ACT Fibernet upgrades speed and bundled data in broadband plans of existing subscribers free of cost

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Anticipating threat from <a href="http://telecomtalk.info/category/general/reliance-jio-2/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Reliance Jio</a>, as the 4G operator is all set to launch Gigafiber in the coming weeks and other operators who are rapidly cutting broadband data tariff, South based leading ISP ACT Fibernet has started offering free speed and bundled data upgrade to most of its customers across its operational cities to protect subscriber base.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; 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box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="608" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Act Fibernet which offers high speed broadband services across 11 cities including Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi is offering up to 100% speed and bundled data upgrade to select customers, while majority of the customers are getting a speed upgrade of 50% in their existing plans at no extra cost.</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">An executive from the ACT pricing team shared with us ‘We’re offering speed upgrade to most of our existing customers while the company is looking to cut down data tariff by offering more data in existing plans for all customers to compete with other operators.’ Though he was unaware as to when the company would amend most of the market plans.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="unnamed" class="aligncenter wp-image-157806" height="206" sizes="(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1-1024x333.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1-1024x333.jpg 1024w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/unnamed-1-300x98.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="634" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Besides offering free speed upgrade, ACT is also offering Video and Movie content to boost its subscriber base in the markets where Jio is believed to launch its ultra-speed broadband services with free content like TV, music and movies on demand to tap the market. According to the latest regulatory report, ACT had more than 1.05 million wired broadband customers at the end of August 2016.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">If you are an ACT Fibernet subscriber, do share your experience with and review of the ISP through comments below.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS ACT Fibernet upgrades speed and bundled data in broadband plans of existing subscribers free of cost

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Xiaomi launches Mi Max Prime with Snapdragon 652 and 128GB storage in India for Rs. 19,999

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Xiaomi’s massive display smartphone – the <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/xiaomi-mi-max/154717/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Max</a> made a debut in May, this year. <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/tag/xiaomi" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Xiaomi</a> is back with an enhanced variant of the device, dubbed as the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Max Prime</strong>. It is launched as a part of the three-day Diwali sale organized by the company. Regarding specs, the Mi Max Prime is superior to its predecessor. It will go on sale in India via Mi.com from October 17 for a price of Rs. 19,999.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Mi Max Prime" class="size-full wp-image-157802 aligncenter" height="577" sizes="(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-11-at-4.35.34-AM.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-11-at-4.35.34-AM.png 908w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-11-at-4.35.34-AM-300x191.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="908" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The Prime variant of the Mi Max comes with a better chipset and RAM capacity than the Mi Max; it houses a Snapdragon 652 clubbed with 4GB of RAM. It is superior regarding storage too; the Mi Max Prime features 128GB of expandable internal storage. All these specs could make an ideal pick for the buyers who want premium features under 20k.</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Other than the specs mentioned above, the Mi Max Prime is pretty much similar to its predecessor. The device features a 6.44-inch full HD 1080p display, a 16-megapixel primary camera with dual-tone LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) and f/2.0 aperture. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MIUI 8 on top. A 4,850mAh battery backs it. For connectivity, it supports 4G LTE with VoLTE (Band 1 /3 /5/7/38/39/40/41), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2 LE with A2DP, GPS, GLONASS, and USB OTG.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Xiaomi’s Diwali sale will offer Mi Air Purifier 2 at Rs. 9,999, <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/xiaomi-mi-band-2-launched-india/157312/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Mi Band 2</strong></a> at Rs. 1,999, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://telecomtalk.info/xiaomi-launches-10000mah-power-bank/155281/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Mi 10,000mAh power bank</a></strong> at Rs. 1,999. On October 14, the company will unleash additional deals for the sale. The <a href="http://www.mi.com/in/events/diwali2016/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Diwali sale</a> is set to go live on October 17th and 19th.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">To refresh, the Mi Max standard variant comes with a massive 1080p display of 6.44-inch. Similar to China, the device was launched in two variants in India – 3GB RAM/32GB storage/Snapdragon 650 hexacore SoC (priced at Rs. 14,999) and 4GB RAM/128GB storage/Snapdragon 652 octa-core SoC (priced at Rs. 19,999). The metal-clad smartphone will be available in Dark Grey, Gold, and Silver color options.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Xiaomi launches Mi Max Prime with Snapdragon 652 and 128GB storage in India for Rs. 19,999

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Regional OS Indus and Karbonn Mobiles partner to offer regional language services on smartphones

