Posts

On February 7, during its Cloud 11 event in New Delhi, Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus is getting ready to introduce its newest flagship model, the OnePlus 11 5G, to Indian consumers. The device will debut in China a month early, on January 4, before the introduction in other countries. With only a few days until the OnePlus 11 5G is launched in China, the smartphone manufacturer has begun teaser marketing the product by releasing images of the handset and some of its features....

India is a growing digital nation and at the front line stand the telecom operators along with the internet service providers (ISPs) who are deploying optical fiber to ensure connectivity reaches every town and city of the country. One such ISP is Excitel which is looking to get deep into the tier-2 and tier-3 towns of India for offering fiber broadband internet services. Many ISPs don’t want to invest in these towns because of the low-paying customers and fewer potential customers compared to the metro cities....

Exotel, a leading customer engagement platform, has just announced that it received a telecom license or the unified license for Virtual Network Operator (UL VNO Access Service) from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Exotel wants to serve businesses which are operating remotely with its cloud-based customer engagement solutions. Exotel’s internet calling solutions which have been termed flexible, affordable, and fully compliant, will now be available for customers across the nation....

Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp Policy Update Does Not Change Privacy of Messages Zuckerberg said that WhatsApp is an “important” part of the company’s strategy with “more than 175 million people” communicating with a WhatsApp business account each single day. “We’re building new features to make it even easier to transact with businesses in the app,” Zuckerberg said in the earnings call on Wednesday. “We introduced carts, which lets people browse catalogs, select multiple products, and send the order as a message to a business....

The fixed broadband (FBB) segment in India saw December as its most successful month in the year. According to the data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), more than two million users were added to the overall FBB subscribers list of the country. However, at the same time, it was the worst month for wireless broadband. “Wireless broadband segment witnessed a massive loss of 11.54 million subscribers in Dec’21 whereas fixed broadband segment (FBB) had the most successful month of the year....

Flipkart MarQ TurboStream Stick: Features Detailed The TurboStream Stick has been launched by Flipkart’s private brand MarQ. Similar to other streaming dongles, the TurboStream Stick converts a standard television to a Smart TV by offering Android TV 9.0 OS. Similar to other Android streaming devices, the TurboStream Stick also comes preloaded with Google Play Store, allowing users to download more than 5000 apps and games for free. In addition, the Stick also has Netflix, YouTube, Hotstar and other popular OTT apps preinstalled....

Reliance Jio ARPU Declined in Q1 FY20, But That’s Not a Concern Speaking with Reuters after the quarterly results announcement on Friday last week, Anshuman Thakur, Head of Strategy at Jio said: “We have been telling you from the beginning, the priority for us today is customers.” The company has been adding subscribers on a large note every month. Every quarter, the telco added more than five million new users, and even last quarter, Reliance Jio added 24....

Samsung S20 series, starting from the S20 all the way up to the S20 Ultra brought with it multiple new changes that gave the Korean giant’s offerings a chance at the best Android device title. There were some issues, which were then addressed with this year’s S21 series, which effectively built on the advancements of the S20 series. However, Samsung did manage to bring out a new trump card in the form of the S20 FE, which was a Samsung Galaxy S20 with some minor cuts and a major price difference, providing mid-range users a chance at testing out a flagship-level product from a company familiar with such devices, minus the expensive costs....

“Gallery Go was designed to help you manage your photos using less data. And at just 10 MB, the app won’t slow down your phone and leaves space to store more memories,” Ben Greenwood, Product Manager, Google Photos wrote in a blog-post on Wednesday. The light app comes with editing tools for instant fixes along with a variety of filters. Gallery Go is available in the PlayStore for devices running Android 8....

“Similar to Waze, Google Maps is adding the ability for users to take part in reporting accidents they see along their route, and speed traps,” 9to5Google reported late on Wednesday. Notably, the company hasn’t officially announced the introduction of this feature yet and it is not known when exactly it would be rolled out for all. “Over the winter, the company further refined that interface, and now it’s pretty close to what we’re seeing today....

