Indian telecom operators have on Monday committed to install 1 lakh towers within a year with an investment of about Rs 20,000 crore to tackle the mobile call drop menace, according to media reports. This was the outcome of the meeting of top honchos of telecom operators and Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha to discuss the call drop issue and spectrum auctions. The first meeting on the same issue of call... Read More
Jio, the 4G based operator from Reliance Industries, has now fixed its bug on My Jio app which was showing 'Get A Jio Sim' on almost every 4G phone. The company has also added a pop up which says that the Preview Offer is available only on a few Samsung phones. Earlier we reported, that Redmi Note 3 customers were getting an option of 'Get A Jio' SIM through 'My... Read More
Sterlite Technologies reported 30% year-on-year jump in its first quarter profit at Rs 40 crore, as compared to Rs 31 crore profit in the same quarter last year. The company’s revenues for the same quarter were at Rs 565 crore, against Rs 463 crore in the same quarter last year, registering an increase of 22%. EBITDA increased 21% at Rs 124 crore, against Rs 102 crore in the same quarter... Read More
Telenor has launched its 4G services in 4 cities in Vijayawada region of Andhra Pradesh. Telenor's 4G network will be available in Vijayawada, Tenali, Bhimavaram and Eluru. The company is also offering 4G services in Vizag of the same circle. The service provider has been launching narrow-band LTE network on its 1800 MHz spectrum in the city using Huawei's technology. The operator has also upgraded most of their cell sites... Read More
InFocus has come with yet another smartphone in its M series, named as the InFocus M535+. The device will be up for sale in Gold and Silver color options, priced at Rs. 11,999. As an inaugural offer, it will come bundled with a free Selfie Stick worth Rs. 1,000. It will be available via leading retail stores all over India. The InFocus M535+ features a 5.5-inch full HD 1080p display.... Read More
Lenovo is all set to unveil K5 Note in India on August 1. Ahead of the launch, the company has teased about the RAM of the smartphone on its Twitter account. “With so much RAM at your disposal, the only thing you’ll worry about on the #KillerNote5 is running out of apps” the tweet said. The smartphone is expected to come with a 4GB RAM instead of the 2GB anticipated... Read More
According to the popular tipster Evan Blass, Apple will make the retail launch of iPhone 7 in the “week of September 12” and the main launch event on “September 16”. The September 16 is a fair guess since Apple traditionally keeps its major hardware releases on Fridays. India usually gets the device a month later and the pattern is expected to be followed this time as well. Several leaks already surfaced... Read More
The Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar raised the issue of call drops once again in the Parliament, inquiring Government “if it had taken note of the Supreme Court’s observations regarding TRAI’s powers and working, and the action the Government proposed to take to correct this.” In the response, the Government has committed to review the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated that a strong regulation... Read More
Vodafone, India's second largest telecom operator, has launched an Internet Data Credit facility for its customers 'ICredit' across all circles.The 'ICredit' would help the entire prepaid customer base in situations where one has a low balance in their account. For each request, customers will get 30 MB 3G/4G/2G data for 24 hours for which the company will charge only Rs 10 for the service cost. To get the Internet Data... Read More
The Indian telecom regulator is mulling over making call drop benchmark rate more stringent, a move aimed at curbing the call drops menace in the country. In a bod to make call drop benchmark rate more severe, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to start evaluating options. Media reports said regulator may soon issue a consultation paper to seek comments from to explore setting the call drop benchmark... Read More
The telecom industry has urged the government to come out with a clear cut position with regard to levy of taxes on Value Added Services (VAS) in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, even as the firms across the entire value chain look forward to a smooth transition to much awaited GST, according to a joint ASSOCHAM-KPMG Paper said. “Given the broad framework of GST, it is expected that... Read More
The wait for Android users is finally over as Prisma has gone official on the Google Play store. For all those who are still not aware of Prisma, it is a photo-editing app with a bunch of artsy filters that can turn your regular image into a work of art. These filters are inspired by the work of famous artists such as Picasso. The app uses cloud-based artificial intelligence to... Read More
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