Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in the country, now only offers Disney+ Hotstar with two of its prepaid plans. Airtel has become the second telecom operator after Jio to remove Disney+ Hostar benefit from prepaid plans. Jio had initially removed all the Disney+ Hotstar Mobile plans, but now, the telco has also removed its Disney+ Hotstar Premium bundled plans. The difference between the move from Airtel and Jio is that Jio removed the complete plans while Airtel has only removed the Disney+ Hotstar benefit from the plans, and not the plans completely....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, offers a prepaid plan with bumper data benefits. The plan that we are talking about is suitable for anyone who relies primarily on their 4G network for consuming data for working and other things and requires a ton of data every day. Well, actually, there’s not one but two such plans available, and the great thing about either of these plans is that they come with over-the-top (OTT) subscriptions bundled for the users for no additional cost....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has partnered up with Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans to customers. Bharti Airtel owned banking subsidiary; Airtel Payments Bank, has started offering easy access to credit to its customers. Users of Airtel Payments Bank will be able to apply for a gold loan from Muthoot Finance within a minute on the Airtel Thanks app. Airtel and Muthoot Finance Will Not Charge Any Processing Fee The gold loans provided by Airtel in partnership with Muthoot Finance will be completely hassle-free for users as there will be zero processing charges....

Bharti Airtel is currently offering one of the best postpaid plans in the industry. The telco recently confirmed it added a whopping 0.8 million postpaid customers during the quarter that ended on September 30, 2020. Despite Reliance Jio launching its JioPostpaid Plus plans, customers chose Airtel thanks to its superior service and decent postpaid offerings. Currently, Airtel is offering five postpaid plans starting at Rs 399 and going all the way up to Rs 1,599....

ARPU to Increase Slowly The CEO also said that the move would play itself out in the longer term as the ARPU is expected to grow on the middle side as people start to pick up the channels which they watch. He also said that this is going to take time and the industry will have to see how this turns out. Airtel to Strengthen its Content Segment with Partnerships

Bharti Airtel is said to be offering Linksys Velop AC 2200 Mesh Router to the subscribers opting for the Fiber Plus Mesh plan. The company earlier in the month had unveiled the Fiber Plus Mesh plan with a price tag of Rs 25,000 per year. The Fiber Plus Mesh plan enables users to browse up to 300 Mbps speed till 500GB per month with the operator also offering unlimited local and STD calls to any network across India....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, runs one of the most successful DTH (Direct-to-Home) businesses as well. The brand Airtel Digital TV is known to many and is present across the length and breadth of the country with its DTH services. Airtel Digital TV users who want to switch to Star Sports to watch the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup could face issues if they don’t know the channel number in case they are new users or just too lazy to find it out via the channel guide available to them....

Bharti Airtel strives to deliver a high-speed internet connection to its customers. The broadband arm of the telco, which is Airtel Xstream Fiber caters to the different broadband connection needs of customers. Whether customers want internet for normal surfing or intensive gaming, Airtel Xstream Fiber offers lucrative plans and offers multiple benefits. Since there are ample broadband service providers in India, Airtel Xstream Fiber offers an array of services apart from high-speed internet connection to retain the existing customer base and add new subscribers on a regular....

Comparison Under Rs 1,000 Monthly Rental Airtel Xstream Fibre currently has the Rs 799 broadband plan for its subscribers which offers 150GB data with 100 Mbps speeds. The telco also ships additional benefits like free subscription to Airtel Xstream service. Whereas, Reliance JioFiber is offering 100GB data per month with speeds capped at 100 Mbps. This plan is available for subscribers for Rs 699 only. The subscribers also get the Jio Set-Top Box for free and access to Jio’s gaming, video calling, free landline and apps like JioSaavn and JioCinema....

ALTBalaji, a homegrown Over-the-Top (OTT) platform on Monday announced a strategic partnership with PayPoint India. The company with over 60 original shows including Ragini MMS Returns, Bose, Code M and Apharan said that the partnership enables users to perform offline recharge, a “first-of-its kind industry initiative.” PayPoint, a offline-to-online (O2O) company is said to offer over 100 services including bill payment, recharges for mobile and Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators. PayPoint is said to have over 45,000 retailers across India with more than 80% of its users said to be spread across rural and semi-rural markets....

