Mobile internet speed dropped for India, while the broadband internet speed saw a rise in January 2021. The analytics shared by Ookla in its report suggests that India stands at the 131st position globally in terms of providing mobile Internet speeds, dropping two ranks down from its 129th position in December 2020. At the same time, it stands at the 65th position globally when it comes to fixed broadband downloading and uploading speeds....

Upload Speeds Determine Quality of Video Conferencing Cloudflare said that the upload speed metric has gained more importance during the COVID-19 lockdown as more people have started working from home. “It directly affects live video conferencing,” Cloudflare said in a blog post. “A faster upload speed means your microphone and video feed can be of higher quality, meaning people can see and hear you more clearly on videoconferences.” Several broadband players in India have often stressed on the importance of upload speeds even during pre COVID-19 era....

The Government of India (GoI) has been at the front actively helping out the telecom sector, which was severely stressed due to the low average revenue per user (ARPU) and huge amounts of statutory dues at every turn. One of the biggest effects that all the help from the government will have on the telecom sector is that it will avoid any scenario of duopoly between two of the top private operators....

According to Instagram, the step was required to make IGTV more free of a platform for creators to express themselves; however they want. “Landscape has its strengths, especially when it comes to formats like dance and sports which are high motion and often feature a handful of people in the frame,” the post said. Launched in 2018, the long-form video hub IGTV that lives inside both a home screen button in Instagram as well as a standalone app has failed to gather the expected response....

Parts of New Applications Can Be Explored With Scanning QR code Whenever you scan the QR code of an app which is not downloaded in your iPhone or iPad, you will get to explore certain parts of it on your device without actually installing it. Based on that, you can decide whether you want to download the full app or not. There is a new API called Clips which will allow the app developers to provide to the users a part of the app with which the user can interact....

iPhones can’t support 5G in India right now because of a lack of software support. There’s no issue on the hardware side of things. However, there’s a happy development for iPhone fans in India. Apple has now started rolling out the new iOS 16.2 Beta update for iPhone users globally, including in India. The beta update of the new iOS version is carrying support for Jio and Airtel’s 5G in India....

According to information provided by an analyst, Apple is anticipated to raise the price of the Pro versions in its next iPhone 14 lineup. A Wedbush analyst claimed in an investor report that the pricing of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max could rise by $100 from that of their predecessors. Ives claimed that the price rise might be linked to the rising cost of components and the new lineup’s expanded capabilities....

In India, Apple began producing the iPhone 14 in September of this year. Yesterday, a picture that appeared to show that the iPhone 14 Pro Max was also made in India was circulated by some Chinese and Indian tipsters. According to reports, Apple will not produce its premium model, the iPhone 14 Pro Max, from the just-launched iPhone 14 series in the nation. Information on the Production That Has Stopped Apple is reportedly lowering the amount of product manufacturing it outsources to China....

iPhones are the most popular premium smartphones across the globe. Apple takes its time in doing something but then does it better than its competitors. The company is reportedly making an iPhone that will come with an under-display Face ID. It could be the iPhone 16 series that might feature the technology for the first time, said Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple analyst. This is a very exciting development for iPhone fans and will certainly give them something to look forward to....

The Chinese smartphone brand iQOO launched its iQOO Neo 6 smartphone in its domestic market last month in the mid-premium price segment. The company has officially confirmed the arrival of the device in India as well, however, will come with a Snapdragon 870 chipset. For those unaware, iQOO Neo 6 originally comes with the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset. Apparently, iQOO is looking to introduce its iQOO Neo 6 smartphone in India as a rebranded version of the iQOO Neo 6 SE....

The Chinese smartphone brand iQOO unveiled its iQOO Z6 5G smartphone last month and according to a new report is now gearing up to launch a 4G version of the smartphone. The company is all set to add another device to its iQOO Z-series lineup – the iQOO Z6 4G. Notably, on April 27 the brand has also scheduled the launch of the iQOO Z6 Pro 5G smartphone. The report comes from PassionateGeekz and they have also shared the specifications of the upcoming handset....

Reliance Jio recently announced that it would be offering 5G in select cities of the nation initially. These four cities are - Varanasi, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. For the unaware, earlier, Mukesh Ambani had said that the four cities where Jio’s 5G networks would be available would be - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. But at the official announcement, Jio said that Varanasi would be included leaving Chennai out of the initial rollout plans....

As per Pekka Lundmark, president and chief executive officer of the Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer, Nokia’s 5G radio arrangement with Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom provider, has a sizable volume potential. As part of the agreement, Nokia will provide base stations, high-capacity 5G Massive MIMO antennas, Remote Radio Heads (RRH) to support various frequency bands, and self-organizing network software, according to a statement from Nokia. Further Details About the 5G Equipment Contract The company has secured 45% of the 5G radio network for Bharti Airtel, and the fact is that they also have a deal with Reliance Jio which is obviously very important because that is a customer where they have no radio network business at all in 4G and had a market share of 0%, according to Lundmark in an earnings call with analysts....

Reliance Jio has launched 5G services in Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur. The 5G services were inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shri Ashok Gehlot. In the coming months, Jio will expand the 5G services to other major cities of the state, including Ajmer, Kota, and Bikaner. Jio Welcome offer will now be available for customers in Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur. Under the welcome offer of the company, customers get truly unlimited data with 1 Gbps+ speed....

India should focus on creating Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) by innovating to fulfil global manufacturing needs. Mathew Oommen, President of Reliance Jio, said that through the support of the telecom industry, India should look to develop IPR locally and provide it for manufacturing purposes throughout the world. Oommen said that a suite of products, technologies, and platforms should be developed to facilitate ease in manufacturing not only for India but also for other parts of the world....

Reliance Jio users in Mumbai had to face network issues (outage) for two days recently. The internet and tv cable connectivity was down. The issue affected around 2500 customers of the telco. The reason behind the outage was a disgruntled employee who had been cutting the optical fibre cable (OFC) of the telco at multiple sites. According to a report from TNN, the disgruntled employee, who was transferred from the Goregaon site to Borivli, had been cutting the OFC out of resentment....

Broadband User Base Increased to 661.94 million in December 2019 As per the Trai report given by, approximately 341 operators in the last month of 2019, the broadband services saw a monthly growth rate of 0.10% as there were 661.27 million subscribers in November 2019 which increased to 661.94 million subscribers in December 2019. As per the latest Trai monthly subscription data report, service providers like Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and Atria Convergence were the top five broadband service provides....

Reliance Jio announced the JioPages web browser just last month on October 21, 2020. The web browsing app has now received a new update and this version of the app is called JioPages 2.0.1. The new version of the app has got three major upgrades. For the unaware, JioPages is a web browser built on the powerful Chromium Blink engine. The app can support up to 8 native Indian languages and along with that stores all the user data within India only....

With India’s one of the most prestigious events, Republic Day, just around the corner, Flipkart Big Savings Day is all set to begin, and Kodak HD LED TV is set to announce great deals for customers. The brand will be offering amazing discounts on its official Android Kodak CA and 7XPRO series, with prices starting from just Rs 7,499. The sale is all set to commence from January 17, 2022, and be live until January 22, 2022....

Homegrown smartphone brand Lava has launched a new smartphone called ‘Lava BeU’ with Android 10 (Go Edition) OS. The Lava BeU is an entry-level smartphone taking on the likes of Redmi 9A, Realme C11 and Micromax In 1b smartphones. The smartphone comes powered by octa-core Unisoc SC9863A chipset, paired with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. We haven’t seen many brands using Unisoc SC9863A chipset, so it will be interesting to see how the Lava BeU performs in real life....