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For those of you unaware, these two companies have been partners for quite some time, with Yupp TV previously having signed an MOU with the telco provider in a bid to offer OTT services to broadband subscribers, further attracting prospective customers. YuppTV is also one of the world’s largest TV and On-demand service provider, especially when it comes to South Asian content, offering more than 250+ TV channels, 5000+ Movies and 100+ TV Shows in 14 languages....

ZEE Club Competing Against Disney+ Hotstar VIP Subscription The new ZEE5 Club plan will cost Rs 365 which means it is in direct competition with the Disney+ Hotstar VIP plan. The Disney+ Hotstar VIP plan comes for a cost of Rs 399. Both ZEE5 Club and Disney+ Hotstar VIP subscriptions come at almost similar price and annual subscription benefit. With the ZEE5 Club subscription, the user will get access to content in all the languages there are in the ZEE5 Premium subscription (12 languages)....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL recently launched its IPTV or Internet Protocol Television service in Kerala circle. In western countries like the United States, IPTV service is very famous amongst the users. Even in Canada, a lot of people are familiar with the IPTV service, but in India, the technology is still in nascent stages. We only have a handful of players like Fastway Transmission and BSNL offering IPTV service in the country....

According to Kuo, the LCP limits the Radio Frequency (RF) performance of the handsets due to technology limitations and production issues, CNET reported on Sunday. However, Kuo believes that the Cupertino, California-based company could still use LCP as the primary material for 5G antennas in 2020 iPhones. The production issues affecting the RF performance of LCP antennas are expected to be resolved, meanwhile, the report added. With its 2019 line-up, Apple is expected to introduce the much awaited USB-C cables for the devices and bring improvements in iPhone’s camera performance....

Women have made history many times over and are continuing to make history now. These tales should be recorded and broadcast. There are many crime thriller documentaries and television shows on notorious murder cases and serial killers, but very few about women. In the sea of numerous true crime movies about odd riddles and extremely rare crimes, women-centric films are sometimes overlooked. Among the countless documentaries on influential women who made history, we have selected five for you to binge-watch this weekend....

5G has been dubbed as the next big thing in networking and, to its credit, why should it not be referred to as such. When 5G does see a global rollout, it will amount to great network speeds over large coverage areas, something that still plagues multiple parts of the world. But, do not forget the words ‘when it does see a global rollout’, since 5G as of now is a promise that is yet to deliver, at least in India....

5G networks are soon going to be a part of the Indian telecom ecosystem. All the telcos are trying to roll it out as fast as possible (except for the state-run companies). But when we talk solely about 5G, we understand that it is not about the technology that makes it popular, but it is the use cases that it can enable that matter. So, by design, 5G isn’t going to change a lot of things for consumers in a direct manner....

India will soon get to see the 5G launch in the coming months. The same will be the case for many other countries around the world. Several countries have already launched 5G commercial 5G networks. Dell’ Oro Group has said that the demand for microwave transmission equipment would stir up as the 5G rollout keeps happening across the world. Up until now, 5G was launched in areas with proper fiberisation to get support for backhaul....

5G rollout in India is expected to be delayed further in India. This is because the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to submit the fresh pricing recommendations to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) by March 2022. This means that the spectrum auctions might not take place in the first quarter of FY22. An official aware of the matter told ET Telecom that 5G spectrum auctions are unlikely to take place between the April-June period as the TRAI will take a little more time than expected for submitting the fresh pricing recommendations to the DoT....

The 5G spectrum auction 2022, which started in India on July 26, 2022, is finally over on Day 7 of bidding. On Monday, the telcos finally settled in and stopped bidding. The cumulative bids have totalled Rs 1,50,173 crore. The final figures are still being tallied, said a Hindustan Times report. But since the spectrum auctions are over now, the eyes will be on which telco acquired how much spectrum....

