September 16th, 2018 7:41 PM 1 COMMENTS

Spectra Basic Broadband Plan of Rs 999 Launched With 100 Mbps Speeds and Carry Forward Facility

Spectra has introduced a Basic broadband plan priced at Rs 999, which joins the other three broadband plans of the company. Spectra has its wired broadband operations spread across popular cities such as Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and so on. In Delhi and Bengaluru, the company is offering 1 Gbps broadband plan, although in some locations only. So Spectra has two different sets of broadband plans with up to 100... Read More

September 16th, 2018 10:35 AM 48 COMMENTS

Sunday Talk: Telecom Operators’ Evolution from Customer Care Calls to Self-Care Apps

Approximately half a decade ago, and even right before the entry of Reliance Jio into the market, the telecom industry used to be very different from what it is today. Having watched the sector in front of us, with its ups and down from these many years, we have noticed the on-going trends, updates and the latest technological advances which the telcos have adopted to stay ahead of their time.... Read More

September 9th, 2018 3:56 PM 6 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Brings Down the Price of Rs 399 Postpaid Plan by Rs 50 to Attract New Users

Bharti Airtel is already known as the leading player in the postpaid segment, but the former leading telco was late in responding to Vodafone's new RED range of postpaid plans. As a result, Airtel lost the battle to Vodafone. But the company hit back at the UK-based telco by revising its postpaid plans, except for the Rs 399 myPlan Infinity Postpaid plan. Airtel recently started offering additional 20GB data every... Read More

September 7th, 2018 7:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

YouTube TV Membership Can Now Be Kept on Hold Instead of Outright Cancelling

YouTube, the Google-owned video streaming service today announced that it will be allowing users to pause their YouTube TV membership from four weeks to six weeks instead of outright cancellation. "You can cancel or pause your YouTube TV membership at any time. When you cancel or pause your membership, you'll still have access to YouTube TV until the end of your payment period," YouTube TV Help wrote in a post... Read More

September 6th, 2018 11:09 AM 43 COMMENTS

Kolkata Ranked as the Best City for 4G Availability in India: OpenSignal

London-based wireless coverage mapping company, OpenSignal today released its latest 4G availability metrics measured across India's 22 telecom circles for 90 days from the start of May 2018. During the period, Kolkata has emerged as the top city with a 4G availability score of an impressive over 90%, stated OpenSignal on Thursday. Kolkata topped the list of 22 telecom circles in the country said the report from OpenSignal. However, the... Read More

September 5th, 2018 7:40 PM 3 COMMENTS

YouTube Aims to Take On Amazon Prime Video and Netflix by Bringing Originals to Indian Audience

Google's video streaming platform, YouTube is looking to take on Amazon Prime Video and Netflix which, in recent times, has garnered a lot of interest from Indian audience, thanks to the Original content. In a similar manner, YouTube is bringing in 'Originals' for the Indian audience, and as a first step, the Google-owned company has teamed up with music maestro AR Rahman for its first such show in the country.... Read More

September 5th, 2018 4:07 PM 2 COMMENTS

ACT Fibernet Partners With Flipkart to Provide Additional Benefits for Broadband Users

Wired Internet Service Provider (ISP), ACT Fibernet or Atria Convergence Technologies and e-commerce giant Flipkart today announced their partnership. Under the alliance, ACT Fibernet will be providing broadband plans to smart TV buyers on Flipkart, which is a first-of-its-kind initiative. As part of the same, ACT has launched the ‘smart tv ka smart choice’ plan, under which customers purchasing any smart TV on Flipkart will be able to enjoy exciting offers... Read More

September 4th, 2018 12:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Hathway Broadband Inks Partnership With Netflix to Offer Bundled Video Streaming Services

Hathway Broadband, a well-known Internet Service Provider (ISP) which has operations in India has inked a partnership with video content provider Netflix. As part of the partnership, Netflix will offer video streaming services to Hathway's eight lakh subscribers in the country. Under the alliance, Netflix will be offered through Hathway's set-top box that includes a remote with a dedicated Netflix button to allow users to launch the service directly. Furthermore,... Read More

September 3rd, 2018 3:07 PM 6 COMMENTS

MTNL Aiming to Roll Out 4G Services in 9-12 Months After the Hike of Borrowed Limit

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)  is planning to seek approval for raising its authorised share capital to Rs 10,000 crore. The government-owned entity also plans to borrow powers by almost 40%, which will aid the telco's 4G plans and provide it with the firepower to compete in the market. MTNL has been struggling a lot in recent times, especially after the entry of Reliance Jio to the Indian market. Also,... Read More

September 2nd, 2018 9:54 AM 128 COMMENTS

Sunday Talk: Will Things Change After the Vodafone Idea Merger?

The finalised merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone is the biggest M&A deal happening in the country right now. After being severely bogged down by the latest telecom entrant in the country, Reliance Jio, the British Vodafone Plc owned Indian wing, and the Kumar Mangalam Birla led telco decided to join their forces to tackle the increasing competition in the telecom sector. In the last few months only, we have... Read More

August 29th, 2018 9:31 AM 16 COMMENTS

Poco F1 Flash Sale Today at 12 PM: Discounts, Offers, Cashbacks and Specifications

Xiaomi’s new sub-brand Pocophone launched its first device in India last week, the Poco F1 and the phone goes up for flash sale today at 12 PM on Flipkart.com and Mi.com. The Snapdragon 845 sporting device along with its three variants of 6GB RAM+64GB memory, 6GB RAM+128GB memory, and 8GB RAM+256GB memory will be up for sale at the starting price of Rs 20,999. Read below to know more about... Read More

August 28th, 2018 6:55 PM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Expand its 4G Network in Rajasthan by Deploying 9000 New Sites This Year

Bharti Airtel has now announced its massive network expansion plans for FY 2018-19 in Rajasthan. With this new expansion plans, Airtel is looking to improve its high-speed mobile data footprint in Rajasthan. Under its network expansion program, Project Leap, Airtel promised to add more than 9000 new sites in FY 2018-19, along with the addition of more than 4150 kms of optic fibre in Rajasthan. Airtel wants to step up... Read More

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