Reliance JioFiber Secures Third Spot for Two Consecutive Months Back at the start of 2019, Reliance Jio GigaFiber (now JioFiber) made its way to the top of Netflix ISP Speed Index beating the likes of Spectra, 7 Star Digital, Airtel and ACT Fibernet. It came as a surprise to many considering the limited amount of subscribers using the service right now. During the trial period, Reliance Jio offered 100 Mbps speeds with 1....

The telecom operators are planning to introduce tariff hikes on their mobile plans. Airtel has already moved ahead with the tariff hike in 9 circles by removing the base Rs 99 plan from all of them and creating Rs 155 plan, the new base tier for customers. Consumers on the Rs 99 plan will have to pay 57% more now for the Rs 155 plan. While this is a good thing for the debt-laden and cash-strapped telecom industry, it could prove to be a negative for the rapid growth of digital services....

Samsung has announced the new flagship Smart TVs which will make way to the market in 2021. The new Smart TVs namely ‘Neo QLED TV’ and ‘MicroLED TV’ will arrive with improved backlighting, better contrast, and offer next-gen features such as Sign Language Zoom, Multi-Output Audio, and more. Samsung also announced its new ‘The Frame TV’ which will come this year with a thinner form and better features. Keep reading ahead to find out more about these Smart TVs....

Samsung smartphones with Exynos chipsets aren’t the most attractive offerings simply because there are other chipsets in the market that can do a better job. Chipset manufacturers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek produce far better chipsets than Samsung. The South Korean tech giant started offering Qualcomm powered smartphones in India once it saw that the users didn’t like the Exynos variants much. However, Samsung isn’t going to ignore its Exynos chipsets....

Samsung is expected to launch a series of budget 5G smartphones in the remaining 2021. One of those devices is the Samsung Galaxy A22 5G. As per rumours online, the device might make it to the shelves by the end of June. The Galaxy A22 is expected to come in both 4G and 5G variants. Now the Samsung Galaxy A22 5G has been spotted on the Bluetooth SIG certification website....

Samsung Galaxy A70s Price Cut is Already Effective The Galaxy A70s is a decent mid-range smartphone which is aimed at the Vivo V17 Pro smartphone. As noted, the South Korean smartphone brand has reduced the price by Rs 2,000; The base variant of the Galaxy A70s is available at Rs 26,999, whereas the premium model is selling for Rs 28,999. As of this writing, the new prices are already effective across Flipkart, Samsung Shop Online and offline stores as well....

OnePlus 9 5G received a huge discount when the OnePlus 10 series was announced. Currently, the OnePlus 9 is selling for Rs 37,999 and around at almost the same price; the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is selling for Rs 36,990. Both the devices at this price come with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. OnePlus is also offering free covers worth up to Rs 2,499 for completely free with the OnePlus 9 5G purchase....

Samsung Galaxy S21 Series: What to Expect? The short teaser video posted by Samsung shows the triple camera module, which is also expected to be the only design change on the back. The Galaxy S21 is rumoured to have a 6.2-inch Full HD+ display, followed by the Galaxy S21+ with a 6.7-inch Full HD+ display. The Galaxy S21 Ultra will likely sport a 6.8-inch WQHD+ screen. All three devices are likely to have a punch-hole cutout on the front....

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has been the talk of the town since it launched. The essentially Note like the smartphone has received a strong response in the global as well as Indian market. Now, according to a report from the Hindustan Times, the Samsung devices had 81% of the Indian smartphone market share when it came to devices priced above Rs 1,00,000. Well, it would also make sense. Above Rs 1,00,000, users in India only have two great options – iPhone 13 Pro devices and the Galaxy S22 Ultra....

Samsung India on Thursday announced the launch of the Samsung Care+ program designed for the Galaxy smartphone users in the country. The company said that the Samsung Care+ program offers an array of benefits to the Galaxy smartphone users including protection against accidental, physical and liquid damage. Additionally, the protection plan is also said to enable protection against mechanical or technical failures of the Galaxy smartphones. The Samsung Care+ protection plan was unveiled in March as a pilot program and the company on Thursday said that the pilot project had over 100,000 enrollments....

