Rich Communication Services (RCS) will drive growth in mobile business messaging in the coming years. According to Juniper Research, the total value of mobile business messaging would go up from $48 billion in 2022 to $78 billion by 2027. RCS adoption by enterprises is estimated to account for 63% of the growth that mobile business messaging will see. For the unaware, RCS is a messaging protocol that allows rich media content such as high-quality videos, pictures, and carousels to be sent to others via the inbuilt SMS application of the smartphone....

Realme 2 Pro Gets November OTA Update: Check What’s New Realme has been seeding monthly OTA updates to its smartphones with latest security patches coming directly from Google. The November OTA update for the Realme 2 Pro is here and it brings new features to the year-old smartphone. Firstly, the update adds Dark Mode inside the Settings app of Realme 2 Pro and users can make use of the new feature to save battery life....

Realme 3i: Confirmed Specifications and Features Realme is calling the 3i as ‘Smartphone Ka Champion,’ and as mentioned, it will take on the Xiaomi Redmi 7 which comes with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 chipset. The Realme 3i will feature identical design to the Realme 3 and it will also offer dual cameras on the rear side. Also, the phone will have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Like other Realme devices, the Realme 3i will also have a Gradient Diamond-Cut design....

Realme has not been shy when it comes to launching products, with the company having at least one launch on a monthly basis. This could be a flagship or a budget device, but there is always one offering from the company. Today, the Chinese smartphone maker released its most recent flagship, the Realme GT 5G, which was initially announced in China in the month of March, with the global launch occurring today, alongside a showcase for the Realme Book and Realme Pad, the company’s upcoming debut laptop and tablet....

Realme X2 Pro and Realme 6 are getting over-the-air (OTA) update which will bring them the latest Android security patch. Along with that, there are system optimisations and bug fixes included as well. It is worthy to note that the update is rolled out in a phased manner so initially, only a select few customers will be receiving the update. The Realme X2 Pro came out last year while Realme 6 is a much recent smartphone which came to the market in March 2020....

Realme X2 Pro Image Posted Online: What it Suggests? When it comes to the design of its phones, Realme impressed everyone, even though most of its sub-Rs 15,000 phones feature a polycarbonate back. However, there’s something unusual we can see from the design of the upcoming Realme X2 Pro and it’s the logo placement. As you can see in the image, the Realme logo is placed next to the quad cameras on the back and it’s looking very odd, at least in the image posted by Madhav Sheth....

Xiaomi is soon going to launch another new smartphone for the Indian market under its Redmi mobile brand. The new smartphone that is going to launch is assumed to be the Redmi 9 Power. A teaser was recently released by the Twitter profile of Redmi India saying ‘Power comes to those who seek it’, with the hashtag ‘PowerPacked’ at the end. This certainly hints that the company is soon going to launch the Redmi 9 Power for the Indian market....

Xiaomi has just unveiled its new ‘Redmi Note 8 2021’ edition. The device has launched for the global markets, and the Indian availability is still a question. It comes with most of the features that were expected from it based on the leaks. The device can potentially kill the sale of the Redmi Note 9 series that is also powered by the same chipset. The Redmi Note 8 2021 can be a decent entry-level 4G smartphone for users who want something really powerful for a very small price....

Redmi Note 8 MIUI 11 Update: How to Check Similar to other Xiaomi phones released recently, the MIUI 11 stable update for Redmi Note 8 is based on Android 9 Pie and not Android 10. Currently, the only Xiaomi phone which is running Android 10 is the flagship Redmi K20 Pro. Other newly launched phones like the Redmi K20, Redmi Note 8, Note 8 Pro, Redmi 8 and so on are running Android 9 Pie itself....

Private Equity Firms Also Join the Line As per the person aware of the matter, “Around 10-12 firms have sent in their expressions of interest. Bharti Airtel and Jio are part of it.” The person also added that legal battle in this ongoing process would be a key concern. When posed with questions, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea did not return any comments. Same was the case with Deloitte which has been given the responsibility of carrying out the court-monitored bankruptcy proceeding of Reliance Communications....

