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About the author: Mahit Huilgol is a Mechanical Engineering graduate and is a Technology and Automobile aficionado. He ditched the Corporate boardroom wars in the favor for technology battle ground. He is also a foodie by heart and loves both the edible chips and non-edible silicon chips.

Mahit September 17th, 2014 11:45 AM 1 COMMENTS

Local STB Manufacturers say they can fulfill the demand for the STBs in lieu with the final phases of Digitisation

I&B minister Prakash Javedekar had recently expressed his concern over the fact that better quality STB(Set Top Box) were being exported and the lower quality ones being sold in the domestic market. He then expressed the Government’s willingness to help the local STB manufacturers especially with the issues related to the taxation. The manufacturers on the contrary comforted the Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry that they be able to meet... Read More

Mahit September 16th, 2014 2:04 PM 130 COMMENTS

Government in deep thoughts on shutting down state owned BSNL and MTNL ?

The govt owned MTNL and BSNL which often attract the wrath of the consumers for their unruly customer care and almost nonexistent customer support seems to be on the brink of extinction. BSNL which was once the most extensively connected telecom network in the nation and most sought after too. Department of Telecom (DoT) is taking a candid look at the options to close the doors of BSNL and MTNL... Read More

Mahit September 15th, 2014 6:21 PM 70 COMMENTS

BSNL introduces new packages that will restore the High Speed Data quota of your Broadband

FUP (fair usage policy) has been a boon to the Telcos and bane to the consumers from the day it was implemented. If we take into consideration the increase online time and the number of internet centric application we use has increased exponentially over the time. The websites are becoming more and more intuitive and along with this they are also becoming heavy thus gobbling up your data usage at... Read More

Mahit September 15th, 2014 5:14 PM 4 COMMENTS

Google pairs up with MediaTek for fine tuned Android One Computing needs

Google hogged the limelight as it released its latest platter of Android One devices. The mantra of Android One is providing decent computing power packed with all the features at an affordable price. Google have tied up with the well-known Taiwanese chipset manufacturer for its affordable yet powerful computing engines. The first bunch of Android devices will feature MediaTek latest MT6582 SoC which is based on the ARM Cortex A7... Read More

Mahit September 15th, 2014 3:19 PM 12 COMMENTS

Android One smartphones from Micromax, Spice and Karbonn launched by Google

As speculated earlier, Google has officially kickstarted the Android One smartphone campaign in a media event today. The budget Android market is pegged for exponential growth and the fact that a majority of the population are shifting from the basic handsets to low-end budget smartphones. The Android One program was announced back in June during the Google I/O 2014 event. The purpose of this program was to provide up-to-date Android software with stock Android UI to budget... Read More

Mahit September 15th, 2014 1:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

SITI cable to extend services in Northern and Southern India as part of its Expansion

Essel group owned SITI cable which is an Multi System Operator (MSO) in Mumbai is on the verge of expanding its business and in a document pertaining to the shareholders it has asked clearance from the shareholders to approve the increase in the capital share. The MSO has been through a rough patch recently and it put the blame on the Declaration of subscribers base and lower Average Revenue Per... Read More

Mahit September 15th, 2014 11:21 AM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI Report card: Rajasthan and Karnataka take the lead again when it comes to highest number of MNP requests

According to the Data by the service providers a total number of 126.72 million subscribers have submitted Mobile Number Portability requests to the various operators as on the end of July 2014. The MNP regions are further classified into Zone 1 consisting of Northern & Western India, Zone 2 consisting of the Southern & Eastern. In the Zone 1 maximum requests have been initiated in the region of Rajasthan (12.68million)... Read More

Mahit September 12th, 2014 2:59 PM 16 COMMENTS

Airtel and Idea extend helping hands for flood victims in J&K

Telecos have been extending helping hands for the J&K flood victims as the situation in the twin states has taken an ugly toll. Thousands of people have been displaced from their families and the electricity shut down and the food shortage have added to the woes of the victim. The grief struck victims are also not able to call their loved ones or place a distress call as the cellphone... Read More

Mahit September 11th, 2014 8:21 AM 3 COMMENTS

In a Recent move Dish TV separates its STB Business and hands it over to Xing Media

Dish TV has decided to convert its set-top-box (STB) to a wholly-owned subsidiary in a bid to save some licensing fees. XingMedia Distribution Pvt Ltd is the subsidiary that will take care of all the auxiliary businesses of Dish TV primarily compromising of Dish Antenna and other services. STBs and other hardware have always been a major investment for DTH companies. Dish TV will devise a capex in the form... Read More

Mahit September 10th, 2014 3:13 PM 3 COMMENTS

Qualcomm preps up Snapdragon 210 Chipset, bringing 4G LTE to Budget Smartphones

Qualcomm Technologies which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated and is famous for its Mobile Chipsets. Qualcomm has been the industry leader and most sought after choice when it comes to choosing a Computing platform for the phones. They had recently been in the news after releasing the new lineup of extremely powerful 64 bit chipsets. The new range of Octa Core processors bundled with an extremely capable... Read More

Mahit September 10th, 2014 6:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel DTH launches Sony Max Super Hitz, a dedicated Video On Demand service

Airtel Digital TV has come up with a new SVoD service called the Sony Max Super Hitz. It will let the Airtel DTH users watch the best movies that ever graced Bollywood at the comfort of their couch. This service would be charged at Rs35 per month and it can be added on top of your current package. Latest movies like Paan Singh Tomar and Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu... Read More