Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, has rolled out its 5G Plus in 25 cities so far. Airtel’s 5G Plus services will reach entire India by March 2024. The telco is rolling out 5G non-standalone (NSA) networks and has branded its 5G services as 5G Plus. Right now, several brands with several smartphones have enabled their devices to support 5G network connectivity with the NSA networks of Airtel....

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, two of the leading telecom operators in India, are soon going to launch 5G network services for consumers in select parts of the nation. Initially, the telcos will focus on the metro cities and then expand to other parts within a year or two. Both operators have the necessary spectrum and have said that their networks are 5G ready. Reliance Jio has spectrum in the 700 MHz band, something that none of the other telcos in India currently have....

Bharti Airtel, one of the leading telecom operators in the country, wants users to have the convenience of paying one bill for different services. There are multiple customers of the telco who purchase all broadband, DTH, and mobile services but have to pay separately for everything. To solve this issue for the users, the company has announced Airtel Back plan of Rs 2,099 that will offer customers everything from a broadband, DTH, and mobile services....

Bharti Airtel on its website has now listed a new offer that provides users with up to 15% discount on long term plans along with free installation to new users. Further, the company said that the new users who sign up for its broadband plans can expect “Faster Installation.” However, Airtel has not provided a specific timeframe on installation for those users who sign up for broadband connections. Meanwhile, Tata Sky Broadband on its website said that it is facing up to seven-day delay in installation due to the company being “in compliance with government advisory" on COVID-19 lockdown....

Airtel Digital Store, a marketplace that enables Airtel users to purchase digital services now has seven products under its portfolio including access to Zee5 subscriptions. The Airtel users can select the platform they want to subscribe to by heading over to the Airtel Digital Store. The users are required to download and sign-in on the Airtel Thanks App. Airtel is providing subscription for Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms such as ZEE5 Premium along with Testbook, Parentlane Pregnancy at a discount....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has just announced that it has joined the SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium. This will help the telco in scaling up its high-speed global network capacity for serving the digital economy of India. For the unaware, SEA-ME-WE-6 is a 19,200 Rkm network that will connect France and Singapore and will be one of the largest undersea cable systems globally. Bharti Airtel will be a major investor in the SEA-ME-WE-6 and will anchor 20% of the overall investment in the cable system....

The integrated telecom firm will offer greater choice and convenience for consumers and business customers, it added. “The entity will invest in networks to further accelerate the roll out of future technologies. The Enterprise and Carrier Services businesses should benefit from a larger fibre footprint and an increased number of enterprise customers - including both large corporations and SMEs who would have access to a diverse portfolio of world-class solutions,” the company pointed out....

Bharti Airtel doesn’t just focus on direct consumers but also offers enterprise services that are very affordable and full of value. The telco’s business arm is called Airtel Business. Enterprises looking for a broadband connection will purchase the service from Airtel Business. At the same time, average consumers looking for a broadband connection will buy the service from Airtel Xstream Fiber. Note that both Airtel Business and Airtel Xstream Fiber offer customers a Rs 999 broadband plan....

If you are worried about the prepaid tariff hikes from Bharti Airtel burning huge holes in your pocket, there is still time for you to get the recharge done for a lesser amount. Note that the tariff hikes haven’t kicked in yet. Airtel has said that the price revision of the prepaid tariffs will come into effect from November 26, 2021. Until that period, Airtel users can recharge with prepaid plans that cost less now and be safe from future tariffs....

Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) have been going back and forth with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for quite some time now. The issue that Trai has with the telcos is their ‘Priority 4G Network’ service. Trai had earlier asked Bharti Airtel that why didn’t the telco register its new priority service separately so that it could be examined further. Trai wrote to both Airtel and VIL, “As per information available in Trai as filed by you, no wireless plan is committing any differential broadband speed, (but) it’s seen that RedX and Platinum plans are not only providing priority on the network but also committing higher speed....

