Redmi Note 8 Pro at Rs 13,999 Makes Up for Great Purchase The Redmi Note 8 Pro features stellar hardware for a mid-range smartphone. While smartphone brands are providing the glass-clad design with phones above Rs 15,000, Xiaomi managed to deliver the same under Rs 10,000. The Redmi Note 8 Pro features a glass back and it comes in four colour options- Electric Blue, Gamma Green, Halo White and Shadow Black....
All the three private telecom companies of the country offer tons of 4G prepaid plans designed according to the needs of the subscribers. The plans include validity for short term usage, which could be around a month; medium-term usage, which can be around 2 or 3 months; as well as long term usage, which includes year-long plans offered by the telcos. The plans offered by telcos also provide varied data benefits to fit the requirement of the subscribers....
5G phones were initially exclusively available in the mid-tier or high-end pricing range, but now that 5G services are becoming more widely available and more phone manufacturers are developing reliable budget solutions; it’s a win-win situation for customers all around. Here is a list of the best and most affordable 5G phones available for purchase for less than Rs 15,000. Moto G51 5G A stunning 6.8-inch IPS display with a 120Hz refresh rate is available on the Moto G51 5G....
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met with the United States (US) President Joe Biden in Tokyo. India and US together launched an initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) for facilitating outcome-oriented cooperation. iCET, co-led by India’s National Security Council Secretariat and US National Security Council, would forge closer linkages between academia, government, and the industry of the two countries in areas such as 5G/6G, biotech, semiconductors, space, quantum computing, and AI (artificial intelligence)....
While India is waiting to see the launch of new generation network technology - 5G; there are over 72 countries which already have it. Over 1947 cities in these 72 countries are covered with 5G networks, says VIAVI report. Even though the COVID-19 slowed things down for the world, globally, a new city was added to the 5G list every two days. The countries to recently go live with 5G were Argentina, Bhutan, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Malta and Mauritius....
The much anticipated high-speed 5G services should go live in about a month, according to Monday’s remarks from the Minister of State for Telecom Devusinh Chauhan. Chauhan stated that India is likely to install locally built and produced 5G telecom gear by the end of this year for 5G services while speaking at the Regional Standardization Forum (RSF) for Asia and Oceania’s opening event. “In approximately a month, 5G mobile services will launch in the nation, having a multiplicative impact on the growth of all sectors....
A non-profit telecom industry association, ITU-APT Foundation of India or IAFI in a statement has recommended that the prices of the 5G spectrum whether it is below 6 GHz band or millimetre-wave (mmWave) bands above 24 GHz, should be kept reasonable for telecom operators. It also recommended that the prices of the 5G spectrum for telecom operators should be lesser in comparison to other parts of the globe. The recommendation from IAFI came in with its submission to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s consultation paper on spectrum auction for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)/5G....
India might not see the true potential of 5G if the spectrum pricing is not fair. In simple words, if the spectrum pricing is way more than what telcos can afford, they won’t buy it. Telecom operators in India have already expressed that if they don’t get the necessary 5G spectrum at a fair price, they will not buy it from the government and go ahead with rolling out 5G networks through 4G core using Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) technology....
5G services are now reaching users pretty aggressively in different parts of India. Airtel and Jio are both employing different strategies to roll out 5G as fast as possible. While Jio has said that it would reach the entire India with 5G by the end of 2023, Airtel has said that it would do the same by March 2024. Now, state IT Secretary Abhishek Jain has said that 5G would reach the entire Himachal Pradesh by the end of 2024....
A majority of users while choosing their prepaid plans look for offers that provide value for their money. Long-term plans are one of the most popular plans as these plans offer the best value for money as it ensures data and voice calling benefits for a larger period of time. Even though telcos offer multiple long-term plans, one of the most common plans are the prepaid plans with 84 days validity....
