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The first foldable smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer Oppo was introduced in December of last year with the Oppo Find N. A Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC may power two new foldable phones that Oppo is apparently developing. According to reports, one of the smartphones is a horizontally folding device that may be known as the Oppo Find N Fold, while the other is a vertical folding device that may be known as the Oppo Find N Flip....

Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) has just unveiled 5G cosmos - an optical solution for towers and small cells. This new solution from STL would enable telcos to roll out 5G fast. As India approaches the much-awaited 5G buildouts, telecom operators need to look at fiberisation with a futuristic lens. India’s fiberisation will increase ~3X to 60 Mn fkm annually. Tower and small cell fiberisation will be big drivers. Tower fiberisation must increase from ~35% to ~80% to provide high-quality 5G services....

The government yesterday announced a bailout package for the telecom sector. Brickwork Ratings has called the measures a “much-needed breather” for the industry. The telcos will now not have to worry about paying the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues and spectrum usage charges in the next four years. However, the interest on the dues will be added up and will be payable to the government once the moratorium period ends....

Tata Sky Broadband, a leading internet service provider (ISP), is now providing users with a ‘Try and Buy’ offer wherein users can first try the services of the company and then choose whether they want to buy services from it or not. This way, consumers don’t have to worry about losing their hard-earned money to a company they don’t fully trust yet. Tata Sky Broadband is not the only company that is offering such an offer....

Tata Sky Revised Multiple Connection Policy Details This new change in the Tata Sky multi-TV policy simply changes how the subscribers will be able to select channels for their second TV. Initially, the subscribers were told that the Tata Sky secondary connection would follow a “mirror” model meaning that the secondary connection would get the same channels as the primary connection. However, that won’t be the case going forward as now users will be able to select different packages for their secondary Tata Sky connection....

Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV are two of the top Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators of the country. Both offer a perfect entry-level HD Set-Top Box (STB) to the users, which allows them to watch their favourite programs and shows in higher quality. However, it gets a little confusing for a new buyer to choose which company he should purchase an HD STB from. There are multiple things that you should consider when looking for an HD STB; let’s take a look at all of them and determine whether it is Tata Sky or Airtel Digital TV’s HD STB that is ahead....

Tata Sky, India’s number one Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator, has just unveiled the first batch of ‘Made in India’ Set-Top Boxes (STBs). The company had made an announcement in FY21 that it will soon start making STBs within India to support the government’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Tata Sky had partnered with Technicolor Connected Home and Flextronics for manufacturing its STBs in India. There will be a lot of positive impacts of this announcement in India....

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will present live demonstrations of the fourth generation (4G) telecom network capabilities it is implementing for the government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), fifth generation (5G)-backed use cases, and satellite communications (satcom) readiness at the India Mobile Congress - 2022, which will be opened by prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. TCS will demonstrate an entirely domestically built and developed communications network Besides 4G and 5G video calling, numerous advanced use cases, such as direct-to-mobile 5G broadcasting and robotics applications in healthcare and manufacturing, would be demonstrated, according to a report by ET Telecom....

Transsion holdings have launched Tecno Spark 8’s new variant with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage space in India on Wednesday. The previous version of the same model was launched in the month of September and the new version has had a few upgrades from the former. Along with RAM and storage, the new variant of Tecno Spark 8 will feature a different display, better Soc, and thinner form factor. According to the makers, the device will feature a new metal coding design for an enhanced premium feel....

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Tata Communications have urged Trai to continue the 50 Paise Per Spam SMS rule to eliminate spam messages from telemarketers who are not registered. Trai rolled out the regime back in 2012 and mandated that Rs 50 Paise per SMS will be charged after 100 SMS per day and per SIM. Telecom operators addressed their views in a virtual open house discussion which was conducted by Trai amid the virus outbreak and lockdown period....

Reliance Jio Content Offerings Reliance Jio is the telecom operator which started the trend of additional bundled offerings with its subscription plans and it might also be the telco which offers the most robust content offerings with its plans. The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator has a massive content app portfolio which includes applications like JioCinema and JioTV. The JioTV app, like the name suggests, offers live TV channels to the subscribers, and on this app, the subscribers can catch over 600 live channels....

Last month, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said that users can now buy and sell usernames on the platform via Fragment. Now, with the latest Telegram update, the developer has added some new features, such as the voice-to-text conversion of video messages, interactive emojis and reactions. Here’s what the latest update has to offer. Let’s take a quick look at the major update includes topics in groups and can be enabled in group settings by group admins....

Apple released the macOS Big Sur on Thursday for users across the world. With the new macOS, Apple has truly attempted to make the user experience more seamless and uniform to that of iOS and iPadOS. There are a lot of changes made to the user interface (UI) of the system, and a lot of apps now come with a new icon image. Since several new features have been introduced, so we are going to list the top 10 macOS Big Sur features for you today....

The tariff changes that took place a few weeks ago witnessed a 15% - 20% rise in the prices of prepaid plans offered by the telcos. The telcos in India offer a wide range of prepaid plans curated for their users. There is a majority of users in India who want to opt for affordable prepaid plans, and even though the prices have gone up, some prepaid plans are cheaper than others....

Chief Justice Asks Trai to Present Reasoning for Change in Implementation As per a source aware of the matter, “The matter is adjourned to 25 April as there was a full court reference for a deceased retired Supreme Court judge.” Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao are hearing the matter, the source added. It is worth noting that the extended deadline for migration to the new pricing framework was on March 31....

IUC Regime Now Affecting the Consumers It is worth noting that for the first time in the industry, the rules about IUC have come to affect the consumers as Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator has decided to levy the burden of IUC on its subscribers for every outgoing call that they make to other networks. In fact, the matter of IUC has snowballed into such a big one that Reliance Jio and the other two rival telecom operators stand poles apart on the issue....

As it is cricket season, Twitter has introduced a new feature for cricket enthusiasts in India. The microblogging platform has come up with a live cricket scorecard and extended the Communities feature to the country with the first community focused on cricket fans called Cricket Twitter - India. These updates have been rolled out amidst the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 tournament that debuted a few days back and is all set to be hosted until November 14....

The microblogging platform Twitter this morning resumed the verification process again for the users. The company paused it a few days back when it got a ton of requests for verification. However, through a tweet, Twitter has confirmed that it is resuming the verification process under the new guidelines. Once a user’s profile is verified, he/she gets a ‘Blue Badge’ on his/her profile marking that person as authentic. What Happens to Already Submitted Requests?...

Twitter, a microblogging platform, currently doesn’t allow its users to make changes to their tweets after they have been posted. Users can either delete the tweet and repost it if there’s a typo or just leave it like that. But very soon, Twitter users might see an edit button coming to the platform. Through this button, they should be able to make edits to the tweets they are sending out....

Completely Free Data Services and Calling Facilities Along With DTH Subscription The plea made in the Supreme Court by advocate Manohar Pratap has requested that the subscriptions for DTH to be made free. With this, there should be completely free data services and calling facilities as well. The Telecom Regulatory of India (Trai) and the government has to oversee this request, and it will be interesting to see which way the Supreme Court goes with its decision....