Rs 129 Prepaid Plan Rs 129 prepaid plan by Vodafone is one of the cheapest plans that the subscribers will be able to find in the Vodafone portfolio, of course barring the other plans which ship only data. The Rs 129 prepaid plan is a good option for someone who is not looking to spend much after data and would like to utilise the calling benefit more to their advantage....
Vodafone India Is Slowly Removing Telecom Circles From Its Double Data Plans Initially, when Vodafone double data offer was launched, the telco provided the offer in many circles. But on April 16, Vodafone India decided that it is going to reduce the number of circles eligible for this plan to 14 circles only. The offer was removed from Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa, Punjab, North East, and UP West circles recently....
Vodafone REDX Postpaid Plan Exit Free: What Is It? UK-based Vodafone introduced the REDX postpaid offering earlier this month and it comes with unique benefits. As mentioned above, Vodafone says the REDX postpaid plan ships with benefits worth Rs 20,000 (the entire REDX plan benefits are included). While Vodafone is offering these benefits, it says the customers leaving the plan will have to bear exit charges of Rs 3,000. “REDX offers you benefits worth over Rs 20,000 with a Superior and Truly Unlimited data experience....
Vodafone Group UK might be planning to sell the complete stake in the Indian mobile tower company, Indus Towers. The company recently sold a 2.4% stake in Indus Towers to unnamed investors. The British telecom giant was also looking to sell a 4.7% stake in the tower company to Bharti Airtel so that it can infuse the proceeds into Vodafone Idea (Vi) as fresh capital against equity and some of it to clear outstanding dues of Vi with Indus Towers....
5G smartphones have been discussed very heavily in the past few months. This is because more and more of them are launching in the Indian market and most of them in the budget segment and mid-range segment are overpriced. This is because of the huge cost that the 5G chipsets carry. Now, most of the users believe that buying a 5G device is not right at the moment. This is largely because they are over-priced and also there’s no clarity on which bands will the 5G networks of Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Bharti Airtel will support....
5G Trials in India 2020 would be the year where we are going to see 5G in action in ground zero. Until now, the 5G network has been working inside the rooms and in testing conditions. However, with the 5G spectrum auction slated to be held in March 2020, the telecom companies might deploy the spectrum in select circles, if not at least a single circle by the yearend. This would mean that the subscribers might get to see some 5G network in action although it would not be a commercial rollout, and nowhere close to it, still, it would showcase the real-time network scenario of the technology and will give the public a peek into the new network technology....
WhatsApp Finally Arrives on Beta Version of iOS The Dark Mode on iOS is a beta version, and currently, iPhone users who are members of the TestFlight beta testing programme are able to view this feature. In addition, WhatsApp beta update is only compatible with iPhones running iOS 9 and above. To recall, WhatsApp rolled out a dark theme to Android Beta users last month and it was followed by the rollout for stable version users this month....
How Share to Facebook Feature Works on WhatsApp? WhatsApp Status feature was rolled out back in 2017 with an inspiration taken from Instagram Stories. Similar to Instagram Stories, Status posted by users on WhatsApp will also disappear in 24 hours. Over the last couple of years, WhatsApp has improved the feature by adding GIF sharing, photo sharing, privacy controls and so on. Now, WhatsApp Status is getting a new feature which allows users to share their status on other platforms like Facebook, Gmail, Google Photos and so on....
A strong competition between Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel is evident for the telecom industry of India. Both the telcos are very aggressive with their offers and look to provide something ‘unique’ to their customers. But Jio is miles ahead of Bharti Airtel when it comes to having the most subscribers and market share, respectively. However, in the past few months, Airtel has been consistently adding more subscribers than Jio....
Xiaomi Mi 10 Launch Date Will Be Revealed Later “After careful deliberation, we have taken the decision to postpone the launch of Xiaomi’s flagship Mi 10 in India, which was scheduled on March 31, 2020. We are evaluating the situation and will release a revised launch date soon,” said the Chinese brand in a media release. As Xiaomi noted, the company will be monitoring the situation and will reveal a new launch date....
