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Cabinet Reportedly Approved Relief Package for Telecom Sector As reported by ET Telecom, the Cabinet has approved a relief package for the debt-laden Indian telecom sector. Telcos have to pay Rs 1.47 lakh crore dues towards Adjusted Gross Revenues. The DoT has so far received just over Rs 23,000 crore AGR dues with Vodafone Idea being the least payer. Vodafone Idea officials, including Vodafone CEO, met the government and telecom minister seeking relief and those meetings seem to have worked out....

Samsung’s Achievement Will be Promising for Future Developments Samsung has opened the door for multiple avenues in the 5G developments. Telecom operators who will provide 5G services will be able to offer transformational services to subscribers. It is expected that telecom users will witness exceptionally speed, which will allow them to Stream videos in 8K resolution, which shows smooth and high-quality images and videos. Not only this, but the achievement will also open the doors or AR Remote learning, VR teleconferencing and many more....

On Thursday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy M13 and Galaxy M13 5G smartphones in India. Both smartphones have Samsung’s RAM Plus functionality, which is simply the South Korean manufacturer’s take on extended RAM and leverages storage space as memory to improve smartphone performance. The 4G model has a 6,000mAh battery, while the 5G version has a 5,000mAh battery. When the primary SIM is in a no-network area, they both have auto data switching technology that enables making or receiving calls utilising the data of the secondary SIM....

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+: Specifications and Features The Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ share a similar design language, but the display on the Note 10+ is bigger. The standard Note 10 has a 6/3-inch Full HD+ display, whereas the Note 10+ features a bigger 6.8-inch Quad HD+ screen. That said, Samsung is calling the panels on the Note 10 series as Dynamic AMOLED screens, and both of them support HDR10+....

At the upcoming event, the firm is expected to announce not just a Galaxy Note 10 but also a Note 10 Pro model, one of which would be 5G and neither of which will have a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Galaxy Note 10 is said to offer a 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED display while the Note 10 Pro will sport a bigger 6.7-inch screen. Like the Galaxy S10-series, both the phones are also expected to come with a hole punch display....

Though Samsung did not disclose the price, it is expected to cost around 1.5 million won ($1,332) in the domestic market, according to industry sources, as reported by IANS. As one of the only companies with an end-to-end 5G solution from chipsets, network core, radio solutions and user devices, Samsung is uniquely positioned to deliver a next-generation smartphone and network. In South Korea, the 5G commercial network has been on the air since December by all mobile operators using Samsung’s 5G network core and radio solutions....

Several reports suggesting rumours and speculations about the upcoming flagship Samsung Galaxy S22 Series have emerged in the past few months. It is expected that the series will include Samsung Galaxy S22, Samsung Galaxy S22+ and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra models. Now, according to a recent report from 91mobiles, a latest tip has been received about the Samsung Galaxy S22+ smartphone. Apparently, a render of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S22+ has surfaced online and some major specifications have been revealed as well....

South Korean tech giant Samsung is all set to launch its flagship Samsung Galaxy S22 series, in January 2022. There have been leaks in the past about the Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup that consists of Samsung Galaxy S22, Samsung Galaxy S22+ and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra models. Now a recent report from 91mobiles has provided information on the base model of Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Ultra. According to the report, industry sources have provided leaked renders of the devices giving information on the overall look of the device and colour options....

Three Samsung Galaxy 5G models—the A33, A53, and A73—are receiving an Android 13 update with the One UI 5.0 skin on top. According to the company, the update also includes support for Samsung’s “Voice Focus” feature in India. The Galaxy F23 smartphone introduced the feature, which is said to improve call clarity while in motion, even in busy and noisy environments. Samsung claims that its Galaxy A33 5G, Galaxy A53 5G, and Galaxy A73 5G smartphones all support voice and video calls with voice focus....

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are going to battle it out in the satellite communications (satcom) market in the near future. Both the telcos are already tussling over the spectrum auctions where Jio says that everyone who wants spectrum for offering communication services should get it from the auctions. However, Airtel is of the view that satcom companies don’t require spectrum the way terrestrial network service providers do and hence following the global practice, India should also “allocate” the spectrum strategically to the satcom companies....

