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HBO Max India Plans Under Evaluation OnlyTech, a telecom focused site on Tuesday said that the market research firm, Nepa conducted a pre-launch survey for HBO Max highlighting potential price points for the streaming service. The publication highlighted three monthly plans priced at Rs 69, Rs 139 and Rs 329, with special schemes for users purchasing yearly subscriptions. “We routinely conduct market research with consumers in countries around the world that test a wide range of possible offers and price points for our services,” WarnerMedia spokesperson told TelecomTalk....

Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20: Specifications, Features There is a lot of similarity between the Honor 20 and the Honor 20 Pro. Both of these devices sport the 6.26-inch AllView punch-hole displays with Full HD+ (2340x1080) resolutions. These phones also come with the 3D Triple Mesh technology on the rear glass panel that includes layers of glass, colour and depth to offer a holographic reflection. The Honor 20 Pro offers a Phantom Blue gradient colour variant whereas the Honor 20 offers Sapphire Blue and Midnight Black colour options....

Honor 9X Pro Will Be First Device to Run Huawei Mobile Services To recall, Huawei was banned from using Android on its smartphones which made the company launch its Mate 30 flagship series with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). And now, Honor officially confirmed that the 9X Pro would be its first device to ship with HMS. This essentially means the phone will have apps like Huawei App Gallery, Huawei Browser, Huawei Mobile Cloud, Huawei Themes, Huawei Music, Huawei Video, Huawei Reader, Huawei Assistant and more apps....

The first flagship foldable device from smartphone brand Honor – Honor Magic V is all set for a launch on January 10 as suggested by a tipster. The launch of a foldable device has already been confirmed by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer and the speculations suggest that the handset might be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SoC making it the first foldable handset to feature the latest and most powerful chipset from Qualcomm....

On Tuesday, the Pad 8 from Honor was introduced in India. With its most recent product, the business has returned to the nation’s tablet industry after a long absence. The device has already made its debut on other markets, and the Indian version has the same features. HONOR PAD 8 Features and Specifications The HONOR Pad 8 has a typical rectangular shape with symmetrical bezels, rounded corners, a metallic unibody, and a front camera positioned in the middle of the top....

Music is a feeling that touches souls and tends to elevate mood, motivate, get us going, and be productive. Everyone has a music preference, and we hardly see anyone disliking music. However, music as a creative talent needs a platform to reach a large audience. So, what’s better than the digital streaming platform of the telco itself? Envisaging the need for a Music distribution ecosystem for independent artists and the potential of the Music Industry, Bharti Airtel, in August 2022, launched Wynk Studio, India’s largest music distribution ecosystem for independent artists based in India and overseas....

With more than 400 million subscribers, Reliance Jio is the leading telecom operator in India. The telco is touching new heights every year and provides a plethora of services to its customers. For calling, Jio allows users to set a caller tune with ‘JioTunes’ service. But after a point, it can become exhaustive, old, or just boring. So if you want to deactivate or stop JioTunes service by yourself, you can do it in three easy methods....

The Indian government is giving the telecom sector the breather it needs. It all started with the relief package that was announced back in September 2021. Last year, when the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) got the upper hand on the telcos in the adjusted gross revenues (AGR) dues case at the Supreme Court, some of the people in the industry were perplexed. It felt like the telecom department was out there to squeeze the telcos dry even when the industry wasn’t at its best....

The revenues for the Indian government from the telecom sector of India are going to surpass the budgeted target in FY23. It will be the second consecutive year for such a thing to happen. Even in FY22, the government earned more revenues than what was the budgeted target. Multiple factors, including the recently concluded 5G spectrum auctions, are going to contribute to the revenues from the sector. In FY23, the Indian government is expected to earn around Rs 67,000 crore as against the target of Rs 52,806....

Indian telecom operators are going to benefit from the clarity that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has provided on the EMF audit fees. Telcos have to pay a certain fee to the DoT for EMF audits. This amount used to be Rs 10000 earlier and was accordingly paid by the telecom companies. DoT has said that the charges will be revised to Rs 4000 per test instead of Rs 10000....

