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Srikapardhi November 27th, 2014 2:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Aircel starts offering ‘Extra Credit Service’ across India

Aircel today announced the pan India availability and roll out of– “Extra Credit Service” with technology partner mCarbon, a leading mobile technology solution innovator. Aircel’s Extra Credit service will provide its users an instant loan of Rs 10 by dialing *414# or IVR dialing 12880 or through SMS LOAN to 55414, which can be availed when their balance drops below Rs 10. Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said “We... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 27th, 2014 2:37 PM 3 COMMENTS

Aircel launches unlimited on-net calling from 5am to 5pm in Punjab

Aircel has launched a unique offering for its customers in Amritsar and Ludhiana, that will help them to make unlimited free calls on the Aircel network from 5am to 5pm. “This is the first such offer from any telecom service provider in the region,” the company claimed. “The offer was launched as an extension to Aircel’s highly cost-effective propositions, after a careful observation of the consumer demands in the market.... Read More

Srikapardhi November 27th, 2014 1:32 PM 18 COMMENTS

Reliance woos customers with attractive 3G data packs, offers 2GB 3G at Rs. 177 for 30 days in Mumbai circle

While we hear the news of tariff hike every now and then, there is an operator which is trying to attract customers with its data pack offerings. Reliance is offering attractive data packs in Mumbai circle. Reliance is offering 1GB 3G data at Rs 177 for 30 days along with unlimited WhatsApp and Facebook, which is termed as an anchor plan with same MRP across all circles. Mumbai users have... Read More

Asif Iqbal November 26th, 2014 9:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus One will go on sale in India on December 2 via Amazon

OnePlus had announced its plans to enter the Indian market due to huge demand from consumers. Today, OnePlus has announced that their first smartphone will go on sale in India from the 2nd of December via Amazon India, though the price hasn't been announced as of now. According to some reports, OnePlus One will be launched at a price lower than Rs. 25,000. The company has switched to pre-order system... Read More

Srikapardhi November 26th, 2014 8:36 PM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL To offer ISD calls to Bhutan at 10 paisa per second

BSNL, the state owned telecom company, has introduced a STV-16 (Special Tariff Voucher), which enables its prepaid mobile customers to make ISD calls to Bhutan at the rate of 10 paisa per second. Shri Anupam Shrivastava, Director (CM), BSNL Board said "BSNL is already having rate cutter STVs for so many other countries. Considering special relationship between neighbouring SMRC countries, BSNL has offered this concessional tariff to its esteemed customers.... Read More

Zara Ali November 26th, 2014 7:38 PM 3 COMMENTS

Apple might dump Google in favor of Bing or Yahoo search in Safari

Apple has left no stone unturned to display its fading interest in Google integration for its products. It forced the first nail in the wall with its voice assistant Siri, which relied on services like Wolfram Alpha and Yelp for a short period of time before moving back to Google. In the second move, Apple removed YouTube and Google Maps from iOS in turn for its in-house navigation app, and... Read More

Asif Iqbal November 26th, 2014 7:27 PM 8 COMMENTS

Microsoft Lumia 535 launched in India for Rs. 9,199 with some launch offers

After announcing their first self-branded Windows Phone device earlier this month, Microsoft has launched the Lumia 535 in India today. Priced at Rs. 9,199, the Microsoft Lumia 535 will be available in stores starting November 28. It can be seen as a successor to the Nokia Lumia 525, which was announced last year and launched in India in January 2014. Microsoft has also announced following launch offers for the buyers of the Lumia... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 26th, 2014 6:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Discovery Channel India parts ways with MSM

Following Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s mandate last year, leading pay channel group Discovery has parted ways with Multi Screen Media (MSM) in India. The almost 12-year-old distribution JV between two parties ends in the television distribution space with effect from January 1, 2015. As per the report, TRAI mandated that distributors cannot bundle channels from different broadcasters while selling content to various platforms such as cable operators and... Read More

Chethan S November 26th, 2014 5:08 PM 2 COMMENTS

Free Wi-Fi now reaches Indian railway stations, MTS to setup hotspots

Russia's Sistema JFSC that operates under the MTS brand in India has joined with Indian Railways to provide free WiFi services in three railway stations in India by the first quarter of 2015. "We have got approval for putting up Wi-Fi hotspots at Agra, Ahmedabad and Varanasi railway stations and are working on proof of concept," Sistema Shyam Teleservices Chief Executive Dmitry Shukov said. The Varanasi railway station is under... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 26th, 2014 5:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian mobile phone market to surpass Japan’s by 2014 end

According to a Hon Kong based market research firm Counter Point, Indian mobile phone market is estimated to beat the Japan’s by 2014 end, reaching USD10 billion. According to an analyst of Counterpoint, India which is third largest smartphone market is on way to get USD 10 billion revenue from smart phone sale in the year 2014 and will beat Japan in terms of the total mobile phone shipments revenue... Read More

Srikapardhi November 26th, 2014 4:02 PM 4 COMMENTS

Marginal Increase in broadband users in September 2014, BSNL leads

Releasing the latest data received by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from the service providers, the number of broadband subscribers marginally increased from August to September. The total number of subscribers went up 74.31 million at the end of August to 75.73 million at the end of September in all segments: wired subscribers, mobile device users (phones + dongles) and fixed wireless (wi-fi, wi-max, point-to-point radio and VSAT). Mobile... Read More

Asif Iqbal November 26th, 2014 2:56 PM 2 COMMENTS

Sony plans to cut down on smartphone line-up, might work on e-paper based smartwatch

We all remember Sony for a number of innovative devices such as the Walkman, PlayStation, and CyberShot range of digital cameras, but nothing innovative has come out of Sony in the recent past. Their smartphone business isn't doing well, which has led them to redraw their plans. Recently, the new chief of Sony's smartphone business has announced that they won't be releasing a new flagship smartphone every six months, as planned... Read More