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Samsung on Thursday unveiled the Galaxy F41 in India, the first smartphone from the company under its F Series. The Galaxy F41 is said to be developed “in close partnership” with India’s homegrown e-commerce platform Flipkart. Samsung highlighted that the Galaxy F41, the “Full On” device is suited for the “lifestyle of young Gen Z and millennial” users. The device with an 6.4-inch full high definition (HD) plus screen features a 6000mAh battery with the company bundling an in-box 15W type C fast charger....

Google unveiled the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G smartphones in 2020. Now, the company added a new device to its portfolio - the Pixel 5a 5G. Eventually, there are three Google 5G smartphones that are closely aligned with almost the same features. Now, if you are wondering how these devices are different, then here is a comparison of their features. Design And Display All these three Pixels smartphones are identical with a squarish camera module at the top left corner of the rear panel, a punch-hole cutout, and a fingerprint sensor at the rear....

Google on Monday had revealed multiple details in relation to the Pixel 6 series of devices, with the biggest USP being that the devices will be the first to make use of the company’s in-house Tensor chipset. The interesting thing about this is that the chip comes with a TPU or tensor processing unit that allows for faster ML or machine learning, with there being several useful use scenarios for the new silicon....

He described how the feature worked – the app picks up a person’s location via Global Positioning System (GPS) and then uses Street View data to narrow it down to the exact location. Once his location was pinned down, it displayed big arrows and directions in his screen, the report said on Saturday. The company showed this upcoming AR feature at its annual developer conference Google I/O in 2018. Google has reportedly been experimenting with the user interface, finding that users will follow a line on the ground too closely and that an animated guide will keep them glued to the screen....

India as a country is quite unique for a variety of reasons. One of them is our obsession with the best and the will to get only the best and nothing else. This mentality trickled down to the smartphone segment with the initiation of Redmi or Xiaomi in India back in early 2013. Seven years down the line, the entire market has gone through a plethora of changes, for better or for worse....

Hathway Broadband has been expanding services at a rapid pace in the country. Alongside launching services in new cities, Hathway is also launching new plans and offers. Right now, Hathway is providing a 300 Mbps broadband plan in Chennai which is its fastest plan. Very recently, it launched a 200 Mbps broadband plan in Hyderabad city as well. So Hathway has started providing free-to-use dual band Wi-Fi router with its high-end broadband plans....

Major Difference Between Hathway and ACT Fibernet Plans When we look at the broadband portfolios of both Hathway and ACT Fibernet there is one striking difference between both and that is in the number of plans and the speeds up to which both of these operators ship for their subscribers. While ACT Fibernet has a lot of plans which come with speeds beyond 100 Mbps, and which go as high as 1 Gbps, Hathway has not that competitive plans as the highest speed that Hathway Broadband subscribers can get measure up to 150 Mbps only, in the Bangalore region....

HFCL Limited, a leading telecom and technology provider, on Sunday announced the launch of 5G Lab-as-a-Service. This move from HFCL comes to accelerate the rollout of 5G solutions and services. To go for a cost-effective and faster 5G rollout, the telecom operators are taking the multi-vendor approach based on cloud-native technologies. There is a need to support multiple frequency bands (sub-6 GHz, mmWave), and there will be several use case scenarios of 5G networks when it comes to consumers, enterprises and other industry verticals....

By 2023, Netflix will begin charging users extra fees if they disclose their profile passwords to others. Netflix will be adding more fees to the billing information of the account in order to increase income and prevent too many users from utilising one account. Although the OTT juggernaut has not disclosed the fees, it is anticipated that they will range from $3 to $4. So, stop sharing your Netflix login information with others, or you risk a fine from the company....

Huawei, a Chinese telecom equipment company, is still the global leader when it comes to the total telecom equipment market. While the company’s market share is in the declining trend, it still has the kind of market share other vendors can only dream of for now. The data released by the Dell’Oro Group suggests that in the Total Telecom Equipment Market, ZTE, another Chinese vendor saw getting a good start in Q1 2022....

