Idea Cellular is the most vulnerable telecom operator to demonetization due to its greater exposure to rural markets where the impact of the ban on old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes is higher, according to a report published in the Economic Times. The report, citing Bank of America-Merrill Lynch analysis, said that around 54% of the Aditya Birla group company’s revenues flow in from ‘Category B & C’... Read More
Coolpad has come up with two 4G-enabled smartphones for the Indian market, dubbed as the Coolpad Note 3S and Coolpad Mega 3. The Coolpad Note 3S is priced at Rs. 9,999 while the Coolpad Mega 3 will retail at Rs. 6,999. Both the phones will be exclusively up for sale on Amazon, starting from December 7. Coming on to the specifications, the Coolpad Note 3S features a 5.5-inch HD 2.5D... Read More
Aircel, on Tuesday launched a series of attractive and best value combo packs - FRC297, FRC197 and FRC127 - to satiate the data, voice and SMS needs of new customers. The product offers unmatched value proposition to its voice and data users in Karnataka. FRC297 comes loaded with unlimited Aircel to Aircel calling (local and STD), 108000 seconds on Aircel to others (local and STD), 100 SMS per day, 2GB... Read More
Google is involved in a continuous war against the fraudulent reviews and spam installs on Google Play Store. The search giant announced some measures in October, following which it has further improved the system now, according to Google's Android Developers Blog. In the new improved system, Google has enhanced the way by which it recognizes the spam installs and fraudulent reviews. It will remove the fake reviews and ratings by this... Read More
On November 8, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi announced the groundbreaking news that Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 rupee notes will no longer be valid in the country. And, at the same time, he gave citizens the time period of 50 days to deposit or exchange the notes for new notes at banks. After the announcement, digital payment wallets took to social media to educate customers on how they had nothing... Read More
The year 2016 is coming to a close and many research firms have started releasing the performance data of smartphone market for the year. The latest firm to release the stats is the International Data Corporation (IDC) that says that the 4G smartphone shipment will surpass one billion mark this year. According to IDC, the worldwide smartphone shipments will reach 1.45 billion in 2016, among which 1.17 billion will be... Read More
Anil Ambani led Reliance Communications which is in the process of merger with Aircel and MTS has now slipped to 6th position in the Indian mobile market after losing out almost 20 million CDMA subscribers after closing down CDMA operations for use those airwaves to trade or share with Jio to build extensive 4G network across the country. According to latest TRAI data, the company has lost 8.40 million overall... Read More
Facebook is rolling out a new update for its Messenger app on iOS and Android, which will allow users to play a variety of games on the messaging platform. With this update, Facebook has integrated a game controller icon within the app that will show various games that can be played on the Messenger. By tapping on the game controller icon, users will get a list of games, ranging from... Read More
Asia’s largest DTH service provider DishTV has added three new regional HD channels to its portfolio. Zee Marathi HD, Zee Bangla HD, and Colors Marathi HD are the newly added channels. With these additions, the total HD channels of DishTV rose to 59 from 56. Commenting on the launch of new HD channels, Mr. Arun Kapoor, Chief executive Officer, DishTV India said, “DishTV has always taken the lead in enhancing... Read More
In the backdrop of the Government’s announcement of allowing to use the old Rs. 500 currency notes to make mobile recharges till 15 December this year, Tata DoCoMo has launched special prepay packs of Rs. 500 for the subscribers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Using RC 500 pack, the customers can avail Rs. 600 worth talk time. Alongside, Tata DoCoMo has also launched RC 494 pack that provides the subscribers... Read More
As expected, Lenovo has finally launched the K6 Power smartphone in India for Rs. 9,999. It will be exclusively up for open sale via Flipkart, starting at 12 PM IST on December 6. Lenovo has launched the 3GB RAM/32GB internal storage variant of the K6 Power in India, which will be available in Silver, Gold, and Dark Grey colour options. The phone was first introduced at the IFA 2016 event.... Read More
Aircel, launched an attractive and best value offer - FRC149. Designed for new customers, the product offers unmatched value proposition to its voice and data users in Kolkata. The customers will enjoy FREE Aircel to Aircel (Local and STD) calls for 30 days and will also be able to avail free 300 minutes for Aircel to Others (Local and STD) for 60 days with the First Recharge of Rs. 149.... Read More
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