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The world’s first regional operating system Indus OS has formed a tie-up with Jaina Group, the brand owners of Karbonn Mobiles. Indus OS already has the partnership with Micromax, Celkon, and Swipe.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="india-vodo" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155898" height="480" sizes="(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png 925w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo-300x156.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="925" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Commenting on the new partnership, Rakesh Deshmukh, co-Founder & CEO, Indus OS, said, “Our partnership with Karbonn is a testimony that smartphone brands are recognizing the need for a regional language smartphone ecosystem in India. It is a young homegrown brand, differentiated by its efforts to create a simplistic experience for the Indian users, much like us. They are a fast growing company and we are glad to partner up in the next leg of their growth phase.”</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Indus OS is said to have over 4.5 million users and commands a 6.3% market share. Regional keyboards are the specialty of Indus OS. It was the first keyboard of the country to have the natural ordering of the alphabet, making it easy for the Indian smartphone users to type.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Auto-correction, mantra-prediction features in 12 languages, own regional app store App Bazaar in 12 languages, etc. are the other notable features. In June 2016, India OS and the Government of India’s Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) introduced text-to-speech (TTS) technology in 6 regional languages.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“As per IAMAI, the regional language user base in India grew 47% and touched 127 million in June 2015. The growing consumption of regional language content on mobile phones is a clear indicator of the need for localizing the Smartphone ecosystem for bridging the gaping digital divide,” said Shashin Devsare, Executive Director, Karbonn Mobiles & Jaina Group.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“Recognizing the explosive growth potential of this segment, Jaina Group has been working towards dissolving language barriers, a major impediment to Smartphone adoption, by introducing solutions offering uncomplicated regional language experience to the users. The partnership with Indus OS is an extension of our efforts towards this end and would play a pivotal role in simplifying the web experience for regional language speaking users further driving adoption,” he added.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Regional OS Indus and Karbonn Mobiles partner to offer regional language services on smartphones

The world’s first regional operating system Indus OS has formed a tie-up with Jaina Group, the brand owners of Karbonn Mobiles. Indus OS alr...

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Snapdragon 820-powered HTC 10 gets a price cut of Rs. 5000 in India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">HTC’s premium smartphone, the <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/tag/htc" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">HTC</a> 10 made its way to India in May, this year. It was <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/htc-10-goes-official-in-india/153747/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">launched at a whopping price of Rs. 52,990</a>, but maybe due to low sales volume, HTC has now slashed its pricing by Rs. 5000. The HTC 10 will now be up for sale at a reduced pricing of Rs. 47,990. Interestingly, HTC recently <a href="https://telecomtalk.info/htc-confirms-nougat-by-q4-2016/156468/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">announced Nougat update</a> for the HTC 10, which is expected to roll out by the end of this year in Q4 2016.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="HTC 10 flagship" class=" wp-image-151923 aligncenter" height="514" sizes="(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/HTC-10-flagship.jpg" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/HTC-10-flagship.jpg 728w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/HTC-10-flagship-300x179.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="862" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">To recap, the HTC 10 comes with a 5.2-inch Quad HD display, 4GB of RAM, 64GB internal storage (32GB variant will also be available) and a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 820 chipset with Adreno 530 GPU. Also, the internal storage will be expandable up to 2TB via microSD card for both the storage variants.</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The HTC 10 sports a 12-Ultrapixel primary camera equipped with Laser autofocus, optical image stabilization (OIS), f/1.8 aperture. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera onboard with f/1.8 aperture and OIS (one of its kind front camera to be equipped with OIS). The device comes crafted in a metal body, which gives it a premium look. It features a fingerprint sensor, which is embedded into the Home Button. Backing the HTC 10 is a 3,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0. Like other HTC flagships, this one too features BoomSound speakers along with 24-bit hi-res DAC audio chip for enhanced audio output.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Considering the<a href="https://telecomtalk.info/samsung-galaxy-note7-replacement-units/157425/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"> downfall of the Galaxy Note7</a>, HTC might reap benefits from the price cut on its flagship. Going by the specs and features, the HTC 10 looks like a good smartphone.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">After the price cut, would you be interested in buying the HTC 10? Share your thoughts through the comment section below.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Snapdragon 820-powered HTC 10 gets a price cut of Rs. 5000 in India

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Airtel to introduce ‘Airtel Dialer’ feature in myAirtel app, will offer free calling

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom operator, has rolled out “Airtel Dialer”, a new feature in its myAirtel app, for some of its users in the country, and is offering free 50 Airtel-to-Airtel local and STD voice calling minutes.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full" height="1600" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/comment_610537_attachment_images_1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="900" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The new feature has been added for Android users as part of myAirtel app update. The new feature can be launched by updating the myAirtel application. After the new update, myAirtel app creates a standalone icon for the new feature, which customers can also make their default phone dialer. The update is currently available to a few prepaid and postpaid users in the country.</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The new dialer feature could be aimed at luring Airtel customers into downloading myAirtel app. Prepaid users that download the application can also get 5GB free night data via myJackpot.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“Manage you calls Manage your calls efficiently, get free calling minutes and enjoy seamless dialing experience,” an updated myAirtel app notification read.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://telecomtalk.info/category/general/reliance-jio-2/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3984c3; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">Reliance Jio</a>, the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G telecom operator, already offers a dialer application, called Jio4GVoice, which enables non-VoLTE smartphones to make VoLTE calls in the country. TrueCaller and Nimbuzz-owned Hola! apps also offer dialer feature through their respective applications to customers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Bharti Airtel had earlier added a cloud storage feature, called Airtel Backup, in its myAirtel app for certain users in India. It is offering 2GB of free cloud storage, which allows Airtel users to store documents, audio, video, photos, call history, contacts etc for free.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Airtel to introduce ‘Airtel Dialer’ feature in myAirtel app, will offer free calling

Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom operator, has rolled out “Airtel Dialer”, a new feature in its myAirtel app, for some of its us...

