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Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the three major telecom operators of India. The telcos offer a series of prepaid plans that come at different prices and offer varied benefits. In general, Jio’s prepaid plan is considered the cheapest, while Vodafone Idea’s plans are considered the most expensive. Airtel’s plans fall in between the plans from the two operators in terms of price. Today, we will list the best value prepaid plans from Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea....

Bharti Airtel recently announced the arrival of the Airtel 5G Plus. It will be available in eight cities in the country - Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Siliguri, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Varanasi. Airtel said that by the end of this year, it would launch Airtel 5G Plus in all the key metro cities, and by the end of the next year, the telco will have 5G coverage across all major cities of the nation....

Airtel Digital TV Subscriber Base Likely to Grow in the Coming Days Right now, overall Cable TV user base in India is around 90 million, which is more than that of DTH user base. Airtel Digital TV believes that a large number of users will now migrate to the DTH platform leaving the traditional Cable TV service. “The DTH market is large because there are still about 90 million customers who have cable and terrestrial connections, so there is still a big upgradation opportunity from cable to DTH,” said Gopal Vittal, the CEO of Airtel India during the Q4 FY19 earnings call last week....

Airtel Digital TV Annual and Semi-Annual Packs One of the popular packs which the subscribers will have access to as part of this list is the Dabang pack. The Dabang pack by Airtel Digital TV is available under various options and various time frames. While some variants of the Dabang pack are available for quarterly or semi-annual subscription, some are available for a full annual subscription as well. For example, if you take up the Dabang HD 12M pack then, it will come with an annual subscription, and it will set back the subscribers by Rs 3,264, and with taxes, the total cost would be Rs 3,851....

Trai Directive on Long-Term Packs Thrashed in Delhi HC To recall, soon after it faced a backlash from the public, Trai had issued a directive which stopped the DTH operators from migrating the people to monthly channel packs from the long-term packs. It was said that the subscribers were to enjoy the rest of their validity on their long-term packs on the DTH platform. However, this directive was met by a counterstrike from Tata Sky which moved to Delhi High Court....

Guide to Get Rs 200 Cashback in Airtel Digital TV Through Referral It is worth noting that this referral offer will be in the form of cashback and it will be credited to the person’s Airtel DTH account from where it will be used for paying bills or to get other services. To get the Airtel DTH referral offer benefits, the Airtel DTH subscriber will have to type SMS REFER with the friend’s mobile number, for example, REFER 98XXXXXX63 and the subscriber will be required to send it to 54325....

Wynk Tube to Combine Video and Audio for Listeners The app has been designed and built by Airtel’s in-house team, and it aims to simplify content offering for hundreds of millions of smartphone users especially in the tier-2 and tier-3 villages. Airtel has noted that the customers in this market segment have an affinity to stream the video of their favourite music tracks as they listen to these songs. Therefore, they would like to have the convenience of being able to listen to and watch their favourite music tracks....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is now offering users car insurance with the Airtel Payments Bank. For the unaware, Airtel Payments Bank can be accessed within the Airtel Thanks app or the user can also directly go and login to the web portal of the service. Utilising the app, users can make various utility payments or even transfer money to their friends and family. Now the Airtel Payments Bank along with Bharti AXA General Insurance is offering users car insurance from within the banking portal....

Airtel Rs 599 Prepaid Plan Launched: Benefits and Details The Rs 599 prepaid plan from Bharti Airtel will be available across all the 22 telecom circles in the next few months, but for now, it will be available to customers across Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. The plan ships with 2GB daily data, 100 SMSes per day and unlimited voice calls for the entire duration of 84 days. Additionally, it also comes with Rs 4 lakh insurance cover as the telco has partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance company....

The growing market of broadbands in the country has become an undeniable need of the hour ever since the pandemic has arrived. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country have been providing various broadband plans to suit the needs of their users. However, not only do users want a good high-speed broadband connection but also plans that come with added benefits. There are some of the plans provided by the ISPs that not only provide high-speed seamless connectivity across multiple devices but also offer added benefits such as access to OTT platforms....

