Redmi Note 6 Pro and Xiaomi Mi A2 Price Cut As per the latest price cut, the Redmi Note 6 Pro 4GB variant which was previously retailing with a price tag of Rs 13,999 will now be available for Rs 11,999 meaning that the price of the device has come down by Rs 2,000. Meanwhile, there has been no change in the pricing of the higher variant of the Redmi Note 6 Pro which continues to sell for Rs 15,999....
What the Xiaomi Mi A3 Gets Right? Xiaomi has done a tremendous job this year when it comes to designing its phones and it continues with the Mi A3. The Redmi Note 7 series launched earlier this year arrived with Aura Prism design, but the Mi A3 has Dynamic Holographic design which appears to be better than the Redmi Note 7 series design language. The Dynamic Holographic design has four layers- Glass, nano-level holographic design, glossy reflective coating and a colour layer....
Design and Build Quality The Mi Smart LED Bulb comes in a single variant in India with grey colour. The design and build of the product are also impressive, and it looks ergonomic. The highlight of the bulb is that it can be fit inside a lamp using a B22 converter or it can be used separately in a holder like a normal lamp. While in China, the bulb comes with Yeelight branding, in the Indian variant, the phone comes with Mi branding....
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro: Specifications and Features Similar to the Redmi Note 7 Pro, the Redmi Note 8 Pro also features Aura Design and it comes in three colour options- Gamma Green, Shadow Black and Halo White (which is intuitive). The highlight of the design is the back panel which is made of glass and has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. On the front, the Note 8 Pro has a slightly bigger 6....
“Since launch, the YouTube Music app has been downloaded more than 15 million times in the country,” Pichai told analysts during the company’s earnings call. YouTube’s ad business, for both brand and direct response campaigns, continues to grow and support our creators, said the Indian-origin CEO. Pichai said he is focused on sanitising the content on YouTube. “Maybe I will start with the YouTube comments. I talked about in the area of content responsibility, we are definitely focused on making sure we are constantly improving how we are handling both in terms of reducing the content and shouldn’t be there on the platform....
As we entered the pandemic earlier this year, telecom operators in India introduced ‘Work from Home’ plans. You might ask us- what’s the difference between the standard prepaid plans and the ‘Work from Home’ plans. After the daily data plans became more attractive, telecom operators stopped offering dedicated data plans. Before the pandemic, all we had was a 6GB additional 4G data plan around Rs 100. But now, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are offering dedicated data plans which offer up to 100GB of data benefit....
Indian smartphone enthusiasts have seen the launch of some pretty attractive devices in 2019-20. The smartphones have been launched by major companies like Samsung, Redmi, Realme and many more with good specifications and competitive pricing. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted the purchasing power of the customers, smartphone manufacturers have launched devices with affordable pricing to cater to the needs of the price-sensitive market of India. As there are various smartphones available in the market, we have compiled the top five smartphones which you can purchase under a budget of Rs 15,000....
With the ever-growing competition across industries in India, the internet becomes a crucial infrastructure. While most enterprises tend to ignore it, high-speed connectivity can actually help increase the productivity of the company/firm. Slow internet speed results in the loss of productivity which when calculated on a yearly basis, can be really significant. Hence, it’s always recommended to have a high-speed connection from a business point-of-view and internet service providers (ISPs) in the country have just the broadband plans....
5G roll out in India has been delayed due to a number of factors, bad planning from the government being one. One of the major reasons why 5G has not launched in the country yet is the unavailability of the dedicated 5G spectrum. As per a PTI report, Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Communications, said, the telcos can use the spectrum purchased in the recently held auctions for rolling out 5G....
Even though 5G networks are quite far from the Indian market, the telecom operators have started testing their 5G solutions to ensure that a faster rollout of the next-generation networks is possible. 5G in India will majorly be based on Open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN). For the unaware, O-RAN will enable the operators to source their network components (hardware and software) from different companies. Without O-RAN, the operators need to depend on purchasing everything from single vendors which has helped companies such as Nokia and Ericsson deploy their solutions around the world....
