February 15th, 2014 9:24 PM 59 COMMENTS

BSNL To Increase Broadband Speed by March Across Major Cities

India's National telecom backbone and largest broadband service provider BSNL today said that its Broadband customers will be able to experience enhanced broadband speed in cities across India by March end. BSNL Chairman and Managing Director RK Upadhyay said that "We are about to finish Phase 1 of exchange modernization project using next generation technology from Huawei by March this year." "After this transformation, BSNL customers will be able to... Read More

December 31st, 2013 4:07 AM 8 COMMENTS

Top 5 value for money smartphones of 2013

Another year is about to end and the gadgets market has only experienced expansion. Almost every month, native as well as international mobile phone giants were launching new smartphones, thereby, increasing the options for a buyer. While some of these handsets appeared somewhat overpriced, others were truly worth every penny. The top 5 value for money smartphones of the year has been enlisted as follows: Nexus 5: Rs 28,999 (16GB),... Read More

December 27th, 2013 10:59 AM 34 COMMENTS

Microsoft in Talks with Indian OEMs to Port Windows Phone 8.1 on Their Devices

World's one of the largest software company Microsoft is trying its best to grab a pie of India's fastest growing smartphone market, as the company has started discussions with several Indian handset manufacturers. Microsoft's Windows operating system is the most popular computer operating system (though many use Apple's Mac for productivity and Linux stays ahead with safety options), it did not make a good on the new front - mobile... Read More

December 12th, 2013 2:39 PM 34 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Infocomm Issued 2.2 Crore Numbers for 4G Mobile and Data Services, Number Series Starts from 70

India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued 2.2 crore mobile numbers to Pan India BWA 4G spectrum and license holder Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) which paves way for the company to launch its 4G services. Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) rapidly deploying its infrastructure across 20 cities initially and set to launch its 4G LTE service for mobile customers over LTE enabled smart-phones as well as Only data... Read More

December 5th, 2013 12:48 PM 36 COMMENTS

Exclusive : Airtel to Launch 4G LTE Services on Mobile Phone in 3 weeks

India's first 4G service provider Bharti Airtel all set to launch its 4G LTE service for mobile customers wherein airtel 4G users can enjoy fourth generation mobile service over LTE enabled smart-phones. According to our exclusive sources Airtel will officially launch 4G LTE services on Mobile Phone by the end of December, 2013 (expected in 3 weeks from now).As of now Airtel 4G services providing only Broadband Wireless Access over... Read More

November 17th, 2013 5:36 PM 3 COMMENTS

Zebronics Launches Open Market 7.2Mbps Sonic 3.5G USB Dongle

Popular computer accessories maker Zebronics has launched its first 3G USB Dongle aka 3G/HSPA USB Modem - Sonic 3.5G in the country. There are several 3G modems available in the market from different companies and Zebronics is just added another product in that list. Zebronics Sonic 3.5G modem supports upto 7.2 Mbps downlink and upto 5.76Mbps uplink over HSPA network as well as conventional 2G EDGE and GPRS networks. It... Read More

October 30th, 2013 4:36 AM 59 COMMENTS

Does MTS 3GPLUS Really Have The Edge Over 3G Operators in India, Our Take !

Last week Russian business major Sistema's Indian telecom arm, Sistema Shyam Teleservices ( SSTL) has announced the roll out of 3GPLUS network across 9 circles where the company is operating. While MTS is selling the EVDO Rev B phase II services under MBlaze Ultra branding, they are pushing the '3GPLUS' branding for the network. EVDO is actually 3rd generation technology for CDMA, but in India there was no auction for... Read More

October 16th, 2013 1:48 PM 42 COMMENTS

4G Round up: Reliance Jio Clears All Hurdle for Offering Voice Services

Reliance Jio, the pan India 4G operator has received a letter of intent (LoI) from TRAI as an approval of unified license which will allow them to offer voice services as well. RJIL has to pay one-time entry fee of Rs 1673 crore along with performance bank guarantee of Rs 220 crore and a financial bank guarantee of Rs 44 crore. RJIL is testing voice and messaging services to be... Read More

October 14th, 2013 12:55 PM 38 COMMENTS

MTNL to Invest Rs 400 cr to Improve Mobile Network Coverage and increase 3G Internet Speed up to 21 Mbps

India's first 3G Mobile and Data service provider Mahanagar telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has geared up to upgrade its current 3G Network into IP-based next generation 3G network with 6-fold speed - up to 21 Mbps services. MTNL has floated tender for enhancing its current 3G and 2G GSM coverage in Delhi and Mumbai and plans to invest about Rs.400 crore to increase 3G mobile Internet (Data Network) speed by... Read More

October 4th, 2013 1:57 PM 11 COMMENTS

MTS Launched Duet II with Android 2.3 for Rs 5199: Does it Make Any Sense?

India's pure-play CDMA player MTS India has launched another CDMA & GSM dual SIM Android smartphone - Duet II for Rs 5199. MTS is pushing its CDMA+GSM dual SIM Android smartphones to capture data market from GSM customers. Earlier MTS had launched Duet smartphone with similar features. Duet II is actually ZTE N855D and it comes with 4 inch display, 1GHz processor, 3.2 MP camera, 1650 mAh battery and usual... Read More

September 15th, 2013 2:35 PM 18 COMMENTS

4G Round Up: Reliance Jio Inks Deals with KMC, Ciena & Tech Mahindra

Country's only pan-India 4G operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed a MoU agreement with Kolkata's city civic body - Kolkata Municipal Corporation to get the license to lay fiber optic cables across the metro. Tarun Jhunjhunwala, the business head and state mentor (east) of Reliance Jio and Mayor-in-Charge Atin Ghosh signed the deal. Reliance Jio will pay one-time fee of Rs 26 crore to city's civic body. Reliance Jio will... Read More

July 21st, 2013 11:04 AM 4 COMMENTS

4G Round-up: Reliance Jio, Airtel, ZTE & More

Reliance Jio Gets 6 Months Extension of Mobile Numbers to Keep Testing VoLTE Voice over 4G or LTE becomes more and more important to Reliance Jio Infocomm, as they asked for extension of another 6 months to keep testing VoLTE over its networks. The telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries asked for allocation of 10,000 mobile numbers to test voice calls on its LTE-TD/4G network in October last... Read More

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