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After complaints of terrible working conditions circulated on the internet, the Foxconn facility in India, which manufactures flagship iPhones, has been scrutinised. Workers at the Foxconn facility in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, staged a protest against bad working conditions, including packed dormitories, toilets without running water, and worm-infested stale food. Apple is now sending a team of auditors to Foxconn’s manufacturing at Sriperumbudar to look into the iPhone factory. Apple has placed the factory on ‘probation’ and has dispatched outside auditors to look into the bad working conditions....

In a new development regarding the Apple Music app, the users will no longer have the option to access the three-month free trial of the music streaming platform. A new report suggests that the company has reduced the free trial period to the music streaming app from three months to one month. Most of the other music streaming platforms offer only one month of free trial to their services and Apple is looking to follow the suit....

Furthermore, the new laws urge influencers to provide due diligence regarding products or services that are promoted via their accounts with ASCI stating that it was critical for consumers to distinguish between something being promoted and something that is not. This includes the likes of products that might feature an influence of the influencer’s opinion or behaviour for commercial gains. The new guidelines will come into effect on June 14 as per certain reports with mandates in place that require influencers to label their content appropriately to help consumers understand whether or not the content is an advertisement....

On September 19, a few international countries will begin accepting pre-orders for the new Asus ROG Phone 6D Ultimate. Three cities—New York at 8 a.m. local time, Berlin at 2 p.m. local time, and Taipei at 8 p.m. local time—will host the launch event concurrently (5.30 pm IST). It is hinted that MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 9000+ SoC will power it. The recently disclosed SoC includes LPDDR5X RAM and an ARM Cortex-X2 CPU with a maximum clock speed of 3....

“The supply of Asus smartphones, notebooks and other products, as well as technical support and after-sales service for all Asus products remain unchanged for all consumers,” it added, as reported by IANS. The Justice Manmohan order came on a plea filed by Telecare Network seeking to restrain Asus from directly or indirectly selling, offering and advertising for sale mobile phones, accessories or any other related products or any other goods under the trademark ZEN, ZENFONE or identical trademarks....

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) shares or stocks are in the green on Wednesday morning. Airtel’s shares have risen more than 2% while Idea (Vodafone Idea or Vi) shares are trading at almost 1% high at Rs 10.50. At the time of writing, Bharti Airtel is trading at Rs 710.95 which is 2.12% in the green. Bharti Airtel had previously closed at Rs 696.20 and then opened at Rs 699....

The recent tariff hike by the telecom giants of the country has brought about many changes in the prepaid plans offered to the users. Two of these telcos – Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea provide quite similar priced prepaid plans to their customers, however, come with a few unique additional benefits. In this article, we are going to compare the Rs 719 prepaid plan which is being offered by both these telcos after the recent updates in the tariff plans....

Bharti Airtel is slowly gaining on Reliance Jio and threatening its position as the number one telecom operator of the country. The telco has done so by offering excellent propositions to its customers. Bharti Airtel offers a variety of prepaid plans with a ton of benefits. Today, we are focusing on the prepaid plans of the telco that offer 3GB daily data. Well, there are only three such unlimited plans on offer at the moment; let’s take a look at them....

Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) stand a chance to reduce their debt significantly and increase annual savings if the Supreme Court (SC) allows the reassessment of AGR dues. The telcos have appealed at SC about the arithmetical errors the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has committed while calculating the dues. As per their assessment, they have to pay much lesser than the amount DoT has come up with. The operators have filed a petition saying that DoT didn’t take into account the double-counting of monthly interest and penalties in the total AGR dues amount which needs to be corrected — more details on the story ahead....

Reliance Jio Adds Nearly Seven Million New Users in September Reliance Jio continues its aggressive subscriber addition as the telco managed to grab 6,983,146 new users in September 2019. Jio’ subscriber base already crossed 350 million and it’s on the course of reaching 400 million by the end of this financial year. Having said that, Reliance Jio added the least number of subscribers in September 2019 compared to the earlier months where its average subscriber addition every month was over eight million....