Samsung India on Thursday announced the “Experience Samsung at Home” programme that provides users a chance to “explore and buy Galaxy devices” including smartphones, tablets and wearables from their homes. The company said that the new service enables users to book a home demo for their preferred Galaxy devices online while also providing them an option to purchase the device online. Samsung said that the users who purchase the devices online through the program will receive the devices from a Samsung Exclusive outlet nearby their homes....

Would you mind trying out Samsung’s flagship foldable phones? Here is the perfect opportunity. Samsung has introduced the ‘Galaxy Free Trial’ program in India that will enable you to take Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Flip3 5G smartphones out for a spin for seven days. The program intends to offer the prospective buyers a 7-day try out for the phones and make their purchase decision easier. You can also get exciting offers while making the purchase....

Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV Together Would Make a DTH Behemoth To recall, when Vodafone India and Idea Cellular merged, they made the biggest telecom operator of the country which surpassed every other operator in the telecom industry. This is how Vodafone Idea remained with the most subscriber market share for a long stint of months until it was surpassed by Reliance Jio only a few weeks back. Similarly, if the Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV merger goes through, then the resulting DTH company would boast of having a little short of 39 million subscribers, and it would be the largest TV distribution company with a whopping 61% market share in the industry....

At a time when the service providers across industries are looking to increase their average revenue per user (ARPU), Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky) is reducing it. The company is reducing the cost of channel bouquets and packs for its users in order to retain them in an over-the-top (OTT) content dominated era. But this is not going to happen for everyone. Only select customers will see a drop in the price of the channel packs....

Legal Row on Long-Term Plans and Latest Verdict The major DTH service providers, D2h and Tata Sky came up with some attractive long-term offers for their subscribers after the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime. As for the subscribers who were enjoying the benefits of the long-term plans which they had previously subscribed, the party ended for them at the start of August as Airtel Digital TV started migrating these subscribers to monthly channel packs....

How Can Tata Sky Existing Users Avail the Offer Tata Sky has specially launched the 7-day balance loan offer for deactivated accounts. If the subscribers have not been able to recharge their accounts due to the lockdown, Tata Sky will send a message to the registered mobile number of the subscribers which will state that their account has been deactivated. To avail the 7-day credit, subscribers have to give a missed call to 080-61999922....

Tata Sky Can Charge Only 40% as NCF from Multi TV Users The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) stated that the operators could only charge 40% as NCF for Multi TV connections. The 40% NCF will be calculated based on the primary connection’ NCF. For example, if a customer is paying Rs 153 as NCF for primary connection, then the NCF for secondary connection will be 40% of the same....

Lockdown period was very hard on the economy. There was a shortage of cash throughout the country and people limited their spending on wants and luxuries. One of those luxuries for some was paying for their DTH connection. Almost everyone has a DTH connection for entertainment for which they either pay monthly charges or yearly. Tata Sky is a DTH service provider which is considered quite expensive by a large group of people....

Tata Teleservices has partnered with Zoom to offer video conferencing solutions to enterprises in India. Zoom is a well known video-first platform that witnessed a surge in demand once the pandemic kicked in. The video conferencing solution will leverage Zoom’s highly secure platform for addressing the increasing collaboration requirements of the enterprises. It will allow multiple enterprises to communicate seamlessly if they have a strong internet connection. Because of the pandemic, business meetings can’t take place physically....

Reliance Jio Paying Hefty Sum as Interconnect Usage Charge Now, Trai had charted out a roadmap for bringing down the interconnect usage charges for the telecom industry two years ago. This meant the bringing down of the IUC to zero by January 2020. But, there is a different issue which the industry is facing, and that has to do with network asymmetry. By this, we mean that the number of incoming calls from a particular network is more than the outgoing calls for the same....