airtel 4G Speedtest [December 2017]

Airtel is very much aggressive on 4G after Jio made the industry jerked. Airtel is increasing its 4G coverage in the fastest manner, and deploying VoLTE for cheaper voice options.

Airtel's 4G network is tested in Barrackpore, Kolkata at my home.
Time: around 3:20 am

Apps used: Jio NetVelocity, Meteor by OpenSignal, Okla Speedtest, My Vodafone's Speed Checker

The average speed on Airtel during that time was : 51.89Mbps !!!!! 

Speedtest: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3467082755

Meteor _by OpenSignal registered massive 81.9Mbps on Airtel 4G!!!

MyVodafone's SpeedChecker rolled Airtel 4G at 54.14Mbps

Vodafone 4G Speedtest [December 2017]

This speedtests are done on Vodafone 4G network at around 2:20 am.
Location: my home, Barrackpore.

Apps used: Jio NetVelocity, Meteor by OpenSignal, Okla Speedtest, My Vodafone's Speed Checker.

With single tests done on each speedtester apps, which translate into 21 Mbps on average speed.

Indian Army Lists 42 Apps which May Act as Chinese Spy

Indian Army has listed a total of 42 apps on Android platform which can transmit your data from mobile phone to China for spying purpose and thereafter asked all soldiers to delete these apps from their mobile.

Among these apps, UC Browser is also there. I personally believe UC Browser is a shitty app, which buggy UI and transmits all of your browsing through Chinese servers for the sake of data compression and faster browsing.

Moz://a Firefox v57 is Fierce : Future of Web?

Since I got my hands on internet on my desktop in 2005, I was a browser fanatic. During that days I used and tried my hands with Avant Browser, Firefox Browser, Maxthon Browser, SeaMelon, SeaMonkey, K-Melon, Opera and many others (I forgot all the names)

Soon I used to like Opera, and I never looked back. Even in 2017 I have a portable Opera 12.x version on my laptop for casual browsing. In 2013 Opera shifted from own Presto engine to Google's Chromium project's forked Blink engine. I had to jump with new Opera 15 but never satisfied as many features stripped off. Some of those lost features were integrated later to Opera 15+ versions.

Opera is still a great browser, and still I am using it along with a portable Opera 12.x version. I never like the Chrome UI, it's too minimalistic.

However I got an Opera alternative - Vivaldi which is made by Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita. It was launched in April 2016 and packs some great features and more are added by fast updates.

Android Software Update: A Thing Many OEM Skip

Huawei is going to launch Honor 7X, the successor of Honor 6X which was quite popular for the dual camera set up. It will be launched in India by December 2017 at unbeatable price as informed by AndroidAuthority.

Honor 7X will come with Kirin 659 chipset, 4GB RAM, 5.93 inch display, full HD+ resolutions (2160 x 1080 p), 18:9 aspect ratio, 32/64/128GB internal storage and upto 256GB microSD support, dual rear camera 16 + 2MP, front 8MP camera, 3340 mAh battery with Huawei's SuperCharge technology, IP67 rating - dust and water proof, EMUI on Android 7.1 Nougate out of the box. 

On paper 7X is quite good phone, but what I don't like about Honor series from Hauwei that they did not update the smartphone into latest Android version. I used their Honor Holly 2 Plus and received only one security update, that too nearly 1.5 years after the inital launch of the smartphone. 

RCOM to Shut Down Mobile Voice Services of Own and MTS, Focus on Enterprise only

India’s CDMA saga is over, as RCom announced the completion of the acquisition of MTS India network. It seems to be the end of an chapter of Indian telecom, as the CDMA network of MTS is to be shut down by 30th of November 2017. The lone CDMA survivor is Tata Docomo CDMA, which has been already acquired by Airtel and 800MHz will be soon vacated for LTE deployment once the deal is completed.

For MTS CDMA customers it will be very much problematic, as the text received by users from RCom, mentions clearly that they can migrate to RCOM’s 4G data network or port out to the carrier of their choice.

