Furthermore, Watcho is also the first OTT service to feature user-generated content allowing users to create and upload their own content on the platform. The flexible service was designed to address the large base of over 23 million subscribers of Dish TV and D2h and is also open to new users, says Dish TV. Watcho vs Tata Sky vs Airtel Xstream Apps
The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday said in its third quarter earnings call that the Disney+ service has crossed over 60.5 million subscribers. The Disney+ service was introduced in November, 2019 initially in the US market before the company expanded the service to international markets like Western Europe, India and Japan in 2020. In India, the company launched its Disney+ service on April 3 by enhancing its existing Hotstar service....
In a recent development, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has revealed a list of telecom products that should undergo mandatory testing and certification before sale in India. Effective from July 1, 2022, electronics products such as smartwatches, smart cameras, tracking devices, base tower stations for telecom networks and electricity metres among others can be sold, used or imported only if they have been tested and certified by an accredited lab....
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has finalised the draft of the guidelines for the telecom sector’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. According to a Financial Express report, the DoT has drafted the guidelines in such a manner that companies who promise to invest more than other companies will be given the PLI incentives. Companies such as Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Ciena, Cisco, and more have ‘shown interest’ in taking part in the telecom PLI scheme announced by the Indian government with an outlay of Rs 12,195 crores....
As if the Indian telecom industry was not inundated enough by roadblocks in its development and financial fruitions, the troubles are already on for the coming of 5G as well. Even before the launch of fifth-generation network technology in India, there is a raging debate going on in circles about the kind of standardisation the companies and the government would use for the deployment of 5G network. There is the much popular standard of 5G which has been developed by 3GPP....
People began to recognise the benefits of using fibre broadband connections once the pandemic hit since it enables people to work from home, study from home, and do nearly everything online with greater dependability than mobile networks. It is true that the pandemic significantly altered corporate operations. People can watch Netflix, play online games, and do a lot more with fibre broadband. Let’s see what the CEO of Excitel, Vivek Raina, had to say about this....
Excitel Broadband Plans Detailed: Up to 300 Mbps Speeds and Unlimited Data Excitel is currently operating in very limited cities like Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Lucknow. To encourage Work from Home and also to increase its user base, Excitel has come up with new broadband plans and a new 6+3 offer to new customers. Firstly, all the new Excitel customers in Delhi NCR region will get free service for the first month....
When it comes to affordable broadband plans, internet service providers (ISPs) offer uniquely curated plans for their subscriber base according to their needs. The demand for broadband plans in the affordable price segment has increased in the last couple of years as people had to tune in online for work, learning and even entertainment because of the pandemic. Further, the majority of the population in India is looking for economically sustainable plans that also offer ample data speed and there are multiple ISPs in the country offering such plans....
Facebook on Thursday said that the Messenger Rooms has rolled out globally to everyone on the desktop and on the latest iOS or Android apps. The Messenger Rooms enables users to create a room that can host up to 50 people for video calls with no time limit. Facebook said that the Messenger Rooms aid users to “spend quality time with friends, loved ones and people who share your interests....
Reliance Jio Will Open Multiple Opportunities for Facebook in India Reliance Jio is one of the most lovable and demanding digital platform in the country. A stake in Reliance Jio will open up multiple windows for Facebook. As per analysts, it is expected that a partnership with Reliance Jio will help Facebook to set up UPI payments schemes in WhatsApp along with resolved encryption issues with the government. However, no official statements have been released by the companies regarding the matter....
Here are five films and web series that are available on OTT in the first week of January for you to watch: 1. Kaleidoscope Eric Garcia’s television program centres on “the largest robbery ever attempted” and the betrayals that occurred throughout it. Paz Vega, Rosaline Elby, Giancarlo Esposito, and more actors can be seen in the online series. The non-linearly structured television program debuted on Netflix on January 1st....
Google’s Wear OS, the software that was supposed to bring the fight to Apple’s Wear OS, managed to do none of what was expected from it. Be that as it may, it seems Google is not ready to give up on Wear OS since it has announced that it is going to be rolling out the Gboard keyboard to all Android smartwatches. This might sound like a minor feat when compared to what the Apple Watch has to offer, and, indeed, this is not groundbreaking, but it will ensure that Google will have some aid when it comes to pushing Apple....
The top three vendors – Lenovo, HP Inc. and Dell – accounted for 64.1% of global PC shipments in the Q2 of 2019, compared with 60.7% of shipments in the Q2 of 2018. “Worldwide PC shipments growth was driven by demand from the Windows 10 refresh in the business market in the Q2 of 2019. Desktop PC growth was strong, which offset a decline in mobile PC shipments,” Mikako Kitagawa, Senior Principal Analyst at Gartner, said in a statement....
Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Reduced Prices Back in October, Google had launched the Pixel 3 4GB+64GB variant with the price tag of Rs 71,000 and the 4GB+128GB variant with the price tag of Rs 80,000. The Pixel 3 XL, on the other hand, was retailing for Rs 83,000 for the 4GB/64GB option, whereas the price of the 4GB+128GB variant of the Pixel 3 XL was priced at Rs 92,000....
The tech giant has never broken out of concrete Pixel sales before, thus, making it difficult to know how many more units this increase involves. “The twice YoY growth touted comes following a doubling of the phone line-up with mid-tier devices joining the flagship models. “Pichai’s last comments about Pixel came in October 2018 following a question by an analyst about why Google’s phone line-up wasn’t more successful. Cited reasons at the time included not enough product inventory, and the need for a better go-to-market strategy and retail availability,” according to 9to5Google....
Android 10 Stable Update Features Detailed According to Google, Android 10 brings ten major features to the table. Android 10 ships with new features like Live Caption, Smart Reply, Sound Amplifier, Gesture Navigation, Dark Theme, Privacy Controls, Location Controls, Security Updates through Google Play Store, Focus Mode (launched in Beta for Pixel phones) and Family Link which will be available later this year. Ever since Apple announces gesture navigation with the iPhone X, Google has been making changes on how the stock Android gesture navigation works....
On Wednesday, the Gujarat government unveiled a plan to encourage fresh investment in the semiconductor industry by providing incentives and subsidies to establish businesses there. The “Gujarat Semiconductor Policy,” announced by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, would be in effect until 2027, according to a statement from the state’s Minister of Science and Technology. According to the plan, the state government would establish “Dholera Semicon City” close to Ahmedabad, where qualified projects will receive subsidies for establishing manufacturing facilities....
Telecom service providers recently asked TRAI to keep the telemarketer regulations in place. Unregistered firms must pay a charge to deliver spam message to the consumers under this regulation. In 2012, TRAI imposed these rules, requiring telemarketers to pay 50 paise if they exceeded the daily cap of 100 messages. Nevertheless, telecom users get the option to block these pesky and unwanted messages by activating DND mode. Follow the article to the end for detailed information regarding DND activation on Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea....
Signal is a popular messaging app that is used by millions of users around the world. The instant-messaging app offers multiple services and benefits that resonate with the Facebook-owned WhatsApp and renowned messaging app Telegram. Similar to other social media platforms, Signal also allows its users to delete or unsend messages on its platform. Users can delete the message for everyone within a 3-hour period. After three hours, users will only be allowed to delete their own messages....
HTC, one of the oldest smartphone brands in the market, has just launched a new device called the ‘HTC Wildfire E3’. The company doesn’t offer a wide range of smartphones in India. The Wildfire E3 has also been launched for the Russia market first. Whether it will make it to India or not is not confirmed. The company does offer one device from the Wildfire series in India, ‘HTC Wildfire R70’....