Hughes Communications India (HCI) showcased the future of connectivity and networking innovations to senior officials from the government, public sector undertakings (PSUs), and defence during a technology seminar last month. Many of the innovations showcased by Hughes were made in India - supporting the government’s efforts of digital transformation within the country. OneWeb’s team had also joined Hughes. For the unaware, Hughes is OneWeb’s distribution partner in India. Speaking on the occasion, Partho Banerjee, president & managing director, HCI, said, “HCI, the leader of satellite broadband, primarily focuses on the enterprise market comprised of government, defence, banking, oil and gas, amongst others, and has deployed and manages multiple government and defence communications networks....

Idea Postpaid Plans: Available Options Idea Postpaid Plans: Add-On Connections and Benefits Explained One of the best parts about the Idea Cellular postpaid plans is the number of family members that you can add to your postpaid plans. As an Idea postpaid subscriber, you will be able to add as many as 6 members to your bill. It is worth noting that on adding up to 2 members of the family, you will be able to save up to 10% on the total postpaid bill for your family....

Fixed Broadband and Mobile Broadband Speeds Dips Globally Ookla said that it continued to “see a degradation in monthly speeds for fixed broadband” across the globe with an average download speed of 74.64 Mbps in March. The company said that the mobile broadband recorded its first month of decreased speeds with an average download speed in March across the globe was at 30.47 Mbps. Ookla said that several countries in Asia including China, India, Japan and Malaysia recorded an increase in mean download speeds during the week of March 30....

American Tower Continues to Watch India Smith said that American Tower ended up “unwinding a bad debt reserve in India” in its first quarter of the current financial year by “just under US$10 million.” Crucially, the executive vice president of American Tower said that the unwinding is “certainly a good sign” but that the company will “continue to watch India.” American Tower earlier reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, with the company recording an 8....

Telecom Operators in India are putting “great efforts” to welcome the “vast population” currently using 2G and 3G “into the data-driven world,” says Ira Palti, chief executive officer of Ceragon Networks. Palti said that the efforts made by the Indian telecom operators to convert existing 2G and 3G users would “drive the operators’’ to swiftly enhance their existing 4G networks. Crucially, Ceragon CEO in the first quarter earnings call on May 3, 2021, also said that the company has been witnessing a “very strong momentum” in India....

The Indian government is thinking about offering relief to the ailing telecom industry. The telecom sector has seen multiple challenges in the last year owing to the increase in data consumption and rising network services demands. To fulfil the needs of the users, the operators have worked really hard and spent a lot of money on improving and expanding their network infrastructure. Adding to the high costs involved in improving the network, the operators also need to pay adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, license fee (LF), spectrum usage charges (SUC), and provide bank guarantees (BGs) against dues....

Driven by the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Vocal for Local’ initiatives by the government, Indian users are looking for local alternatives for some of the major apps such as WhatsApp and more. Being one of the most populous countries in the world, India’s app developers stand a good chance to gain ground and name not only in the sub-continent but worldwide. Satya Yerramsetti, founder and CEO, Telebu, shares views on the same....

Infinix introduced the Smart 6 smartphone earlier this year in India. For the price, it had several impressive features. For instance, it has a triple rear camera array, a 5000mAh battery, and a huge 6.6-inch IPS LCD display. The Infinix Smart 6 Plus, which is expected to be the replacement for the Infinix Smart 6, will be released by the firm in India, according to a listing on Flipkart today....

“We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing their Instagram accounts. We’re working quickly to fix the issue. #instagramdown,” Instagram tweeted on Friday. According to Down Detector, over 38,000 reports (of outage) came in as of 3 PM. PT which leaped to almost 57,000 reports within the next 40 minutes. The live outage map showed the issue was reported worldwide from across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand....

Macs are known for delivering a very easy customer journey. But then there are iPads which were conceptualised to replace laptops. While that hasn’t happened till now, every year, there are major advancements in the tablets industry which suggests that we aren’t too far from a reality where iPads will be replacing laptops. iPads, for now, are mostly geared towards phone like experience on a larger screen. But with the iPadOS 16, Apple is reportedly trying to change that....