Recently RCom and Aircel, who had the plan to merge, opted out from the merger agreement and post that Rs. 4500 crore debt-laden RCom has gone through several drastic decisions – 

• They will not renew license of DTH business (services will be stopped by November 18 and customers will be moved to Tata Sky) operated under RelianceTV (previously BigTV); Reliance TV has the lowest market share among 6 DTH companies in India (others are: Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel TV, Videocon d2h and Sun Direct). [Update #1: Tata Sky will offer seamless migration for RelianceTV users, who can swap the prepaid account balance to Tata Sky accounts]

        [Update #2: On November 6th Reliance Communications announced that Reliance Digital TV or simply RelianceTV will be sold to Veecon Media and Television. Veecon will “acquire the entire shareholding of Reliance BIG TV with business on ‘as-is where-is’ basis, along with all existing trade liabilities and contingent liabilities"] 

Fino Payments Bank - Introduction

Continuing my previous article on payments bank or pBank, let me introduce to Fino Payments Bank. India has got its 4th payments bank or simply pBank as Fino Payments Bank has started their operations since 17th of July 2017.

Relatively lesser known Fino Paytech Limited kickstarted their payments bank journey with 410 branches across the country. Fino is in the e-payment market since 2006 and as of now their presence are more focused to selected states - Telengana, Andra, Gujarat, Maharastra, Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi - NCR, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Microsoft Edge Browser for Android Installed on my smartphone, Hangs on First Run

Microsoft seems to be always on the negative side, whenever we talk about Browsers!! Many smirked that Internet Explorer is the best browser to download Chrome/Opera/Firefox. 

Few days back, I installed Microsoft Edge browser on my Android smartphone, and it hanged on the first run!! Sharing the screenshots!!

FYI, Microsoft is not bothered regarding the poor performance by their browsers constantly. 

Microsoft Engineer Installs Google Chrome Mid-Presentation After Edge Kept Crashing - Hacker News. Want to skip and watch the video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2230&v=eELI2J-CpZg

Gigabit LTE - Global Progress and India's Approach to 5G

India recently saw Gigabit FTTx connectivity in Hyderabad

Recently there is sudden rise of updates regarding 5G, the next of 4G. Even India, who is often left behind to global telecom standards has been gearing up to welcome 5G. 

Telecom industry is referring Gigabit LTE as next of current 4G/LTE offering; Gigabit LTE is also being advertised as 5G. Many experts use the term LTE Advanced Pro, but Qualcomm promotes the term 'Gigabit LTE'. Technically Gigabit LTE means LTE to offer 1Gbps download speed. 

Chinese equipment vendor ZTE explains Gigabit LTE as pre-5G or key to 5G, paving the way for a comprehensive evolution from 4G to 5G. Technically we may even call it as 4.9G. 

Road to LTE to Gigabit LTE:

Consider your network as a highway of trucks and you can understand the basic theory of upgrade process of LTE. Say, that highway is jammed by huge number of cars and that is exactly as LTE network is over loaded by huge traffic from huge number of users. And your data speed gets crippled. 

Windows Phone Called Off, Future of Microsoft in Mobile Space?

On October 8, 2017 Microsoft's Corporate Vice President in the Operating Systems Group, Joe Belfiore posted a series of tweets on Twitter, which confirms that the company's mobile platform Windows Phone is officially dead, and Windows Phone platform will be on maintainance mode - bug fixes and security updates will be shared till 2019 max, but new features and hardware not being the focus. The main reasons he pointed out that lack of developers supporting the platform, lack of hardwares and low volume of users on the platform. 

This is the new face of Microsoft, lead by Satya Nadella, which chooses collaboration over competition, as noted by The Verge. Microsoft is shutting down many related apps and services and extending them to other platforms.

Microsoft announced shut down of Groove Music (previously Zune Music) by December 31, 2017. At the same time Microsoft's Edge Browser is to be launched on iOS and Android app store. Arrow Launcher has been rebranded as Microsoft Launcher.

Microsoft failed, it's simple.

Merger of SSTL into RCom to be Completed by October 2017

Long period MTS mobile and dongle users, it is confirmed that days of MTS India brand in India is numbered. Today on October 1st, 2017 Reliance Communications has released a press released regarding alternate plans to reduce debt as stated by Anil D. Ambani at Recent AGM.

In that PR, it has been confirmed that RCom-SSTL merger to be completed by this month. The merger was announced back in November 2015, and it has been delayed due to many reasons, but mostly from delay from DoT.

