One of the leading DTH service providers in India, Dish TV offers the best channel packs across categories for its users. Now on account of the ongoing cricket season, the service provider has introduced two-channel packs for cricket enthusiasts. With these new channel packs added to the portfolio of Dish TV, users can watch the cricket matches live by paying as low as Rs 19. Check out more details from here....
Broadband internet consumption has gone up in the last few months in India. People require a more stable, reliable, and faster internet connection for working and learning from home. Thus the broadband internet is a much better option than mobile networks because of regular network congestions. One thing that every user always wants is a lot of data. Because with a high-speed internet connection, a small amount of data can fly away in a jiffy....
The telecom industry could surely use regulations that put in a floor pricing for the companies. However, until now, there had been no breakthrough in this matter, but it seems that now the government seems to be in favour of bringing in a floor pricing regulation. As per the latest reports on the matter, a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officer has remarked that the Finance Ministry and the DoT happen to be in agreement about floor pricing....
Ericsson conducted a trial to provide the 5G backbone that enabled the Voice over New Radio (VoNR) technology breakthrough. The Voice over New Radio (VoNR) technology will play a key role in enhancing mobile voice quality across vendors and enable new immersive video and extended reality services in the future. The demo trial was conducted at Deutsche Telekom’s innovation lab in Warsaw, Poland, on its 5G standalone network infrastructure in test mode....
The Emirates Telecommunications Group (Etisalat) will be getting an indirect 4.67% stake in Vodafone Idea (Vi). Etisalat is getting a 9.8% stake in the Vodafone Plc UK for $4.4 billion. Note that Vodafone Plc already owns around 47% stake in the Indian telco Vodafone Idea. Thus, Etisalat will also get an indirect 4.67% stake in Vodafone Idea. Etisalat will be making an entry into the Indian telecom market yet again....
Broadband connections are in huge demand at the moment. Looking at the opportunity and demand, many internet service providers (ISPs) have started expanding through India. One of those ISPs is Excitel. More than 3,00,000 Indian homes are connected with the Excitel broadband. Excitel is considered as one of the fastest-growing broadband networks in India. Until now, Excitel was only serving in these cities — Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Bangalore....
“The overall market decline was on expected lines for Q1 2019. The above industry average stock build-up in the end of previous quarter resulted in lower shipments. Also, the recent change in e-commerce rules in India impacted the online dependent players,” Narinder Kumar, Lead Analyst-Industry Intelligence Group, CMR, said in a statement. During Q1 2019, Samsung topped the overall mobile handset leaderboard with a 22% market share, followed by Xiaomi with 16% and LYF at 13%....
The new laws will help nine million people living in apartment buildings around the UK have faster broadband. To guarantee that new homes would be equipped with infrastructure enabling gigabit internet, ministers have amended the Building Regulations of 2010. Gigabit Connectivity in the UK Over 72 per cent of the UK now has access to gigabit broadband, and the new regulations will help prevent costly and disruptive installation work. The Telecommunication Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act (TILPA), is now in force in England and Wales, making it simpler for internet providers to acquire access to install equipment in apartment buildings when a tenant requests a faster connection, says the UK government in its release....
Google has released the much-awaited new version update of Chrome for iPhone and iPad. Google Chrome for iOS did not receive any updates for the past four months. But the company started to roll out app updates on iOS in February. However, Google Chrome missed out on major updates like version 88 and 89 since the browser did not receive any update on the iOS platform for months. The latest update of Chrome is version 87....
Everyone’s been waiting for the Google Pixel 4a to come to life. Until yesterday, a ton of rumours surrounding the device was making rounds at the market and internet. But Google finally launched the smartphone and has made Google Pixel 4a a toned-down version of the Pixel 4 which was launched last year. The smartphone is powered with Snapdragon 730G SoC. It is noteworthy that Google has launched it with a single camera for the rear and front....
