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Ria Lakshman December 3rd, 2015 5:45 PM 0 COMMENTS

Xiaomi inks 3G and 4G China patent license pact with Qualcomm

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi said that it has entered into a new 3G and 4G China patent license agreement with chipmaker Qualcomm. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted Xiaomi a royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM), complete devices. "Xiaomi prides itself on embracing and leading smartphone innovation through its popular line of Mi devices.... Read More

Tharun G December 3rd, 2015 11:25 AM 25 COMMENTS

Telecom department changes verification process of new mobile connections

All mobile service providers will now be following a new verification process of new mobile connections. The telecom department’s access service cell, which is a competent authority, has ordered all the mobile service providers to follow the alternative process to existing process issued for verification for new mobile connections. The alternative process covers service providers having service authorisation licenses, including CMTS, UAS, and UL (AS). Under the new process, the entry... Read More

Zara Ali December 3rd, 2015 8:00 AM 5 COMMENTS

Samsung launches Galaxy A7, A5 and A3 (2016) smartphones with glass and metal design

Samsung has announced three smartphones in a row, for its A-series line-up of smartphones. The three new devices are named as, the Galaxy A7, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3. These new devices will first be launched in China, somewhere in the mid of this month. Samsung has not revealed the pricing of the devices, and also their availability in other regions. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee December 3rd, 2015 12:08 AM 13 COMMENTS

Chennai rains put life out of gear; cripple telecom services

The heavy downpour in Chennai has disrupted essential services, including telecom, in the city. Complaints about network congestion were reported from some parts of the city. Talking about BSNL services, telecom minister has said that the state-run firm is doing its job and wherever there is a problem it is trying to resolve the services at the earliest. Vodafone India said in a statement: “The incessant rains, unprecedented floods and... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee December 2nd, 2015 4:44 PM 4 COMMENTS

Rather than paying compensation to customers, money should be utilized to invest in networks: COAI

Hoping that there could be an overturn of ‘call drop compensation’ order, Rajan Mathews, Director General, COAI, has said that rather than paying any compensation to consumers, the same money could be utilized for investment in networks. The head of the GSM lobby group also said that there has been a lot of improvement in call drops problems and now with more towers coming in on government properties, there... Read More

Zara Ali December 2nd, 2015 3:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Lava to invest a whopping sum of Rs. 200 crore in India for design and operations

Looks like most of the manufacturers have their eyes set on making an investment in India. In the latest move, Indian handset maker, Lava has announced to make a whopping investment of Rs. 200 Crores in the country. The company is aiming at strengthening its design and testing operations in India over a period of 18 months. It is also planning to set India the major export hub for its... Read More

Zara Ali December 2nd, 2015 8:00 AM 0 COMMENTS

Qualcomm launches ‘Design in India challenge’ in support of Make in India initiative

The latest company to jump into the Make in India bandwagon is the chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm. The company has announced the "Design in India Challenge” in New Delhi. The challenge is in support of the Indian Government’s most ambitious development campaign, which is focused on turning India into a manufacturing hub for big companies. Qualcomm’s Design challenge is focused at bringing a product and hardware-centric ecosystem in India. As a part... Read More

Chethan S November 30th, 2015 11:53 AM 0 COMMENTS

Broadcom Introduces New Switch Chipsets designed to deliver faster data rates offered by 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi

Broadcom Corporation, today announced new enterprise Ethernet switches designed to deliver the faster data rates offered by 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi. The increased wireless speeds delivered by 802.11ac Wave 2 are exceeding the performance of today’s broadly deployed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), driving enterprises to upgrade network edge switches. The most cost-effective solution is to run 2.5G Ethernet to the access point, thereby unlocking faster wireless speeds and enabling higher bandwidth... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 30th, 2015 10:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Spirent’s new test solutions to help operators manage network performance, drive revenue growth

Spirent Communications, verification, assessment, analytics and device intelligence solutions provider, has launched Spirent Landslide EDGE and Spirent Landslide CORE¾ test solutions that provide mobile network operators the ability to deploy and operate in real time, and to maximize their operational efficiencies. The products have been designed keeping in mind the fact that network congestion and overload is the second biggest reason for outages in the mobile network. The new set... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 25th, 2015 12:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Taiwanese Wistron enters into mobile manufacturing joint venture with Optiemus

Wistron Corporation, the world’s second largest contract manufacturer after Foxconn, has entered into a joint venture with Indian retailer and handset distributor, Optiemus Infracom to set up manufacturing facilities for telecom products in India. Over the next five years, the partners will strategically invest around $ 200 million in best in class infrastructure, technologies and processes, to cater to growing Indian and global demands of telecom products like smart phones,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 24th, 2015 6:56 PM 11 COMMENTS

RCom to sell stake in tower unit Reliance Infratel: Report

Reliance Communications, which recently announced merger with Sistema Shyam Teleservices, is now preparing to sell its stake in its tower unit Reliance Infratel, according to an ET report. The stake sale deal with a private equity player will be announced within this week. The deal would also mark the complete exit of RCom from the telecom tower business in India. The ET report said the deal will value RCom subsidiary... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 24th, 2015 6:29 PM 53 COMMENTS

Idea inks Rs 3,310-crore deal with Videocon Telecom for spectrum acquisition in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West)

Amid media reports that there could be a possible merger of businesses between Videocon Telecom and Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest telecom operator Idea Cellular has announced its Rs 3,310-crore deal with the telco for acquiring spectrum in the circles of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh (West). This agreement is for a quantum of 2x5 MHz contiguous blocks of 1800 MHz in each service area, with right to use spectrum until December... Read More