HMD Global is on a launch spree at the moment as the Finnish upstart company has today announced its third Nokia smartphone in India in as many as two months. Back in August, HMD unveiled the Nokia 6.1 Plus, followed by the Nokia 5.1 Plus later in September. Now, it has come up with the Nokia 3.1 Plus which will be the company's bet against the Xiaomi Redmi 6, Vivo... Read More
With an aim to make it easier for citizens, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is planning to set up 'Aadhaar Seva Kendras.' These Seva Kendras will offer various activities related to Aadhaar such as new member enrolment, updating and others. UIDAI is aiming to cover 53 cities across India at an estimated project cost Rs 300-400 crore, sources revealed to PTI. Also, these proposed Aadhaar centres will be... Read More
WhatsApp has finally met the norms set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as it has set up a system in India that stores payments-related data within the country. To recall, the RBI has set a norm back in April 2018 that all the payment service providers should store the data locally, which has halted WhatsApp's wide rollout of payment services in the country. Today, the Facebook-owned confirmed that... Read More
After a series of teasers and videos, OnePlus has finally announced the launch date for OnePlus 6T as October 30. Earlier, it was rumoured the phone would make its debut in India on October 17, but everything turned out to be false. Also, the Chinese smartphone maker is said to hold the Global Launch event in India, which again turned out to be fake news as the brand scheduled a... Read More
Vivo V11 price in India is dropped by Rs 2,000 from the launch price of Rs 22,900. After the price drop, the Vivo V11 will retail for Rs 20,900 across all the retail stores and major online portal in the country. As of this writing, the price drop is effective on Amazon India and retail stores, but Flipkart and Vivo Store is still selling the phone at the launch price.... Read More
Taiwanese smartphone brand, Asus hit the right spot this year with its two launches- Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 and the Asus Zenfone 5Z. Notably, the Zenfone Max Pro M1 was a runaway success for the company as it recently achieved a million sales for the phone. Speaking with a YouTuber, Dinesh Sharma, Director, Mobile Business, Asus India, confirmed the Zenfone Max Pro M1 would soon receive Electronic Image Stabilisation... Read More
Aadhaar-issuing body, UIDAI today said that service providers could make use of the offline verification modes of Aadhaar such as eAadhaar and QR code, which allows a user to avail services without any access to biometrics or authentication or revealing the 12-digit Aadhaar ID. UIDAI made this statement after the Supreme Court judgement on restricting the use of Aadhaar. In an interview to PTI, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)... Read More
As it promised at the start of 2018, Xiaomi today announced that it would begin manufacturing of its popular Mi LED TVs in India. To manufacture TVs locally, Xiaomi has partnered with Noida-based Dixon Technologies and the plant is located at the state-of-the-art facility in Tirupati which was inaugurated by state Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. "I have a vision of making Tirupati an IT Hub, offering a one-stop solution... Read More
Reliance Communications (RCom), which yesterday stated that there would be a delay in repayment of Rs 550 crore to Ericsson, today confirmed that it has got relief from the telecom tribunal TDSAT. With this relief, RCom can now complete its planned spectrum sale to Jio and the amount which it will receive from the latter will be used to make payments to Ericsson India and RITL minority investors. RCom confirmed... Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced an acquihire deal with AuthMe ID Services which is a Bengaluru-based start-up focused on developing Artificial Intelligence-based solutions. With this partnership, Airtel is looking to serve its customers with innovative digital products based on AI. Airtel stated that the core team of AuthMe would join Airtel and be a part of Airtel X Labs in Bengaluru. Airtel has set up Airtel X Labs with the aim... Read More
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continued its growth in September as the transactions increased by more than 30% month-on-month. The total transactions through UPI reached 405.87 million in September with the total value of over Rs 59,835 crore. This data is revealed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data and reported by the Press Trust of India. To recall, about 312.02 million UPI transactions totalling Rs 54,212.26 crore were... Read More
Aadhaar body, UIDAI has asked telecom service providers in the country to prepare a plan in the next 15 days on how to stop using the 12-digit Aadhaar-based eKYC authentication. This move comes a week after the Supreme Court decision which imposed curbs on the use of Aadhaar as a mandate by private firms including banks and telcos. UIDAI has already issued a circular on the same to telcos including... Read More
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