Conclusion of the merger will give RCom access to SSTL’s 850 MHz airwaves with extended validity till 2033 in eight key markets that will be used for 4G expansion.

Bengali Remake List (2015-2016)

Back in 2011 I made a list of Bengali films who are basically Bengali remake of south Indian films.

Why I hate these remake?  Remakes are not bad, but just copy paste is not acceptable. Also Bengali culture is bit different than Telegu, Tamil or Kannada and that's why not all stuffs are funny or emotional to me.

2015
Herogiri - Balupu 2013
Amanush 2 - Naan 2012
Besh Korechi Prem Korechi - Loukyam 2014
Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey - Uyyala Jampala 2013
Aashiqui: True Love - Ishq 2012
Shudhu Tomari Jonyo - Raja Rani 2013

2016
Angaar - Appayya (Kannada) (2013)
Ki Kore Toke Bolbo - Miana 2007
Hero 420 - Maska 2009
Power - Power 2014
Kelor Kirti - Charlie Chaplin 2002 / No Entry 2005
Badsha: The Don - Don Seenu 2010
Shikari - Aadhavan 2009
Love Express - Venkatadri Express 2013
Prem Ki Bujhini- 100% Love 2011
Abhimaan - Attarintiki Daredi 2013
Haripada Bandwala - Disco Singh 2014 Punjabi
Rokto - Chandee 2013

[Press Release] SVF to Enter Nepal market with Nepalese dubbed Yeti Obhijaan

SVF bets big on Nepal market with the upcoming Kakababu Adventure film - Yeti Obhijaan

~ Prosenjit Chatterjee-starrer Yeti Obhijaan is the first Bengali movie to be dubbed into Nepalese, titled Yeti in Nepal ~

~ First Tollywood movie to be released across Nepal in 50 screens on September 22, the same day as India release ~

Kolkata, September 8, 2017: SVF (Shree Venkatesh Films), Eastern India’s largest entertainment company today announced their plans to tap the Nepal audience with Yeti Obhijaan becoming the first Bengali movie to be dubbed into Nepalese. Yeti, as the movie will be called in Nepalese, is scheduled to be released during Durga Puja/Dashain, to coincide with the biggest and most auspicious festival in West Bengal and Nepal.

On this occasion Mahendra Soni, Director & Co-founder, SVF said, “We are constantly looking to innovate and expand into new markets keeping consumer preferences in mind. The story of the film is set in Nepal and  we have Nepali characters like Mingma, Norbu who take the story forward.  We are confident that Yeti Obhijaan, the first Bengali film to be dubbed in Nepalese and released across 50 screens, will be loved by the audience of Nepal.”

The film, Yeti Obhijaan, is an adaptation of Pahar Churaye Aatonko from the Bengali adventure series - Kakababu, written by famous Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay. Featuring the stalwart Prosenjit Chatterjee as Kakababu the film will hit silver screens of India and Nepal on September 22.  This Kakababu series film has been shot in India and Switzerland by the ace director Srijit Mukherji.

About Yeti Obhijaan

This is yet another adventure of Kakababu and Santu, where they unravel the mystery of the legendary beast, the Yeti. Gorokhshep plateau is the new destination where the uncle-nephew duo find themselves facing harsh circumstances in the process of unraveling the actual truth behind various incidents revolving around attacks by the giant beast. The quest introduces them to new characters such as Mingma and Norbu, local sherpas, who help them in the expedition. Their adventure leads them to unraveling the mystery of the Yeti.

[Press Release] BSNL and Coriant Enter Into Agreement to Chart Path to 5G and IOT in India

BSNL and Coriant Enter into Agreement to Chart Path to 5G and IoT in India

Memorandum of Understanding Lays Foundation for Innovation in Network Architectures and Services Leveraging 5G, IoT, SDN/NFV, and Mobile Edge Computing Technologies

New Delhi, 06 September 2017: India’s leading Telecom Operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited today entered into an Agreement with Coriant to Chart Path to 5G and IoT in India. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between BSNL and  Coriant for Laying Foundation for Innovation in Network Architectures and Services Leveraging 5G, IoT, SDN/NFV, and Mobile Edge Computing Technologies.

