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Act Fibernet rolls out AI-powered Act SmartWi-Fi® for seamless connectivity
MUMBAI: Say goodbye to buffering and dead zones! Act Fibernet has unveiled its game-changing ‘Act SmartWi-Fi®’, powered by AI, designed to deliver an unparalleled Wi-Fi experience. So, whether you’re streaming, gaming, or working remotely, this innovation ensures top-notch connectivity across all your devices, 24×7, in every corner of your home.
The magic behind this transformation? ‘Act Zippy’, a proprietary router operating system that upgrades traditional Wi-Fi to a smart, self-optimising marvel. Powered by AI and developed in collaboration with Aprecomm.ai, Act Zippy detects potential interferences in your network and resolves them in real-time using advanced features like channel switching and band steering.
Act Fibernet chief marketing & customer experience officer Ravi Karthik summed it up perfectly, “With the number of devices connected to home Wi-Fi increasing significantly, providing a superior Wi-Fi experience is our key focus area. Act SmartWi-Fi® scans your unique home environment and automatically improves the Wi-Fi experience for all connected devices.”
‘Act SmartWi-Fi®’ not only promises seamless connectivity but also adds a sprinkle of cheer with its new mascot, ‘Act Zippy’, a dynamic representation of reliability and intelligence.
Act Zippy uses advanced AI to proactively monitor and optimise your in-home Wi-Fi. It ensures you can stream in 4K without a hitch, play online games without lag and conduct Zoom calls without pixelated faces.
Starting 10 January 2025, all new customers in select cities will automatically be onboarded to the Act SmartWi-Fi® platform. Existing customers eligible for the update will receive it in phases – and here’s the best part – it’s completely free!
The Act team isn’t stopping here. With a promise to revolutionise the home Wi-Fi space, they’re rolling out a 360-degree campaign across outdoor media, digital platforms, and the Act Fibernet App to keep users informed about the latest innovations.
So, are you ready to experience Wi-Fi that’s as smart as you or maybe more (definitely more)?
SEOUL: In the eternal battle between gamers demanding lightning-fast refresh rates and professionals craving pixel-perfect clarity, LG Display reckons it has found détente. The South Korean display titan is unveiling the world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED monitor panel that marries an RGB stripe structure with a blistering 240Hz refresh rate—a combination previously thought incompatible, like oil and water or fashion and function.
The breakthrough lies in how the pixels are arranged. RGB stripe structure lines up red, green and blue subpixels in neat rows, banishing the colour bleeding and fringing that plague lesser screens when you park your nose close to the display. It is the difference between reading crisp text and squinting at a rainbow-tinged mess. OLED panels using this method existed before, but they topped out at a sluggish 60Hz—fine for spreadsheets, useless for fragging opponents in first-person shooters.
LG Display’s engineering wizardry changes the game. By cranking the refresh rate to 240Hz whilst maintaining that pristine RGB stripe layout, the company has produced a panel that works equally well for colour-critical design work and twitchy gaming sessions. Better still, the panel incorporates Dynamic Frequency & Resolution technology, letting users toggle between ultra-high-definition at 240Hz and full-HD at a frankly ludicrous 480Hz. That is fast enough to make your eyeballs sweat.
The specs are suitably impressive: 160 pixels per inch for exceptional detail, optimised performance for Windows and font-rendering engines, and colour accuracy that should please the Photoshop brigade. LG Display achieved this by boosting the aperture ratio—the percentage of each pixel that actually emits light—and applying what it coyly describes as “various new technologies.” Translation: years of R&D and probably some sleepless nights.
Existing high-end gaming OLED monitors have relied on RGWB structures (which add a white subpixel) or triangular RGB arrangements. Both work, but neither delivers the sharpness that professionals demand. LG Display’s new stripe pattern is tailored specifically for monitor use, a recognition that staring at a screen from two feet away demands different engineering than watching telly from across the room.
The company is betting big on this technology, targeting the high-end monitor market where it already commands roughly 30 per cent of global OLED panel production. Among gaming OLED panels in mass production, LG Display claims world-leading specs across refresh rate, response time and resolution—a trifecta that sounds like marketing bluster until you check the numbers.
“Technology is the foundation of leadership in the rapidly growing OLED monitor market,” says LG Display head of the large display business unit Lee Hyun-woo. He promises to keep pushing “differentiated technologies compared to competitors”—corporate-speak for staying ahead of Chinese rivals snapping at LG’s heels.
The new panel will debut at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where LG Display plans to woo customers and expand its lineup. Initial rollout targets high-end gaming and professional monitors, the sweet spot where people actually pay premiums for superior screens rather than settling for whatever came with their laptop.
Whether this technology reshapes the monitor market or remains a niche luxury depends on two things: pricing and production scale. But for now, LG Display has pulled off something rare—a genuine technical leap that solves a real problem. Gamers get their speed, designers get their clarity, and LG gets bragging rights. In the cutthroat world of display tech, that counts as a win.
