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If you want a satellite broadband connection that could deliver high bandwidth and low latency, the ‘Starlink Premium’ is here to do just that. The company is now offering two kinds of Starlink —a) the Standard one and b) the Starlink Premium. It is a high-performance antenna built to deliver better downloading speeds and lower latency. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, the parent company of Starlink, said in a tweet that the Premium antenna is twice as big as the standard one....

Tata Play has reduced the price of its Set-Top Boxes (STB) from April 1, 2022. The company has been making a lot of changes to attract new customers its way. Tata Play has reduced the price of its HD and SD STB by over Rs 200. The price change is now reflecting on the website of the company. The HD STB will now be available at Rs 1,699 instead of Rs 1,899, and the SD STB will be available at Rs 1,499 instead of Rs 1,699....

Tata Sky wants to help its customers learn from their homes without being compelled to go out during the time of the pandemic. India’s number one Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator has added multiple channels to its platforms, including two which will help customers prepare for some of the major competitive exams of the country. Tata Sky has added ‘NEET PREP’ and ‘JEE PREP’ channels ‘MUSIC (Data)’ to its platform. At the same time, the company has removed a channel/service for one competitive exam called ‘NEFT PREP’....

When it comes to picking DTH operators for your Direct-to-Home TV connection, Tata Sky seems to be the top choice of the subscribers in a lot of cases. This is because of the service quality which Tata Sky is offering along with many picks in the Set-Top Boxes. Also, the plans and channel bouquets of Tata Sky have been considered to be attractive by many. In the latest development of revamping its channel collection, we have gathered that Tata Sky has added and removed some channels from its portfolio....

Subscribers Will Be Switched to Best Fit Plans: Trai The regulator also highlighted that if by chance, subscribers had not switched to the new Trai based plans and packs then they would be automatically migrated to the “Best Fit plans” which will be curated based on their viewing habits and region. Trai chairman, RS Sharma in a conference held a few weeks back had dismissed a report by Crisil which said that cable and DTH bills would rise after the implementation of the new Trai tariff regime....

Tata Sky is one of the leading broadband service providers in the country. The company has been offering the FTTH service in the country under the name Tata Sky Broadband. These plans offer broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbps. While there are other broadband service providers that offer relatively more affordable plans, the quality of service that is offered by Tata Sky Broadband is always high. Let’s take a look at the plans offered by the service provider from for businesses from here....

Tata Sky Cashback Offer: Everything You Need to Know Trai’s tariff regime allows users to choose every single channel of their own. While there are several pre-defined channel packs from broadcasters and DTH operators, the majority of subscribers are only opting for individual channel selection to save some costs. Tata Sky Cashback offer allows users to avail a cashback equal to one-month charges. For example, if your channel pack per month costs Rs 335 and if you perform a recharge for 12 months, then the cashback amount of Rs 335 will be credited to your account within 48 hours of recharge....

New Pricing Brackets for Multiple Connections The new price brackets for Tata Sky multi-TV outline that if you have a primary connection with a monthly rental of up to Rs 100, exclusive of the NCF, then you will only have to pay Rs 150 for the multi-TV connection. Similarly, a primary subscription with rental between Rs 101 and Rs 200 will spend Rs 200 on their secondary connection, a primary connection subscriber between Rs 201 and Rs 300 will pay Rs 250, a primary subscription between Rs 301 and Rs 400 will spend Rs 300, a parent subscription of Rs 401 to Rs 500 will pay Rs 400....

Tata Sky STB Models With Recording Feature Detailed Tata Sky’s entry-level STBs are now the Tata Sky SD and HD which starts at Rs 1,399. The Tata Sky Binge+ was launched just last month and is an Android TV device that offers both satellite television and OTT video content. The box starts at Rs 5,999 for new subscribers but existing Tata Sky customers will get Rs 1,000 cashback. The Ultra HD 4K STB starts at Rs 6,400 and offers 4K video quality along with Dolby Digital Surround sound....