Reliance Jio has just announced that its 5G network services are now going to be available in Pune, Maharashtra. This is again a beta launch by the company wherein the telco would offer 5G network services to consumers in an invite-only manner. Jio announced the ‘Welcome Offer’ for consumers across the nation who are interested in experiencing the power of its 5G network. Jio said that it begins beta testing of its 5G network in a city only when a large part of the city is covered by its SA (standalone) 5G network....

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, has brought a watershed moment for India’s gaming industry. In its 5G network trials, the telco has tested a “Virtual Reality (VR) enabled” multi-player cloud gaming experience on its indigenous 5G network. Aayush Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President, Reliance Jio, shared on his LinkedIn about the trial. Bhatnagar wrote that this trial is a significant upgrade over console-based cloud gaming. During the trial, multiple users were connected to the Jio’s low-latency 5G network using their VR headset and other gaming accessories....

Reliance Jio has introduced a new prepaid plan for the customers offering 2.5GB of daily data. This is the first and now the only prepaid plan from the telco that is offering 2.5GB of daily data to the users. The plan will cost Rs 2999 and will come with a validity of 365 days. Users will get a total of 912.5GB of data with this plan, along with unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS/day....

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, always promises to offer the most affordable tariff than the competition. Be it the limited-time founding member, ‘Prime Membership’ plan or Unlimited data benefits, we have witnessed many feats from the telco. After an all 4G network implementation, the operator has chosen the Standalone (SA) version of 5G to enter the next phase of the journey. The telco has already announced beta trials of its 5G Network across six cities (complete details here)....

Reliance Jio Accounting Practices in Crosshair A senior Reliance Jio executive remarked on this issue, “Accounting standards have nothing to do with the cost of carrying a voice call…Jio follows Indian accounting standards. It’s a blatant lie to say it does its accounting in any different way.” In its statements, Bharti Airtel had alleged that Reliance Jio follows totally different accounting practices which are off the standards followed by the telecom operators worldwide....

Reliance Jio, the number one telecom operator of India, has regained its subscriber addition rate as the telco outperformed its major competitor Bharti Airtel in March 2021. The telco added the most number of subscribers and beat Bharti Airtel by a long margin during the month. According to the Monthly report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Jio added 79,18,129 (close to 8 million) subscribers in March 2021....

A lot of new Reliance Jio users don’t know this, but the company also offers something known as ‘JioLink’. The company doesn’t advertise a lot about this product for one reason, and that is a majority of users don’t really have any need for it. Despite this, this is for those users who are keen to know about what ‘JioLink’ is and what plans are available for the device that they can recharge with....

Reliance Jio has two prepaid plans in its portfolio that no other telco can compete with right now. These plans bring an additional benefit for the consumers that you simply can’t get with other plans of Jio or its competitors. These are the only two plans of their kind in India. What are the two plans we are talking about? I will surely come to that soon. For now, it is important to know that when a lot of mobile users in India purchase prepaid plans bundled with Disney+ Hotstar, they only get the benefit of Disney+ Hotstar Mobile....

Reliance Jio offers some of the best-prepaid plans in the country. There is data and unlimited voice calling benefit included in every plan of the telco. But there is a catch with unlimited calling from Reliance Jio as they come with a FUP limit. If you don’t know what that is, keep reading ahead. Jio users can get the benefit of unlimited calling with going for prepaid plans but the unlimited calling applies for Jio to Jio calls only....

Recharge Queueing Explained To understand what we are implying here, you will first have to understand that Reliance Jio allows the subscribers to queue their recharges. This means that you can buy a recharge on top of another recharge and when your first one expires, the next one will be in the queue. This ensures that the money you spent on the second recharge does not go in vain and you make use of only prepaid recharge at a time....