Xiaomi has set the Indian smartphone market on fire with the launch of devices like the Mi 3 and the Redmi 1S. It has also launched the 5,200 mAh and 10,400 mAh power banks in India at a price of Rs. 599 and Rs. 999 respectively. No wonder, they were sold out within a short span of time. Now, the company is planning to launch a power bank with a capacity... Read More
After releasing a quad-core variant of the Desire 820, HTC has unveiled a its new variant with a MediaTek processor. Images of the HTC Desire 820s featuring a 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6752 processor were posted on the company's official Weibo account. The MediaTek MT6752 processor comprises of eight 64-bit Cortex A53 cores along with a powerful Mali-T760 GPU. The other aspects of the device are similar to that of the Desire 820 such as... Read More
The Galaxy Grand series of mid-range phablets from Samsung were one of best-selling devices in their respective price category. The Galaxy Grand fared well and was the first large-screened mid-segment device from Samsung. The Galaxy Grand 2 was released at the end of the last year and recently a Smartphone codenamed SM-G7200 was spotted on the GFXBench which is most likely the upcoming Galaxy Grand 3. The same device was caught online... Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm is all set to start rolling out its 4G network in the country and it wants to do a test run before it actually begins the roll-out. It has just filed an application with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to test the 4G network before the launch takes place. "Reliance Jio has written to DoT requesting it to start test of legal interception and monitoring solution in... Read More
Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has written a letter to the Bharti Airtel top gun Sunil Mittal appreciating and thanking him for his efforts in restoring the telecom services in the Hudhud affected Andhra Pradesh. The CM had questioned telecom operators regarding restoration of the services in the area and had gone on to accuse them of being only profit driven after the services weren't restored even after a... Read More
Gionee has launched a new smartphone in its M series; the Gionee Marathon M3. It is the successor to the Gionee M2, which was the company's best-selling smartphone this year. The Gionee Marathon M3 features a 5-inch HD display, a quad-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera, and a gigantic 5,000 mAh battery. It is already available on eBay for Rs. 13,499. Gionee Marathon M3 Specifications 5-inch IPS LCD display, HD (1280... Read More
BSNL introduces new FTTH broadband plans for the Gram Panchayats coming under the NOFN project. The new plan comes at a rental of Rs.7225 with unlimited downloads at flat speed of 10Mbps. Even there is no FUP and the speed remains steady till the end of the month. BSNL is also not charging any security deposits for this plan. Users also have an annual payment option with a one month rental... Read More
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) is currently working on framing an exit policy for the telecom sector in the country. The new policy will allow the companies to exit the sector without losing out on the value of assets that they have accumulated over a period of time. Currently, there are a slew of regulatory approvals and guidelines which come into play regarding the transfer of assets of a company... Read More
Vodafone has launched its Global Design Store which is in line with Vodafone’s ‘Retail of Tomorrow’ initiative to deliver unmatched retail experience to its customers in Delhi-NCR. As of now in Delhi Vodafone has 43 Company owned stores and 145 mini stores. Vodafone Global Design Store will offer an array of services through special designated zones such as 3G Zone to discover and experience mobile internet, Vodafone Red Zone; a first of its... Read More
GSM industry body, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has written a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman Rahul Khullar to review merger and acquisition guidelines which were (M&A), notified early this year. "To facilitate consolidation in the sector, it is important that the M&A guidelines be reviewed and modified to promote orderly growth of the sector," COAI Director General Rajan S Mathews said in a... Read More
HTC had recently announced that it will be updating One M8 and M7 with Android 5.0 Lollipop update within 90 days of receiving the final software from Google. The company said that it has received the source code from Google today. This piece of news came from the companies official Twitter handle. A quick math will reveal that both the One M8 and the M7 will be getting the Android Lollipop... Read More
Airtel has just increased the postpaid rentals by 12% in the NCR region. The hike has been for low rental plans. "Effective 3-Dec 2014, bill plan rental for your Airtel mobile will be revised from Rs. 199 per month to Rs. 224 per month," is what the country’s largest telecom operator communicated to its customers. Upon being contact, Airtel said that it had increased the tariffs of only a few of the low cost... Read More
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900Mhz band has made lot of things better for Airtel. So it should do same for Vi as well. 1800Mhz…
Nope, no need of marketing. It's waste of money. Airtel did lot of marketing but overall, Jio was far better…
You are not complete set of users for Airtel, some people use 500GB+ month easily. So 300GB should be norm…
I have not used more than 150 GB a month till now. Mostly it is between 80 to 140 GB.
Or maybe they need to market themselves better
