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Asif Iqbal September 2nd, 2014 1:00 AM 7 COMMENTS

Google holding an event in India on September 15, might launch Android One smartphones

Google has sent out media invitations for a press event which will be held in India on September 15. The press invite doesn't mention anything about the event, though it says "block your date". We guess that they might be launching Android One smartphones in India during the event. We have already discussed about Android One and how Google is trying to standardise the entry-level Android smartphone market. Micromax, Spice and Karbonn are the... Read More

Chethan S September 1st, 2014 9:24 PM 45 COMMENTS

TelecomTALK Effect: Major Relief for BSNL Night Unlimited Broadband Customers

The past three months were worrisome for a large number of BSNL customers who were on night unlimited plans. We had first reported (in June 2014) about a possible drastic plan change that would take away the night unlimited part from the price plan i.e., customers would be charged for night usage albeit at a lesser rate. However, several BSNL circles / telecom districts failed to intimate customers on time... Read More

Ritij September 1st, 2014 3:51 PM 1 COMMENTS

Lava Iris X5 selfie smartphone launched for Rs 8,799

Selfies are the latest rage and the smartphone manufacturers these days are working on capitalising on that. Lava has just launched its first selfie focused smartphone named the Iris X5 in the country for Rs 8,799 on the online retailer Amazon.in. Let us take a look at its specifications: 5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels 1.2 GHz quad... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 1st, 2014 3:35 PM 2 COMMENTS

Idea users with BlackBerry OS 7 devices can now avail BIS 1GB 2G plan at Rs.83 per month

BlackBerry in association with Idea Cellular has today announced a special offer on 1GB data plan for its customers using Idea postpaid connections. Idea users with BlackBerry OS 7 devices can now avail BIS 1GB 2G plan at just Rs. 83 per month, with an annual rental plan of Rs. 999 taxes extra. To activate the plan, Idea user just needs to SMS ‘ACT999ARP’ to 12345. The offer is available... Read More

Mahit September 1st, 2014 3:17 PM 19 COMMENTS

ACT readies to expand its presence in Wired Broadband services, a good move to end users

ACT (Atria Convergence Technology) broadband has been in the overdrive mode when it comes to the past few months. They quickly ramped up their Fibernet and now they are taking the wired broadband category to an entire new level and will be locking horns with the biggies like Airtel, MTNL and BSNL. Bala Malladi, CEO of ACT Group said to The hindubusinessline “We are now the fourth largest Internet Service... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 1st, 2014 1:56 PM 2 COMMENTS

MTS India Launches ‘MTS Movies’ offers Free Movie Viewing For Its Data & Smartphone Customers

MTS has launched ‘MTS Movies’, an online movieplex that enables free movie viewing for its Data and Smartphone customers. MTS India has partnered with Shotz7 to bring to its customers a gallery of more than 800 exclusive short films with a new movie also releasing every Friday. Currently MTS Movies showcases films in Hindi and English, however going forward, the Company plans to bring short films in Tamil, Kannada, Bangla... Read More

Ritij September 1st, 2014 11:50 AM 47 COMMENTS

Reliance introduces New unlimited Broadband plans with 1 Mbps download speeds

Reliance has introduced new unlimited broadband plans under the Thunder series. Let us take a look at what is being offered: Thunder 599: You get download speeds of up to 1Mbps with an unlimited data usage. You need to pay in advance for it and if you pay a quarter's rent in advance, you need to give Rs 1,653, for half an year you need to pay Rs 3,199 and the... Read More

Ritij September 1st, 2014 3:02 AM 5 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Wi-Fi now features in the Limca Book of records

Tata Docomo Wi-Fi has just been featured in the Limca Book of records as the first service provider to enable Wi-Fi in an entire stadium at Bangalore and create the largest Wi-Fi hotspot at the 2014 Auto Expo. The telecom service provider made this achievement by tying up with Royal Challengers Bangalore during this year’s IPL season. It Wi-Fi enabled the Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore which allowed 36,000 fans to... Read More