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“India is one of our focus markets and we will continue to expand in the Indian market and integrate more services to create a robust unified communication platform that simplifies the lives of our users,” said Alan Mamedi, CEO and Co-Founder, Truecaller. Every tenth active user in India has linked their bank account to Truecaller Pay and 60% of its users happen to be experiencing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for the first time, the company claimed....

AGR Payments Has Been Made in Good Faith As per the sources of ETTelecom, the payment made by TTSL and TTML towards AGR dues have been made as an ad-hoc payment. Also, the payment has been made in good faith as a matter of abundant caution towards license fees, Spectrum Usage Charge (SUC) along with interest and penalty charges. As per the words of an official statement “The on account payment made by TTSL and TTML is subjected to reconciliation after the conclusion of the entire process of computation and verification of the figures has been processed by DoT back from FY 2007 which is spread across 20 circles”....

UniFi offers a router named Access Point WiFi 6 Lite Router in India, which is a 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 access point device capable of reaching an aggregate throughput rate of maximum 1.5 GHz. It supports both 2.4 GHz (MIMO) and 5 GHz (MU-MIMO and OFDMA) Wi-Fi bands. The Access Point WiFi 6 Lite router can be mounted to the ceiling to deliver a wide signal range and support device-dense networks, or it can be mounted to the wall to focus in a specific direction....

FunTouch OS 10 Based on Android 10 Rollout Delayed Back in December, Vivo unveiled its FunTouch OS 10, the latest iteration of its skin based on Android 10. The company was expected to start the rollout of Android 10 in February 2020, but this was delayed to coronavirus outbreak. The company has now posted its revised update schedule for its customers on China’s Weibo. Along with Vivo Nex 3, the Android 10 based FunTouch OS 10 will arrive on the Vivo X27 and X27 Pro in March itself....

Vivo V17: Specifications and Features The Vivo V17 is a different smartphone altogether compared to the Vivo V17 Pro. The phone does not feature the marquee pop-up camera module that houses dual cameras on the front of the Vivo V17 Pro. Instead, Vivo has gone for the traditional teardrop notch which houses 32MP sensor. On the front of the phone, there’s a 6.38-inch Full HD+ display with a resolution of 1080x2340 pixels and 19....

Vivo has just launched the Y21G in India, starting at Rs 13,990. It is a budget smartphone meant for users looking for an affordable 4G smartphone with decent specifications. The device is powered by a MediaTek processor and supports virtual RAM expansion. It has a dual-camera setup at the rear and a big battery that can run all day on a single charge. Let’s take a look at the complete specifications of the Vivo Y21G in India....

The MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, a 6.51-inch LCD display, two back cameras, support for two SIM cards, expandable storage, and Funtouch OS, which is based on Android 11, are all features of the Vivo Y52t. Compared to the Vivo Y52, which was released last year, the device seems to be an improvement. Let’s examine the price, features, and technical details of the Vivo Y52t in more detail. Vivo Y52t Specifications and Features With a maximum brightness of 600 nits, the Vivo Y52t 6....

Vodafone Rs 1,699 Prepaid Plan: Benefits Validity Vodafone introduced the Rs 1,699 prepaid plan last year to take on Jio’s similar priced plan. Reliance Jio offered 1.5GB data per day with the plan, while Vodafone and Bharti Airtel offered just 1GB data per day with their Rs 1,699 plans. To match the plan of Reliance Jio, Vodafone launched another long-term plan of Rs 1,999 providing 1.5GB data per day for 365 days....

Trai Mandate Urging Telcos to Use Blockchain Comes into Play This new move is being undertaken in line with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s regulations which are expected to come into play by the end of this month. These regulations are also expected to affect approximately a billion mobile subscribers, and they would help the subscribers from unsolicited commercial communication, or spam calls and messages. It is also worth noting that the massive blockchain deployment from the telcos will allow the users to manage and set their communication preferences and consents....

TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is conducting 5G small cell tests using street furniture in multiple parts of the country with the help of telecom operators. Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator, is helping TRAI conduct these 5G small cell tests. In the test conducted in Bhopal, Vodafone Idea was able to achieve a peak download speed of 1 Gbps. Bhopal was chosen by TRAI as one of the first smart cities in the country to get tested for the function of street furniture for 5G small cells....

Vodafone Idea is Looking to Bring More Resources Into The Play The Chief Technology Officer of Vodafone Idea, Vishant Vohra said to ET Telecom that the company is striving to add more capacity to their networks so that they can manage to accommodate the high demand and traffic that is growing with every day that passes. He further said that with time it is only likely to experience a growth in the ‘data highway’....

As everyone expected, the Board of Vodafone Idea today approved the raising of funds of Rs 25,000 crore. The fresh round of fundraising will be subject to the approval of stakeholders. The Rs 25,000 crore will be used by the company to pay the pending dues and also to improve network connectivity across the country to take on rivals. The company informed this news via a fresh BSE filing. Vodafone Idea will raise Rs 15,000 crore via the issue of equity shares or securities convertible into equity shares and another Rs 15,000 crore via issuance of unsecured and/or secured, non-convertible debentures....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is struggling to make heavy investments in its 4G networks because of a lack of money. The telco’s board has decided to meet on March 3, 2022, to discuss potential fundraising activity. In a listing on the stock exchange, the telco said that the board would decide to raise funds via equity or convertible debentures or non-convertible debentures or global depository receipts and more....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been issued a show-cause notice by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not paying the license fee for Q4 FY21. Vi’s last date for paying the license fee was March 25, 2021. As per a BusinessLine report, the telco has missed out on paying the license fee for seven circles in India, including Gujarat, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Uttar Pradesh East. DoT’s letter to Vi mentioned that the telco had not paid the fee for national long distance licenses....

Vodafone Idea Revokes Calling Cap While the news of the data tariff hike spread to nooks and corners of the country, what the people found objectionable was the fact that not only were the prices of their recharges being increased, but one of the most popular features of the plans, unlimited calling, was being severely capped in these new plans. In the case of 28 days, this limit was 1,000 minutes, whereas, in the case of 84 days plans, this limit was set at 3,000 minutes....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), India’s third-largest telecom operator, is offering users free 75GB of data and a subscription to Disney+ Hotstar at no extra cost with one of its prepaid plans. The prepaid plan that we are talking about comes for Rs 3099. Note that this is a limited-period offer, and will stay there from November 15 to November 30, 2022. This is not the only plan that will offer bonus data to the customers....

Even since the announcement of new brand identity, Vi aka Vodafone Idea has been making some significant changes. We have seen Vi launching some unique offers to prepaid users in recent times. And it also has some affordable and noteworthy postpaid plans under its arsenal. Vi postpaid plans already ship with a decent amount of data benefit every month, but for those who consume more than the allotted limit, the telco has a couple of ‘Data Packs....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest wireless operator in India is set to record a 3% increase in revenues in its upcoming quarters, say multiple analysts. The operator on Thursday announced “upgrades” to its retail and corporate postpaid plans to “serve evolving” user needs with the minimum plan for corporate users now priced at Rs 299, up from Rs 199. Similarly, Airtel has also tweaked its retail postpaid plans with the price of its Rs 249 add-on pack increased to Rs 299, translating to a 20% increase....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) subscribers have started to shift to Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio’s networks. While Airtel was already adding a ton of Vi customers, the numbers might be accelerated even more. Looking at the position that Vodafone Idea is currently in, there’s a good chance that the rate of subscribers shifting from Vi to Airtel and Jio will increase even further. Looking at the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for June 2021, Jefferies said, Vi customers have already started migrating from Airtel and Jio’s networks....

At a time when all the countries across the world are pushing to introduce wide-scale 5G operations, there are people who still use 3G and 2G. This is the reason why telecom operators have not stopped providing 3G and 2G services in India as well. Vodafone is done with 3G though. The news became official when Ather Energy communicated that they are going to be replacing the Vodafone 3G SIM cards from Ather 450 and replace it with BSNL 3G SIM cards....