The recent rumors suggest that Apple might be finally bringing the USB Type C port in its next iPhone model which will be iPhone 14 that is going to be launched in 2022. As of now, it is speculated that the USB Type C port will only be featured in the Pro model of the smartphone. USB Type C Ports provide faster connectivity than any other USB Ports. USB-C cables can also be used to transfer power and are widely used to charge devices like smartphones, laptops, and even security cameras....

A regulation mandating a standard charging wire including all cellphones and mobile gadgets was approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday, forcing companies like Apple to give up their distinctive chargers. Even before the EU ratified the new rule, there had been reports that Apple was considering USB-C for the iPhone. It Will Take Till the End of 2024 To Standardise USB-C This issue was the focus of serious discussion in EU committees for some time, and the European Commission declared its plans in 2021....

Arrcus, the hyperscale networking software company, has expanded into India with fresh hiring. The company has hired Ashutosh Sharma as the new head of engineering and also expanded its TAC customer support and engineering teams. This is the right time for a company such as Arrcus to expand in India because the telecom operators are finally rolling out 5G. Arrcus can build partnerships with the telcos and add value to their business and their customers’ lives....

Truly Wireless Earbuds segment witnessed unprecedented growth in the recent period. Some time back, consumers were attracted to wired earphones. However, due to design flexibility and premium, TWS earphones has become the first choice of consumers. There are ample companies in the market such as OnePlus, Realme, Noise and more that offers premium TWS earphones under a modest price range. In this article, we will mention all the affordable TWS earphones that you can purchase to fulfil your entertainment or work needs....

India is bracing for the events that will occur in the upcoming days due to the vicious cyclone Tauktae that has already affected areas like Kerala, Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra, with a few states having announced the closure of their airports and hubs due to the same. To aid the relief and monitor the various impacts that will result from the cyclone, it was announced today that India’s top telcos, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), have set up war rooms along with special teams in a bid to monitor the impact of the cyclone that has hit Maharastra, Gujarat and a few other states....

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Most Expensive Plans Common Features Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio both offer a prepaid plan with year-long validity. Both the telecom operators offer a plan that costs more than Rs 2,500. The most expensive prepaid plan from Bharti Airtel comes for Rs 2,698, and Reliance Jio comes for Rs 2,599. Now let’s see things that are common with these plans. The first thing that’s common is that both of them offer users 2GB daily fair-usage-policy (FUP) data for the whole year....

Payment Timeline to Extend to 20 Years As per this new report, the government is looking at extending the payment period for these dues of the telecom operators to 20 years. The centre might also be looking at an initial moratorium — based on the net present value (NPV), which is a method used to ease the burden on the heavily indebted companies. Not only this, but the government could also consider some relief on the taxation to make it easier for these telecom operators to pay off their dues in this time period....

80 Million Airtel Prepaid Subscribers to Get Free Talktime of Rs 10 According to Bharti Airtel, it has extended the prepaid pack validity for over 80 million customers till April 17, 2020. All these customers will continue to get incoming calls on their Airtel mobile numbers even after the validity of their plan is exhausted. This is a piece of really good news to the subscribers of Airtel. Besides, Airtel will also credit an additional Rs 10 talk time in the prepaid accounts of the 80 million subscribers to enable them to make calls or send SMSes....

Bharti Airtel has been adding new customers at a rapid pace. In fact, the telco outperformed Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator, for consecutive months and added more customers. With more customers wanting to be a part of the company’s subscribers base, Airtel needs to have more numbering resources. To help Bharti Airtel with the same, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has assigned the telco new Mobile Switching Center (MSC) codes so that the telco can meet the demands of new subscribers....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has pre-paid dues worth Rs 8815 crore pertaining to the 2015 spectrum auctions to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). In a release, the telco said that pre-payment is for the instalments that were due in FY2027 and FY2028. It is worth noting that in the last four months, Bharti Airtel has cleared deferred spectrum dues worth Rs 24,334 crore ahead of the due date....

Bharti Airtel has introduced three new plans under Rs 200 with less than 28 days validity in select circles including Gujarat, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Goa. The three plans namely the Rs 99, Rs 129 and Rs 199 plans offer unlimited calling along with additional benefits including access to Zee5 subscription, Wynk Music and Airtel Xstream. The Rs 99 plan and the Rs 129 plan offer 1GB of total data to users while the Rs 199 plan offers 1GB daily data....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom player in the Indian market, is now offering its prepaid customers 5GB of free data. This data will only be given to the users when they install and login on the Airtel Thanks app. For the unaware, Airtel Thanks is an ecosystem application from Bharti Airtel which allows users to claim rewards, access Airtel Payments Bank, pay for their current bill, change plans, and much more....

The Indian multinational telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel has announced the appointment of PK Sinha and Shyamal Mukherjee as Independent Directors on its Board of Directors. The appointments now need to be approved by the shareholders during Airtel’s upcoming Annual General Meeting. While PK Sinha has served as the cabinet secretary for over four years, Shyamal Mukherjee is the former Chairman and Senior Partner of PwC India. The board of directors will be seeing more changes this year which has also been confirmed by the company....

Bharti Airtel Rs 1,699 Prepaid Plan Revision To recall, the Rs 1,699 prepaid plan is a long-term offering from Bharti Airtel, and it previously used to ship 1GB daily data to the subscribers. The validity of this plan is 365 days, and hence, it is a one-time recharge which subscribers can do for an entire year. However, courtesy of this new revision, the Rs 1,699 prepaid plan has been changed to offer 1....

Bharti Airtel has been the de-facto postpaid operator for several customers, thanks to some decent plans the telco has been providing for years. Airtel postpaid plans start at Rs 399 similar to the Jio Postpaid Plus plans and they go all the way up to Rs 1,599. Bharti Airtel Rs 1,599 postpaid plan is one of the best premium postpaid plan available right now because of benefits like unlimited data (capped at 500GB per month), 10% discount on international roaming plans and a slew of other benefits....

Bharti Airtel Resorts to Multi-Vendor Approach In its report, ET Telecom highlighted that with granting this new contract to Ericsson, Bharti Airtel has adopted a multi-vendor approach for its network in India specifically speaking for VoLTE service. As per another report dating a few weeks back, Bharti Airtel had granted a major Rs 402 crore contract to the Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia. It is worth noting that currently, Bharti Airtel is offering VoLTE services in 21 circles in India with Jammu & Kashmir being an exception....

Bharti Airtel Under Immense Pressure From AGR Dues Goldman Sachs in a recent report said, “Return on capital in Indian telecom remains low, and as per the company, ARPUs need to go up for it to improve. Bharti believes this is true even for competition.” The brokerage firm also added that Bharti Airtel believes that it can get to 35% RMS from its current level of 32% as well. However, the bigger concern right now for the telecom operators is the AGR dues which has become a burden on these companies after the Supreme Court changed the definition of AGR to include non-core items as well....

Bharti Airtel is testing a new smart home monitoring service called ‘Airtel X-Safe’ for select customers in Delhi-NCR. According to sources, the pilot testing of the service has already begun, and it is available for Rs 99 per month or Rs 999 per year. Only select Airtel Xstream Fiber customers are being provided with the service for now. Airtel will provide the customers with three different cameras depending on their needs at an additional cost....

Bharti Airtel will seek the approval at its annual general meeting to be held on August 14 in New Delhi, the filing said, as reported by PTI. “…the approval of the members of the Company be and is at this moment accorded to ratify and confirm the waiver of recovery of the excess remuneration amounting to Rs 211.90 million paid to Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman for the financial year 2018-19,” Bharti Airtel said....