Amazfit Offering Discounts on Even Premium Smartwatches Amazfit is offering a discount to the users across its lineup of smartwatches. The Amazfit Bip U, which is priced at Rs 3,499, will be available for Rs 2,999 during the sale. Likewise, the Amazfit Bip U Pro has also received a discount of Rs 500, and its price will fall down to Rs 4,499 from the current price of Rs 4,999. The Amazfit GTS 2 Mini, which currently sells for Rs 6,999, will be available for Rs 6,499....

A few months back, when it was still an early COVID-19 period for the world, Apple and Google announced that they are coming together to build a feature which will help people recognise if they have been exposed to someone who has been tested positive for COVID-19. The feature was still in developing stages for a few months until now. Both the companies on Tuesday announced that they are going to enable the feature of COVID-19 exposure notifications which can happen without the need for building an app....

Apple has started the production of vanilla iPhone 12 in India. Foxconn, one of Apple’s manufacturing partners, will be spearheading the task of assembling the latest generation iPhones in India. Foxconn will be assembling the iPhone 12 in its Tamil Nadu facility. The iPhone 12 will be manufactured for both domestic and exports purposes. According to an ET Telecom report, the iPhone 12 mini will not be manufactured in India....

A number of users of the Apple’s iPhone who have updated to the iOS 15.4 version are facing battery drain issues. The latest iOS 15.4 update from Apple comes with some new features and changes such as the ability to unlock an iPhone with a Face ID while wearing a mask. But it seems that the experience for the users hasn’t been so great as they have been facing difficulties....

In October 2022, there may be a new Apple event. The iPhone 14 series is anticipated to be released by Apple in September. After the debut of the iPhone 14 series, the firm is anticipated to hold another Apple event to introduce new iPad models across the globe. With the release of an entry-level iPad, sometimes known as the iPad 10th generation, Apple is rumoured to be updating its iPad portfolio....

Puneet Chandok, President, Commercial Business, AWS India, and South Asia, AISPL, told IANS that the launch of AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region and AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region would enable its customers to store data securely within India and enjoy a lower latency experience. The company has also designed and delivered a first-of-its-kind innovation to restrict access to customer data. AWS is investing more in India. According to the report, the company is going to invest over $4....

Bharti Airtel Rs 179 Prepaid Plan Offers Rs 2 Lakh Life Insurance Cover Bharti Airtel has been launching new prepaid plans every now and then to increase the overall tariff plan count. After silently launching the Rs 279 prepaid plan, Airtel has come up with an affordable Rs 179 plan. This is basically the Rs 149 prepaid recharge with added life insurance cover on top. Priced at Rs 179, the new prepaid bundle from Bharti Airtel offers unlimited calling to any network within India, 2GB of 4G/3G/2G data, 300 SMSes along with a term life cover of Rs 2 lakh from Bharti AXA Life Insurance....

Bharti Airtel Still Offers Best 4G Download Speeds in India The data from OpenSignal was collected between June 1, 2019, to August 29, 2019; A total of 10,617,219,452 measurements were made during the period, confirmed OpenSignal. Besides Trai, all the other network measurement providers rated Airtel as the fastest 4G operator in the country. And the new OpenSignal report says the same. Bharti Airtel has an average 4G download speed of 9....

Tariff Hike Could Pave the Way for Sector’s Future As per an Indiatvnews report, the rating agency explained that the telecom industry requires constant technology up-gradation, which makes it a capital-intensive sector. It said that the prominent players in the industry have already made a huge investment in rolling out 4G services in the country between fiscal years of 2017 and 2021, and the investment is expected to be around Rs 5 lakh crore....

Bharti Airtel Urges Trai to Delay Shift to Zero IUC The telecom regulator had also sought submissions, comments and counter comments on its consultation paper over the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) and whether or not it should defer these charges by a few years. To this, Bharti Airtel had replied that “The (London-based) GSMA too has predicted that 12-13% of customers will continue to use 2G handsets till 2025.” Bharti Airtel also added that that the traffic from the 4G only operator continues to be on the higher side in terms of both magnitude and percentage, thus implying that the industry has not yet achieved traffic symmetry....