E-commerce Companies Begin Taking Orders Across India Similarly, Snapdeal and Paytm Mall have also listed delivery dates for selected items including electronics in the Red Zones. However, Flipkart has marked only the essential items for delivery in the Red Zones with mobiles and other electronics listed as “not deliverable” or “out of stock” in the selected area. In the initial phases of lockdown, the government permitted e-commerce companies to deliver only essential items across India like healthcare and grocery products....

Several users reported on Reddit and Google’s IssueTracker page that Google Assistant only displayed the dark mode theme in Android 13 even when their phone was set to the light mode theme. The light theme for Google Assistant was previously available for Android devices, so users initially thought it was a bug and expected it to be fixed soon. However, Google has now officially announced that this change is not a bug and was done on purpose....

Apple may eventually begin mass-producing its mixed-reality headset in March 2023 after years of development. According to sources who spoke to DigiTimes Asia, the headset might go into production in the first few months of 2019. It is expected to cost over $2,000. According to the article, Apple supplier Pegatron will begin mass-producing the device by the end of the first quarter of 2023, albeit initial production volume is anticipated to be modest....

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone 11 Pro Get Costlier in India Apple is not known for increasing smartphone prices after the launch. But due to changes introduced by the Indian government, the Cupertino giant had to modify the prices of three iPhones. The Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max 64GB model is now available at Rs 1,11,200, followed by the 256GB model at Rs 1,25,200 and the 512GB model now retails at Rs 1,43,200....

Ross Young, a credible tipster, has revealed that the iPhone 14 series devices will finally ditch the notch and have a hole + pill design. But the display design change might be only limited to the Pro models of the iPhone 14 series. The two holes would carry the necessary sensors and the front-facing camera for video calls and selfies. iPhone 14 Series Might Feature Devices Without the Notch It would be the first time that Apple would launch a completely touch-screen smartphone without any physical buttons and without a notch....

The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is expected to launch its newer version of the iPhone SE at the upcoming Apple event in March. There have been multiple rumours of the iPhone SE 3 in the past providing intel on the smartphone. Now just days ahead of the launch, renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has provided some key details about the upcoming iPhone SE 3. Let’s find out more. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo took on his Twitter account to share some details regarding the iPhone SE 3 which he called predictions, but given his track record, it is highly likely that a majority of the things could be true....

The first iPhone to feature Emergency SOS through satellite is Apple’s iPhone 14, which debuted in September. On Thursday, Apple asserted that the major feature was made possible by the nearly half a billion dollars in the U.S it has put in American infrastructure. Further Information About the Satellite Connection Network At an event in September, Apple unveiled the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro while giving attendees a sneak peek at Emergency SOS by satellite, a function unique to the new phones that allows users to contact emergency services even if they don’t have Wi-Fi or terrestrial cell coverage....

Redmi Note 7 Series White Colour Variants The Redmi Note 7 Pro has been in the market for almost 5 months now but even now remains popular amongst the users and on the tip of the tongue of a lot of consumers. Now it seems that Xiaomi is readying itself for the launch of a new variant of the phone. As per a new teaser released by the brand, we can be sure that Xiaomi has hinted towards the debut of a white colour variant of the Redmi Note 7 series....

Broadband internet has become a common phenomenon in today’s Indian households. This is because a broadband connection can fulfil almost all your data requirements comfortably. Today, users can get broadband connections of up to 1 Gbps from their local internet service providers (ISPs). Since broadband internet has become common, it is important that users understand what ‘band steering’ is for utilising their Wi-Fi networks in the best manner possible. For the unaware, almost every modern router is equipped with band steering technology....

When it comes to flagship schemes by the government to boost connectivity and create a robust Wi-Fi broadband environment in the deepest parts of the country, BharatNet comes to mind. In the latest turn of events, the government has been ideating upon the viability gap funding (VGF) for the BharatNet programme to give it a further stimulus in the rural regions. The VGF will amount to Rs 29,430 crore and will cover 3,60,000 villages in 16 states....