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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is looking forward to the opinions and views of the stakeholders on issues related to the regulatory framework of the soon to be released amended order for the TV and broadcasting sector. The move from the sector regulator comes a month before the deadline to implement these orders which are popularly known as NTO 2.0. TRAI has requested stakeholders to submit their views by May 30 and counter statements by June 6....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) to move fast on the recommendations. According to an ET Telecom report, there are a lot of pending decisions that DoT and MIB need to take based on the recommendations given by the TRAI. The sector regulator has warned that if timely actions are not taken, the recommendations it has submitted will become irrelevant....

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company or TSMC which is responsible for Apple’s Silicon and MediaTek’s Dimensity series chipsets in 2022 has made an announcement according to which the chipset supplier will very soon begin the mass production of its next 3nm processors from the second half of 2022 (H2 2022) onwards. According to a report the intel was provided by the CEO of the company. Let’s find out more about the company’s upcoming processor....

The social media giant has been exploring the idea of adding colour to replies – a user who posts the initial tweet would see their responses in grey while replies from followers would be in blue. To make conversations appear chat-like, Twitter has also been considering a new round design for replies, CNET reported. However, not all test features are expected to make their way to the final product. The “twttr” app is presently only available for iOS users to try and review....

Popular micro-blogging site Twitter seems to be working on adding a new feature to the platform that will allow businesses to add a shopping section to the top part of their profiles. As per the Verge, Twitter’s Shop Module feature was launched in the United States of America on Wednesday, with the feature offering a carousel of products for visitors to take a look at. Tapping on a specific product will then link to a listing with the ability to make a purchase provided to the user, without ever having to move out of Twitter....

The Unmention tool, which gives users more control over who can tag them on the network, has finally been enabled on Twitter. Through its official Twitter account, the corporation has announced the installation of the new feature. Users can now remove their tags and quit an ongoing conversation on the platform. Here is all the information you require on this feature and how it functions. Twitter Unmention Feature The new option is helpful because there are instances when users don’t want to participate in certain conversations, and it is unpleasant when they receive pointless notifications when a tweet in which they are tagged has a lot of replies....

UPI123Pay, a UPI (Unified Payments System) service built and designed for people with feature phones, has seen a great response from Indian users. The feature was launched to people of the country on March 8, 2022. Since then, more than 37,000 users have joined the platform. According to a PTI report, 21,833 successful transactions have also taken place since the launch. The UPI123Pay service allows users to send money across to other people without the presence of an internet connection....

With India placed under multiple COVID-19 induced restrictions, the mobile subscription penetration in the country will now hit the 100% mark in 2025, says Deepa Dhingra, telecom analyst at GlobalData. In late March 2020, India was placed under an intense lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the government eased certain restrictions in mid April and early May 2020, the majority of the restrictions were only eased in the Unlock phase of the lockdown....

Vi Registers an Improvement in APRU Vodafone Idea said that its subscriber base declined to 271.8 million in its second quarter of the current financial year from 279.8 million in the previous quarter. However, the company highlighted that its 4G subscriber base touched 106.1 million in its second quarter in the current financial year as compared to 104.6 million in the previous quarter. “As we reach the end of our integration journey, we have become the fastest and most consistent 4G network of India, as validated by Ookla, a testimony to our superior and improved 4G GIGAnet network covering 1 billion Indians,” Ravinder Takkar, CEO of Vodafone Idea, said in the release....

As was spotted by a reader of ISPreview, it seems that Virgin is hinting at a new service that offers broadband without users having to pay a penny for the same. Virgin Media currently offers cheaper broadband to its users when adding a phone line, which effectively means that you can get 100Mbps speeds for just £25 on a monthly basis. The reader, in a post, explained that he was surprised to come across an advert this week that was offering a Free Broadband service from Virgin Media....

While the rumours of Vivo’s flagship Vivo X80 series are circulating around, a new Vivo smartphone has emerged over the web. A smartphone with model number V2196A from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has been approved at the 3C certification site in China. The report comes in from a tipster according to which the listing of the device at the certification site has also revealed charging details that might come with it....

Vivo S Series Tease Details Vivo in its latest teaser about the new series and the phone has said, “All new S series coming soon.” Now the speculations point towards the Vivo S1, which might be the phone that Vivo could debut in India. It is worth noting that Vivo S1 is a device which is available across many other markets of Vivo but for some reason has not made its entry to India....

Vivo V15 Pro Now Retails at a Starting Price of Rs 19,990 The Vivo V15 Pro was launched earlier this year in India. Back then, it was the first phone under Rs 30,000 to come with a pop-up selfie camera, but now, we have phones with the same technology around Rs 15,000 price point as well. The Vivo V15 Pro was recently succeeded by Vivo V17 Pro which is the world’s first phone with dual pop-up cameras on the front....

The Chinese tech giant Vivo is suspected to roll out its newest 5G phone Vivo V21 5G, in India. The phone was found on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website creating a suspicion of its launch in India. Tipster Mukul Sharma has recently shared an ostensible BIS listing of the smartphone. The smartphone was first spotted on the Indonesian certification website and the leak started surfacing about the BIS listing just after....

Vivo X50 and Vivo X50 Pro have been launched in the Indian market along with Vivo TWS Neo earbuds. Both the devices are the latest flagship smartphones of the company. The Vivo X50 and X50 Pro feature a hole-punch display and Full HD+ AMOLED screens along with HDR10 support. One of the distinctive features of the Vivo X50 Pro is the Gimbal camera system which will stabilise the frame for capturing still picture and videos....

Vivo has been successful to capture a good amount of the smartphone market by offering great technology at a cheap price. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer has been able to launch new devices at regular intervals keeping up with its competition in the market. Now, Vivo is back with yet another series of smartphones. It is Vivo X50 series and is has been launched in China today. The three devices which are launched in the series are Vivo X50, Vivo X50 Pro and Vivo X50 Pro+....

Vivo has just launched a new device for the Indian market. Last month we reported about Vivo Y12s getting BIS certification, but finally, the device has launched in India. The smartphone has launched with a 5,000mAh battery and dual-camera setup in the rear. The Vivo Y12s will come in a single variant only and is set to compete with entry-level devices such as Realme Narzo 10, Redmi 9 Prime and Samsung Galaxy M11....

Vivo Z6 5G Design & Features The official renders of the Vivo Z6 5G reveal a hole punch display on the top right corner to house the selfie camera. The rear shows a quad camera setup housed in a rectangular module on top left along with a fingerprint scanner in the middle. The camera setup includes three camera sensors in a single row to left and a single sensor sitting below the flash on the other side....

Chinese telecom gear makers have faced the wrath of multiple telecom operators worldwide for privacy and security concerns. Even though they denied all the allegations, multiple telecom operators and the government have restricted the use of equipment developed and manufactured by Chinese vendors. In a sigh of relief, Vodafone’s Italian unit has gained conditional approval from Rome to use telecom equipment made by renowned Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei in its 5G radio access network....

Nick Read, currently the chief executive officer (CEO) of telecom giant Vodafone is going to step down by the year-end. Read will hand over the reigns to Margherita Della Valle, who will be the interim CEO of the telecom company. Valle is currently the finance director of the company. The development has been shared by Reuters. Read’s tenure of four years will come to an end at the end of this year....