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Tata Sky Gets Most Number of Active Subscribers In the quarter ending June, Tata Sky’s market share had climbed up to 32% in regards with the average active subscriber base while Dish TV’s market share for the same parameter fell down to 31%. In the previous quarter of January to March, Tata Sky and Dish TV boasted of 25% and 40% market share respectively. The stats about the active DTH subscribers highlight that Tata Sky witnessed an increase of 7% in its market share whereas, Dish TV saw a decline of 9% in its market share....

Tata Sky Cashback Offer A few days back, Tata Sky was offering the Annual Flexi Plan for its subscribers, but now the service provider has switched the name of this offering from Flexi plan to Tata Sky cashback offer. Now Tata Sky is providing a cashback to customers worth the monthly rental of the subscription when they recharge for a full 12-month. By doing recharge for a full 12 months, the subscribers will be eligible for a cashback worth one month of rental within 48 hours....

Tata Tele Business Services (TTBS), a leading B2B tech provider in the connectivity and cloud domain has just announced that it would be offering its innovative Smartflio Cloud solution to Anand Property Finance Limited (AFPL). The primary task for AFPL was to address the support queries of the clients along with handling sales-related calls for its business. A release from TTBS said that because of Smartflo’s advanced capabilities, AFPL was able to streamline inbound and outbound calls with better control and monitoring....

TCL has launched a series of new Smart TVs and they are all priced between the range of Rs 39,990 and Rs 99,990. The price of the TV which you purchase will depend on the size you are getting. Size of the Smart TVs starts from 43-inches. There are no specific details provided as of yet from TCL about the screen sizes, availability or prices of these TVs. But some details about the TCL P715 series are out....

The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) recently made the decision to prohibit the direct allocation of the spectrum to corporate enterprises for captive private 5G networks which is now been criticised by the technology firms. These tech firms are now in a hope that the Cabinet will overturn this decision and will then make a final call which will be in the best interests of the overall digitalisation of the country....

As per the data released by TRAI or the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the country’s subscriber base for wireless networking grew by approximately 8.3 million to reach a total of 1,168 million users for the month of February, which, incidentally is the highest addition to have taken place during the last year and a half as per the rating firm in a note. Specifics revealed that Vi or Vodafone Idea, a telco that has been consistently losing its subscribers was able to report a growth in subscribers for the first time in the month of February, with the last instance of such a growth having occurred way back in the month of October in 2019, almost 2 years ago....

Contractual Delays by Companies Will Hurt Business Sentiments COAI wrote a letter to telecom secretary Anshu Prakash and stated its fear regarding the breach and delay of contracts done by public sector companies. The letter also stated that delays in contractual commitments would affect the business operations carried out in India. Moreover, amid the precautionary lockdown period, delay in outstanding dues will increase tension and hassle for companies who are facing work lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak....

ICRA, a credit rating agency on Thursday said that the hike in the telecom tariff is “on the cards” as the telecom operators in India are “required to make sizeable payouts” to the government. The firm highlighted that the telecom operators are required to pay for their adjusted gross revenue (AGR) liabilities, auction installments and regular revenue share to the government. The Supreme Court in early September provided a 10-year time period for the telecom operators to pay their AGR dues....

On the last day of 2021, Telegram, the messaging app, released several new features. Telegram offers an iMessage-style reaction tool as well as an intriguing feature that allows you to hide parts of a text. Spoiler is the name of this exciting feature. Another newly launched, helpful feature of Telegram is the message translation feature, which is undoubtedly a first for a messaging app. Message translation is not available in other messaging platforms, including WhatsApp and Signal....

Xiaomi has not been shy when it comes to innovating, be it for accessories or for products that have more approach, such as tablets or smartphones. Be it the company’s Mix series of devices that offer great design or the charging speeds on offer from the company, inclusive of the over 100W charging technology showcased earlier in 2021. Now, it seems that Xiaomi and its sub-brands might revolutionise TVs and their cameras, since, whilst it is known that certain TVs come with in-built cameras, they have not yet become mainstream....

More Than 30 Samsung Mobile Phones Slated to Get Update in 2020 Samsung will be releasing the Android 10-based OneUI 2.0 update to a total of 42 smartphones and tablets. The list consists of several devices from different series like Galaxy Note, Galaxy S, Galaxy A, Galaxy M, Galaxy J, Galaxy On and Galaxy Tab. As expected, flagship phones from Samsung like the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ will get the update first in January 2020....

Tata Teleservices to Give Up 800 MHz Spectrum in 15 Circles On June 10, Trai issued a direction to Tata Teleservices to surrender its spectrum which it is holding in the 800 MHz band. To recall, TTSL in its letter dated October 31, 2018, had agreed to surrender its administratively allocated spectrum which it held in various circles in the 800 MHz band. The telco had also informed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) about the same in a letter dated October 22, 2018....

New Pricing Framework Aimed at Bringing Transparency The Trai chairman firstly said that the new pricing regime was aimed at extending the benefits of the digitisation of Broadcasting and Cable Services sector in India, the work for which had started in 2012. He also added that the new pricing regime, enabled the choice to the consumers, brought transparency in the sector, ensured level playing field among stakeholders, equal opportunities to all, opened growth opportunities and initiated market dynamics to take auto-corrective actions....

COAI to Watch ARPU Stabilisation The telecom operators also agree that there is no need for a floor pricing as they themselves are going to raise tariffs. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) which represents all the telecom operators in the country and the gear manufacturers has said that it will watch the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and till what levels it stabilises. If it reaches sustainable levels, then there would be no need for a floor pricing, COAI Director General, Rajan Matthews said....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has said that data center companies should also get their equipment from trusted sources like telecom operators. For the unaware, govt of India had implemented a strict rule on the telecom companies that they can only purchase or acquire the equipment for mobile networks from trusted sources. The trusted sources are companies that the govt identifies as safe to be included in the Indian infrastructure....

A source aware of the matter told ET Telecom that a discussion paper on granting compulsory access to telecom service providers within the building premises to facilitate in-building solutions, including optic-fibre cable, is coming out shortly. The new consultation process may rate the buildings based on their readiness for appropriate digital connectivity and inside coverage, indicating the need for changes to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) or the Real Estate Act, 2016, and the urban development framework....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or Trai is considering an industry-wide discussion to increase the internet speed in India and offer seamless broadband connectivity to digital users. Since the threat of Covid-19 disrupted the entire country, the government of India announced a lockdown period to stop the spread of the virus and ensure the safety of people. Also, all the big companies announced work from home for their employees....

Viewership of Leading Broadcasters Witness a Decline In April, leading broadcaster Star India has seen a decline of 1% on its viewership as the viewership percentage has come to 30% from the previous 31%. The report also added that Viacom18 and Sony’s viewership has come down by 480bps – 540bps year on year to 10% and 8% respectively for both of these big broadcasters. This loss has been reasoned to show up because of the general decline in the share of Hindi GEC channels and movie segment....

World’s biggest micro-blogging platform, Twitter is testing the ‘voice DMs’ feature in India, Brazil, and Japan. The Voice DMs (direct messages) feature will be rolled out in a phased manner for the users across the country. It means that some users will get it before others through which Twitter will test how the feature is performing. If it performs well, the company will roll it out for more users. The feature has started rolling out from today, i....

Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, and Reliance Jio, the three private telecom operators of the nation, will certainly benefit from the recent changes that have kicked in. The changes that are being referred to here are the change in tariffs and offers provided to the customers. In the September quarter, multiple things took place, such as telcos removed their base plans to earn more out of low average revenue per user (ARPU) customers....