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Managing Director and Business Head at Google Pay, Sajith Sivanandan, is all set to join as the executive VP and head of Disney+ Hotstar India. In a report, the president of Disney Star revealed that Sajith Sivanandan would soon be joining Disney+ Hotstar India. Sajith will be joining as the executive VP and head of Disney+ Hotstar India. All the business operations in India regarding the OTT Platform and the overall business operations of the same would be handled by him....

Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL: Specifications and Features When it comes to the hardware specs, the Pixel 4 features a 5.7-inch Full HD+ OLED display and the Pixel 4 XL has a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ OLED display. Also, both the phones have 90Hz refresh rate and they come in three colour options- Just Black, Clearly White and Also Orange. The phones will intelligently switch the between 60Hz and 90Hz refresh rates depending on the requirement....

Hathway Broadband has revised its 300 Mbps plan to now offer 12 Mbps post Fair Usage Policy (FUP) speed. The company introduced its 300 Mbps plan in Chennai in September, 2018 at an effective price of Rs 1250 per month. The 300 Mbps plan enables users to browse up to 300 Mbps speed till 2000GB or 2TB with the operator initially capping the speeds to 5 Mbps upon reaching the limit....

All the smartphones and TVs which are shipped to India at the moment attract high basic customs duty (BCD). This is not just to increase the cost for the end Indian consumer, but to protect the local producers. The local Indian producers are said to be currently at capacity building stage right now so that they can also manufacture smartphones and its components. The placement of higher BCD protects them marginally....

In May 2022, several cyber criminals in Dehradun managed to hack Instagram users and convince their followers to invest in cryptocurrency. The Times of India reported that multiple Dehradun residents were pulled into a fake cryptocurrency investment plan when their friends posted Instagram stories detailing how they’d made a fortune by investing in cryptocurrency. Wanting to do the same, victims like Shubham Nagliya lost Rs 53,000 after transferring the money to a bank account provided by a cybercriminal who was pretending to be his friend....

Have you ever wondered how boring it gets hearing that same boring call sound every time you call someone? Especially when someone takes long to answer? To make the calling tunes interactive and joyful, Jio offers hello tunes services for Jio users from its official JioTunes app. Users can set any song, instrumental, religious even international tracks as per their mood. Jio offers four different ways to users through which they can select or change caller tune in their respective Jio numbers....

Huawei, a major telecom gear vendor, has announced its first suite of global scenario-based cloud solutions for carriers. The new solutions from Huawei are focused on monetising networks, innovating services, and optimising operations. The announcement was made during the summit keynote entitled Huawei Cloud: Enabling New Growth for Carriers. Chen Xuejun, who is the Director of Huawei Carrier IT Marketing & Solution Sales, made the announcement. With advancements in 5G, cloud computing, big data, and edge computing, cloud transformation has become the future of telecom carriers....

The Indian telecom industry has been complaining about not getting access to private and public premises for deploying telecom infrastructure to provide quality services. Looking at the same, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) might soon come out with a consultation paper seeking views on mandatory deployment of telecom infra in public and private premises. For providing quality services to the masses, the telecom operators need to heavily invest in their network infrastructure....

The Indian telecom operators have been looking for a lot of help from the government. The sector had been under severe stress for cash because of the low average revenue per user (ARPU) figure impacting the overall revenues of the operators negatively. To address the cashflow stress that the telcos were facing, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in September 2021, announced plenty of relief measures. While the measures were good, they were nothing but just a starting point for the government to set affairs into order for the telcos....

The Hong Kong-based smartphone manufacturer Infinix has launched two new smartphones that will be joining its portfolio – the Infinix Note 12 VIP and Note 12 (G96). The Infinix Note 12 VIP is quite impressive as it carries 120W fast charging technology. The device has also been launched with a remarkable display and camera. The two new smartphones join the Note series lineup which already consists of Note 12 and Note 12i devices....

Internet speed is an important factor in determining the kind of experience that you have with whatever you are doing online. But there could have been instances where your internet service provider (ISP) might have throttled the speed of the connection for you. If you don’t know, internet speed throttling is when your ISP deliberately caps the speed limit offered with your connection. Most of the time, this is done to avoid any capacity limitation issues and to ensure that everyone gets internet access in an equal manner during peak hours....

Apple has started manufacturing the iPhone 13 series in India. The Cupertino tech giant is manufacturing the iPhone 13 series devices in a Foxconn plant near Chennai. Foxconn is a contract manufacturing partner of Apple. India is the world’s second-largest smartphone market, and with this move, Apple is solidifying its stance and presence in the country. The iPhone 13 series is Apple’s latest flagship smartphone series which launched back in September 2021....

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are not in favour of introducing the caller identification feature that was proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The caller identification feature would enable the users to understand who is calling them. The name would be derived from the KYC (know your customer) database that is maintained by the telcos. However, the telecom operators are not in favour of the caller identification mechanism or feature....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally released the monthly performance data of the telcos for the month of April 2022. It is interesting to see that all the private telcos have lost active subscribers during the month. What’s worth noting here is that even Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) lost active users. It is like none of the telcos in the Indian telecom industry added new active users in April....

All three telecom operators in the country offer a variety of prepaid plans and have also added new plans. Some of these plans come with subscriptions to Disney+ Hotstar OTT platforms. If you are looking for affordable options, all the telcos have something to offer. In this article, we are going to take a look at the Disney+ Hotstar Prepaid Plans offered by Jio, Airtel and Vi along with pack details that cost less than Rs 600....

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) didn’t want the government to allow the enterprises to get the spectrum directly to set up captive private 5G networks. The government didn’t pay much heed to the wishes of the telcos and has allowed the enterprises to directly purchase the spectrum from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Telcos are also allowed to lease the spectrum to the enterprises to let the latter set up their own captive private 5G network....

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, doesn’t like what Vodafone Idea (Vi) is doing with its prepaid plans. Post tariff hikes, Vodafone Idea, is the only operator that is offering the minimum SMS bundled prepaid plan for Rs 179. This isn’t sitting well with Reliance Jio. This is because this restricts the users from sending port out messages. Regardless of the fact that Vodafone Idea is in a desperate situation with respect to new subscribers addition and subscribers market share, this doesn’t sit well with Reliance Jio....

Reliance Jio is offering two days of free unlimited plan to users across India. This service has been extended to the users who have been affected by the network outage that happened yesterday. This way, people can get back the lost time on the network of the company. Reliance Jio, in a message, said that its top priority is to provide a seamless service experience to the users. The message received by one of the TelecomTalk users said that some users in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh faced some network issues....

Reliance Jio, the telecom operator with the largest subscriber base in India is often looked at as the company offering the cheapest services. Jio’s prepaid plans have been largely popular in the Indian market because of the affordability they bring to the table. However, after the tariff hikes, it doesn’t look that way anymore. While most of Jio’s prepaid plans are still cheaper and more affordable than what its rivals are offering including Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel, Jio is also offering the most expensive prepaid plan in the market....

Both Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are trying to make India a 4G only nation by rolling out new smartphone offers. Airtel came with its smartphone offer in October, while Jio announced the JioPhone Next a few days later. Analysts have already commented on the pricing of the JioPhone Next and have called it non-disruptive. Many might be confused between the JioPhone Next and the Airtel smartphone offer. Here’s a short analysis of which company’s 4G phone offer is better for you....