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Xiaomi has built a vast ecosystem of digital products from smartphones to TV in India. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer has launched the Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor in the Indian market today. In case if you don’t know, the Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor is just a portable tire inflator pump which has already been launched in China and available in the UK. The new offering by Xiaomi comes with a built-in lithium battery, and it is available in a special crowdfunding price....

Xiaomi Redmi 7: Specifications and Features As noted, the Redmi 7 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 chipset which we saw on the likes of the Honor 8C and Asus Zenfone Max M2. The Snapdragon 632 SoC is a direct successor to the Snapdragon 625 SoC which Xiaomi used on several of its smartphones. As for the cameras, the Redmi 7 features 12MP+2MP camera set up on the rear sides with several camera modes like AI Portrait mode and AI Scene Detection (first on a Redmi series phone....

Redmi Note 7 Pro Now Supports Fortnite Last week, when Realme launched the Realme 3 Pro smartphone in India, it made a huge deal saying that its phone supports Fortnite, but not the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro. However, Xiaomi officials immediately took to Twitter and confirmed that they’re working with Epic Games to bring Fortnite support to Redmi Note 7 Pro as well. That said, in less than two weeks from the promise date, Xiaomi adds support for Fortnite which is a surprise....

Realme has Suspended Offline and Online Operations Major Smartphone companies are working in vertical ways to cope up with the financial distress caused by the extended lockdown period as they are not able to make sales through both offline and online channels. The core competitor of Xiaomi, Realme, has also suspended all the offline and online operations until the lockdown period. Realme users will not be able to pre-order Realme products, and it will continue in future if the government extends the lockdown period....

As 2022 draws to a close, we look back on popular OTT films and television shows. The best way to enjoy movies and television shows in December is to curl up under a blanket with some munchies and warming beverages. Here is a list of Hindi films and web series that dominated OTT services like Netflix, Zee 5, Disney+ Hotstar, and others as we look back on the year that was....

Airtel Removes ZEE5 Premium from Airtel Thanks Platinum When customers who purchase a postpaid connection above Rs 499 or a broadband connection above Rs 1,099 from the telco, they are included in the Airtel Thanks Platinum membership. The Platinum membership came with the OTT subscription benefits. But out of those benefits, ZEE5 Premium subscription has been removed. It is a little strange to see that Airtel is removing the ZEE5 Premium benefits from its plans just when it went into a strong partnership with ZEE5....

The device comes with 5000mAh battery that lasts up to two days and offers up to 14 hours of video streaming, 27 hours of call time, 7 hours of 4K video recording or 11 hours of gaming at full charge, claimed the company. The device is backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Octa-Core processor. The 10.or G2 features a 6.18-inch Full HD display, a 2.5D screen and a 19:9 aspect ratio....

As mentioned above, Jio’s 2GB data per day prepaid recharges are priced on the lower side when we compare them to those of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The three plans in question are Rs 249, Rs 444 and Rs 555. Rs 249 Plan: Starting with the base plan, it offers 2GB data per day which becomes 56GB of 4G data for 28 days, alongside unlimited Jio to Jio voice calling, 100 SMSes per day and non-Jio FUP minutes of 1,000....

He said that the Trai’s recommendations on reduced rates for 700 Mhz band took into account the price of the spectrum that was recently auctioned in markets like Singapore, Germany, Denmark, Turkey and Taiwan. Trai recently recommended the auction of about 8644 MHz of telecom frequencies at an estimated base price of Rs 4.9 lakh crore. At around Rs 6,568 crore per Mhz, the regulator has suggested a whopping 43% cut in base price for the premium 700 Mhz frequency which had failed to attract buyers in the last auction held in 2016....

Government Might Not Generate Enough Profits from Spectrum Sale As per market specialists, the Government might not be able to generate more than Rs 40,000 crore as the telecom operators are still occupied with massive AGR dues. Vodafone Idea has also marked that they will be forced to shut down operations if the Government gives no relief. However, analysts marked that Government might not be able to hold back spectrum sale for long as some of the 4G airwaves will expire and telecom operators will have to repurchase airwaves in order to offer services....

