The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently came out with recommendations for the 5G spectrum auctions. The regulatory body recommended a price cut on spectrum bands. But the interesting thing to note here is that the price cut was done keeping in mind a period of 20 years. However, when 30 years are considered, the reserve price recommendations are higher than what the industry would have expected. The industry had asked for a price cut of up to 90% in the reserve price of the airwaves....

IUC Cost Has Actually Come Down Behind the Scene What the subscribers might be shocked to know is that while they are being started to charge 6 paise per minute from the biggest telecom operator in India, over the years, the IUC cost has actually come down. Firstly, it is crucial to note that the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) is something that the telecom operator has to pay to another operator for carrying its calls....

We all know TRAI has a crowdsourced Speed Data Analytics App and Portal to empower users with the average speeds delivered by telcos across India. Most of the time, we get fascinated by the crazy download and upload speeds and waste the data by performing speed tests alone. We also witness people share their crazy download and upload speed test screenshots only to make us feel envious or pitiful, either way possible....

Truke BTG Alpha True Wireless Earphones with 40ms Low Latency Mode launched in India for Rs 899 and are currently obtainable online. The new TWS headset is reasonably priced, with features and a design geared toward gamers, including 40ms ultra-low-latency support for use when playing games. Other notable features of the earbuds include USB Type-C charging, a clear lid and vibrant design for the charging case, and support for the AAC Bluetooth codec, which will entice purchasers in the lower price range....

World’s biggest microblogging platform, Twitter, recently announced a new feature called ‘Tip Jar’. This feature will allow users to send money to show support towards their favourite Twitter accounts. It is a virtual tip system that will direct users who want to send money to platforms such as PayPal, Patreon, and Venmo. According to an AFP report, the feature is currently available for select users who can tweet in ‘English’....

What Can UPI123Pay Do? UPI123Pay is made for people owning feature phones to make offline money transactions. For now, UPI for feature phones will be able to do everything it can in the smartphones except scan and pay. But the work is ongoing for that as well, and in the future, even scan and pay should be available for people with feature phones. Using UPI123Pay, people living in the rural areas of India who don’t own a smartphone will be able to make online payments as well....

Postpaid plans at times seem like are very expensive in comparison to the prepaid plans offered by the telcos. However, the telcos bundle up a ton of amazing benefits with their premium postpaid offerings. This includes multiple SIM allotments at one price tag to a number of OTT subscriptions. These plans are perfect for users who are looking for something more with their data and calling benefits. Mentioned below are some of the top postpaid plans offered by two of the major telcos in India – Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea and the benefits that come along....

Vivo Nex 3: Specifications and Features Vivo is calling the display on the Nex 3 as ‘waterfall’ screen because the screen blends towards the edges as well. The company has removed hardware buttons on the sides because there’s no room for them, according to Vivo. The Chinese company has added virtual buttons and the technology is called ‘Touch Sense." As for the display, it’s a 6.89-inch Full HD+ panel with an incredible 99....

Vivo S1 Indian Pricing The leak of the device comes courtesy of the website indiashopps.com which has noted that the Vivo S1 would come with a price tag of Rs 17,990. As per the website, this pricing of the phone will be for the Vivo S1 base model. Detailing further, the website has said that the phone will debut in the Indian market in three variants. Out of these three variants, the base variant of the phone will pack 4GB RAM and 128GB storage only in the price of Rs 17,990....

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo launched its Vivo V23 series of smartphones in India last month which consisted of Vivo V23 and V23 Pro. There have been a few rumours suggesting that the brand is working on yet another model for the V23 series which will come with the moniker Vivo V23e. Previous reports have suggested that the new Vivo V23e could arrive as a mid-premium range smartphone. Now in the latest developments, new speculations regarding the device have emerged hinting towards a launch date for Vivo V23e....

Vivo X60t has just launched for the China market. Much recently, the Vivo X60 series with Vivo X60, X60 Pro, and X60 Pro+ were launched in India, and that was all that users expected this series to have. But now, the X60 series has got a new device called Vivo X60t. It is the budget variant of the series and will not feature the power-packed camera that the Vivo X60 Pro devices do....

The Chinese consumer electronics and smartphone manufacturer Oppo has teamed up with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Vodafone to commercialise Europe’s first low latency and high speed 5G network in Germany. The network will be accessible on the latest flagship device of the smartphone manufacturer, which is Oppo Find X3 Pro. Oppo has stated that to provide an enhanced 5G network; it plans to roll out a software update that will activate SA support on the Oppo Find X3 Pro in the coming weeks....

The condition of Vodafone Idea seems to be worsening because of the financial burden and continuous subscriber reduction. On Tuesday, the shares of Vodafone Idea fell for the seventh session. The prime reason behind the reduction in the price of shares is linked to quarterly losses and default fundraising plans. As reported by ET Telecom, the balance sheet of the financially distressed telco shows that the liabilities of Vodafone Idea is much more than the profit & loss statement....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently displayed the power of its 5G networks at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022. The telco allowed users to see the speed that its 5G networks were delivering. Several of the use cases of Vi that were demonstrated during the event were powered by its own 5G network in the C-band (3.5 GHz band). Vodafone Idea purchased the 3.5 GHz band spectrum in 17 circles in the previous 5G spectrum auction....

Vodafone Idea has approached the Supreme Court (SC) for filing the review petition on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) calculation order that SC gave on July 23, 2021. For the unaware, the telcos, including Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharti Airtel, and Tata Teleservices, had submitted a petition in the apex court to ask the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for reassessing the dues of the operators. The operators had said that the telecom department had made several mistakes while coming out with the final amount of the AGR dues....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has brought new prepaid plans for its users. These plans are in line with what Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have launched recently. If you still haven’t guessed it, these plans come with the new Disney+ Hotstar mobile-only benefit. Vi will be offering these plans to users across India, and all of them are already available for purchase on the website and the mobile app of the telco....

The kind of debt Vodafone Idea has, it will be very hard for the telco to pay it all in the next few years. The relief package will help the telco in stabilising a lot, but it will still require Vi to increase its revenues significantly and that too very fast to reach a good position. To ease the pain of the telcos even further, the Indian government is working on a mechanism that will allow the telcos to surrender a part of their company’s equity against the debt they owe to the Centre....

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea has finally launched eSIM or cellular service for Apple Watch (GPS+Cellular) in India. Starting June 12, 2020, Apple Watch users in India can avail cellular service from Vodafone Idea as well. So far, only Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are providing the eSIM service to Apple Watch users in India. This move will give customers the freedom to leave their phone behind and stay connected with just their Apple Watch....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has hired two new people in its leadership team who were previously working for Bharti Airtel. Vikash Sharma and Subroto Mazumdar are the two new people whom Vi has hired. Vikash Sharma has been hired as the cluster marketing head for MPCG (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) circle, while Subroto Mazumdar has joined as the cluster marketing head for Uttar Pradesh (UP). Vi is boosting its marketing efforts, and rightly so, as the company offers some of the best offers to mobile customers in the nation....

Vodafone Idea, the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is offering users five prepaid plans which bundle the major over-the-top (OTT) benefit of Disney+ Hotstar. The plans have been on offer for quite some time now and are good for users looking for a Disney+ Hotstar Mobile plan. Note that none of the prepaid plans offered by Vodafone Idea (Vi) come with a Premium subscription of Disney+ Hotstar. Vodafone Idea Prepaid Plans With Disney+ Hotstar Mobile Subscription Vodafone Idea (Vi) offers five prepaid plans with a Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription, and they come for Rs 499, Rs 901, Rs 601, Rs 1066, and Rs 3099....