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Rudradeep Biswas May 2nd, 2018 9:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

NTP 2018 Will Usher in the New Era of Telecom Revolution: COAI

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has now congratulated the Department of Telecom (DoT) for introducing the draft National Digital Communications Policy 2018. If the things mentioned in the new telecom policy gets implemented, COAI things that it will usher in the new era of telecom revolution in the country by making telecom and digital services accessible to everyone and will also bring in the much-needed relief to the industry.... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 8:02 PM 13 COMMENTS

LG G7 ThinQ Goes Official With Snapdragon 845 SoC and AI Cameras

LG has announced its first true flagship smartphone for 2018, and it's called the LG G7 ThinQ. That's a weird name for a smartphone, but that's LG giving us a hint of what its future releases will be called. Basically, the ThinQ moniker refers to AI on this smartphone and any other LG products. The device is now official after being in the leaks for more than a couple of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 2nd, 2018 6:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

National Digital Communications Policy 2018 is Ambitious Says IAMAI

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) welcomed the draft National Digital Communications Policy 2018, released on May 1 for public consultations. The association said that it is a very ambitious policy and even if five of these targets are met by 2022, then it would be a significant contribution to the digital economy. DoT yesterday released the much-awaited digital communications policy keeping several new ambitious things in mind.... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 5:46 PM 7 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Integrates Online Streaming Service to Mi Music and Mi Video Apps

Chinese company Xiaomi is only known as a smartphone brand in India, but in its homeland China, it's known as an Internet company. However, Xiaomi is looking to convert itself to an Internet company this year in India. And the first step towards the same was the Mi Experience Store it launched a while back which allows the users to experience Xiaomi's IoT products and today, it has launched a... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 4:48 PM 17 COMMENTS

Aircel Now Officially Allowing Users to Generate UPC Via its Website

Aircel users, who're yet to port out from the network has a good news as the telco is now officially allowing them to generate Unique Porting Code from its website. The telco, which filed for bankruptcy a while back has been plagued with UPC generation issues as a massive number of subscribers across the country tried to generate codes at the same time. Aircel before filing bankruptcy approached Trai to... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 2nd, 2018 4:07 PM 0 COMMENTS

Instagram to Receive Video Calling, AR Stickers and Redesigned Explore Section Features

At its F8 Developer Conference yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a host of new features for its photo-sharing app, Instagram. The major changes hitting the new app will be the video calling support and new Explore tabs. Facebook will also be adding AR Stickers to the platform which will enhance the overall user experience. Video Calling Instagram will be adding video chat for its platform soon, which will allow... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 3:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus 6 Will Be Available for Purchase At Pop-Up Events Across 8 Indian Cities on May 21

The OnePlus 6 is launching on May 16 as the company has already confirmed this news. The first sale of the device will happen on May 21 on Amazon India, however, the company has now announced pop-up events across eight Indian cities between May 21 and May 22. Users can head over to any of these pop-up events and purchase the OnePlus 6 over the two days, but the availability... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 2nd, 2018 2:33 PM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Introduces Carrier Digital Platform for Wholesale Voice Business

Bharti Airtel today announced a first-of-its-kind carrier digital platform which will enable global carriers to do wholesale voice business with Airtel at the click of a button. The digital platform will offer paperless sign-up, quick voice interconnects and real-time traffic analytics for global carriers across the world. To offer a unique model to global carriers, the platform will not only allow customers to buy voice termination services from Airtel but... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 1:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Furnishes New Draft of Altered Telecom Policy for Public Consultation

The Department of Telecom (DoT) yesterday brought a new revelation to public via the draft of the National Telecom Policy which asks for public consultation in the areas of increased broadband connectivity, providing 4 million additional jobs in the digital communications sector, and also enhancing the contribution of the digital communications sector in India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to 8% from the previous figure of 6% in 2017. The draft... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 2nd, 2018 1:00 PM 13 COMMENTS

Apple Managed to Sell 52.2 Million iPhones in the Last Quarter

Apple’s iPhone X isn’t going anywhere soon, at least according to the company’s latest financial reports. Apple reported resilient iPhone sales despite analysts predicting the high price of iPhone X was affecting its iPhone sales. The company posted $61.1 billion in revenue for the January-March quarter, up 16% year-over-year. The iPhone sales also rose by 3% compared with the same time last year. Apple said it sold 52.2 million iPhones... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 12:15 PM 22 COMMENTS

NTP 2018: Government Aims to Provide 50 Mbps Broadband Connection to Every Citizen by 2020

India has long suffered from lousy broadband connectivity due to lack of efforts in the expansion of broadband plans. Now things can take a turn very soon, with the release of the draft National Telecom Policy 2018, which seeks to invite comments – indicates that India’s major connectivity will happen in the coming days via the fiber network. Telcos like MTNL, BSNL have constantly missed broadband connectivity targets in the... Read More

Chakri K May 2nd, 2018 11:28 AM 28 COMMENTS

Government Clarifies Aadhaar Card Not Necessary to Get SIM Cards

There has been a lot of confusion regarding the usage of Aadhaar, especially in the telecom sector. The Centre has today clarified that an Aadhaar card is not mandatory to get a SIM card and it blamed telcos for the confusion. The government has also directed telcos to issue SIM cards with alternate documents like Voter ID, license and passport. Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan clarified this news saying that the... Read More