The Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram today proposed to raise duty on mobile phones priced at more than Rs 2,000 to 6 per cent. So mobile phones that cost more than Rs 2,000 would be getting more expensive in next financial year (from April 2013). “Mobile phones enjoy a concessional excise duty of 1 per cent and I do not propose to change that in the case of low priced... Read More
myairtel application has been acknowledged as ‘App of the Year’ in ‘Best Application using Network APIs’ category at the prestigious Global Mobile Awards 2013 in Barcelona. Powered by a robust Network API backbone and a simple front-end User Interface prepared by partner IBM, the myairtel app allows customers of various Airtel services (mobile, fixed line, DTH etc.) to check outstanding bills, recharge, make payments, activate-deactivate services, raise requests and complaints... Read More
LG today officially announced the launch of its all new flagship smartphone LG Optimus G in India for Mrp of Rs.34500.(Best buy price Rs.30990). The LG Optimus G comes with a 4.7-inch True HD IPS touch screen which supports resolution of 1280x768p and 318ppi pixel density. Optimus G runs on Google's Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and powered with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 13 Mega Pixel Camera with LED... Read More
It seems government's greedy policy to earn more and more money from telecom spectrum auction hits a total roadblock, as after November-2012's gloomy spectrum auction show, the upcoming auction to be held by March 2013 is totally rejected by GSM players. Well I have good news too, MTS users rejoice. The parent company of MTS India, Sistema Shyam Teleservices will definitely bid for 11 circles - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, UP... Read More
Airtel and Opera Software announced the launch of Opera Web Pass for customers in India. With Opera Web Pass, first-time mobile internet users in the country are now able to subscribe to affordable and simple pay-as-you-go services for their Airtel mobile phones. A subscriber just needs to start Opera Mini on his mobile phone, click Opera Web Pass in the Speed Dial start page and choose from a list of... Read More
Vodafone Business Services the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, today unveiled its strategy to drive growth through a strong foray in wireline services. With the introduction of a suite of offerings for businesses in the wireline space, VBS is all set to move beyond mobility solutions. VBS is targeting approximately 20% of its enterprise revenues coming from wireline services over the next five years. The wireline services suite is a... Read More
Airtel today announced that it has deployed Ericsson’s Mobile Broadband Charging solution and has completely modernized it’s Pre-paid/ IN solution for it’s subscribers, across 23 circles in India. As a part of the deal, Ericsson’s multi service Mobile Broadband Charging (MBC) suite will allow prepaid customers to have personalised profile based data charging plans. Prepaid customers will be able to customise their data plans across mobility, fixed line and broadband... Read More
Tata Docomo also announced a special offer of True Unlimited 899 plan for BlackBerry Z10 customers. The offer will allow customers to enjoy unlimited mobile Internet and unlimited local calls on any mobile or fixed-line network across India at a fixed monthly rental of Rs 899. Gurinder Singh Sandhu, Head-Marketing, Tata DoCoMo said, ‘’We believe that smartphones are gradually becoming a necessity for all whether it is one’s personal or... Read More
BlackBerry today introduced the new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10 in India for Rs.43490. The BlackBerry Z10 is the first BlackBerry smartphone to launch with the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform. The new BlackBerry 10 smartphone is elegant and distinctive, and the fastest, most advanced BlackBerry smartphone yet. It features a 1.5 GHz dual core processor with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and an... Read More
Airtel will soon launch voice services for its 4G, TD-LTE (time division duplex long term evolution) customers in Pune, through its existing GSM network. With this Airtel becomes the only operator in India to combine voice with TD-LTE services through GSM network which will allow LTE customers to use 4G handsets for voice calls, voicemails. The operator has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy its Circuit Switched FallBack (CSFB) voice... Read More
PVR Ltd today announced its first ‘NFC enabled PVR Wallet’ app for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The NFC enabled PVR Wallet app is a ‘Closed Loop Payment Wallet’ where the rights to use the transaction money remains within the premises of PVR cinemas. Empowered with the innovative NFC technology and NEC’s Integrated E-money solution, moviegoers can now ‘tap & pay’ for movie tickets and refreshments without using paper money across... Read More
After abrupt closure of services in Mumbai Uninor, the Indian subsidiary of Norway’s Telenor Group, has begun refunding unutilised money of its prepaid customers in the circle and helping them port their connections to other service providers. The GSM operator had closed down its services in Mumbai circle on February 16, 2013, following the Supreme Court that operators who did not win spectrum in the previous auction should shut down... Read More
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