Get ready to allocate more budget for your mobile phone bills! The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) expects to hike the call charges by 12-15 percent in order to incur Rs. 1,09,874.91 (Rs. 1.1 lakh crore) spectrum price telecom service providers need to pay the Government. COAI feels this price hike to be inevitable owing to the scenario where the industry faces a hike not only in spectrum cost,... Read More
Prepaid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), North East, and Assam will run for another two more years, with the Government granting the extension to its license. The existing service license was about to expire on March 31st. While granting the extension, the high-level committee headed by Union Home Secretary L. C. Goyal warned the telecom providers to remain alert when issuing new SIM cards. High-security verification is ordered... Read More
The trial on the extension of telecom licenses to use 900MHz spectrum was held today at Supreme Court. However, the court reserved its decision on the same to a later date. The verdict will decide if prominent telecom service providers, including Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Telecom will receive a 10 year extension to their existing licenses, which will come to an end by December 2015.... Read More
Adding to the worry of missing the deadline for rolling out full Mobile Number Portability (MNP), is the new warning from the Government, which says that it will take legal actions against the service providers who fail to meet the deadline of May 3. MNP allows the subscribers to port their mobile networks from one service provider to another within the same telecom circle, without altering their existing mobile number.... Read More
After running a long invite-exclusive test run (and being in rumors since a year), WhatsApp has finally made the new calling feature available to every user. Initially, activating the voice calling feature in WhatsApp required many pre-requisites, such as receiving a call from the user with pre-installed calling for activating it in your app. Thankfully, the feature is now readily available with the latest 2.12.19 version of WhatsApp for Android,... Read More
Vodafone users, it’s time to say ‘hurray’! Vodafone now enables its wallet users to make payments through their android smartphones. To make this possible, Vodafone has entered into partnerships with Visa Inc., the American multinational financial service corporation and Carta Worldwide, the transaction solution provider. The service, which will come into effect by second quarter of 2015 in the European markets, which will enable its users to simply authenticate the card... Read More
A host of leaked images of the Sony Xperia Z4 have emerged recently, displaying the device’s chassis. Through the images (leaked by @upleaks) we have got a clear look about device’s design, but there is not much information regarding internal specs. In accordance to a listing on GFXBench, a new Sony device has surfaced, which includes flagship-like specifications. The device has been code-named as Sony E6553, and might potentially be... Read More
On account of the financial success in the year 2014, Switzerland’s third largest telecom company Orange has announced a rebrand to meet the growing competition in the market. Its new identity will be unveiled on 23rd April, 2015. The company, which had a recent ownership change exhibited a financial success of 1.9 percent when compared to the previous year and has reached a revenue margin of 1.3 billion francs. Its... Read More
Xiaomi will complete five years of its operations on April 8. The company has just launched a bunch of new products as a part of its fifth anniversary celebrations. Pink coloured Xiaomi Mi Note with 16 GB ROM with 5,000 mAh Mi Power Bank in a gift pack for RMB 2,499 (approximately $400/Rs. 24,000) Redmi 2A - An entry-level variant of the Xiaomi Redmi 2 with a Leadcore processor for RMB 599... Read More
LG is all set to unveil its latest flagship G4 next month, on April 28. The company has already sent out “save the date” press invites for the announcement of the device. The launch will be held in cities such as New York, London, and Paris on April 28, followed by Seoul, Singapore, and Istanbul on April 29. The official invite sent by the company does not unleash much about... Read More
Motorola unveiled its first ‘Moto Care’ flagship center in India. Located in the heart of Bangalore, this facility will provide best-in-class service and support to customers - while also offering a state-of-the art experience zone, allowing consumers to get ‘hands on’ with our product portfolio. Service Support The service and support area will give consumers a walk-in service experience with highly trained support staff. Support will be provided for various... Read More
Videocon telecom the regional 2G operator has revised its 2G data tariff in Haryana circle. The Rs. 147 pack which earlier gave 2GB data plus additional 750MB from midnight to 6 AM now gives 1.5GB data plus unlimited facebook and whatsapp. The Rs. 251 pack which earlier gave 3GB data with 60 days validity now gives 3.5GB data with 42 days validity. MRP (Rs.) USSD Code Service Tax (Rs.) Validity... Read More
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