September 25th, 2017 11:52 AM 1 COMMENTS

Nokia 8 With 6GB RAM and 128GB Storage Likely to Launch on October 20

Nokia 8, HMD Global's first Nokia flagship smartphone was launched last month, and just a month later, the smartphone is said to come in a new variant featuring more RAM and storage. Recently, the Nokia 8 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage was spotted on FCC site, hinting the variant's availability in the US. Just yesterday, it was reported that HMD Global has officially confirmed the launch of Nokia... Read More

September 24th, 2017 4:44 PM 9 COMMENTS

DishTV Announces its Next-Generation STB Called DishNXT HD; Removes SD-HD Channel Divide

In sync with the vision of expanding HD TV experience and making it accessible to all, DishTV Asia’s largest DTH brand announced exciting new offers and initiatives today. As part of its festive announcement, DishTV has launched an innovative ‘HD for All initiative.' While competition/market charge access fee to provide HD channels, DishTV will now give popular HD channels access to all subscribers. DishTV also unveiled its new generation HD... Read More

September 24th, 2017 10:55 AM 29 COMMENTS

An Overview of Airtel’s Combo packs available to Customers across India as on Sep 2017

In our earlier analysis, we have presented a bird's view of Idea cellular's combo packs available to customers across various circles as on September 2017. Now, in this analysis, in a similar manner, we will have a high-level overview of Airtel's, customized and open market combo packs available to customers across various circles as on *date. Just like our earlier analysis, the combo packs considered offer a data benefit along with... Read More

September 22nd, 2017 8:56 PM 3 COMMENTS

Micromax Selfie 3 With Snapdragon 435 SoC, 16MP Front Camera Launched at Rs. 11,999

Micromax is really trying hard to compete with Xiaomi in the Indian market by launching smartphones under both its sub-brand Yu Televentures and under its brand. Recently, the company launched the Yu Yureka 2 smartphone with Snapdragon 625 SoC, 4GB of RAM at Rs. 11,999. And now, the company has come up with a selfie-centric smartphone, the Micromax Selfie 3 with decent specifications on board. The Micromax Selfie 3 offers... Read More

September 22nd, 2017 5:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

The Features that Distinguish InFocus Snap 4 from its Competitors

InFocus, an American based company has been a major player in the Indian market for years now. In early 2015 and 2016, the company used to launch decent entry-level smartphones. And this year, it's no different. The brand has launched InFocus Turbo 5, a battery-centric smartphone in June this year, which is followed by a couple of other launches- InFocus Snap 4 and InFocus Turbo 5 Plus. The Turbo 5... Read More

September 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM 105 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Upgrades Its Network Infrastructure in Hyderabad; Data Speeds Increased

India's leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel recently sent out a message to its subscribers in Hyderabad saying that the operator is upgrading the network infrastructure in the city for improving the customer experience. And now, we have noticed that the data speeds in the city are increased drastically when compared to what we used to get a month ago. Let' speak about the data speeds first. A month ago, I... Read More

September 22nd, 2017 9:55 AM 2 COMMENTS

InFocus Turbo 5 Plus Offers Dual Rear Camera Setup at Just Rs. 8,999: Our First Impressions

American based company, InFocus used to launch entry-level smartphones in India back in 2015 and 2016. Once in a while, the brand launches a mid-range device. Recently, the brand announced two smartphones- InFocus Snap 4 and Turbo 5 Plus. While the Snap 4 features four cameras, the Turbo 5 Plus has three cameras. The Turbo 5 Plus comes as a successor to the Turbo 5, which was launched just a... Read More

September 21st, 2017 3:38 PM 44 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Expand VoLTE Coverage Across Pan-India At a Faster Pace to Reduce the Costs: Analysts

Bharti Airtel will soon expand its VoLTE coverage across pan-India to reduce the call costs. For the unaware, Trai recently cut down the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) by 57%, which now became to 6 paise per minute. This change from Trai will hurt the incumbent telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea badly. Now, top analysts from BofA Merrill Lynch and CLSA say that the top three telecom operators... Read More

September 20th, 2017 8:33 PM 32 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Denies Benefits On Lower IUC Charges; Says Cost of Voice has Come Down to a Fraction of a Paisa

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator who is responsible for all the ongoing disruption in the Indian telecom sector has finally responded to Trai's recent decision of reduction in IUC. Reliance Jio says that it is committed to implementing the most efficient telecommunications network in India and passing on the benefits of technology to Indian customers. "Jio offers free voice services to all its customers backed by a... Read More

September 20th, 2017 10:43 AM 41 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India Says the Lower IUC Charges Benefits Only the New Entrant

So, it finally happened. The obvious thing which all the top telecom operators never wanted, but the new entrant wanted. Yesterday, The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) slashed the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) to 6 paise per minute, down from the earlier 14 paise per minute. In addition, Trai also announced that the new IUC charges will be effective from October 1, 2017, and they would be ultimately reduced... Read More

September 19th, 2017 11:55 PM 36 COMMENTS

Will the 6 Paise IUC Be A Nightmare For Incumbents Telecom Operators?

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today slashed termination charge for all mobile to mobile calls to 6 paise per minute down from 14 paise per minute. The revised IUC charge will be effective from October 1, 2017, and will be ultimately reduced to zero from January 1, 2020. IUC or interconnect usage charge is a fee that the caller’s operator needs to pay to the other operator if... Read More

September 19th, 2017 2:21 PM 6 COMMENTS

Indian Mobile Subscriber Base Reaches 948.54 Million At the End of August 2017; Down by 6.41 Million Compared to Last Month

Indian Telecom sector body, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released the latest telecom subscriber numbers for the month ending August 2017. As per the data released by COAI, India’s private telecom service providers have a total of 948.54 million subscribers, including those of the new entrant Reliance Jio’s till the end of July 2017 (As per TRAI Data). Amongst the individual companies, Bharti Airtel continued to hold the... Read More

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