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BSNL Rs 187 Prepaid Plan Revised to Provide Additional Validity
OnePlus 10 Pro Precise Launch Timeframe Rumoured, May Arrive Early Next Year
PhonePe Witness Two Billion Monthly Transactions In October 2021
Qualcomm to Cut Supply to Apple as the Latter Comes Up with its Own Chips
TRAI Report Shows Vi Offered the Best Upload Speeds in October 2021
Cabinet Approves USOF Scheme to Connect 7,287 Villages Across India
Netflix Brings in New Way to Discover Top Content
BSNL Plans You Can Recharge for Your Parents
Airtel Plans for SMS Services Starts at Rs 129
Hathway, Excitel 300 Mbps Broadband Plans Compared

BSNL Rs 187 Prepaid Plan Revised to Provide Additional Validity

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 11:34 AM PST

The State-run telecom operator BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has revised the Rs 187 prepaid plan. The telecom's Kerala circle handle took to Twitter to reveal the new rate card for its prepaid plans. As per the same, it is clear that the Rs 187 prepaid plan has been revised by the telco. This plan offers unlimited calling benefits alongside other plans priced at Rs 147, Rs 247, Rs 447 and more. Let's check out the new benefits offered by the revised BSNL prepaid plan from here.

BSNL Rs 187 Prepaid Plan Revised

This newly revised Rs 187 prepaid plan comes with a validity of 28 days, which previously offered a lesser validity of 24 days. Furthermore, the plan will offer unlimited voice calling benefits, be it local or STD calls networks. The unlimited voice calls are applicable even to the MTNL network in Delhi and Mumbai circles. Once the data benefit of 2GB per day is exhausted, the subscribers of this BSNL prepaid plan will experience a drop in the data speed to 80 kbps. Apart from this, the BSNL Rs 187 prepaid plan offers 100 SMS per day to any network and free PRBT ringtones. Given that the prepaid plan has been revised, it can be recharged via the BSNL website or third-party apps or platforms. Given that it offers an additional validity of 4 days and additional data benefit as compared to similar plans from rivals, it is a good offering to choose from.

Other BSNL Prepaid Plans Revised

Notably, this announcement from BSNL regarding the revision of the Rs 187 prepaid plan comes after the recent move wherein it revised the affordable Rs 56, Rs 57 and Rs 58 prepaid plans. The telco slashed the pricing of these plans and made them more affordable. However, the bundled benefits of these low-cost plans remain the same post the revision of their pricing. Also, their validity remains the same. As per the recent revision, the Rs 58 prepaid recharge plan is available for Rs 57, the Rs 57 plan has been revised to cost Rs 56 and the Rs 56 prepaid plan is revised to cost Rs 54.

OnePlus 10 Pro Precise Launch Timeframe Rumoured, May Arrive Early Next Year

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 08:02 AM PST

OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro earlier this year and the company is looking forward to bringing a sequel series to the successful models. Speculations have already been made about the reveal of the OnePlus 10 Pro, the upcoming flagship by the smartphone company backed by Oppo. Latest rumours now suggest the actual launch timeframe of the smartphone as earlier it was reported that the device will be unveiled next year and no information on the precise timeline was available.

The Speculations Around the Device

Even though the rumours suggest that the device will arrive in the first quarter, if the leaked reports are to be believed, we might actually witness the device by the end of January or early February next year in China. Global launch of the device can be speculated to happen in the following months of March or April. Some reports suggest that the smartphones are under private testing in some countries of Europe and China currently, while there hasn't been any official comment from the makers. Moreover, if the device gets an early launch date in January of next year, it would mean that the smartphone maker has launched the sequel of its former flagship device in less than a year. The decreased time gap between the two smartphones of the flagship series can be credited to the fact that OnePlus never launched a OnePlus 9T series smartphone except for its RT variant which was launched only in China. As of now, it is expected that the OnePlus 10 series will include two devices namely the OnePlus 10 and its enhanced version OnePlus 10 Pro. The device could also come with Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 898 processor or Snapdragon 8 Gen1. The operating system for the device will be developed by OnePlus and Oppo if the rumours are to be believed. OnePlus might also use a 65W or 125W fast charge technology with this series. The display of the device is expected to feature 6.7-inch QHD+ AMOLED with a 120Hz refresh rate.

