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Subscribers Can Generate Porting Codes on November 11 Now while the new rules will go in effect on November 11, 2019, the subscribers who wish to port their numbers between November 4 to November 10, would not be able to do so. In this period, the subscribers would not be able to generate any Unique Porting Code (UPC) which is required for porting from one network to another. It is worth noting that for the subscribers who want to port, the port-in network asks for a unique porting code, which is to be generated on the subscriber’s end and then provided to the port-in telecom operator....

Trai Issues Tender for Conducting Series of Feedback Runs This new initiative by Trai will focus on bringing in real-time feedback from the subscribers about the new tariff mandate of the broadcasting industry. The feedback process would collect the opinion of the public on various parameters and regulations which Trai has brought into the industry. The sector regulator wants to engage a panel of companies on a pan-India basis who would go door-to-door to the subscribers’ homes and conduct inspection and record their feedback on the various provisions and parameters of the new tariff regime of the broadcasting industry....

If you think you are paying more for a top-line 4G plan in India from Vodafone Idea or Bharti Airtel, think again. Verizon, one of the top telecom operators in the USA charges users a whopping $70 per month for offering an unlimited 5G plan. To save you the hassle of conversion, $70 would mean Rs 5,220 approximately. Even for a 5G plan with unlimited data and multiple benefits, this plan is very expensive....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced a partnership with A5G Networks. Both the companies will work together to enable Industry 4.0 and smart mobile edge computing in the country. A5G Networks and Vi have together set up a pilot private network in Mumbai using the existing 4G spectrum available to the telco. Vi will leverage A5G’s unique and differentiated Wi-Fi, 4G and 5G autonomous software for distributed networks to realise its commitment to build a digital India....

Samsung has been at the pinnacle of smartphone design ever since it launched the original Note series of devices, which brought the phablet trend to the market, with a more recent example of the trendsetting habit being the S6 Edge which modernised the curved screen and made it into a feature that was garnering a lot of attention from all kinds of users. The company, in recent years, decided to enter the foldable market with the original fold, which, to put it lightly, was quite mediocre at best....

Vivo came out with Vivo V19 in the international markets a month ago. But the smartphone’s launch in India got deferred due to the lockdown impositions because of global pandemic. But Vivo has finally brought the V19 to Indian market. Last year, Vivo came out with V17 and V19 is the successor to that smartphone. Let’s check out the design and detail of the V19 launched in India. Key specifications of Vivo V19 include Snapdragon 712 SoC, 4500mAh battery, dual punch-hole display on the front and it comes in a fancy design....

On Wednesday, Vivo Y75s 5G was introduced in China. The 6.58-inch LCD screen on this mid-range device has a full-HD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate. This Vivo smartphone’s display sports a 90.61 percent screen-to-body ratio with a waterdrop notch for the front camera. A Mali-G57 GPU and MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC make up the Vivo Y75s 5G. The smartphone has an 8MP selfie camera in addition to a triple 64MP rear camera array....

The Vivo Y77e 5G is a new mid-range phone that Vivo has quietly introduced. The Dimensity 930-powered Vivo Y77 5G was released by the Chinese manufacturer in July. The Dimensity 810 chip is included in the Vivo Y77e 5G, which is now officially available on the domestic market. The Y77e’s other details, including its pricing and features, are all listed here. Vivo Y77e 5G Specifications And Features The 6.58-inch AMOLED screen on the Vivo Y77e 5G sports a teardrop notch....

On Wednesday, Birla, the chairman of business conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, had stepped down as non-executive chairman and non-executive director of VIL, a move that did not go well with the investors. While the company named non-executive director and telecom veteran Himanshu Kapania as non-executive chairman, the markets read it as a signal that the businessman was distancing himself from the beleaguered mobile service provider. This resulted in its shares plunging by 24....

