BSNL Offering Ten Triple Play Plans Start at Rs 888: Details You Need to Know Right after the announcement of Reliance JioFiber broadband plans, BSNL established talks with local Cable TV operators in various cities to offer the same Triple Play plans to the customers. Similar to JioFiber, BSNL is teaming with local Cable TV operators to provide Triple Play plans. In Vishakapatnam, BSNL revealed a total of ten plans which will be part of this Triple Play service from the company....

The demand for home internet has risen manifold in recent times whether it is for streaming and gaming, work from home, online learning or small businesses. ISPs provide a huge variety of broadband plans that are curated to meet the needs of the targeted user base. However, since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for broadband for home use has increased as well resulting in an increase in demand for affordable plans as well....

The state-owned telco BSNL finds itself in a situation of turbulence as it has been losing some of the prominent government-funded digital connectivity programs to the three private giants – Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea. In the light of this, BSNL has asked for intervention from the telecom department in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) campaign. Let’s find out more. Private Players Have Been Bagging the Opportunities According to a report from ET Telecom, the chairman of BSNL Pravin Kumar Parwar has written a letter to the telecom secretary K Ramarajan in which he stated that BSNL is in the best position and has the past experience of rolling out mobile networks in difficult terrains with complete professionalism....

C-band spectrum has become a topic of hot discussion for 5G. It is because it has been claimed by various bodies, including aviation as well as broadcasters, to interfere with their respective services. The broadcasters are not happy with the interference that the C-band 5G has caused in the last year since the 5G trials kicked off in India. Airwaves in the 526-698 MHz, 700 MHz, 900 MHz, and so on, including the 3300-3670 MHz bands, have been identified for 5G services....

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has signed a non-profitable MoU with 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) which is the working party of ZVEI to shape and promote 5G mobile communications in different vertical industries with a special focus on manufacturing and process industry. The partnership between COAI and 5G-ACIA will primarily focus on the 5G needs in the manufacturing and process industry. The MoU between COAI and 5G-ACIA has been signed for three years under which both the bodies will identify topics of common interest and work to strengthen the relationship and build closer cooperation on common agenda by joint meetings, promotional activities and other initiatives....

Dell Technologies on Wednesday virtually launched the “Student Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0” in partnership with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission. The initiative is intended at “transforming innovative prototypes” of the ideas of young children who are part of the programme into complete operating products. NITI Aayog, policy think tank of the government of India in 2016 had partnered with Dell Technologies, Texas based multinational technology company to adopt Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in select government schools....

In 2021, each and every brand seems to be offering a TWS or two, be it smartphone giants or audiophile focused brands, everybody wants a slice of the pie that is held by Apple’s AirPods. The Cupertino based giant launched the Apple AirPods back in 2016, with the product becoming a success after a year of static since it was one of the primary reasons for the loss of the headphone jack on that year’s iPhone....

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has allocated a short code to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi, for the anti-corruption helpline. This will help in easy communication between the general public and the CBI. DoT said that this short code has been categorised under ‘Category-1’ service, meaning it has to be mandatorily provided by all the access providers. It is not restricted to any one group of people or individuals....

The Government of India (GoI) has made it is clear that telcos can’t source telecom equipment from untrusted sources. Further, a lot of emphases has been put on local manufacturing of the equipment. But there’s friction between the local equipment manufacturers and the definition that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set for what constitutes local equipment. According to the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA), DoT’s definition of what constitutes local telecom equipment is wrong....

US Places Complete Ban on Huawei and Urges Other Countries to Do Same A top official of the DoT said on Thursday that the department has set up a panel to examine issues related to Huawei’s participation in the Indian telecom network reports PTI. Telecom Secretary, Aruna Sundararajan said in this regard during an ITU-APT Foundation event. “We are expecting a recommendation of the committee. Once the recommendations of the committee come, these will be submitted to the government to take a call....

Are you looking to get a new TV connection and are you confused about which type of connection you should go with? Well, most of your queries will be sorted after reading this, so make sure you stick till the end. There are two types of TV connections you can get in India, one is Direct-to-Home (DTH), and the other is cable TV. Both can provide you with entertaining content and your favourite channels, but they differ a lot from each other....

While the talks around how fast 5G is will keep on going for the coming few months and years, there’s one thing that will continue to provide a seamless and reliable internet experience - a fibre broadband connection. Excitel, an internet service provider (ISP) that offers fibre internet connections to users in multiple cities of India, has a plan that can be a great friend to you in case you work on super high bandwidth-consuming applications....

Excitel, one of the fastest-growing internet service providers (ISPs) in India is providing its 200 Mbps broadband plan for a monthly cost of less than Rs 200. The company is calling it “Swift Onboarding Plan” where it wants more and more Indians to be able to enjoy high-speed broadband services. This reduces the onboarding costs and helps users understand how fiber broadband can help them stay inside their homes. It is worth noting that Excitel has become the first ISP in India to offer a 200 Mbps broadband plan for less than Rs 200 per month....

Facebook might come out with a gadget that everyone likes to wear on a daily. The company is said to working on a smartwatch that could launch next year. According to a report from The Information, the smartwatch might be powered by the Android. Whether Facebook will use its own operating system (OS) or Google’s Wear OS is unknown at the moment. The smartwatch is expected to be loaded with fitness and health features which is not surprising at all....

The Trai or Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has once again declined the request of telecom operators to set fixed floor pricing in India. Telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio has been facing financial distress due to the AGR crisis and lockdown period, which was announced by the government to fight Coronavirus. As reported by ET Telecom, Trai Chairman Ram Sewak Sharma stated that floor prices would be fixed after the nationwide lockdown is lifted and normalcy is restored in the telecom sector....

OnePlus Confirms its Future Phones to Come With At least 90Hz Screens To recall, OnePlus announced the OnePlus 7 Pro with 90Hz AMOLED screen earlier this year. Last week, it announced the OnePlus 7T with the same 90Hz screen, but this around, the display resolution is Full HD, unlike the Quad HD panel we saw on the OnePlus 7 Pro. Going forward, all the OnePlus panels will at least come with 90Hz refresh rate panels, which is a good thing for the industry....

Android 10 Go Edition: Major Highlights During the grand Google event a few months back, Google announced that the Android 10 would come with some very exciting features like the Dark Mode, new gesture-based navigation, among others. The good thing with the release of the new Go edition is that this despite being the tricked down version of the actual Android 10, the Android 10 Go edition will also come with these features including Dark Mode, and new gestures....

Google is reportedly working in an ultra-secret facility on its augmented reality (AR) headset. The company has named it ‘Project Iris’. This new device from Google uses outward-facing cameras for recording the real world and then adding computer graphics on top of it to create an immersive and mixed reality experience. Verge reports that the early prototypes of the product are being built at a company’s facility in San Francisco Bay Area, and they look very much like the Ski Goggles....

Apple’s Find My Network is a great tool for users who might be prone to losing their precious tech products or tools that might be important to them. The feature usually allows users to track a specific product that they might be unable to find and, with this feature, most users save a lot of time that would go wasted on searching for the specific product or tool. Now, it seems Google could be working on a crowdsourced network that can locate Google’s products or Android products, much like Android’s offering....

Telecom Operators Have Pushed Government for Early 4G Spectrum Sale Since the government has announced the lockdown period to combat the deadly virus, people have been working from home and relying on a stable network connection for their entertainment purposes. The demand for stable data and voice services has increased drastically. To cater to the growing demand of subscribers, telecom service providers Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm have pushed the government for an early 4G spectrum sale....