The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has been on a roll in recent times ever since moving away from the Intel processors and switching to the in-house Apple chip that is the M1. To further add to its portfolio, the company has been offering a good portfolio of devices that are spread across different requirements, be it the smaller iPad Mini to the iPad Pro which can meet most of your daily needs....
Apple is giving users in India free AirPods with multiple products, including MacBook Air M2. This is the ‘Back to School’ offer rolled out by the company under which people purchasing the products will not only get discounts but will also get free AirPods. The offer has already gone live on Apple’s India Online Store. Note that this offer is not given by the Authorised Resellers. From the local Authorised Resellers, you can get student discounts, but not the ‘Back to School’ offer that Apple directly offers....
OLED-equipped Apple iPad devices are anticipated to debut in 2024. In addition to Samsung and LG, the Cupertino firm has reportedly contracted with Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (SMT) to produce panels for the next 12.9-inch iPad Pro and MacBook Pro. With the new supply chain addition, Apple might be getting ready to release a significantly upgraded iPad. On the Apple Watch and its most recent smartphone models, the iPhone manufacturer already provides OLED panels....
In a recent release, Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox Series X and S users will be able to stream content from Apple TV using the console. Not only the Series X and S users, but Xbox Series One users will get Apple TV as well. Microsoft in a statement said that on the launch of all-new Xbox consoles on November 10, the users will get more entertaining apps than what they are getting with Xbox One at the moment....
Asianet Broadband, Kerala’s popular Internet Service Provider has joined hands with KITE Victers, a Government of Kerala initiative in delivering educational classes to the students of Kerala. The data usage from streaming videos from KITE VICTERS will not be counted for Asianet Broadband subscribers, thus removing the additional internet burden to students. KITE Victers provides academic content for classes from Pre-Primary to Class XII through Television channels and streaming platforms....
New Update Brings Firmware Version 16.2017.1906.056 for Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 The new update for the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 bumps up the firmware version of the phone to 16.2017.1906.056. Asus has also issued a detailed changelog of this update which notes what improvements the phone will get after updating to this version. It is also worth noting that the Asus Max Pro M1 had received the Android 9 Pie update in the month of May....
Everyone’s excited to see firsthand how the Battlegrounds Mobile India will look like. The game is about to launch in India, and the pre-registrations are already going on. However, the release date of the game hasn’t been revealed by the company. Looking at the support page of the game’s website, it looks like the game might not be near a launch stage yet. The company said that it is still in the ‘process of finalising the launch date’....
Proximus, a leading provider of fixed broadband networks in Belgium, is now equipped with Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia’s 25G Passive Optional Network. A Passive Optical Network or PON is a telecommunications technology based on fibre-optic used for delivering broadband network access to end consumers. This deployment of PON in Proximus makes it the fastest live fibre network deployment to date. According to an official statement, network speeds of more than 25Gbps will be achieved using this technology....
Airtel Now Has Seven Talk Time Plans Starting at Rs 10 Incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea followed the footsteps of Reliance Jio as they will charge six paise per minute for voice calls made to other networks. And all the new prepaid plans of Airtel come with a FUP limit; Even the Rs 2,398 yearly plan has a non-Airtel FUP calling limit of 12,000 minutes for one year and it’s underwhelming to see....
Bharti Airtel has just announced the commissioning of a 21 MW solar power plant in Bhuldana, a district in Maharashtra. This announcement falls in line with the company’s commitment to progressively reduce carbon footprint and contribute to the global efforts for curbing the effects of climate change. Airtel partnered with Avaada to set up this captive unit which is spread over 80 acres of land. This solar power unit will supply clean energy to Nxtra by Airtel’s edge and large data centres along with switching centres in the state....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has been investing very heavily in the digital business of the company. Airtel understands where the future of the communication and telecom industry lies. Thus the operator had also restructured its entire organisation recently so that it could focus on the digital aspects and business in a much better manner. According to a report from ET Telecom, Bharti Airtel has increased the headcount in its digital verticals by up to 150%....
Sunil Mittal Expresses Concerns Over General Health of Telecom Industry Mittal, however, expressed his concerns over the general health of the industry. “The industry is under stress, and we all know that. We have been talking about it for the last three-and-a-half years.” The Airtel chief along with Vodafone Idea Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla had met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday evening for nearly 40 minutes. The telecom executive, however, refused to divulge details regarding the meeting....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, offers prepaid plans which are quite similar to what Jio and Vi (Vodafone Idea) offer. Not to imply that Airtel is copying the prepaid plans of other telcos, but the telecom market in India is such that the telcos are offering very similar prepaid plans to the users. But the telcos have also found a way to distinguish their services from their competitors....
Bharti Airtel has entered the advertising business with the launch of Airtel Ads – a powerful brand engagement solution. Airtel Ads allows brands of all sizes to curate consent-based and privacy safe campaigns to one of the biggest pool of quality customers in India. Airtel has over 320 million customers across its businesses – Mobile, DTH and Homes. Airtel’s Mobile customers have the highest average monthly data consumption at 16....
Bharti Airtel is following similar strategies as that of Reliance Jio. While both telcos have different ways of acquiring customers, their corporate structure, as well as way of doing business, is pretty similar. For example, Bharti Airtel last year changed its corporate structure wherein the telco shifted all of its digital assets and businesses, including Wynk Music, Mitra Payments, Airtel Xstream, Airtel IQ, Airtel Thanks, and Airtel Secure, under one subsidiary called Airtel Digital....
Talk Time Recharge Plans of Rs 100 and Rs 500 Make a Comeback On taking a look at the recharge plans available in the My Airtel app, we found that Airtel has listed two talk time recharge plans which were previously removed. These recharge plans are of value Rs 100 and Rs 500. While the Rs 100 talk time recharge plan comes with Rs 81.75 talk time and 28 days validity, the Rs 500 recharge ships Rs 420....
Bharti Airtel continues to expand the availability of its entry-level prepaid plans- Rs 129 and Rs 199. The Rs 129 and Rs 199 prepaid plans from Airtel are now available across all the telecom circles in India. Introduced in May this year, the Rs 129 and Rs 199 plans were limited to only a few circles. However, Airtel has now made the plans available in every circle, alongside the likes of Rs 149, Rs 179, Rs 249 and more....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India has a plethora of prepaid offerings in its portfolio. The telco offers plans ranging from short-term to medium-term to long-term validity. Mostly, users don’t like to go for short-term plans because they are not the most pocket friendly. At the same time, while long-term plans allow a lot of savings, not everyone can spend the kind of money it requires. Thus, a lot of people like to go for the medium-term offerings....
It is quite common for internet service providers (ISPs) to bundle up OTT subscriptions with their broadband plans as a majority of the subscribers have shifted online when it comes to entertainment. ISPs offer OTT add-ons with multiple plans as the popularity of the platforms in India has been sky-rocketing. On the other hand, users are also seeking high-speed plans that can cover all the bases whether it is online learning, work, gaming or streaming....
The need for a revision in the definition of fixed broadband connection in India was high when last year the pandemic took over the country. People could not rely on their broadband connections offering a minimum speed of 512 Kbps. Thus, in a timely move, the government had revised the definition and changed the minimum speed to 2 Mbps for a broadband connection. Now, as per the latest insights from Ookla, after redefining what a broadband connection is in India, only 2....
