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Chethan S April 25th, 2015 6:36 PM 12 COMMENTS

Turn your Smartphone into a Satellite Phone

Thuraya Telecommunications known for satellite phone offerings offers a product called SatSleeve which can turn an Android or iPhone to a satellite phone. The offering is described as an industry first - The Thuraya SatSleeve provides access to phone calls, emails, instant messages and popular social media apps in satellite mode, across 161 countries across Thuraya’s coverage network. Usage turns out to be really simple - all one needs to do... Read More

Chethan S April 8th, 2015 2:46 PM 2 COMMENTS

Snapdeal Acquires FreeCharge To Become The Largest Mobile Commerce Company

Snapdeal today announced that it has acquired FreeCharge. This is one of the biggest acquisitions in the history of the internet industry in India and sets up Snapdeal to build the most impactful digital commerce ecosystem in India. FreeCharge is India’s leading mobile commerce platform where users can pay their mobile, DTH and utility payments across most major operators. With this acquisition, Snapdeal becomes the largest mobile commerce company in India... Read More

Chethan S April 6th, 2015 1:06 PM 41 COMMENTS

Airtel launches ‘Airtel Zero’ to offer free data access to variety of mobile apps signed up with ‘Airtel Zero’

Bharti Airtel, today announced the launch of ‘Airtel Zero’ – an open marketing platform that will allow customers to access mobile applications at zero data charges. ‘Airtel Zero’ will allow everyone from big marketers to small-time application developers to make parts or their entire mobile app free for customers – thus reviving interest of dormant customers, attracting new potential users and increasing retention. The platform will be a big win... Read More

Chethan S March 29th, 2015 11:03 AM 77 COMMENTS

What can Indian Netizens do before April 24 to save Internet in India?

Debates on Net Neutrality has been spreading at a frantic pace for the past few months in the Indian internet sphere. On March 27, in response to pressure from telcos and their lobby COAI, TRAI has went ahead and brought up a consultation paper on Should OTTs be licensed. If yes how? Under current rules or new ones. Should we leave net neutrality undecided and let the market in future decide... Read More

Chethan S March 22nd, 2015 2:18 PM 25 COMMENTS

How to use your laptop as a Wi-Fi Hotspot? Step-by-Step Guide for Windows and Ubuntu

With the advent of smart devices and the resulting app ecosystem Wi-Fi routers have become commonplace in every household. Wi-Fi routers are a great way to share your high speed internet connection with multiple smart devices like phones, tablets, eBook readers and even laptops. Tech savvy individuals have been using different third party tools and sometimes Operating System's built in tools to share their wired internet connectivity without actually investing... Read More

Chethan S March 18th, 2015 9:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

MapmyIndia launches its new Map APIs for Developers and enterprises

MapmyIndia today announced the public launch of its Map API platform for software developers and enterprises. MapmyIndia’s API (Application Programming Interface) platform consists of individual APIs for interactive mapping and visualization of location-based data, geocoding (location search), reverse geocoding (address look-up), routing (driving directions), and other location-based analytics such as distance matrix (distance from multiple locations). With these APIs, users can now easily add valuable location intelligence capabilities and MapmyIndia... Read More

Chethan S March 7th, 2015 5:55 PM 3 COMMENTS

Open Source Technology Powers People’s Own Telecom Network

A new kind of telecom revolution is happening in some parts of the world like rural Mexico where people are setting up their own mobile networks. This has become necessary since telecom service providers aren't interested in setting up their services due to commercial non-viability. The company which helps communities set up such networks is Rhizomatica. Rhizomatica states this in their website: Our overall goal is to increase access to mobile... Read More

Chethan S March 5th, 2015 3:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Videocon Telecom to offer free unlimited WhatsApp for its customers on Holi

Videocon Telecom, rolls-out yet another special and exclusive offer for its Customers. The telco shall be offering Free and unlimited access to WhatsApp to all its customers on Holi. The telco, popular with youth segment has come up with special and exclusive offer to further engage with its customers. This special offer on Holi will allow the telco’s users to wish their near ones a happy and colorful Holi thru... Read More

Chethan S March 4th, 2015 2:55 PM 1 COMMENTS

AOC launches 3G-enabled smartphones (M601 & E40) and 3G calling tablet (D70V50G) in India

AOC, today announced its foray into Indian smartphone and Tablet market with the launch of two 3G-enabled smartphones (M601 & E40) and a 3G calling tablet (D70V50G). The entry-level E40 smartphone comes with a 4-inch multi touch display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and dual sim slots. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera inclusive of LED flash and a 0.3 megapixel front camera, 512MB RAM and 4... Read More

Chethan S February 21st, 2015 4:30 PM 17 COMMENTS

Do PG Portal, BSNL Authorities at least read complaints – Our Experience says No!

Back in 2014 I had shared details of my harrowing experience with a telemarketer at TelecomTALK. Since then I was registered with TRAI DND under fully blocked category. As it always happens in this world wherein rules are seldom cared for, I continued to receive calls and messages from other numbers. Thankfully, the frequency was much lesser after joining DND list! I finally decided to bring violators to book and... Read More

Chethan S February 9th, 2015 3:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

Naveen Chopra to be appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Vodafone India

Vodafone India today announced that Naveen Chopra, Director –Vodafone Business Services (VBS) will succeed Sunil Sood as Chief Operating Officer for Vodafone India with effect from April 1, 2015. This follows the earlier announcement of Sunil Sood to succeed Marten Pieters as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1, 2015. Naveen has, over the last five years ably led VBS... Read More