July 7th, 2015 4:28 PM 9 COMMENTS

Celltick partners with BSNL to offer location-based Cell Broadcast services

Celltick, announced the launch of ‘BSNL BUZZ’, a next generation Cell Broadcast Service for BSNL Mobile, a leading Mobile Service Provider in India. With this partnership, Celltick provides a fully managed high-value interactive service on the home screen for BSNL’s 77.2 million mobile subscribers through its patented LiveScreen platform. With BSNL BUZZ, Celltick provides BSNL subscribers with value added services and content promotions such as; news, contests, subscription packs, coupons... Read More

June 24th, 2015 12:26 PM 2 COMMENTS

Teewe 2 Review: A Chromecast Competitor

As the world started moving on from CRT TVs to LCD TVs, there was one more change happening in the ecosystem of home audio-visual entertainment. DVD players were being replaced by media players or smart televisions. One could just transfer media files to a hard disk or a pen drive, attach it to a media player or a smart television, and play back effortlessly. After the broadband speed improved, people... Read More

June 23rd, 2015 2:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson India to reap fortunes in India, targets for double digit growth

With telecom services, software, mobile and fixed network infrastructure, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and media industry, Ericsson India aims at a double-digit growth in India this year, said its India Head (Engagement Practices) Nishant Batra to Deccan Herald in an interview. In Q1 2015, Ericsson India has registered a contribution of seven percent to global sales. India is its second largest market by contribution after United States.... Read More

June 18th, 2015 1:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Aircel to offer free limitless music on World Music Day

On the occasion of World Music Day – June 21 – Aircel is offering its customers limitless music without any subscription charges. On the day, customers can dial toll free code 543213 or 543219 and listen to any music/song/album of their choice free of cost. Both new and existing customers will be able to enjoy their favorite music throughout the day which is powered by Hungama. Speaking at the occasion,... Read More

June 10th, 2015 12:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: 19.5 percent internet tax in Pakistan to hinder the expansion plans of operators

Pakistan has revised the tax for fixed and mobile internet usage to 19.5 percent, a count that could hinder the expansion plans of telecom operators in the country. The tax, which applies to all domains, including 3G, 4G, DSL, EVDO and fiber has created an outcry in the country. The internet users in Pakistan are planning to oppose the move through a planned internet blackout campaign. Sohaib Sheikh, president of... Read More

June 9th, 2015 8:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Eros International stalls its television entry, plans to focus on digital platform ErosNow

Eros International Media Limited has decided to temporarily dismiss its plan to foray into the television industry, a move it announced earlier to set up a movie and music channel at an investment of $50 million. As a part of this proposal, Eros was planning to acquire B4U channel. The plan was dropped due to an opposition from Knight Assets & Co., a three percent stakeholder of the company. According... Read More

June 7th, 2015 2:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Internet advertising overtakes global broadcast television advertising in US: PwC report

Internet advertising rules the US’s entertainment and media segments, according to PricewaterCoopers (PwC) report on Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2014-2019. The segment reports a double-digit gain of 11.1 percent CAGR. On the other hand, the spending on Television advertising stands at 3.2 percent CAGR. Television subscriptions and consumer magazine publishing stay at 1.2 percent and 1 percent CAGR respectively. The newspaper publishing spending will decline moderately, by 2.9 percent,... Read More

June 4th, 2015 2:59 PM 3 COMMENTS

Micromax launches Canvas Tab P960 with Intel chipset for Rs 8,999

Micromax has just launched a new tablet in the Indian market named the Canvas Tab P960 for Rs 8,999. It comes with an Intel chipset ticking under the hood and has voice calling abilities too. The Canvas Tab P960 has an 8-inch IPS display and runs Android 4.4 KitKat. It comes with a unibody design and has a brushed metal finish to it. It comes with a slew of freebies... Read More

June 4th, 2015 10:21 AM 0 COMMENTS

India leads in number of mobile subscribers, 26+ million new addition in Q1 2015: Ericsson mobility report

India has showcased a whopping growth in terms of number of mobile subscribers with a net addition of more than 26 million subscribers in Q1 2015, according to a mobility report published by Ericsson. On a global front, the total number of mobile subscribers has reached 7.2 billion. Following India is China with a net addition of more than 8 million subscribers. Myanmar tops the chart next with more than... Read More

June 2nd, 2015 1:19 PM 8 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy Core Prime 4G quietly launched in India for Rs. 9,999

Samsung has been battling the onslaught of OEMs of the far East for quite a while in India, and is now making an attempt to get back into the game. It has now launched a budget 4G LTE smartphone named the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime 4G. The smartphone was due for a release back in March in India but got delayed due to some unknown reasons. A Mumbai based retailer,... Read More

May 27th, 2015 2:59 PM 1 COMMENTS

HOOQ to launch Video-on-demand service from June

HOOQ, Singapore-based startup has announced its plan to launch premium regional video-on-demand service in India from June 2015 at a subscription rate of Rs. 199 per month. Through a partnership with Sony Pictures television and Warner Bros, HOOQ will launch its contents through Hooq.tv website. Currently, a beta version of the service is available. The subscribers can view the ad-free content through any of their devices, computer, smartphones, tablets or... Read More

May 24th, 2015 1:48 AM 39 COMMENTS

Comparing top DTH operator’s maximum channels and service packages

When you have to choose a DTH monthly package, it's nothing short of doing some CFO level calculation. Quite unnecessary indeed. When I asked around how people choose DTH service packages, the unison reply I received from all channels was that they typically subscribed to the costliest one which provides maximum number of channels. @unitechy Just get the costliest one available. Not worth the headache. — Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) May... Read More

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