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Even though 5G is still rolling out in several parts of the world, technocrats are eyeing the 6G technology. In the recent development in the 6G bubble, South Korea is planning to deploy the first-ever 6G network by the end of 2028. Not only this, but the nation will also structure a program to curate the core standards and technologies in the period of five years. Spreading light on the budgetary plans, the Korean government has unfolded the five-year plan to spend nearly $193 million on the development of 6G core technologies....

With the launch of aggressive broadband plans from Reliance Jio under the JioFiber brand, ACT Fibernet is left with no other option other than launching competitive plans. In September and October, we saw ACT Fibernet revising its broadband plans in almost every city it is operating. Alongside doubling the FUP limit, the company also increased speed limits in select cities. In Hyderabad, ACT Fibernet now has a 125 Mbps broadband plan priced at Rs 1,075, however, customers can get it for a lower price by opting for the long-term option....

ACT Fibernet World Cup Offer: Everything You Need to Know ACT Fibernet is one of the leading fibre-based broadband service providers in India right now. The Internet Service Provider has more than two million users under its belt and it has operations across 17 popular cities in the country. Talking about the ACT Fibernet Wolrd Cup offer, users will be able to check the free 100GB data by logging into their account through ACT Fibernet website or mobile app....

Motorola Moto G7: Specifications and Features As far as the specs are concerned, the Moto G7 comes packed with a 6.24-inch Full HD+ display with screen resolution of 1080x2270 pixels. On the hardware front, the Moto G7 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 SoC clocked at 1.8GHz. The Moto G7 comes packed with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD card slot....

Bharti Airtel, Ericsson, and IIT Kanpur have collaborated with the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) for monitoring air quality in Jaipur. The companies have installed low-cost Narrow Band-IoT based air quality sensors in 40 key locations of Jaipur. These sensors require minimal maintenance, are compact, and simple to install. These sensors will collect real-time data of the air quality, and it will be analysed by the RSPCB and displayed to the public at five identified locations of Jaipur — Yadgar Jaipur; Near VKIA Police Station; Airport Sanganer, Government Secretariat, and RSPCB Head Office Jhalana-Dungri Jaipur....

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Bharti Airtel Limited, and Vodafone Idea Limited each received numbering resources from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for various uses between August and September 2022. Dates of Resource Allocation and Other Details Reliance Jio Reliance Jio received the MSC code 92010-92019 for the Madhya Pradesh LSA on September 6. The telecom requested that the ACCESS-MSC code allotment be taken into account. It will enable the telco to meet the telecom circle’s demand of one million subscribers....

Airtel Africa has just received a $100 million investment from Mastercard, a global technology leader in the payments industry. Mastercard will get a minority stake in the company against this investment. But Mastercard will get a minority stake in the Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa, and not the Airtel Africa group itself. For the unaware, AMC BV operates most of the mobile money operations of Airtel Africa in the 14 countries it is present in....

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are the only two telecom operators who are making money in the Indian market among all the telcos. Well, there aren’t really too many players. The only ones which are not making profits are Vodafone Idea (Vi) and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited). BSNL is a state-run telecom operator, while Vodafone Idea is a private company. This makes Vi the only telecom operator which is private and isn’t making money....

Airtel Removes Data Rollover Facility for Broadband Users To recall, Airtel introduced data rollover facility on broadband plans back in 2017 when the company had only FUP enabled plans. Firstly, the data rollover facility was introduced for Airtel postpaid users, and thankfully, the company did not remove it for the postpaid subscribers though. Airtel Xstream Fibre now has just four broadband plans- Rs 799, Rs 999, Rs 1,499 and Rs 3,999, providing data benefit of 150GB, 300GB, 500GB and 3....

The multinational telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel on Thursday put on display its 5G’s high-speed, low latency capabilities that aim at transforming the future of video entertainment and providing a much-enhanced user experience. The company used its cutting-edge immersive video technologies over its high speed 5G test network to recreate the in-stadia experience of Kapil Dev’s famous 175 not out vs Zimbabwe during the 1983 Cricket World Cup. The video was played in 4K mode bringing some of the highlights of the match to life as there isn’t original footage available due to a strike by TV technicians....

