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Samsung has paid Rs 300 crore to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) as customs duty for importing 4G radio equipment into India. The DRI was investigating the company’s alleged tax evasion in importing the 4G radio equipment to India. The DRI has concluded that Samsung had been classifying its equipment under the zero-duty category so that it could be exempted from paying any taxes. As per the agency, Samsung will now have to pay Rs 500 crore for exempting taxes....

ColorOS 13 is going to be the next generation OS (operating system) for Oppo smartphones. OnePlus recently announced the OxygenOS 13 that will be first available for the OnePlus 10 Pro 5G later this year. Oppo’s ColorOS 13 is expected to be very similar to that of the OxygenOS 13. ColorOS 13 will also be based on Android 13 and will take inspiration from Google’s Material You. Oppo will globally announce the ColorOS 13 on August 18, 2022, at 4:30 PM IST....

Spectra Fastest Broadband Plan When we look at some of the popular Spectra Broadband plans available for the users, three of these plans stand out and happen to be the most popular. The first plan is the one that offers 1 Gbps speed. This is the “Spectra Fastest” plan and offers 1 Gbps speed. There is a catch with this plan. If you opt for a monthly subscription of this plan, then you will be getting 500GB data per month only, but the limit is upped to unlimited when you opt for an annual subscription....

4G spectrum auctions will take place from March 1, 2021, in India. Telcos have had to wait 5 years for the auction. The last spectrum auction took place in October 2016. This is why the government is now looking for a better way to allocate spectrum to operators other than just relying on auctions. Auctions rarely see a huge percentage of the spectrum being sold. This results in a lot of it lying idle with the government....

Telecom Infrastructure Providers are Facing Financial Distress All the Service Providers indulged in telecom infrastructure services are facing huge financial distress as they are getting multiple difficulties to offer seamless telecom services. One of the significant challenges that TAIPA members are facing is the default in payment of rent money to landlords. TAIPA marked that Landowners, where BSNL sites are installed, is demanding their rents else they would take strict actions, which will distress the telecom network....

A lot of hype has been building around the tariffs that have been sustaining in the telecom industry for a long now. The telecom companies have been suffering under the balance of their lofty balance sheets, which are filled with obscure losses and dues. Even the hotshots have not been spared of the financial bloodbath of the telecom industry; however, it all had to come crashing down one day, and that day does not seem to be far away now....

Tata Play and Dish TV, two of the top direct-to-home (DTH) service providers in India, are not happy with the discrimination they face from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) with regards to providing services with the way over-the-top (OTT) platforms do. The DTH operators want a level playing field for the competition and replied to TRAI’s consultation paper, saying the DTH industry has been struggling because of undue licensing while the OTT platforms are basically offering the same service and are growing fast as they are unregulated....

Tata Play recently announced the Netflix Binge Combo packs. It is the only way you can get Netflix with your Binge subscription as well as a TV channel pack. If you are looking for very affordable Netflix Binge Combo packs under Rs 400, you have two options currently at your disposal which are available on the website of the Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator. While there are multiple Binge combo packs under Rs 400, there are only two which also bundle the Netflix subscription, let’s take a look at them....

The craze for over-the-top (OTT) content has surged in the last year owing to multiple reasons including pandemic, stay at home culture, and ease in getting high-speed broadband connections for a reasonable price. A ton of users who had never subscribed to any OTT platform explored it during 2020 when the pandemic had just started. There are users who like to keep switching between different platforms to find fresh and unique content to satiate their entertainment needs....

Tata Sky Binge Service On the other hand, the new Tata Sky Binge+ Set-Top Box will be a total amalgamation of the OTT services and the DTH services. In this Set-Top Box, the subscribers will have a single remote to control the DTH services and the OTT services. However, the big problem with the new Tata Sky Binge+ Set-Top Box is the upfront price which the subscribers will have to pay to Tata Sky....