Coriant, a leading supplier of packet optical, IP, and SDN solutions to Tier 1 global service providers and web-scale Internet operators, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), one of the leading telecommunication operators in India, today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to closely collaborate on the exploration of 5G and related technologies in the India networking ecosystem. Under the terms of the MoU, Coriant and BSNL will cooperate to accelerate network architecture and service innovation leveraging 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), SDN/NFV, and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) technologies.

[Press Release] Vodafone Egypt Selects Openwave Mobility for Faster User Experience and Outstanding Mobile Video QoE

REDWOOD CITY, CA – September 6, 2017– Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize mobile traffic, announced today that Vodafone Egypt has selected Openwave Mobility’s NFV-based download acceleration and encrypted video management solution to enhance subscriber Quality of Experience (QoE) and manage rising encrypted video traffic. With a customer base exceeding 40 million subscribers, Vodafone Egypt is one of the leading mobile operators in the Middle East.

Mobile data across the Middle East has been growing at a phenomenal rate and much of this is down to mobile video streaming.  As mobile networks carry increased traffic loads, subscribers can suffer poor Quality of Experience (QoE) including long wait times and video buffering.

“As the volume of mobile data continues to grow, we needed a flexible solution that can handle all traffic types and assure our users of a greater mobile data experience” said Osama Siad, Vodafone Egypt’s Technology Director.

Introduction to nextGen LTE : Gigabit LTE

Exploring the true potential of Gigbit LTE, US tech giants Verizon, Ericsson and Qualcomm broke the barrier of 1Gbps on LTE, as Qualcomm's press release notes on 21st September, 2017 on 21st August. This is industry first with commercial silicon and network infrastructure to hit over 1Gbps on LTE, 1.07Gbps to be precise. 

The testing process used Qualcomm'x X20 LTE modem, and Ericsson radios and LTE software and utilized 12 LTE streams on three 20 MHz channels of licensed Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) spectrum, alongside 4x4 MIMO and 256-QAM. 

The 1.07 Gbps speed was achieved using only three 20MHz carriers of FDD (Frequency Division Duplex using separate transmit and receive frequencies) spectrum, achieving new levels of spectral efficiency for commercial networks and devices. 

In the begining of August (to be specific 2nd August, 2017), the same trio - Verizon, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies had touched astounding 953Mbps in a joint commercial network deployment in Boca Raton, Florida. The demostration used network components from Verizon including a cell site, hardware, software and backhaul; most advanced radio systems from Ericsson (micro Radio 2205 for LAA) and Gigabit powered Qualcomm's Snapdragon X16 LTE modem (based on Snapdragon 835 mobile platform).

Jio De-Clutters Indian Telecom by Removing Many Add-on Packs

Long back I wrote down some similarities between Jio's strategy and Google's strategy in India and United States respectively.

After nearly one year of Jio's commercial launch (= SIM availablity to everyone) we must admit Jio disrupted the mobile telephony by price and services.

Jio did it uniquely, began as a greenfield operator, deployed own fiber optic network and towers, dealt with several tower and telecom companies for infra sharing and launched world's fastest growing telecom and digital services platform. And they deployed single technology - 4G/LTE, even their voice and texts are going through LTE networks across 2300, 1800 and 850MHz spectrum.

But after the free days are over, Jio launched the plans similar to developed countries where a single plan offers voice, text and data. Before Jio came, every existing operators have several prepaid packs - some for talktime, some for SMS pack, or rate cutters for own network, for local calls or STD calls or for roaming purpose.

airtel vs Jio LTE Speed Comparison

This week I ported to Airtel and I could not resist to make a comparison of two 4G/LTE giants - airtel and Jio.

Day : 22nd July, 2017
Location : Shyamabazar, R.G.Kar Medical College Campus.
I found that in this campus airtel has some issues with LTE signal, probably because of the old buildings.
Weather: It was raining.

airtel 4G speedtest:

Google WiFi at Rail Stations Gets a Brandname : Google Station

Partnered with Indian Railway's own telecom arm- RailWire, Google had launched free WiFi services in Indian Railway stations across the country back in January of 2016. I posted a review of this free WiFi services at Sealdah rail station - read here. The deal between RailTel corp, the mother of RailWire brand and Google Inc. was signed in September 2015 with a target to reach 400 railway stations, equipped with WiFi. In January 2016 Mumbai Central became first station in India to have Google WiFi.

