Category: Miscellaneous

Handset manufacturers, Oppo and Realme, have extended the warranty services for their smartphones, accessories and customer service offers. This has been done keeping in mind the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Oppo has extended...

Various market research agencies have downgraded their 2020 smartphone shipment outlook as they predict a 3-4 per cent year on year (YoY) decline in shipments, owing to the Covid-19 outbreak. While Counterpoint Research...

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has urged mobile consumers to use data networks responsibly, so that smooth operations of critical services can be ensured on communications infrastructure. The move follows the...

The streaming services in India have decided to temporarily suspend high definition (HD) and ultra-HD services in order to ensure smooth running of internet services. All the companies will be adopting the measures immediately,...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has launched a global platform to assist telecom carriers, policymakers and regulators for building robust networks and show solidarity following the COVID-19 crisis. Commenting...

Foxconn and Wistron Corporation have suspended their production in India. This also includes the assembly of some Apple Inc. iPhone models. The move comes as the companies decided to comply with the 21 days nationwide lockdown...

Handset manufactures, Xiaomi, Lenovo-Motorola and Lava have temporarily shut down their handset factories in various parts of India after state governments ordered lockdowns to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Xiaomi’s...

Handset manufacturers, Oppo, Vivo and Samsung, have temporarily suspended production at their respective Greater Noida facilities. Further, representatives from the three companies will soon meet the Uttar Pradesh government to...

As per BoFA Securities, the Supreme Court (SC) agreeing to hear the Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) rescue plan for the telecom sector in the next hearing is good for Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL). Recently, the bench had...

The Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) is reportedly making efforts towards its goal of getting International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) status for its local 5G standard, TSDSI-radio interface...

As per Credit Suisse, the Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) latest proposal seeking easier terms of statutory payments is ’incrementally positive’ for Vodafone Idea. However, it added that uncertainty on outstanding dues...

Tech giants, Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have issued a joint industry statement on how they are working towards combating the global coronavirus pandemic. On their part, the tech companies...

According to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), Indian telecom sector’s revenue increased by 9 per cent on quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis during the third quarter of FY20 (Q3 FY20). This revenue increase can be attributed to...

Apple has decided to close all its retail stores worldwide except in Greater China until March 27, 2020. The move has been undertaken in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19. Apple has about 500 stores in 24 countries around the...

As per industry sources, various units of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have been seeking huge call data records of subscribers in some circles on a routine basis. This, however, is alleged to be in deviation from...