Redmi 7A Specifications The Redmi 7A has shown up on the TENAA listing website with the model number M1903C3EC. The phone has also been revealed to sport a 5.45-inch display with 720 x 1440 HD+ resolution. As for the processing and performance, the Redmi 7A will pack an octa-core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. Paired with this processor will be three RAM variants which will include 2GB RAM + 16GB storage, 3GB RAM + 32GB storage, and 4GB RAM + 64GB storage....

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 vs Mi A3: Design Talking about the design, we have a clear winner between the two, and it happens to be the pricier Mi A3. With a single look and feel of the device, you will be able to make out why we say this is the case. The Xiaomi Mi A3 comes with a curved back and a more premium finish, whereas, the Redmi Note 8 comes with a flat back....

Internet service providers have come with their special 1 Gbps broadband plans. These are of course very expensive to purchase. Regardless, they are very useful for places such as offices where a lot of people are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. With 1 Gbps broadband plans from Airtel, Spectra, Jio, ACT, and MTNL, you can get some of the best benefits. Each of these internet service providers offers something unique with their plan....

Which Nokia Smartphone Will Receive Android 10 Update First? When it comes to rolling out software updates on time, no other manufacturer can beat HMD Global. We all know OnePlus rolls out the software updates first to its smartphones, but OnePlus’ product catalogue is very limited and it will be limited going forward as well. That’s not the case with HMD Global as the manufacturer has managed to push Android P update to more than 15 smartphones- something which no other brand in the industry has done....

Many Indian state governments have reduced RoW (Right of Way) charges for deploying OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) and mobile towers for the telecom operators. This has happened very recently, and the telcos will get a huge relief because of that, as their costs for setting up new infrastructure and rolling out networks would go down significantly. So why are the state government’s finally coming around together and aligning their RoW policies with the Indian Telegraphy RoW rules 2016?...

A lot of people now own 5G smartphones in India. Almost every new device in the midrange or premium segment is a 5G smartphone only. Only the budget segment is witnessing the entry of new 4G devices such as the recently launched Poco M4 Pro 4G. But Poco had launched this device with a 5G chipset too. So the demand and supply of 5G smartphones is growing together. A lot of people are worried about whether their smartphone supports enough 5G bands or not....

5G smartphones and 5G bands have made a lot of noise in the Indian market. Most of all because the government and the telcos have not given a lot of clarity on which spectrum bands will 5G be rolled out in India. This affects each and every Indian individual since if he/she is going to purchase a 5G smartphone and they don’t even know which smartphones support the correct spectrum bands for 5G, they might end up spending all their money on the wrong devices....

5G deployment using the C-band spectrum in the United States (US) has worried a lot of people about the potential interferences it can cause to the sensitive aircraft equipment. However, that won’t be a problem in India. According to Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice, the spectrum bands that will be used in India will not cause interference with the aircraft equipment. More precisely, it has been the altimeters, mostly in the Boeing jets, that have faced problems....

Indian private telecom players are expected to launch 5G networks this week. Telcos would be pricing 5G plans somewhere near the 4G tariffs. This is because there aren’t many use cases of 5G for consumers for them to justify spending more and getting 5G. While 5G can enable great speeds and lower latency connections, even 4G can be sufficient for many. People who are working from their homes won’t even go for 4G and 5G; they would rather go for fibre broadband connection if it is available in their area....

Yesterday, the Indian government had approved the telcos to test 13 applications for 5G. For the same, the government will be providing operators with airwaves in the 700 MHz spectrum band for conducting trials. Commenting on the decision, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) chief, Dr SP Kochhar, said that the government must reconsider the pricing of the spectrum for the 5G rollout. COAI is an industry body that represents the private telcos of India along with other multinational telecom companies from around the globe....

India and China are not in good terms at the moment. Things between both countries are heated up because of the border tensions. ZTE and Huawei are two Chinese companies which have been helping telcos in providing telecom services in India for a long time now. But both of these companies will be left out of 5G trials which will take place in India. This decision was taken by the Indian government which cited the reason as national security....

The development of 5G cellular networks has advanced over the past two years, but despite increased customer aspirations in the UK to upgrade to 5G within the coming year, people are asking why its security isn’t up to par, according to a study by Ericsson. Over 49,000 people in 37 countries were questioned for the second wave of the Ericsson ConsumerLab report, which examined the impact that 5G has had on early adopter consumers since it launched in many of them as well as the likelihood that non-5G subscribers will convert to the technology....

ACT broadband is one of India’s rapidly growing internet service providers (ISPs) in a market that is led by the giants such as Jio and Airtel. ACT broadband is based in Bangalore and provides state-of-the-art fibre technology that can offer up to 1 Gbps of internet speed across several cities in India. ACT broadband offers plans for homes and offices with an impressive range, allowing users to have multiple options to choose from....

Atria Convergence Technologies, or more popularly known as ACT Fibernet, has been a big name in the industry when it comes to providing wired or fixed-line services in India. ACT Fibernet has had its services in some major cities of India, including Bangalore, Chennai and many more. In a new move, Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has acquired a controlling stake in ACT Fibernet. Partners Group, in a new press release, has informed that the company has now got a controlling stake in ACT, and it has been a joint venture in it since 2016....

Adani Group participated in the 5G spectrum auctions of 2022. The company only acquired 400 MHz of spectrum in the 26 GHz band for Rs 212 crore. With the spectrum purchase, Adani Group commented that they are not interested in offering B2C services in the telecom sector right now. The spectrum that Adani Data Networks bid for is only to provide B2B services, which is setting up captive private 5G networks....

Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, recently announced a second data centre in Cape Town. The new facility, located in the city’s north, will have a 20 MW IT load. Construction is already underway, and the facility will be operational by the mid of 2024. The construction of the new Data Centre is a part of the company’s wider-scale African expansion plans, which will see Africa Data Centres building several new DCs across the continent....

As per a latest Trai report, telecom operators have recorded an almost 9.5% growth in AGR in the third quarter of FY20. The sequential growth in AGR was mainly because of the price hikes decision by telecom operators last December which didn’t affect the spending pattern of customers. As reported by ET Telecom, the AGR of the entire telecom industry climbed to 9.48% on-quarter to Rs 40,877 crore in the quarter ended December FY20....

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea stocks can be purchased via the stock exchanges in India. Reliance Jio’s comes under its listed parent entity Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). The RIL group is one of the most successful companies in India right now and has the highest market cap amongst all the listed names. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are also very big companies that can be invested in the stock market....

The popularity of OTT platforms in the country has been on a constant rise for quite some time now and the internet service providers (ISPs) of the country have been riding this high demand wave. The ISPs in the country offer broadband plans that come with added subscriptions to OTT platforms along with high-speed data. The high-speed premium broadband plans are in particular very attractive as they offer multiple OTT subscriptions along with super high-speed data allowing seamless connectivity across various devices at once....

Airtel, Jio and Vi offer a variety of postpaid plans for their subscribers that range from cheap plans to plans that are expensive but come with great benefits. Users can get both family connections as well as individual packs. Even though you have a number of options to chose from, some of the plans from these telcos come at a reasonable price tag for the benefits they offer. Mentioned below are some of the postpaid plans offered by Airtel, Jio and Vi that offer great value for your money....