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Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services provider, along with Ericsson and Red Hat, announced the successful completion of a 5G standalone (5G SA) trial in New Zealand. Spark New Zealand operates under the Spark brand and serves both consumer and business customers with its mobile, broadband, and digital services. 5G Standalone (SA) trial The 5G SA trial was completed within three months, demonstrating the ease with which standalone cloud-native 5G solutions can be deployed....

Snapchat has just launched its short-video content platform ‘Spotlight’ in India. It is worth noting that it is a ‘feature’ and not an ‘application’. The feature is said to be a rival of TikTok, which was banned from India last year. Along with India, the feature has also been launched in Brazil and Mexico. Spotlight has already been available for users in the United States and 10 other countries. The feature had over 100 million users as of January on it....

A non-profit organisation, Telecom Watchdog, has sought the sector regulator’s (TRAI) intervention in order to file a criminal case against SpaceX. It stated that Elon Musk’s company is cheating prospective users prompting users in India to pre-book space broadband plans. In a letter to the secretary of TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), V Raghunandan on September 29, the non-profit organisation stated that it requests them to take immediate action to stop Starlink’s illegal activity....

T-Mobile is one of the prominent telecommunications service providers (TSP) in the USA. The company offers 4G and 5G network services to consumers all around the country. Unlike Indian operators, American TSPs offer very limited plan options. For example, Reliance Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), all the private Indian TSPs offer more than 15 unlimited prepaid plan options to the users while T-Mobile only offers 3. The basic plan of the company is called ‘Essentials’....

Tata Play Fiber, earlier known as Tata Sky Broadband, is currently offering users an option to save over Rs 3000 on the purchase of a 100 Mbps speed plan. Now that is considerable savings for anyone who wants this plan. However, the offer is not so simple. The big saving of Rs 3000 would come only when the customer would also agrees to spend big in the first place. If you are confused, let me simplify it for you....

Tata Play (earlier known as Tata Sky) has announced the arrival of Tata Play South Talkies. Through this service, Tata Play will air Hindi dubs of popular South Indian movies from the Telugu, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. This is a new value-added service from the company which promises to bring ‘South ki Dhamakedar Filmein Hindi Mein’. There are many South Indian blockbusters that people living in North India want to watch....

Tata Sky Binge+: Pricing and Launch Offers Detailed The Tata Sky Binge+ was launched earlier this year at Rs 5,999 and it comes bundled with one-month of Tata Sky Binge subscription at no extra cost. Tata Sky is providing Rs 1,000 cashback on Binge+ for existing customers who upgrade the Set-Top Box. Being a premium DTH operator, the Binge+ is priced on the higher side when compared to others. Nevertheless, Tata Sky should have at least provided six months of Tata Sky Binge subscription to beat the rivals and justify the asking price....

Tata Sky Broadband offers users a 12 months option with all of its plans. The 50 Mbps plan from the company comes for at least three months. There’s no monthly option which is strange since people who want to test out the company’s services by paying less don’t have any way to do that now. Regardless, the 50 Mbps plan from the company is offered to the users in three different validity configurations....

Tata Sky Binge Costs Rs 249 per Month After Trial Period Tata Sky Binge+ Also Get 30 Days Free Binge Service

Telecom operators are facing massive financial distress due to various reasons. One of the major contributing factors to financial instability is the massive AGR dues. COAI director general Rajan Mathews stated that for luring investments in technology and infrastructure in the near future, telecom operators have to double their ARPU to Rs 300 in the next two years. As reported by ET Telecom, the ARPU of telecom operators is Rs 150 in the current scenario, which must be doubled for the good health of the telecom industry....

A striking aspect of India’s development story has been the telecom revolution. The country leapfrogged to mobile telecommunications in a manner and at a pace that has been truly revolutionary. Today, mobile phones are a must-have in Indian society. Much of this has been possible due to the tireless efforts of the telecom industry in bringing the best possible services to its consumers. Over the last few years, telecom networks have rapidly expanded in the country....

Nokia, Mavenir and Oracle Technologies Were Used Telefonica Has Achevied Clear Milestones in 5G Plans Telefonica has been investing hardcore efforts to develop 5G and offer multiple benefits to its customer base that the technology has to offer. All the tests that recently had been carried out have cleared the path of a seamless 5G network. Not only this, but the latest project has helped Telefonica reach a clear milestone in its 5G plans in Brazil....

One thing that every smartphone user looks forward to is the next update. iPhone users get to enjoy a ton of major iOS updates on the same iPhone for years but it is not the same with Android users. Android users usually get a maximum of 2 years of Android update support from the company. Samsung is about to change that for its users. In terms of thinking, how to provide more value to the customers, Samsung has figured out a good way by extending the number of years to provide major updates to its smartphones....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has supported private enterprise networks in its recommendations released on Monday. The regulatory body cited examples of countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, Brazil, Australia, Germany, and Finland, which have already set aside spectrum in the mmWave (millimetre wavelength) bands for private captive 5G networks. Then there are countries such as Korea, Sweden, and Slovenia, which are planning to keep both mid-band and mmWave 5G spectrum for private captive networks....

The ambitious blockchain technology by Trai to stop the unwanted messages from unregistered telemarketers in the telecom sector is facing legal troubles as various registered telemarketers are protesting due to various conflict issues. As per the latest data of Trai, there are nearly 22,000 registered telemarketers in the country. As reported by ET Telecom, one of the telemarketers from the group, which is Venets Media have challenged Trai’s move on implementing the world’s largest blockchain technology in Delhi High Court....

Additionally, it asked for opinions on whether the broadcasters should cut off television channels for MSOs whose registration has expired and they haven’t submitted an application for renewal. The signals of a television station can be obtained by an MSO with current registration, according to the regulations. Should registered operational MSOs be granted a longer period of time to apply for renewal than the initial registration period? What should be the maximum amount of time after expiration that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting can consider a request for renewal?...

Progress in Set-Top Box Interoperability Implementation Now we all know that the talks about interoperability have been moving around in chatters across the industry, but yet there has been no prototype for the same. But, that does not mean that the industry regulator or the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is not working on it. In fact, Trai chairman, RS Sharma has also spoken at length about STB interoperability and said that it could be rolled out by the end of 2019....

Universal Flash Storage or UFS is the flash standard used in high-end and mid-range smartphones with the alternative being eMMC that is currently used in some entry-level devices. eMMC storage has many disadvantages over the newer UFS, including the inability to read from and write to storage simultaneously. UFS is thus the faster standard than eMMC storage. UFS 3.1 Features Detailed According to the press release by JEDEC, the UFS 3....

If you have been on the internet or major social media platforms in the last few days, you would have seen people talking about metaverse. Facebook renamed itself last year to Meta for aligning with its goal of building a metaverse in the future. If you are one of those who don’t understand metaverse, let me break it down for you in the simplest manner possible. What is Metaverse? Metaverse is a virtual world....

New Google Chromecast To Provide Android TV Experience With the new Google Chromecast, you can get a full Android TV experience, suggests a new report by Protocol. You will have access to a wide variety of apps from the Play Store. If you want, you can download apps such as Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and many more such streaming apps in your new Chromecast device. In addition to this, it is also expected that the customers will be able to access Stadia cloud gaming streaming service as well, but again, nothing is confirmed officially for now....