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Ria Lakshman May 11th, 2015 12:40 PM 2 COMMENTS

Global: Dubai turns smarter with free Wi-Fi service available across multiple locations

The telecom operator Du and Smart Dubai Executive Committee plans to roll out free Wi-Fi services across multiple locations in Dubai, in an initiative to provide nationwide free Wi-Fi. The project, launched with an intention to boost e-governance services, already went live in more than 200 locations across Dubai. The target is to roll out Wi-Fi in nearly 300 locations by the end of this year. Few of the locations... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 6th, 2015 10:14 PM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel Zero Platform violated Net Neutrality, Says DoT Secretary; but is the violation illegal ? TRAI yet to decide

The outcry from internet users that Airtel Zero has been facing for the last few weeks has induced the authorities to jump into the matter. As per the reports, Rakesh Garg, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications has stated that internet.org of Facebook and Airtel Zero of Bharti Airtel violate net neutrality principles. While giving an interview to Business Standard, Garg said that net neutrality meant to give access to all the... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 6th, 2015 3:18 PM 17 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular now offers Unlimited Night Calling at Rs. 8

Idea Cellular has decided to come up with I2I special vouchers for Tamil Nadu region. All the vouchers provide cheap call rates to customers on the local network. Details of these vouchers are as follows- The lowest recharge voucher is available for Rs. 8 and comes with a validity of four days. Users can enjoy unlimited night calling between 00:00 to 06:00 AM on local Idea numbers. The second voucher... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 6th, 2015 4:13 AM 0 COMMENTS

MIB directs BARC to stop releasing TV Viewership Data, meanwhile TAM to continue

The Broadcast Audience Research Council or BARC has set forth its offerings in a competent way. Within a week of initiating services and releasing maiden TV viewership data, BARC has come on top in the ongoing trends in Media and Entertainment industry. The first week of data has imported a lot of startling changes in the industry, which once looked out of the question. Switching from TAM to BARC has... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma May 2nd, 2015 6:03 PM 9 COMMENTS

TRAI Brings Virtual Network Operators Within Licensing Framework

The long envisioned issue of distributing licenses to virtual network providers or the companies that offer telecom services without owning a network infrastructure has earned wings. TRAI has proposed bringing all the virtual network operators within the licensing framework and bestow them to offer various services such as data, voice and video streaming. Experts call it a bold step by the government and hope that it will make the road... Read More

Ria Lakshman April 30th, 2015 9:07 PM 17 COMMENTS

Reliance broadcast Network under hack attack

Hell Shield Official seems to have launched their next attack on Reliance broadcast Network. Its two website – bigmagicinternational.com and 927bigfm.com currently stays inaccessible. The hacker group celebrates their hacking now on Twitter, with claims like ‘User privacy is not joke’. The group, with its Twitter accounts @RealHSH tweeted saying ‘Reliance got Hacked’ and ‘We won’t let You Rule over our freedom’. Another hacker group Anonymous India (@AnonOpsIndia) too upheld this... Read More

SuperGeek April 30th, 2015 8:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

LG G Pad 8.0 with 3G listed in India for Rs 21,000

LG has just listed the G Pad 8.0 tablet with 3G in on its India website for Rs 21,000. The Wi-Fi only variant of the tablet has been around for about a month in the country and currently sells for about Rs 17,000-18,000. The listing pretty much confirms that the official launch is just around the corner. We can expect LG to launch this device quietly in the country, like... Read More

SuperGeek April 30th, 2015 7:07 PM 5 COMMENTS

Micromax Canvas LapTab launched for Rs 14,999 in India

Micromax recently teased that it was going to launch a new product line on April 30. The new product that the Indian OEM was planning to launch is the Canvas LapTab which is a 2-in-1 hybrid device. It has been priced at Rs 14,999 and will be available exclusively on Amazon.in from May 6th. The Canvas LapTab has a 10.1-inch IPS display and comes with a full-fledged keyboard which has... Read More

Zara Ali April 29th, 2015 5:22 PM 1 COMMENTS

Google Now adds 70 new third-party apps, including Foodpanda, BookMyShow

Google Now is about to become even more useful to the users, as it is the app gives out the handy information in the form of cards and now it has added 70 more third-party apps to its platter. Among these 70 apps there are few India-centric apps too, which are directed towards fetching the important information encompassing food, travel, banking and much more. Earlier this month, Google has already... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 29th, 2015 4:45 PM 16 COMMENTS

Vodafone deploys first ever instant network in Nepal to help rescue efforts

The Vodafone Foundation Instant Network Mini, a portable ‘mobile network in a backpack’, has been taken to the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal to help restore communications to some of the areas worst affected by last weekend’s earthquake. The Instant Network Mini is a robust backpack that can be taken as hand luggage on commercial flights and deployed by non-technical staff. Instant Network Mini can connect up to five mobile phone... Read More

SuperGeek April 29th, 2015 1:34 PM 4 COMMENTS

OnePlus and Cyanogen Inc decide to part ways from each other

The love-hate relationship of Cyanogen Inc and OnePlus has been among the news from quite a while for all the wrong reasons. It all commenced when YU entered into an exclusive partnership with Cyanogen to use its ROMs for its upcoming devices. This resulted in the Indian version of the OnePlus One getting affected as Cyanogen stated that it won't provide OTA updates for it in future. As a consequence, OnePlus... Read More

Chethan S April 28th, 2015 8:41 PM 40 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Self Care just a tweet away for Reliance Customers – SmartCare powered by Twitter

In the recent times banking has moved to twitter. India's second largest bank, ICICI Bank had recently introduced twitter banking where a host of operations like checking account balance, funds transfer can be achieved through the social channel. Back in 2012, Tata Docomo had introduced an innovative service wherein customers could use certain hashtags to recharge and activate services. We are not sure if the service works now. TelecomTALK has... Read More