ISPs offer a wide range of broadband plans for users to choose from, starting from as low as 30 Mbps plans to up to 1 Gbps plans. Two of the leading service providers – Jio and Airtel offer a Rs 999 broadband plan. While the plan from Jio comes with great benefits including OTT subscriptions, Airtel on the other hand offers higher connectivity speed. Mentioned below are the Rs 999 broadband plans offered by Jio and Airtel along with the pack details....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released Telecom Subscription Data Report as of January 31, 2021. We have already reported the wireless subscription data of telecom operators, and the same report has wireline subscription data of broadband service providers. In the report, Trai said BSNL lost 2.13 lakh existing users, but JioFiber gained 1.96 lakh new customers. Bharti Airtel added just 76,654 new customers. At the end of January 2021, JioFiber’ subscriber base stood at 2....

BSNL 500GB CUL Rs 777 Broadband Plan Details The broadband plan that we are talking about here is the Rs 777 broadband plan by BSNL. To recall, in its previous to the broadband portfolio, BSNL had changed the Rs 777 broadband plan to Rs 849 plan, and the Rs 777 broadband plan was taken off the shelves. As a result, the BSNL broadband portfolio had the Rs 849 plan as its cheapest offering since June....

Lava Z2 Max Price and Availability Lava Z2 Max Specifications and Features The Lava Z2 Max flaunts a tall 7-inch display with an HD+ resolution, it has a waterdrop notch design to accommodate the selfie camera setup. The smartphone offers an aspect ratio of 20:5:9 and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood, the handset is powered by a quad-core MediaTek Helio processor. However, the company didn’t mention anything about the processor details....

MWC 2020 Expected to Majorly Impact Due to Coronavirus The first brand to cancel press conference at the MWC tech show was ZTE which was followed by LG. While ZTE did not issue any press statement, LG did confirm publicly that it doesn’t want to “needlessly exposing hundreds of LG employees to international travel.” Furthermore, the brand also confirmed that it would launch the planned products at separate events in the coming weeks....

Signal has gained a lot of traction recently because of all the noise relating to the new ‘Terms & Conditions’ rolled out by WhatsApp. If you are a WhatsApp user, one of the things that you might appreciate the most about it is its app support for Windows and macOS devices. If you have shifted to Signal and want to use the application on your laptop or computer, you can do that....

The Indian government has put a 10% customs duty on multiple parts of smartphones which are imported to the country from October 1, 2020. This is likely to result in increased prices of smartphones. ‘Make in India’ initiative is in full flow for the past few months with major companies such as Apple shifting its production of iPhones to India. DTH operators such as Tata Sky and Dish TV are also shifting the manufacturing of Set-Top Boxes to India....

MediaTek, a major semiconductor manufacturer, has launched a new chipset for flagship smartphones. This new chip is called MediaTek Dimensity 9200 SoC. With this chip, MediaTek is aiming to offer something better in the 5G domain to customers. The SoC is geared to deliver high-performance gaming and ultra-sharp image capturing and can also support both mmWave and sub-6 GHz band 5G networks. The Dimensity 9200 SoC is the first smartphone chip that comes integrated with an Arm Cortex X4 with operating speeds over 3 GHz....

MediaTek, a fabless semiconductor manufacturing company powering billions of devices, has said that it is looking to expand India footprint in the coming year. 5G is going to be the next disruptive technology at scale in the coming years, and MediaTek is upbeat about enhancing India’s 5G prospects in 2022. The company plans on bringing a complete and comprehensive range including premium, flagship, and mainstream products to India in 2022....

The Consumer Electronics Show happening in Las Vegas has witnessed the beginning of something remarkable. The metaverse now has a more realistic edge as a jacket equipped with sensors that allow users to feel punches and even hugs in virtual reality, was introduced as the latest innovation. Founder of the Spain based start-up Owo, Jose Fuertes talked about the metaverse being just avatars if users can’t feel anything. Owo is the company that has built the said jacket....

