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The spectrum auctions 2021 concluded recently with Airtel spending Rs 18,699 crores for acquiring 355.45 MHz of spectrum across 2300 MHz, mid-band, and Sub GHz band. The telco is looking to enhance its network quality and has said that it will be able to cover 90 million more users across the rural areas of India with the new spectrum. We have broken down the spectrum purchases of Airtel across different telecom circles, and here is all you should know....

All the private bidders have shown great support to the government in the 5G spectrum auction of 2022. The telcos have shown their support by giving the government almost Rs 1.5 lakh crore in five days of bidding. The spectrum auction has been moved to day 6, which will be today. What’s great here to see is that the bidders have invested money in the 5G spectrum as well as the spectrum required for 4G services....

SpaceX owned Starlink has applied for a license in India to begin pilot services. To recall, the satellite communications company had been asked by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to stop selling pre-bookings in India as it didn’t have any regulatory approvals to do so. Thus, Starlink has applied for a license now to fall in line with the local laws. According to a TNN report, Starlink has applied for an experimental license....

Entry Level Broadband Plans “Sufficient to Run Smart TV Seamlessly” In its report, ICICI Securities said that entry level broadband plans are now priced at Rs 399 per month as compared to Rs 699 earlier with the plans now offering “unlimited data allowance.” The company said that the entry level plans with speed up to 30 Mbps is “sufficient to run smart TV seamlessly.” ICICI Securities said that the streaming apps are in “direct competition to TV viewership” rather than competing with theatres and multiplexes....

In case you were wondering, standalone networks allow for higher capacity and faster speeds which in turn make it possible to apply new 5G use cases including key usability areas such as remote, high-fidelity medical consultations or driverless cars that do not need any physical input in a constant manner. Telefonica had already been working with AWS in Brazil to make sure that it can deploy a standalone 5G core network, with AWS having been in touch with multiple such telecom operators, some of which include Dish, Verizon and Vodafone....

Tata Sky Subscribers to Get Refund for Disruption of Service in 2018 Tata Sky is not known for entering into a battleground especially with broadcasters. However, at the end of 2018, the DTH operator faced contract renewal issues with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI). Due to this issue, Tata Sky took down all the Sony Network channels from its platform; Tata Sky users were unable to watch SPNI channels between October 1, 2018, and December 5, 2018....

Tata Sky Binge Service Tata Sky Binge+ Tata Sky Binge+ service offers an Android Set-Top Box (STB) to the customer. It allows people to watch both OTT content and Live TV seamlessly. To avail the service, the customer will have to pay Rs 3,999. The Binge+ STB also offers six months of free Binge service to the new customers. But this is not the case with Tata Sky Binge+. It is an STB which can accommodate both Live TV and OTT content with the help of its remote....

Tata Sky Unlimited Broadband Plans: Details The first plan under the Tata Sky Broadband portfolio is the Rs 900 plan which offers 25 Mbps speed to the customers with unlimited data. As for the benefit, the customers get the safe custody benefit under this plan. Similarly, Tata Sky has other plans in this portfolio which come with 50 Mbps and 100 Mbps speed, and they come with Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,100 monthly rental....

Tata Sky is very famous in India for offering Direct-to-Home (DTH) services. The company has millions of customers throughput different service circles of the country. But the company has also been aggressively growing its fiber broadband business in different parts of India. More and more cities now get the 1 Gbps plan from the company and one of the best things about Tata Sky Broadband is its consistent brand. If you are purchasing a service from the company, you can be sure of getting quality service and the worth of your money back....

Tata Sky Long-Term Plans Come at a Discounted Rate Tata Sky offers its long-term plans at a discount to the users. Users looking to get a new broadband connection get to choose from four monthly plans where the speed ranges from 100 Mbps to 300 Mbps. Talking about the 300 Mbps plan, it comes for Rs 1,500 when users want it for a month. But with long-term and even medium-term validity, the price of this plan changes and actually becomes lesser....

Tata Sky is one of the largest Pay-TV platforms in the country. The Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator keeps introducing new services and offers to enhance the overall experience of watching content for the users. Just a few days back, we reported that Tata Sky has added Travelxp 4K HDR channel on its platform. Now, the company has announced that this channel/service will be available to the Tata Sky Binge+ Set-Top Box (STB) users without any additional cost....

This particular spectrum auction was one of the biggest ever for India and its future. The amount of money spent by the telcos is the highest ever spent on spectrum auctions. This was because the telcos wanted to shift to 5G as well as the presence of relaxed payment terms. One thing that’s great for the telcos is that there is no SUC on the new spectrum, and the floor rate of 3% has also been removed....

The quality of telecom services needs to be very high in order for consumers and the nation to leap forward into a digital economy. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has had discussions with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), asking the sector regulator to look into the quality of services being provided to consumers. There are still many scenarios of call drops and slow data speeds. TRAI has been asked by the telecom department to quickly sort out the issues....

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has proposed the removal of licensee fees (LFs) from the fixed-line broadband internet services, including the IPTV service. The development has been reported by ET Telecom, quoting sources that the telecom department is looking to provide a 10-year relief to the fixed-line broadband internet services along with the IPTV service. The final decision on the matter will be taken by the Digital Communications Commission (DCC) in a meeting scheduled for May 12, 2022....

Post the launch of 5G in India; the conversations have already turned towards 6G. The telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Sunday, said that India would be leading in 6G, reported ANI. It is a statement much like that came around for 5G. Vaishnaw said that the most important study groups for the development of the 6G and 5G mobile system under the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) are now being chaired by Indian Delegates....

Internet users often like to check the kind of speed they are getting on their respective devices. Be it mobile networks or Wi-Fi networks, checking speed is a common thing for users to determine how good their platform is. Now, there are many reliable platforms available to users which they can leverage to conduct an internet speed test. One of the easiest to get access to is the Google Internet Speed Test, which can be opened directly in the browser....

What became a disaster for Facebook when its applications, including WhatsApp and Instagram, went down, it became a boon for Telegram. While Telegram is not as big as WhatsApp, there’s no other app that can give competition to WhatsApp the way Telegram does. One of the many reasons why WhatsApp wins is because of clean experience and early mover advantage. But Telegram has already achieved the milestone of a billion downloads, so clearly, it is not a small application....

Note: All the Data Vouchers mentioned in this article are sourced from BSNL website and some of them may not be available in select circles due to limited availability and promotional offers run by the company. BSNL Data Vouchers Under Rs 100 Detailed BSNL currently has a lot of Data Vouchers under Rs 100. Starting with the Rs 16 Voucher, it offers a prepaid user 2GB of data with one-day validity....

When it comes to broadband plans, the 100 Mbps plans are very common as they not only provide high-speed internet connectivity but also is available at reasonable price tags. 100 Mbps plans are suitable for all aspects that require connectivity whether it is work-from-home, online learning, gaming or entertainment. While a majority of the ISPs have 100 Mbps in their portfolio, in this article we are going to take a look at some of the select 100 Mbps broadband plans provided by Jio, Excitel and more that are worth spending your money on....

Selecting Channels for Airtel Digital TV Subscribers Now Airtel Digital TV subscribers also have three methods by which they can change their channel selections. Firstly for the subscribers, who do not possess the technical know-how to do it would be to do it through the customer care number. The other two methods would involve changing the channels either from the Airtel Thanks self-care app or the Airtel Digital TV website....