Author: Lingraj Sahu

The list of Airtel Digital TV long-term plans starts with the UDP 6 Month pack which is available for the Airtel Digital TV subscribers for Rs 799 Airtel Digital TV has been in the limelight for a while now because of its wide-range of channel packs available for the customers. The digital TV arm of Bharti Airtel has managed to impress customers in recent times by slashing prices of its Set-Top Boxes and by introducing the all-new Airtel Xstream Box which combines Satellite TV and OTT content into one. However, Airtel Digital TV has another offering under its arsenal- long-term channel packs.…

Vivo has launched the Vivo U10 today in three variants with a starting price of Rs 8,990 On Monday this week, the Vivo U10 was leaked online as part of which the phone’s specifications and designs were revealed a day before the day. However, today Vivo has launched the U10 finally in India days after the launch of its Vivo V17 Pro. The phone debuts as part of Vivo’s new online-only series which lands in the budget segment. With this new launch, Vivo as planned to occupy its share of the pie in the festive season which is just days ahead. The Vivo…

Tata Sky offers the Tata Sky Binge service to its subscribers for streaming OTT content on their TV screens The DTH industry is no longer the DTH-only industry. There has been an amalgamation of digital services and the satellite TV services which have changed how the users are consuming entertainment these days. There is a population who is watching TV channels and another population that is consuming content online, and then there are most people like yours and ourselves who are likely doing both. For subscribers like these, Tata Sky has introduced the Tata Sky Binge service. This subscription-based service is a…

Android 10 update for the Redmi K20 Pro is rolling out in the form of MIUI 10.4.8 OTA and it’s still MIUI 10 so you won’t be able to notice major changes Xiaomi is now rolling out the Android 10-based stable MIUI 10 update to its flagship Redmi K20 Pro in India. Right on the day of the Android 10 launch earlier this month, Xiaomi rolled out the update to Redmi K20 Pro in China. However, it released a beta version to the K20 Pro users in India and other regions. But now, the stable MIUI 10.4.8 update for Redmi K20 Pro…

Dish TV is planning to take on the competition by launching an Android TV-based Set-Top Box very soon Dish TV is planning to introduce a new Android TV-based Set-Top Box to the customers in the next few weeks, confirmed the company’s Marketing Head. Back in 2017, Airtel was the first DTH service provider to come up with a hybrid Set-Top Box that offers both Satellite TV and OTT apps. Back then, Dish TV introduced a dongle called DishSMRT Stick with OTT apps pre-installed. However, the country’s largest DTH operator is now looking to take on Airtel Digital TV and Reliance Jio by providing a…

JioFiber plans start at Rs 699 and they go all the way up to Rs 8,499, offering speeds between 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps JioFiber plans are now official and the company has delivered them on September 5, as promised at the Annual General Meeting last month. JioFiber broadband plans aren’t that impressive, at least the plans priced below Rs 1,000 offer very limited FUP, but the plans ship with free fixed-line voice calling service and a 4K Set-Top Box. We have already detailed the 4K Set-Top Box and its features, but what’s interesting is the company’s landline calling service dubbed…

The Redmi 8A will be launched in an event which is to be held on September 25. The phone will first debut in India It seems like last week when the Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi launched its Redmi 7A, budget segment phone. But, now it seems that Xiaomi also wants to take a part of the pie in the festive season which is just around the corner in India. What better way for Xiaomi to do it than to launch another budget segment phone. Well, Xiaomi seems to be doing just that with the launch of the Redmi 8A. It is also worth noting…

Our sources indicate that BSNL has managed to deploy nearly 7,000 4G sites, out of the planned 8,500 4G enabled towers. State-run telecom service provider, BSNL, has been struggling a lot these days due to the lack of 4G services. Rivals and private telecom operators are providing 4G services to the customers and aggressively investing a lot to increase the overall 4G footprint. But BSNL is not getting any required support from the government, even right now. According to our sources, BSNL is deploying a total of 8,500 eNode-Bs [ 4G sites] across the 20 telecom circles where it has operations.…

The Asus ROG Phone 2 comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC and there are two variants of the device It is a big day today for Asus as the Taiwanese manufacturer has launched the Asus ROG Phone 2 in India. The Asus ROG phone has been a very popular device between the mobile gamers and the hype around the Asus ROG Phone 2 has been high because of this reason. Now, the device is finally out now and it comes with a lot of new interesting features and specifications which have been amped up for the optimum gaming experience. Also, there are new highlighting…

The Vivo U10 is slated to launch tomorrow and there is a new leak detailing the camera configurations, specifications and design about the phone Vivo is already done with the launch of its flagship-level phone of the fall season, the Vivo V17 Pro. Now, the company will be moving ahead with the launch of mid-range and budget segment phones given the festive season. The next phone that Vivo is going to debut in the country is the Vivo U10, and the phone goes live tomorrow, i.e. August 24. However, just a day before the launch of the Vivo U10, the specifications of…

