Smart TVs are becoming a common thing in almost every household now. But still, there are a large number of people who are not using Smart TVs and are using TVs older than five years. Because that’s right, people don’t change their televisions as frequently as they do their smartphones. People not using Smart TVs can’t run OTT content streaming apps directly. They need the help of other smart boxes....
Xiaomi Mi TV Stick: Features and Specifications Xiaomi Mi TV Stick is made for people to stream high-quality content on their TVs. The product is made for normal TVs which don’t have Android TV support. It is portable meaning you can connect it to different TVs at your home. The Mi TV Stick is powered by a quad-core CPU. Inside, there is 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage. It obviously runs on Android TV OS but an interesting thing to note is that there is no Mi TV Patchwall on top of it....
Redmi 6 Pro Beta Update and Dual VoLTE Feature However, now it seems that the users of Redmi 6 Pro might be in for a delight as the phone is probably going to receive the Dual VoLTE functionality in a few days. The last time we saw an update for the Redmi 6 Pro was back in January. Soon after, Redmi had launched a new closed Beta version as follow up to the previous version for the device owners in India....
Xiaomi Redmi 7 Design Detailed The Redmi 7 appears with a plastic body unlike the Redmi Note 7 series, this is fair considering the Redmi 7 will be an entry-level phone and should cost similar to the predecessor Redmi 6 which launched in India last year. The picture shows the Redmi 7 with dual rear camera setup paired with LED flash. The rear panel is also seen sporting a circular fingerprint sensor which will help in unlocking the smartphone....
So, if you are deciding to buy the Redmi Note 8 Pro and you can’t be sure, then go through this review to find out if the phone would be the right fit for you. Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro Review: An Upgraded Design and Bigger Display When it comes to the design, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro gets some upgrades, and definitely differs from the Redmi Note 7 Pro....
Xiaomi is soon going to launch a new flagship smartphone in collaboration with Leica. For the unaware, Leica is a German company involved in manufacturing and selling cameras, optical lenses, and more. Xiaomi has caught up with the trend that OnePlus and Vivo have already been following and will soon launch a powerful flagship smartphone with a camera system fine-tuned by Leica. The first smartphone from Xiaomi that will be released in collaboration with Leica will come this July....
OnePlus has always come out with innovative products at amazing prices. That is the reason why it has seen tremendous success in the Indian market. It started from selling smartphones and once it became successful, it jumped into another line of products as well. One of its products, OnePlus TV was launched in 2019. OnePlus came out with its Q1 TV series, but it was priced in a very expensive segment....
While many countries have already rolled out live 5G networks, Indian telecom operators are still in the testing phase of the next-generation connectivity standard. After the recent announcements from the government, it was expected that the 5G spectrum auctions will take place in the first quarter of 2022 (mostly February). This would have meant that the telecom operators could have launched the live 5G networks by the first half of 2022....
Tejas Networks Expects 100 Million Homes Over Next 3 Years to Have Fiber Broadband Connection While the government of India is scheduled to hold an spectrum auction in early March, 2021, the Department of Telecom (DoT) will not hold the auction for the 3300 MHz to 4200 MHz bands. ICICI Securities in early January said that the 3300 MHz to 4200 MHz bands are the “most popular band” for 5G and that “it may therefore be part of next auction....
5G spectrum auction for 2022 concluded on August 1. There was serious bidding, and the government generated a total of Rs 1,50,173 crore from the four bidders, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharti Airtel, and Adani Data Networks Limited. The biggest bidder was, of course, Reliance Jio, followed by Airtel, Vi, and Adani. The bidders have been allocated the spectrum for 20 years. All the bidders are supposed to pay an advance, and then the remaining dues of the spectrum auction would have to be paid in 20 equal annual instalments....
Internet service providers (ISPs) provide a range of broadband plans with a range of prices and speeds for their subscribers based on their needs. Each operator does, however, provide a high-end broadband service that provides ultra high-speed access in addition to other advantages. These plans offer a tonne of other advantages in addition to being perfect for concurrently and smoothly connecting several devices. The top 1 Gbps broadband plans, along with plan information, are listed below from some of the biggest service providers in India, like the ACT, Jio, and more....
Adani Group made its surprise entry into the telecom sector of India by participating in the spectrum auctions of 2022. The spectrum auction was being conducted for 5G airwaves. On the early announcement of the entry of the Adani Group, many anticipated a move like Jio. But Adani Data Networks clarified that it doesn’t want to jump into the consumer business and would only focus on the B2B side of things....
Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator with more than 358 million subscribers, has partnered with IBM and announced that they would work together to deploy Airtel’s edge computing platform in India. This will include over 120 network data centres across 20 cities. The Indian enterprises will be able to leverage the platform to their advantage once it is deployed. Airtel said that the platform has been designed to enable large enterprises across industries to accelerate innovative solutions and deliver new value to clients and customers....
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are working on developing more and more use cases around their 5G networks in a testing environment. The telcos are leveraging the 5G spectrum given by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). But, the telecom operators can’t roll out 5G without first going through the spectrum auction and acquiring airwaves meant for 5G commercial services. Niti Aayog, the think tank of the government, has suggested that the telcos should be given 5G spectrum for 30 years instead of 20 years....
India’s private operators, namely Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), have all paid their dues amounting to Rs. 5000 crores towards the spectrum usage charges (SuC) and license fee (LF) for the quarter ending March 2021. The telcos should pay the dues for the January-March quarter by March 25, and if there is a small balance due, it should be paid by the end of March since it is the end of the financial year....
Airtel Africa, a major telecom operator in Africa, has got a loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of $194 million. The loan is meant to help the telco in providing connectivity services in Africa to millions of users. According to a release from the IFC, a sum of $194 million is given to Airtel Africa in local currency. Six subsidiaries of Airtel Africa will get this loan. As per data from GSMA, less than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population had access to mobile services at the end of 2021....
The 5G network was introduced in India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the sixth Indian Mobile Congress with considerable hoopla and much intrigue. In India, a lot of famous brands’ products, including those from Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo, and Oppo, offer 5G connectivity. Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, and Chennai are just a few of the places where Airtel is providing 5G advantages to its customers. The list of handsets that will support 5G connectivity is provided below....
If you are looking for a wholesome service from a telecom company in India, Bharti Airtel might be a good choice. The telco offers something called ‘Airtel Black’. It was launched a couple of months back and it is very much like the One Airtel. If you aren’t aware of the One Airtel plans, it isn’t your mistake. The telco had run it like a beta test in select circles so that it could later launch the ‘Airtel Black’ service....
Airtel India is offering consumers the ability to convert their normal TVs into Smart TVs for just Rs 1500. Smart TVs have become a basic need for entertainment for households. While OTT (over-the-top) content consumption is largely done in an individual manner, there are still families which sit together and watch TV to be entertained together. The Airtel Xstream Box is a product of Airtel Digital TV, which can convert your old TV into a Smart TV instantly....
Bharti Airtel’s growth is going to propel upwards with the company’s core focus areas on 5G, broadband, better average revenue per user (ARPU), and enterprise services. The second-largest telecom operator in the country during Analyst Day said that all the lifting in terms of capex is ready. Airtel said that it has 5G ready networks with successful trials to back them. In the near term, the only thing that might go towards heavy capex for 5G for Airtel would be the cost of radios....
