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Ria Lakshman August 21st, 2015 6:15 PM 11 COMMENTS

Astrology plays a major role in Aircel’s revenue stream

Aircel’s Value Added Service astrology, Astro Buddy has registered a whopping subscription of 20 lakhs. Astro Buddy provides daily predictions on varied topics such as Relationship, Health, Career, Finance, family. “The rapid growth of VAS and Data is expected to contribute an important share in the revenue stream of the telecom industry. At Aircel, we have taken note on the shifting subscriber usage pattern and have devised many products and... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 21st, 2015 2:52 PM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone India achieves 2 crore subscriber base in Kolkata and West Bengal circles, launches Vodafone Treasures service for aged

Vodafone India has crossed the milestone of 2 crore subscribers in Kolkata and rest of Bengal circles. In order to celebrate this success, the service provider has launched a special initiative ‘Vodafone Treasures’. This service will provides the senior citizen customers a toll free number, virtual relationship manager and doorstep assistance. Vodafone Treasures’ toll free number 9830198301 will be available from Monday – Saturday between 10am to 7pm. It will... Read More

Esmail August 21st, 2015 12:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Now use ‘Airtel Money’ to pay for your Uber ride and enjoy free high speed Airtel internet onboard

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and Uber today announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership in India. As part of this partnership, Uber riders across India can now pay for their trips using Airtel’s mobile wallet service -Airtel Money. Additionally, Mumbaikars will now be the first in India to enjoy free high-speed internet from Uber, powered by... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas August 21st, 2015 11:19 AM 65 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio is all set to begin its commercial operations by December 2015

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecommunications arm of Reliance Industries, is all set to begin its commercial operations by December 2015. Though we are yet to know the official launch date (for which we will get some abusive comments from our readers), there are some updates regarding Reliance Jio's progress towards the commercial roll out. Before Jio's data services come to market, as early as by mid-September 2015, RIL will launch... Read More

Zara Ali August 20th, 2015 7:18 PM 3 COMMENTS

Motorola is bringing Moto X Style and Moto X Play to India next month

Motorola unveiled the Moto G third-generation last month in India, and the device is presently on sale through Flipkart. The company held a big event in the United States to take the wraps off its major flagship, the Moto X. Now, Motorola is planning to bring one of Moto X's variants to India by September. In an interview, Amit Boni, General Manager Motorola India, stated that the company has plans... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 20th, 2015 2:02 PM 2 COMMENTS

Call drop: Ministry asks States to permit mobile towers on government buildings, doubts if telecom operators deliberately cause call drops

As the plans to install mobile towers are hindered by the campaigns against mobile radiation in parts of the country, Government has decided to utilize government building for installation of towers. Telecom Ministry has written to all Chief Ministers across the states highlighting the need. "Our ministry has written to all chief ministers to allow mobile towers on state government buildings. It will boost the coverage and capacity of service... Read More

Imon August 19th, 2015 8:40 PM 56 COMMENTS

BSNL doubles SIM card sales from May to June 2015 due to cheap tariffs and attractive offers

As per latest reports, BSNL’S new SIM card sales have almost doubled from May to June. People are showing interest again in BSNL due to its cheapest data packs and Pan -India free Roaming offers. The gross SIM sales of BSNL has increased from 8.6 Lakhs in the month of May 2015 to 16.1 Lakhs in the month of July 2015. To boost the SIM sales and to increase the... Read More

Asif Iqbal August 19th, 2015 5:31 PM 2 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ launched in India along with Keypad Cover and Wireless Fast Charger

The world's largest smartphone brand unveiled its two high-end phablets, the Samsung Galaxy Note5 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ last week at its Galaxy Unpacked 2015 even that was held in New York. Today, Samsung has launched the Galaxy S6 edge+ in India. The Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ will be available from August 28 in India with a price tag of Rs. 57,990. This price is for the 32GB... Read More

Srikapardhi August 19th, 2015 4:43 PM 1 COMMENTS

Data Saver feature in Xiaomi’s MIUI 7 OS to be powered by Opera Max

Opera Software has announced a partnership with Xiaomi, to power a new Data Saver feature through integration of the Opera Max technology. This will bring an OS-wide, industry-leading data-savings capability to the smartphone maker’s new OS, MIUI 7. The Opera Max technology has been successfully powering the MIUI Data Saver feature for millions of Xiaomi users in China for more than a year. Hugo Barra, Vice President, Xiaomi Global, said:... Read More

Chethan S August 19th, 2015 2:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Emirates NBD launches DirectRemit 2 Mobile funds transfer platform

Emirates NBD, announced the launch of an innovative funds remittance service, DirectRemit 2 Mobile that enables account holders in the UAE to transfer funds to any registered mobile phone number in India. This pioneering service builds on the bank’s popular DirectRemit platform that allows money transfers in 60 seconds to beneficiary accounts. DirectRemit 2 Mobile is available for transfers to the UAE’s largest remittance market, India through Axis Bank, with... Read More

Esmail August 18th, 2015 8:19 PM 7 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo launches build your own plan STV Rs. 201 for prepaid GSM subscribers

Tata Docomo has announced the launch of a new low priced plan of Rs.201 which will allow customers to design a unique plan best suited for their needs. The pioneering plan allows customers to build their own plan based on their usage pattern. Available at an affordable rate, the plan offers full Talk-Time value and reduces all local and STD calls at 60 Paisa per minute. Further to this recharge, customers... Read More