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Telecom operators in India provide a variety of prepaid plans for their subscribers to choose from. Users get the option to either go for the cost-effective daily data plans that offer adequate data or to opt for high-end prepaid plans that offer more data every day. These high-end prepaid plans are optimum for users who are looking for more daily data in their prepaid plans. Mentioned below are the daily data prepaid plans offered by Jio, Airtel and Vi that provide the maximum amount of data the telcos can offer....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced 5G services on October 1 during the sixth India Mobile Congress (IMC), 2022. Leading telecom provider Reliance Jio announced during the inauguration that it would offer the service in four locations and rival Bharti Airtel in eight. Both businesses declared that the service would be expanded next year. A faster internet connection is promised by 5G mobile networks. Internet speeds on 5G could reach 10 Gbps at its maximum, compared to the 100 Mbps high on 4G....

Just a few days back, we made a case on how 5G will transform the future of gaming forever, and looking at the recent comments from Jio; it just makes more sense. Cloud gaming will become very popular with the help of 5G, and Jio Cloud will be there to take advantage of that in India. GM and Lead Games Ecosystem of Jio Platforms, Akash Gupta, said Reliance Jio has plans of bringing Jio Cloud to enhance the gaming experience of users in India....

Reliance Jio has launched multiple new prepaid plans, which will now come with a Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription for three months. Until now, all the existing prepaid plans which offer Disney+ Hotstar Mobile benefit come with a one-year subscription and are slightly more expensive than what users would have liked. But now, the company has launched four new plans which will offer three months of Disney+ Hotstar subscription. The four new prepaid plans launched by Reliance Jio are Rs 151, Rs 333, Rs 583, and Rs 783 plans....

Jio is planning to launch new low-cost smartphones in India, which might help the telco regain subscriber momentum. According to JM Financial’s note, the recent delay in tariff hike is not going to affect the long-term structural uptrend story in Jio’s average revenue per user (ARPU). As per a PTI report, Jio’s aggressive strategy for affordable smartphones is going to boost its subscriber base in the country. Jio Affordable Smartphone Launch Might Boost Subscriber Momentum Further, the report claims that the subscriber count for the telco remained muted for FY21 owing to spectrum scarcity that occurred due to a surge in users data consumption post COVID scenario....

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are two of the biggest internet service providers in India right now. If you are looking to get a broadband plan from either of these companies under Rs 500, well, you will have very limited options. Neither of the companies wants too much of low-paying customers in the FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) business. JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber are prominent brands in the Indian market with a widescale presence across rural and urban regions....

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India is currently offering up to 30 days free service to those users opting for the long term JioFiber packs. The operator on Monday revamped its JioFiber plans with “truly unlimited” data along with free access to multiple Over-the-Top (OTT) apps like Zee5 on its plans priced at Rs 999 and above. However, the revamped packs were initially available for monthly subscription with the operator providing legacy packs for quarterly, semi-annual and annual subscriptions....

Ookla Speed Test Results Doesn’t Match With Trai’s Recent Report The report is in contrast to data published by telecom regulator Trai. The data compiled by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India shows Reliance Jio has consistently maintained the lead throughout the year in mobile broadband speed with more than double the speed of its nearest rival. Ookla has measured the broadband performance of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio in the study....

JioMart Gameathon Registrations Live Now Registrations for the ‘JioMart Gameathon’ are live from today and will continue until October 29, 2020. Users can register directly through the JioGames portal. The tournament will be held in four stages - Round 1, Qualifiers, Round 2, Quarter Finals, Round 3, Semi-Finals, and Round 4, Grand Finale. A total of 576 teams will take part in the first round from which top 96 teams will be selected to proceed further....

With the growing demand for 4G connectivity, it is crucial for telcos to come with plans suitable for a wide range of users. The most commonly used plans are the daily data prepaid packs that not only provide unlimited calling but also offer a fixed amount of data each day till the validity of the plan. India’s leading telecommunications company Reliance Jio offers multiple prepaid plans that offer something for everyone....