Increase in EBITDA, EBIT and Revenue for Airtel Digital TV With this new addition of subscribers, the total subscriber base of Airtel Digital TV now stands at 15.39 million which is 2.6% higher, and when compared to the subscriber base in Q4 FY18, the number is up by 8.6%. As for earnings, the EBITDA was registered to be Rs 392.6 crore as compared to Rs 382.6 crore in Q3 and Rs 370....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, has announced that the company is expanding the free vaccination programme to 80,000 employees across 15,000 partners. This initiative is to prioritize the inoculation of staff who work as the front end of the company; this includes store staff and field executives who deal with customers and retails on a daily basis. Airtel has shared an email with all the partners stating that the company has joined its hands with Apollo Hospitals to vaccinate their employees and their dependent family members as well....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, said that its shareholders had approved Google’s investment of USD $700 million into the company for a 1.28% stake. In addition to this, the shareholders or investors have also backed the telco’s plan of spending over Rs 1.17 lakh crore in related expenses, which would include its subsidiaries, Indus Towers, and moreover the next four years. In an exchange filing, Airtel said that the resolutions during the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on February 26 were approved by a 99....

Bharti Airtel is seemingly adding a new revenue source to its existing base of customers, and that seems to be Airtel Payments Bank. The Payment Bank, which was one of the first of its kind to start operations in India, is now expecting to break even this year. This means that all the investments that Bharti Airtel has poured into Airtel Payments Bank until now will start giving back returns, thus easing financial tensions for the telecom company and allaying investor fears as well....

Better Payments Management for Merchants with BHIM UPI Owing to this new introduction, the customers will not be required to download and install multiple payments applications on their phone and they will be able to play with any BHIM UPI enabled application of their choice. This new feature for the merchants will make digital payments seamless as well as secure. Airtel has said that the Airtel Payments Bank powered BHIM UPI payments will allow the customers to pay anywhere, anytime through a single interface....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, is recognised as one of the best postpaid service providers in the country. The telco offers a total of five postpaid plans starting at Rs 399 to Rs 1599 per month. All of the high-end plans from the company bundle OTT (over-the-top) benefits for the consumers. But with the lower-end or entry-level plans, there are either no OTT benefits or very few of them....

Bharti Airtel keeps on adding and removing prepaid plans. The telco has removed its Rs 2,398 prepaid plan from its Truly Unlimited offerings. This plan used to come with 1.5GB daily data, unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day and Airtel Thanks benefits. It came with a validity of 365 days (1 year) which is a full year. But the telco also offers another plan of Rs 2,498 for which it charged just Rs 100 more with the same validity of 365 days (1 year)....

Bharti Airtel Smart Recharge of Rs 23 For the Bharti Airtel subscribers, if they want to keep their account active with the least possible spend on their part, then they would have to shell out at least Rs 23 per 28 days to keep their account running. This recharge would simply get the subscribers validity of 28 days and nothing else. There is no data benefit or talk time benefit in this plan....

If you have been following the talks around 5G, you must have heard there are two types of 5G networks. One is 5G SA (standalone), and another is 5G NSA (non-standalone). These are the two types of 5G networks that telecom operators can roll out. But most of the countries have seen their operators rely more on 5G NSA in the initial days. This is the case with India as well....

Airtel Wi-Fi Calling Now Working With Other ISPs as Well Firstly, let’s address the elephant in the room. When Airtel announced the Wi-Fi Calling feature last week, it firmly said that the service works only with Airtel Broadband, meaning Airtel Xstream Fibre plans only. However, a lot of users are now observing that the Airtel Wi-Fi Calling is even working on other ISPs. For example, one of our reader, Anoop Jain from Chennai is now using Airtel Wi-Fi Calling on BSNL FTTH, and the smartphone is Apple iPhone SE....