Government-owned BSNL has finally revised the highly criticised after FUP speeds on its Bharat Fiber broadband plans. A new report now says that BSNL will start providing up to eight times more FUP speeds with its Bharat Fiber broadband plans. The FUP speed increase depends on the price of the Bharat Fiber plans. For example, BSNL has doubled the after FUP speeds on Bharat Fiber plans priced below Rs 500....
Telegram Update: Chat Folders with Desktop Sync “To make sure everyone‘s chat lists can handle the increased load and you don’t miss important messages, we’re introducing Chat Folders today,” Telegram said in its blog post. “Folders become available in the interface when your chat list is long enough to start getting cluttered.” It has to be noted that users can also head to the settings menu on their app and navigate to folders to manually enable them....
Oppo has just announced the rollout schedule of ColorOS 13 Beta based on Android 13 for more of its smartphones in India. Focusing on the October time period, Oppo has announced the ColorOS 13 beta rollout schedule for multiple devices. Oppo announced the new version of ColorOS a few months back, and it is made with a focus on nature. ColorOS supports over 80 languages, including English, Bahasa, and Thai....
If you are looking for an Android Set-Top Box (STB) and are tired of what Airtel, Tata Sky and Dish TV offer to its customers, you can check out the offering from d2h. There’s an Android STB on offer from d2h, namely the ‘d2h Stream Box’. It is very similar to that of the Android box offered by Dish TV. Since it is an Android STB, it is loaded with multiple smart features and more....
DishSMRT Subscription Details The DishSMRT is a Wi-Fi USB Dongle which will provide subscribers with the OTT apps and will avail the massive library of online curated content, TV shows and Web-series. Interested users should note that the DishSMRT Wi-Fi Dongle will connect with DishNXT HD Set-Top Box only. The users will have to plug the device into their DishNXT HD set-top box to available Wi-Fi network or mobile hotspot via the DishSMRT Stick, which will be plugged into the STB’s USB port....
Dish TV’s Vision Towards Innovative Products Goel remarked, “We have launched a low-cost device, which can be attached to the subscribers existing set-top box to connect to the internet and stream content. Such innovative products would get continued to launch in the current fiscal and beyond.” During the FY19, Dish TV has already introduced the Watcho app which offers a vast library of content including Live TV channels, original shows, documentaries and more....
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has come up with a new rule for the international calls that Indian consumers receive. The telecom department has amended the clause in the unified license for TSPs (telecom service providers), which says that ILDOs (International Long-Distance Operators) need to stop any international call without or with improper caller line identification (CLI) from reaching the end customer. This move will up the security of Indian consumers who can potentially be scammed by international callers with no proper caller line identification (CLI)....
DoT to Hold Back on Sending Show Cause Notices It is worth noting that the note was issued with approval of the member of the Finance division. The decision of the Supreme Court on the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) matter came on October 24, 2019, when the Supreme Court ruled the decision in favour of the government, to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). This put an end to a decade and a half long battle which was going on between the telecom companies and the government....
If you are familiar with the key terms associated with 5G, you would have heard of Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB). It is one of the use cases that was defined for 5G long-back. The role of eMBB was to simply enhance the 4G broadband services so that users could experience a faster network with lower latency. But how did it come into existence, and what role does it play in the development of 5G networks?...
Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company, announced plans to enter the South African market with a US $ 160 million data center investment in Johannesburg, adding to its present presence in Nigeria, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire on the African continent. The new data center is expected to open in mid-2024. South African Market With its South Africa expansion, Equinix is entering into one of the African continent’s biggest and most advanced digitally developed countries....
Nokia, Ericsson, and Cisco are few of the top telecom gear manufacturers and equipment providers globally. Their presence in India is also quite solid now as the Chinese companies, including Huawei and ZTE, have been barred from helping telecom operators with their equipment needs. The differences between India and China still exist, due to which the Government of India (GoI) has decided to continue not including Chinese companies in the telecom business in India....
Anyone who is into technology has undoubtedly heard about NFC, which as a simple description is a mainstream wireless technology that took off owing to the increase in online payment systems that include the likes of Google Pay and Samsung Pay, both of which have tons of users on a worldwide basis. NFC has long been a feature on handsets, with devices from 2012 featuring the same, and, in today’s age, most mid-range and flagship devices come with support for the same....
Just like the “unsend” feature on WhatsApp, the function would give users two choices – “remove for everyone” and “remove for you” – on Messenger as well. The “remove for everyone” choice would replace the deleted message notifying others on the chat that the message has been removed. Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram already supports the “unsend” capability and allows users to delete a sent message for all participants in the personal or group chat....
Most of the flagship smartphones, along with mid-range devices, are overheating today. If a consumer is spending hard-earned money on an ultra-premium device, he/she wouldn’t want it to overheat fast and ruin the experience. iPhones are generally better than Androids in the heat department. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 was one of the biggest contributors to flagship Android smartphones overheating in 2022. The chipset’s elder brother, Snapdragon 8+ Gen1, which is now shipping with flagship devices such as ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro, has dialled down the heating a little and made the chip more efficient....
Flipkart has just announced a new program called ‘Smart Upgrade Plan’ in association with Samsung Galaxy Forever. A thing worth noting here is that this is not the first time Samsung has announced such an offer. Religious Samsung and Flipkart followers know that this offer was announced much earlier, but the difference this time will be the smartphones which are placed under the offer. With the Flipkart ‘Smart Upgrade Plan’ users can buy a smartphone right away at 70% of its cost and pay the remaining 30% next year if they wish to — More details ahead....
To recollect, in the past, Google had brought Assistant integrated within Allo chat app, but now that Allo is dying next month, the search giant has decided to integrate the Assistant with Android Message. With the Assistant support, Google is gearing up to bring the same smart texting experience to Android Messages app. The good bit is Android Messages comes pre-loaded with most Android smartphones which means more and more users will be able to experience the Assistant related messaging features....
Picture this, you join a meeting only to find out that your camera is not connected, or your mic is failing. This issue is something that has become increasingly common with each and every passing day, with video calls and Zoom/Google Meet based meetings becoming the new norm. If you are in an official meeting just to discover that some aspect of your setup is not working, it is far less than ideal....
Google is best known to have provided the maximum number of Android version upgrades for its Pixel smartphones. Besides this, the Pixel smartphones get the most extended security update support. However, the good things are coming to an end and the Google Pixel 3 series is also nearing its end. It has been officially considered to be the end-of-life and will not receive any Android as well as security updates....
On October 6, the Google Pixel 7 series is scheduled to be released. Two gadgets, one ordinary and one Pro variant, will be unwrapped by Google. The majority of information regarding the most recent Pixel phones has leaked online, despite there still being one week. The business has also confirmed some of the information. The good news is that India will also get the Pixel 7 series. Although the precise launch date has not yet been disclosed, Google is anticipated to do so shortly....
The Google Pixel 6 series is going to launch very soon in the international markets. Google might be planning ‘Pixel Pass’ that could be a revolutionary way for getting a new smartphone. According to an Android Authority report, looking at a new retail leak, the existence of Pixel Pass service can be looked at. The leak has been shared by the YouTuber, M Brandon Lee, on Twitter. Lee said that Pixel Pass, a new subscription-based service from Google, might come to the users soon....