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Telecom Minister, Secretary reiterate spectrum auction was a success

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha has termed the recently concluded spectrum auction a “success”, saying that the spectrum sold is about 965 megahertz, which is more than the amount of spectrum sold cumulatively in the auctions in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="false" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px; height: 19px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="india" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-157221" height="579" sizes="(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/india.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/india.png 878w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/india-300x198.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="878" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“This spectrum auction was the biggest auction ever. This was the highest spectrum sale 4 years which witnessed the sale of 964.8 Mhz. I totally disagree with the statement that this spectrum auction was a ‘failure’ (according to newspapers),” Sinha told media, adding that the auction payment of Rs 32000 crore is the highest till now.</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">India’s biggest spectrum auction saw telecom companies placing bids worth Rs 65,789 crore in five days, leaving almost 60% of the airwaves unsold, including the premium 700 MHz (4G) and 900 MHz bands, due to steep pricing by the Indian government. It was estimated that the auction would have fetched Rs 56 lakh crore if all the spectrum on offer was sold at the reserve price.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The minister said the telecom department would be able to meet the budget revenue estimate of Rs 98,000 crore this financial year from the upfront payment and other sources. Telcos will be paying Rs 32000 crore as upfront auction payment, which Sinha said, “is the highest till now.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Telecom Secretary J S Deepak’s views concur with those of telecom minister Manoj Sinha. “The problem of the industry being starved of spectrum and that being a constraint to providing quality of services is over. According to me, spectrum scarcity in India is now history,” Deepak told media.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Interestingly, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal also said that the just-concluded auction of airwaves had resolved one of the largest issues that the industry faced ­ inadequate spectrum ­ and that it was “not a failure</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“Spectrum was one of the biggest issues that has been resolved to a very large degree. Lots of spectrum was put up on the table. Most has been picked up and more will be picked up. I think the rollout is now accelerating,” Mittal was quoted as saying at the India Economic Summit.</div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Telecom Minister, Secretary reiterate spectrum auction was a success

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BSNL goes bullish on data play, plans to ramp up mobile broadband capacity by 600 terrabyte

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_hoverrDone" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will increase its mobile broadband capacity by up to two-fold to 600 terrabyte in a month in a bid to stay relevant in the country and to better compete with private players that are already offering 4G services.</div><div class="_teraMainAdContainer" data-attr="not-done" hov-ad-rendered="false" hov-ad-unbind="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; height: auto; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 850.875px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_teraAdContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; margin: 5px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; transform: scale(1); width: 728px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="_hovClose" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; font-size: 19px !important; height: 19px; line-height: 1 !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 19px; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 2147483647;" title="Close">×</span><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="_adSenceImagePush" data-height="90" data-width="728" frameborder="0" height="90" loadstatus="0" scrolling="no" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 90px !important; margin: 0px auto; max-width: initial !important; min-height: 90px; min-width: initial !important; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 728px !important; word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 999;" width="728"></iframe></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="india-mobile-internet" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-152807" height="536" sizes="(max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px" src="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/india-mobile-internet.png" srcset="https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/india-mobile-internet.png 935w, https://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/india-mobile-internet-300x172.png 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="935" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The telecom operator said that it is seeing enormous increase in usage of mobile data on its network. The surge in demand for mobile data on BSNL network can be attributed to the recently launched unlimited 3G scheme for Rs 1,099, according to BSNL Chairman and MD Anupam Shrivastava.</div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The plan offers unlimited access to 3G without any speed restriction for a period of 30 days. Comparatively, private telecom operators offer 7GB to 11 GB data download for Rs 1,100.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Notably, the 4G entrant Reliance Jio is offering 4 GB 4G data per day free till the end of this year. From January 1, the company will offer unlimited 4G data at starting price of Rs 19 but the ‘unlimited’ 4G usage will remain valid during night hours.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Shrivastava said that the telco will be increasing its data network capacity to deliver high-speed 3G and other services. He added that BSNL will double the capacity to 600 TB in the Southern zone, and in other zones, it will be up to 450 TB by November.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">The CMD said that the average data download per customer under the plan has been around 2.2 GB which means 66 GB per customer in a month.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“In 2012, data usage on BSNL network was around 80 TB. After recent unlimited 3G Internet scheme we have seen sudden jump in data usage. In July it was around 279 TB which has now gone up to 353 TB,” he added.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">BSNL is also planning to launch lifetime free voice service starting from January 2017, along with plans that will be cheaper than what Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio had announced earlier this month. The move is aimed at quickly expanding the subscriber base across India, expect Mumbai and Delhi, where MTNL provides services.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">Shrivastava said that BSNL is ready to compete with any telecom operator in the market and it will match any tariff in the market.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;">“We are already offering 300 GB of data usage for Rs 249 per month on fixed broadband connection. It is valid for six months and no other operator has been able to match it,” Shrivastava said.</div></h1></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS BSNL goes bullish on data play, plans to ramp up mobile broadband capacity by 600 terrabyte

State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will increase its mobile broadband capacity by up to two-fold to 600 terrabyt...

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