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Two of the brand’s most well-known mid-range smartphones are the Samsung Galaxy M13 5G and the Samsung Galaxy M33 5G. The Samsung Galaxy M33 5G weighs about 215 grammes and has dimensions of 165.4 x 76.9 x 9.4 mm. The Galaxy M33 5G has a waterdrop-style notch and an 82.5% screen-to-body ratio, just like the Galaxy M13 5G. We will compare the devices in this article to make it simpler for you to choose the one that best suits your needs....

Samsung Flagship Smartphone With Snapdragon SoC Launching in India As mentioned above, Samsung did not launch a flagship smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset in India for more than four years now. The Galaxy S10 Lite will change that as the Flipkart teaser page confirms the device will be powered by the Snapdragon 855 chipset. Notably, the Galaxy S10 Lite and the Galaxy Note 10 Lite were launched with the same Snapdragon 855 SoC....

Teaser Videos Reveal More Details About Galaxy S10 Three teaser videos have been revealed by Samsung. The first teaser reveals that the Galaxy S10 will come with reverse wireless charging support. Xiaomi is also expected to include the same charging features to the Xiaomi Mi 9. This basically means that a single battery can charge other batteries. To recall, the same reverse charging support was first seen on Huawei Mate 20 series of phones....

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Specifications The Geekbench listing of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip reveals an octa-core chipset on the device which is tipped to be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC. Along with this chipset, the device is likely to come with 8GB of RAM. The model number of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip has been discovered to be SM-F700N. Also, on the software front, the device is running on Android 10, which is likely based on One UI 2....

Samsung Electronics on Friday announced that it had released an upgraded version of its software-defined networking or SDN solutions in order to help mobile operators and enterprises when it comes to the management of their respective 5G or 5th-Gen network. The Korean tech giant added that its new SDN solutions would be key in providing support to various enterprises in different kinds of sectors, such as retail and energy, education, the introduction of new and improved 5G applications, services as well as infrastructure....

Various leaks and information about the upcoming flagship from Samsung – Galaxy S22 series have surfaced in the past few months. While the device is expected to launch in February of next year, it was reported earlier that the series would include three new smartphones - Samsung Galaxy S22, Samsung Galaxy S22+ and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. However, in a recent leak, it has been revealed that the most high-end device of the series, which was being called Galaxy S22 Ultra, could now be dubbed as Samsung Galaxy S22 Note....

The national telecommunications and network service provider of Sri Lanka, SLTMobitel, has garnered a colossal base in the region by offering an array of unlimited internet packs for both prepaid and postpaid connections. Whether users want an internet connection for gaming, data streaming or any other purposes, the internet packages are specially designed by the entity to cater to the different data needs. SLTMobitel customers who are currently using SLT 4G LTE, ADSL Home Broadband and Fibre packages will get multiple internet packages that will provide different bandwidth and data benefits....

Spotify on Thursday announced that the company is offering three months of Spotify Premium to eligible users who haven’t previously subscribed to its premium plans. The Spotify Premium plan enables users to listen to ad-free music along with access to one million podcast titles. Additionally, Spotify Premium enables offline playback to users while making the platform available to users on multiple devices including speakers and TV. Further, the company announced that its prices for the annual premium plans have been reduced by 51% to Rs 699....

Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL), on Tuesday, announced that 100% of its India manufacturing facilities are now Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) certified by Deutsch Quality Systems (DQS India). This is a significant milestone for STL in its UN SDG goal of attaining ‘Water Positivity by 2030’. For STL, water management is a top priority in its materiality matrix. The demand for freshwater is going to increase by 70% in India by 2025, and currently, India only houses 4% of the world’s entire freshwater reserves....

Sun Direct, a major Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in Southern India, has introduced multiple new channel packs and discontinued some of the old ones. All of the new plans are now available for the subscribers to recharge on the company’s website and mobile app. A total of eleven (11) channel packs have been removed, while three (3) new ones have been added. Sun Direct Channel Packs Which Have Been Removed Sun Direct has removed the following channel packs:...

Tata Play Binge+ STB is now Rs 300 more affordable for the consumers in India. The company has implemented a discount on its Smart STB and it is visible on the website of Tata Play (earlier Tata Sky). Tata Play Binge+ STB was earlier selling at Rs 2,499 in India. But now, the price visible is Rs 2,199. The discount was implemented silently by the company. The move is in line with what Airtel Digital TV recently did....