Kabab Gully of Calcutta at Zakaria Street and Phears Lane

Ramzan is just ended, and the zeal over Kolkata's Kebab street Zakaria street is growing year by year. This is 4th July of 2017 and we had Ramzan on 25-26th June. During the Ramzan days I had a visit into Zakaria St. without any homework. I just googled it and visited the damn place - directly through the Nakhoda Masjid's gate on Central Avenue, opposite to Md. Ali Park. I just went straight and soon met the crowd of Ramzan, the narrower street by the middle-of-the-road stalls across the Zakaria st, till the road ended at Rabindra Sarani and Nakhoda Masjid crossing.

India's Payments Banks - Will they Change India's Banking Sector?

Payments banks are predicted to change our country's poor banking system in coming days. As majority of payment bank licensee, approved by Reserve Bank of India are directly or indirectly related to Telecom industries, it can be assumed that India's telecom industry can be a partner in changing the banking landscape or banking system can be revamped by telecom majors-owned, stripped down version of conventional banks, which are in turn known as Payments Bank.

As per RBI norms, Payments banks have to focus on providing basic financial services, including social security and utility bill payments, remittance functions, and can mobilise deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh.

Payments banks differ from traditional banks, as they don't offer any credit card or loans. Also you can keep maximum of 1 lakh rupees in the payments bank account. Experts believe payments banks are not replacement of traditional banks but they can be the bridge between people without banking facilities and digital banking system, paving a way towards Digital India. Payments banks will be better than the e-wallet systems (Citrus Pay, Ezetap, Freecharge, Mobikwik, Citi MasterPass, Ola Money, Jio Money, HDFC PayZapp, ICICI Pockets, JusPay Safe, PayUMoney, LIME, MoneyonMobile, MomoeXpress, Mswipe, Oxigen, PayMate, State Bank Buddy, Vodafone M-Pesa, mRupee, ItzCash etc) which almost offers the same except interest, ATM cards and some other facilities like pure banking services like ATM usage, cheque book use etc. Interestingly e-wallet business got an escalation after demonetization (banning of old Rs 500 and 1000 rupees notes), though many think digital wallet business model is not viable.

Migration to Blink-based Opera 15+ from Opera 12+ (Presto based) [Updated Regularly]

Story was first published on 18th March, 2014

I am a long time Opera desktop user (on Android I use Dolphin) and when the company moved on to Blink from its own Presto I did not move on as Opera desktop version was a downgrade of features.

However next update to Opera Presto is yet to come, and company's dev team is not caring about Presto-powered version anymore. So I am starting the migration to Opera Blink today.

This is a long process, and I will update here, as soon as I made some movement.

Jump into the water

Installed Opera 18.0.1284.63, installation was straight forward and there is no issues. When you first use it, you have to learn few new things:

Open a new tab, you will find 3 options - Speed Dial, Stash and Discover. We know about Speed Dial.

Stash means where you can dump pages to read on later. [on Opera 12 I use Tab Vault, another extension]

Discover is a Flipboard-like stuff which can show you news on different categories and that's too country-specific. This feature was debuted on Opera for Android and now it is available on desktop too. I don't find it's much useful. (Update: It's now Personal News, or feed reader inbuilt)

JIO LTE vs Vodafone LTE in Kolkata

This is not accurate Jio vs Vodafone LTE comparison. 

Tested in Kolkata - 2 different locations. 

Comparison is based on maximum speed I received on Jio LTE and Vodafone LTE network. 

Coolwinks.com Review: Sunglass Bought on COD

Coolwinks Box

These days I would love to change my taste. Bit experimenting? Oh yes.

I don't shave with Gillette now, I use LetShave's products now.

Lenskart is definitely good for lens and glasses. There are some other lesser known alternative too. Coolwinks and Glassic. I tried Coolwinks, and found it is extremely cheap which made me a little skeptical. And Mouthshut reviews are mostly negative. Hence I put my order on Coolwinks by COD.

In 3 days the package was delivered in a good packing. The sunglass inside the box was intact (=not broken). It was said to be 100% UV protection giver, and I can't say that it's not.

Jio Pushes Mutation in Indian Telecom

Indian telecom was quite dull in 2015-16 until Jio stepped in and started offering free services. Entry of Jio, the ambitious telecom project by country's richhest man Mukesh Ambani has forced the Indian telecom to undergo a major reshape.