The Mi TV LED 4A Pro 32-inch has been launched in India for Rs 12,999. Interested buyers will be able to buy the Mi TV LED 4A PRO 32-inch on March 7 during the TVs first ever sale on via Flipkart, Mi.com, and Mi Home stores. Xiaomi also launched Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones Basic alongside the Mi TV and Redmi Note 7 series in India today. The Mi earphones come for a price tag of Rs 1499 in India....
Xiaomi has launched the Mi TV Lux 65-inch 4K OLED TV in the Chinese market. The Mi TV Lux 65-inch 4K OLED comes in a black panel with wall mounting support. Not only this, but the new offering by Xiaomi has also some of the top-notch features like high refresh rate, vivid displays, enhanced audio output any many more. Currently, Xiaomi has launched the new Mi TV Lux 65-inch 4K OLED in the Chinese market....
Xiaomi has just launched a new TV series in India called the ‘Smart TV X Series’. This new Smart TV series from Xiaomi is geared to bring users a 4K cinematic experience. It would be available in the country in three different sizes - 43-inch, 50-inch, and 55-inch. Xiaomi has tried to deliver a premium TV look and feel to the models in the new Smart TV X series. Let’s take a look at the specifications and the price of the TVs in the series....
The COVID-19 pandemic induced an increase in demand for data among all households. With companies adopting work from home, the requirement for higher data packs has increased. The telecom operators have launched new plans and revised several existing ones considering such demands. The subscribers who are eyeing more data per day can consider opting for the 3GB prepaid plans. Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio have several 3GB data packs offering considerable benefits....
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had ordered the telcos to pause the 5G networks near airports which were operating in the C-band spectrum. The reason was that there was a risk of the 5G networks interfering with the aircraft altimeter systems. The telecom department will reportedly conduct a detailed study into this and then might lift the ban on 5G around airports. The instruction sent to the telecom operators from DoT in November 2022 said that the telcos must disable the 5G networks in the mid-band (3....
Compared to what we are accustomed to with 4G, data interchange rates for 5G will be roughly ten times quicker. Moreover, it will raise download speeds to 1 Gigabit Per Second (1,000 Mbps). Currently, 10-20 MBPS on phones is a big issue for the majority of us. You should be able to experience 1 Gbps on your devices using 5G. Latency should improve as well. The term latency refers to the amount of time it takes for a data stream you send from your phone to reach its destination and conversely....
With the spectrum auctions in March and the race to 5G intensifying between the telecom operators, the infrastructure environment in India and across the world is changing rapidly. Infra companies like Ericsson are beginning testing of the 5G network devices and the same goes for companies like Samsung and Huawei. However, in a new interesting development, IIT Hyderabad has developed a narrowband Internet-of-Things chipset, whose designing has been done by Cyient....
5G networks would bring high-spectrum frequencies into play. It would be the first time where the government will be auctioning 3.3 GHz - 3.6 GHz and mmWave spectrum bands to the telcos. But the thing with a high-frequency spectrum is that the airwaves can get disturbed very easily. While there are issues with delivering 4G networks in some buildings, it isn’t hard to assume that with 5G, it will become even more challenging to provide coverage inside buildings....
5G has been slowly but steadily growing its reach among countries along with the world. This next-generation network technology is the fastest and the most reliable connection known to mankind. However, delivering such high-speed internet at long distances has still been a challenge for 5G service providers. A 5G RangeXtender has now been introduced by Point 2 Technology, a company known to provide high-performance solutions for cloud and 5G infrastructure....
The analysis is based on the 5G smartphones launched in May 2022 and scored on the basis of 0-100 points. The list/analysis includes multiple devices such as Vivo X80 Pro, Motorola Moto Edge 30, and more. Take a look at the data below. Insights Vivo X80 Pro, which was launched in May 2022, has scored 100 and ranked 1 in the 5G readiness ranking analysis. The smartphone is provided with eight 5G NR Mid Band (1-6 GHz)....
