Realme, a major smartphone brand, is now going to remove the charging brick from the smartphone’s box. The trend of not including a charger in the box was started by Apple, followed by Samsung. Now, Realme, which is a budget smartphone brand, is also going to do it. The company has confirmed that it won’t be offering a charging brick inside the box of Realme Narzo 50A Prime. An XDA Developers report said that Realme wants to achieve double zero targets like net-zero carbon emissions by 2025....

Realme, on Wednesday, launched the highly awaited Realme X7 and X7 Pro in India. For those of you unaware, the company has been hyping up the product for some time, with the specifications having been out in the open, adding to the long wait. The X7 Series was launched in late 2020, but, it took the brand some time to bring the series to the Indian market. Now that these devices have launched in India, we now know the Indian spec and the pricing for the X7 series....

Realme X7 Pro Extreme Edition has debuted in China. It is the third phone in the series that includes the Realme X7 5G and Realme X7 Pro 5G. To recall, the above-mentioned devices launched in China last year and were brought to India in February. Like the name suggests, the Realme X7 Pro Extreme Edition comes with better features and specifications than its peers. Let’s take a complete look at what the Realme X7 Pro Extreme has to offer and at what price....

Redington Limited, a leading IT tech provider, announced a partnership with Google Cloud India on Thursday. In a release, the company said that this partnership would drive the distribution and adoption of Google Workspace and Google Cloud with the Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs), mid-market, education sector, public sector, and enterprise segments. Redington is trying to capitalise on the growing demand for cloud services in India. As per IDC, the public cloud services market in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24% between 2021-2026 and reach $13....

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the top telecom service providers (TSPs) in India. Their 4G networks are present all across the nation, and each of them has millions of customers. Because of the fair-usage-policy (FUP) structure, the telcos offer users 4G data vouchers which can help them in recharging their numbers if they have already used their data for the day. Each of the operators offers a 4G data voucher to the users....

Reliance Jio has acquired new numbering resources for the state of Maharashtra. The company said that it is to meet the demands of one million customers/subscribers in the state. Reliance Jio has time and again requested for new numbering resources from the telecom department for different circles of India. The additional numbering resources help the operator in tackling the increasing demand for numbers by new subscribers/connections. For the unaware, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) oversees the allocation of numbering resources to the operators around the country....

Reliance Jio, the number of telecom operators in India, has increased the data benefits for users on select prepaid plans. The telco already offered some of the most affordable prepaid plans. But with the additional data on its select prepaid plans, its offerings become even better. Reliance Jio will now be offering more data than ever with three of its prepaid plans. These plans not only offer huge amounts of data but will also give the users a major over-the-top (OTT) benefit....

Reliance Jio has just announced 5G services for two new cities - Indore and Bhopal. This makes Jio the first operator to launch 5G in Madhya Pradesh (MP). Also, Indore and Bhopal have become the first cities in the state to get 5G. In addition to these cities, Jio has said that it would bring 5G to other major cities of the state, including Jabalpur and Gwalior, by January 2023....

Q1. How Have Indian Telecom Operators Managed Their 4G Networks During COVID-19 (Wave 1 and Wave 2)? Our data show an obvious difference in 4G network performance between the two waves of Covid in India. During the first wave, operators had to respond to a massive shift in traffic – from urban commercial centres to outskirts and residential areas in cities, and from urban to rural areas - as well as a growth in traffic due to the lockdown situation....

JioFiber Migration Plan: What Exactly is It? Reliance Jio announced JioFiber services to the customers back in 2018 itself. However, for more than one year, the Mukesh Ambani-owned company provided services under Preview offer. The JioFiber Preview plan users are now being converted to a paid plan so that the company can streamline the entire billing process starting next year. The JioFiber broadband plans start at Rs 699 and they go all the way up to Rs 8,499, offering speeds up to 1 Gbps....