The Indian telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharti Airtel, will be ready for 5G networks. The telcos are already testing their 5G solutions and networks in different parts of the country. Whenever the right time for the launch of the networks arrive, the operators will be ready in terms of network capacity and coverage. Of course, the operators will keep on investing in their networks for years even after the PAN-India launch just to boost capacity and coverage further like they are doing with 4G....

Over the last few months, demand for over-the-top (OTT) content platforms in India has grown multiple-folds given the country was put in a lockdown for more than two months. People are staying inside their homes more now. For most of the Indians, their only source of entertainment is streaming videos online. It is interesting to see big production houses partnering with the major OTT platforms to release their new movies and series through them....

Infinix, a company that first only produced smartphones in India, has since expanded its product line to include laptops, smart TVs, and audio. In the midst of this year’s holiday season, the company is preparing to introduce a new smart TV and a new laptop in India. The company joined the smart TV and laptop market last year. The launch dates for the Infinix INBook X2 Plus and 43Y1 TV in India have been announced....

On the other hand, the smart fitness band “X BAND 3” comes with support for real-time monitoring of heart rate, blood pressure, sleep, oxygen, calorie intake and activity tracking. “We have introduced the smart fitness accessory ‘X BAND 3’, which seems a product with great potential, considering the growing health awareness in India. The device introduces a new dimension to Infinix’s product portfolio,” said Anish Kapoor, CEO, Infinix India. Right now, the Infinix S4 is the cheapest phone with the 32MP selfie camera in India beating the recently launched Redmi Y3 smartphone....

Instagram has been on a roll lately, releasing new features at regular intervals to keep the users busy and happy with the app. Now the social media giant has launched ‘Live Rooms’ feature. With the help of this new feature, users can add multiple people to their live stream. Until now, on an Instagram Live, only one extra user could be invited for chatting. But now, with ‘Live Rooms’ more than one user can join the live stream — More details on the story ahead....

The social networking platform Instagram keeps updating its app to bring new features to enhance the overall user experience as well as to keep them hinged. Apparently, the social media giant is now gearing up to introduce multiple new and exciting features. According to a known tipster Alessandro Paluzzi, Instagram is currently working on as many as five new features that it may soon roll out on its platform. Let’s take a closer look....

An amazing offer knocks on the doors of the Apple fans as the latest Apple iPhone SE 3 is now available at the price of the iPhone SE launched in 2020. iPhone SE 3 was introduced by the company in March and was highly anticipated as it features the iPhone 13 chip at a comparatively reasonable price tag. iPhone SE 3 comes with the company’s latest and most powerful A15 Bionic chipset along with a better camera and better performance than its previous version – the iPhone SE 2020....

iQOO 5G Smartphone Will Be Powered by Snapdragon 865 Qualcomm is doubling down its efforts on 5G this year. At the end of 2019, the chipmaker announced Snapdragon 765G, Snapdragon 765 and Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platforms. Both the Snapdragon 765G and 765 feature an integrated 5G modem, which means the chipset may not feature in any smartphones launching in India this year or early next year. That’s not the case with Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform as there is no integrated 5G modem....

The three private telecom operators of India – Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel provide a ton of prepaid plans for their subscriber base. The most popular prepaid plan, however, remains the daily data packs offered by the telcos. The daily data packs have a wide range from high data expensive plans to low data-offering affordable plans. Mentioned below are the affordable 1GB/Day daily data prepaid plans offered by Jio, Airtel and Vi that costs less than Rs 300....

In a bid to push Make in India products and equipment, the government might force the telecom players in India to purchase local equipment. Right now, none of the private telecom players is purchasing core equipment or radios from the local players for rolling out 5G or has purchased it for any of the legacy networks. This is also due to the non-existing local market for such equipment. But the govt is trying to change that as fast as possible....