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Imon November 9th, 2015 6:46 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL launches Diwali Combo Offer across all circles

The state-run operator, BSNL, has now launched special Diwali Offers on the auspicious occasion of Diwali. Now, BSNL has introduced combo special tariff vouchers with free usage value along with 3G data and reduced call charges. A few days back, BSNL announced special tariff vouchers (STV) as Diwali offers to their prepaid user base. Now, BSNL introduces combo special tariff vouchers across India as a special Dhamaka Diwali offer. As a... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 9th, 2015 6:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson, Cisco tie up to add $1 billion more to their kitties by 2018

ICT services providers Ericsson and Cisco have entered into a global business and technology partnership to create the networks of the future that would help both of them to add about $1 billion to their revenues. “In a world driven by mobility, cloud, and digitization, the networks of the future will require new design principles to ensure they are agile, autonomous, and highly secure. Ericsson and Cisco will meet this... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 9th, 2015 6:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

Baidu’s Android app store MoboMarket gets full Hindi language support

Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, Monday said that the version 3.0 of its Android app store MoboMarket is now available in India with full Hindi language support for its rapidly growing contingency of users and developers. “MoboMarket has gotten really popular here, and we want to show our love to our local fans and developers with a much better localized experience. Hindi language support is just one... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 9th, 2015 2:18 PM 21 COMMENTS

Telcos to telecom minister: Trai’s call drop compensation order big blow for Digital India

GSM and CDMA lobby groups, COAI and AUSPI, have said that Trai’s compensation order on call drops would be a setback for government’s Digital India initiative and would also affect investment into the sector. In a joint letter to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, they requested government’s intervention in the matter as the telcos are likely to lose about Rs 54,000 crore a year following Trai’s order. The telcos are... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 9th, 2015 12:33 PM 5 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel’s music app Wynk hits 12 million downloads since launch; latest version features save data mode

Country’s top telecom operator Bharti Airtel has said that its mobile application ‘Wynk Music’ has crossed 12 million downloads since its launch little over 12 months back and now, its latest version features a ‘Save Data’ mode that enables users to save up to 70% on data charges. The latest version Wynk Plus subscriptions allow for unlimited downloads and have also grown substantially on... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 9th, 2015 10:28 AM 5 COMMENTS

BSNL, MTNL revival plan: DoT plans new holding company for PSUs

State-run telecom companies Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) could become subsidiaries of a new holding company, which is now being considered by the department of telecommunications (DoT), Business Standard reported. The report said that the move, recommended by IIM-Bangalore in a report on measures for reviving the firms, is expected to revive both the ailing telcos by synergising their operations. "The first option of... Read More

Esmail November 9th, 2015 1:58 AM 2 COMMENTS

Review: LG Nexus 5X- High end specs in pocket friendly price tag

The LG Nexus 5X which is the pure unskinned android version running successor of the LG Nexus 5 released in 2013. The Nexus 5X was released alongside the more premium Huawei Nexus 6P. The main focus of the Nexus 5X is maintaining the budget price tag while still delivering high end specs. The phone which was launched in India in mid October was reviewed by us with special emphasis on... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 8th, 2015 7:51 PM 9 COMMENTS

Angry Birds maker Rovio inks carrier billing deal with Idea Cellular

Finnish game developer Rovio has joined hands with Idea Cellular, India’s third largest telco, to enable carrier billing on its popular Angry Birds games in the country. Under the partnership, the telco will allow its customers to pay for in-game transactions via their prepaid or postpaid accounts. "It's hard to monetise a free game in a market where there is limited credit card usage. So, we have struck a carrier-billing deal... Read More

Imon November 7th, 2015 4:41 AM 41 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches unique ‘3-in-1 Smart SIM cards’

Vodafone, the second largest telco in the India, is now offering unique ‘3-in-1 Smart SIM cards' for their subscribers. From the last few months, we have seen how Bharti Airtel promoted their 4G SIM cards (128K) through advertisements or by giving them away for free when one purchases 4G-enabled smartphones from leading e-commerce website Flipkart. Now, Vodafone has introduced a similar SIM card, which will be necessary to access their... Read More

Srikapardhi November 7th, 2015 4:32 AM 4 COMMENTS

RCOM appoints Flipkart executive Babu Vittal as new chief human resources officer

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has appointed Babu Vittal as its new chief human resources officer for consumer business. Vittal will report into Gurdeep Singh, chief executive of RCOM’s consumer business. Vittal will help in the transformation of RCOM into an incumbent data player in the fast-growing data market, focusing on the youth and online communities, the Anil Ambani-owned company said in a statement to ET. Prior to RCOM, Vittal was serving... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 6th, 2015 9:37 PM 58 COMMENTS

Mobile tariff to move north as TRAI overturns telcos’ demand to withdraw call drop compensation order

Telecom regulator Trai has overturned telecom operators’ demand to withdraw an order of compensating the customers for up to three call drops, as a result, the telcos are most likely will pass on the burden to the customers now in the form of rise in mobile tariffs. GSM lobby group COAI and the association for CDMA operators AUSPI had written to Trai on October 27 to withdraw its regulations on... Read More

Ria Lakshman November 6th, 2015 1:54 PM 36 COMMENTS

Vodafone ‘One Rate, One South’ pack for prepaid customers facilitates all outgoing calls with no roaming charges

As a Diwali bonanza, Vodafone India has introduced ‘One Rate. One South’ pack for Rs. 57, for all its prepaid customers across five states in South India. The pack facilitates all outgoing calls – local, STD and roaming – at 1 paise per second from anywhere in South India. There would be no roaming incoming charges regardless of the location of the customer - be it AP & Telangana, Tamil... Read More