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Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky) has launched the Binge Starter pack as its most affordable offering for accessing over-the-top (OTT) content on mobile devices. The new pack provides access to four distinct OTT platforms, namely Eros Now, Hungama, ShemarooMe, and Zee5. Once activated, the Tata Play Binge Starter pack offers OTT content access

Global smartphone shipments dropped by 11% in Q1 2022 amid ‘unfavourable economic conditions and sluggish seasonal demand’, according to analyst firm Canalys. The Canalys report reckons the market was held back by an ‘unsettled business environment’ in Q1 – namely spikes in covid cases due to the Omicron variant, vendor uncertainty due to the Russia-Ukraine

YouTube is adding new features to provide more creative options to Shorts creators. The Google-owned video platform is expanding YouTube Shorts to the Web (desktop and mobile browsers) and tablets. With the latest update, a new Shorts tab will appear across devices over the next few weeks allowing users to scroll through Shorts vertically. Additionally,

UK operator Vodafone’s Voxi For Now tariff is available to anyone receiving benefits, and offers unlimited 5G data, calls and texts for a tenner. The tariff can be claimed for up to six months to anyone claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Disability Allowance, Personal Independent Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, or employment-based Universal Credit, and no credit

Shipments of some Apple products, as well as Dell and Lenovo laptops are likely to face delays if China’s COVID-19 lockdowns persist, analysts said, as curbs force assemblers to shut down and closed-loop arrangements get harder to maintain. China’s race to stop the spread of COVID-19 has jammed highways and ports, stranded workers and left

Orange contests the legitimacy of French antitrust investigation – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png French telecoms group Orange had several of its offices visited by French antirust officials recently but it’s not clear why. Reuters and Bloomberg both characterised the visits as ‘raids’, but that evokes images of coppers in riot gear kicking down doors and arresting people.

Following a hack last year, US operator T-Mobile apparently tried to buy back the stolen data, a move which backfired as the data remained on sale nonetheless. Having had the personal data of 30 million customers hacked last year, T-Mobile used a third party to contact and pay the hackers a $200,000 to stop it

OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G has been spotted online in an image shared by the company ahead of the phone’s debut in the country. The upcoming OnePlus handset launch date has been set for April 28, the company confirmed earlier this week. The handset is tipped to feature an octa-core Snapdragon 695 SoC, paired

UK fibre infrastructure providers Openreach and Hyperoptic have announced an extension of their deployment plans to new locations. Openreach is planning on deploying gigabit-capable full fibre to 36 new locations as it targets 25 million premises in its network by December 2026. It says 1.5 million homes and businesses have already connected to the new

A combination of historical misdeeds in Iraq and the need to pull out of Russia loomed heavy on Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s latest quarterlies. The Russia stuff was announced at the start of this week. While telecoms vendors have been agonising over the correct course of action to take with regard to doing business in

Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson said Thursday it will likely have to pay new fines to the US Department of Justice over suspected bribes to the Islamic State group in Iraq. Chief executive Borje Ekholm conceded in a newspaper interview in February that some of Ericsson employees may have bribed IS members for road transport

For every 100,000 UK Snapchat users, 971 are searching how to delete the app, according to a new bit of research. Spurred by the hunger to know which apps Brits delete the most, Bespoke Software Solutions has done a report analysing which were the most popular apps of 2021 and cross referenced it with monthly

The recent major outage of that happened to Telenor Pakistan’s mobile communication network brings the service provider into focus on the need on its core network stability and resilience. Across the country’s southern region, Telenor Pakistan’s fiber backbone network was interrupted in several areas, causing a widespread disconnection that shut down voice and data services

Moto G 5G (2022) alleged renders have been leaked. These new set of images show a similar design as the ones leaked last month. The handset is tipped to get a triple rear camera setup and a hole-punch display with a centrally aligned cutout for the selfie camera. It will come with a 6.6-inch flat

“Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it,” said the Tesla and Space X founder as he made an offer worth about $43 billion for the social media platform. The offer is for $54.20 per share, which is reckoned to be equivalent to $43 billion, and would mean taking the company private under ownership of

Overcoming the top 5 challenges in server-side IP ad insertion – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by CommScope 1 day ago IP video expands opportunities through targeted advertising. However, unlike traditional television, IP video is more dynamic, with numerous new devices, formats, content and services to consider. This makes offering a ‘Real TV’ advertising experience

Multiple brands including Realme, Realme TechLife, and Dizo now operate under Realme’s aegis, benefiting from the company’s research and development capabilities, sales and service network, and brand reputation in India. Realme TechLife has a rather varied range of products in India, including vacuum cleaners, wireless earphones, and smartwatches. The product I’m reviewing here is the Realme TechLife Watch

South Korean tech giant Samsung and UK telco VMO2 have deployed a series of new 4G and 5G sites across the UK. Following lab tests last year, field trials have been ongoing on the sites in Tamworth and the Peak District since the beginning of this year, and the sites have now been used to