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Trai Focused on Protecting Consumer Privacy In its new consultation paper, Trai has listed down a few points based on which are likely to be the pillars for consumer protection and transparent communication. The first point among these is the flexibility and packages. Trai has listed complete protection to consumers from adverse changes in tariffs for six months from the date of enrolment, straight tariff reductions to be extended to consumers without requiring any pre-condition of explicit positive action on the part of consumers and requirement of exercise of an option by consumers when such options lead to fastening any liability or adverse conditions etc....

Truecaller, one of the largest and most popular caller identification applications globally, will soon bring five exciting features for users on Android devices. These features will be geared towards making the app experience for the users better. There’s no word on when these new features will be rolled out for the iOS users as well. For now, let’s take a look at what these features are going to be....

A new rounded shape to replies makes a Twitter thread look more like text messages. Replies from people you follow appear in blue and replies from the original tweeter are in gray, The Verge reported. The micro-blogging site is also experimenting with various options it could add for the viewing of likes and retweets of posts. “The number of likes and retweets that a reply has received are now hidden until a user clicks on the reply, along with sharing options and other details about the tweet,” the report said....

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has made it very easy for people to transact money with each other. Be it for personal transactions or business transactions, it can be done instantly and without any extra cost. UPI is regulated and governed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI). The regulatory body has made an announcement for a change that will soon come to the UPI apps. The announcement has come as a shock for all the major apps such as Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm....

The US and China are striving for supremacy in next-generation 6G, with enormous ramifications for future warfighting, while 5G broadband networks are still being deployed globally. China is using 6G technology for military reasons, according to research released in August by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). China is using a centralised command architecture. The US, on the other hand, is much more reliant on empowering operators and lower levels of command to take the initiative and make crucial decisions....

Vodafone Idea is the next player after Reliance Jio striving to enter the 5G market in India. In a virtual media briefing, telecom service provider’s Chief Technology Officer Vishant Vora specified that the telco is ‘keenly interested’ in conducting the 5G trials. He said that Vi would support the government decisions on the subject. However, the 5G spectrum auction is going to take place in 2021. Vi along with Jio and other telcos which want to jump on the 5G train as fast as possible will have to wait a little more....

Vi Rs 1,099 Postpaid Plan Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering users a Rs 1099 postpaid plan called REDX. The postpaid plan targeted at individual users comes with multiple benefits. The most basic benefits are unlimited data and unlimited calling to any network within India. For ISD calling to US and Canada, users will have to pay 50 paise per minute and for UK Rs 3 per minute with the REDX plan....

Quoting German research firm GfK’s numbers, Marya said that Vivo has been a leader (as per value) in the above-mentioned price category in the fourth quarter of 2018 and would aim to further grow in this segment. Unlike other market research firms, GfK reports the final consumption of the devices and not only shipments. The Chinese smartphone player considers India an important market and is working towards making long-term investments in the country....

Vivo S1 First Impressions: Design and Display Like we mentioned, the first notable thing about the Vivo S1 is its design. The phone has a trending design with colours reflecting a glare on turning the phone under the light. There are two colour variants to the phone which include the Skyline Blue and Diamond Black. The two phones have a bluish hue emitting from the back panel courtesy of a diamond-cut pattern....

Vivo S1 Pro India Launch: Everything You Need to Know Talking about the Vivo S1, it was aimed at the youth and featured an attractive and eye-catchy design. The Vivo S1 rocks a 6.38-inch Full HD+ display on the front with an in-display fingerprint scanner. Underneath, it has the MediaTek Helio P65 chipset, paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The S1 offers a triple rear camera setup sporting a primary 16MP lens, 8MP secondary lens and 2MP depth lens....

iQoo Neo 7, the new smartphone from the Vivo sub-brand, is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC and offers similar specifications as the vanilla iQoo Neo 7. However, there are some differences; the display of the iQoo Neo 7 Racing Edition has a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. The new model is offered in four RAM and storage options and three color variants. The rear camera is a triple camera setup, which has a 50-megapixel primary sensor....

Along with the standard Vivo V25, the Vivo V25e is anticipated to launch in India shortly. For those who weren’t aware, the Vivo V25e was also previously seen on Google Play Console, which made some of its crucial specifications known. Currently, some of these features have also been verified by the GeekBench listing. The device now appears to be listed in the Geekbench database as well. It is reported to have an octa-core processor running at 2....

Vivo Z6 5G: Specifications and Features The Vivo Z6 5G is a mid-range smartphone taking on the likes of Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G, Realme X50 5G and the Oppo Reno 3. The phone rocks a 6.57-inch IPS LCD screen with Full HD+ resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. Vivo says the phone offers a whopping 90.74% screen-to-body ratio. The phone measures 9.16mm thick and weighs just over 200 grams. It has a punch-hole featuring 16MP selfie camera on the front....

Axis Capital Estimates Principle Quantum of Dues Axis Capital said in its note, “Of Rs 590 billion expected in FY20, assuming Rs 210 billion in license/SUC and Rs 210 billion spectrum-related payment, the AGR liability collection works out to Rs 170 billion (Voda-Idea’s Rs 100 billion, Bharti Airtel’s Rs 87 billion) – the principle portion only.” The analysts also said that if the decision is likewise then it would be a positive sign for Vodafone Idea and it would remove the doubts of the telecom on its ability to continue as going concern....

Vodafone Idea Owes Rs 17,560 Crore to SBI As mentioned in the letter to DoT which was seen by ET Telecom, Vodafone Idea owes a massive amount of Rs 17,540 crore to SBI. Not only this, the telco giant approximately owes Rs 6,965 crore and Rs 21,788 crore to various public and private sectors banks respectively. IBA appealed the government to save the telco giant from massive financial distress as the fall of telco giant will also affect the operations of banks....

Vodafone Idea eSIM service is now available in multiple circles including Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra & Goa, UP East, Kerala, Kolkata, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Vodafone Idea postpaid users utilising eSIM supportive smartphones will no longer be required to put in a physical SIM card to access the company’s telecom network. eSIM comes in the form of an integrated SIM chip that will be compliant with all the supported mobile network operators....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been refarming its old 3G spectrum to 4G since last year in India. The aim of the telco is to increase network capacity and also offer better speeds to the users. On top of this, the telco has also deployed additional spectrum for improving network services. Vi has just announced that it has migrated the 3G spectrum to 4G in Hyderabad and Warangal. It is worth noting that the telecom operator has already done this in the Vizag district and Vijayawada, Guntur and Kakinada towns....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering users a plethora of options in the prepaid domain. Users can select from multiple unlimited voice and data plans in addition to data only and voice-only plans. Today, we are going to look at some of the prepaid plans from Vi which are the best for the long-term. We will focus on plans which come with unlimited data, unlimited voice calling, and some over-the-top (OTT) benefits as well....

Troubles for Vodafone Idea (Vi) won’t end if the telco can’t soon raise money to invest in its networks and arrest subscriber loss. The telco might soon raise between $750 million (Rs 5,550 crore) to $1 billion (Rs 7400 crore) via overseas convertible bonds options. According to ET Telecom, this money would be used to pay off vendors, fund capex plans, and also meet loan repayment obligations. The telco might go ahead with this early in February....

Vodafone Idea said that the company on Friday had paid a further amount of Rs 1000 crore to the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) as part of its Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. The company in its exchange filing on Saturday said that it had earlier paid a total of Rs 6854 crore in three tranches. Following the payment on Friday, Vodafone Idea highlighted that the company has now paid an aggregate amount of Rs 7854 crore towards the AGR dues....