Dish TV Launches New Hybrid Set-Top Box What’s interesting to note is that the biggest competitor in the market right now for Tata Sky is Dish TV and very recently, Dish TV has launched its own new Hybrid Set-Top Box. With this move, it seems that Dish TV is very adamant on holding on to its subscriber base and retaining its customers. Until now, Dish TV had a not so convenient solution for its subscribers who wanted to access OTT applications on their TV screens....

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a major Tata Group company now recognised as a leading IT company across the world, is ready to help Indian enterprise customers with private 5G networks. TCS is not just a technology company, but it is also a system integrator (SI) and the company’s Chief Operating Officer, N Ganapathy Subramaniam, told ET Telecom that TCS is ready to work with customers across different verticals to help them adopt 5G led growth....

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to come out with a relief package for the telecom sector of India very soon. The government will look to reduce the financial burden on the telcos so that operators such as Vodafone Idea can have a future in the Indian market. The relief package isn’t final yet and the government’s still in the process of making it. According to the latest development from an ET Telecom report, the DoT might be looking to set up a panel or hire external consultants for preparing a relief package for the telecom sector of India....

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, marked the 11th anniversary since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs went on stage to unveil the iPad. Little did the visionary know that, in the years since, the not so tiny piece of tech would cause tech giants to fret and worry, a tablet that broke the barrier between a laptop and tablet, ruling the category for a long time. “iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price,” said Jobs, in a press release on January 27, 2010....

Satellite communication or satcom is an emerging technology that has been gaining traction in recent years. It is believed to come to help as a frontline service in regions where the fiber optic connectivity might not be feasible or in times of natural disasters. TRAI believes that satcom services might keep essential services running at these situations. V Raghunandan, TRAI secretary, stated that satcom could be an excellent backup at times of no scope for deploying fiber optic cables....

Broadcasters Fail to Get Relief from Bombay HC The broadcasters were seeking interim relief from the Bombay HC regarding the implementation of the new rules for the DTH industry because the new rules ask the broadcasters to comply with these regulations in a very unreasonably short amount of time. The broadcasters have also put forth their thoughts saying that the new changes in the DTH and broadcasting rules also change the way how the broadcasters have been doing business, and it affects them negatively....

Broadcasters Continue to Offer Pay TV Channels Up to Rs 19 The Trai NTO 2.0 urged broadcasters not to include channels priced over Rs 12 in a bouquet. For example, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is not allowed to include popular channels like ZEE Telugu which is priced at Rs 19 in a bouquet. This is the reason behind broadcasters moving against Trai regarding NTO 2.0. In India, there are a total of 39 broadcasters offering more than 300 Pay TV channels....

Telcos Disappointed With No Change in Spectrum Prices In its remark to DoT, the telecom regulator has also said that it is the collective responsibility of the DoT and the marketing efforts of the department as well, which will make the spectrum auction a success. The department had asked the sector regulator to once retake a look at the overall auction structure besides urging it to change and lower the reserve prices of the spectrum for the upcoming auction....

“You’ll still be able to tag your in tweets through our updated camera. It’s helpful when sharing on-the-ground moments,” the company added. While the announcement gathered several newer reactions, comments and opinions, some users stuck to their demand asking the micro-blogging site to add the ability to edit tweets on the platform. Questioning the platform on displaying the “Twitter for Android” or “Twitter for iOS” label beneath posts a user wrote: “Also why to mention the device being used?...

A couple of weeks back, Twitter announced that it would be resuming its profile verification process with new updated policies. Now the social media giant has announced that its new profile verification policies will come into effect from January 20, 2021. For the unaware, Twitter ran a survey asking people on what they think the profile verification policy should look like. More than 22,000 responses were submitted to the company, and Twitter said that it helped them make their policy for verification process better....

Twitter on Wednesday announced that its Android users would receive a prompt when they Retweet an article that hasn’t been opened by the users on the platform. The company said that the new feature is being introduced as a test and is intended “to help promote informed discussion.” In a separate tweet, Twitter explained that the experimental feature is currently restricted to one platform as it aids them to “build and test as fast and effectively as possible....