JioPhone Next is an affordable 4G smartphone launched by Reliance Jio back in November 2021. It was anticipated to be priced under Rs 5,000; however, it was a big disappointment for the market when it didn’t happen. The device was launched for Rs 6,499, and users could either buy it by paying the amount in full or buy it in the company’s unique EMI (equal monthly instalments) scheme. Here’s what the EMI scheme looks like....

Kappa is a regional broadband service provider that currently provides internet services in seven states of India - Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Goa. The company first came into the scene in 1999 by introducing broadband services in the state of Rajasthan. In fact, the company has mentioned on its website about how it came earlier than even Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in Rajasthan. Today, we are going to look at the 100 Mbps FTTH plan from the company and determine whether it is good enough or not....

The Kerala government is gearing up to provide select BPL families with free internet service by the end of May in all assembly segments. The free internet would be offered under the government’s ambitious plan of providing free internet service to over 20 lakh (2 million) families. This project was launched by the Pinarayi Vijayan government in 2017 and was named Kerala Optical Fibre Network (K-FON). According to a TNN report, the project is overseen by the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Ltd and the body has already invited expression of interest (EoI) from the local internet service providers (ISPs) who can provide last mile internet connectivity to the users....

Kodak has just announced the CA Pro Smart TV series in India. The Kodak CA Pro will be available in two sizes - 43-inch and 50-inch. The CA Pro series from Kodak comes running on the Android TV 10 platform and will bring access to all the latest applications that are available in the Google Play Store. The new Smart TV series will be available directly on Flipkart and will become a part of the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale....

OTT platforms are the newest hotspot for entertainment. While some filmmakers and producers prefer to distribute their films directly on OTT streaming as alternatives to theatres, many choose to create content specifically for these platforms. This month, a ton of brand-new content from various categories has been published on OTT platforms. Therefore, we have you covered if you want to binge-watch some amazing entertainment this holiday season, as the month will end in a day....

MediaTek has just launched the Dimensity 8000 SoC series for premium 5G smartphones. This series has two chipsets in the lineup — Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 8100 SoC. This chipset series is meant to deliver a flagship-level experience to the users, be it in gaming, displays, connectivity, multimedia, and imaging capabilities. MediaTek said that both the new chipsets borrow the advanced technologies from the Dimensity 9000 platform. The Dimensity 8000 series chips are built on the ultra-efficient TSMC 5nm production process and integrate an octa-core CPU....

All the private Indian telecom operators including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel are jumping into the metaverse world and investing a significant sum of money into it. Several local, as well as international tech companies, have also poured in billions of dollars into the metaverse. In fact, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta to align with the future. But there are many who think that Metaverse is just a bubble waiting to be popped....

Micromax has launched a new sub-brand ‘in’ which is all set to represent India in the smartphone segment. ‘in’ was launched through the digital handles of Micromax. With ‘in’, the Indian smartphone manufacturer is eyeing to make a strategic re-entry into the smartphone market. Micromax will ensure that with the products of ‘in’, Indians can get high-performance smartphones without worrying about their privacy. The logo of ‘in’ is branded blue after the colour of India....

It was revealed on Thursday that Microsoft would be acquiring AT&T’s Network Cloud business under a new deal that will see Azure handle the complete traffic of AT&T’s 5G traffic. In 2019, Microsoft and AT&T had announced that a $2 billion partnership was taking place that would focus on AI, 5G, as well as the varying network operations in the cloud, in what, at the time, AT&T dubbed its ‘public cloud first’ strategy of operation....

The OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) are slowly rolling out OTA (over-the-air) updates for their smartphones to give them support for Airtel and Jio 5G in India. Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal had hinted during the recent earnings call that most of the smartphones apart from Apple’s iPhones would get support for Airtel’s 5G by mid-November. Now, three more devices have got the support for Airtel’s 5G network. Three Motorola smartphones, including the Motorola Edge 30 Pro, Moto g62 5G and Moto g82 5G, have received the update from the company to support Airtel’s 5G....