their respective state forward by easing the infrastructure setup process for the internet service providers (ISPs) and more. Tamil Nadu is now conducting a feasibility study to check whether the ration shops can be converted into Wi-Fi points. The state wants to offer Wi-Fi connection to the users living in a 200-meter radius near these... Read More
On Saturday, TelecomTalk reported that BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) had added three new prepaid plans silently. While the plans have been added recently, they are actually not completely new. Confused? Well, BSNL used to offer these plans before as well. But the benefits used to be different. Right now, the benefits offered with these plans are lesser than what users got earlier. Let me break it down for you... Read More
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Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
Vi just showing their greedy face more than ARPUtel these days. With minimum spectrum and network, they want to take…
