October 16th, 2012 4:31 PM 22 COMMENTS

India’s first 4G LTE Smartphone Huawei Ascend P1 LTE Launched with Bharti Airtel

Huawei today announced the launch of its Ascend P1 4G LTE smartphone in India, which becomes the country’s first 4G LTE smartphone. Huawei has launched this smartphone with Bharti Airtel and it will run on Airtel’s LTE 4G network commercially available in Kolkata and Bangalore and also in Pune from 18th October. The Huawei P1 LTE 4G smartphone running on Android 4.0.4 ICS with a variation of Huawei's very light... Read More

October 16th, 2012 2:00 PM 36 COMMENTS

MNP Fraud ! TRAI to Telcos : Cancel 5923 Mobile Numbers of Loop Telecom Ported Illegally

India's Telecom Watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issue directive to Bharti Airtel, Reliance (Rcom and RTL), Tata Teleservices, Aircel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India to cancel all the 5923 premium mobile numbers of Loop Telecom (not Loop Mobile) which have been illegally ported out from Loop network to these mobile service provider after the cancellation of 21 UAS licences of Loop Telecom in 2G verdict. Earlier on... Read More

October 16th, 2012 12:36 AM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL to Tie up with Sistema to use GLONASS Satellite Navigation

Sistema's telecom venture (MTS India) in India is at stake due to cancellation of licenses and 'unjustified spectrum prices' for upcoming auctions, Russian business major Sistema is joining hands with country's telecom major BSNL to offer sattelite based navigation system. Sistema will offer sat-nav services to BSNL via Russia's GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema), the second satellite navigation system with global coverage after United States' Global Positioning System (GPS). The... Read More

October 15th, 2012 1:52 PM 6 COMMENTS

MTS India Continues to Expand Retail Network, Launches 13 New MTS Stores in Tamilnadu

MTS India, the CDMA mobile and data service provider is making their retail presence stronger in Tamilnadu as the company opens up 13 new own branded retail outlets as a part of company's effort to cater enhanced customer experience. MTS Stores, one stop shop for all voice and data solutions from MTS India will serve more than 15 lakh voice and data subscribers in the circle. MTS India will roll... Read More

October 15th, 2012 11:43 AM 63 COMMENTS

Reliance Communications Launches Unlimited WhatsApp Plan for Rs.16

In an endeavor to provide affordable Mobile Instant Messaging Services at damn cheap rates, Reliance Communications (RCom) comes up with value for money offer daubed as “WhatsApp Plan” at Rs.16 for its GSM prepaid customers across India. Reliance Mobile's “WhatsApp Plan” offers unlimited access of WhatsApp to all prepaid Reliance GSM customers in the country for just Rs. 16 per month without paying any extra data consumption (GPRS/3G) charges across... Read More

October 15th, 2012 12:40 AM 8 COMMENTS

Pune to Get Airtel LTE: Meeting Rollout Obligation?

Bharti Airtel, leading mobile operator and first LTE/4G operator in India is all set to officially launch 4G/LTE-TDD services in Pune, Maharastra on October 18th. Pune will be the third Indian city to get LTE network after Kolkata and Bangaluru. In Maharastra Airtel's LTE-TDD network is made by Nokia Siemens. It should be noted that ZTE and Huawei are managing Airtel's LTE network in Kolkata and Bangaluru respectively. There is no changes on the Airtel... Read More

October 14th, 2012 5:59 PM 72 COMMENTS

Second Round of Tariff Hike – Idea Cellular is the Frontrunner

Mobile operators in India believe that the time of low tariff has gone and they are implenting the same for some time. First round of tariff hike saw voice call rate is priced to 1.5paisa/second from 1.2paisa/second, and Idea Cellular just starts second round of tariff hike. In the recent tariff guide for Tamilnadu circle, Idea Cellular is to charge 2paisa/second (Rs 1.20/minute) for all local voice calls, while STD... Read More

October 14th, 2012 12:12 PM 106 COMMENTS

Review: Huawei E303C HSPA Data Card

The availability of information at our finger tips is making world smaller by bringing people together overcoming the great physical barriers of latitudes and longitudes across. Now with the advancing technologies in Electronics and Communications it’s easy to carry connectivity solutions and speed in the form of Wireless Modems becoming compact day by day and speeds with the help of HSPA+ Technologies. I recently purchased a Huawei E303C Data card... Read More

October 13th, 2012 8:15 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Offers Fly to Ambaji or Win 3G Data Card This Navratri in Gujarat

Vodafone India, one of leading GSM Mobile service operator in Gujarat, in association with Radio City 91.1 FM, is once geared up to make a distinctive connect with its customers in Gujarat by celebrating the state’s most popular Navratri Festival in an exceptional way wherein it subscribers in Gujarat may win a helicopter ride to the Ambaji Temple through a contest to be held between October 16 and 22. To... Read More

October 12th, 2012 12:06 PM 33 COMMENTS

App Review: Paytm Mobile Recharge (Android)

Last year I covered a review of the Online Recharge Site - Paytm. As the technology is tending more towards mobiles and tablets every day the need for a mobile Application with respective web services is also increasing and so did Paytm with their Mobile App as a solution for Android platform. Though an app of Paytm is previously available, it lacked many features but it’s not the case with newly... Read More

October 11th, 2012 9:47 PM 18 COMMENTS

Exclusive : Vodafone India Launches Free 3G Data Offer for Tablet [ Any Brand ]

In an attempt to increase adoption of 3G Data service in India, country’s 2nd largest GSM mobile service provider, Vodafone has launched an FREE 3G Data (Postpaid and Prepaid) offer exclusively for Tablet users in Andhra Pradesh circle. Vodafone India giving FREE 1GB 3G data for first 30 days to prepaid subscriber and one month 3G data plan rental waiver to postpaid users, who have a 3G Tablet of any... Read More

October 11th, 2012 2:04 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Launches Three New Special International Roaming Pack

Vodafone today launched three new Unlimited Data Packages for its customers in India visiting Japan and Saudi Arabia priced at Rs.1499, Rs.2499 and Rs.3499.  Vodafone said that following appreciation from customers on the 60% discount on international tariffs that were introduced in June 2012, this new Unlimited International Roaming Data Package offer will be one more customer-friendly offering (more…) Read More

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