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Rudradeep Biswas June 30th, 2014 2:11 PM 38 COMMENTS

Aircel Launches ‘Design your own plan’ for Prepaid and Postpaid Customers

Aircel has launched ‘Design your own plan’, Online Service, which gives customers the flexibility to create a plan of their choice this comes after the launch of airtel myPlan and idea iPlan. This service is available for both Prepaid and Postpaid customers and offers freedom to customize plans basis the requirement thereby leading to customer delight. Post the choices have been entered across, a relevant plan is shared for the... Read More

Chethan S June 30th, 2014 2:01 PM 32 COMMENTS

2014: The Year of Tariff Hikes across Cellular, Landline, Broadband Services

No service or industry can survive without tariff revisions - most of the times upward. The tariff wars which was a part of telecom sector for past few years, thanks to new entrants, seems to be going away. In the year 2014, we have seen a majority of telecom operators hike tariffs for their services. Today we make an attempt to enlist tariff hikes which caused major impact to consumers... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 30th, 2014 8:00 AM 13 COMMENTS

Would Nexus devices co-exist with Android One and Android Silver?

All those rumours about Nexus devices being axed in favour of Android One and Android Silver have been put to rest by Dave Burke who heads the engineering at Android and the Nexus program. During the Google I/O 2014, Burke stated "People just get excited by concepts and forget why we do things. We are still invested in Nexus. People have been commenting about Nexus because there is something else... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 30th, 2014 7:20 AM 3 COMMENTS

This is why Flipkart’s Digiflip Pro tablet won’t likely be a success story

Flipkart is trying to imitate Amazon in every possible way. First, it turned into a marketplace and then it started one day delivery of products. Now, just like Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet, Flipkart has forayed into the tablet market with the launch of its own DigiFlip Pro XT712 tablet which was launched last week in Delhi. The Digiflip Pro XT712 is an entry-level Android tablet with 7 inch screen, quad-core processor, dual SIM card... Read More

Srikapardhi June 30th, 2014 3:09 AM 12 COMMENTS

Karnataka Tops the Maximum Number of Porting Requests as of April 2014: PAN INDIA MNP MAP

We have heard you and your interest to know about further statistics putting in a graphical way and hence we came up with this infographic containing the details of Porting Requests received in respective circles as per the report released by TRAI on 26 June 2014. As per the data reported, by the end of April, 2014 about 119.24 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for... Read More

Esmail June 30th, 2014 1:28 AM 40 COMMENTS

CAG urges DOT to cancel Pan India 4G spectrum held by Reliance Jio

Comptroller & Auditor General of India in a draft report sent to the Department of Telecom for comments, said, "the DoT failed to recognise the tell-tale sign of rigging of the auction right from beginning of the auction" in which a small ISP, Infotel Broadband Services Pvt Ltd (IBSPL) emerged winner of pan-India broadband spectrum by paying 5,000 times of its net worth. RIL, which acquired IBSPL within hours of... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 30th, 2014 1:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

Asus is said to be working on its first smartwatch based on Android Wear

As per a report by TechCrunch, Asus is working on its first smartwatch based on Android Wear. It is said to feature an AMOLED display and come at an affordable price. As per @evleaks, the device is codenamed as Robin and will be the thinnest smartwatch in its category. Google had announced the specialised version of Android for wearable devices such as smartwatches and smart glasses. Currently, there are three smartwatches... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 29th, 2014 7:05 PM 2 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy Tab S tablets to be launched in India on July 1st

Samsung has sent out media invites for the launch of Galaxy Tab S series in India. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5 were announced this month and will be launched in India on July 1st. Both of them feature high resolution Super AMOLED screens, octal-core Exynos processors, fingerprint sensors and Android 4.4 KitKat. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 Specifications 8.4 inch Super AMOLED display, 2560 x 1600... Read More

Apurva June 29th, 2014 5:40 PM 11 COMMENTS

What Is Google’s End Goal With Android One smartphones?

Google recently launched the Android One program, which Sundar Pichai says will conquer 'The Next Billion'. While the program is ambitious, I feel that the western media is blowing it out of proportion and giving Google way too much credit. At the risk of giving out anti-Android vibes, let me say it out loud - this is not about targeting the next billion. Let's be clear, when Google said that it... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 29th, 2014 11:16 AM 4 COMMENTS

Gionee Elife S5.5L with Snapdragon 400 and 4G LTE is 5.75mm thin

As per GizChina, Gionee has made some changes to the Elife S5.5 which we reviewed recently. The new Gionee Elife S5.5L, as it is being referred, has a new processor and a larger battery. Gionee has now used the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC instead of the octa-core MediaTek MT6592 SoC. Also, it now features a larger 2450 mAh battery, making the S5.5L slightly thicker at 5.75mm. [Note: We've reached out... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 28th, 2014 10:43 PM 6 COMMENTS

Android One smartphones might be powered by MediaTek chipsets

Google has announced the Android One program during Google I/O 2014 to provide quality smartphones to users below $100 (Rs 6,000). This program will start in India first in partnership with Micromax, Karbonn and Spice. DigiTimes is reporting that Google has partnered with MediaTek to provide processors for these Android One smartphones. According to the report, these smartphones will use MediaTek MT6575 dual-core processor which has ARM... Read More