June 11th, 2016 6:22 PM 113 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G Vs Vodafone 4G in Mumbai: Which is faster?

Now that 4G has become so common in India, not even operators want to talk about 3G anymore. Till last year, only Airtel had launched 4G service in India, but this year we saw Vodafone and Idea catching up with Airtel in many circles on 4G front putting up serious competition. Few circles in India now have more than one 4G operator and Mumbai is one of it. Today we find who is... Read More

June 11th, 2016 1:39 PM 40 COMMENTS

RCom – Aircel merger talks may conclude in July: Report

The merger talks between Reliance Communications (RCom) and Aircel is likely to be concluded on July this year, paving way for another high-profile deal for RCom after its acquisition of Sistema’s Indian unit last year. Business Standard, citing sources close to the talks, reported that the merger is on track and Aircel and RCom will collectively transfer Rs 28,000 crore of debt (Rs 14,000 crore each) to the new entity. “With... Read More

June 11th, 2016 12:57 PM 6 COMMENTS

Telcos to install 60,000 new BTS with Rs 12,000 crore investment in 100 days to tackle call drops

The Indian telecom service providers will install 60,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) with an investment of around Rs 12,000 crore in the next three months to improve networks which should help check the call drop issue in the country. This was the outcome of the high profile meeting of the Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak with the CEOs of Indian telcos, who presented a 100-day action plan to the government on... Read More

June 11th, 2016 10:51 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai issues a new consultation paper; this time on cloud computing policies

India's telecom regulator, Trai, has again continued the streak of issuing consultation papers on all the relevant issues this season. This time, the regulator has issued a paper to seek stakeholders’ views on cloud computing-related issues such as data security, service quality and legal and regulatory frameworks. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), in the paper, said that business enterprises are now increasingly seeking to reshape their business models to... Read More

June 11th, 2016 10:34 AM 1 COMMENTS

Nokia plans to buy Gainspeed to expand footprint in cable market

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said that it is planning to buy US-based startup Gainspeed in order to expand its footprint in the cable market globally. Gainspeed specializes in DAA (Distributed Access Architecture) solutions for the cable industry via its Virtual CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) product line. Founded in 2012, the startup is privately held. It is located in Sunnyvale, California, and employs approximately 70 people. The planned transaction is... Read More

June 11th, 2016 6:42 AM 2 COMMENTS

Lenovo to launch Vibe K5 with Snapdragon 415, 4G LTE in India on June 13, is it too late now?

Lenovo is finally launching the Vibe K5 in India on June 13. The smartphone will be available in Platinum Silver, Champagne Gold and Graphite Gray color options. No other information about the device's sale strategy has been revealed by the company yet. We will get to know everything about it on Monday. To recap, the Vibe K5 was unveiled at the MWC 2016 and since then many fans in India... Read More

June 10th, 2016 5:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Oppo A59 with 4G LTE, 5.5-inch display,13MP camera announced

Oppo has updated its A-series smartphones with another addition – Oppo A59. The smartphone debuted in China and will go on for sales from June 18. The phone features a 5.5-inch IPS display of HD resolution, a MediaTek MT6570 processor with a 1.5GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU, Mali-T860 GPU and 3GB of RAM. There is a 32GB internal storage for the phone, which can be expanded via a microSD card. The device... Read More

June 10th, 2016 4:39 PM 1 COMMENTS

Lenovo launches the first phone with Google Tango Phab 2 Pro for $500, PHAB 2 and PHAB 2 Plus are other launches

At the Lenovo Tech World 2016 in San Francisco, Lenovo has unveiled the first consumer device with Google's Tango augmented reality technology -- Phab 2 Pro. This comes along with two other successors for the PHAB and PHAB Plus smartphones, namely PHAB 2 and PHAB 2 Plus phablets. Lenovo Phab 2 Pro’s Tango technology comes with a wide-angle camera and special depth-sensing unit to the main 16MP rear camera. This... Read More

June 10th, 2016 12:45 PM 3 COMMENTS

Nextra Broadband starts offering Ultra-High Speed Fibre plans with speeds up to 100 Mbps in Delhi & NCR

Nextra Broadband offer Ultra-High Speed Fibre plans with speeds up to 100 Mbps in Delhi & NCR regions. Unlike other ISPs, Nextra is offering “symmetric” bandwidth, i.e. Download Speed & Upload Speed are same for all broadband plans. Complimentary Wi-Fi service at “NextraWorld” Wi-Fi Zone are available for Nextra broadband subscribers. Nextra Broadband allows customers to choose their broadband speed on unlimited data plans and offer add on packs ranging from 15GB to 65GB. Choices are available between 10 Mbps,... Read More

June 10th, 2016 10:21 AM 228 COMMENTS

Jio’s 850 MHz LTE network is live in nine circles offering better indoor coverage

After the successful integration of 850 MHz spectrum in nine circles, Reliance Jio is now allowing their customers to use the new LTE band 5 networks. RCom uses CDMA airwaves for the purpose. According to the spectrum sharing deal between RCom and Jio, RCom has already shared the CDMA spectrum in locations such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, UP East, UP West and Madhya Pradesh. Jio can deploy... Read More

June 10th, 2016 6:00 AM 0 COMMENTS

Motorola announces Moto Z and Moto Z Force with modular ‘Moto Mods’ accessories

Motorola finally took the wraps off its new flagship, the Moto Z. The launch was done at the Tech World 2016 conference in San Francisco. The Lenovo-owned company announced Moto Z and Moto Z Force smartphones with "Moto Mods" modular accessories. Pricing details have not been announced yet, but we expect Motorola to do it soon. The Moto Z Force is a variant of the Moto Z with a larger... Read More

June 9th, 2016 7:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel and Telenor users to get night data savings on YouTube Offline

Google has already bid adieu to the buffering of YouTube’s videos in 2014, when it allowed videos to play offline in areas of low or no internet connectivity. Youtube’s Offline feature has gone a little smarter, this time to save few pennies of data pack costs, reveals a blog post from Google. New feature, called “Smart Offline”, allows the users to download videos over a night duration, thus enabling the... Read More

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