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Under the partnership, Tech Mahindra will bring its expertise in providing digital services, 5G enterprise solutions, SI (systems integrator) capabilities, deploying and maintaining private wireless networks and more. Axiata will bring its network infrastructure, along with other products and services to the table. Rajesh Chandiramani, Business Head, Communications-Media-Entertainment for EMEA and APJI Markets, said, “Tech Mahindra has created 100+ 5G For Enterprise (5G4E) industry solutions across all sectors which provide end-to-end digital solutions for enterprises to enable digitalization at pace in this new 5G arena....

Cyclone Tauktae hit India in a pretty major way, impacting key services, one of them being networking. In the few days since it ended, another cyclone is expected to hit India, this time by the name of Yaas. The cyclone is due to hit the country, with expected impact in eastern India, especially in West Bengal and Odisha. Telecom companies, in a bid to ensure network stability and no loss of service, announced on Monday that they had initiated intra-circle roaming in West Bengal and Odisha, both of them having indications of Cyclone Yaas and its effects....

India’s telecom industry is soon going to undergo a major change once the 5G networks are commercially launched. According to a credit rating firm ICRA, the next phase of growth for the telecom industry will come from ‘non-telecom’ businesses. The non-telecom businesses include internet of things (IoT) services, enterprise business, digital services, cloud services, fixed broadband services, and more. Companies such as Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have already started offering enterprise solutions to India’s businesses....

Mavenir, a global developer and supplier of could-native software, said that it is not competing with anyone in India. In an interview with TelecomTalk, Mavenir said that it supports the multi-faceted policies of the Indian government and agrees that the Indian market is perfect for doing business right now. Sanjay Raina, Vice President, Sales India & South Asia, Mavenir, said, “The policy is multi-faceted if you see. One facet is that they want to develop the local market....

1. Pathaan As soon as Pathaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham, hits theatres on January 25, 2023, it will get off to a thrilling start. The Siddharth Anand-directed movie promises action-packed entertainment with never-before-seen action and stunts on the big screen. Additionally, Salman Khan will appear in a significant cameo that establishes the YRF spy universe. 2. Tiger 3 Tiger 3, the third instalment in the Tiger series, starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, would advance the spy universe created by Yash Raj Films....

Super Plastronics (SPPL), the company behind the Thomson TV in India on Tuesday announced “Big Save on Bigger TV Offer” scheduled to be live during Flipkart’s Big Billion Days. The company said that it aims to sell over 200,000 TV units during the Big Billion Days with SPPL announcing discounts on multiple models to meet its targets. The Flipkart Big Billion Days is currently scheduled to begin on October 16, 2020 with the last day of the sale currently scheduled for October 21, 2020....

Broadband connections have become one of the crucial aspects of modern lives. Nearly every household has an active internet connection that caters to the internet needs of users. The high-speed connection, low latency network and other benefits make broadband connection one of the essential elements. The renowned broadband service providers offer ample plans that provide various benefits to users. Whether you want a budgeted monthly plan or a premium high-end broadband plan, the service providers various options to users....

A lot of big-budget south Indian films made it to theatres and OTT platforms last month. The same is going to happen in September as well. We have a list of a few south Indian films that are going to premiere in theatres as well as OTTs. Let’s take a look. 1- Cobra Cobra is an Indian Tamil action thriller film released on August 31, 2022. The film stars Vikram and Srinidhi Shetty, along with many others, and has been directed by R....

Floor Price Structure Might Have Connectivity Charge As mentioned in the latest submission by COAI to Trai on Tariff issues on telecom services “There is a proper need to fix the floor price for cellular data services. Also, fixed floor price structure must have a connectivity charge or subscription irrespective of use even for voice.” However, COAI has not decided on the ideal floor price, which would revive the sector....

The word unlimited has been thrown around in the telecom industry a lot these days. There was a time half a decade ago when everything was written down in numbers and there was no concept of a free lunch when it came to data and talking on calls. The calls were charged at a premium and data was considered a luxury. However, the times have changed drastically and now data is aplenty available in SIM cards and wired broadband connections alike....