Google Play Store is getting an upgrade soon with the upcoming Android 11. With Android 11, Google is trying to streamline the process of purchasing subscriptions for its users. This report has come to surface by a blog post from Google, where it is vaguely mentioned without letting in on any specifics. Google is looking to make it easier for its subscribers to purchase app subscriptions from the app store....
Placement Revenue and CATV Business Growth Speaking of the placement revenue, in the Q1 FY20 the numbers grew by 5% YoY to Rs 78.7 crore from the previous figure of Rs 75.2 crores and increased 38% QoQ from Rs 58.2 crore. On the other hand, activation revenue declined 13% YoY to Rs 15.23 crores from Rs 17.6 crore with a QoQ 3% decline from Rs 15.7 crore. In its reports, Hathway has not mentioned the split of CATV and Broadband business....
HFCL Limited (HFCL), leading telecom equipment, fiber optic cables manufacturer and technology manufacturer, has announced the successful deployment of OFC (Optical Fiber Cable) in the state of Jharkhand under the BharatNet project of the Government of India (GoI). Jharkhand has become the first state in the country where broadband connectivity reaches all the Gram Panchayats. HFCL has completed connectivity of 1,789 Gram Panchayats through the GPON network, wherein 7,765 kilometres of OFC have been laid out....
Tata Communications is a leading global digital ecosystem enabler listed on the Indian stock exchanges. The company is known for offering a wide range of state-of-the-art solutions such as cloud, mobility, communication, collaboration, connected solutions, network, and data centre services. The company recently announced its results for Q2 FY23. The topline revenues were Rs 4431 crore, up by 6.2% YoY and 2.8% QoQ. EBITDA (earnings before interest tax, depreciation and amortisation) came in at Rs 1130 crore, up by 1....
For the pricing, the Galaxy M30 4GB RAM and 64GB storage model comes for Rs 14,990 while the price of the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage has been launched for Rs 17,990. In comparison, the Galaxy M20 is slightly lower priced. The 3GB RAM/32GB storage model of the Galaxy M20 comes for Rs 10,990 while the 4GB RAM/64GB storage model of the phone comes for Rs 12,990. Let’s quickly take a look at how different is Galaxy M30 from M20....
International roaming packs are essential while travelling to foreign countries for hassle-free telecom services. The renowned telco of India, Vodafone, offers simple ways through which users can activate international roaming services and enjoy the services of telco around the globe. Both prepaid and postpaid users can activate international roaming in their account. In most of the Vodafone circles, international roaming services are preactivated. To get a detailed guide regarding international roaming service activation in Vodafone prepaid and postpaid account, follow the article to the end....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) users get the option to keep track of their call and data expenses through the detailed postpaid bill. There are two ways through which users can download their Vodafone Idea postpaid bill. One of the methods of downloading Vodafone Idea postpaid bill is through the official mobile app. Subscribers can also use their registered email ID to download their Vodafone Idea postpaid bill. Follow the article to the end for a detailed guide....
India needs 160 to register their first win in the T20 world cup. The bowlers did a brilliant job of restricting the Pakistani batsmen. Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar gave India the perfect start in the powerplay. A stellar bowling performance came by Arshdeep as he picked up both of Pakistan’s openers in his first spell. There was a lot of swing for the pacers with the new ball. The outfield was not very quick, which made it even more difficult for the batsmen to get boundaries....
Indian Telcos Want to be Ready for 5G As per an ET Telecom report, Doron Arazi, CEO of Ceragon Networks, said that 5G spectrum auctions in India are planned for the first half of 2022, and that is why mobile operators in the country are moving fast to ensure that their networks are 5G ready. Arazi added that Indian operators had chosen Ceragon for being a part of the 5G field trials for testing the company’s mmWave frequency solutions....
The test feature was discovered by reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong who tweeted a clip of an Instagram video with the seek-bar on top of the video on Thursday. Instagram has not disclosed any details about the official rollout of the feature as yet. Ever since its launch, the photo-messaging app has kept a tight leash on content controls and options on its platform. It does not allow any links on the captions and only lets users view one post at a time as opposed to swiping through each post from a profile....