What is Set-Top Box Interoperability in First Place? Over the last few years, interoperable STBs have become a lot popular as it allows users to switch between different DTH or Cable TV operators without the requirement to replace the entire Set-Top Box. For example, you can switch from Tata Sky to Airtel Digital TV with ease if Trai implements the interoperable Set-Top Box service in India. Right now, if a DTH or Cable TV wants to shift to other service providers, then the entire equipment has to be installed from scratch....

Tata Sky Broadband, a subsidiary of Tata Sky Limited has introduced a new 300 Mbps plan with 500GB data limit per month. The pan India service provider with its presence in 18 cities across India had introduced the 300 Mbps unlimited plan in late May. The unlimited 300 Mbps plan carries a price tag of Rs 1900 per month with the operator highlighting that the plan will be available for subscription in “select areas” across the country....

Tata Sky Regional Packs Start at Rs 7: What Do They Offer? Notably, these regional packs from Tata Sky are pretty much identical to those of Airtel Digital TV. Maybe, all the service providers will come with similar packs going forward. As mentioned above, Tata Sky has launched 14 regional packs- Gujarati Regional (Rs 7), Tamil Regional (Rs 114), Tamil Regional Mini (Rs 71), Telugu Regional (Rs 136), Telugu Regional Mini (Rs 87), Kannada Regional (Rs 115), Kannada Regional Mini (Rs 86), Malayalam Regional (Rs 70), Malayalam Regional Mini (Rs 56), Bengali Regional (Rs 67), Bengali Regional Mini (Rs 42), Odia Regional (Rs 47), Marathi Regional (Rs 53) and Marathi Regional Mini (Rs 45)....

Tata Sky Introduces New Long-Term Recharge Offer to Citibank Users Since mid-2019, Tata Sky has been offering just the ‘Cashback’ offer which allows an existing user to get one month of extra service at no extra cost. And now, the leading DTH operator has come up with a new offer that is exclusive to just Citibank users. Existing Tata Sky users can avail this offer on Tata Sky’s website or mobile app by recharging their account with an amount equivalent to 12 times their monthly recharge value or more using Citibank credit and debit cards (except Citibank Corporate cards)....

Rs 153 NCF Now Mandatory for All Connections Another grey area which Tata Sky was touching with its multi-TV policy had to do with the channels which the customers were able to watch on their secondary TVs. The Tata Sky subscribers with multi-TV connections were experiencing mirroring of channels, meaning that they had to see the same channels as their primary connection, and this also hindered the flexibility of the subscribers....

The Tecno Pova 4 was introduced on Wednesday in India, as promised, and arrives as a successor to the Tecno Pova 3. This budget friendly smartphone is powered by a MediaTek G99 SoC, paired with 8GB of RAM. Additionally, it has two back cameras, the main one of which is a 50MP unit. Let’s look at the features, cost, and other information on the Tecno Pova 4. Tecno Pova 4 Specifications and Features This smartphone sports a 6....

To provide an equal playing field, there has been an increasing call for OTT (over-the-top) communication players to fall under the same licencing or regulatory requirements as telecom players. In a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Secretary K Rajaraman, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) proposed levying a “usage tax” for the actual traffic carried by OTT on telecom networks. Imposition of a Usage Fee for OTT Players According to the letter from the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the usage fee would be agreed upon mutually by telcos and OTT players who, in exchange for using the services, must help build and develop India’s digital telecom infrastructure....

The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on Tuesday released its Monthly Telecom Scenario report for June with the data highlighting that the telecom operators lost over one million subscribers in one month. According to the report, the telecom operators in India registered 1162.36 million subscribers in June. In May, the operators registered 1163.58 million subscribers with the data indicating that the operators lost 1.22 million subscribers in one month. The telecom operators have consistently lost subscribers in the past few months with the DoT data highlighting the operators registered 1176....

Government Would Generate Around Rs 50,000 Crore Revenue via Spectrum Auction The operators estimate the government would generate Rs 40,000-50,000 crore as upfront revenue from upcoming spectrum auctions and around Rs 20,000-25,000 crore from licence fee and deferred spectrum instalments. This amount totals to Rs 75,000 crore which remains far fetched from the estimated Rs 1.33 lakh crore budget for 2020-21 according to them. “We are at a loss to understand the doubling of expected revenue from the telecom sector and we await clarity on the components of the budgeted amount,” said Rajan Mathews, Director General of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), as reported by ET Telecom....