Tata Sky Binge: What is It? Tata Sky Binge is a unique platform that bridges internet and television content bringing a premium viewing experience of the best internet app videos to large screens. Tata Sky Binge is available only to Tata Sky subscribers which is an expected thing though. Tata Sky Binge: What it Offers to Customers?

Tata Sky Broadband, JioFiber Deliver 3.6 Mbps Speed The Netflix ISP Speed Index for January highlights that 16 countries and regions including India, Finland and Canada are classified in the second tier. The company highlights that the ISPs in these 16 countries and regions on average delivered 3.4 Mbps speed to its users. In the region wise breakdown, Netflix data highlights that JioFiber, the third largest wired broadband provider in India along with Tata Sky Broadband on average delivered 3....

Tata Sky Broadband New 20Mbps Plan Tata Sky broadband is now offering a new broadband plan with 20Mbps speed to the users in Chennai, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, and New Delhi. This plan will ship with unlimited data and will cost the user Rs 1271.9 per month. The operator has not highlighted the long-term availability of its new 20Mbps plan yet. The unlimited data on Tata Sky Broadband means 3300GB (3....

Tata Teleservices is making a comeback in the Indian market. The telecom operator went out of business when Reliance Jio came to the market, and the eventual tariff war broke out. Tatas then signed a pact that transferred the consumer mobile business to Bharti Airtel, excluding the transfer of debt. According to an ET Telecom report, Tata Teleservices is making a comeback in the Indian market with a new name and a new goal....

Telecom operators have asked for the regulation of the over-the-top (OTT) communication apps. Citing the recent WhatsApp privacy policy changes as an example, the telcos have argued that OTT apps don’t have any obligation to protect its customers’ privacy. This means these apps need to be regulated just the way licence norms regulate telcos. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has asked the telecom secretary of India, Anshu Prakash to level the playing field for the telcos if the OTT apps are not going to be regulated meaning a request for relaxing the regulatory obligations for the operators....

COAI Proposed End-to-End Digital Method for Porting Requests The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents all the telecom operators, has addressed telecom secretary Anshu Prakash in an official letter and stated that the porting requests and services must be converted in a digital process in the current scenario to ensure the safety of subscribers amid the lockdown period. As per the method proposed by COAI, if the subscribers want to avail new SIM card or porting services, they will have to fill in the required details in the official website of their telecom service provider (TSP)....

The telecom operators in India started witnessing a drop in the ARPU (average revenue per user) in recent years due to the low-cost plans. Eventually, the telcos claim to have made losses and the government of India approved the telecom relief package recently so that they can make up for the losses. However, to generate increased revenue, telcos need to increase their tariff, which is not possible in the current scenario wherein there are conditions issued by DoT....

Google’s Pixel series has been one of the most popular yet underwhelming series of devices in terms of net sales, losing out not only to primary competitors like Samsung and Apple but also to lower brands like Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi. Despite this, the devices from the Android provider offer amazing features, one of them being a great camera. The Pixel lineup, be it the flagship Pixel 5 or the budget 4a offers an amazing camera, be it a dual-camera setup or a single camera, the company seems to have a magical potion that it applies to its devices to allow for cameras that can trade blows with devices that might cost twice as much, if not more....

The need for high-speed broadband internet has skyrocketed with everyone staying inside their homes and the arrival of heavy data applications. Broadband internet service providers (ISPs) across India now provide plans offering up to 1 Gbps internet speed. Today, we are going to look at the top 500 Mbps plans in India from some of the major operators, including Tata Sky Broadband, JioFiber, and Spectra. All three companies have been in the market for quite some time now and offer internet services in multiple cities and states of India....

The ‘per port transaction charge’ refers to the amount payable by the recipient operator to the MNP service provider for processing each porting request of a mobile subscriber. Trai has posted half a dozen questions, including whether the total number of port-out requests received by MNP service provider or successfully ported numbers should be considered for calculating ‘per port transaction charge’. “…the authority has initiated this consultation paper to review the per port transaction charge, charges for ancillary services and other related charges for mobile number portability,” Trai said in a statement....