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Intra-Circle Roaming Will Ensure Continuous Services Bharti Airtel addressed Trai, telecom department and other telcos in its letter and stated that an intra-circle roaming would result in seamless connectivity as the entire Nation is lockdown and people are working from home to combat the deadly virus. Also, the intra-circle roaming will be helpful in a situation where a site is shut, or Telecom service provider is not able to offer the service to users....

It is impossible to say right now, but going by the trend of what has happened in the last six years, I believe it will be Jio who will offer the most affordable 5G services amongst private telcos in India. Airtel is more aggressive about the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure than Jio. Jio earns through scale as it has way more customers than Airtel. If we are talking about 5G tariffs, no one at this point knows what that will look like....

Bharti Airtel has a very popular and prominent DTH (Direct-to-Home) arm called Airtel Digital TV. Through Airtel Digital TV, Bharti Airtel offers customers a variety of STBs (Set-Top Boxes). The smartest STB that you can get from Airtel Digital TV is the Xstream Box. Airtel’s Xstream Box is an Android-powered STB which allows users to get the best of OTT (over-the-top) content at the highest resolutions. Airtel says that 4K content is supported by the STB, which means that watching anything can be an elevated experience on this....

Bharti Airtel Users Can Save 7.50% on Six Month Plans Unlike other operators in the country, Airtel has four major plans across India with the company charging Rs 799 for its Basic plan that provides users with 100 Mbps speed till 150 GB. The Basic pack users can also make unlimited calls and the company provides access to Airtel Xstream, the entertainment app that offers movies, TV shows and live channels....

The Vivo V20 Pro 5G which launched a couple of days back in India has now started receiving the Android 11 update. Users who have purchased the device got it running on FuntouchOS 11 out of the box on top of Android 10. As per a report from Gadgets360, Vivo is now rolling out the stable Android 11 update for the Vivo V20 Pro 5G in India. It is good news for the users since they will be able to experience the power of Android 11 right away - more on the story ahead....

TelecomTalk Forums: How Is It Different from the Website? First of all, don’t assume this as an April Fool’s joke since we are announcing it in this month. Over the last few years, a lot of readers have been asking us to introduce a community section where the readers will have complete freedom to express their views on a topic. Well, we finally have the much-requested TelecomTalk Forums and it has gone live already to the public....

Apple had a pretty good 2021 in terms of sales and overall performance. The demand for iPhones grew, and because of that, Apple was able to dominate in the best selling smartphone category in 2021. Out of the top 10 best selling smartphones in the world, Apple’s iPhones took seven positions. The top five devices were all iPhones. The data from Counterpoint Research suggests that Apple iPhone 12 was the best selling smartphone amongst all the devices on the list....

Apple announced this year’s M2 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, but it appears that fans who wanted a larger MacBook Air will have to wait until next year. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman speculates in a newsletter that a new Mac Pro, a larger 15-inch MacBook Air, and a new iMac with an M3 processor could all be released in 2023. Gurman speculates that Apple may make the current MacBook Air’slightly larger,’ possibly between 13 and 14 inches....

Apple Leads Smartphone Shipments in Q4 2019 This is in line with a report from Strategy Analytics, which has different numbers though the positions of brands remain the same. Apple held the most market share in the quarter, shipping 70.7 million smartphones, giving it an 18.9% share versus Samsung’s 68.8 million units and 18.4% share. Huawei shipped 56 million handsets, giving it a share of 15%. Xiaomi and Oppo follow with 8....

Two new iPad Pro versions with OLED panels are reportedly being developed by Apple. The new tablets will come in two sizes: a 11.1-inch OLED iPad Pro model and a 13-inch iPad Pro model according to a report by the Cupertino based giant. Additionally, the company is expected to introduce these two OLED iPad Pro models in the first quarter of 2024. In October, Apple introduced two iPad Pro (2022) models with 12....

The Apple Watch Pro, which is expected to make its debut at the iPhone 14 series ‘Far Out’ launch event on Wednesday, is perhaps the item that is most anticipated right now. Apple releases multiple bands to go with the smartwatches, and they support a variety of watch faces. Apple Watch Pro users will get access to unique bands and watch faces, according to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. The Cupertino-based company is reportedly launching a new model that will be “cheaper than the Apple Watch SE,” according to a separate Apple Watch-related development....

Asianet Broadband, a regional internet service provider (ISP), only offering its services in the state of Kerala, is now also providing retail customers with a 1 Gbps speed plan option. This plan was not offered by the company earlier. 1 Gbps plans are mostly sought by niche customers such as customers who have offices, small businesses which require a lot of bandwidth as multiple devices are connected or commercial buildings or complexes....

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 Price Slashed It is worth noting that the price cuts for the Asus phone range anywhere from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 for specific models and interested buyers can buy these phones on Flipkart or the Asus website. The first phone to get the price slash is the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1. The 3GB/32GB variant of the phone whose previous price was Rs 9,999 will now retail for Rs 8,499....

The internet plays a pivotal role in our lives. In 2021, it is expected that people are connected to the internet anywhere and anytime. Internet cables and spotty connectivity are a thing of the past. Wi-Fi networks enable consumers to be connected to the internet whether they are at home or outside. A Managed Wi-Fi is an outsourced wireless network that connects tenants, visitors and customers to the internet through multiple access points....

Data STVs (Special Tariff Vouchers) are very important to some users. Sometimes, the prepaid plan that you choose doesn’t satisfy your data needs. That is why it is important to have the option to buy data STVs as per your convenience. Just like every other telco, BSNL also provides data STVs to its customers. While every telecom circle may offer the STVs with same benefits at different prices, but they will be around the same price point nonetheless....

Automatic Turn On It is not always possible for the users to remember to turn on the gaming mode before launching a game, especially when they are excited about it. Therefore, OnePlus has made it easier for the players to turn on the gaming mode automatically on the launch of the game. The phone detects the launch of the game and instantly toggles the gaming mode. Further, you will be able to update the games list in the setting, and whenever you open any one of the games, you will be able to get the best possible performance....

All of the private telecom operators in India, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel, have said that 5Gi should be made a part of 3GPP. The telcos want the Indian government to not lose focus from 3GPP because it would ensure economies of scale. According to an ET Telecom report, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the representative body of the private Indian Telecom operators, said that 5Gi should be a part of the global or 3GPP 5G standard....

Top telecom operators and vendors, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm and more companies, have expressed their fear of India going ahead with the 5Gi standard. For the unaware, India came out with its own 5G standard called 5Gi, which was different from that of the one proposed by the 3GPP. The only thing is, the 5Gi standard isn’t as good as what the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) claims it to be....