After a wait of almost a month, the Xiaomi Mi 5 is finally launched for the Indian market, at Rs. 24,999 for 3GB RAM and 32GB storage variant. As of now, the device will be up for sale via Mi.com, starting from April 6. However, Hugo Barra confirmed that it will soon be available through other retailers as well. Several variants of the Xiaomi Mi 5 are up for sale... Read More
Vodafone M-Pesa has partnered with TABcab, Mumbai’s Radio Taxi service provider, to build up its mobile wallet service and increase the proportion of cashless transactions, thereby creating a hassle-free cash transaction experience for all commuters in Mumbai on the go. With a pan-India distribution of over 120,000 agents and more than 5 million customers; Vodafone M-Pesa, through its tie-up with TABcab, will remove the complexities of cash management services for... Read More
After unveiling the 2016 models of the Galaxy J7 and J5 recently, Samsung launched the Galaxy J3 in India, today. The smartphone is a successor to the Galaxy J3, which was launched last year. The device has been priced at Rs. 8,990 and will be up for sale exclusively via Snapdeal, starting from today. The key feature of the Galaxy J3 is the 'S bike mode' that is especially made... Read More
Call dropped in the middle of a conversation? Call continues without voice? Voice breaks? Call connection failed? Yes, this is the scenario we are experiencing and hence without the need for any detailed explanation one can get a clear understanding on the problem statement. In One Sentence: Poor quality of calls experienced by customers Why this situation worsened from recent times? We can take multiple reasons into consideration to answer... Read More
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh said that Jio will start services with 70% coverage of India, and it will offer speeds that are 40-80 times faster than the current Internet speed from day one. The telco would target to expand the high-speed internet coverage in the country to over 90% by 2017, according to Ambani. Speaking here at the inaugural session of Ficci Frames 2016, Ambani said that his group... Read More
Looks like Samsung is on a launch spree. The company unveiled two smartphones in the J series recently and now it has come up with yet another smartphone, the Galaxy A9 Pro (SM-A9100). The device belongs to Samsung's 'A' series of Galaxy devices and is currently limited to China, wherein it will be retailing at 3499 yuan (approx. Rs. 35,765). Samsung has not yet revealed whether it will be announcing... Read More
Earlier this month, Micromax listed the Canvas Spark 3 (Q385) smartphone on its website without any details about pricing and availability. Today, the company finally made the device official in India, it will be up for sale in the form of a flash sale on Snapdeal, at Rs. 4,999. The first flash sale will go live on April 7, and the registration for it will begin on April 1. The... Read More
Reliance Jio’s soft launch in April may be aimed at testing whether the 4G network is capable of handling the data load of millions of consumers so that the company does not face any network glitches when it commercially launches after three-to-six months, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The brokerage firm said that any bad consumer experience at the time of testing would still be manageable for the... Read More
Lava has launched KKT Ultra+ Union feature phone in India. Aimed to minimize the communication gap arising due to the language barrier, the device supports 22 Indian languages. Priced at Rs. 1500, Lava KKT Ultra+ Union is a dual SIM phone that comes with 2.4-inch display. The feature phone is backed by a 1750mAh battery with 18 hours of talk time. “We at Lava are delighted to introduce KKT Ultra... Read More
Vodafone India has inked an agreement to buy YOU Broadband for around Rs 400 crore, as part of the telco’s global effort to increase its cabled or fixed line network, Economic Times reported on Tuesday. The acquisition will help Vodafone to better compete in high data consuming cities against Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, which is expected to launch commercial operations later this year. The report said that the transaction has... Read More
Telecom services provider Bharti Airtel has commercially launched its 4G services in Goa, which would be available at 3G prices. Customers can opt from ‘Infinity Plans’ that offer unlimited voice calls on mobile, along with bundled movies and music. Customers can also access 4G with immediate SIM swap and home delivery. The ‘Infinity Plans’ starts at Rs 999 and offer unlimited voice calls on mobile along with data benefits and... Read More
Telecom Commission has approved proposal to have a single number for various emergency services, which would be similar to the '911' all-in-one emergency service in the US. With this nod, people will soon have to dial just a single-number '112' for help during emergency situations. Media reports said that all existing emergency numbers will be phased out within a year of rolling out 112, depending upon the awareness about this new facility.... Read More
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It still isn't updated! ??
I don't think your site is well tuned. I don't think it's loaded site. Band 28 gives superb 50-80Mbps speeds…
Mmwave should be deployed commercially at crowded places. I think smartphones will have to incorporate mmwave in their smartphones immediately…
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Still I am expecting 60- 80 Mbps speed, not like this. P.S - @Tanay please delete other comments ( wrong…