The focus of telecom operators at the moment is entirely on increasing the Average Revenue per User (ARPU). Before the entry of Reliance Jio, the ARPU of telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular used to be between Rs 200 and Rs 250. However, it dipped to less than Rs 150 in recent years thanks to the low-cost tariff plans. The effect of tariff hike that happened in December 2019 is showing up as Airtel’s ARPU increased to Rs 162 in the quarter that ended on September 30, 2020....

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system became a very essential part of most peoples lives during 2020. As the economy pushed towards being cashless to support social distancing, the role of UPI apps grew multiple-fold. Things such as paying bills to purchasing subscriptions, people relied on UPI apps for completing the transactions. As per a PTI report, President Ram Nath Kovind said that in the last month of 2020, Indians transacted over Rs 4 lakh crore using UPI....

The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) was set to provide support to the telecom operators and internet service providers (ISPs) for providing connectivity services in the backward regions of the country. Hari Ranjan Rao, USOF administrator, speaking at the Broadband India Forum (BIF) event, said that fibre-based internet connection also needs to be offered to households in rural areas at very competitive rates. According to a PTI report, Rao also mentioned that almost 99% of the villages in the country are now covered with 4G networks and are getting data at very cheap rates....

The Indian government announced on Saturday that it has received proposals from five companies interested in setting up semiconductor and display factories in India by making a cumulative investment of $20.5 billion which is roughly around Rs 1.53 Lakh Crore. The government had previously announced the decision to allocate Rs 76,000 crore outlay for the semiconductors and display manufacturing segment which will help boost their production in the country. The government’s decision to enhance the semiconductors and display manufacturing ecosystem in the country has come at a time when there is an acute shortage of semiconductors globally due to many disruptions in the supply chain....

There has been a constant surge in demand for the internet in the country for a while now and it’s ever-growing. People not only want good internet connectivity but also offers that can benefit them in more than one way. Telcos in the country have been providing multiple plans bundled up with offers to satisfy the need of the users. While some users might prefer to go for the prepaid plans while subscribing for their mobile services, some on the other hand might as well go for postpaid plans....

Besides the pop-up selfie camera, the Vivo V15 Pro also comes with various exciting features like the 48MP rear camera, industry’s first 32MP selfie camera, triple rear cameras and it’s also the company’s first phone to boot Android 9 Pie software out of the box. And topping all this package is the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform, which offers better performance than the Snapdragon 710 SoC that’s found on the Nokia 8....

Vodafone and Bharti Airtel Rs 749 Postpaid Plan Benefits Detailed Airtel and Vodafone Rs 749 Postpaid Plans Compared As you can clearly see, benefits offered by both the telcos are on-par, but Vodafone is slightly ahead. Vodafone, with its Rs 749 postpaid plan, is offering two family connections alongside the primary connection. Airtel is also offering three add-on connections, but there’s a catch. Airtel’s plan offers one regular add-on connection and one data add-on connection, meaning the second add-on connection can only consume data benefit....

Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio, and Bharti Airtel, all the three private telecom operators, are slightly worried about the reduced availability of 5G smartphones in the country. For the unaware, the Indian government has called for the need to test 5G mobile locally and certify them safe from January 1, 2023, before they are made available to the people of India. According to an ET Telecom report, the private telcos have told the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that such a move would result in a bad hit to data consumption and would ultimately deprive the Indian users of purchasing the latest 5G smartphones....

India’s one of the leading telecom service providers, Vodafone Idea has been constantly coming up with plans for their customers that are in their interests. The company even closed the gaps with Reliance Jio according to the latest TRAI reports in terms of providing 4G data speed and also became the most improved service when it comes to internet speed. Vodafone Idea significantly improved their download and upload speed. Though the telecom company provides various exciting offers and plans for its customers, in this article we will focus on the affordable prepaid plans offered by Vodafone Idea that comes under Rs 200....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is not considered equal to Jio and Airtel anymore. While the telco has the fastest 4G network, it is of no good if the consumers don’t like it enough. Vi needs a lot of high-paying customers and funding to turn things around. 5G is another prospect for the telco to make things good, but for that as well, there’s a need for funds from investors....