Key telecom operators – Airtel, Jio and Vi – offer their subscribers a wide range of prepaid plans. Choosing one among them primarily depends on data benefit, validity, streaming service, call and SMS benefits. A careful scrutiny can help subscribers save money on prepaid plans. One such way is to choose the annual prepaid plans. Although they come with a four-digit price tag, a yearly plan eliminates the hassle to allocate a budget for recharge in the respective period, also provides more data benefits for lesser money....
Industry Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR), including NLD in Q2FY23, grew 1.6% Quarter on Quarter, 16.4% Year over year, to Rs 543 billion. Bharti Airtel witnessed an 83 bps QoQ gain in AGR Market share to 36.3 per cent, adding incremental AGR QoQ, Rs 7.6 billion compared to Rs 6.6 billion of Reliance Jio. However, despite the strong subscriber addition of Jio, its revenue growth translation was slower during the quarter....
India’s top two telecom operators, namely Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel might end up with 80% market share in the next 12 to 18 months believes Sunil Mittal, founder and Chairperson of Bharti Enterprises. In a report shared by Goldman Sachs, Sunil Mittal has expressed that from the current 75%, the top two operators in India can gain up to 80% of the market share in the coming time. Mittal also expressed his views on investing in subsidised smartphones and said that it would just be draining the company money....
Airtel seems to be on quite a roll here. The telco has made back-to-back announcements of the 5G Plus launch on Wednesday. The first announcement was for the launch of 5G Plus in Imphal; now, it has also been announced for Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, two prominent cities in Gujarat. Airtel users in both cities would be able to get access to 5G Plus networks on their devices at no extra cost....
Back in November, Airtel removed the benefit of Disney+ Hotstar from multiple prepaid plans. Only two plans were offering the OTT (over-the-top) benefit of Disney+ Hotstar to consumers. However, now, Airtel has brought back the benefit for two plans that used to offer it earlier. On November 16, 2022, TelecomTalk reported that Airtel removed Disney+ Hotstar from several plans, and users could only get that OTT benefit from the Rs 3359 and Rs 499 plans....
Airtel Digital TV New Missed Call Subscription System: How to Use According to this latest update, Airtel Digital TV has introduced the missed call system to subscribe to any channel available on the DTH platform. Previously, the subscribers had to send an SMS to the DTH provider through their phone to subscribe to any channel. They were required to send an “Add LCN” SMS along with the LCN number of the channel to add any specific channel to their subscription....
Airtel Digital TV Upgrade from SD to HD Set-Top Box Before we move on to the upgrade to Airtel Xstream Box, firstly we would address the SD Set-Top Box users who are not even enjoying HD services. For these subscribers, Airtel Digital TV is offering an option to upgrade from the SD Set-Top Box to the HD Set-Top Box. Now to do this, the subscribers will have to pay Rs 699 instead of the total amount of a brand new HD Set-Top Box from Airtel Digital TV....
India’s one of the fastest-growing telecom operators Airtel offers a variety of prepaid plans for its users. It has something to offer for everyone and for those who are looking for plans under budget which offer adequate data, Airtel provides multiple options. Mentioned below are the light data noteworthy prepaid plans offered by Airtel with short-term validity that costs less than Rs 400 along with the plan details. Prepaid Plans from Airtel The first plan on the list is a prepaid plan that costs Rs 155....
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has announced that it partnered with Apollo Hospitals and Cisco to create a 5G connected ambulance which transforms access to healthcare and saves lives in emergency situations. The companies conducted this demonstration in Bengaluru with the 5G spectrum that was allotted to Bharti Airtel by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for 5G trials. The 5G connected ambulance was custom designed and equipped with the latest medical equipment, patient monitoring systems, and telemetry devices for transmitting the patient data to the hospital in real-time....
Bharti Airtel is one of the biggest telecom operators not only in India but throughout the world. It is recognised for its excellent services. Even though Airtel is not ahead of Reliance Jio in terms of subscriber count, it is ahead in providing customers with higher bandwidth, thus better speeds. But this is not the only reason why people love Airtel. One of the prime reasons for why people choose to side with Airtel is the offers and benefits it rolls out....
