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Srikapardhi May 22nd, 2016 6:19 PM 2 COMMENTS

Astellia helps Airtel to improve customer experience in Madagascar

Airtel, which is the world's third largest telco, is using Astellia solutions to improve the customer experience and enhance the customer lifecycle in Madagascar, the latter said in a statement. Astellia, which is a provider of network and subscriber intelligence for mobile operators, said that its onsite telecom data scientists are cooperating closely with Airtel’s experts to improve current network performance to ensure excellent QoS and QoE to high value customers.... Read More

Tharun G May 22nd, 2016 10:05 AM 30 COMMENTS

BSNL to introduce Fibre broadband plans offering speed Upto 40 Mbps and Post FUP speed of 4Mbps at Rs 1045 in Andhra Pradesh

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has introduced three new unlimited combo including two ultra affordable FTTH Fibre broadband plans for Medak SSAs of Andhra Pradesh circle. The new broadband plans ‘BBG Combo ULD 611 CS54’, ‘Fibro Combo ULD 645 CS34’ and ‘Fibro Combo ULD 1045 CS35’ will come in effect from May 23, 2016. BSNL is offering blazing speed of 10Mbps for Fibro Combo ULD 645 and 40Mbps for Fibro Combo ULD 1045 plan. The plans comes... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 22nd, 2016 3:58 AM 3 COMMENTS

Huawei receives “India’s Most Trusted Telecom Diversified Brand” award for the year 2016

In the Brand Trust Report, India Study 2016, Huawei has been ranked as ‘India’s Most Trusted Telecom Diversified Brand’. The report was collated by TRA Research (formerly Trust Research Advisory), a data insights company involved in researching of brands. The award recognizes Huawei’s leadership in the sector of information and communications technology (ICT). Commenting on the accomplishment, Jay Chen, CEO, Huawei India said, “Staying customer-centric and enabling customer success is... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 21st, 2016 6:15 PM 46 COMMENTS

RCom-Aircel merger talks get 30 days extension

Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications, in an official statement, said that it is further extending merger talks with Aircel promoters by further 30 days to June 22 following substantial progress in their discussions. The talks originally started on December 22 for a 90-day period since December 22, but got extended to May 22. RCom is currently in talks with Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB) and Sindya Securities and Investments Private Limited (Sindya), the... Read More

Srikapardhi May 21st, 2016 8:10 AM 2 COMMENTS

Sify.com now allows local payment options for Skype users

To meet the growing and changing needs of customers, Sify Technologies announced that Sify.com will enable local payment methods. By this move, users’ experience will get simplified while purchasing Skype credit or subscriptions to make calls to mobile and landline numbers outside India. This partnership will help Indian consumers access Skype’s some of the most competitive calling rates while calling abroad from India and customers can take these offerings from... Read More

Srikapardhi May 20th, 2016 10:14 PM 14 COMMENTS

Telenor, partners withdraw payments bank plans

Telenor Financial Services, IDFC Bank and Dilip Shanghvi have withdrawn their plan to form a payments bank venture in India, according to an official statement. The development could be an indication about Norway-based Telenor's future plans for the Indian market. The company's Indian unit hasn't been able to grow lately due to limited spectrum holdings, and intense competition from incumbent telcos. The statement said that the decision will be communicated to... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 20th, 2016 4:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Meizu Pro 6 Edge/Pro 7 tipped to feature curved screen like Samsung’s Galaxy edge lineup

Although Meizu Pro 6 was appreciated for packing impressive specs into a relatively cheap frame, it was blamed as a jarring copycat of iPhone design. This time, Meizu seems to have decided to change this blame, and made a shift from an iPhone design to that of Samsung. A leaked image of the upcoming Meizu smartphone depicts a curved display like that of the Samsung S6 edge. Rumoured to be... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 20th, 2016 3:27 PM 12 COMMENTS

Adding to the OnePlus 3 buzz, Pete Lau says ‘OnePlus 3 feels good to hold’

Rumours about OnePlus 3 are surfacing online for quite some time. The recent ones were the leaked images of the devices from various sources. Adding to the hype, OnePlus CEO Liu Zuohu (a.k.a. Pete Lau) had commented in a post on Weibo (China's Twitter) that,“OnePlus 3 smartphone feels good to hold”. The comment came after @evleaks shared an image of the device. As far as the specifications are concerned, OnePlus... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 20th, 2016 3:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Comm to sell 74% stake in data center biz to ST Telemedia

Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) through ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) will acquire a 74% majority stake in Tata Communications’ data centre business in India and Singapore, according to an official statement. Tata Communications said that it will remain as a significant shareholder, holding the remaining 26% stake in the businesses. The joint venture will include Tata Communications’ fourteen data centres in key cities across India and its... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 20th, 2016 2:26 PM 2 COMMENTS

Indian mobile shipment drops 8.2% in Q1 2016, Reliance Jio’s LYF shows a fast growth: IDC

According to a recent report released by International Data Corporation's (IDC), Reliance Jio’s LYF branded smartphones has replaced Lava as the 5th largest smartphone vendor in Q1 2016. The report also predicted the Jio’s shipments will continue to grow in the coming quarters owing to launch of its service offerings. “This year is expected to unfold many transitional phases in the mobile phone ecosystem as more vendors begin local assembling/manufacturing and... Read More

Zara Ali May 20th, 2016 7:30 AM 1 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy C5 TENAA listing leaked with 4GB RAM ahead of launch

As we reported earlier, Samsung is gearing up to launch its new range of C series smartphones in China on May 26. Now in the latest news, Samsung Galaxy C5's TENAA listing has surfaced on the internet. As per the certification details, the device will sport a 16-megapixel camera and 6.7 mm of a sleek metal body. Alongside the Galaxy C5 smartphone, Samsung will also be introducing the Galaxy C7.... Read More

Ria Lakshman May 19th, 2016 2:15 PM 2 COMMENTS

Google introduces Instant Apps that can change the way apps work

Mobile apps provide a better user experience than browser-based web apps. However, users have to hunt for them on app stores, download them, and importantly, remember to install them. Google simplifies this to a much lower level through its new ‘Instant Apps’, announced at its I/O developer conference. Instant Apps allows the users to use native apps almost instantly — even when the user hasn’t previously installed them — simply by... Read More