Airtel Rs 179 and Rs 279 Prepaid Plans: Benefits Detailed Starting with the Rs 179 and Rs 279 prepaid plans, they ship with life insurance cover benefit on top of essential benefits like voice calls, SMS and data. The Rs 179 prepaid recharge offers 2GB data, unlimited voice calls to any network within India, 300 SMSes and Rs 2 lakh life insurance from Bharti AXA Life. The plan also allows users to set unlimited hello tunes and stream unlimited music on Wynk Music....

With Android 12, Google decided to make some major gains in terms of features, appearance and usability. The company will offer Material You, which can control the appearance of its UI smartly. Google’s Pixels have always worked best with Stock Android, as Google makes certain changes and offers certain upgrades with the UI to showcase what it thinks Android should look and feel like, as opposed to what other companies do with the operating system....

Google has always been known for launching newer and newer features to its search engine that allows the user to search for their required product or service easily. Now it seems that Google is testing a new experimental feature that will provide users with a way to browse first-page search results with ease. A 9to5Google report suggests that Google is testing a new experimental feature under the name of Continous Search Navigation that will provide users with a new and refreshed way to browse first-page search results....

When it comes to high-speed broadband plans, a lot of internet service providers offer a variety of plans. Although you can get plans up to 1 Gbps which are quite expensive, 300 Mbps plans offered by the operators not only provide ample speed but are also comparatively reasonable. These plans provide seamless high-speed connection across multiple devices at once and allow you to work online, stream content, have a gaming experience and much more....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI on Wednesday launched what can be said to be an extended version of its Channel Selector App, under the moniker of the TV Channel Selector, which is a new web portal created keeping the consumer and its needs in mind. In case you missed it, TRAI had announced a TV Channel Selector App back in 2020 with the intention to aid users to view and modify their TV subscription....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the required time for the implementation of the New Regulation Framework 2020 by the distributors of TV channels. Earlier, in a letter dated November 10, 2021, the regulatory body had asked the broadcasters and the DPOs to submit compliance report on the provision of New Regulatory Framework 2020 from February 1, 2022, to March 31, 2022, and ensure that the New Tariff Order (NTO) 2....

Spat Between Tata Sky and Sony Pictures Network India To recall, the telecom regulator had directed Tata Sky back on October 5, 2019, asking it to compile a detailed report why it had discontinued SPN India’s channels on its platform. Trai also asked Tata Sky to inform the regulator what steps it is taking to mitigate the situation of no SPN channels. To this enquiry, Tata Sky had responded that while it wanted to continue with Sony Picture Network India on its previous terms, both the parties could not conclude the negotiation on a positive note since Sony Pictures was demanding an extremely high amount from Tata Sky....

Airtel in Tight Spot Due to Disrupted Services Trai in its statement said, “The Authority has issued an explicit direction to all the service providers to ensure that there are no interruptions…in cases where subscribers are availing pre-paid service, no disruption of service will be caused, if there is a credit balance available in the subscriber’s wallet/account…However, the Authority received information that while migrating consumers, one large service provider has caused a blackout on the TV screen of a few thousand subscribers....

When reached out to comments, a BARC India spokesperson said that it had temporarily suspended making a public limited set of data given the “significant volatility in data” due to “distribution disruptions” in the NTO (new tariff order) transition period. It said making public such “misleading” data would be against public interest and could be open to “misuse by vested interests.” The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its showcause notice dated March 29 noted that BARC India did not comply with its past direction given on February 22, 2019, seeking the immediate release of viewership data (for the week ending February 8 and subsequent weeks) on its website....

NCF Pricing and the Additional Channel Slab Currently, the pricing of the network capacity fee (NCF) for the DTH providers and cable TV service providers has been set at Rs 153 per month for 100 SD channels inclusive of taxes. This is the bare minimum which the subscribers will have to pay no matter what they watch. On top of this price, the subscribers are required to pay Rs 20 for 25 additional channels and the content charges as well....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had earlier asked the telcos in India to at least offer one prepaid plan to their users, which comes with a validity of 30 days. Further, the regulatory body had asked the operators to ensure that users get a plan with which they can recharge on the same date every month. The telecom operators had three things to say about these orders. First, was what should be the next date of recharge in case a subscriber recharges the voucher on the 31st of the month?...

Monthly TV Bills Increase After New Trai Tariff Regime Conventionally, broadcasters like Star India have believed that it is beyond the jurisdiction of the telecom regulator to look into tariffs. However, Trai says that it always had the authority to look into the tariffs of the industry but had chosen not to do so until now and has let the market forces decide it– a similar approach how it takes for the telecom industry....

Advent Technologies, a leader in fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, along with Vantage Towers Greece, launched a Proof of Concept (PoC) initiative to replace diesel generators with fuel cells. With more than 5,250 towers in operation, Vantage Towers is the largest and only independent tower infrastructure provider in Greece. At temporary sites that are not connected to the power grid, fuel cells can be used in place of diesel generators to provide even more environmentally friendly electricity....

However, when the publication reached out to three parties, there was no response. Earlier this year, it was reported that Google was in talks to purchase 5% stake in Vodafone Idea, but that did not happen as the search giant chose to invest a whopping $4.5 billion in Reliance Jio. Vodafone Idea’s board of members will meet on September 4 to discuss the fundraising options. The telco will have to pay Rs 50,400 crore towards AGR dues....

To help out small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) even further, Vi Business will now be offering Google Workspace and Google Suite to the consumers. The plans from Vi Business start at a convenient price of Rs 399 and offers users the best of Google applications. Vi Business, the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced its partnership with Google Cloud India under which both the companies will offer solutions to start-ups and SMEs....

By tripling the VoLTE capacity in Maharashtra and Goa, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) claimed that it had improved the voice calling experience for users in those two states. As a result, more Vi users will be able to make calls using VoLTE and experience HD quality, crystal clear speech with a quick call connection, according to the business. Customers of Vi have access to VoLTE calling across all cities and villages in Maharashtra and Goa....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is the only telecom operator in India which provides users with a postpaid plan where they don’t have to worry about the consumption of mobile data. Vi’s postpaid plans are considered some of the best in the industry as the telco offers the kind of benefits that none of the operators does. Today, we will be talking about one such postpaid plan from the company. With this plan, users get truly unlimited data and it might not be more expensive than your broadband plan either....

Due to the spectrum being very expensive in India, multiple times now, certain frequency bands have been ignored by the telcos during the auctions. Ravinder Takkar, talking to TOI, suggested that the government should allocate the unsold spectrum to the players at the market discovered price. This will help the companies with their plans of scaling networks throughout the country to meet the growing demand for digital consumption. Takkar cleared that this is merely a suggestion and not something that Vi or he is advocating for....

The Chinese smartphone brand is soon going to launch its first tablet in China and has already confirmed that it would be the Vivo Pad. The company is expected to launch its Vivo Pad later this year in China., however, the brand is yet to provide details on the launch timeline of the device. Speculations suggest that the brand will announce the launch date on March 28 ahead of which it has dropped some teaser images of the device....

In order to roll out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) to up to 7 million homes over a six-year period, Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) and Altice (“Altice”) today announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) “FibreCo”. According to Vodafone, the FibreCo JV will create a “fibre-to-the-home” broadband network accessible to 7 million German homes, allowing the British company to enhance its current network in its largest market. FibreCo and Its Investment Plans The six-year project, which FibreCo will invest up to 7 billion euros on, is anticipated to be financed to a debt level of 70%....