However, quarter-on-quarter, AGR growth for Jio this time was lower than the 14.6% rise it had experienced in the December quarter. The government’s share of licence and other fees is determined on the basis of the AGR from access services. Overall, access services contributed over 72% of the total AGR of telecom services, with the balancing flowing in from domestic and international long distances services. According to Trai’s report, titled ‘Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator’, measuring telecom performance for March quarter, the number of telephone subscribers in the country declined to 1,183....

The telcos recently asked the telecom department to avail spectrum across more bands for rolling out 5G so that it doesn’t become too costly for them. According to a report from ET Telecom, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will soon earmark all the additional spectrum bands for the 5G rollout in India. The additional spectrum will be a part of the spectrum auctions for 5G airwaves slated for the second half of 2021....

The recent reports suggest that new leaks about the specification of the upcoming handset from Samsung – the Samsung Galaxy A13 4G have surfaced over the internet. The new device from Samsung is speculated to have a quadruple-camera setup and might feature a plastic body. It is also rumoured that the company has already started its manufacturing at Samsung’s facility in India, however, no official announcement has been made by the smartphone giant itself....

Samsung introduced the Galaxy A33 5G smartphone to the Indian market earlier this year. The price of its predecessor, the Galaxy A32, has now decreased in the nation. So let’s look at the specifics. Samsung Galaxy A32 The 6.4-inch Super AMOLED FHD+ Infinity-U display on the Samsung Galaxy A32 4G features SGS certification for reduced blue light, a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels, a refresh rate of 90Hz, a brightness of 800 nits, and a refresh rate of 90Hz....

Samsung Galaxy F62 Specifications and Details The Samsung Galaxy F62 packs a 6.7-inch full-HD+ (1080x2400) Super AMOLED Plus Infinity-O Display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. On the inside, the phone is powered by an Exynos 9825 SoC which has an octa-core setup, much like the other Samsung phones available in India. This chipset is paired with 8GB of RAM, lending it some good performance. On the optics section, the phone boasts of a 64MP Sony IMX682 which acts as the primary shooter paired up with a 12MP secondary sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens of 123-degree field-of-view....

Samsung Galaxy M31 Price in India Leaked To recall, the Galaxy M30s was launched at a starting price of Rs 13,999 and it’s now selling for Rs 12,999 in the country. Coming to the upcoming Galaxy M31, the phone will be available in two variants- 6GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB, according to IANS. The base variant to retail at Rs 15,999 and the report did not reveal the price of the high-end variant....

Samsung Galaxy M31 to Launch in India Very Soon: What You Need to Know As mentioned above, Samsung did not confirm the arrival of Galaxy M31, but YouTuber GeekyRanjit posted a teaser image of Galaxy M31 on Twitter. Samsung will likely tease the device in India with #MegaMonster, so we might see the brand equipping a large battery inside the M31. The Galaxy M30s, which is the predecessor of Galaxy M31, arrived with a whopping 6000mAh battery, so we may see the Galaxy M31 retaining it as the M30s is probably the best battery smartphone we saw in a while....

“All variants of Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10e will be available across retail and online stores from March 8. Deliveries for pre-booking customers will start from March 6,” said the company. The 1TB and 512GB variants of the S10+ will come in luxurious, ceramic white and ceramic black colours while the 128GB variant will come in premium prism black, prism white and prism blue colours. The new Galaxy S line has cinematic Infinity-O Display, versatile pro-grade camera, wireless “PowerShare” and in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner (only on Galaxy S10+/S10)....

South Korean tech giant Samsung is expected to launch its Samsung Galaxy S22 series on February 9 at the Galaxy Unpacked Event. It is expected that the company will launch its Galaxy S22 devices with Exynos 2200 chipset or Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset based on the region of the launch. However, according to a new tip, the company might be introducing the devices in India with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset instead of the in-house built Exynos 2200 chipset....

The South Korean Smartphone manufacturer recently launched its flagship Samsung Galaxy S22 Series during the Galaxy Unpacked Event. Samsung Galaxy S22 series is the successor series to the company’s flagship Galaxy S21 series launched last year. Both Galaxy S21 and S22 series introduced by the company is headlined by an Ultra model. While the Galaxy S22 Ultra comes as an upgrade to the Galaxy S21 Ultra, it makes us ponder what changes were introduced by the company....

