Chhavi

About the author: Chhavi is a social media enthusiast and telecom technologies admirer. Based out of New Delhi, she is a corporate communication and marketing professional by day and writer by night. If she is not busy with Telecom, you can find her reading management books.

June 23rd, 2013 11:51 AM 17 COMMENTS

Security Agencies and Income Tax Officials can now tap your Emails and Phone Calls

In order to further safeguard national security, Government of India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will allow security agencies and income tax officials to tap into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament (According to a report by Reuters). The government introduced Central Monitoring System (CMS) in the parliament in 2011 that will facilitate and prevent misuse of lawful interception facility, however very little was... Read More

June 20th, 2013 4:13 PM 35 COMMENTS

Price War Intensifies: Airtel Reduces Data Charges by 90% in 9 circles

Just a day after Vodafone India reduced its data charges in 3 circles, Bharti Airtel too has slashed 2G data usage rates for its prepaid users in 9 circles (According to our well placed industry sources). The nine circles that will witness a reduction in data charges by Airtel include – UP East, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Kolkata, Punjab and Orissa. In order to lure its prepaid customers,... Read More

June 16th, 2013 12:08 PM 2 COMMENTS

Weekly Telecom Bytes: AUSPI asks DoT to reject COAI Plea on Tata Teleservices Spectrum Withdrawal, Lava to Launch Iris 504Q

AUSPI asks DoT to reject COAI Plea on Tata Teleservices Spectrum Withdrawal Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI), which represents dual technology players such as TTSL, Reliance Communications and Sistema Shyam Teleservices, has asked DoT to reject the COAI plea to take back spectrum from Tata Teleservices in 18 service areas. Earlier, The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), representing GSM players, had written to DoT asking... Read More

June 12th, 2013 2:06 PM 14 COMMENTS

Book Railway Tickets While on the Move: IRCTC to introduce SMS-Based Ticketing from July

Days are not far when you can actually book, pay for, obtain and validate tickets from any location and at any time using mobile phones. With IRCTC all set to launch its SMS-based ticketing next month i.e. July, you can book your railway tickets by just sending an SMS to a dedicated number, reports PTI. HOW TO BOOK A TICKET VIA SMS: The process of booking is simple, said the... Read More

June 9th, 2013 12:05 PM 3 COMMENTS

Weekly Telecom Bytes: Lenovo Range of Smartphones; LTE to cover 60% World Population by 2018

LTE will cover around 60% of the World Population by 2018: Ericsson Mobility Report According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, June 2013, GSM/EDGE technology has by far the widest reach and today covers more than 85 percent of the world’s population. WCDMA/HSPA however covered 55 percent of the world’s population by the end of 2012. By the end of 2018, over 85 percent of the world’s population will have the... Read More

June 7th, 2013 1:04 PM 6 COMMENTS

Smartphone Users Prefer Websites Over Apps for Online Shopping: Report

According to a study conducted by a research firm, Nielsen, Indian smartphones audience still prefer websites for online shopping than using shopping apps on their device. However when it comes to accessing content on the smartphone, there has been an increasing preference for apps over websites. Close to 25 percent of smartphone-users in country prefer to shop online while just 3 percent of smartphone users’ access shopping apps, the study... Read More

June 6th, 2013 2:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

India ships 10,000 Tablets every day; Datawind leads the Market

According to CMR’s India Quarterly Tablet PC Market Review, 1Q (January-March) 2013, India ships 10,000 Tablets every day to make up to total shipments of 905,000 during January-March 2013. As many as 53 domestic and international vendors sold (shipped) tablets in Q1, 2013, out of which only nine vendors shipped in significant volumes of more than 20,000 units during that period, the report said. However the good news is that the... Read More

June 5th, 2013 1:41 PM 4 COMMENTS

Internet video to TV doubled in 2012 ; To Increase Five fold by 2017: Cisco

Globally, Internet video to TV will continue to grow at a rapid pace, increasing fivefold by 2017, a study by networking giant Cisco said. According to Cisco's Visuals Networking Index (VNI) forecast (2012-17), Video-on-demand (VoD) traffic will nearly triple by 2017. The amount of VoD traffic in 2017 will be equivalent to 6 billion DVDs per month. Internet Traffic: On Internet Traffic in India, the good news is that India... Read More

June 5th, 2013 12:54 AM 15 COMMENTS

More than 2.5 million people have opted for MNP in March alone: TRAI

According to the latest subscription data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in the month of March 2013 alone, 2.87 million requests have been made for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of March 2013 about 89.70 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number. “In MNP Zone-I (Northern & Western India)... Read More

June 1st, 2013 3:37 PM 4 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to sell part of stake in landline, enterprise businesses to reduce debt

If reports are to be believed, India’s largest mobile phone company in terms of subscriber base and revenue, Bharti Airtel is all set to sell stakes in its landline and enterprise business, in a bid to ease its mounting debt burden of Rs 63,839 crore. As reported by Economic Times, the company is looking at an enterprise valuation of about Rs 17,000 crore for its fixed line unit and about... Read More

May 31st, 2013 2:36 AM 7 COMMENTS

Blackberry is all set to unveil its new Blackberry Q10 in Indian Markets on June 6th

Here’s much awaited good news for all the Blackberry lovers out there! Blackberry is all set to launch its new Q10, the first QWERTY phone running on BB10, in India on June 6th. It was on May 28th, Blackberry tweeted the announcement of Q10 launch in India that drew attention from the tech geeks and media across India. The tweet goes like this, "BlackBerry Q10 is coming to India soon.... Read More

May 26th, 2013 9:41 AM 5 COMMENTS

Weekly Telecom Bytes: Apple’s Student Offer on iPhone 4, Free games on Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro; Reliance 4G in Metro Cities by Q1 2014

Uninor to Set Up 500 Tower Sites in Gujarat by June, 2013 Uninor, the company that won spectrum last year to offer mobile phones services in six of the 22 telecom services areas is all set to further expand its operations in India. As a part of its expansion plans, the company will be setting up additional 500 tower sites in the Gujarat region by June 2013. As stated by... Read More

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