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.

October 13th, 2014 3:29 PM 6 COMMENTS

IRCTC launches its official Android app in Google Play Store, a timely move

Indian Railway is one of the largest rail road network in the world and has an enormous number of people using the services. IRCTC, which is the online railway ticket booking portal, has been the only way to book tickets online.. We had seen many IRCTC applications in the Android and also Windows store earlier and all of them were unofficial versions. They had fair share of issues including random... Read More

October 10th, 2014 6:23 PM 31 COMMENTS

3G roaming pact: DoT cries foul, cites huge revenue loss to the Govt.

Telcos might end up in soup once again over the 3G roaming pact inspite of the momentary relief they received when TDSAT ruled in their favour saying they need not pay Rs. 1200 Cr fine. Airtel and Vodafone were continuing with their usual 3G Intra Circle Roaming (ICR) pact wherein they share the 3G spectrum with other operators in areas where they do not have 3G. DoT had slapped a... Read More

October 8th, 2014 3:03 PM 7 COMMENTS

Xiaomi might launch the Redmi Note during Diwali

Xiaomi's official Facebook Page had a teaser along with a lamp and the remaining things blurred off. According to the reports, Xiaomi might launched the Redmi Note during the Diwali festive season for Rs. 9,999. The possibilities are that Xiaomi will launch this device sometime next week. Xiaomi is stocking around 100,000 units for the Redmi 1S sale on October 14. It is learnt that Xiaomi has sold 25,000 units of Mi 3... Read More

October 8th, 2014 2:15 PM 10 COMMENTS

Delayed Airtel and Vodafone spectrum allocation, How will it affect the customers?

The ongoing spectrum battle has reached a new pinnacle with the countries biggest operators Airtel and Vodafone battling out with Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not facilitating the extension. The spectrum was won by the operators way back in February but still has not been allocated to the operators causing a delay of more than six month. The licence is set to expire next month. It is believed the telcos... Read More

October 8th, 2014 11:00 AM 18 COMMENTS

Asus Zenfone 5: Unboxing and Initial Impressions

Asus had released their entry-level series of Android smartphone back in July and all of them have sold very well, at least in the online market. The Zenfone 5 is priced at Rs. 9999 and competes with the likes of Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM, Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290, Gionee M2, and the Sony Xperia M Dual. We were lucky enough to lay our hands on the Asus Zenfone 5, thanks... Read More

October 7th, 2014 11:56 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel and RCom’s Online directory for fixed lines goes live

We had recently covered the news that Airtel is coming up with a fixed line telephone directory which would allow people to search for a user through their website but the bummer was that Airtel started asking users to send SMS to a premium number if they wished to remain anonymous. Airtel claimed that this move was as per the DOT mandate which requires them to publish the directory online.... Read More

October 6th, 2014 11:13 AM 2 COMMENTS

Nexus 9 will be officially announced in the mid of this month

Nexus lineup is due for next iteration and it has been a while since any of the next generation Nexus devices surfaced on the internet. As per the rumor mill Google plans to chuck the Nexus name for the Nexus 6 phone and instead call it something else. Nexus 6 has not been spotted on the American FCC yet which generally acts as a source for information about the upcoming... Read More

October 4th, 2014 4:54 PM 18 COMMENTS

Review: Tenda N150, Ultra Affordable Wireless router priced at just Rs 660

The WiFi router is a quintessential piece of puzzle when it comes to Internet connectivity. Major chunk of people opt for a broadband connection and pair it with a WiFi router which will let everyone in the home connect to the network through WiFi enabled devices and save on their carrier based data packs. I have been using G Broadband in Bengaluru and I have a direct LAN cable coming... Read More

October 3rd, 2014 1:38 PM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches New Unlimited On Net Voice calls packs

BSNL has introduced new plans pertaining to voice calling in all the circles across the country. The packs start from Rs49 and go all the way up to Rs 610. Add- On Pack The Rs49 pack is a addon for all the post paid connections and it activates 125 min of free local video calling. The Rs 50 packs brings down the local calling tariff to 0.6 paise sec or... Read More

October 3rd, 2014 1:18 PM 3 COMMENTS

GSM Rural Subscribers base increases to 304.73 million with Airtel being the highest gainer

The number of rural subscribers is on a steady rise and is showing a good month on month growth. The total number of rural subscribers as on August 2014 stands at 304.73 million which depicts an increase of 1.63 million from the previous month. It is no surprise that Airtel has been the highest gainer with a net rural subscription additions in the month of August by 0.60 million. Airtels... Read More

October 2nd, 2014 11:38 AM 29 COMMENTS

TRAI makes it mandatory for the Telecos to send hardcopy of postpaid bills to the consumers without any extra charges

TRAI has issued a notice to all the telecom operators saying that it is made mandatory for them to print the postpaid bills and send it to their registered address. The circular also mentions that the Telecos are not supposed to charge extra for the billing services. This move comes after it was brought to the notice of the Authority that some of the service providers were not providing hard... Read More

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