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Chakri K November 29th, 2018 10:28 AM 137 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost Over 8 Million Subscribers in September: Trai

Telecom subscriber base grew marginally by 0.2% to 1191 million with only Reliance Jio adding new customers, according to the data released by sector regulator Trai for September 2018. "The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,189.08 million at the end of August 2018 to 1,191.40 million at the end of September 2018, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.2%," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report... Read More

Chakri K November 29th, 2018 10:12 AM 3 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi 4, Redmi 4A Start Getting MIUI 10 Update in India

Xiaomi has been bringing its latest MIUI 10 to several of its Redmi and Mi phones. The newest additions to the list are the Redmi 4 and the Redmi 4A. With the coming of MIUI 10 update to these Redmi 4 series of phones, both the Redmi 4 and the Redmi 4A will get upgraded to all the features that MIUI 10 packs. Xiaomi took to Mi Forum to announce... Read More

Chakri K November 29th, 2018 9:16 AM 0 COMMENTS

Zenfone Max Pro M1 Price in India Will Not Be Hiked, Says Asus

Unlike Xiaomi and Realme, Taiwanese brand Asus confirmed that it would not hike prices of its smartphones, despite the ongoing rupee-dollar race. Just like some other companies, Asus is also operating at very low-profit margins, especially this year to gain some market share. But that doesn't effectively mean that Asus will hike the prices of its smartphones. The company has sent out a press statement stating that it will not... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 28th, 2018 8:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

Realme Intends to Provide Premium Sense to Devices Below Rs 20,000: CEO Madhav Sheth

Realme, which spun off as an independent entity from Chinese smartphone major Oppo, said Wednesday it would expand its operations to the Middle East, northern Africa as well as markets like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh over the next few months. The company, which started operations in India a few months ago, is also strengthening its portfolio in the country with the launch of new products like power banks and... Read More

Chakri K November 28th, 2018 7:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Poco Launcher Downloaded by Over 1 Million Users

Xiaomi launched its sub-brand Poco just a few months ago and the company has already managed to earn a lot of attention in the Indian market. The first phone from Poco is the Poco F1, which has already set a benchmark by being the first Snapdragon 845 chipset phone under Rs 25,000. In fact, the Poco F1 was selling for under Rs 20,000 during the Diwali sale on Flipkart, Amazon... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 28th, 2018 7:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Huawei Plans to Open 100 Exclusive Experience Zones in India by 2019

Unveiling its future offline strategy for the India market, Chinese giant Huawei on Wednesday said it would set up 100 exclusive experience zones through its retail partners by 2019. Huawei, which became the second largest smartphone seller in the world after Samsung in the second quarter of this year, considers India a tier-1 market. In line with its India push, the company brought for the first time to India a... Read More

Chakri K November 28th, 2018 6:36 PM 107 COMMENTS

BSNL Employee Unions Claim Government Not Allocating 4G Spectrum to Prevent it from Competing With Jio

Blaming Reliance Jio for financial woes of the telecom sector, employee unions of BSNL on Wednesday alleged that the government was favouring the latest entrant over other firms and said they would go on an indefinite strike from December 3. The employee unions claimed that the government has not allotted spectrum for 4G services to BSNL in order to prevent it from competing against Reliance Jio. "As of now, the... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 28th, 2018 6:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai to Initiate In-Depth Consultation on General Principles Related to Spectrum Next Year

Telecom regulator Trai will next year initiate an in-depth consultation on general principles related to spectrum including its valuation methodology, Chairman R S Sharma said today. Sharma - who met telcos including Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio and Airtel on issues to be prioritised for 2019 - asserted that the upcoming deliberations would not have any bearing on the past recommendations of Trai on the auction of radio waves. "We have... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj November 28th, 2018 4:10 PM 33 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Introduces Referral Programme for Postpaid Users Offering Rs 150 Discount

Bharti Airtel has been a strong postpaid player since the beginning in the telecom playing field. However, with the introduction of new postpaid plans by Reliance Jio and other telcos, the top position of Airtel has been threatened. In order to stay ahead of the curve in postpaid subscriber count, Airtel has recently introduced a new referral scheme for the existing Airtel postpaid users. As part of this offer, Airtel... Read More

Chakri K November 28th, 2018 4:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia 7 Plus Receives New Android 9 Pie Update With Revamped Camera App

Nokia phone users were at an advantage when Google rolled out the Android 9 Pie update for the Android One users. The Nokia 7 Plus became one of the earliest devices to run the latest Android version and now has been on Android 9 Pie for over a month. Other Nokia devices have also received the most recent Android update quickly. Recently, the Nokia 7 Plus also received another update... Read More

Chakri K November 28th, 2018 3:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi, Samsung and Realme Captured 57% of Shipments During Diwali Season: Counterpoint

Three smartphone players -- Xiaomi, Samsung and Realme -- captured 57% of the Indian festive sales volumes as smartphone sales in the Diwali season (October 9-November 8) grew 26 per cent year-on-year (YoY) compared to the same period last year, a new report said on Wednesday. According to market research firm Counterpoint Research's "Market Pulse", this was driven by e-commerce platform Amazon India and Flipkart's series of online sales and... Read More

Arpit Sharma November 28th, 2018 2:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Top 5 Features of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro Which Make it a Truly Stellar Offering

Huawei has just launched its latest flagship in the Indian market, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and it wouldn’t be an understatement if we say that the phone has impressed almost everyone in every area possible. Whether it is about design, performance of power, the Mate 20 Pro presents a strong front everywhere. Not only that, the phone is capable enough to go against the other premium phones like Samsung... Read More