What’s noteworthy about its services is its cheap cost. Mostly private operators who don’t have a wide-scale presence in India charge their customers high rates for their broadband plans to recover the cost from them. However, despite having a low number of broadband customers in India, SITI Broadband is availing its fiber broadband plans for a very low cost. The company offers one of the cheapest 200 Mbps broadband plans in all of India....

Growth From Knowledge or GFK has shared trends that can be a deciding factor in the growth of Indian markets. GFK is a global leader in market and consumer intelligence for technical consumer goods, and through its market intelligence, it has revealed the overall growth in smartphone sales, the price segment of devices and the geographical penetration market from January 2021 to October 2021. The Trends in the Smartphone Market The report from GFK market intelligence informs that the overall sales of the smartphones in terms of offline retail sales have grown by 4%, whereas the online retail sales have seen a surge by 29% during YTD October 2021 in comparison with 2020....

Sony has launched some of the premium televisions in the Indian market with advanced specifications and features. In the newest addition, the company has launched a premium Sony Bravia X90J 55-inch HDR LED in India. The new offering is the successor to the last Sony Bravia X90H series, which is available in the Indian market. The Sony Bravia 55X90J is touted to be one of the premium televisions that has been launched in India....

Sony Set to Launch PlayStation 5 on February 2 in India “We take this opportunity to once more thank our PlayStation enthusiasts for their patience and enthusiasm around PS5,” the company said in its announcement on Twitter. While the company released the PS5 series on November 12, 2020, in “seven key markets” including the US and Canada, the “global rollout” happened on November 19. In India, the company initially highlighted the PS5 series would be available in “late 2020....

Football is the most watched sport in the World. The biggest football tournament, FIFA World Cup 2022, started with a bang. There have been some major upsets and shocks so far. A lot of football attention towards the FIFA World Cup 2022 is given by the Indian fans. For this edition of the FIFA World Cup, the official broadcasters for India’s matches are Sports 18 1, Sports 18 1 HD, and Sports 18 Khel....

Two of the big names that are going to be a part of India’s satellite communications (satcom) industry are SpaceX owned Starlink and Bharti owned OneWeb. Both the satcom companies are gearing for global coverage. While the arrival of both the companies is exciting for the satcom fans in India, there are a few things that are very noticeable from all the developments so far. With respect to India, Starlink and OneWeb both have very different ways to look at business....

Starlink, a global satellite internet service provider (ISP), now has 60 new satellites on-orbit offering satcom services. The new satellites were launched by Elon Musk owned SpaceX through the Falcon 9 rocket. In the process, the Falcon 9 has created history by becoming the first Falcon rocket to make 10 trips to orbit and back. The Falcon 9 is a reusable booster of SpaceX that recorded the 10th flight to orbit for releasing satellites into space....

One of the leading integrators of digital networks, STL on Tuesday has announced the launch of Firebird which is a path-breaking line of ORAN-based macro radios for dense and wide-area 5G coverage. The announcement from the company was made at the Mobile World Congress 2022 held in Barcelona. The company showcased its all-in-one 5G solution at the event. More on STL Firebird The all-new STL Firebird consists of multi-band 4G/5G macro O-RAN compliant radio units (O-RUs) which will be initially available in Band 1, 40, 41, and 78 among others....

STL or Sterlite Technologies Limited today announced a partnership with telecom operator Bharti Airtel for building a modern optical fibre network across ten telecom circles. According to STL, the modern fibre network built by it will enable Airtel to deliver ‘world-class customer experience’ through enhanced scalability, reduced latency and improved bandwidth. Furthermore, it is also said that the optical network will be a future-ready one with a foundation for many next-generation services like 5G, FTTH, IoT, enterprise networks and Industry 4....

Sun Direct in a timely manner keeps on adding and removing offers from its services. Just a few days back the DTH operator added 6 new channels to its platform - Russia Today, Kalvi, Enter10 Bangla, Jinvani, Show Box, and Amar Cinema. Now Sun Direct has added two new channels to its platform. The current addition of both the channels shows that Sun Direct is focusing on the Rest of India channels....