We are back with your weekly round of everything important that happened in the tech industry in India and worldwide. The 2018 editions of WWDC and Computex, Redmi Y2 and Moto G6 series India launch, and major changes to the telecom plans took the spotlight this week, though there were several other developments that kept everyone busy as well. So let's dive straight into it.
Looking to outsmart Jio[1] at its own game, Airtel[2] that is said to be providing a small number of consumers with 2.4GB data a day, up from 1.4GB data per day; this upgrade is only for subscribers who were getting 84-day validity on the Rs. 399 pack — those who were getting validity of 70 days will continue to get 1.4GB daily data allocation. Then it was the Rs. 149 Airtel pack[3] that has been reportedly refreshed once again to now offer 2GB data per day, up from 1GB data daily. Both these packs offer more data than their respective Jio counterparts, though it should be pointed out they are restricted to small number of users only for now.
BSNL[4] has reportedly announced both FTTH and non-FTTH plans this week as it trains its guns on the broadband market ahead of the long-awaited launch of Jio Fiber. The non-FTTH plans are priced between Rs. 99 and Rs. 399[5], and offer up to 600GB data — all these plans come with 20Mbps speed (1Mbps after FUP is exhausted), free email ID, and 1GB cloud storage. Under these plans, BSNL users will get 45GB data (at 1.5GB a day) at Rs. 99 a month, 150GB (at 5GB per day) for Rs. 199, and 300GB (at 10GB per day) for...