Bharti Airtel is the first to launch the 5G Plus services in India on October 01, 2022, at the IMC. It is the only telco offering customers open and full-scale commercial 5G services. The telco also takes the lead this New Year 2023 with its 5G Rollout bash by announcing 5G Plus services in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on January 03, 2023. So far, Bharti Airtel has officially announced 5G Plus services across 23 cities....
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in India, has a B2B unit called Airtel Business which focuses on helping enterprises (small, medium and large) with their digital journey. In partnership with Vultr, Airtel is now offering Indian businesses cloud services. Vultr is an independent and globally recognised infrastructure cloud platform and serves over 1.5 million customers in 185 countries. With Vultr, the complexity of the big tech clouds goes out of the way, ensuring the businesses can operate as smoothly as possible....
During the Q2 FY23 earnings call for the investors of the telco, Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, talked about two major things around 5G - 5G SA (Standalone) and 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access). Both are pretty important from the business angle of a telecom operator. Note that Bharti Airtel hasn’t talked much about 5G SA because it is deploying 5G NSA (Non-Standalone), which works on top of a 4G layer....
A few days back Bharti Airtel announced that people who will recharge for their fellow people will get a discount on recharges. There was a 4% discount applied on every prepaid plan recharge. This was done to ensure that people stay connected with each other during the time of the pandemic. But the Airtel’s website has stopped reflecting the 4% discount now. But there are still some plans which come with a 4% discount, yet some other plans which had the discount earlier don’t reflect any discount at all or come with a lesser discount of 2%....
What are the Basic Differences? Which One to Get For Your Connection? Being a hybrid set-top box, it is obvious that the Airtel Xstream Box is the pricier version. Currently, the Airtel Xstream Box will set you back by Rs 3,999 if you are a new customer, but if you are an existing Airtel Digital TV user, then you will only have to pay Rs 2,249. As opposed to that, the HD set-top box by Airtel Digital TV would set you back by around Rs 1,500....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India was under the spotlight of the consumers on Wednesday. The telco’s networks had gone down in multiple parts of India. Airtel users in many regions of the country complained of a network outage on Twitter. Even the DownDetector data shows that a lot of people complained of network outages around 4:30 pm. The complaints have come down significantly since and many users said that the network connectivity has been restored....
Bharti Airtel on its website has revealed that the company is now offering a complimentary Xstream box to One Airtel subscribers. The One Airtel plan combines multiple Airtel services including Airtel Xstream Fiber broadband services, postpaid mobile services, DTH and landline into one bill. The Airtel Xstream Box is an Android TV-based Set-Top Box with Airtel normally charging Rs 3639 from new users. The base One Airtel plan start at Rs 899 while the top tiered One Airtel plan is priced at Rs 1899....
Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Airtel Payments Bank, offers a gold investment service for its users across India. The company calls it DigiGold, and under this service, it allows users to purchase and sell gold online right from the comfort of their homes. The gold that is offered by DigiGold to its users is 24K 99.50% pure in nature. The gold can be bought and sold anytime by the users. Moreover, users can start investing in gold for an amount as low as Rs 1....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, saw its stock closing on a greener note on Friday. This means that the stock had a positive movement. For Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) stock, there was no movement at all. Vi’s stock was trading in the green before the close. Airtel’s stock closed at Rs 703.65 (1.35% up). Finally, Airtel’s stock has crossed the Rs 700 price point again. Vodafone Idea’s stock closed at Rs 8....
The Indian government is targeting to connect all Indians to the internet by 2025 mostly via broadband of BharatNet. Also, it is eying to simplify cyber law to make it easy to do business and focus on high technology such as Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing, stated Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State for Electronics and IT. While addressing the Plenary on Digital - A boost to Indian Economy, which was held on the second day of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Annual Meeting 2021, he claimed that digitalization will play a major role in the Indian economy in the years to come....
Amazfit revealed last week that the Amazfit BIP 3 series would shortly go on sale in India. The BIP 3 and BIP 3 Pro Smartwatches, which are already on the market worldwide, make up the series. The wristwatch contains numerous activity and health sensors as well as 60 or so sports modes, including cycling, walking, and running. The BIP 3 smartwatch has now been formally introduced in the nation by the corporation....
“Though the smart speaker is a relatively young product in India, the integration of voice assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant in smart devices is gaining immense popularity in the country,” said Jaipal Singh, Associate Research Manager, Client Devices, IDC India. The main driver of the early adoption so far is the novelty factor around this technology. “However, it is certainly driving the shift in consumer behaviour and accelerating the adoption of voice interfaces in India,” Singh added....
The platform has roped in big names and former cricketers such as Ravi Shastri, Zaheer Khan, Harsha Bhogle, Ajay Jadeja, Ashish Nehra and more for the commentary. Users will be able to watch the cricket matches on Prime Video in five different languages - English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu. List of Languages and Commentators for Each Language for the Upcoming IND vs NZ Cricket Matches The full slate of commentators for the series includes the following names: English - Ravi Shastri, Harsha Bhogle, Anjum Chopra, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik, Gaurav Kapoor –(Presenter)....
Vodafone Idea Lags in 4G Network, Impacted by Subscriber Base Decline ICICI Securities in its report highlighted that the second quarter performance of Vodafone Idea “was a repeat of its continued weakness in terms of subscriber churn, lag in 4G network and balance sheet stress.” Despite the operator registering an 1.2% growth in its revenues, ICICI Securities said that Vodafone Idea was “impacted” by decline in its subscriber base. The operator’s user base is said to have declined around eight million to 271....
Apple and Google Contact Tracing System Apple and Google highlighted that the public health officials have identified contract tracing as a crucial mechanism to aid in containing the spread of COVID-19. As part of their efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, the two companies in May will introduce a pair of APIs which the apps from the public health authorities can bank on. The companies said that the apps would then be available on respective app stores for users to download and voluntarily participate in building the giant network....
Apple is expected to also launch the 27-inch iMac Pro sometime next year with its own silicon chipset. The Cupertino tech giant has already launched the iMac 24-inch with an M1 chipset, and now Mac enthusiasts are waiting for the iMac Pro 27-inch to arrive. A new report from DigiTimes (via 9to5Mac) suggests that the iMac Pro 27-inch will come with a Mini-LED display. With the Mini-LED display, the iMac Pro 27-inch will also be able to support 120Hz refresh rate and Oxide backplanes....
Apple Inc’s numbers in India are expected to set another record as the early trends indicate that it will reach about $3 billion (Rs 22,200 crore) in revenue this fiscal year ending September 2021. It is believed to be a 60% year-on-year growth from the second-largest smartphone market in the world. Also, it is an increase of 29% from the last year. Notably, Apple follows the fiscal year pattern from October to September....
Apple’s iPhone 14 series is expected to bring multiple major upgrades to the Pro models. We might finally see the notch going away from the iPhone 14 Pro models and an LTPO display to make battery life even better. According to a fresh report from tipster iHacktu iLeaks, the iPhone 14 series is all set to launch on September 13, 2022. Further, the company could start shipping the new iPhones as early as September 23 in multiple countries, whereas the pre-orders could start on September 16....
Apple Plans to Launch New 14.1-inch MacBook Pro The new 14.1-inch MacBook Pro is particularly notable as it will replace the present 13-inch model, just as Apple replaced last year’s 15-inch MacBook Pro with a newer 16-inch model. Another interesting launch is iMac Pro, especially since it would be the first refresh of the product that was launched in 2017. Previously, Kuo had reported Apple’s intentions to rollout just two Mini LED display products....
