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Tata Sky Offering Reduced Pricing on Channel Packs The first offering that we are going to be talking about comes from the top DTH operator of the country. The reason why Tata Sky has become the number on DTH operator is because of offerings like this, combined with the right timing. As part of this new offer, Tata Sky is offering its add-on channel packs, curated channel packs and regional channel packs at a discount to its subscribers....

Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV Withdraw Sports Preview Previously, under the free preview offer Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky, both were offering numerous channels for free to the subscribers. During the time of the rollout of the offer, it was said that the free channels preview would be live starting March 23, 2019, and would end on May 19, 2019, coincidentally with the end of the cricket season....

Tata Sky Broadband Now Has Presence in a Total of 17 Cities Last, when we reported about Tata Sky Broadband, it was during the launch of the service. The company stepped into the industry through 14 cities where it landed with different plans and offerings. These 14 cities included Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mira Bhayandar, Mumbai, Noida, Pimpri Chinchwad and Thane. The three new cities where Tata Sky Broadband is now operating are Kolkata, Pune and Jaipur....

Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in the country has launched a new service namely ‘Tata Sky Classic TV’. The service is aimed at people who are fans of TV shows from the ’80s and ’90s. To rekindle the love people once had for the old shows, Tata Sky has introduced the Tata Sky Classic TV. It will transport the people using the services of Tata Sky to the golden era of Indian television....

Tata Sky Smart Plans Details and Pricing In the new list of Smart Plans, the first plan is the Hindi Smart plan of Rs 249, second up we have the Punjabi Smart plan for Rs 249 as well. Further, the list is followed by Gujarati Smart plan of Rs 249, Bengali Smart plan of Rs 220, Odia smart plan of Rs 211, Marathi Smart plan of Rs 206 and Telugu Smart plan of Rs 249....

Fiberisation of towers will be very important for the telcos to deliver a good 5G experience to the customers. For a long time now, the industry people have been talking about the Right of Way (RoW) rules of all states to be kept in line with the Indian Telegraphy RoW Rules 2016. At present, these rules differ from state to state, and it is something that needs to be corrected to ensure that a timely rollout of network services is possible....

The process of implementing 5G will take time and expense, but more examples of 5G use cases will need to be analysed to observe additional challenges. 5G networks are beginning their lifecycles in specific cities throughout India, but larger enterprises have the option to establish private 5G networks, said Ruchin Kumar, VP, South Asia, Futurex. Check out the entire conversation between TelecomTalk and Futurex below. 5G is going to transform the way consumers and organisations are able to access their data....

Telegram Premium has been launched globally. If you update the app on your smartphone, you will be able to see the ‘Premium’ plan inside the app. Its cost has been set at Rs 460 in India, and it will bring a lot of new features to the table as well as enhanced capabilities for the users to send big files and join a greater number of channels. Here’s everything you should know about Telegram Premium....

Apple’s latest and greatest smartphone, the iPhone 12 and its counterparts, namely the iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, have been the pinnacle of consumer smartphone tech. Despite these devices being quite recent, we are already hearing a lot of things about the iPhone 13. The key changes, as per certain rumours, will come in the form of improved cameras and a smaller notch. A faster refresh rate panel might also come in tow, but only on the flagship pro series....

Live TV While OTT services mostly refer to video-on-demand and other related services, Live TV has also become one of the major offerings in the market right now. With so many applications available for free to the consumers, the viewers are consuming Live TV channels over the internet instead of from the TV channels directly. Another advantage is easy navigation as the consumers can flip between VOD content and live TV channels inside the ACT Stream TV 4K UI....

As per a report from Telecom Regulatory of India (Trai), telcos have lost more than 82 lakh wireless subscribers (2G, 3G, 4G) in the month of April 2020. It is surprising since during that month India was in a strict lockdown. Ideally, more people should have subscribed instead of dropping out. In the month of March 2020, there were a total of 1,157.75 million wireless subscribers. But at the end of April 2020, the number of wireless subscribers had gone down 1,149....

Trai Bullish on Empowering Consumer Choice The first point that Sharma came up with highlighted that after a three-year-long battle, Trai has come up with a framework to regulate the broadcasting and DTH industry in India and this framework is a completely different one from the previous one. He said that with this consultation paper, Trai is not trying to change any part of the new regulatory regime, and he also added that anybody implying the same is false....

Trai Changes Multi TV Policies for All DTH Operators Here is an overview of how things are actually functioning in the DTH industry right now. Currently, Multi TV pricing remains totally in the hands of the DTH operators. As a result, every DTH operator had different rates and the winner for the consumer was Dish TV and D2h. Both of these companies had specified a base NCF of Rs 50 per month for the secondary consumer of a TV connection....

Trai Recommends Structural Reforms in the Structure of BARC Trai said that the structural reforms in the structure of BARC are required to reduce the probability of “conflict of interest, and bring transparency and instill confidence of all the stakeholders in the TRP measurement system.” The authority recommended that the BARC board should consist of 50% independent members including one technology expert and one statistician of national repute from among the top institutions....

FTA Channels on New NCF Price Firstly, it is imperative to look at what the subscribers were enjoying before. As per the previous Trai rules on the matter, the subscribers had to pay the minimum base NCF of Rs 130 which would get them 100 SD channels or 50 HD channels. This was the cost for carrying the channels. The subscribers might decide to subscribe to 75 FTA channels, and the cost that they would have paid month on month would have only been Rs 130....

Truecaller Group Chat: What it Offers? Truecaller is aiming to take on WhatsApp with this Group Chat service. That said, the Caller ID service does not offer any P2P chat service and the rollout of group chat comes as a surprise to many out there. Talking about the features offered by Truecaller Group Chat, we have the essential ‘Group Invites.’ Yes, group invites come in extremely handy for every user as almost everyone on WhatsApp faced random additions to a group without their permission....

Twitter, the world’s biggest micro-blogging platform, has been in the spotlight since the time Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, took a stake in it. Soon after, Musk sought to purchase the entire company for $44 billion. But now, the deal has been put on hold temporarily. The same has been confirmed by Elon Musk through a tweet made on Friday. The reason cited by Musk for the hold was the pending investigation on the spam or false accounts present on the platform....

Twitter recently began internally testing its much-anticipated feature, “Edit Tweet,” which would let users edit their tweets up to 30 minutes after they go live. The microblogging platform chose to test the functionality by initially making it available exclusively to Twitter Blue subscribers, a premium service. Further Information on Twitter’s New Function More information has been given regarding the size, scope, and time restrictions of tweet editing since Twitter first revealed that they were testing a long-awaited edit button....

By announcing a new space policy that includes the provision of more spectrum for satellite services, Ofcom, the UK telecom regulator, is supporting satellites to help offer internet to hard-to-reach locations. It’s excellent news for the increasing number of low-earth orbit (LEO) operators who are looking to space to provide high-speed broadband that the UK telecoms regulator has quadrupled the amount of spectrum that is available for satellite services in the Ku band....

For the most part, UPI has made life simple. The payment method is undoubtedly one of the most popular digital techniques. Due to the simplicity of payment, you might occasionally go over your daily limit. When you use UPI to make a payment, there are numerous apps, banks, and various combinations and permutations at play. The daily limit could be one of the frequent causes of a rejected transaction. The maximum amount of money you can send or receive each day and each month is capped....