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Ria Lakshman September 18th, 2015 4:01 AM 2 COMMENTS

DoT approaches Delhi government to allow mobile towers : Report

Following the complaints from telecom operators about the illegal sealing of mobile towers by Municipal bodies of Delhi, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has approached Delhi government and municipal authorities to allow towers, especially on government buildings, reports digit.in. According to the report, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg met Delhi Chief Secretary and conveyed that cellphone towers do not cause radiation. Recently, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had conducted study... Read More

Imon September 17th, 2015 6:39 PM 10 COMMENTS

Reliance Mobile slashes benefits on data packs in the Kolkata circle

In a recent move, Reliance Mobile has reduced the data benefits on some recharge denominations in the Kolkata circle. A few days back, Aircel, which is one of the cheapest data operator, hiked their data rates in the region. Reliance Mobile has reduced data benefits in the mid-range data packs in both 2G & 3G segments. They have even stopped providing unlimited Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp facility in some data... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 17th, 2015 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Mobile Point-of-Sale payment acceptance to redefine business environment and customer engagement: Mahindra Comviva and Aite Group study

In order to understand the evolution and demand pattern of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) acceptance methods across industries, the leader in mobility and mobile financial solutions Mahindra Comviva and a research agency Aite Group has conducted a study, revealing that the cards will account for 273 billion transactions at a combined value of nearly US$30 trillion by 2018. Payment modes like NFC-enabled mobile devices will flourish along with mPOS, bringing flexibility... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 16th, 2015 7:18 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Mobile Internet Bus will educate tier II mass of Gujarat on 3G internet usage

As a move to popularize mobile data among the tier II and beyond locations of Gujarat, Vodafone India launches ‘Vodafone Mobile Internet Bus’, a zone that provides live mobile data experience to users. The bus will tour across all towns and villages in Gujarat has 3G facility. The roll out announcement was done by Jayesh Gadia, Business Head –Vodafone Gujarat. The operator intends to educate people on benefits of mobile... Read More

Esmail September 16th, 2015 4:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

New MSC codes allotted to Aircel, Bharti Airtel and Telenor India

The department of telecommunications allocates from time to time new set of MSC codes to operators in certain circles where the operators meet certain qualifying criteria of subscriber base. DOT has assigned new MSC codes to Aircel for meeting the 1 million subscriber mark in Delhi and Maharashtra circles, Bharti Airtel for meeting 1 million subscriber mark in Karnataka and UP East and Telenor India for meeting the 1 million... Read More

Imon September 15th, 2015 4:04 PM 24 COMMENTS

Reliance Mobile offers cheapest 3G data for GSM users, extends Freedom Data offer for NetConnect users

In a recent move, Reliance Mobile has extended its Freedom Data Offer, which they had launched during Independence day week, for an additional month. Earlier, Reliance was offering 69GB of data at Rs. 1,947 as Freedom Data Offer. The offer was valid till the 30th of August 2015 to all NetConnect users. When we contacted with Reliance Mobile, an executive said the offer wasn't available after the 30th of August,... Read More

Imon September 15th, 2015 1:59 PM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL launches next-generation video conference services across India; offers calls at half rates as a promotional offer

BSNL, the state-run telecom unit, has announced the launch of its next-generation audio and video conferencing services in India. A few months ago, BSNL started upgrading their landline network to IP-based next-generation network (NGN), which allows many additional features like audio conferencing, video conferencing, video calls, etc. By launching its next-generation audio and multimedia video conference service throughout India, BSNL is aiming to bag premium customers. To promote this new... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 15th, 2015 11:02 AM 11 COMMENTS

Radiation emited by cellphone towers does not pose a health hazard: TRAI study

In a study conducted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), it was found that the mobile towers do not cause radiation and hence, dismissed the claim that mobile towers cause serious health issues. The study included 300 mobile towers in Himachal Pradesh and no radiation was detected. Due to the fear of radiation, mobile towers were removed from many parts of the country causing severe call drops, claimed the... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 15th, 2015 5:35 AM 3 COMMENTS

NASA and Harmonic to launch UHD channel, plans to stream via internet

NASA and the video delivery infrastructure company Harmonic partner to launch NASA TV UHD, the first ever non-commercial consumer ultra-high definition (UHD) channel in North America. NASA Television will have the capability to deliver linear 2160p60 video content. This will allow the viewers to enjoy footage on a wide range of television and internet-connected devices. NASA used an end-to-end UHD video delivery system from Harmonic. The channel is awaiting its... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 14th, 2015 3:32 AM 0 COMMENTS

Mobile wallets using contactless technology to reach 200 million by the end of 2016: Study

The number of mobile wallets using contactless technology is expected to reach 200 million by the end of 2016, says a study from Juniper Research titled ‘Mobile Wallets: Contactless & Remote Payments 2015-2020’. If occurs, this is a 100 percent growth from the end of 2014. The reason for this growth is attributed to P2P (Person to Person) services for the unbanked in developing markets, particularly the launch of Apple... Read More

Imon September 13th, 2015 9:11 PM 8 COMMENTS

After Himachal Pradesh, Idea now adds data to old packs in Maharashtra

A few days back, we reported that Idea Cellular, the third largest operator in India by subscriber base, has added extra data in the existing packs in the Himachal Pradesh circle. Now, they have come up with the same strategy for the Maharashtra circle. The telco has made a revision to its data packs, and instead of hiking data prices like they did earlier, they have added more data into... Read More