Hybrid Set-Top Box Unlike most of the set-top boxes available in the market right now, the Airtel Xstream Box is different because it is a hybrid set-top box. If you are coming across this term for the first time, then you should know that as opposed to a standard set-top box which only provides satellite TV channels, a hybrid set-top box combines OTT applications and the satellite TV channels both....

Aligned Data Centers, a leading technology infrastructure company, announced its expansion into the Pacific Northwest with a 27-acre, 108 MW data center campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. By reducing the energy, water and space needed to operate, Aligned Data Center solutions offer businesses a competitive advantage by improving sustainability and reliability. Growth and Expansion This new campus marks accelerated growth for the company offering innovative, sustainable and adaptive Scale Data Centers and Build-to-Scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers....

While popular service providers like Jio and BSNL offer broadband plans with added benefits of OTT and more, some of the lesser-known ISPs such as Alliance Broadband offer plans that are not so different. Alliance Broadband offers a 150 Mbps plan that has reasonable pricing and offers adequate benefits. Mentioned below is the 150 Mbps broadband plan offered by Alliance Broadband which is quite similar to the plan offered by Jio and BSNL....

Tata Sky Binge+ vs Airtel Xstream Box vs Dish SMRT Hub: Prices Compared Starting with the prices, the Tata Sky Binge+ is the premium Set-Top Box of the three. Tata Sky is charging Rs 5,999 for new customers who are purchasing the Binge+ STB, and the DTH operator did not even launch any upgrade offers for SD and HD STB users of Tata Sky. As for the launch offers, it comes with one month of free Tata Sky Binge subscription with access to premium OTT apps like Hotstar, ZEE5, Eros Now, Hungama Play and so on....

Cupertino tech giant, Apple on Tuesday announced the arrival of new generation Macs with the ‘M1’ silicon chipset. The ‘Apple M1’ chip will ship with the new 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. With the arrival of the new MacBook Air, Apple has stopped selling the old model with Intel chipset powering it. Now only the new MacBook Air with the ‘M1’ chipset is available for purchase through the Apple India online store....

Apple’s been widely loved by users across the globe for making seamless iPhones. But the company has often come under criticism from the tech enthusiasts for not including the Type-C port. Right now, all the iPhones are charged and connected physically by a lightning port. It is just not as fast as what Type-C ports can deliver and also shows the lack of standardising initiative from Apple. The Cupertino tech giant has not addressed the issue of missing Type-C port even in 2022....

Apple is soon expected to launch the new MacBook Pro models powered by the M1X chipset. Back in September, the company announced the iPhone 13 series and this month, it is expected to announce the much-awaited MacBook Pro with M1X. For the unaware, M1X is an enhanced M1 silicon chipset that currently powers the 13.3-inch MacBook Air and MacBook Pro launched in 2020. According to a famous tipster Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple MacBook Pro models with the M1X chipset are expected to launch in October 2021....

Tech-world expects radical changes in the upcoming Apple iPhone 14. Among the widespread rumours, the striking one was the launch of eSIM-only iPhones, where the company asked various US telecom service providers to prepare for its launch by September 2022. For those who are new to the concept, eSIM only phones will not support physical SIM cards; instead, they access cellular networks through the embedded SIM cards. Hence, they will have a physical nano-SIM tray....

The Cupertino based tech giant Apple, according to a rumoured development, has registered three new Macs in the Eurasian regulatory database. The Macs registered by Apple come with model numbers A2615, A2681 and A2686. The rumours also suggest that one of these devices registered by Apple is a laptop. The registration of devices on the database hints towards the fact that the company is indeed preparing for what could be its first virtual event in the month of March....

Cupertino based tech giant, Apple on Tuesday released multiple key updates for its most popular products. These updates include iOS 14.5.1 for the iPhone, iOS 12.5.3 for the iPad, macOS 11.3.1 for the Mac and watchOS 7.4.1 for its Apple Watch. Out of these updates, there are also two different iOS updates meant for older and newer iPhone models. If the user receives an update, it is highly recommended to download and install it as soon as possible, for enhanced security and better features....