PhonePe Witness Two Billion Monthly Transactions In October 2021

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 06:40 AM PST

The digital payment platform PhonePe, which is a part of Flipkart Group that is controlled by Walmart Inc. has clocked over two billion transactions across the payment channels in October 2021. The company released a statement on Wednesday to reveal the numbers. Notably, this includes the payments made via the UPI and Bharat Bill Payment System. Back in February this year, PhonePe recorded one billion transactions a month. PhonePe has 145 million monthly active users and has recorded an annualised total payments value of $600 billion. Notably, the digital transactions have been made from over 19,000 pin codes that constitute over 99 percent of the country, claimed the statement from the payment platform as per ET Telecom.

PhonePe Witnesses Rapid Growth

The rapid growth of PhonePe was witnessed as it surpassed one billion transactions in just eight months. This growth indicates that there is a wider adoption of digital payments in the country, which has been accelerated further with the pandemic that has shut down the essential goods services in many parts across the country in the past 18 months. In terms of the value of the transactions that use UPI, it has crossed the $100 billion milestone for the first time in October 2021. There were 4.2 billion UPI transactions that amounted to Rs 7.71 lakh crore that was clocked in the month, thereby reaching all-time high in both terms for the payments channel. This growth was possible due to the increased demand for online shopping during the festive season. Also, the gradual reopening of the economy after the second wave of the pandemic contributed to this growth. Given that 80 percent of the tractions are from the tier 2 and tier 3 cities and beyond, there is clear evidence that digital payments have penetrated across the country's length and breadth, added the CEO and founder of PhonePe, Sameer Nigam. However, cash is still the king in the country's economy. When it comes to the ratio of cash circulation, it has touched a new high reaching 14.5 percent for the current fiscal year despite the decreased demand for it and the shrinking economy. On the other hand, the digital payments have grown three times since the fiscal year 2018.

Qualcomm to Cut Supply to Apple as the Latter Comes Up with its Own Chips

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 06:08 AM PST

During the ongoing 2021 Investor Day event, Qualcomm on November 17 announced its upcoming next-gen processors for PC which will be launched to compete with Apple Silicon's M series chips. However, as the events unfold further, the future plans for one of the most prominent chip maker's modems are revealed as Apple will be coming up with its own modem chips in the foreseeable future.

The Future Plans

The Cupertino-based giant Apple has already announced its own modem chips which the company has been developing and working on for quite a long time. The current plan to bring those chips into the market is with 2023 iPhones. As Apple will start using its self-produced modem chips, Qualcomm's modem business is sure to get hit by it. The CFO of Qualcomm, Akash Palkhiwala has also confirmed in a statement that the company will be providing only around 20% of modem chips to Apple. Simply told, 2023 will be the last time Qualcomm will be the sole supplier of modem chips for iPhones. Qualcomm did describe it as a "planning assumption for forecast purposes" but it is hinted that the company is expecting the launch in 2023. On the other hand, Qualcomm is also planning to compete with Apple's M series chips. Qualcomm is going to come up with its own ARM-based PC processors which will be designed by Nuvia. The upcoming processor by the company is claimed to set the performance benchmark for Windows PC. Earlier Apple had to go on a legal battle with Qualcomm to shift to its self-produced modem chips which were settled in 2019. After the legal battle, Apple needed to source chips for its iPhones and thus entered into a multi-year partnership with Qualcomm. However, to achieve independence when it came to processors, Apple also started developing its own line of powerful processors.

TRAI Report Shows Vi Offered the Best Upload Speeds in October 2021

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 04:29 AM PST

The telecom regulator TRAI has released the latest data on the performances of various 4G service providers. Vodafone Idea has been one of the most prominent players in the market when it comes to providing quality internet services. Vodafone Idea’s low customer base allows the telco’s networks to offer a great experience to the users as it must face lesser congestion than the other telcos. Even though Reliance Jio has remained on the top of the charts, Vodafone Idea has been giving a tough competition along with Bharti Airtel.

