Trai Found No Pressing Requirement for DTH Operators to Carry Large Number of Platform Services Trai in its recommendations said that it found “no pressing requirement, as such for a large number of PS channels to the DTH operators.” Tata Sky in particular was found to carry 43 service channels and had no room to carry any of the other permitted satellite TV channels. According to data from Trai, India has over 900 satellite TV channels and the total channel carrying capacity of Tata Sky was found to be 758 channels....

These companies, by reaching out to the ministry of electronics and IT via separate meeting, said that without these proposed changes, applicants might be discouraged from taking up the scheme and investing in India. They also mentioned that the changes are required to avoid a situation that the mobile phone manufacturers saw, with only one of the 16 handset companies reaching their target for FY21 despite timely investments. The companies lay emphasis on how the government must keep in mind the global supply chain issues and the coronavirus situation in India before setting output timelines that are a bit too ambitious for devices like laptops and tablets....

Rumours Surrounding Poco F2 The first wave of rumours about the Poco F1 had started hitting the headlines when Qualcomm announced its top-end processor back in December 2018. That time, it was speculated that the Poco F2 would do something like the Poco F1 and it would come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855. But then, this year in July, Xiaomi announced that it would bring the Redmi K20 Pro with the same chipset which was speculated to arrive in Poco F2....

Xiaomi has recently listed a new model number for a device. The model number is - M2003J6CI. The device is listed as ‘POCO M2 Pro.” So the possibility of a new POCO M series hitting the Indian market soon is very high. POCO has been moving fast in the smartphone market and is developing new devices at a rapid speed. It is interesting to note that POCO was launched as a sub-brand of Xiaomi....

Poco India today launched the Poco M3 for the Indian market. It is worth noting that the smartphone already launched for the global market in late 2020, but now it has finally arrived for Indians as well. The device made it to the headlines because of its unique design. After waiting for a long time, it is finally going to be available in the Indian market. For those of you wondering about the colour options available, the device is available in three unique colours, namely Cool Blue, Poco Yellow, and Power Black....

Poco, a major Chinese smartphone brand, has confirmed the launch of its next affordable 5G smartphone, namely the Poco M4 5G. It is worth noting that the company has already launched the Poco M4 Pro 5G in India. This smartphone is expected to be a little stripped-down version of the Pro variant. The Poco M4 5G is all set to debut in India on April 29, 2022. It will be available on Flipkart in the country....

Reliance Jio Rs 329 Prepaid Plan Offers 84 Days Validity Reliance Jio has introduced two prepaid plans which are aimed at providing long validity on budget and they are priced at Rs 329 and Rs 1,299. The Rs 329 prepaid recharge comes with 84 days validity, whereas the Rs 1,299 plan offers benefits for 365 days. As for the benefits, the Rs 329 prepaid recharge from Reliance Jio comes with unlimited Jio-to-Jio voice calls, 3,000 non-Jio minutes, 1000 SMSes and a total of 6GB 4G data which can be used during the entire validity period of 84 days....

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. All three private telcos offer one or more premium yearlong plans that come with high data and other benefits such as access to OTT platforms....

India is all set to become a nation with live commercial 5G networks. One part of India’s would also be for enterprises. Until 4G, enterprises weren’t so concerned to get spectrum from the government for captive private networks. But the power of 5G networks surely changed things. Private 5G networks are going to help the enterprises in a major way. Earlier this year, TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) had recommended that enterprises could get the 5G spectrum directly from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for captive private 5G networks....

Qualcomm, one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers in the world, recently announced two new mobile platforms, namely, Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 1. The naming of these chips follows the same pattern as of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Qualcomm has launched these two chips for mid-range and affordable smartphones. Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 will enable smartphones to capture from three cameras at once with gigapixel speeds....

Most of the Android phones these days come with Qualcomm chips as their primary processing drivers under the hood. Apart from some of the budget phones, most phones these days boast of a Qualcomm SoC. Hence, it becomes a headline event if Qualcomm launches a new chipset; although the launch of a new flagship chipset is slightly away, but there have been details of the new SoC that Qualcomm seems to be working on....

With the rising proliferation of broadband providers in India, there are a lot of options available to subscribers. Not only ISPs, but the availability of broadband plans has also shot up, and such 1 Gbps or gigabit broadband plans are not entirely unheard of across the country. Another ISP that is now in the league of providers gigabit plan is RailWire. The popular broadband provider is especially active in Kerala, and over here, the RailTel owned company is starting to provide plans which offer more than 1 Gbps speed to the subscribers....

Realme 5 Pro: Specifications and Features The Realme 5 Pro is a decent mid-range smartphone from the brand, but it falls short of the Redmi Note 8 Pro in terms of both on-paper specs and real-world usage. The phone rocks a 6.3-inch Full HD+ display on the front, paired with 19:9 aspect ratio and a teardrop notch on top. Underneath, it has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 chipset, paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage....

Realme 7 Pro October 2020 Update The firmware version of the update is dubbed as ‘RMX2170PU_11_A.17.’ According to the changelog of the Realme 7 Pro, this update will correct the overexposure of the front camera. Then there is a fix for the dynamic range in 64MP mode and colour shifts of the rear camera. Additionally, the changelog highlights that the update will also bring optimisation for minimum brightness while playing videos on the device....

After multiple leaks and rumours surrounding the device, Realme 9i has finally been launched in Vietnam and has also become the first Realme device from the 9 series to go official. Realme 9i is the latest mid ranging device from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, which comes in two distinct colour options. The handset comes with a recognisable design with a punch-hole cut out for a selfie camera and a triple rear camera setup on the back....

“The sales and shipments won’t have such a huge gap,” Sheth replied when asked if the company was aiming only at the shipment numbers. Realme, which started as an online-only brand, now gets the majority of its sales from offline channels, according to Counterpoint Research. The handset maker will set up six exclusive stores in metros by the end of the year. The first such store will be opened in July....

Fast charging is a hallmark of Realme smartphones. Realme is known for improving its charging speeds with each new phone and has this planned for its next Realme GT Neo 5 flagship phone as well. The Redmi Note Explorer Edition may currently be thought of as the fastest-charging phone on the market. According to Realme, its 2023 flagship will offer 240W USB-C charging. Realme additionally stated that the product has a 200W power rating and can charge for more than 1600 times....

Realme is prepping to launch the next-gen Narzo series smartphone in the Malaysian market on May 18. The company has already confirmed the launch of the Narzo 30, but the confirmed launched date is not enough to stop the leaks and rumours from surfacing on the web. Meanwhile, the company has also started confirming some of the vital information about the smartphone ahead of the launch. Recently, the officials confirmed that the handset will feature a 90Hz refresh rate display and a 5,000mAh battery....

Realme, the smartphone manufacturing brand, has confirmed the launch of its Realme Q3 today on its official Weibo handle. The company is yet to reveal the upcoming smartphone’s exact launch date, but it seems that the launch is imminent. The company has assured that it’s working on the Realme Q3 lineup, and the launch is coming soon. The handset is said to fall in the budget segment, and Realme Product Director Wang Wei Derek confirmed that this series wouldn’t be as powerful as the Realme GT....

A new Realme device has recently bagged certification from TENAA. Its model number is ‘RMX3041’. The listing was first spotted by the tipster Mukul Sharma. It reveals multiple specs and information about the device, and it could be the Realme 8. A few of the key specifications of the listing reveals that it is a 5G supportive device. The Realme RMX3041 further has a big battery and will run on the latest Android version out of the box....