The most obvious change is merger and acquisition of telecom companies - which makes the telecom market quite smaller. If all go right, India will have only 5-6 players -

• Reliance Jio
• Airtel (acquisition of Telenor India, Augere Wireless, Videocon (partially) and 4G spectrum of Tikona & Aircel)
• Vodafone-Idea (to be merged soon)
• RCom-Aircel-SSTL
• Tata Tele (rumor is they might merge with merged entity of RCOM-AIRCEL-SSTL)
• BSNL/MTNL (there are chances that both PSU may merge)

Among all, Vodafone & Idea's merger seems to create strongest entity which may give real tough competition to Jio and Airtel.​ R​Com​-A​ircel​-MTS(+Tata Tele) does not seem to be in a position to create a stir in the market as their present 4G coverage is based on RCom's 850 MHz band only​ and may they extend 4G to 1800MHz band; but the super-merged entity would not have any 4G network on 2300/2500 MHz where Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea are placed too firmly. ​

MTS's Promptly Sends Offers (though shitty) After You Raise a PortOut Ticket

I have been using MTS India's prepaid CDMA services for a very long time, probably from 2008 or 2009. However with the rise of Jio, I have to move to 4G/LTE. And since MTS will be taken over by Reliance Communications, the most untrusted brand of Indian telecom I need to bade a goodbye to MTS.

As soon as I sends MNP request to 1900, I got a prompt reply with MNP code and something unexpected. MTS, which is not responding to Jio/Airtel/BSNL/Vodafone/Idea's recent offerings sent a text, just after I got the MNP Code.

Apart from Aircel which is offering unlimited 3G data and voice like Jio's offerings (unlimited 4G data & voice), neither RCom nor MTS responded to market.

Jio's Slow Speed - Reason ?

Just yesterday I found out that Jio is using 10MHz of Band 40 to offer LTE data. (on JioFi2 device)

From the very begining Jio was offering 20MHz spectrum on this band (2.3GHz) along with 1800MHz and 850MHz band.

The reduction of 10MHz from band 2300MHz may cause slow speed on Jio LTE network.

However in Kolkata, where I took the screenshot, Jio has 30MHz of 2300MHz band. Is Jio using remaining 20MHz for LTE-Advanced or trials on 5G is on?

If I was in Mumbai I could have guess on 5G more specifically, but in Kolkata I am skeptical about it. Rather we can be on safe side - Jio is trialling for LTE-A in Kolkata.

​RCOM Mobile Webpage Revamped to Stunning Look

Recently RCOM has revamped its mobile website - it's now colorful, eye catching and full of features, except the tariff and services. What Anil d brother is doing? When Mukesh the bara bhai is making the incumbents' sleep disappear. 

JIO Effect - M&A Will Leave Just 5 Mobile Operators in India

If you see it correctly, Reliance Industries backed Jio had made a turbulence in the Indian telecom market. On the consumers' table Jio is playing by offering free data voice and digital services - which is actually disrupting the market by price game and service front. Jio continues to offer free services and extends it upto March 31, 2017 inspite of the complaints by the incumbents.

When we came to know about the existence of Jio, that's back in 2010 while Reliance Industries acquired pan India broadband spectrum winner Infotel Broadband (owned by Nahatas) just after the auction ended. RIL owned Infotel Broadband has gone through the makeover and it's now Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, a platform to offer digital services including 4G/LTE voice, LTE data, mobile TV, online music and movies, news, fiber broadband and many more. The plethora of RJIL services are being now offered under simple branding of 'JIO'.

We all know these, but in 2010 Indian telecom market was exploding with 12-13 operators in each circles. However in 2012 February Supreme Court cancelled the licenses issued in 2008; as a result many operators shut their stores across the country or partially - STel, Cheers Mobile left the business. MTS India, Videocon, Tata Docomo stopped services in few circles, Loop did not renew licenses and was sold to Airtel. After 2012, India's telecom sector had handful of operators - Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, BSNL, MTNL, Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio, Tata Docomo, Aircel, Telenor, MTS India and Videocon. (last 4 operators did not have pan India spectrum)

From 2010 to 2015 - every year I had a talk with Tarun, the founder of Telecomtalk that 'yeh saal sayed Mukesh Jio 4G launch karega' but it did not happen. In February 2015 Jio brought Jionet WiFi at Kolkata and therefore Jionet WiFi was extending to other cities too. However after the Q1 of 2016 we were getting hints that Jio is now on its way to launch LTE to aam admi very soon.

