Axom, the digital Cable TV service provider focused on Assam and North East has now introduced the broadband services under Axom Akshat brand. The company said that the broadband services will be offered through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) with Axom Akshat promising 99% uptime in services. Axom is said to have started its Cable TV operations in 1991 with the company expanding its services in 2008 to cover the “entire state of Assam and North East....

The telecom market in India is hugely dominated by the three private telcos – Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. These telcos offer a massive range of prepaid plans curated according to the need of their users. The state-owned telco BSNL, on the other hand also offers prepaid plans with amazing benefits but mostly gets overshadowed in front of the private giants. BSNL is one of the largest and leading Public Sector Units (PSUs) providing a comprehensive range of telecom services across India....

After the tariff hikes, while the long-term plans are still available, they come for a different price than they used to. If you are thinking of recharging with a long-term prepaid plan post tariff hikes, then there are a few great options available from Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea. The reason we are excluding Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) from the list is that there is no PAN-India 4G coverage provided by the state-run telco....

There are several things to consider before purchasing a smartphone in India for under Rs 30,000. You can’t just choose a random one because there are so many good to excellent mobile phones on the market for under Rs 30,000. There are many different brands of mobile phones available. The Rs 30,000 price range targets a greater segment of the market, so if you’re prepared to pay that much money, you can’t possibly consider compromising on features and specifications....

Bharti Airtel has been improvising with its services and has been one of the leading telecom operators of India for a long time. One of the things that a customer is constantly worried about is recharging with a new plan every time his/her current plan reaches near its expiry date. This is a constant pain for people who go for prepaid plans with short-term validity. But Airtel has got something in store of its services using which customers won’t have to worry about recharging again anytime soon....

BSNL Bharat Fibre Entry-Level Broadband Plan BSNL offers its entry-level Bharat Fibre broadband plan for Rs 449 per month. The telco offers 3.3TB or 3,300GB of data with the plan along with 30 Mbps speed and a free landline connection for making unlimited voice calls. This plan from the telco is called ‘Fibre Basic’, and it doesn’t offer any other benefits to the users. Now let’s take a look at what Bharti Airtel is offering here....

Bharti Airtel Rs 65, Rs 35 and Rs 23 Smart Recharges Detailed The Rs 65 smart recharge from Bharti Airtel offers Rs 55 talk time with 200MB data for the entire validity period. This plan is valid for 28 days, and it offers 60p per minute calling rate. The Rs 35 smart recharge comes with Rs 26.6 talk time, and it offers validity of 28 days. In this period, the subscribers will also enjoy 100MB data valid for the total period of 28 days....

Airtel Not Paying Any Heed to Speculations The telecom operator, in its notification to the stock exchanges said, “…it is clarified that at this juncture, there is no proposal for sale of a stake in Bharti Airtel, either directly or indirectly.” With this, the telco also added that it did not wish to comment on a speculative piece of news. It is worth noting that only a few days back, reports had surfaced that Bharti Airtel had applied for approval of 100% Foreign Direct Investment as promoter companies under Bharti Airtel and other companies like Singtel could be planning to infuse capital into the Bharti Telecom holding company....

Quite a while back, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had said that it would be conducting pilot 5G small cell tests in multiple parts of the country. The aim of these tests was to determine how the city infrastructure can be used to deliver 5G to consumers by the TSPs (Telecom Service Providers). TRAI recently said that 5G small cells had been tested by the TSPs under the pilot project being carried out in Bhopal under the aegis of TRAI....

Vodafone Idea, the worst of the financially strapped telecom operators has finally come out in the public regarding its poor financial standing. However, what’s different about the latest move from Vodafone Idea is that it is not pleading with investors now, but with the government. Kumar Mangalam Birla, the billionaire whose company, Aditya Birla Group (ABG) holds around 27% share in the telecom company has shown interest in offloading his stake to any private or public company which might be interested in the deal....

The Indian consumer electronics brand Boat has listed a new pair of truly wireless earbuds on the e-commerce platform Flipkart called Airdopes 411 ANC. The hearable is yet to be launched and it can be seen on the company’s official website as well. The device will be available in three colour options and comes with features such as active noise cancellation (ANC), touch controls and long battery life. Let’s take a look at the specifications, features and price details of the new Airdopes 411 ANC....

Today’s most important matches are for Brazil and Portugal. The South American giants go against the Swiss and Ronaldo’s men take on the mighty Uruguay. The Brazil-Switzerland begins at 9:30 p.m. IST and the Portugal-Uruguay match begins at 12:30 a.m. IST. Both matches can be watched on JioCinema, Sports18 Channels, VI App, and Tata Play. Neymar to Miss Two Games For Brazil Due to an Ankle Injury Brazil will play against a well-prepared Switzerland team hoping to secure their spot in the round of 16 after defeating Serbia 2-0 in their opening match....

When it comes to high-speed broadband plans Jio, Airtel and BSNL offer multiple plans for their subscribers. In particular, the 300 Mbps plan from all three ISPs are quite identical or at least it may seem so at the first look as all of them offer quite different perks with the plans. While the 300 Mbps plan offered by the state-owned BSNL is not that bad, Jio and Airtel offer slightly better benefits for their customers....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is pushing hard to roll out 4G in India. The state-run telco already has several 4G sites in many prominent cities as well as tier-2 and tier-3 cities of the country. But the pan-India rollout of 4G services will require a lot of resources and upgradation of more than 1,00,000 sites which also includes sites of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). BSNL’s 4G rollout will be a boon for India because it will dilute the competition in the telecom industry....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is one of the oldest broadband internet service providers of the country. The telco has upgraded from the traditional DSL to fiber technology and offers a ton of plans to its users in almost every telecom circle of India. BSNL provides a great range of flexibility to the users in picking plans. There are monthly plans, six months plans, yearly plans, two-year plans and even three-year plans....

BSNL Delivered Higher Voice Quality in October The state-run operator is said to have received an average 3.8 indoor call quality rating and a 3.3 outdoor call quality rating on the scale of one to five in October. Crucially, the Trai data also highlights that BSNL received 73.14% satisfactory rating in the month. Bharti Airtel took the second spot with a 3.5 average voice quality rating in the month of October....

BSNL Broadband Plans With Up to Rs 1,000 Per Month Rental In this category, the BSNL is shipping seven plans and the first plan in the portfolio is the Rs 349 per month plan which is offering 2GB data per day at 8 Mbps speed and 2 Mbps after-FUP speed. In voice, this plan offers unlimited calls to BSNL network and Rs 600 worth of free calls to other networks....

BSNL has been desperately trying to upgrade its existing network sites of 2G and 3G to 4G. The state-owned telco has been facing many issues in doing so. The Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) objected the telcos contracts for not aligning with the government’s ‘Make in India’ campaign. However, BSNL has reportedly approved the contracts for ZTE and Nokia to upgrade its existing network sites to 4G....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering users a prepaid plan with 3GB of daily data for an entire month. This would be a solid option for a user who wants to consume a lot of data every day without being worried about running out of high-speed data. It can also help with working from home (WFH). The only drawback is the missing 4G network, which shouldn’t be the case in a matter of a few months (if things go right)....

Rs 319 Voice-Only STV Details and Changes To recall, when the Rs 319 STV was launched initially it used to offer unlimited free calling to BSNL subscribers to any network except in Mumbai and Delhi. The plan was a perfect choice for BSNL subscribers who were not using any data or internet services on their phones or were only using a feature phone currently. Previously, the Rs 319 plan from BSNL used to offer 90 days validity to the users, but now the plan will be offering only 84 days validity....