Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, two leading private telecom players in India, who have already rolled out 5G in select parts of the country, are now gearing up to launch it in other cities as well. Jio and Airtel have already declared their plans in public about how fast they are looking to cover the entire nation with their 5G networks. Jio and Airtel both plan to add several thousand 5G sites every week in the coming months to ramp up their process of 5G rollout....

Hughes Communications India (HCI), a major broadband satellite and managed services provider, has been selected by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for deploying and managing a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) across its 10,800-site retail enterprise network. It will be a five-year contract which is valued at over Rs 100 crore or $12.5 million USD. Some of the critical business processes as well as retail automation will be made possible with the HughesON Managed SD-WAN solution....

IBF Seeks Economic and Regulatory Flexibility to Battle COVID-19 Challenges IBF in its letter to Javadekar have requested for phased resumption of production activities and mandating digital payments of subscription and advertising dues to broadcasters. Further, a waiver of processing fees and temporary live uplinking fee for live sporting events for a period of one year from the resumption of activities was also requested by IBF. Additionally, IBF has requested an increase in time period from one year to two years for operalization of new channels that have been granted permission....

Fingerprint sensors have become increasingly common in recent times and, to their advantage, they have proven to be quite useful tools, providing additional security to users who might not want to input their password or pin code every time they go to access their device. In recent times, however, the fingerprint sensor has gone through some major and drastic changes. The key amongst these changes is in relation to the shape and design of the fingerprint sensor....

Huawei Deputy Chairman Ken Hu said some of the growth irritants of 4G in India should not be repeated. These problems had made it difficult for telcos to make profits with the 4G spectrum in the face of excessive competition in the telecom services market. “If operators are struggling to make profits under 4G, I wonder how will they become profitable in 5G. Competition in the Indian market is overheated”, Ken said....

The minister of state for electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrashekhar has said in a statement that India will extend the timeline to submit applications towards its upcoming incentive-backed semiconductor design and manufacturing scheme. He informed that extension has been allowed in order to provide time to the global semiconductor manufacturers to submit their proposals. The chip manufacturing incentive scheme was introduced by the government in December 2021 and started accepting proposals from January 1....

Viewership Landscape to Evolve Over Next Few Years Say Analyst Prabhudas Lilladher note is on the heels of the announcement from Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) that its board gave an in-principle approval for the merger between Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) and ZEEL. “The viewership landscape is likely to evolve in coming years and we expect higher spends on [the] digital side,” Prabhudas Lilladher said in its note on Thursday. In its announcement on September 22, 2021, Zee Entertainment Enterprises said that SPNI will infuse US$1....

Infinix has launched a new smartphone for the Indian market namely Infinix Smart 4. This device is going to be powered by the MediaTek Helio A22 and sport a dual-camera setup at the rear. The smartphone will run on Android 10 out of the box. The device is limited to support up to 4G connectivity only. Infinix Smart 4 has been launched in four distinct colours and a single variant only....

On probing inquiry, the Facebook-owned photo-messaging app confirmed that the glitch that had affected “a small number of people” was real and has been resolved. “We’re aware of an issue that caused a small number of people’s Instagram Stories trays to show accounts they don’t follow,” the report quoted an Instagram spokesperson as saying. “If your account is private, your Stories were not seen by people who don’t follow you....

Apple’s iPhone 12 is available at a massive discount. The smartphone is also bundling with a free six months subscription to Gaana Plus. The offer is available for the customers going to buy the device from Flipkart. The iPhone 12 is available in three storage options starting with 64GB, followed by 128GB and 256GB. The base variant of 64GB is available for Rs 52,999 on Flipkart. If you have a Citi Bank credit or debit card, there will be an additional discount of Rs 1,000 which would make the cost drop down to Rs 51,999....

Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 14 series later in September this year. According to new development, Apple is likely going to launch the iPhone 14 series along with other products in the 37th week of this year. The leaked date for the event is September 13, 2022. Other products that might be revealed during the event include AirPods Pro Pro 2 and three Apple Watches. According to the tipster, LeaksApplePro, Apple is yet to decide on whether it will be an online or an in-person event....

Pre-orders for the most recent iPhone series have opened following the announcement of the Apple iPhone 14 series. But it seems that the most recent model, the iPhone 14 Plus, is by far the least well-liked one in the updated lineup. Demand for the iPhone 14 Series The data is provided by a well-known analyst in the sector, Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities. The pre-orders for the iPhone generation of 2022 were the subject of a recent early report that he published....

“In fact, on a constant currency basis, we actually grew slightly in emerging markets. We still declined on a reported basis. India bounced back. During the quarter, we returned to growth there. We are very happy with that. We grew in Brazil as well,” said the Apple CEO. The return of Apple in India comes at a time when the company is reportedly set to manufacture top-end iPhone XS and iPhone XR smartphones courtesy its supplier Foxconn in the country....

iQoo 7 made its debut in China in January this year, and now Vivo’s sub-brand has teased via a tweet that the iQoo 7 series will be launched in India this month, i.e. April. The teaser insinuates that the company might release the phone with the usual glass back variant with the BMW M Motorsport edition in India. The reveal of the launch of the iQoo 7 series was made by a short teaser video on Twitter, which says that the launch will take place this month....

Telecom operators in India offer a bunch of prepaid plans for their user base with daily data plans being the most popular. Telcos offer a wide range of daily data plans, however, if you’re looking for a daily data plan that offers sufficient data as well as falls in the comparatively mid-price range segment, the 2GB/day plans might be the way to go. Moreover, the companies offer their daily data plans for both the short-term and long-term....

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the two top telecom operators of India. Both the companies keep trying to gain the upper hand over each other by offering competitive prepaid/postpaid/broadband plans. To make the competition even stronger, these companies also offer few plans that cost exactly the same but offer different benefits. I am talking about a postpaid plan offered by both the companies that come for the exact same price....

All the industry experts and stakeholders have submitted their opinions to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for its consultation paper regarding the upcoming 5G spectrum auction. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel firmly stand apart when it comes to the views on the spectrum for the satellite communications (satcom) sector. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, told ET in an exclusive interaction that the spectrum is not auctioned for satcom operators in any part of the world; thus, India should not do it either....

The two major telecom operators in the country Jio and Airtel provide a ton of prepaid plans for their subscriber base. The most popular prepaid plan, however, remains the daily data packs offered by the telcos. The daily data packs have a wide range from high data expensive plans to low data-offering affordable plans. Affordable packs are availed for short-term validities by the telcos and mentioned are the 1GB/Day prepaid plans offered by Jio and Airtel for their budget users along with details....

JioFiber, the largest internet service provider (ISP), has announced a new festive offer for consumers. This is a limited-period offer that will stay for users between October 18 to October 28, 2022. Under this offer, users will get up to Rs 6500 worth of benefits when they purchase a new JioFiber connection. The company has brought the offer for two plans only - Rs 599 and Rs 899. Note that this offer will be given to customers who are purchasing the plan for at least six months....

Reliance Jio’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) brand - JioFiber, is offering customers a broadband plan that can be a steal of a deal. For the unaware, JioFiber offers customers both prepaid as well as postpaid fiber broadband plans. Postpaid plans were introduced at a much later stage by the company. But the special thing about the postpaid plans is that they can bundle OTT (over-the-top) benefits for you at a very affordable cost....