One of the most promising use cases of 5G is Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). With 5G FWA, the digital divide between the rural and the urban areas can be removed. Counterpoint Research said that 5G FWA subscribers are expected to grow at 54% annual compounded rate between 2022-2030. With 5G FWA, enhanced broadband services can be delivered to consumers at a feasible cost. This wasn’t possible with previous generation networks such as 4G, 3G and 2G....

Yes, it is not surprising that mmWave 5G is better than public Wi-Fi because we know that even 4G can beat public Wi-Fi. But here is where things get interesting when it comes to mmWave 5G and public Wi-Fi spots. Both require the same kind of availability to provide a good connection to the users. For operators to provide seamless mmWave 5G services, they will have to cover a whole area of the city with mmWave antennas....

“India alone will generate almost a quarter of the world’s new mobile subscribers over this period,” it said. According to GSMA, data consumption pattern in India on 4G network supports in time uptake of new 5G devices and services. However, the emergence of the 5G ecosystem in India will depend on telecom operators’ ability to invest in the network which requires favourable support on policy and regulatory fronts. GSMA forecasts that the Indian mobile market will return to revenue growth in the second half of 2019 and continue to grow modestly till 2025, but market revenues will still be below the level of 2016, indicating that market repair will be a slow and challenging process....

It appears as if 5G prepaid plans in India won’t launch for quite a bit of time. The Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) are not charging anything extra or different from their 4G users to consume 5G. Yes, Jio has a condition that you have to recharge with a minimum of Rs 239 to get the 5G invite, Airtel has none. With Airtel, you just need to have an active SIM with an active plan, no minimum recharge required, and you will be able to consume 5G....

5G Launch in India Will Face a Potential Delay The government is planning to conduct the next spectrum auction in Q1 FY21, where it will auction both 4G and 5G airwaves. However, with the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak in China, the business case will likely to be spoiled and it will put already struggling telcos to stay away from the auction. “If the coronavirus menace continues for a few more months, the government may find it challenging to auction expensive 5G spectrum before January-February 2021 since a prolonged epidemic would hit 5G network deployments and devices availability in India too, further reducing the business case for local telcos to participate meaningfully in any early 5G airwaves sale this year,” Rajiv Sharma, research head at SBICap Securities said to the publication....

5G has already reached more than 100 towns in India in about three months. In the coming days, the speed at which it is rolled out will increase even further. What’s special is the effort that Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are making to ensure that every part of the country gets covered with 5G in the shortest time possible. While both the telcos have a different outlook towards the market and hence are deploying 5G with different strategies, both are trying to reach urban and rural India with 5G in the next 1 to 1....

5G has already been rolled out in India. The two telecom operators, including Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, are now rolling out 5G at a rapid pace in several regions of the nation. Deloitte India and CII collaborated to release a new report titled - ‘5G - Enable, Elevate, and Emerge’, which says that the Indian telecom industry is all set to grow by USD $12.5 billion every three years....

The Sankranti week came to a successful conclusion, with all holiday blockbusters wowing us in the theatres. As numerous eagerly anticipated movies arrive on small screens this week, it looks like they will be just as entertaining as the last. The list of movies coming this week on OTTs includes everything from a Telugu blockbuster to an intriguing Malayalam feature to an exciting Korean picture and a Hindi thriller. So to keep the holiday spirit going, make sure to catch them up....

Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) Fibernet, one of the well-known fiber internet service providers (ISPs) in India, has upgraded the benefits of its base broadband plan without any hike in price. Earlier, if you were looking for an entry-level broadband plan from ACT in Coimbatore, one of the best options was the ACT Basic which offered 50 Mbps speed with 1000GB of data every month. However, this plan has been made sweeter by the company with a hike in speed and data offered without changing the price....

Opensignal, a mobile analytics company on Tuesday said that the users in Ahmedabad had the “best games experience” followed by Navi Mumbai and Vadodara. The company said that it analysed the mobile network experience in 48 cities across India to see how the cities compare on its Games Experience metric. Opensignal said that its Games Experience metric charts “how mobile phone users experience real-time multiplayer mobile gaming on an operator network....