Back in September this year, Reliance Jio turned two and to celebrate the occasion, the company added free 2GB data per day with four days validity to every customer. Back then, Jio said that the offer is valid for two months- September and October. Interestingly, Jio has started crediting free data of 8GB (2GB data per day) to every user for the month of November. In our case, the free... Read More
Vivo has added a new 'Y' series smartphone to its product lineup in India. Dubbed as the Vivo Y95, it's the first smartphone to launch with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 chipset. For the unaware, the Snapdragon 439 SoC is the direct successor to Snapdragon 435 SoC and sits below the Snapdragon 450 chipset. It's also first Snapdragon 430 series chip with Dual 4G and Dual VoLTE support. The phone... Read More
Taiwanese electronics major Asus on Thursday launched its TUF Gaming laptops FX505 and FX705 in India for Rs 79,990 and Rs 1,24,990, respectively. Both the devices draw their power from Intel Core i7-8750H processors and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics, offering an immersive experience. "The launch of the latest TUF gaming laptops is a testimony to this vision. Both FX505 and FX705 have been designed to deliver unmatched performance and... Read More
On the sidelines of the Redmi Note 6 Pro launch in India, Xiaomi said that rupee's slide against the US dollar is adding to pricing pressure for the Chinese tech major in India, particularly in the handset market that is witnessing stiff competition. Xiaomi, earlier this month, hiked prices of two of its handsets Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A as well as that of power banks and some television sets... Read More
The government on Wednesday urged states to use the rural broadband infrastructure being put in place through Bharat Net project and said it would create opportunities for monetisation and ensure that the benefits of the network reach the masses. Addressing the Rural Telecom Summit organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan emphasised that a strong connectivity infrastructure will be crucial to ensure the success of all... Read More
Earlier OnePlus had announced that it would be launching a new 5G enabled smartphone in 2019 with a different branding besides the two phones which it will launch in the next year under the OnePlus flag. A new report has surfaced courtesy of Fudzilla, which tells that the new 5G enable OnePlus smartphone will cost the buyers $100 more than the previous OnePlus 6T. Also, notably, OnePlus won’t be the... Read More
The country's over-the-top (OTT) market is estimated to reach USD 5 billion by 2023, driven by rising affluence, increasing data penetration in rural markets and adoption across demographic segments including women and older generations, a BCG report said Tuesday. The report named 'Entertainment Goes Online' expects the advertising-based video on demand to be 43% of the OTT market, subscription video on demand and transactional video on demand to constitute 32%,... Read More
India's largest smartphone vendor Xiaomi today said that it would set up 5,000 Mi Stores across rural India by the end of 2019, a move that is expected to generate over 15,000 jobs. Xiaomi, which entered India in 2014 and sold smartphones exclusively online, ventured into offline retail in 2017. It operates its own chain of Mi Homes, apart from Mi Preferred Partners through a franchise model. "It's been over... Read More
The Indian e-commerce giant, Flipkart, is here with a new sale for its customers, and this time it is offering many deals especially for mobile phone buyers. On Monday, November 19, Flipkart introduced the Mobile Bonanza Sale which will go on till November 23 and it will over discounts, offers and much more for mobile phone buyers on the website or its Flipkart app. As part of this sale, phones... Read More
This year hasn’t been a good one for Motorola. First, the company didn’t launch too many phones in 2018, and the ones it did weren’t great compared to the competition. The last phone Motorola launched was the Moto Z3 series. Rumours suggested that the smartphone manufacturer was working on Moto X5, but sadly last minute the company decided to back off. Some rumours circulating on the internet suggest that Motorola... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco, Bharti Airtel has shown distaste for participating in any early spectrum sale of 5G airwaves citing that there is not the right kind of ecosystem present in India currently to support 5G. Bharti Airtel’s leadership spoke in an analyst meet and clarified its stance on the 5G spectrum auction saying that the technology is three to four years away and it would not be in... Read More
Aiming to boost sales in the wake of weaker-than-expected demand for new iPhone models, Apple has sealed a deal with retail giant Amazon to sell its range of products which is a win-win game for both the tech titans, market research firm Counterpoint Research has said. According to Counterpoint, the move would allow the Cupertino-based giant to better manage pricing, warranties and the overall customer experience. Third party vendors who are... Read More
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What kind of logic is this? Band 28 is exclusively used for coverage and not for speeds. They have mmwave…
Band 28 is just for VoNR and coverage. There is no other usage. Inside home, 20-50Mbps on an average. ARPU…
This is not going to happen. Vi is empty network everywhere now. 33 crore to less than 20 crore within…
where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