Apple iPhone 14 series has been the talk of the town for the last couple of weeks as multiple leaks and rumours regarding the devices have been surfacing. The iPhone 14 series is expected to launch in the second half of this year and more details are emerging as the launch nears. Now in a new development, interesting information regarding the A16 bionic chipset has come up. For those unaware, the Apple iPhone series is going to be powered by the company’s in-house built A16 bionic chipset....

ACT Fibernet has become a popular internet service provider and provides broadband service to a large number of Indians. In recent months, people have resorted to watching OTT content sitting in their homes because there is a lot of risk in going out. To make the streaming easier, ACT offers customers high-speed internet plans and along with that OTT benefit. There are many plans from ACT which come with the benefit of Netflix....

ACT Fibernet Enhances Broadband Plans in Delhi As of press time on Monday, ACT Fibernet has listed three broadband plans in Delhi with the plans providing enhanced data limits to its users as compared to previous weeks. The entry tier plan dubbed as “ACT Silver Promo” enables users to browse up to 100 Mbps speed till 1000GB with the operator restricting the speeds to 512 Kbps upon reaching the limit. However, the operator in the recent weeks has been offering 1000GB additional data on all its plans with the bonus data still said to be applicable post the revamp on Tuesday....

ACT Fibernet, a recognised internet service provider (ISP) throughout India, is offering users a free month of service or a free Wi-Fi router if they purchase the plan on offer. ACT’s 40 Mbps broadband plan is currently on offer if the users decide to purchase it for six months. The standalone cost of ACT’s 40 Mbps broadband plan is Rs 549 per month. With this, users get 500GB of monthly data and some additional benefits offered by ACT....

ACT Fibernet, a renowned internet service provider (ISP) across India is offering a super affordable 300 Mbps broadband plan to users living in Bangalore. This plan might be available in other parts of the country as well for the same or slightly different price. ACT offers its 300 Mbps broadband plan for Rs 1185 per month. Compared to its rivals including JioFiber, Airtel Xstream Fiber, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Bharat Fibre 300 Mbps plans which cost Rs 1499, this plan from ACT is way more affordable....

The Super 12 of the ICC T20 World Cup is halfway through. Teams are battling out for the semi-finals. Afghanistan is the first team to go out of the race after losing to Sri Lanka today at the Gabba. It has been a sorrowful World Cup for Afghanistan. Out of their four scheduled matches, they played just two and lost both of them. Today they played against Sri Lanka at the Gabba....

All the private telecom operators in India are trying to do one thing very desperately – create a super mobile app. Be it Jio or Airtel, or Vi; all are in the race to make their mobile app a super app that contains not only facilities to recharge or check data balance but do much more. Case in point, Vodafone Idea now allows users to stream music, play games, and even find jobs through its mobile app....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has partnered with Tech Mahindra, an IT and consulting company, to deploy private 5G at Mahindra’s Chakan manufacturing facility. This has made the Chakan facility of Mahindra, India’s first 5G-enabled auto manufacturing plant. The ‘5G for Business’ or ‘5G for Enterprise’ solution deployed by the companies has significantly enhanced Chakan’s network connectivity which has resulted in improved speeds for software flashing. A release said that managers at the manufacturing facility can now undertake multiple software flashing sessions in parallel because of the low latency and high bandwidth that 5G brings to the table, resulting in reduced turn-around time for an operation....

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Tata Telecommunications had all denied paying any further adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues for FY21. The telcos believe that they have already paid more than they were supposed to. According to a PTI report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) for the non-compliance of the AGR order by the telcos. As per the SC order on September 1, 2020, all the telcos had to pay their AGR dues over the period of 10 years with a 10% advance on the total amount before the end of FY21, i....

Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in India has just announced the launch of 5G Plus services for citizens of Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP). With this, Bharti Airtel has also reached MP with its 5G Plus after Reliance Jio. Note that even though Jio came earlier, the first telco to launch 5G commercially in the state as well as in India remains Airtel. Jio is still in the beta phase while Airtel’s rollout is commercial....