December 31st, 2016 8:16 PM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL favoured Cisco by tweaking tender norms for procuring IP-MPLS equipment worth Rs 2000-cr: Report

The Quint has reported an Rs 2,000 crore scam involving the purchase of IP-MPLS equipment for the Network for Spectrum (NFS) project from networking major Cisco through Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). The report said that BSNL tender norms for procuring IP-MPLS equipment for the Network for Spectrum (NFS) project were allegedly tweaked to so that the Rs 2,000 crore contract went to Cisco. “Documents and sources indicate that senior... Read More

December 31st, 2016 3:39 PM 27 COMMENTS

Telecom department mulls re-auction of super premium 700 MHz band in 2017: Report

The Department of Telecommunications or DoT is mulling over conducting fresh round of auction to sell the entire spectrum left unsold in the last sale, including in the super premium coveted 700 Mhz band, according to a report by the Economic Times. Telecom secretary JS Deepak told the publication that the department will send a reference back to the Telecom regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for pricing. The government is... Read More

December 31st, 2016 1:43 PM 11 COMMENTS

Google enabling direct carrier billing for Airtel, Vodafone customers in India: Report

Google, the dominant mobile app store provider, has reportedly enabled carrier billing service for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone postpaid customers in India, following its recent partnership with Idea Cellular, the country's third largest telco. The deployment to Airtel and Vodafone is probably still a work in progress, according to report by Android Police. The report said that users of these telcos are seeing the option pop up in their payment... Read More

December 31st, 2016 12:11 PM 4 COMMENTS

Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank to launch services in first half of 2017: Idea Cellular

Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank, a 51:49 joint venture between Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL) and telecom major Idea Cellular, will launch its services in the first half of 2017, the telco said in a letter to media. Idea Cellular Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Rajat Mukarji, in a letter to media, said, "The first half of 2017 will also see the launch of Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank.” Airtel Payments... Read More

December 31st, 2016 6:30 AM 36 COMMENTS

BHIM App Launched by PM Modi: Here’s Everything That You Need To Know

To make the route to demonisation easier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the app called BHIM, which stands for "Bharat Interface for Money". The app is based on UPI (United Payments Interface) and aims at easing out everyday digital transactions directly from bank accounts. The app is connected to your bank account. The BHIM app enables everyone with a bank account to pay or receive money via online banking. Unlike... Read More

December 30th, 2016 4:51 PM 98 COMMENTS

“Happy New Year” offer is different from “Inaugural offer”, claims Reliance Jio

In response to the queries raised by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio said that the free data offer provided till 31 March 2017 is not an extension of the promotional offer expired on 4 Dec 2016, reports NDTV and PTI. Instead, the newly announced free benefit is a Happy New Year” offer for the subscribers. In the letter dated December 20 to Reliance Jio, TRAI pointed... Read More

December 30th, 2016 1:44 PM 3 COMMENTS

Malicious Text Message Permanently Freezes Messages App On iPhones

In a not so unusual incident, a malicious text message has again made its way to the iPhone. The message is reportedly causing a permanent disability for the Messages app. The contents of the text include a large contacts file sent through the iCloud Drive, which disables the Messages app leaving it in a frozen mode that can't even be cured by hard reset of the phone. YouTuber vincedes13 found this... Read More

December 30th, 2016 1:13 PM 6 COMMENTS

Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu gets Vodafone SuperNet 4G services

Vodafone India has launched its SuperNet 4G service in Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, announces a release from the company. The 4G services will be expanded to other towns and cities of the state by March 2017. Built on 2100MHz band, Vodafone SuperNet 4G can be accessed on a wide range of devices including Mi-Fi, and dongles. Vodafone promises a super fast internet experience with features such as HD... Read More

December 30th, 2016 10:01 AM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone Play vs Airtel Movies: The Content War is Heating Up!

Online content is slowly becoming the next big thing in India. In this year alone, we have seen several online streaming content services making their way to India that includes some of the major names such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video. With the entrance of foreign brands, telecom brands such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone came out with their video streaming apps. Airtel Movies (formerly known as Wynk Movies) was launched... Read More

December 30th, 2016 8:32 AM 14 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy S8 to Feature Snapdragon 835 SoC and 6GB of RAM: Rumor Roundup

2016 started as a promissory note with the Galaxy S7 for the South Korean smartphone giant, Samsung. As the year slowly passed on, there was a catastrophe created by the Galaxy Note 7. After a complete recall process, the phone was ultimately discontinued, but not before incurring a huge loss for the company. With this major issue, Samsung will be already looking for their upcoming flagship phone- the Galaxy S8,... Read More

December 30th, 2016 6:00 AM 3 COMMENTS

Apple To Apparently Source 5.8-inch iPhone AMOLED Panels Exclusively From Samsung

Apple's upcoming iPhone 2017 lineup has already started creating hustle on the rumour mills. A report based on the tip of an unnamed Taiwan-based supply chain makers, Apple is most likely to come up with three new iPhone 2017 variants and for one of the variants, Samsung will be playing a major role in providing display panels. Similar to their predecessors, the two of the three upcoming iPhones will be... Read More

December 29th, 2016 8:02 PM 39 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to be a part of drive test for call drops in January: Report

Trai's chairman R S Sharma said that 4G entrant Reliance Jio will now be a part of the latest drive tests that will be conducted in January to to assess call drop and other network issues of various operators. The new round of drive tests will again be conducted in at least those 12 cities, the chairman said. The drive tests evaluate the performance of networks on various quality benchmarks,... Read More

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