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Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 5:43 PM 3 COMMENTS

Prepaid ARPU Increased 5.5% QoQ in Q3 FY22 While Wireless Users Declined: TRAI

It looks like the tariff hike helped the telcos in increasing the industry prepaid average revenue per user (ARPU) from wireless services in Q3 FY22. However, at the same time, the drive from Jio to remove inactive subscribers from its portfolio caused a major decline in wireless subscribers from the industry during the quarter. According to the data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), there was a... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 5:06 PM 31 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G Launch in Pune Likely to Come by End of 2022

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is going to come out with 4G networks very soon. The state-run telco has said that in Pune, the 4G networks are likely going to be launched by the end of the year 2022. This was shared by the official handle of BSNL India (@BSNLCorporate) when a certain user asked about the status of BSNL’s 4G networks coming to Pune, Maharashtra. It is the same... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 3:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

India and France Agree to Work for Building More Secure 5G and 6G Telecom Systems

France and India, two major nations in the global economy have agreed to work together for building more secure 5G and 6G telecom systems. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, and talked about preparations for the future to deepen cooperation between both countries. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that India and France have reiterated their willingness to deepen... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 2:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Former Chief Business Officer Unhappy they Sold to Facebook: Story

Facebook acquiring WhatsApp for a staggering $22 billion was one of the biggest app acquisitions made in the tech world until recently, when Elon Musk tried to purchase Twitter for $44 billion (still in the process, the deal is not done yet). Regardless, Neeraj Arora, former Chief Business Officer of WhatsApp, expressed his disappointment over the deal. Arora said he “regrets” the deal he help facilitated between WhatsApp and Facebook.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 1:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

CUTS International Partners With ARPI, IIITB for Developing Ethical Framework for 6G

CUTS International has managed to bag a grant under the second round of the Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership (AICCTP) programme coordinated by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for its project - ‘Ethical 6G - Identifying Elements of an Ethical Framework for 6G and Creating Opportunities for India and Australia’. For this, CUTS has partnered with the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB) and the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 1:06 PM 0 COMMENTS

NTT Announces New Data Center in Mumbai

NTT has announced a new hyperscale data center campus in Navi Mumbai. The first data center on the campus is NAV1A. The new data namely NVA1A has a capacity to host 5000 racks and support over 30 MW of IT load. According to an ET report, the NAV1 campus in the Navi Mumbai has been designed in a manner so that it has a capacity of hosting up to 4... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 12:20 PM 2 COMMENTS

Poco M4 5G Available in India Now, Check Offers

Poco M4 5G is now available in India. The device went into first sale today at 12 PM via Flipkart. It is available in two memory variants with the base variant coming with 4GB+64GB for Rs 12,999 and the superior variant coming with 6GB+128GB for Rs 14,999. Users who make the purchase using an SBI card will get an instant discount of Rs 2,000 on either of the variants. Thus,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 10:07 AM 0 COMMENTS

E-Band Spectrum Should Not be Exclusively Given to Telcos: Report

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) had last week backed the TRAI’s (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) recommendations for the base reserve price of the airwaves for the 5G spectrum auctions. Along with that, the body had said that the premium ‘E-Band’ spectrum should be given exclusively to the telcos via an administrative allocation route. However, this has seriously disappointed the tech companies and Wi-Fi/Broadband players across the country. ET Telecom... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 9:49 AM 6 COMMENTS

Wi-Fi 7 With 33 Gbps Speed Support to Come With Routers in 2023

Wi-Fi 7 is the next generation Wi-Fi protocol, and it will be a notch above what Wi-Fi 6 can deliver. With Wi-Fi 7, delivering speeds of up to 33 Gbps will be possible. It is worth noting that with the current generation Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, the top speeds can roughly be at 10 Gbps. But Wi-Fi 7 will take that up to 33 Gbps, reports AndroidAuthority. This means... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 8:55 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches Two new Disney+ Hotstar Plans With Three Months Validity

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has launched two new prepaid plans for the users. With these two new plans, the company will be offering three months of Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription. There are more plans offered by the telco which bundle a free Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription, but these plans offer the over-the-top (OTT) benefit for one complete year. However, as mentioned above, these two new plans offer the... Read More

Anupam Sharma May 5th, 2022 7:03 AM 3 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Offer These Reasonably Priced 2GB Daily Data Prepaid Plans

Telecom operators in India provide a variety of prepaid plans for their subscribers to choose from. The most popular prepaid plan, however, remains the daily data packs offered by the telcos. The daily data packs have a wide range from high data expensive plans to low data-offering affordable plans. With a majority of the user base in India being budget-centric, the cheaper prepaid plans are always high in demand. Mentioned... Read More

Anupam Sharma May 4th, 2022 8:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Intel Possibly Outsourcing its Next-Gen Meteor Lake Processors from TSMC

The American technology company Intel last week gave information on its upcoming 14th generation Meteor Lake processors. The next-gen processor from the company is going to be launched next year but apparently, there have been some major changes to the company’s original plans. The company had previously informed that it will be using the 7nm process to fabricate the processors itself but according to a new report, Intel might actually... Read More