Dish TV, one of the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) service providers in India, is trying to change the narrative with the recharge offers that it has introduced recently. The company always tries to bring something new to the table for the customers. This time, Dish TV is offering users a free scratch card on long-term recharges. But not only this, there are additional days of service offered without any cost along with a free Active service....
Back in June, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had approved UV Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. (UVARCL) to run Aircel’s small units such as enterprise and bulk SMS divisions. The company had to work out a resolution plan for Aircel. But now, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has challenged the decision of Aircel’s resolution plan. DoT believes that Aircel’s resolution plan is actually a liquidation plan. The plan is not aimed at reviving the telco....
National Broadband Mission, an initiative by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), aims to accelerate fiber rollout in India and provide equal digital access to citizens living in rural parts. Under the mission, the government has been trying to boost the digital infrastructure in the country. However, there are multiple roadblocks to address. One of the biggest pain points for the infrastructure providers (IPs) and the telcos is the damage to fibre that’s laid underground when the ground is dug....
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set up an internal committee for discussing the matter of private 5G networks. The telcos and the tech companies have differing views on the topic, and that’s why the government’s call on things will be very important. According to an FE report, the DoT is going to discuss the needs, timing, possible models, pricing and more around the private 5G networks. Then the committee will send its report to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which will then vet it and add its own set of recommendations....
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is looking at how the users can switch between postpaid and prepaid mobile services with the help of a one-time password (OTP) only. The process was suggested to the telecom department by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). The DoT doesn’t have any issues with the idea or its mechanism but just wants the operators to show a Proof of Concept (PoC) for the same....
The Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has announced Radio 6626, which is a dual-band three-sector radio to aid communication service providers in increasing their Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) 5G frequency capacity. Ericsson Radio 6626 has been designed to provide multi-standard and multi-band coverage. Not only this but, it is designed to lower the costs and reduce the footprint for the companies rolling out networks. The newest addition in Ericsson’s radio portfolio blends two frequencies and six ports in the same unit....
Excitel has become one of the major internet service providers (ISPs) of the country in the last few years. One of the best things about the broadband plans from Excitel is that they come with truly unlimited data without any fair usage policy (FUP) limit. Users can consume data without worrying about the speed slowing down. Further, the pricing of the plans from Excitel is as good as any ISP provides to its users in India....
“We discovered additional logs of Instagram passwords being stored in a readable format. We now estimate that this issue impacted millions of Instagram users,” said the social networking giant in an update. “We will be notifying these users as we did the others. Our investigation has determined that these stored passwords were not internally abused or improperly accessed.” Facebook had found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems....
Multiple Indian cable operators including Fastway Transmissions, Kerala Vision Digital TV and NXT Digital have now updated their Network Capacity Fee (NCF) with reduced prices for Multi TV Connections. The revised NCF that was introduced by the three cable operators reflects the amendments introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to the National Tariff Order dubbed as NTO 2.0. The users under NTO 2.0 can save more on their cable and DTH connections as the regulator capped the NCF charges on primary and secondary connections....
The Online Gaming and streaming industry has seen an enormous boost in the last few years. Online gaming has become a legitimate career option for the youth of this country. Since March 2020, when the national lockdown was announced, and everyone was inside their homes, online gaming was a great way to stay connected and play your favourite games with your friends in different parts of the world. A gamer requires a fast and uninterrupted internet connection in order to enjoy a lag-free and smooth gaming experience....
Understanding Cable Broadband Connections When it comes to cable broadband, the connection uses simply what the name implies. The cable broadband connection is based on a co-axial cable which is used to connect your home to the internet. It is worth noting that co-axial cables are based on a technology which has long existed and it is simply a copper wire wrapped in an insulation which has been adopted most widely in the DOCSIS 3....
EA or Electronic Arts is well known for its annual football franchise, FIFA. Today, it was announced that FIFA would mark its return for this year and will bring along with it some new tricks that should attract more customers, including the HyperMotion technology that has been designed to deliver a more fluid and, more importantly, a more realistic experience. It has been announced that FIFA 22 will be launched on October 1, 2021, with EA Play members given early trial access included with in-game rewards....
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 Specifications With a 6.7-inch foldable dynamic AMOLED screen, a 120Hz refresh rate, and Android 11, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. Additional features include a 3300mAh battery that supports 15W rapid charging. Along with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, Bluetooth 5.1 for wireless networking, an accelerometer, dual speakers tuned by AKG, and a few other features, the flip phone is also IPX8-rated for water resistance....
Apple fans are always eager to know what’s in store for the next iPhone. In 2022, the iPhone 14 series is going to launch somewhere around September. But rumours and leaks around iPhone 15 have already started. There was a report from blogdoiphone that said iPhone 15 Pro models might be devoid of physical SIM card slots. But now, according to a Gadgets360 report (via MacRumors), Apple might be working to remove the physical SIM slots from iPhone 14 series devices itself....
The outbreak of COVID-19 is creating a financial burden for TV channels. As the government has imposed lockdown period to combat the deadly virus, the production of new content has been paused, which is creating a scarcity of fresh content on the platform and low advertising revenues. FTA channels are facing financial distress because of the current lockdown period, whereas pay channels are still being saved by subscription revenue. Also, the demand for waiving carriage free which was appealed by FTA channels has been ignored, which might create a situation where FTA channels might pull out from DD Free Dish....
Last year in April, Anil Sabharwal, the head of the communications group at Google told the media that “Allo” as a product did not achieve the level of traction the company had hoped for. Even though the app’s successor is not quite ready yet, Google has incorporated some of Allo’s features like smart replies and desktop support into the Android Messaging app. “We’re working to bring your favourite features to the Messages app so you can have richer conversations with all your friends....
Google Pay is getting new privacy features in India, which are worth talking about. Google Pay is one of India’s leading payments apps that works on Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Starting next week, the Google Pay app will provide users with more controls on how Google Pay activity will be used to personalise features within the app. However, Google says the users’ personal information is never sold to anyone and the transaction history in Google Pay will not be shared with any other Google product for targeting ads....
The mid-tier Pixel 3a and 3a XL, which cost Rs 39,999 and Rs 44,999 respectively, are now being seen as Google’s attempt to revive dwindling sales numbers. According to Counterpoint, the Internet giant’s channel strategy stunted the growth of Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. “While one could always debate about the Pixel 3 price upgrade as compared to its Pixel 2 series ($150 more) vis-a-vis spec upgrade, it was the channel strategy which constrained the growth of Pixel 3,” Karn Chauhan, Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research, told IANS....
In addition to the Goggle Pixel Foldable smartphone, the Google Pixel 7 series is expected to appear in Q4 2022. It has been rumoured that Samsung’s new S6E3HC4 display may be used in the Pixel 7 Pro. According to reports, the Samsung S6E3HC3 screen used in the Pixel 6 Pro offers a resolution of 1,440 by 3,120 pixels, just like this latest panel. However, it appears from the source code for Android 13 beta that it will have a brighter display than its predecessor....
“Working in tandem with Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) and with service providers, we are hoping to deploy an interoperable public Wi-Fi network,” Sundararajan said. She was speaking at an event ‘De-licensing of 5 GHz for public Wi-Fi’ organised by Broadband India Forum (BIF). “Telecom service providers have committed to a target of rolling out one million Wi-Fi hotspots by the end of 2019, and so far we are at about 3....
