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Rudradeep Biswas May 30th, 2013 11:08 AM 19 COMMENTS

Maxis to Invest 5K Cr in Aircel, Wants to Shred 4G off by Selling Spectrum

After the failure of potential sale or merger plans with Sistema Shyam Teleservices and Tata Teleservices, Aircel's parent company Maxis Communications of Malaysia is planning to sell its BWA spectrum to reduce its debt and operational cash crisis. Aircel has scaled down services in 6 circles, and providing 3G/HSPA services in 13 circles. Reported by Times of India, the sale of BWA spectrum won by Aircel in 2010 auction in... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 29th, 2013 5:24 PM 24 COMMENTS

Airtel Beats Vodafone India To regain top slot in Rural Customer User Base

Airtel has taken over the place of Vodafone India to regain its position as the largest operator in the rural sector and adding a net of 1.66 million users, while the country’s GSM operators added a net of 3.5 million subscribers in April 2013. According to data compiled by COAI GSM operators added 3.8 million subscribers from rural India. Of this, Airtel added 1.66 million users, regaining its top slot... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 29th, 2013 1:53 PM 36 COMMENTS

SMS Dying: TRAI, Telcos or Messaging Apps – Whom to be Blamed for?

Short Messaging Service (SMS) will be dead in next 3-5 years, I believe. SMS is getting prominent threat from messaging services which works via data network like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Nimbuzz and others for last 1-2 years, but with recent regulation regarding SMS termination charges from TRAI is also pushing SMS to be dead in coming days. With the growth of messaging over IP networks those are using smartphones seldom... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 29th, 2013 12:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

First Looks: Quad Core powered, Jelly Bean running Gionee Dream D1

As Android ecosystem continues to be better, the hardware of smartphones took a jump - for mere some MHz processor to today's smartphones are loaded with quad core, octa core processors with upto 2GB of RAM - making them more powerful than my first desktop. In India, there are lots of quad core smartphones from Micromax, Lava, Xolo, Karbonn, Celkon, iBall and others. We are here presenting Dream D1 from... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 28th, 2013 4:45 PM 27 COMMENTS

Pocket Burner: Samsung Galaxy S4 or Refurbished Galaxy S3 at Affordable Price?

The recent launch of Galaxy S4 by Samsung has unknowingly raised a war with its predecessor Galaxy S3. Given that the GalaxyS3 is in the market for almost more than a year and thus available at a heavy discount from many carriers, it’s even more lucrative, especially for customers on a budget. This model had its successful run last year and it is also renowned for dethroning iPhone from the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 28th, 2013 4:39 PM 4 COMMENTS

Smarter & Larger: Samsung Intros Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3

Samsung has launched larger display smartphones under Galaxy Mega brand in India. The first two phones Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3 come with 'Stay Smart, Live Large' tag and combine the portability and convenience of a smartphone with the power, multitasking capabilities and extensive viewing... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 28th, 2013 2:29 PM 20 COMMENTS

Micromax Launched Country’s first MediaTek-powered 14.4Mbps MMX377G Data card

Country's leading mobile device maker Micromax has launched a new 3G data card MMX377G in India. MMX377G is the first device in the country, which is powered by MediaTek's MT6280 3G/HSPA+ thin modem platform. The latest 3G USB modem from Micromax MMX337G supports upto 14.4 Mbps downlink and upto 5.76 Mbps uplink. It comes factory unlocked i.e. supports any 2G/3G SIM (though sooner or later some operators may bundle this... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 28th, 2013 2:15 PM 5 COMMENTS

Sabse Sasta Offer from Uninor in Maharastra: Local Calling STV5

Continuing the effort to deliver 'Sabse Sasta' tariff Uninor, the Indian arm of global telecom giant Telenor ASA has launched a new special tariff voucher with the advantage of sachet packages. The new STV priced Rs 5 and will offer 15 minutes of local calls to any network with validity of one full day. This pack is similar to previously launched Rs 6 pack which includes unlimited onnet calls for... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 28th, 2013 1:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

RCom & HTC to Launch HTC One Today in Mumbai

Country's leading CDMA and GSM mobile operator Reliance Communications is going to unveil HTC's flagship device HTC One by Bollywood's leading heroine Jacqueline Fernandez today. The media event is going to be held at Reliance Web World, Ashola Shopping Complex, Juhu in Mumbai. We hope Reliance will offer special discount on data & general voice & text tariff if HTC One is bought from Reliance Web World. The details will... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 28th, 2013 11:30 AM 3 COMMENTS

Delhi High Court Issues Contempt Notice to Idea Cellular

The Delhi High Court has issued a contempt notices to Idea Cellular for alleged violating an earlier directive. The notices were issued for allegedly offering 3G services to new customers in circles where the GSM service provider did not have licences. Earlier this year DoT had moved the court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the "wilful and deliberate" disobedience of a judicial order passed on April 12. The April 12... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 27th, 2013 12:41 PM 3 COMMENTS

SSTL Announces Unaudited Financial Results for Q1 2013, Blended ARPU increased by Rs 81, Data Card Subscribers declined by 12%

MTS India today announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. In the reporting period SSTL’s mobile subscriber base declined by 20% quarter-on-quarter and reached 11.92 million customers as of March 31st, 2013. SSTL’s mobile subscribers’ MoU for Q1 2013 improved to 295 min vs. 268 min in Q4 2012. Non-voice revenues, from both data and mobile VAS, for the quarter declined by 13%... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 26th, 2013 9:17 AM 20 COMMENTS

MTS Launched Unbelievable Unlimited Packs in Kerala

Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which operates under MTS brand in the country has launched two special tariff vouchers in Kerala circles to offer unlimited calls, SMS and 1X internet for 30 days. With MTS Unlimited MSaver 447 you will get unlimited local calls, local SMS and 1x internet, while with MSaver 648 you will get unlimited local and STD calls and SMS & 1x internet. Both vouchers are valid for 30... Read More