Starlink, a global satellite broadband company, is planning to enter the Indian market very soon. The satcom company has a mobile application for both iOS and Android users. This mobile app is called “Starlink” and can be downloaded through the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The application has a specific purpose of playing when it comes to the overall experience that a consumer gets when he/she purchases a Starlink connection....
Tata Play (earlier Tata Sky) has reintroduced the Dhamaka offer for customers. The Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator introduced the offer first in 2021 but discontinued it in December. However, the company seems to have brought it back. Under the offer, users can get the HD and Binge+ Set-Top Box (STB) for free from the company. But there are a few things that a customer has to do to become eligible for the offer....
Tata Sky’s Punjabi regional service, ‘Tata Sky Punjab De Rang’, is now available in a new avatar. Promising to bring unique, colourful and extravagant Punjabi language content for the subscribers, Tata Sky Punjab De Rang will offer popular and a diverse mix of line-up catering to all age groups at a nominal cost of Rs.1.5 per day. The revamped service is powered by PTC Network, the world’s largest and No....
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) has approached the Supreme Court of India demanding a recalculation of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. As per the telco, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) hasn’t calculated the dues correctly. TTSL said that the telecom department made arithmetical errors in the calculation of dues, which resulted in a higher amount than how much it should have been according to the company lawyers. It is worthy to note that the same claims have been made by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) about the AGR dues they have to pay to the government — more details on the story ahead....
Design and Display When it comes to the design, the Tecno Phantom 9 is surely trendy as the phone sports a gradient panel with a curved back which has been said to be of the Lapland aurora colour. On the rear side, we get to see a triple rear camera setup which comes with AI additions. As for the display, the Tecno Phantom 9 sports a 6.4-inch Full HD+ resolution AMOLED screen with a teardrop notch....
Telecom Operators have Provided Benefits of More than 600 Crore Telecom operators are giving their best efforts to maintain seamless connectivity and ensure that subscribers get telecom services at difficult times. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea extended the validity of nearly 80 million and 100 million subscribers who belonged to the category of daily wage earners and migrant workers. Not only this, telco giants credited talk time credit of Rs 10 in the accounts of prepaid subscribers to keep them connected with their loved ones....
Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, have urged the telecom regulator Trai that additional spectrum usage charge (SUC) of 0.5 % must only be applicable in shared spectrum bands rather than the entire spectrum band. Not only this, but the telcos have asked Trai to consider the necessity of SUC charge as the airwaves are purchased in auction by paying market prices. As reported by ET Telecom, telcos stated that additional fees on the whole spectrum band would discourage all the telecom operators from entering into shared spectrum agreements....
The Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has requested the telecom department to ensure continued connectivity during the lockdown period. Because of the lockdowns implemented in different parts of the country, the telecom personnel can’t visit and ensure proper maintenance and functioning of the telecom tower sites. As per an ET Telecom report, the TAIPA wants the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to intervene in the government’s decision and allow field workers and technicians to access telecom tower sites for ensuring consistent connectivity during the lockdown....
One thing that the telecom operators have been continuously complaining about for some time now is the low average revenue per user (ARPU). In a fresh Indian Telecom performance indicator report for April to June 2021 from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) suggests that ARPU for wireless services has increased by 1.04%. From Rs 103.58 in Quarter-Ending (QE) March 2021, the ARPU from wireless services for the sector has increased to Rs 104....
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had last year worked its magic for the Indian telecom sector and announced multiple relief measures. These measures had addressed the liquidity concerns mostly. Telcos were given the opportunity to opt for a moratorium of spectrum payments for up to four years. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea both opted for it. The DoT has also been working on the second set of reforms for the sector that will look to ease the way telcos do business....
India is pushing for the growth of the local telecom ecosystem. The government has even asked the struggling Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-owned telecom company, to launch 4G using local tech. However, a roadblock that almost took a lot of time for BSNL to address was getting decent-proven technology that could help it in launching 4G. Since that was missing, the whole process took a lot more time than it should have taken from the business perspective of BSNL....
Telenor, Norway’s leading telecom operator, has announced the closure of its copper network, and the last conversation over the outdated technology went to Telenor’s CEO, Sigve Brekke. Ruth Solveig Fragodt, 89, in Flesberg in Buskerud, was the last landline customer left on the copper network and took the final call in the copper network. She has now got a new home phone solution over the mobile network, and Sigve was able to assure her that her new phone over the mobile network is stable and better....
IBF Offers Four TV Channels For Free for Two Months IBF said that four TV channels including Sony run Sony Pal, Star India’s Star Utsav, Zee TV’s Zee Anmol and Viacom18’s bouquet channel Colors Rishtey will be offered for free. It was said that the channels would be available for free for the next two months. “As there is a state of lockdown in the country and the Government has urged the people to maintain ‘social distancing’ and stay at home, four major broadcasting networks have come forward and decided to waive off all tariffs and charges for four channels for a period of two months,” IBF said in a statement....
Trai Highlights Structural Issues in the Industry It is also worth noting that the industry has smaller MSOs and five hundred of such which have a subscriber base of 2500 or less. The ministry of information and broadcasting currently has 1471 registered MSOs out of which 1143 are operational. The sector regulator, Trai, had recently published a white paper highlighting the benefits of the new regulatory framework for the MSOs....
If you’re sitting on a couch wondering what could be a good watch for you this weekend, then we might have something that you’re looking for. Here is a list of some of the best movies and series that you can count on to make your weekend watch time worthy. Created by the maestro cerebral and nonlinear British-American film director Christopher Nolan’s brother Jonathan Nolan, Person of Interest is a technological thriller drama demonstrating the power of technology and how it can be used against anybody....
There are many new TV shows and movies available on streaming services in the third week of December. So we have you covered if you want to spend your evenings and nights in a warm, cosy spot with a warm cup of coffee and a selection of thrilling movies now that winter is at its worst. The the following new shows and web series will be available to view on OTT platforms:...
Trai Urges DPOs to Create Best-Fit Plans to the Subscribers As noted, the telecom regulator Trai on Wednesday asserted that operators could not charge TV viewers more than their usual monthly outgo under the ‘best-fit plan’ to be offered during the transition period, and cautioned that the regulator would take action on any such complaint Gupta said Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is monitoring the situation and will take action on consumer complaints, if any, on the issue....
Porting Time to Come Down to 2 Days After New MNP Rules Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is a process which allows the subscribers of a particular telecom operator to shift their number from one operator to another. Subscribers can port within a circle, or they can port their SIM from one circle to another circle as well. To hasten the time it takes to port a SIM, Trai had asked the telcos to bring improvements in the porting process....
OTT services refer to applications and services that are accessible over the Internet and ride on an operator’s network. Skype, Viber, WhatsApp and Hike are some of the popular and widely-used OTT services. “We have studied the European Union’s model…they have come up with Electronic Communications Code. We have also studied global best practices and we will keep those in mind,” Sharma said. The European Electronic Communications Code outlines updated rules for providers of mobile and fixed-line services, moots regulations for new online communications services and is a move towards harmonising a single European telecom market....
Old NCF Rules Explained It is first important to reiterate how the NCF rule works in the present scenario. Currently, the subscribers have to pay the base NCF of Rs 130 plus taxes, which makes the total payment to Rs 153 per month for 100 SD channels. Out of these 100 SD channels, the subscribers have to give up the 25 slots for the mandatory DD channels essentially leaving out 75 channel slots....