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a project intended to connect all 45,945 villages in Bihar with optical fibre internet service. The government in a release said that the project will “enable digital revolution to reach the farthest corner” of Bihar. The project is set to cost approximately Rs 1000 crore with Rs 640 crore of capital expenditure set to be funded by the Department of Telecommunications....

Hathway offers a variety of broadband plans to its customers all across India. Now Hathway is offering a 150 Mbps broadband plan. This plan will cost customers Rs 800 per month effectively. For the unaware, this plan doesn’t come with a purchase option of lesser than six months. So basically there are two plans - 6 months and 12 months. Along with that, whether the customer buys the 6 months plan or the 12 months plan, the benefits remain the same and there are no extra benefits apart from data....

Google TV, the latest-interface for Chromecast, was released by Google last year. You can access all the apps and settings from the UI’s home screen, but you won’t be able to access the complete Play Store. If you are wondering why do you need complete access to Play Store, here is why. While you can search and open and even try all the new apps from the ‘Apps’ tab on Google TV, you won’t be able to update them or change their settings manually....

HFCL, a company engaged in the telecommunications infrastructure sector on Saturday said that it is currently implementing Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network for Reliance Jio in about 300 cities across India. The development was shared by Mahendra Nahata, promoter and managing director of HFCL in its first quarter earnings call for the period ended June 30, 2020. Nahata said that the FTTH network has been a “great opportunity” for HFCL. Further, it was said that the company is expanding its capacity for fibre to home ecosystem by putting up a new facility in Hyderabad....

Home Broadband Segment Witnessed Limited Investments Motilal Oswal in its report said that home broadband has “largely been an urban product with low penetration of 7% due to limited network connectivity.” The firm said that the limited availability of home broadband has led to the “increased wireless consumption” across the country due to its simple and “convenient installation” and activation. “This is the classic chicken and egg story – telcos historically have neither invested in network nor increased home passes, given the high gestation period and lower business viability; on the other hand, consumer complaints related to the lack of network/product availability are observed frequently,” Motilal Oswal said in its report....

The year’s second week has passed, and everyone is gradually readjusting to life after the holidays. Of course, a good movie or television break can help during this. This week is jam-packed on OTT with incredible content, ranging from an impressive tale like “Trial by Fire” to an emotional journey with “Dog Gone.” Know about the intriguing films that debuted during the second week of January 2023. Trial by Fire Based on actual events, Trial by Fire chronicles the tale of two grieving parents who struggle to find justice after their children perished in the terrible Uphaar cinema fire....

One of the intriguing features of social media apps is customised chat backgrounds. Telegram is one of the renowned apps that allows its users to customise chat themes as per their liking. Telegram background supports motion and blur effect to hoist the experience of users while chatting. Not only this, but you can set a static colour as chat background, apply a customised pattern and mould the intensity as per your liking....

Digital payment platforms have reduced the hassle of mobile recharges. Earlier, mobile users had to purchase top-up plans by visiting the store to get their recharge done. But now, there are multiple digital payment platforms that offer an easy recharge facility to users. Out of the lot, PhonePe is a leading payments platform that allows user to send and receive money, recharge mobile, DTH or broadband connections without any external hassle....

The screen sharing feature is one of the easiest methods to share work with co-workers and friends in video apps. The renowned video-conferencing app Zoom also allows its users to share various media with the participants in Zoom meetings. Zoom screen share feature is available on both the desktop and the mobile app. If you want to share the screen with meeting participants, follow the article to the end for a detailed guide....

Huawei and ZTE, two of the globally renowned telecom gear and technology providers, have had to suffer a lot of losses and missed opportunities because of being banned in multiple countries from doing business. While these companies are allowed to sell consumer products, they can’t do core telecom network business with the telecom service providers (TSPs) of many countries, including India, the US, and along with Europe. Much recently, even Canada had banned Huawei and ZTE from doing business related to the telecom gear on its grounds....