5G services, which were formally introduced during the India Mobile Congress, are already accessible in a few Indian cities. With the introduction of 5G for its consumers in up to eight cities with one million users, Airtel is driving the adoption of 5G in India. At the airport in Bengaluru, Airtel 5G Plus is also totally accessible. Due to the restricted rollout of its True 5G network in only four locations, Reliance Jio, the largest telecom service provider in terms of consumers, is somewhat late....

Telecom operators in India offer multiple prepaid plans for similar denominations and benefits. This is to counter the offerings from their competition. Today, we will be discussing one such plan from Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi). More specifically, we will be looking at the benefits of the Rs 449 prepaid plan from both the operators and then compare them to check which one is the better option. Both are prepaid offerings and are available for users nationwide....

Airtel Black was announced by Bharti Airtel a few weeks back. For the unaware, it is a bundled service from the company that brings broadband, mobile postpaid, and Direct-to-Home (DTH) connections under a single bill. This isn’t a new concept from the company as users could still choose from One Airtel plans, but as explained by Shashwat Sharma, Chief Marketing and Brand Officer of Bharti Airtel, the Airtel Black plans are a “step above” One Airtel plans....

Airtel Xstream Fibre Unlimited Plans in Six Cities Airtel Xstream Fibre unlimited plans are currently live in six cities with the unlimited data applicable on all plans including the base Rs 799 plan. The company offers four plans including the Rs 799, Rs 999, Rs 1499 and Rs 3999 plans that also enables users to make unlimited calls and access Airtel Thanks benefits. The Rs 799 plan offers unlimited data at 100 Mbps speed with Airtel Xstream included in the Airtel Thanks benefit....

Pricing of Airtel Digital TV Multiple Connection The crucial point to note about the Multi TV connections after the Trai mandate is that whatever discount the subscribers will enjoy will be on NCF only. There will be no discount for the consumers on the content charges which the respective channel owners levy. As such, Airtel Digital TV has announced that it would charge Rs 80 plus taxes for 100 SD channels as Network Capacity Fee (NCF) for all multiple connections getting activated under the same account....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telco, had flared up the highly debated question from the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues case last year. The Supreme Court (SC) had posed a fundamental question asking should the telcos be able to sell spectrum if they have pending AGR dues on it. Later on, the question came down to the principle of ‘which’ party will pay the dues. Should the telco ‘selling’ the spectrum still be liable after freeing the airwaves from its portfolio, or are the dues a liability of the ‘current holder’ of the spectrum....

Even after the proliferation of 4G smartphones with Voice over LTE (VoLTE) capability in India, there are many who use an LTE only device. This makes it hard for them to make voice calls using the 4G networks. However, Bharti Airtel has an application to help out such users. The telco is now offering an ‘Airtel HD Voice’ application that will help enable VoLTE and VoWi_Fi calling for Android smartphones....

Bharti Airtel currently offers multiple plans with insurance cover up to Rs 4,00,000 to its subscribers across India. The company offers the insurance policies on its Rs 179 special tariff voucher (STV) and on its Rs 279 STV. Airtel highlights that the insurance policy on both the vouchers are applicable to users within the age limit of 18 years to 54 years. The company said that the insurance policies are activated when the user performs a recharge of either of the plans....

Bharti Airtel, the second-ranked telco in India in terms of wireless customer market share, looks at 5G as a short-term opportunity to win quality customers. The scaling of 5G networks in a wider area to cover most of the country would take years, and thus, applications or use cases of 5G that have already been demonstrated successfully would still take years to come to India. However, this doesn’t stop Airtel from using 5G and marketing it to win some quality customers in the short term....

Airtel Payments Bank, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel had earlier announced that users could purchase digital gold directly through the Airtel Thanks mobile application of the company. This Navratri, if you have been thinking about purchase gold, Airtel Payments Bank can help you do that from the comfort of your home. Airtel Payments Bank had earlier announced the launch of ‘DigiGold’. The company had launched ‘DigiGold’ in partnership with ‘SafeGold’, a leading provider of digital gold....

