March 30th, 2019 6:12 PM 29 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Providing Free 4G Wi-Fi Hotspot Device on Six-Month Advance Rental Plans

Keeping the prepaid and postpaid segment aside, Bharti Airtel is focusing on other ventures like 4G Hotspot device and also providing free Wi-Fi to users across the country. Before the launch of JioFi hotspot device, Airtel and Vodafone used to offer their own hotspot devices at exorbitant prices, but that has changed with JioFi's launch. As you might already know, Reliance Industries, the parent company of Reliance Jio Infocomm is... Read More

March 26th, 2019 7:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vivo to Launch 5G Smartphone in India When the Market is Ready

Saying that it is presently working on building the elements that would be the key to the future growth of 5G embedded smartphones, Chinese handset maker Vivo has said it would launch a 5G smartphone in India when the market is ready. Several smartphone makers have already announced their 5G phones including South Korean tech giant Samsung and Chinese smartphone makers Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo. Samsung is gearing up to... Read More

March 25th, 2019 4:37 PM 67 COMMENTS

Vodafone Super VoLTE: Availability, Compatible Handsets and Everything You Need to Know

Bharti Airtel followed on the footsteps of Vodafone as it introduced the VoLTE for roaming a few days back. The telco has named its services as 'Super VoLTE' and it has also detailed about the new Super VoLTE on its website giving out information like the active circles for the service, compatible devices and more. The company has also noted that there is an apparent difference between the standard VoLTE... Read More

March 15th, 2019 5:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

Google Files Patent for Z-Fold Display Technology

Google has recently filed a patent which suggests that the search engine giant could be interested in a "Z-fold" display technology that could bend in two different places without breaking. The patent does not mention the word "phone" even once, instead, it refers to how the display could be used by "modern computing devices" which could refer to tablets or laptops, The Verge reported on Thursday. The search engine giant's... Read More

March 12th, 2019 9:44 AM 3 COMMENTS

Honor 8X Confirmed to Get Android 9 Pie Update Based on EMUI 9.0 Very Soon

If you are an Honor 8X user, the company has some good news for you. The company has confirmed that the Honor 8X will be upgraded to EMUI 9.0 based on Google’s latest software Android 9 Pie. Although Honor is extremely late in upgrading the Honor 8X to Pie, better late than never. Several smartphones from other companies launched at the same time as Honor 8X are still running old... Read More

March 7th, 2019 1:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global Smartphone Shipments Expected to Reach 1.54 Billion Units in 2023: IDC

The global smartphone market is projected to experience its third consecutive year of declining shipments as smartphone volumes are forecast to fall by 0.8%, with volumes dipping to 1.39 billion, said a new report from International Data Corporation (IDC). According to IDC's "Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker" report, the worldwide smartphone market is, however, expected to pick up momentum this year with year-over-year (YoY) growth of 2.3% in the second... Read More

March 6th, 2019 3:48 PM 1 COMMENTS

Government Likely to Allocate Spectrum for 5G Trials in India by June: Report

In a pre-service rollout exercise for telcos, spectrum allocation for 5G trial and subsequent field experiments can take place June onwards, official sources said on Wednesday. The panel constituted for such an exercise would soon begin deliberations on the quantum of spectrum, the time period and venue to hold the 5G trial, live demonstrations on speed and latency of 5G among others, sources added. By the time the telcos start... Read More

March 4th, 2019 4:51 PM 13 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro First Impressions: Taking the Redmi Note Legacy to a New Level

At the start of 2019, some reports emerged online stated that Xiaomi will be more aggressive with its pricing strategy this year to tackle the competition better. Xiaomi always used to price their devices aggressively, but in 2018, there were some devices like the Redmi Y2 and Redmi 6 Pro which disappointed consumers in terms of pricing. Just when everyone thought that Xiaomi would not get any more aggressive in... Read More

February 27th, 2019 3:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT to Carefully Study the Issue on Security Concerns Over Chinese Telecom Gear Makers

As Chinese telecom gear makers face heat globally over alleged security risks, Department of Telecom (DoT) on Wednesday said it would "carefully" study the issue on which many countries have raised concerns. The comments come at a time when developed markets like the US, Australia and New Zealand have taken a position against the use of equipment by Chinese vendors, particularly Huawei. "(Many countries) have expressed security concerns, so India will... Read More

February 27th, 2019 10:39 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Looking to Improve the ARPU to Rs 200 for Sustainability: Sunil Mittal

The government must price spectrum reasonably and lower various levies to encourage rollout of 5G services in the country at the earliest, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said on Tuesday. He also warned that spectrum auction might fail and Airtel might not bid for airwaves if auctions are held at prices recommended by sector regulator Trai. "My recommendation is government must encourage 5G coming in India rather than being late.... Read More

February 26th, 2019 4:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Lenovo Led Indian Tablet Market With 24% Market Share: CMR India

Lenovo led the tablet market in CY2018 with 24% market share even as India's tablet PC market witnessed a 3% decline when compared to CY2017, a new report CyberMedia Research (CMR) said on Tuesday. "Lenovo's growth can be attributed to its strong B2B sales in CY2018. It continues to occupy the first position in the overall tablet market, with most of its tablets being on 4G," Menka Kumari, Analyst, Industry... Read More

February 26th, 2019 12:39 PM 2 COMMENTS

Honor 10 Lite Review: A Noteworthy Mid-Range Smartphone

Last year, Huawei sub-brand Honor came up with many offerings for Indian buyers. We got to see phones like Honor Play, which came with a good emphasis on gaming and performance and still landed in the mid-range price segment. Now in 2019, Honor started its streak of launch with the Honor 10 Lite. This new phone by Honor is not only the first device of the year but it also... Read More

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