As the 5G spectrum auctions are awaited, the telecom companies are now relying on the industry regulator and the government to ensure easier payment terms for the upcoming 5G spectrum auctions. The telecom companies have also brought to attention the criticality of fast-track fiberisation of tower networks as India braces to roll out 5G later this year. Leading executives from top telecom operators have stated the expectations of easier payment terms in the upcoming auction....
Up until recently, the government saw the spectrum auctions as an opportunity to maximise its revenues. However, that is changing now and in the words of Ashwini Vaishnaw, telecom minister of India, the “public good” element has led to a change in the thought process of the government and now efforts are being made to bring a balance in earning and providing services to the poor. The telcos would have to spend huge sums of money in the spectrum auctions which led them to deploy the spectrum in urban areas where they would be able to break even on their investment as fast as possible....
5G, the next-generation connectivity technology, will help the operators bring down the cost of each GB of data by a factor of 10. According to a BW report, the Head of Ericsson India, Nitin Bansal, said, 5G will massively help with the ever-growing data demand and digitisation of India. Bansal mentioned that India is the top-ranked country when it comes to data usage per month per smartphone, with 15.7GB of data in 2020....
ACT Fibernet has revamped its broadband plans in Delhi with the company introducing 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps plans. The Bengaluru based company previously offered a maximum 150 Mbps speed plans to its users in Delhi. The 200 Mbps and 300 Mbps plans are delivered through a speed upgrade on existing plans of ACT Fibernet. Crucially, ACT Fibernet has not hiked the prices of its plans in Delhi. It has to be noted that Delhi was among the eight cities where ACT Fibernet had hiked its plan prices on June 1....
Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece’s largest power utility, is utilising the Adtran end-to-end fibre broadband solution to launch its pilot high-speed wholesale network in the municipality of Peristeri, located in the Attica region, according to a recent announcement from Adtran, Inc., the leading provider of next-generation open networking and subscriber experience solutions. Over the following four years, PPC intends to link over three million homes and businesses with fibre when it is fully implemented countrywide, supporting all local broadband service providers....
The Oranje missed the FIFA World Cup in Russia, and they will look to better their 3rd place finish from the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Senegal has been struck with a big blow with their leader Sadio Mane missing out due to injury. The Unbeaten Streak of Senegal and the Netherlands. Both Senegal and the Netherlands are yet to lose their opening game in a FIFA World Cup tournament. They have never faced each other before, so today’s meeting will be the first time they play against each other....
Trai Admits Increase in Monthly TV Bill for Consumers Ever since the new tariff regime came out, Trai kept on saying that the new regime will bring transparency and also reduces the monthly bill to the subscribers. However, in a recent interaction with ET Telecom, the sector regulator revealed the new regime has increased the monthly TV bill of users and it’s currently looking to bring down the tariffs so that it can save the consumers from switching to OTT platforms....
The reserve price recommended by the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is still not what the industry people wanted. Regardless, the Cabinet is likely to go ahead with the pricing recommendations from the regulator. This puts Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio only as the companies which are expected to participate heavily in this auction. Vodafone Idea (Vi) doesn’t have a strong balance sheet at the moment, and the telco has been trying to raise funds for a long-time through external investors....
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in India, has launched 5G Plus services in Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Noida. With this launch, Airtel’s 5G is now available for customers in 45 cities of India. Airtel 5G plus now live in 5 cities of delhi NCR. The telecom operator has been deploying 5G non-standalone (NSA) networks throughout India. Airtel’s 5G networks powered a variety of use cases which were demonstrated at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has participated in the 5G launch at the IMC (India Mobile Congress) 2022. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, said Airtel is launching 5G in eight cities of the nation on October 1. This was just twice the number of cities that Jio is looking to launch 5G services in. Airtel has taken the lead here, and it seems like the telco has an impressive network as well....