The Statistics of these Service Providers

According to a PTI report, Reliance Jio has topped the charts in the month of October after providing 21.9 Mbps of average daily internet speed. The company managed to achieve this outcome even after having a marginal dip in 4G data download speed previously after which it resumed the speed of 21.9 Mbps just as it did in June. The report from TRAI also shows that both service providers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have had a two and a half times jump in their registered 4G data download speed. The statistics show that VIL 4G has jumped to 15.6 Mbps of download data speed from its previously registered download speed of 6.5 Mbps. On the other hand, Bharti Airtel has reached the level of 13.2 Mbps of data download speed from its previously recorded 5 Mbps speed in the month of June. However, when it comes to the 4G data upload speed, VIL has broken its five-month record by reaching an average speed of 7.6 Mbps and also managed to stay on the top of the table. The other service providers namely Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel also managed to break their five-month record by reaching the upload speed of 6.4 Mbps and 5.2 Mbps respectively in October. The download speed gives access to users to consume data from the Internet and upload speed provides the accessibility to send or upload content to the internet or share it with other people. MySpeed application is used by telecom regulator TRAI to measure the average speed provided by these companies across the country.

Cabinet Approves USOF Scheme to Connect 7,287 Villages Across India

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 03:36 AM PST

On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet approved the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) scheme to provision 4G-based mobile services in villages that are uncovered in aspirational districts in five states, including Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh. This new project seeks to offer mobile services in as many as 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 aspirational districts in the states mentioned above. It is estimated that this project will cost Rs 6,466 crore and include the operational expenses for a period of five years. As per a statement by Press Information Bureau, this project will be funded by the Universal Service Obligation Fund. It will be completed within a period of 18 months post-signing the Agreement. Also, it is likely to be completed by November 23.

Cabinet Approves USOF

An ET Telecom report notes, the USOF is a Rs 55,000-crore strong corpus. It was established in 2002 to provide non-discriminatory and widespread access to digital services to people living in rural and remote areas. Also, it funds the aspirational BharatNet project, which intends to cover 3.61 lakh villages via village blocks or gram panchayats. As per the extant USOF procedures, the work related to the provision of the 4G mobile services in uncovered villages as stated above will be awarded via an open competitive bidding process. Furthermore, the proposal seeks to further provide digital connectivity, dissemination of information and knowledge, facilitate learning, disaster management, skill upgradation and development, the establishment of enterprises and e-commerce facilities, e-governance initiatives, and provision of necessary support to educational institutes for knowledge sharing and availability of job vacancies. These will fulfil the vision of the Digital India initiative, which promotes domestic manufacturing, as well as, fulfilling the objectives of Atmanirbhar Bharat among other aspects, added the state. Also, the Cabinet approved the continuation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism Affected Areas. With this move, it intends to target the unconnected habitations in plain areas of the North East and the Himalayan States. It is estimated to connect 1,71,494 habitations. Also, Rs 1,21,419 crore is estimated to be incurred from 2021-22 to 2024-25 for completion.

Netflix Brings in New Way to Discover Top Content

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:18 AM PST

One of the advantages of getting a Netflix subscription is that it has arguably the biggest content library in the world. But that is sort of its disadvantage as well because it gets overwhelming for a person to decide what he/she wants to watch all the time. Over the last few years, Netflix has tried its own different methods of solving this issue for the users. But it still persists and is one of the reasons why people avoid even opening its application in the first place. However, the over-the-top (OTT) giant has figured out a new way to help users discover top content on its platform. Netflix has launched a new website – https://top10.netflix.com/tv-non-english/2021-11-14.html.

Netflix New Website to Filter Top Content

Netflix will be filtering top content ten content for a given week on this website. Users can even go and check out the date for historical dates. Netflix has segregated the top 10 category into four parts which comprise of 10 English and Top 10 Non English titles across TV and Movies category. In fact, the OTT giant will show the name of the countries under a particular TV show or movie is performing at the top. This is a great for users to understand what the users in other countries are watching and try out their taste of content. Most of all, this will help the users in gathering what are the top shows at a particular time so that they can watch content without having the need to research it first. In India Netflix sells multiple subscriptions. The mobile plan costs Rs 199 per month and it offers SD quality content followed by the base plan which costs Rs 499 per month, standard plan that costs Rs 649 per month, and the Premium plan that costs Rs 799 per month. The top plan can support content in 4K HDR resolution.

BSNL Plans You Can Recharge for Your Parents

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:24 AM PST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is one of the oldest telecom service providers (TSPs) in the market currently. While it is not the largest operator in terms of the number of subscribers or the market share, there are a lot of people who still rely on the state-run telco's networks for communicating with their loved ones. A lot of old people especially love to have the BSNL branded SIM cards in their smartphones, and they don't care a lot about 2G, 3G, or 4G. Here are a few BSNL plans that you can recharge with for your parents.