Vodafone Idea has just released its quarterly earnings report for Q3 FY22. The telco has reported a significant rise in average revenue per user (ARPU) to Rs 115 during the quarter compared to Rs 109 in Q2 FY22. The rise in ARPU can be attributed to the prepaid tariff hikes. Though the tariff hikes got implemented close to the last month of the quarter, the rise in ARPU is a positive sign for the telco....

Vodafone Idea Looks Forward to Troubling Times Ahead The new update was reported by PTI, and it noted that for Vodafone Idea to continue operations in these circles would not make much sense because these circles would be EBITDA negative for the already financially troubled telecom operator. It is worth noting that Vodafone Idea has already remarked about its intentions of continuing to work in profitable circles. Also, amongst all three private telecom operators, Vodafone Idea is facing the worst financial crunch despite going through with the merger....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has partnered with CareGame and announced the country’s first-ever Mobile Cloud Gaming service. CareGame is a Paris-based gaming technology company which will offer cloud gaming experience to its users at the IMC (India Mobile Congress) 2022 on the network of Vodafone Idea. This will be the first opportunity for the Indians to experience what cloud gaming service is actually like....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, lost around 3.5 million subscribers in October 2022. The data was published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday. Vi lost 3,509,666 or 3.5 million users from its overall subscriber base during the month. Note that here we are talking about the wireless subscribers. In the wireless market share, Vi’s share came down to 21.48% in October from 21....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is arguably the most innovative company in the Indian telecom industry when it comes to rolling out amazing and unique offers. Compared to its prepaid plans, Airtel’s and Jio’s plans don’t seem too attractive. Even though Vi’s prepaid plans are marginally expensive than the plans from other private operators, they are worth it for heavy data users. Vi has rolled out new plans focusing on the increased data usage of consumers during the pandemic....

The troubled telco in India - Vodafone Idea is in talks with the State Bank of India seeking fresh loans. It intends to strike a deal that could pave the way for other banks to boost the cash-strapped wireless operator’s survival chances by offering credit. Vodafone Idea was requested by the State Bank of India to outline a turnaround strategy. This development comes as there seems to be no respite to the joint venture between Vodafone and the conglomerate from Kumar Mangalam Birla....

Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) future has changed in the course of one month. The telco, which was feared to go bankrupt in the coming years, is now confident about its 5G plans. All of this has been possible because of the relief package that the government announced for the sector. But there’s one more thing you can’t deny; Vi was largely in debt to the government. The telco’s networks aren’t necessarily poor, yet, it was in the position of going out of business?...

The telecom sector has been helped by the Indian government a lot in the last year. It all started with the relief measures announced in September 2021. Vodafone Idea (Vi), the struggling Indian private telecom company, was almost saved by the government with the relief measures or else the telco would have found it very hard to keep meeting the statutory dues payments at regular intervals. But since the government’s goal was to help with the liquidity issues of the sector, a company such as Vodafone Idea benefitted a lot....

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea or Vi today announced that its subscribers could enjoy ZEE5 Premium subscription worth Rs 999 at no extra cost with a few prepaid plans. Vi now has five prepaid plans which ship with ZEE5 Premium subscription and they are priced at Rs 355, Rs 405, Rs 595, Rs 795 and Rs 2,595. It is a really good move from Vodafone Idea as ZEE5 has recently parted ways with Bharti Airtel....

Vodafone Rs 95 All Rounder Pack: Benefits and Availability Similar to other All Rounder plans from Vodafone, the Rs 95 pack also offers three benefits- data, talk time and voice calling rate cutter. Users get Rs 74 talk time benefits and all the local/national calls will be charged at 2.5 paise per second. The prepaid plan also ships with 200MB of data. Lastly, the validity of the plan is 56 days from the date of recharge....

The social media messaging platform WhatsApp is known for introducing continuous updates either on the stable versions or via the beta version to improve the experience of its users. Now according to a new report, WhatsApp is rolling out a brand-new update via the Google Play Beta Program. The new update will bring the WhatsApp version to 2.22.8.7. With the new update, WhatsApp will bring new indicators for the End-to-End encryption at the bottom of the call history....