Satellite broadband is going to be the next generation of internet connectivity. Yes, it will be comparatively costlier than fiber broadband, but it will have use cases that are much evolved and will help enterprises a lot. A Few of the companies that plan to bring satellite broadband connectivity in India is Starlink and OneWeb. Starlink is backed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, while OneWeb is backed by the Bharti group....
Starlink, a SpaceX owned satellite broadband communications services provider has made a lot of people happy. It has bridged the connectivity gap that a lot of remote and rural areas of the world faced. Just going on the website of the company, you will find testimonies of people who have used its services and are so grateful for it. There are people such as Jody M (living in Merrill, Wisconsin, US) who had no other option than consuming internet from 50-year-old copper lines....
Out of all the projects that Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk has taken up, Starlink is one of its kind. As per this project, the company would be launching Low Earth orbit satellites to provide internet connectivity to its users. Now previously, people were skeptical about the launch of Starlink and doubtful about the speeds that it would be able to provide. However, now it appears that Starlink is actually meeting the standards set by the traditional broadband wired connections....
If the 2020 pandemic has taught us one thing, it is that how uncertain life is. You never know where you will live and where and what you will work on tomorrow. Sometimes, the nature of our work demands us to relocate to different cities. As an aftereffect of the pandemic, many working employees relocated to their hometown as offices shut down and organisations adopted a Work from Home model....
Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL), a leading integrator of digital networks, has just announced that it has bagged Rs 250 crore multi-year deal from a leading Indian telecom operator. It is worth noting that the name of the telecom operator has not been disclosed by the company. The partnership is to help the telco with setting up the optical network. This is not the first time that STL will work with this telecom operator....
Tata Group’s company Nelco might partner with the Canadian company Telesat to offer fast satellite broadband services in India. This will Tata Group’s attempt in competing with other major international satellite internet service providers (ISPs) which include companies such as OneWeb and Starlink. Nelco’s Managing Director (MD), PJ Nath told ET Telecom that Telesat and Nelco are currently working on finalising the details of the commercial arrangements. Nath said that Nelco and Telesat will have an MSA (master services agreement) for offering LEO (low-earth-orbit) satellite services in India....
Tata Sky, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in India has added four new channels to its platform in the past three days. The operator on Friday added Dhinchaak, a Hindi movie channel along with Power TV, a Kannada news channel and Manjari, a Odia general entertainment channel. Further, the DTH operator on Monday added Hindi devotional channel Ishwar TV to its platform. Tata Sky has introduced several new changes since the first week of June including modifications to its packages along with channel additions....
Tata Sky, the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India, has rebranded itself into Tata Play. The company doesn’t want to get left behind by the over-the-top (OTT) platforms and is making its ‘play’ to continue ruling the entertainment market in India. To add to this, the Binge Combo TV packs, which weren’t launched a lot of time ago by the company, will now include Netflix. It is a breather for the Tata Sky (now Tata Play) users as they have been requesting the addition of Netflix in the Binge service for a long time now....
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Tata Sky Continues to Offer Most Number of HD Channels For years now, Tata Sky is leading the channel department beating the likes of Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV and Sun Direct. At the time of filing this article, Tata Sky is offering 91 HD channels and over 500 SD channels. Besides the SD and HD channels, Tata Sky is also providing Value Added Services (VAS). Moving on, Airtel Digital TV is next on the list as it currently has 84 HD channels and around 525 SD channels....
Tata Sky continues to add new features to its website and mobile app alongside extending its market share lead. Tata Sky has added a new feature to its website that allows new customers to purchase Set-Top Box bundled with ‘best-selling’ combo plan in a particular region. The feature doesn’t sound like a major one, however, it comes in handy for the new customers who want to simplify their purchase experience....
Tata Sky just announced that ABP Sanjha would be available on its platform as a free-to-air (FTA) channel. From today, subscribers of the platform who were keen on watching content from ABP Sanjha will be able to do so on Tata Sky’s platform. For the unaware, ABP Sanjha is a channel that is quite popular amongst the Punjabi-speaking community spread across the world. ABP Sanjha’s content is very focused on the Punjabiyat and Punjabis....
Tecno Camon 19 and Camon 19 Neo were unveiled in India on Tuesday. Both of the new Tecno devices, which focus on cameras, have Memory Fusion technology, which allows it to borrow storage space and use it as RAM for stutter-free performance. The MediaTek Helio G85 SoC powers both smartphones, which also include triple rear cameras and up to 11GB RAM (including 5GB additional from storage). Tecno Camon 19 specifications The smartphone comes with a 6....
Although the majority of Telugu films have just recently hit theatres, OTT services will soon make sure these movies are available to their subscribers. However, many Telugu movies are announcing digital release dates before their theatrical debuts. Here’s a list of Telugu movies to be released in 2023 via OTT. Dhamaka Telugu-language action-comedy film Dhamaka is produced by Abhishek Agarwal, Trinadha Rao Nakkina, and T G Vishwa Prasad. The son and close associate of the Chakravarthy family, Ravi Teja, is in charge of the People’s Mart business empire....
Telecom Equipment Manufacturing Association (TEMA) has backed up Trai’s initiative of blocking unwanted pesky calls and messages from unregistered telemarketers. Since the mobile penetration in India in increasing, TEMA has asked the telecom regulator to freeze on UCC for wanted and unwanted customers completely. As the government has announced the lockdown period to combat the deadly virus, the usage of smartphones increased, which further increased the chances of cybercrimes and phishing attacks....
As the new year comes, the winter season continues, and the evenings become colder; we become sluggish and lack the will to leave the cosiness of our beds. If you want to spend time alone with a hot cup of coffee and a variety of exciting rom-com, or drama movies, the OTT platforms are fortunately always ready to fascinate you with fresh content every week. This week in November, there are up to five movie premieres on streaming sites, providing a range of high-quality entertainment....
Tom Cruise starrer, Hollywood’s big-time blockbuster this year, Top Gun: Maverick, has made a huge space for itself in cinemas all over the world. The film has made over a billion dollars worldwide and registered itself in the list of Biggest Hollywood Blockbusters in 2022. The film is all set to stream on the BookMyShow Stream on August 24. It will be streamed in Hindi, English, Tamil, and Telugu languages on BookMyShow Stream....
Internet is an indispensable element in today’s world. Staying connected is a necessity than a desire. Internet-primarily facilitates communication across borders. Beyond communication, there are a few things that a faster internet can deliver to an individual or an organisation. Here are the advantages that high-speed internet provides to organisations. Reasons You Need High-Speed Internet Seamless collaboration: For businesses, there are times when staff must work together on several tasks from different parts of the world....
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has conducted drive tests in 12 cities and surrounding areas of those cities. TRAI included the following destinations in its test – Sangli, Tumkur, Rajkot, Nellore, Salem, Visakhapatnam, Udaipur, Indore, Kanpur, Meghalaya, Dehradun, and Gopalganj. The regulatory body also included two highways – Indore to Bhopal and Dehradun to Meerut for this test. TRAI assessed the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of all telecom service providers (TSPs) in the above-mentioned regions....
Consumers and Stakeholders Still Adapting to New Tariff Regime As per the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, the issues with the new tariff regime are very central to the national tariff order (NTO) which Trai implemented on February 1, 2019. The IBF has highlighted that it has been barely a few months since the industry and consumers adopted the new rules and the industry is already adjusting to the new tariff regime....
