Airtel Xstream Fiber is the fibre broadband arm of Bharti Airtel. The company already has millions of broadband customers across India and is expanding to more locations as fast as possible. Bharti Airtel offers a series of broadband plans, but its fastest plan comes with 1 Gbps speed. If you are one of those people who wants a 1 Gbps broadband plan, you might be confused about which company should you go with, especially when you can get the 1 Gbps plan at different rates from different companies....

Bharti Airtel has an in-house over-the-top (OTT) content platform called Airtel Xstream. The company doesn’t invest in creating original content but facilitates a platform for multiple companies to offer their OTT content. Airtel Xstream will allow users to stream from several platforms through a single log-in. The company offers it for free to the users under Airtel Thanks benefits with several prepaid/postpaid/broadband plans. But customers who don’t have it can buy the subscription as well....

Airtel Xstream Tackles Competition from JioFiber The Airtel Xstream Box can be purchased for Rs 3,999, while on the other hand, Reliance Jio is expected to provide free Set-Top Box to all the JioFiber customers who will choose a Triple Play plan. Existing Airtel Digital TV SD and HD Set-Top Box users can upgrade to Airtel Xstream Box by paying Rs 2,249 to the company. The main advantage of the Airtel Xstream Box is the combination of Satellite TV and OTT content, and more importantly, it runs on Android TV platform....

Poco X2 users in India are noting the Android 11 update arrival on their smartphone. Earlier this month, Poco India Country Manager, Anuj Sharma said the company will be releasing Android 11 update to Poco X2, Poco X3 and the Poco M2 Pro smartphones. Sticking to the promise, the Xiaomi spin-off is rolling out the Android 11-based MIUI 12.1 update to the Poco X2. In early 2020, Poco made a comeback to the market with Poco X2....

Google, an American search engine giant, has introduced the updated Android 13 Go edition for low-cost devices. The Go edition was released five years ago to assist manufacturers in producing inexpensive devices with specialised software. Only the necessary apps are present on the smartphone, thanks to this improved version of Android. For instance, Google’s own apps, which can be rather heavy and include Gmail and Chrome, are designed to provide a better user experience....

With the iCloud for Windows app and iCloud Drive on Windows 10 computers, users would be able to access their iCloud Drive files from the ‘File Explorer’ itself, without having to use up space on the PC. The offering would also let Windows 10 users store safely all their files in the iCloud Drive and access them anytime later from their iPhones, MacBooks or on iCloud.com, Sardo said. Apple users would also be able to share any file right from the File Explorer and easily collaborate with others while the edits would be synced across all of the users’ devices....

The much-awaited iPhone SE 2020 will soon hit the Indian market this month. It will be sold via e-commerce platform Flipkart. The date of sale is May 20 and it will start at 12PM IST sharp. You might also find Apple Authorised Resellers stocking the device in their stores. Apple has launched the iPhone SE 2020 with the A13 Bionic chipset and you can purchase storage options of up to 256GB....

Asianet Broadband is offering its 125 Mbps broadband plan at a very affordable price. The regional internet service provider (ISP) which only offers services in Kerala, recently also introduced a new 1 Gbps broadband plan. The 125 Mbps plan is good enough for any household that has basic internet usage needs. It is also sufficient for people who are working from home and then also have others who use the same internet connection for learning and entertainment needs....

Entry Level Broadband Plans Asianet offers its broadband plans in three types or subscription forms. The first is the entry level plans, plans with unlimited data, and then there are ultra-speed plans. Firstly, the entry-level plans from Asianet start at Rs 1,499, which is the first plan in the portfolio, and it comes with 60 days validity offering up to 200 Mbps speed. This plan bundles 500GB data in total, translating to 250GB data in a month....

Taiwan-based multinational computer hardware and consumer electronics company Asus has just launched its new Asus ExpertBook B3 Detachable on Friday, January 7 without any prior announcement. The latest addition to Asus’s wide-ranging portfolio was made during the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas. The new laptop from Asus comes with a lot of exciting features and specifications, however, the company hasn’t revealed any details on the pricing or availability of the Asus ExpertBook B3 Detachable....

Asus might come out with a new smartphone called the ROG Phone 5S very soon. It would be in line with the company’s strategy since it also came out with the ROG Phone 3S last time around. The ROG Phone 5S will be a slight upgrade over the already launched ROG Phone 5. Now fresh information regarding the alleged smartphone has surfaced online. Popular tipster Mukul Sharma tweeted recently that the ROG Phone 5S will come in two different memory variants....

Australia played without Aaron Finch, and Mathew Wade took over the captaincy for today’s game. Australia needed to improve their Net Run Rate to give England a fight for the semifinal spot. A win by 4 runs did not change the Net Run Rate much, and all Australia can hope for is for Sri Lanka to beat England in tomorrow’s game. Australia put up a target of 169 for the Afghanistan batsmen to chase....

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released “Telecom Subscription Data” for August 2020. As per the information available, Bharti Airtel has added more subscribers than Reliance Jio for the first time in more than four years. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has been leading the subscriber addition chart ever since its inception. Trai says Airtel added 2.8 million new users in August 2020, whereas Jio managed to grab just 1....

Vodafone Idea to Complete Network Integration by June 2020 On the other hand, Vodafone Idea CEO, Balesh Sharma had also remarked in late July that the company had refarmed the 900 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum in seven circles to be used for 4G network. He also added that the dual network integration of Vodafone Idea would likely be completed by June 2020 and that the refarming of the spectrum would be a key element in the integration process....

Bharti Airtel is currently the second-largest operator in both the telecom and broadband markets. While Reliance Jio is currently leading the subscriber base market in the telecom sector, BSNL has been the leader in the wired broadband segment for several years now. After a tough 2-3 years, Airtel is now doing a very decent job in both the markets. In recent months, Bharti Airtel added more than double wireless subscribers than Jio, whereas the company’s wired broadband user base is growing steadily....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator is enhancing its networks’ capacity with the help of the additional spectrum bought in the recently held auctions. The company has bolstered its network capacity in Southern India by deploying additional spectrum in two major states of the country including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. With the deployment of more spectrum, Airtel now holds the largest spectrum bank both in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Further, the users of the operator living in these states will now be able to experience better speeds and connectivity....

Airtel offers its new customers first recharge plans. First recharge (FRC) plans are those which can only be utilised by the new customers or customers recharging for the first time on their SIM. There are a total of five plans offered by the telco to the new customers. Much recently, Airtel announced its new first recharge plan which comes with the benefit of Disney+ Hotstar VIP for one year. This FRC is priced at Rs 499....

Bharti Airtel is one of the oldest telecom operators in the country. The telco has seen its fair share of highs and lows in the last decade but has stood firm despite everything. Before Reliance Jio’s entry into the market, Airtel was regarded as the king of the industry. That changed rapidly with Jio’s mind-blowing 4G offers. At the time of Jio’s arrival, multiple operators vanished from the scene, but Airtel stood strong enough to survive the blow....

Bharti Airtel is looking at a flurry of cash coming it’s way. The telco is raising funds via a rights issue, and it has received the board’s approval for the same. This cash can help the telco in getting ahead of its competition. Airtel wouldn’t want to give up an opportunity of getting more cash. That is why if it gets a big investment from a major tech giant, its fortunes might change....