Reliance Jio has reduced the call ringing time, and as per a new report, this has been done to lower the IUC payments by reducing network asymmetry The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has lately issued a new consultation paper on the review of Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC). The IUC is defined as the cost that a mobile operator pays to another operator for carrying through or terminating a call. For example, if you call from one mobile network to another mobile network, then the first operator will pay a charge to the second operator for carrying the call. The originating network…

Airtel already has a Rs 499 prepaid plan that offers 2GB daily data for 82 days, but the new Rs 599 plan offers the extra life insurance benefit Bharti Airtel today introduced a new prepaid plan of Rs 599 that offers benefits for a period of 84 days. Airtel’s all-new Rs 599 plan joins the company’s Rs 249 prepaid plan to offer Rs 4 lakh insurance cover to the customers. Additionally, the all-new long-validity plan ships with 2GB daily data, unlimited voice calls and 100 SMSes per day for the entire validity period. That said, Airtel already has a Rs…

The Lenovo K10 Plus features an HD+ display, triple rear camera setup, and a beefy 4050mAh battery Lenovo K10 Plus is the latest launch from the Chinese handset brand in India. The Lenovo K10 Plus comes as a watered-down version of the Lenovo K10 Note that was launched in India just a few days ago. The K10 Plus retains the design language of the K10 Note, but there are some major changes to the hardware inside. Instead of the Snapdragon 710 SoC we saw on the Lenovo K10 Note, the K10 Plus features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC which we…

Similar to every major update from OnePlus, the OxygenOS 10.0 also brings some new features to both the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro smartphones OnePlus has started rolling out the stable OxygenOS 10.0 update based on Android 10 to both its 2019 flagships- the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro. OnePlus started the rollout last week, but it firmly said the update would be a ‘Phased’ one and will reach only a section of users first. OnePlus always follows the phased rollout pattern to avoid major bugs. For example, the company takes feedback from the section of users who received the update;…

Only a handful of service providers like Spectra, Reliance Jio and ACT Fibernet have been providing gigabyte level speeds to the consumers in the broadband sector The broadband sector has been seeing unprecedented attention from the service providers and the consumers alike. This is major because of the new announcements and launches made by Reliance Jio. The Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator has introduced fiber-based broadband plans for the consumers in India finally after a long wait. While most of the plans come with speeds like 100 Mbps which are seen from a lot of service providers, there are select plans which…

ACT Fibernet has a total of ten broadband plans in Bengaluru and they start at Rs 685 with base speeds of 40 Mbps ACT Fibernet or Atria Convergence Technologies has revised its broadband plans in Bengaluru city. Among all the cities where ACT Fibernet has operations, Bengaluru plans aren’t that impressive compared to other cities. However, the company has changed it now because the FUP limit on all the plans in Bengaluru city has been increased now. ACT Fibernet’s premium broadband plan in Bengaluru is the Rs 5,999 one and it ships with 1 Gbps speeds. Now, the plan offers 3.5TB of FUP limit,…

BSNL has some attractive broadband plans under its belt with benefits like Amazon Prime membership, Hotstar Premium subscription and more BSNL is the leading wired broadband operator in the country with over 10 million subscribers under its belt. However, with the launch of JioFiber, the company may probably lose its market share slowly as the Mukesh Ambani-owned company is aiming for 15 million subscribers in the next year. BSNL is providing some unique benefits with its broadband plans. For example, BSNL has some broadband plans with a daily data limit, similar to the daily data prepaid plans. Even BSNL’s high-speed…

Reliance JioFiber will be offering services like First Day First Show movies, VR headsets and more, but these will be available only to subscribers of higher-end plans Reliance Jio launched its fiber-based broadband service in India finally after a long wait on September 5. However, according to many people who were awaiting the launch of JioFiber, the plans did not meet the expectations. This was mainly because of the lack of freebies and benefits which JioFiber is offering at the given price range. Now the entry-level plans of JioFiber start with Rs 699 per month, and they offer 100 Mbps and…

Bharti Airtel is offering some unique prepaid plans to its subscribers with 28 days validity, and there is hardly any plan challenging these plans out there Bharti Airtel is trying to differentiate itself in the prepaid segment when compared to the competitors. In the process, the telco has introduced a new Rs 299 prepaid plan a while ago and also revised the Rs 249 prepaid plan. Airtel’s Rs 299 prepaid plan ships with free Amazon Prime membership worth Rs 129 for one month and it’s the only telco providing this benefit right now. On the other hand, the Rs 249 prepaid plan…

Dish TV is also another provider which has joined the league of operators providing long term subscription options in Annual pack. The DTH operators had to discontinue their existing long term plans when the new Trai tariff regime came into effect. However, soon after the subscribers migrated to the new tariff regime, there was a slew of new long term plans which were made for the new tariff regime. These long term subscription options extend the benefit of extra service days to the subscribers. This means that customers who opt for a long term subscription plan will enjoy free extra service period…