OnePlus 3, arguably the most successful premium phone of 2016 in India, may not get warranty support from the manufacturer if purchased from Flipkart, going by a statement by the company. The company issued a statement that seemed to suggest that Flipkart’s sale of the model is not authorized by the company. “We have an exclusive partnership […]
Flipkart, the homegrown ecommerce giant, has listed OnePlus 3 as one of the prominent mobile deals being offered under its ‘Big Shopping Days’ sale to be held from Saturday, Dec 17 onwards. It has also put up a ‘coming soon’ page for the sought-after smartphone model. However, OnePlus has an agreement with Amazon India that […]
Lenovo has chosen to launch the K6 Note via the offline channel in India and will unveil the official price of the model on Wednesday. Though the model would have been priced around the Rs 12,000 mark via online sales channels, it is now likely to be priced higher at around Rs 14,000-15,000 because it is […]
Reliance Jio said it would cut the daily data allowance of its users from 4GB to 1GB starting from Jan 1. Existing (or old) users will continue to get 4 GB per day till Dec 31. On Jan 1, they will be moved from the Welcome Offer to the new ‘Happy New Year’ offer with […]
RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s speech on Reliance Jio’s Welcome Offer and other plans is starting in a few minutes. https://youtu.be/eEUGI1LQojs In his speech, Ambani is expected to thank everyone for using the company’s services under the Welcome Offer, but is unlikely to extend the free services by three months as widely expected. “The Welcome Offer […]
In his speech starting in half an hour, Reliance Jio chairman Mukesh Ambani will claim leadership in the broadband space globally, but is unlikely to announce an extension of the Welcome Offer. “The Welcome Offer was to get your feedback,” Ambani is expected to say in his speech that will start at 2 PM today. […]
Vodafone Group has taken an impairment charge of 5.0 billion euros — equivalent to Rs 36,540 cr, due to the increased competition in the Indian market after the launch of Reliance Jio. “A new entrant has recently launched free trial services for an extended time period and commercial price plans that were at a significant […]
The currency ban could give the Bharatiya Janata Party an upper hand in the upcoming UP election by denying funding to opposition parties. The Congress has already attacked the move to ban 500 and 1000 rupee notes with effect from midnight today. Since nearly the entire money used to fight elections in India is in […]
[polldaddy poll=9574508] One of the most interesting aspects of the new move to ‘churn’ high-value currency notes will be its impact on real estate prices. The real estate sector was already reeling from high interest rates, slow economic growth and a fatigue due to the constant rise in prices. However, the new move to churn […]
The dispute over providing interconnection facility is set to end in the next two weeks, with Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone giving in to the demands of new operator Reliance Jio and the regulator. The decision to comply comes in the wake of a recommendation for a fine of Rs 3,050 cr to be […]
The Snapdragon 821, based on Cortex A72 design from ARM, is supposed to be the best in the business, but it’s reign is likely to be cut short — very short — by the release of Huawei Mate 9. The Mate 9 comes equipped with a radically difference core technology known as Cortex A73. Though […]
India may have emerged as a key supplier of generic and affordable medicine for the world market, but it has an “overwhelming dependence” on China for the raw material required to produce these drugs, industry association Assocham said. Indian companies depend on China to supply them with the main raw material in drug making — […]
Reliance Jio, the new 4G operator led by Mukesh Ambani, is coming under increasing criticism for slow connection speeds, but our latest test reveals that it is possible increase the speed by making a minor change to the access settings of client devices such as smartphones. Broadly, the issue seems to be that Jio’s IPv4 […]
Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications has agreed to sell its tower assets to Brookfield Asset Management. RCOM will receive an upfront cash payment of Rs. 11,000 crore from the proposed transaction. It has signed a non-binding Term Sheet with Brookfield Infrastructure Group in relation to RCOM’s nationwide tower assets and related infrastructure. Under the Term Sheet, […]
Bharti Airtel has introduced a new fiber technology in its core network that can help deliver speeds of up to 100 Mbps on its fixed broadband lines. It is the biggest private sector player in wired internet in India. The new technology, called Vectorization, will make its impact felt in 87 cities where Airtel’s broadband […]
Reliance Jio and Apple today announced a freebie deal for those who purchase any of the recent iPhone models including iPhone7. Under the offer, every customer purchasing a new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus or iPhone SE at Reliance Digital and select Apple Premium Resellers and Apple Authorized Resellers will […]
Reliance Jio and Apple today announced a freebie deal for those who purchase any of the recent iPhone models including iPhone7. Under the offer, every customer purchasing a new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus or iPhone SE at Reliance Digital and select Apple Premium Resellers and Apple Authorized Resellers will […]
Reliance Communications said its merger with Sistema Shyam Teleservices has been approved by the Bombay High Court. The Anil Ambani company is merging with SSTL, which operates telecom services under the MTS brand in India. After the merger, RCom shareholders will hold 90% of the resulting entity, with the remaining held by MTS. After this […]
Though Vodafone has not revealed exactly which bands it has bought spectrum in, some analysts have already published charts which purportedly show the company’s spectrum purchases. According to the chart, out of the Rs 20,000 or so that Vodafone spent, about 9,221 cr has been on 2.5 GHz band, about 7,315 cr on 2.1 GHz […]
Though Vodafone has not revealed exactly which bands it has bought spectrum in, some analysts have already published charts which purportedly show the company’s spectrum purchases. According to the chart, out of the Rs 20,000 or so that Vodafone spent, about 9,221 cr has been on 2.5 GHz band, about 7,315 cr on 2.1 GHz […]
