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Ria Lakshman February 11th, 2016 8:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

Aircel partners with Gramin Healthcare to launch telemedicine service ‘Gramin Healthcare Line’ for people in Odisha

Aircel in association with Gramin Healthcare has launched primary care health helpline ‘Gramin Healthcare Line’, a telemedicine service for its customers in Odisha. This helpline will enable Aircel subscribers in rural and semi-urban parts of Odisha to avail quicker professional healthcare service. To activate the service on the phones, the customers need to dial a short code 55557 from their Aircel number. The call is chargeable at Rs. 6 per... Read More

Chethan S February 11th, 2016 5:50 PM 6 COMMENTS

Net Neutrality: Facebook kills Free Basics in India

Social networking major Facebook has finally discontinued its controversial Free Basics from India following the Trai’s recent regulation that barred discriminatory pricing of data services. The regulation also put a ban on zero-rated products in the country. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the development, and said that Free Basics is no longer available to people in India. Facebook positioned zero-rated Free Basics, earlier known as internet.org, as the platform to connect the... Read More

Zara Ali February 11th, 2016 4:57 PM 19 COMMENTS

Lenovo Vibe P1 Turbo announced with 5.5-inch HD display, 3GB RAM, and 5,000mAh battery

Lenovo is on a launch spree these days, after unveiling the K4 Note last month, the company has quietly announced another smartphone today, the Vibe P1 Turbo. It is a successor to the Vibe P1 that was launched last year. The device is currently up for pre-ordering on Lenovo’s Indonesian website, IDR 3,999,000 (approximately Rs. 20,200). As per the listing on the website, the device will be available in Silver,... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 11th, 2016 4:31 PM 18 COMMENTS

Few city corners of Bengaluru gets Vodafone 4G services on 1800 Mhz

Prominent business and residential corridors of Bengaluru get Vodafone’s next generation, high-speed 4G network. Jayanagar, Basavangudi, J.P.Nagar, Electronic City, Bangalore International Airport, Whitefield, B.T.M. Layout, Chamrajpet and Koramangala are the locations that received the service. The roll-out will get completed by across all parts of Bengaluru by March 2016. With this launch, Vodafone’s 4G services in Kerala, Karnataka, Kolkata, Delhi and NCR and Mumbai mark a successful completion. Built on... Read More

Srikapardhi February 11th, 2016 3:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Music streaming service Guvera partners TranServ to promote Udio

Global music streaming service Guvera has signed a brand partnership with TranServ, a digital payments firm, to promote Udio, India’s first social mobile wallet, which was launched last week and is now available to download through the Play Store for Android and will be available on iOS shortly. As part of the association, the Guvera app will feature an Udio brand channel, which will include situational playlists built on various... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 11th, 2016 3:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

Nokia Q4 India net sales up, but Asia-Pacific region declines 12%

Finnish telecom gear Nokia’s Asia-Pacific region posted 12% yearly decline in its fourth quarter net sales at 806 million euros, against 915 million euros in the same quarter last year, driven by lower net sales in both mobile broadband and global services in markets like Japan, Vietnam, and Australia. The net sales however grew in India and the Philippines. On a sequential basis, the net sales in the region however... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 11th, 2016 3:13 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G in Mandi, partners with Flipkart to sell devices with 4G SIMs

Bharti Airtel has announced the commercial launch of its 4G services in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. “As customers in India show an increasing propensity for consuming data services, we at Airtel are excited to take the lead in introducing the market to the power of blazing 4G speeds. With the help of the feedback received from the beta launches, we have now built India’s first commercial 4G network. Today, as we... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 11th, 2016 2:33 PM 1 COMMENTS

Asus gets new marketing director for mobile division in India

Taiwanese handset maker Asus has appointed Marcel Campos as the marketing director of the mobile division in India. Having 15 years of experience in the field of marketing and branding, Marcel is also the marketing director - mobile division, South America and was previously based in Brazil. As the marketing director, Marcel will be responsible for introducing and executing integrated strategies that support the handset maker’s business plans enabling it... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee February 11th, 2016 11:48 AM 9 COMMENTS

Telenor India operating loss widens in the fourth quarter

Telenor India’s operating loss widened at NOK 368 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared with NOK 285 million a year earlier. The Norway-based telecom company’s India unit’s full year operating loss stood at NOK 990 million, against operating profit of NOK 882 in 2014. Telenor India’s revenue however increased at NOK 1436 million in the quarter, compared with NOK 1187 million a year earlier. “The mass market approach,... Read More

Zara Ali February 11th, 2016 6:00 AM 10 COMMENTS

Lenovo K4 Note set to go on sale without registrations from February 15

Here is a good news for all those who have been planning to buy Lenovo’s latest smartphone, the K4 Note. The company announced that the device will now be up for sale without registrations in India from February 15. Lenovo sold whopping 1,80,000 units through flash sales until now, and now to fetch more buyers, the device is all set to be free from the registration re-requisites. Lenovo launched the K4... Read More

Kaur G February 10th, 2016 7:16 PM 2 COMMENTS

Interview: Govind Rajan, COO, FreeCharge On How India Is Moving Towards Cashless Economy

Mobile wallet can be a simple way to transact since it does not involve time-consuming issues like two-way authentication at the time of transaction. However, security and limited places where they can be used are some of the problems that afflict the segment. Freecharge has emerged as a prominent player in this segment. It was acquired by Snapdeal last year. In this interview Govind Rajan, Chief Operations Officer of Freecharge... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 10th, 2016 6:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia mobile fronthaul solution allows telcos to accelerate centralized RAN architectures deployment

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia has expanded its mobile fronthaul solution with new 1830 Versatile WDM Module (VWM) optical platforms, allowing operators to accelerate the deployment of centralized RAN architectures to satisfy growing consumer demand for streaming video and downloading high-definition movies on mobile devices, as well as traffic demand from IoT-connected objects. Operators can meet surging data traffic on their networks and offer consumers higher-speed mobile broadband services profitably by... Read More