Tagg, one of the leading consumer electronics brands, has launched the Tagg Verve Plus, a fitness focus smartwatch in India. The smartwatch is powered by a Realtek chipset equipped with Sense+TM technology. There are over 16 sports modes that Tagg Verve Plus can support, and because of its ultra-wide screen, you will never have to face issues with understanding what’s displayed. One of the best features of this smartwatch is the IP68 water-resistance rating....

The Offer by Tata Sky vs Offer by Sun Direct To understand the offers being provided by both the DTH services, first it is crucial to know how the new Trai based tariff order changes things. Firstly, the entire bill of the subscriber will be divided into two parts – content charges, which will be directly payable to the channel owners, and its price will be fixed. The second will be the NCF or Network Capacity Fee, which will be paid to the cable operators and it will be dependent on the DTH provider or the operator only....

Tata Sky very recently added a new broadband plan to its list of offerings. The plan comes under the fixed monthly data limit. The speciality of this plan is that it is the first one in the list of offerings from Tata Sky which comes with 300 Mbps speed. None of the other plans from Tata Sky in the fixed monthly data category come with this sort of speed. Until now, the maximum speed that was offered to the customers opting for the fixed monthly data plans was 100 Mbps....

Tata Sky Multi TV Policy to Ease Up We have already taken a look at the cheapest Multi TV policies that are around in the industry right now. For example, in the case of Dish TV, the subscribers only have to pay Rs 50 as the base Network Capacity Fee for the second TV connection, as opposed to the Rs 130 in the case of the first one. With Airtel Digital TV, this charge is a little higher at Rs 90....

Tata Sky has retained its market share leadership in Q1 FY22. As per a report shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Tata Sky was the number one Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator in India for the quarter ending June 2021. The company has maintained its lead in being the number one player in the Pay-TV genre in India. Commenting on the same, a Tata Sky spokesperson said, “This is an outcome of the service commitment we have to our subscribers and our subscribers’ faith in us”....

August 10 will be the official launch of the Tecno Camon 19 Pro 5G in India, the Chinese business said on Sunday via its official social media channel. A triple rear camera set, led by a 64MP camera sensor, is hinted at for the device. Along with the Tecno Camon 19 Pro, the company debuted the Tecno Camon 19 Pro 5G in a few international countries in June. It is driven by an 8GB RAM/MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC combination....

Tecno Spark Go: Specifications and Features The Tecno Spark Go is an interesting smartphone for the asking price of Rs 5,499. The phone rocks a 6.1-inch HD+ display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 and teardrop notch on top of the screen. Underneath, the phone has a MediaTek Helio A22 chipset which features a quad-core CPU with all the cores clocked at 2.0GHz. The phone comes in a single variant with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage....

Telecom operators including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) will get clarity regarding the trusted list in October 2021. For the unaware, the government had earlier announced that it would be coming out with a trusted list for the telecom operators to follow. This supposed trusted list is aimed to let operators understand which company they can source their network equipment from. None of the operators are allowed to purchase equipment from the companies that are not included in the list....

The government of India earlier said that it might seek source code of every network equipment deployed in the country as a part of security assurance testing initiative. However, Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson addressed its concern and stated that the result of checking source code would be diplomatic and it will not be possible virtually to free the software from unknown vulnerabilities. As reported by ET Telecom, Ericsson wrote a two-page letter to DoT and stated that review of the source code for the purpose of verifying supplier’s software would be virtually an impossible task....

The industry is entering a ‘fibre-for-everything’ era. Once operators have deployed fibre-to-the-home, their networks pass every other building in the street, as well as the homes, meaning they can connect businesses and other services. Fibre PON will be capable of supporting high bandwidth consumer services, industry 4.0 applications, business connectivity, 5G transport and smart city services, Ana Pesovic, Marketing Director, Fixed Networks at Nokia told TelecomTalk in an exlcusive interaction....