Airtel Payments Bank has crossed the milestone of surpassing a total of 1 billion transactions volume during the September quarter of 2021-22. The numbers mean that Airtel has grown 61% on year-on-year growth in transaction volume per quarter. The ability to grow at such large scale in such a small period of time can be credited to the bank’s digital-first model and distribution of over 5,00,000 banking points. The growth in transaction volume can be also attributed to the turning point that came because of the pandemic as more and more customers switched to digital modes of payments....

As of now, Airtel offers 4G services throughout all of India as well as 5G service in a few selected towns. On the Airtel website or mobile app, you may find information on the Rs 719 and Rs 779 recharge plans. Both of these plans have a few advantages for their subscribers. The Rs 779 prepaid recharge plan has a 90-day validity period, whereas the Rs 719 plan has an 84-day validity period....

Bharti Airtel has launched vernacular support on Airtel Thanks app. The move by Airtel is a part of innovative digital interventions to simplify the customer journey and help them unlock the full potential of various digital services offered by the telco. Adarsh Nair, CPO of Bharti Airtel stated that India is transforming into a smartphone nation and nearly 35% of the Airtel Thanks app users are from Tier 2/3 towns and rural markets....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, owns an OTT aggregation (over-the-top) platform called the Airtel Xstream. This platform offers customers access to content from multiple OTT platforms, all under a single roof. The special thing about Airtel Xstream is that it not only allows you to buy a premium subscription that will give you access to all the platforms, it even enables you to buy subscription to a single OTT platform such as SonyLIV Premium through the Xstream platform....

Alliance Broadband offers internet plans throughout India. The company has been actively providing services for many years now. One of the unique things about the company’s offerings is the kind of plans that it provides to the users. Oddly, you could get plans with 125 Mbps, 140 Mbps, 400 Mbps, and 510 Mbps speed with Alliance Broadband. Further, the company gives multiple over-the-top (OTT) benefits to its users as well....

Amazfit GTS 2 Mini New Version Specs and Features The new Amazfit GTS 2 Mini New Version comes with a 1.55-inch AMOLED screen with 354×306pixels resolution. The device offers support for 80+ watch faces and 60+ Always-on Display patterns. The smartwatch is pretty lightweight as it weighs 19.5 grams and is aluminium alloy and plastic material. One of the major changes brought in Amazfit GTS 2 Mini New Version is in the form of onboard sensors and sports modes....

The Android 13-based One UI 5.0 upgrade is apparently coming to Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series devices. Currently, the 5G Galaxy Tab S8 is the only model available in all of Europe with the Android 13-based One UI 5.0 update. According to the report, the firmware for the Galaxy Tab S8 will be version X706BXXU2BVK4, the Galaxy Tab S8+ will receive version X806BXXU2BVK4, and the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra will get version X906BXXU2BVK4....

Apple iPhone 9 or iPhone SE 2: Rumoured Specifications The iPhone 9 will likely be equipped with an A13 Bionic chip. For those who are unaware, this is the same chip which is used in the iPhone 11 series. So you can expect the smartphone to be fast. According to the rumours, the iPhone 9 may come in three different storage options - 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB. It is also expected that the design of the iPhone 9 will be a lot similar to iPhone 8, which is not a bad thing considering iPhone 8 had a pretty beautiful body....

It looks like Apple is all set to add a new crash detection to the iPhone and Apple Watch models next year. A new report by the Wall Street Journal suggests that the feature could auto-dial 911 in the instances of a car accident. The same will be detected using an iPhone or Apple Watch. The Apple devices have already detected over 10 million suspected vehicle impacts. Apple Tests Crash Detection Feature The crash detection feature in question will work by measuring a sudden spike in gravity or g forces in instances of an impact, notes the report....

Information on the Apple MacBook Pro and iPad Pro The next MacBook Pro and iPad are expected to go into mass production in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to Kuo, who previously made the prediction. Additionally, he had mentioned that the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models from Apple would include “5nm advanced node” technology. The MacBook Pro (2022) and MacBook Air (2022) are powered by the same M2 chip, therefore these future computers will also include it....