Personal Experience to Handle Post-intoxication Hangover

If you started drinking alcohols in your teen days and if you are near 30 you can see the difference when you are much drunk. You can't take the over-drinking much these days and oh fuck! that's hangover.

I am 27 right now, and I had started my social drinking at around 19. These days I hate the hangover more.

One of the reason we are facing hangover more because of liver's making two specific enzymes in a lower rate.

Prevention is better than cure:

1. Drink on such a day, you can take rest on the next day.
2. Judicious drinking - I prefer 3 pegs and not more at a go.
3. Drink water in the gaps.
4. Slow the drinking process, take your time. Relax and drink.
5. Don't fucking mix up. One glass of cocktail or one type of cocktail is okay but don't have many types of alcohols. If you mix up beer, whiskey and rum you will be doomed.
6. Slow down alcohol absorption rate in your body by taking water as told already. Remember protein chunks like chicken, beef or pork portions also help by slowing down it. So little bit oily starters do actually help to 'digest' alcohol.


Once you are fucked to have hangover:

1. Rest and take sleep if possible. It's often not possible as you have jobs to do.

2. Water, water and water: Drink water, hydrate your body

3. Fruits or juices: Go for a coconut water at the beginning. Among fruits - orange, mushambi, apple, bananas are great. If you want something refreshing mocktail - get coconut water, a dash of honey and fresh lemon juice - it hits with electrolytes, vitamin C and sugar instantly. 

4. Breakfast - skip or not, it's your choice - I in generally skip it but go for bunch at 11 am around with more fruits, chickens and others.

5. Proteins - Eggs - boiled/omelette or chicken soup can help.

6. Tea - herbal or green tea. I am not a tea lover, but I can tell you one secret - don't go for a coffee - it will further dehydrate you. Next don't drink a tea with milk - it might increase bloating and gastric upset. ( but cold milk is good in hangover unless you have lactose tolerance issue).

7. PPI - Hangover can be worsened with the gastric upset, so PPI can be a help. However I always use the combination of PPI+PKA (Proton pump inhibitors + Prokinetic Agents) in combination. Rabeprazole/Esomeprazole and Domperidon's combo seems to be best option.

❂ I am updating this post almost after 10 years - as these products are available for last 3-4 years - Anti-Hangover Tablets/Capsules/Sachet/Drink. 

For eg, Fast&Up Nightout Effervescent Tablet - it is loaded with Vit B complex, taurine, creatine, Vit C, different electrolytes and others - take 2 tab in 1 glass of water as last drink or first drink of morning. I tried it and it really worked. It costs Rs 330 approx for 10 such Eff tab and can be ordered over BlinkIt, Zepto etc. 

There are other options too. 

Himalaya PartySmart (5 Ayurvedic Capsules cost Rs 100 approx.) - Take 1 capsule with water 30 to 45 minutes before your first drink.

LIVitup Ayurvedic Hangover Shield Capsules (6 Ayurvedic capsules cost Rs 85 approx.) - take 2 cap 30-45 minutes before the first drink. 

Morning Fresh Hangover Fix - https://drinkmorningfresh.com They recommend 1 bottle/sachet as the last drink but I doubt if I take it as the last drink of the night as I am already high! 

PartyDetox Tablets - https://www.miduty.in/products/partydetox-recovery-tablets Dose - take 1 tablet 30 minutes before the first drink. Costs 5 Tab at Rs 199. 

❂ Next, Be Sober, Drink SOBER !! - Ok let me introduce SOBER as the country's first line of non-alcoholic spirits, wines, and cocktails. Backed by Diageo, their zero-proof spirits mimic the flavor and ritual of traditional drinks but feature 0% ABV, 0 sugar, and 0 calories. It has Whiskey, Rum, Classic Gin, Pink Gin, Red Wine, White Wine, Sparkling Wine options as of now. Check out: https://drinksober.co/ 

❂ CALORIE: It is a concern for most people now - to control the calorie! To tackle that you need to take a light meal before you hit the pub/bar and the pick up the food with low to moderate calorie. Look at the posture below - Most regular alcohols are not loaded with huge calories - the calories are coming up from the mixer! 

