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Srikapardhi June 29th, 2016 2:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

250 million new mobile users will be added by Indian telecom market by 2020

India’s telecommunications market is likely to add nearly 250 million new mobile subscribers by 2020, while smaller countries in the Asia-Pacific region such as Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Pakistan will also make major contributions to subscriber growth, a new GSMA study revealed. Asia Pacific will account for 60 per cent of the one billion unique mobile subscribers that will be added to the global total by 2020, with the region continuing... Read More

Zara Ali June 29th, 2016 1:51 PM 1 COMMENTS

Google partners with LyricFind to display song lyrics in search results

Google is trying to declutter its search engine by collaborating with a lyric licensing service, LyricFind. This partnership will result in a speedy search for lyrics. It means that from now on Google will display the entire song lyric in the search result. Google will be adding Lyrics from more than 4,000 publishers to its search engine and Play Music. The feature is now live in most of the countries... Read More

Tharun G June 29th, 2016 11:09 AM 61 COMMENTS

BSNL reclaims its second position in Kerala Circle, Vodafone pushed to third spot

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reclaimed its position as the second largest mobile operator in Kerala circle dethroning Vodafone India. Almost a year ago, Vodafone had pushed BSNL to third spot in the circle after the state run operator lost 5 lahks subscribers. As per the latest TRAI report, BSNL is now at second position in the circle with over 76.85 lakhs subscribers compared to Vodafone's subscriber base of 75 lakhs.... Read More

Zara Ali June 29th, 2016 6:30 AM 1 COMMENTS

ZTE Nubia Z11 goes official with Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p display

ZTE Nubia Z11 has finally gone official in China. The device was being teased for quite some time. It is launched in two variants - 4GB RAM/64GB storage and 6GB RAM/128GB storage. In China, the lighter variant is priced at 2499 yuan (approx. Rs. 25,525) while the premium variant will retail at 3499 yuan (approx. Rs. 35,730). ZTE will also launch Nubia Z11 C Limited Collector’s Cristiano Ronaldo edition in... Read More

Srikapardhi June 28th, 2016 4:31 PM 8 COMMENTS

Tata Communications’ WiFi+ allows telcos to offer unlimited calling, messaging and data to customers

Tata Communications said that it has launched Wi-Fi+, a new Wi-Fi cloud communication solution, which enables mobile network operators’ customers to access the internet for calling, messaging, and data applications more seamlessly than ever. Through access to more than 21 million Wi-Fi hotspots globally, the new solution allows mobile network operators to offer their customers a high-quality mobile experience – whether at home or abroad – and generate additional revenues from... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 28th, 2016 4:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Dual camera set up appear on leaked Apple iPhone 7 images

An Apple iPhone 7 image leak on Weibo shows the rear camera protruding outwards and appeared to be slightly beveled. The image, which it claims to be a real photo of an actual iPhone 7, further shows that the position of the camera has changed from center to the top-left corner. Whether this image is true or not, it perfectly matches the earlier leaked schematic that showed the camera on... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 28th, 2016 3:36 PM 4 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 branding leaked, tipster confirms Iris Scanner

It was a week back that we heard on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 via reports from GSMHelpDesk and Korea Herald about the new Samsung phablet’s 5.8-inch curved screen. Yet again, here comes the next from the prolific phone tipster Evan Blass a.k.a. @evleaks. Evan Blass has published the branding of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Twitter, which shows the branding comes with ‘no space’ between the Note and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 28th, 2016 3:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, 24 global telcos join GSMA to drive adoption of universal RCS profile

Jio, along with 24 other global telecom operators are supporting a mobile industry initiative for a universal Rich Communications Services (RCS) profile worldwide, according to GSMA. China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom, Singtel, T-Mobile US, Telefonica and Axiata Group, AIS, Beeline, Bell Mobility, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal Argentina, Personal Paraguay, Rogers Communications, StarHub, Telcel Mexico, Tele2, Telkomsel, and Telus are the other operators that... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 28th, 2016 2:00 PM 12 COMMENTS

MIUI 8: Split Screen, Gallery Improvement, Double Password Protection and much more

MIUI 8 Global ROM is all set to release in India on June 30. More news comes the way, primarily that MIUI 8 is adding new features such as split screen multitasking, says GizmoChina. However, the report added that the feature may not be available in its first release, but may appear in some later minor updates. Another refreshment will be seen on its visual appearance. Interestingly, MIUI 8 integrates... Read More

Zara Ali June 28th, 2016 11:51 AM 8 COMMENTS

LeEco Le 2, Le Max 2 to go on first flash sale today on LeMall and Flipkart

LeEco’s Le 2 and Le Max 2 smartphones are all set to go on their first flash sale in India, today. The devices will be up for sale on two platforms - Flipkart and LeMall, the company’s e-commerce platforms in India. The sale of Le 2 is slated at 12PM while Le Max 2 will up for grabs at 2PM. The Le 2 is priced at Rs. 11,999 while the... Read More

Srikapardhi June 28th, 2016 10:36 AM 6 COMMENTS

Tata Communications to sell Neotel to Liquid Telecom

Liquid Telecom, a pan-African telecoms group, majority owned by Econet Wireless Global on has entered into an agreement to acquire Tata Communications-owned Neotel, a South African communications network operator, for ZAR6.55 billion. Liquid Telecom said that it is partnering with Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH), a South African empowerment investment group, which has committed to take a 30% equity stake in Neotel. The transaction is subject to approval by South African regulatory... Read More

Zara Ali June 28th, 2016 1:13 AM 50 COMMENTS

Moto X Play receives OTA update for Reliance Jio VoLTE support

Motorola launched the Moto X Play in India in September. The device is in the news again for the latest update, which brings 4G VoLTE support for Reliance Jio onboard. The OTA update version number is 24.61.70.en.03. The update also brings security fixes and stability improvements. On the installation page, it is mentioned that the update will take approximately 30 minutes of time. During the installation, users won't... Read More