Xiaomi has silently launched another product for the Indian market. This time, it is not a smartphone, but a laptop namely ‘Mi Notebook 14 (IC)’. This laptop is an addition in the Mi Notebook 14 series which also features Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition. The laptop is powered by the 10th generation Intel Core i5-10210U Comet Lake processor and has a standard 720p HD built-in webcam. Xiaomi has claimed that this laptop will offer a battery life of up to 10 hours....

The company describes ‘Super Zero’ as an innovative proposition to suit every pocket with choice of daily, weekly and monthly offerings. Now MTS customers can enjoy unlimited calling and texting on MTS network from bouquet of options starting as low as Rs 17. With new STV147 you can make 2.4 lac seconds or 4000 minutes of local onnet calls and 60K seconds or 1000 minutes of STD onnet calls and 200 local and national onnet sms per day for 30 days....

Limited edition audio wearables, including noise-cancelling supported true wireless earbuds (TWS), headphones, and a wireless neckband, are being released by Netflix in collaboration with boAt. For the first time, a consumer technology company has teamed up with the streaming giant to produce limited-edition goods bearing the Netflix logo. Let’s examine the three new audio products from Netflix and boAt and their features. boAt Nirvana 751ANC As the name says, the Nirvana 751 ANC headphones have Active noise cancellation (ANC)....

Netplus Broadband is an internet service provider (ISP) which has expanded its services to multiple regions of the country, including Haryana, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The company offers broadband services in multiple cities of Haryana. One offering from Netplus to the users living in Haryana is a 200 Mbps speed plan that also comes with three over-the-top (OTT) benefits. The good thing is that it is economical as well and won’t burn your pocket....

Netplus Broadband is offering customers two months of free service. The company currently offers services in select regions of the country. These are the states where services from Netplus Broadband are available at the moment - Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. With Netplus Broadband, you can get internet plans with up to 1 Gbps speeds. The company offers truly unlimited data plans, and for customer support, there will always be a team available....

New Spyware Allegedly Developed by NSO This new spyware is being spread by means of a WhatsApp call, which by the way you might not even receive, but if used, could then be the reason for your phone’s compromise. The WhatsApp call could render all your data, including your call logs, your emails, your messages, photos etc, vulnerable to an Israeli cyber intelligence company, NSO. The report comes from Financial Times which has noted that this code developed by NSO can be transmitted to your device with the means of a WhatsApp call even if you don’t answer it....

The Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Network slicing of the 4G and 5G networks in Africa has been trialled by Nokia and Safaricom. Network slicing helps the operators to divide all the networks into multiple slices, which can be used for one particular service or application. Different levels of protection can also be assigned to each slice, along with its own priority. To range the number of Nokia’s products and services, the trial used a multi-vendor network environment and software upgrades, including RAN, Transport and core....

Nokia today announced that it has been ranked as the leader in optical networks in India by market share, according to Omdia, a leading independent global research firm. Nokia has differentiated itself by offering cutting-edge optical networks products for all segments of the communications network. Its extensive range of products also includes unique solutions for Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and the enterprise market. According to Omdia’s market share analysis report, India’s optical networks market is more than $415 million, spread across all layers of telecom networks, including backhaul, access, aggregation and National Long Distance....

The Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia has announced that it will supply 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) to Ooredoo Kuwait for the telco’s customers premises. The renowned telecom operator of Kuwait is offering Nokia FastMile 5G Gateway as a premium internet device for business and residential customers. As reported by Telecom Lead, Ooredoo is using FWA to extend the reach of its fibre network to areas and premises which are difficult to connect with direct fibre lines....

In association with fashion designer Chet Lo, Nothing Ear Stick, the UK-based company’s upcoming true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones, debuted on Thursday at the Spring Summer 2023 fashion show. It is claimed that these TWS earphones are “supremely comfy.” The Nothing Ear Stick’s charging case, which has a unique cylindrical form, is the main subject of the newly released photographs. The exterior of the case appears to be transparent. The earphones’ design is still a secret, though....