I recommend Vodka/Gin, Ice and fresh Lemon/Lime juice +/- Soda & water. 

Posture was generated by Gemini! 

Post +2 Exams Coaching Centers

NEET UG for medical entrance MBBS BDS
AIEEE
IIT-JEE IIT-Mains IIT-Adv
KVPY
NTSE
Olympiad

Aakash Institute - http://www.aakash.ac.in 
Probably the biggest name in the market for medical entrances.

In 2021 Aakash was acquired by Byju's. 

FIIT JEE - http://www.fiitjee.co
The choice of IIT aspirants, after shut down of Agarwal Classes.

Pathfinder - http://pathfinder.edu.in
Pathfinder is a regional leader in West Bengal.

Brilliant Tutorials - http://brilliant-tutorials.com
Once upon a time a market leader, BT is not anymore the choice.

Career Point Kota - http://www.careerpoint.ac.in
Speed Medical Center - https://www.speedmedicalcentre.com/neet-ug-coaching/
Sri Chaitanya http://srichaitanya.net
Edusys - http://www.edusys.in

Exam Today Magazines by Edusys - https://pcmbtoday.com  | http://digital.mtg.in

I posted this article in 2017, but as I am editing this in 2025, I must say two things, education is no more in the classes, it's been accessible on smartphone/tablets via apps. Second the bubble of MBBS has been nicked, so many new seats with limited job opportunities - the health sector is now oversaturated. Not only MBBS holders, nursing and paramedic market is also going same way it happened with engineering. 

Jio RED Starter Kit

Jio has launched a new colored starter kits - Red, after Orange and Blue.

Just have a look :

Trip to Bangalore-Vellore-Chennai-Pondicherry (February, 2016)

When I was doing my internship, I planned for a Goa trip with my old pals from school days. However the plan just stretched up and actually never happened like others. Anyway Sagnik, who is doing his job at Bangalore is getting married in early March of 2016. So I made a personal solo trip - along with some agendas to fulfill. First arrange a bachelor party kind of meet with Sagnik, a V day meet up with my girlfriend who was then at Vellore and meet my younger brother at Chennai; and to make a sight seeing around the cities alongwith.

Making such tour a reality, I have needed few things in right place. First is money and second is time. And third a proper plan to be chalked out. Taking a break from my CCU duties was not a big deal but I was fumbling. One night (umm.. to be specific Jan 29) I just had talk with my friend and my girlfriend regarding their availabilities. If they are stressed with workload my tour has to rescheduled or worst of it - cancel it. Everyone checked, yes, no issue man and I am on. I planned for 11 days of break from my intubation, central lines, CPR and took suggestion from my friend regarding the airline to choose.

Well let me tell you that it would be my maiden flight, and it would be the first time in my family to enjoy on the air journey. I was suggested by Sagnik that Indigo would be great and economical and it is better to buy tickets from their official website. On the night I just booked the return trip to Bengalore to Kolkata and vice versa (10th Feb to 21st Feb).

FAQ to Jio 4G/LTE Voice Services

I already have been using JIO's digital services over Jio MiFi device since August end. I did not have much interest to get a JIO SIM for mobile as I did not like the idea to stand in a queue for long time to get a free SIM.

I had two barcodes - on Redmi Note 3 and Honor Holly and found that Honor Holly's bar code was stolen away already. So I prompted for using the barcode generated on RN3.

To my surprise the queue has been vanished and thanks to JIO's e-KYC solution the process is very fast.


1. What is JIO's e-KYC solution for SIM activation?

Jio makes the subscribers's document submission and activation of the connection on the SIM completely digital - it's superfast digital processing service by JIO e-KYC solution.

What you need to get a JIO connection in 10 minutes or less? Get a 4G smartphone, download MyJio app and generate the barcode. Now walk into any Reliance Digital store with your Adhaar Card and rest will be taken care of by the stuffs there. You will get a JIO SIM in few minutes after verification and submission of your application form online.

In my experience it hardly takes 5 minutes to complete the whole procedure.