BSNL Plans Apt for Parents

BSNL offers a ton of prepaid plans for both 3G and 4G services. It is generally a good idea to recharge with a long-term plan if you are doing it for your loved ones because that saves you a lot of time in the future as the need for recharging, again and again, is not there. But then there are some people who like to keep recharging with pocket-friendly plans. Worry not, as BSNL has both short-term and long-term prepaid plans. For the short-term, users can opt for the Rs 97 and Rs 99 vouchers, while for the long-term, PV_999 and PV_1499 are good options. You get 18 days and 22 days of service with the Rs 97 and Rs 99 vouchers. The Rs 97 voucher offers 2GB of daily data with unlimited voice calling, and the Rs 99 voucher offers unlimited voice calling + PRBT. There are no other benefits offered with this plan. The PV_999 comes with 240 days of validity, offering unlimited voice calling and BSNL Tunes for two months and the PV_1499 comes with a validity of 365 days, offering unlimited voice calling, 24GB of data, and 100 SMS/day. There are more options you can choose from; these are just some of the best ones.

Airtel Plans for SMS Services Starts at Rs 129

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 11:08 PM PST

If you are an Airtel user on a base prepaid plan of Rs 79, then you might be wondering why you can't send SMSes anymore. The thing is, Airtel doesn't offer SMS benefits with its base prepaid plan anymore. There are multiple Airtel plans for SMS services, but they start at Rs 129. The Rs 79 plan doesn't offer users any SMS benefits. In fact, there aren't even any dedicated SMS vouchers that you can recharge with on top of your base Rs 79 plan to get SMS benefits. Here's a look at the prepaid plans you can use for sending SMS from Airtel.

Airtel Prepaid Plans With SMS Benefits

Bharti Airtel offers users a Rs 129 unlimited data prepaid plan. With the Rs 129 plan, the telco offers 24 days of service validity along with 1GB of data, unlimited voice calling, and 300 SMS. There are additional benefits of Airtel Thanks which include a free one month trial to the Amazon Prime Video Mobile Edition, Free Hellotunes, and Wynk Music for free. After the consumption of 300 SMSes, customers will be charged Rs 1 per SMS for local SMSes and Rs 1.5 per SMS for STD. Further, any data consumed after the initial 1GB will cost users 50 paise per MB of data. All of the unlimited data plans that cost beyond Rs 129 from the telco come with SMS benefits. So if you are thinking of porting out but are using the Rs 79 prepaid plan, you won't be able to do that. You will have to recharge with the Rs 129 prepaid plan at least if you want the SMS benefits from Bharti Airtel. Other telcos including Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea have done the same as well. There are plenty of prepaid plans offered by Bharti Airtel that can be good for regular data consumption and some plans even come with over-the-top (OTT) benefits.

Hathway, Excitel 300 Mbps Broadband Plans Compared

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST

Both Hathway and Excitel are recognised internet service providers (ISP) in India. While neither of them has a PAN-India presence, both companies service in multiple cities and states of the country. Excitel has been expanding operations very aggressively to bring connectivity to every user present in the country without burning their pockets. Hathway though has a clear priority on which circles it wants to provide fiber services in and which circles are apt for slow speed services. Today, we take a look at the 300 Mbps broadband plans from Hathway and Excitel to determine which one is a better buy for you.

Hathway 300 Mbps Broadband Plan

Hathway offers a 300 Mbps broadband plan to users living in Mumbai. The company offers its 300 Mbps plan in three validity configurations – a) 3 months for Rs 3,750; b) 6 months for Rs 7,500; and c) 12 months for Rs 15,000. Users get unlimited data with the plan. But it is not truly unlimited as there's a fair usage policy (FUP) applicable on the monthly data consumption. Post FUP data consumption, the internet speed will reduce to 6 Mbps for the users.

Excitel 300 Mbps Broadband Plan

Excitel offers its 300 Mbps broadband plan with multiple validity configurations. Customers can get it for one, three, four, six, nine and twelve months. The monthly cost of the plan is Rs 899 which is very affordable and reduces to Rs 499 per month effectively when the users purchase it for 12 months. The company offers truly unlimited data to the users without any FUP restrictions. Further, there are over-the-top (OTT) benefits included as well. When the users purchase this plan for a minimum of three months, Excite offers OTT subscriptions to four major platforms including ZEE5 Premium, Voot Select, Eros Now, and ShemarooMe. It is clearly visible that Excitel's plan is much more affordable than Hathway's offering. Not only that, but Excitel is offering OTT benefits which Hathway doesn't.

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