Reliance Jio is the number one telecom operator of India purely because of its forward-thinking and amazing execution of the plans. The telco revolutionised the way people connected in India by bringing in the world’s most affordable 4G plans and providing PAN-India network coverage in no time. Now, Jio is looking to do the same with 5G in India. But this time, Jio will go a step further and will not rely on foreign companies for the network equipment....

Reliance Jio offers two prepaid plans to its customers that suit almost everyone. These plans are the cheapest in the industry in their category, and people love the benefits they offer. This is the reason Reliance Jio has marked these plans as ‘Best Seller’. The reason why these plans are so popular is a) price and b) benefits. People love anything that offers more benefits than what they believe they are paying for....

Reliance JioFiber: Bronze Annual Plan Bronze is the cheapest annual offering by JioFiber. Users who opt for Bronze plan gets speed of 100 Mbps and 200GB+ 50GB per month. Not only this, but users also get OTT subscription of JioSaavan and JioCinema. Users opting for the plan also get free voice calls and home networking benefit. JioFiber Bronze Prepaid Plan is priced at Rs 8,388 without GST, and the validity of the plan is 360 days....

Samsung Galaxy A31: Specifications and Features Starting with what’s on the front, the Galaxy A31 sports a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED screen and the company even added an in-display fingerprint scanner. It has an Infinity-U display with a teardrop notch on top. It is good to see Samsung ditching physical fingerprint scanner and going with an in-display scanner. The Galaxy A31 comes in four colour options- Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Red and Prism Crush White....

Samsung has finally launched the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G in India on Monday. The all-new Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G is the successor device to Galaxy S20 FE 5G launched last year and a slightly modified variant of Samsung Galaxy S21. There have been several rumours surrounding the device before the launch, and as it turns out, some of them were correct. The device features a triple rear camera setup, and the Indian variant of the device features an Exynos 2100 chipset....

Samsung is known for launching a series of flagship devices every year. Last year, when Samsung came out with the Galaxy S20 FE powered by Exynos 990, which was basically a toned-down version of the Galaxy S20; consumers showed their interest in the device. However, the S20 FE became a super hit in the market when Samsung came out with another variant of the device powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865....

Samsung is set to unveil five new devices at the Galaxy Unpacked virtual event scheduled for August 5. The development was shared by TM Roh, president and head of mobile communication business at Samsung Electronics, in a blog post. Roh said that the company has a “tremendous amount” of devices in the pipeline from foldables to 5G. While Roh did not specify the devices that are set to be unveiled at the event, it is expected that Samsung will unveil Galaxy Z 5G, Galaxy Fold 2 and Note 20 series....

Samsung Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71: Specifications Detailed The Galaxy A51 and A71 both sport identical specifications, but there are some notable changes as well. Starting with the Galaxy A51, the phone rocks a 6.5-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-O display like the Galaxy S10 Lite. The phone also offers an in-display fingerprint scanner. The A51 comes powered by the Exynos 9611 chipset, paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage....

Prasanna S Iyengar, Director of Product Management, Skylo Technologies shared some insights about the company’s satellite-based NB IoT technology. Iyengar further told us about the company’s partnership with BSNL and how it is helping India boost its digital vision. Q) Tell us about Skylo and its satellite-based NB IoT technology. Skylo is the world’s most affordable end-to-end IoT solution to connect machines and sensors to deliver data insights. Existing communication networks were designed and built to connect people, but machines, devices, and sensors operate even in regions with poor population density and hence underwhelming or absent network coverage....

Spectrum is a very important resource for telecommunication and satellite connectivity companies. These companies use spectrum in varied frequencies to provide seamless services to their customers. For the unaware, spectrum is a scarce resource, and the government oversees its allocations. With 5G on the way, telecom companies want spectrum in the millimetre waves (mmWave) bands which is also sought by the satellite companies. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to put 50% of the airwaves in the 28 GHz spectrum band, which will range from 27....