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The answers came as a follow-up to a request from Coons dating to last month when the Senator questioned how long the company holds on to voice recordings and transcripts from Echo interactions. “The American people deserve to understand how their personal data is being used by tech companies, and I will continue to work with both consumers and companies to identify how to best protect Americans’ personal information,” Coons was quoted as saying in a statement by CNET....

Bharti Airtel has been on the move for the last few weeks and has deployed additional spectrum at several regions/circles of India. Now, as per sources, the telco has made its 5G network live in Gurgaon’s Cyber Hub with the help of the mid-band spectrum (3500 MHz) as part of the 5G trials all the operators have been allowed to conduct. The second-largest telecom operator of India has followed all the guidelines of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the trials....

Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it had successfully completed a commercial test of 5G in the city of Hyderabad. This was made possible by operating both 5G and 4G with the same spectrum, using a dynamic model of spectrum sharing. This also validated the readiness of the network provider in all three domains of the network, namely Radio, Core and Transport. This feat was made possible with the use of Bharti Airtel’s existing spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, via the NSA network technology....

Briefly, COAI’s letter appealed that bank guarantees must be abolished to secure license fees payments. In case if it is needed, the amount should be reduced to one-quarter of license fees compared with two quarters now. Vodafone Idea Appeals DoT to not Invoke Bank Guarantees Bank Guarantees has been in the limelight as the cash crunch telco Vodafone Idea has appealed the department of telecommunications (DoT) not to invoke bank guarantees as it might lead to fall of the telco giant....

In a bid to enhance business operations, Bharti Airtel is currently looking to hire people for two job posts - a) Social Media Analyst, and b) Android Developer. Both the jobs are full-time gigs and might require the candidate to shift to the company’s office in Gurugram, Haryana. Both the jobs are currently open for interested candidates. Airtel Android Developer Job Details The Android Developer role is for a mid-senior level job....

The race between telcos to get the most number of subscribers is at an all-time high. The economy of India is in the path towards completely digitising, and the telecom operators don’t want to miss out on the chance to benefit from it. That is why every telco is focusing on adding as many subscribers as it can by providing lucrative new offers and good customer service to the users....

Gopal Vittal Hoping for Government to Aid Vodafone Idea and the Sector Vodafone Idea has been under great financial stress for quite some time now. The telco hasn’t seen profits in years, and if things continue the same way, it can be catastrophic for the company in the short term. According to an ET Telecom report, speaking at the first quarter’s earnings call, Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, said the government should come out with a relief package for the telecom sector as soon as possible....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, offers some of the best postpaid plans to users. The telcos have been very vocal about hiking tariffs of mobile services. Until now, they had only hiked tariffs for prepaid plans, but now they are also increasing prices of postpaid plans, at least Bharti Airtel is. A couple of weeks back, Airtel had introduced a new postpaid plan and revised the benefits of the old ones....

Broadband routers play a pivotal role in delivering internet access to our devices. It is a device that helps you create a fully customised wireless network. It further allows a network and the devices connected to the network to access the internet. They are used in both home broadband connections as well as broadband connections in offices. Since different varieties of routers are available in the market, knowing about their features makes it easier for you to make the right choice....

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across India added 360,000 subscribers in May, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) highlighted in its report on Wednesday. According to the Trai data, the wired broadband service providers across India registered a combined subscriber base of 19.38 million as on May 31, 2020. In April, the wired broadband service providers recorded a combined subscriber base of 19.02 million representing an 1.88% monthly growth in the subscriber base....

The need for data vouchers increased as 4G came to the scene and the cost of each GB data fell dramatically. All the telecom operators including Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) offer their users unlimited 4G data plans with daily caps on the data they can consume. To consume more than what their fair-usage-policy limit allows them, users can buy data vouchers....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been facing a lot of problems in rolling out 4G networks PAN-India. The telco might have had live 4G networks in several cities of India by now if its initial tender wasn’t interfered with. It doesn’t have the money nor the resources to roll out 4G networks right away. However, there’s one thing that needs to be answered, does India need BSNL’s 4G? The answer depends on multiple factors....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) recently received a relief package from the government, which will also cover the capex for the 4G rollout and site upgrades that the state-run telco will make to deliver faster connectivity to its users. There are many who are wondering why BSNL is going for 4G when the other telcos are going for 5G. It is because if BSNL plans to launch 5G NSA, it will need a 4G core....

BSNL and Reliance Jio Lost Wired Broadband Subscribers BSNL with 8.23 million subscribers continues its position as the top wired broadband service provider in India while Airtel takes the second spot with 2.43 million subscribers as of January 31, 2020. Further, Atria Convergence Technologies is said to have 1.54 million subscribers while Hathway Cable and Datacom is at fourth spot with 0.92 million subscribers. Reliance Jio completes the top five with a subscriber base of 0....

BSNL Wi-Fi Tariff Vouchers for Hotspots On its official website, BSNL has even listed the tariff for Wi-Fi hotspot vouchers which the subscribers will need to credit to their accounts in case they want to access these hotspots through their phones. Currently, BSNL has listed only four plans in this section, and they are all below the Rs 100 price mark. The first plan in this portfolio is the BSNL WiFi 19 plan which will offer 2GB data for two days validity at Rs 19....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has received some tough love from the IT and telecom minister of India, Ashwini Vaishnaw. The minister has been very vocal about the changes that the employees of the state-run telco need to make. First of all, Vaishnaw has asked employees to leave their ‘Sarkari Attitude’ or go back home through early retirement. The words of Vaishnaw weren’t empty threats. Much recently, Vaishnaw asked a CGM (Chief General Manager) caught napping during a meeting to leave the room....

BSNL STV 187 Benefits and Other Details Firstly, we are going to be talking about the launch of STV 187. The STV 187 comes with 28 days validity, and in this time period, it will offer 250 minutes of local, STD and roaming calls which would include calls to Mumbai and Delhi circle as well. There will also be unlimited data with speed being throttled down to 40 Kbps after 2GB data per day....

BSNL Rs 999 Voice-Only Plan: Benefits and Validity Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been launching new tariff plans every now and then taking on the competition. This time, the government-led telco has come up with a voice-only prepaid plan of Rs 999. The plan, which will be effective from December 1, 2019, will ship with unlimited voice calling (there’s a daily cap too) to any network including Mumbai & Delhi along with two months of PRBT benefit....

Due to a weaker brand image, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has been losing market share in the wireline segment for consecutive quarters now. The telco has very competitive offerings for customers in the fiber broadband segment. Just to compare, Airtel and Jio have pricier offerings than BSNL when it comes to fiber broadband. Airtel Xstream Fiber’s most affordable plan comes for Rs 499 per month, while Jio’s most affordable plan comes for Rs 399....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday said that its landline users will now receive 5GB high speed data with one year validity. The development was shared by the BSNL Gujarat circle with the offer said to be applicable to BSNL landline users without a broadband connection. The state-run operator said that the high speed data is available for use on its BSNL Wi-Fi hotspot service. In a dedicated portal, BSNL said that it has 34,260 Wi-Fi hotspots in 26,859 WiFi hotspot locations across India....