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Rudradeep Biswas March 10th, 2013 11:25 AM 47 COMMENTS

Locked Horns: Reliance Jio Infocomm vs COAI/Airtel over Voice Services

Though India's telecom sector is still messed up, pan-India BWA spectrum winner Reliance Jio Infocomm (formerly RIL Infotel Broadband) and mobile operators, especially GSM ones under COAI are locked horns regarding the permission of providing voice services by 4G/BWA players as well as internet service providers. In India internet service providers (ISP) were not allowed to provide Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) services. But Telecom Commission allowed this recently and operators lobbies started... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2013 7:49 PM 4 COMMENTS

4.5″ Xolo Q800 with Quad Core Processor & Jelly Bean Arrives for Rs 12,499

If you find 5 inch devices are too big for your hand, you have a good news. Lava International's premiere sub brand XOLO has announced company's first quad core Android smartphone - Q800 with 4.5 inch display. This also introduces company's Qcore series which is for smartphones with quad core processors. With quad core processor, 1GB RAM, 8 MP rear camera, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Xolo Q800 directly competes with Micromax's... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2013 7:08 PM 14 COMMENTS

Uninor to Rock with ‘Rocket Rechage’: Best Offer for Each Customer

Telenor promoted GSM operator Uninor continues to offer best to its subscribers in its 6 circles - Uttar Pradesh East & West, Maharastra and Goa, Bihar Jharkhand, Gujarat and Andra Pradesh; as the company has launched Rocket Recharge for its customers. Initially launched at Andra Pradesh, Rocket Recharges will be available in all 6 circles in next 30 days, where Uninor is operating. The idea of Rocket Recharge is something... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2013 3:18 PM 30 COMMENTS

MTS Launches Two New STV for Local and STD Calls at 1p/2sec in Kolkata &WB

MTS India, the brand of CDMA service provider Sistema Shyam Teleservices has launched two new special tariff vouchers in Kolkata and West Bengal circles. The newly launched packs are to offer cheapest call rate of 1paisa per 2 seconds. STV 24 is offers the call rate for all local calls, while STV54 is for STD callings. MTS from its debut in the circle continues to offer similar tariff with some... Read More

Sanjay March 9th, 2013 2:13 PM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive : MTNL Introduces Prepaid Balance Transfer Service in Mumbai

Mahanagr Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) finally introduced prepaid talk time transfer service, which will enable its prepaid 2G and 3G customer to seamless transfer balance to any other MTNL prepaid customer in Mumbai circle. The only catch here is that both the prepaid customer will have to be in Mumbai circle. The way this MTNL Trump Balance Transfer service works is that the subscriber who want to transfer the balance,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2013 1:59 PM 13 COMMENTS

Carry your number: Country Wide MNP is Due in October 2013

The Indian government is looking to rollout Pan India Mobile Number Portability by October 2013. Under the ‘National Telecom Policy 2012’, the policies to govern the telecom industry, the government had envisaged implementing nation-wide MNP, or inter-circle MNP. Implementation of MNP will provide wider choices to the subscribers, apart from bringing in a higher degree of competition in the industry as it would compel operators to provide affordable and competitive tariffs,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 9th, 2013 1:08 AM 4 COMMENTS

#NewTablet: Lava Etab Connect Arrives for Rs 9499

Another Friday, another new device from Lava International as the company is celebrating 'Blockbuster Phoneday' - this time it is a new Etab from Lava - named Etab Connect, about which we have shared earlier. As usual Lava Etab Connect comes with 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor and 512 MB RAM and runs on Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich. It supports SIM cards - and the statement from Lava emphasizes on... Read More

Sanjay March 8th, 2013 11:04 AM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces 2 New Prepaid SMS Packs for Kerala Circle

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today comes up with two new SMS packs for Rs.22 and Rs.72, offering FREE Local and National SMS to all networks for its 2G and 3G prepaid subscribers in Kerala circle. BSNL’s new SMS STVs priced for Rs.22 offers 210 Local and National SMS for 7 days and SMS STV 72 provides 1000 Local and National SMS to any networks valid for 30 days. These... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 8th, 2013 11:02 AM 7 COMMENTS

Android App Review: Opera browser beta (WebKit Inside)

Opera Software ASA, maker of two most popular mobile browsers - Opera Mini and Opera Mobile has released beta version of its new Opera Browser on Android's Play Store. Well it's the third Android app from Opera, and most importantly it is the first application from Opera which is powered by WebKit browsing engine, instead of Opera's properitory Presto engine. Around 3 weeks back there was some updates that Opera... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 7th, 2013 11:13 AM 4 COMMENTS

#ComingSoon : Lava to Launch Etab Xtron Successor

Lava International is all set to launch a new tablet in its ETab series. With the success of ETab Xtron Lava is going to launch this new tablet as successor of Xtron tablet by next week. The name of the tablet is yet to be confirmed but it has been known that this new 7" tablet from Lava will have 1GHz Qualcomm processor, 512 MB RAM and will run on... Read More

Sanjay March 6th, 2013 5:08 PM 8 COMMENTS

Zync launches 3 New Android Tablets – Dual 7.0, Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 runs on Jelly bean 4.1 under Rs.14000

Tablet manufacturer Zync has launched three new quad-core and dual-core tablets in 7-inch, 8-inch, 9.7-inch, all operating on Jelly bean 4.1 platform. The tablets are priced below Rs 14,000. The two quad-core tablets - Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 – are being shipped with a 1.5 Ghz processor and an internal 16 GB memory, expandable to 32GB. The other dual-core tablet - Dual 7.0 - comes with a dual core... Read More

Chhavi March 6th, 2013 4:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Now Facebook Users to Decide the price of Tata Docomo IDEOS handset

Tata Docomo has launched a unique program on Facebook. In this program, it has invited its 12-million strong community to decide the price of the IDEOS handset bundled with an attractive tariff plan with benefits worth Rs. 1500. This initiative by Tata Docomo is the first ever promotion in which the handset –tariff bundle is going to be launched at the consumer chosen price. In just 4 days, hundreds of... Read More