Telegram, the biggest competitor to WhatsApp and one of the most popular texting applications, might be bringing a Premium model users. The recent iOS beta of the application with version 8.7.2 was released with a new range of reaction emojis and stickers. According to the Telegram Beta Channel, first shared by Gadgets360, these new stickers and reaction emojis are premium in nature. Users will be reportedly asked to sign up for the Telegram Premium subscription plan when they view this new range of reaction emojis and stickers....

Three Circles Added Over 2.5 Million Connections The Indian government suspended the telecom services in Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 as it abolished the special status to the former state and bifurcated it into two Union Territories. The postpaid services were restored in October 2019 while the prepaid services were restored around the third week of January. Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh East circles recorded an increase of 7,60,997 and 6,29,337 connections in January....

Around September, Apple is anticipated to introduce the iPhone 14 series, the next generation of iPhones. This time, we anticipate the vanilla iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Max, the iPhone 14 Pro, and the iPhone 14 Pro Max to make their debuts at the launch event. The sort of panels that will be used on each of the models has now been revealed by a new story from The Elec, which confirms that the vanilla and Max models won’t be getting the ProMotion display (Apple’s marketing name for high refresh rate)....

Some Major GECs Priced at Rs 19 Per Month The thing that we are referring to is the upper cap on the pricing of the major channels. As per the new rules charted by Trai, if the broadcasters have to package a channel into a channel pack, then that particular channel cannot be priced more than Rs 12. Previously, this limit was set at Rs 19. Inclusive of taxes, the subscribers were paying Rs 23 for the major channels included in the packs....

Trai has issued a consultation paper to review all the terms related to international roaming. The move by the regulatory body will prevent the subscribers from bill shocks on using their mobile phones in abroad countries. As stated by Trai, the consultation service will help the regulatory body to find out all the reasons of bill shocks to consumers which happens when they opt for International Mobile Roaming (IMR). Also, Trai stated that it would evaluate the range of policies and measures which have been applied by telecom service providers in India and prevent instance bill shocks to their respective subscribers....

Consultation Paper Comments Get Delayed The deadline for receiving comments on the above-mentioned consultation paper was to be over by December 9. But, as per the new information by Trai on this matter, the consultation paper will now receive comments till December 18, meaning that the deadline for receiving comments has now been extended by ten more days. However, it is worth noting that Trai has been a little stringent regarding deadlines in the case of receiving comments and counter comments on this consultation paper....

Tata Sky and Dish TV Register Positive ARPU and Subscriber Growth after Trai Regime The positive effect has not only been seen on the subscriber count front but has also reflected in the revenue as well. The DTH operators are also seeing a rise in the average revenue per user (ARPU), which is a crucial industry parameter. The DTH branch of Bharti Airtel, Airtel Digital TV reported growth of ARPU to Rs 233 which was 0....

Several subscribers of Vodafone Idea (Vi) took to Twitter to report the connectivity issues they experience in Maharashtra since Thursday morning. The company said that one of its key sites in Pune is under a flood attack due to heavy overnight shower resulting in the disruption of the network. Vodafone Idea confirmed that it is working on a resolution and will restore the service at the earliest. Vodafone Idea Network outage: Impact across the state “Heavy rain in Pune has resulted in the flooding of some areas, including one of our key sites in the city....

Viacom18 has bagged three big wins related to the Indian Premier League (IPL). The entity is a joint venture between Network18, owned by RIL (Reliance Industries Limited – 51% stake) and Paramount Global (49% stake). Viacom18 was the highest bidder for digitally streaming IPL matches in the Indian subcontinent for seasons from 2023 to 2027. In addition to this, Viacom18 has won Indian digital rights for a special package of 18 games every season....

Vodafone Idea Limited released its reports for the Q1 of Financial Year 2021. Looking at the report, it seems like things didn’t go VIL’s way as much as the telco would have wanted. In its report, VIL highlighted that they have provided uninterrupted services to both their enterprise and retail customers despite the unprecedented times. But the telco had to pay the cost of slow down of the economy due to global pandemic....