August 31st, 2013 12:26 PM 39 COMMENTS

Broadband – Internet Rates May Go Up by 30% as DoT Decides to levy Fee on it in Unified Licence

Using the Internet or Broadband may become costlier up to 30%  as the Department of Telecom changed its rules of telecom licences agreement bringing revenue from Internet or Broadband services under its cess net. Earlier the initial version of the Unified Licence which was introduced on August 2,2013 , DoT had exempted Internet - Broadband services revenue from adjusted gross revenue (AGR) - part of telecom company's earnings on which... Read More

August 30th, 2013 3:58 PM 6 COMMENTS

IDC Report : Smartphone Sales in India Jump Threefold, Samsung Continues to hold No 1 Spot

The smartphones sale in India has increased threefold in the second quarter of the current calendar year, with shipments growing over 50% sequentially. Samsung continues to hold the number one position, accounting for 26% market share, followed by Indian phone maker Micromax and Karbonn that took the second and third positions cornering market shares of 22% and 13%, respectively  in last quarter according to IDC report. The Big Screen smartphone known... Read More

August 29th, 2013 5:10 PM 87 COMMENTS

TRAI Imposed Fines on 8 Mobile Operators over Poor Quality of Services, Aircel & Reliance Tops the Chart

India's telecom regulator TRAI has recently imposed fine on  GSM and CDMA mobile service providers who were not meeting the benchmarks for Quality of Service  as per regulations Aircel and Reliance (Rcom and RTL) tops the chart. TRAI imposed fine of Rs.9,50000 on Aircel, 9,00,000 on Reliance Communications (Rcom) and Reliance Telecom (RTL),  Rs.4,00,000 each on Vodafone India, Tata Docomo and BSNL, Rs.2,50,000 on Idea Cellular, Rs.2,00,000 on Uninor and Rs.1,50,000... Read More

August 29th, 2013 3:04 PM 61 COMMENTS

Micromax Canvas 4 vs Micromax Doodle 2: The fight of the flagships

There are times when a company comes up with more than one of its promising product at one time. There are two different possibilities. First, these products eat into each other’s sales and two, these products may complement each other’s sales and the company may drive volumes. For the time being, Micromax is betting heavily on two such products which belong to the same segment- Micromax Canvas 4 and Micromax... Read More

August 28th, 2013 4:30 PM 5 COMMENTS

Lenovo K900 vs Galaxy Mega 6.3: Size matters

Samsung has created its own brand name and image in the market of Smartphones. With every new launch, it has been steadily gaining popularity and earning reputation. Lenovo, too, is one of the finest makers of Android enabled phones. Lenovo is known for using latest technology and finest material in creating their products. Lenovo’s K900 is now being compared with Samsung’s Galaxy Mega 6.3. Let us have a relative look... Read More

August 27th, 2013 9:33 PM 53 COMMENTS

India To Have Just 5 Telecom Operators, Offering Services Nationally : Anil Ambani

Indian telecom industry is facing a virtual consolidation and within a few years the country will have just 5  pan-India operators offering services at the national level, Reliance Communications (Rcom) Chairman Anil Ambani said today. "We believe that the India's telecom sector is going through a virtual consolidation and we expect in the next few years India will see 4-5 large operators who will be there on nation wide (pan... Read More

August 27th, 2013 9:27 PM 32 COMMENTS

Data War: is CDMA Player MTS Losing the Game?

CDMA is dying in India – post MNP thousands of customers moved out from CDMA networks (mostly Reliance and Tata Docomo) and joined GSM networks. Country’s only pure-play CDMA operator MTS India, the telecom service brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices is the sole savior of CDMA in the country. But are they taking right moves to make CDMA popular? Probably they are not, so main 7 concerns I find MTS... Read More

August 27th, 2013 7:18 PM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches Pan India ‘Women Empowerment’ Scheme

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, in a unique step of women empowerment,  launched the product sale through Women Retailers, Direct Selling Agents and Women Rural Distributors. According to Mr. R.K.Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL " under the new scheme, we will appoint Women Direct Selling Agents,  Women Rural Distributor or Women Retailers. This unique scheme covers remote, urban and rural segment of... Read More

August 27th, 2013 4:02 PM 34 COMMENTS

4G India: Reliance Jio, TranSwitch, Rancore, Airtel, Tikona, Google, Videocon, Nokia

This week's biggest 4G news is Reliance Jio Infocomm has applied for unified license to offer any type of communications over its 4G/BWA spectrum won in 2010. That means Reliance Jio can offer voice and messaging services as well as data services over its 20MHz of 2300MHz spectrum. Govt recently has come up with unified license policy to open up new opportunities to telecom sector of the country. The new... Read More

August 27th, 2013 12:22 PM 6 COMMENTS

The war of the big screens: Micromax A240 Doodle 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8

Samsung has already established itself as one of the best brands for Smartphones. Micromax, too, is gaining popularity at a steady rate. One of the latest models of Micromax, the Micromax Doodle 2 has just been launched to go head on with the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and compare both the devices for you. Let us have a look at the comparison of these two Smartphones. Design: In terms of... Read More

August 26th, 2013 2:01 PM 29 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Introduces Internet World, a Data Experience Zone in Karnal (Haryana)

Vodafone India has launched a unique Vodafone Internet World, a data experience zone at Movie Time Theatre in Karnal. It was launched during the Vodafone Internet Weekend held on August 24 and 25, 2013. This first-of-its-kind initiative is a part of Vodafone’s strategy to democratize mobile internet and drive adoption and usage in the state. It gave people an opportunity to experience a whole gamut of internet options available on... Read More

August 26th, 2013 1:51 PM 22 COMMENTS

Videocon Mobile Services Now Offers International Long Distance Calls to US and Canada at less than 10P/min

Videocon Mobile Services has introduced a special US and Canada ILD (International Long Distance) Pack. This never before voucher is available for both new & existing subscribers and offers the lowest calling rates to US & Canada across industry. This Voucher offers free ILD calls to US and Canada at an effective price of less than 10P/minute, which is a discount of 98% on the rack rate of Rs 6.40... Read More

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