Bharti Airtel Rs 179 Prepaid Recharge: Benefits Detailed Starting with the Rs 179 prepaid plan, it comes with similar benefit as Airtel’s entry-level Rs 149 unlimited combo plan, but with an added advantage of life insurance. Airtel is providing unlimited voice calling without any FUP limit, 2GB of 4G data, 300 SMSes and Rs 2 Lakh Term Life Insurance from Bharti AXA Life. The validity of the pack is 28 days from the date of recharge....

Even though Reliance Jio is the largest telecom operator in the country by a huge margin, Bharti Airtel, the second-largest operator, can succeed Jio in the future. Airtel is not a small brand. Both the telecom operators have a different approach of targeting customers, and both have yielded results like recently Airtel was leading with a 97.47% VLR ratio when compared with Jio or Vodafone Idea. The only reason why Jio went past Airtel in a jiffy was because of the first-mover advantage with the unlimited 4G data plans....

Bharti Airtel has expanded its One Airtel plans that combines multiple services including broadband, landline, postpaid mobile and Direct-to-Home (DTH) services under one bill to Hyderabad. The company in mid-June reportedly had sent notifications to its users about the upcoming launch of One Airtel plans in the city. However, Airtel has now officially added Hyderabad to its One Airtel site. Similar to most other One Airtel cities, Airtel in Hyderabad offers four major One Airtel plans....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has opted to defer the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues up to FY2018-19. It is worth noting that Vodafone Idea (Vi) has done the same. Earlier, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had offered the telcos an option to defer the payment of AGR-related dues up till FY2016-17, as determined by the Supreme Court (SC). To offer further relief to the operators, the DoT, on June 15, wrote to the telcos about whether they would want to defer further AGR-related dues up to FY2018-19 by a period of four years....

Bharti Airtel might be looking to invest in its 4G networks to increase capacity for adding Vodafone Idea (Vi) subscribers. In a note, Jefferies said that Bharti Airtel’s fundraising plans might be in line with purchasing the spectrum from Vi at distressed rates or to invest and to invest on network capacity for giving Vodafone Idea subscribers a home. As per the analyst, there’s no urgent need for the telco to raise capital....

Bharti Airtel is today going to release the financial performance report of the September quarter and the first half of FY22. YES Securities believes that Bharti Airtel’s average revenue per user (ARPU) figure will reach Rs 153. This is because of the indirect tariff hikes from the telco as it removed the base Rs 49 plan for the users. At the same time, the analysts believe that the telco’s subscriber addition rate will be slowed for the quarter....

Bharti Airtel had survived the storm that Reliance Jio had created when it first came to the market. The telco’s survival will be given in examples of successful business case studies because Airtel not only survived but also ensured profits in the books. Airtel has slowly gained momentum back and stayed true to its vision of providing superior network services than its competitors. Bharti Airtel recently announced that it would be offering benefits worth up to Rs 6,000 to its customers on the purchase of new smartphones from the leading mobile makers in the country....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator, may see a huge gain because of the expected downfall of Vodafone Idea. Credit Suisse, a brokerage company, said Airtel’s shares could gain up to 62% in the near term on account of Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) financial woes. The brokerage said Vi’s financial conditions are unlikely to get better regardless of any relief measures provided by the government, and this will add to the growth of Bharti Airtel....

Bharti Airtel has launched a new 4G data voucher. This new data voucher comes for Rs 65. A few days back, TelecomTalk reported about the launch of a new Rs 199 prepaid plan. This new prepaid plan is meant for users who want validity. But the Rs 65 plan, which has been added recently, is just a 4G data voucher, so it is not for users who are looking for validity....

Bharti Airtel, a major telecom company in India said that it is going to take up a 9% stake in Avaada CleanTN Project Private Limited. Avaada Clean TN Project is a special purpose vehicle formed for the purpose of owning and operating the Captive Power Plant, said Airtel in a BSE listing on Wednesday. The cost of acquisition of the same for Bharti Airtel will be Rs 7,88,51,500. The telco will be taking up an aggregate of 7,885,150 equity shares in the company for Rs 10 each and would own a 9....