Samsung revolutionised the foldable phone segment in the past few years, despite getting a bumpy start with the original Fold, which was subject to quality control issues that plagued both users and reviewers. Since then, however, the company decided to change things up a bit by offering two kinds of foldables, one resembling flip phones of the past, with the other folding outwards like a book to expand the display into tablet territory....

The South Korean electronics giant Samsung has finally completed its shifting process of display manufacturing unit from China to Noida, Uttar Pradesh. According to a PTI report, Samsung decided to move its display manufacturing unit to India because of much more investor-friendly policies and a better industrial environment. It is worth noting that Samsung already has another manufacturing plant in Noida. This plant was opened back in 2020, and it was declared to be Samsung’s biggest smartphone manufacturing unit in the whole world....

Samsung India on Wednesday unveiled its 2020 Smart TV lineup featuring the Crystal 4K UHD series and Unbox Magic 3.0 series. The company said that the 2020 lineup offers “naturally crisp and vivid picture quality with exceptional colors.” Further, Samsung said that the users will experience “crystal clear colors” that are optimised to produce a crisp and vivid picture. The company said that the new Crystal 4K UHD series is powered by Samsung’s crystal technology that is said to deliver “Dynamic Crystal Display with Crystal 4K processor for a lifelike 4K resolution....

South Korean smartphone company Samsung will likely ditch the Galaxy Note 21 series next year. Ever since the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra launched, rumours were rife that the company is also planning to add S-Pen support to the Galaxy S series. This essentially means the Galaxy S21 devices will have S-Pen support, but the surprising part is the company planning to ditch the popular Note series. It was something no one expected and the fans of Note series will be disappointed....

According to a recent report, around 50% of the total smartphones sales in India was made online, which in comparison to last year is more than one-third. The switch in the tendency of users to purchase the devices online rather than offline can be credited to the impacts of Covid-19 and the increased number of causalities witnessed during the second wave in 2021. Furthermore, it was also suggested that 15% of smartphones were bought by the customers that fall in the affordable premium or premium range which is more than Rs 30,000....

Snapdragon 888 5G chipset was recently made official by Qualcomm. It will power the flagship devices which will launch in 2021. Smartphone manufacturers such as Oppo and Xiaomi have already confirmed the chipset to be sporting their devices. The Snapdragon 888 will be the next generation 5G chipset. Qualcomm believes that demand for the premium smartphones will not go down anytime soon, thus the Snapdragon 888 should see a good response from the market....

At a cost of Rs 34,990, Sony’s WH-1000XM5 wireless active noise cancelling headphones have been introduced in India. The premium wireless over-ear headphones are the direct replacement for the WH-1000XM4, which debuted in 2020, and are a member of the well-liked 1000X range from the Japanese electronics company. With a new integrated processor V1 and the noise-cancelling processor QN1, Sony claims that the WH-1000XM5 headphones have a better sound quality and active noise cancellation capability....

The broadband market is mostly dominated by prominent players and hence plans from some internet service providers (ISPs) go unnoticed. Tata Play Fiber is one of the better-known service providers, however, when it comes to the high-speed plans there might be some better options. Spectra is a service provider that actually offers a cheaper 500 Mbps broadband plan than Tata Play Fiber. Let’s take a look at the 500 Mbps broadband plan offered by Tata Play and Spectra along with the pack details....

Starlink India is not allowed to sell pre-bookings anymore. The company had started selling pre-bookings for $99 or approximately Rs 7500 last year. SpaceX owned Starlink needs to get regulatory approvals and license to sell services in India before it can sell pre-bookings. According to an ET Telecom report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the company to comply with the Indian regulatory framework and stop taking new pre-bookings with immediate effect....

We reported a couple of days back that Bharti Airtel hosted an O-RAN Alliance plugfest in India. STL and ASOCS, two of the members of the Alliance, showcased the mobility load balancing with near real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). Along with this, they also demonstrated the O-RAN E2 interface testing of RIC. Bharti Airtel had hosted the Indian edition of O-RAN Alliance Plugfest to show the world the growing maturity of O-RAN Solutions....