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Rudradeep Biswas February 19th, 2016 5:26 PM 10 COMMENTS

Vodafone, Ericsson collaborate on 5G technologies

Vodafone Group is partnering with Ericsson and a number of other partners to research 5G technologies and prepare its networks for a transition towards the new mobile standard. As part of the global research effort to develop 5G, Vodafone will work with its partners to define industry standards, establish technical guidelines and prepare product roadmaps. Vodafone and its partners will evaluate which 5G technologies will be introduced as industry standards.... Read More

Zara Ali February 19th, 2016 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

ASUS announces business-centric ZenPad M series powered by ADAM software

ASUS has unveiled a completely new series of the ZenPad, named as ZenPad M. These new tabs are targeted at enterprise segment of the market and is packed with business solution modules under a device controller system, known as ADAM (ASUS Device Admin for Mobile). Just like other companies like Samsung and BlackBerry also have their own variants of business solutions, such as Samsung KNOX, Android for Work, and BlackBerry’s... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 19th, 2016 2:10 PM 3 COMMENTS

Opera Max introduces Smart Alerts to notify users about heavy background data consumption in smartphones

According to a recent finding conducted through millions of Opera Max users, around 30% of data in a smartphone is used by the apps running in the background. To assist people in managing the data usage by the apps, Opera Max introduces Smart Alerts. The Smart Alerts will automatically identify the data-consuming apps running in the background and send notifications to the user about how to manage these apps. Opera... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 19th, 2016 11:42 AM 13 COMMENTS

Vodafone promises INR 6000 crore investment in Maharashtra

Vodafone India plans to invest INR 6000 crore in Maharashtra towards fulfilling Make in India and Digital India vision, committed Sunil Sood, Managing Director and CEO, Vodafone India to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis. The company would utilize the 6000 crore investment to expand and modernize the network across the state, resulting in better voice and data capabilities. Vodafone will also set up a state-of-the-art tier-4 data... Read More

Zara Ali February 19th, 2016 6:30 AM 52 COMMENTS

Freedom 251: From website crash to imitating Apple’s designs; Is it for real?

As we all know how Ringing Bells’ Freedom 251 website crashed due to “overwhelming” buyers' response. The company, later announced that they received approximately 6 lacs clicks per second, which ultimately caused servers to melt down. Ringing Bells is planning to resume the process as soon as their servers are back on track. Many of the interested buyers woke up early in the morning to claim their unit in the... Read More

Tharun G February 18th, 2016 8:05 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL to shutdown its WiMax broadband services in few circles due to low usage, will offer alternative solution to customers

BSNL will be closing down WiMax service in those areas where there is poor loading and will offer alternative solution like 3G or ADSL broadband. BSNL started offering WiMax as its wireless broadband solution using BWA spectrum assigned by the Government of India. However, BSNL received very poor response from customers as it was offering same broadband plans on WiMax and coverage was very limited. In the meantime, private operators who won... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 18th, 2016 6:26 PM 55 COMMENTS

Jio 4G launch to squeeze market share of Airtel, Vodafone, Idea

Reliance Jio Infocomm’s launch of 4G LTE services will intensify competition which will squeeze the market share, EBITDA margins and credit metrics of incumbents, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), which said that voice revenue are likely to remain moderate in FY17 on stagnant minutes of usage (MoU) and further competition in call realisations. The agency expects data revenue to remain stagnant on a 30%-40% decline in data realisations/megabyte... Read More

Srikapardhi February 18th, 2016 5:27 PM 1 COMMENTS

Ericsson wins optical fiber cable network deal from Vodafone for 10 circles

Ericsson has won a three-year contract from Vodafone India to manage its optical fiber cable network for three years in 10 telecom circles. The new contract follows a 4G deployment deal from Idea Cellular for four telecom circles. Ericsson said that the contract with Vodafone covers operations and maintenance of Vodafone’s optical fiber network across East and West India, spanning a distance of approximately 45,000 KM. “We have selected Ericsson as... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 18th, 2016 2:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Comprion to unveil testing architecture for eSIMs at MWC 2016

Comprion, the worldwide leading manufacturer of test solutions for mobile phones, chipsets, POS terminals etc., will unveil a new architecture for embedded UICCs (eUICCs), also known as eSIMs at the Mobile World Congress to be held in Barcelona from 22-25 February 2016. This new testing architecture from Comprion will enable the customers with Global Platform-qualified eUICC interface tests, ensuring that the eUICC works properly according to the GSMA SGP.11/GlobalPlatform eUICC... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 18th, 2016 2:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia says to help telcos transform with data center, cloud transformation services

Finish telecom gear maker Nokia said that it is expanding its cloud wise services portfolio with the launch of three professional services, helping operators transform to the telco cloud and implement a data center infrastructure to run their cloud-based enterprise and telco functions. Nokia Data Center services take a DevOps (Development and Operations) based holistic approach to agile service delivery for multivendor cloud environments. This lets operators take full advantage... Read More

Kaur G February 18th, 2016 12:10 PM 31 COMMENTS

Here’s the reason for the slow uptake of 4G LTE in India

It is a fairly well known and well-accepted in the industry that the uptake of 4G services, launched by various service providers, like Idea Cellular, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, is not impressive. While it is still early days to pass the verdict one way or the other, it is certainly likely to be an area of concern for Reliance Jio which is close to launching commercial 4G network soon. The... Read More

Zara Ali February 18th, 2016 6:30 AM 5 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Mi 5’s MWC launch presentation leaked; reveals major specs

In a worthy revelation, the complete spec sheet of the Xiaomi Mi 5 is finally out. It digs out all the substantial hardware information that we need. The device is nearing its launch, which will be done during MWC 2016. The leaked Mi 5 specs list out a 5.2-inch Full HD display,2.15 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 820 chipset clubbed with 3GB/4GB of RAM (depending on the variant). You must be wondering... Read More