The launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G services will not be delayed beyond March-April, sources said, indicating that recent reports to the contrary are merely the result of media confusion. “Nothing has changed,” said a ground-level marketing executive. “Targets remain the same.” Media had reported that Jio has pushed its launch once again, this time to […]
Xiaomi is giving all its fans in India and the world over a chance to see the launch of its next flagship model, the Mi5, live from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow. PLEASE SEE UPDATED STORY HERE. The highlight of the phone will be Snapdragon 820 processor, which is twice as powerful […]
LeEco is at it again. After seizing market share from the likes of Xiaomi, Lenovo and Huawei with its cut-throat pricing, the smartphone and content company sold its latest Le Max Pro model for just Rs 21,000 in China. What makes the model, and the price, so special is that it is the first phone […]
Finally, Xiaomi is launching its first major phone in India since the launch of Mi 4c back in September — after perhaps the longest interval between major launches since the entry of the brand to the country. The Redmi Note 3 India version, also known as the Pro variant, is very similar to the Chinese […]
Sometimes, even the best can get it wrong, and it looks like that’s what happened in the case of ‘Mukesh Ambani says Reliance Jio to launch in second half’ story. Across publications, everyone is reporting that Ambani postponed the launch date of what is touted to be India’s biggest 4G service to the second half […]
LeEco will roll out over-the-air software updates for its biggest selling phone in India, the LeTV Le 1s, this week. The update will resolve issues that have been highlighted in user reviews. The OTA upgrade is expected to prolong battery life, and improve sound as well. There have some complaints that the battery life is […]
Doodarshan Free Dish has added a whopping 50 new channels on the new MPEG 4 technology within 20 days of moving to its new home, GSAT-15. Most of the new additions are movie channels, but some are still in testing mode. The new channels include Movie House, Manoranjan Movies, Khushboo TV, Houseful Action, MM Multiplex, RT Movies, […]
LYF, the phone brand owned by Reliance Industries, will soon launch a number of smart TVs that will work with Reliance Jio’s upcoming 4G network in India. The TVs are being manufactured by one of the world’s biggest television makers, which incidentally also makes OLED, curved and 4K models as well. MORE DETAILS REVEALED – […]
A survey conducted by Asianet News and C-FORE polling agency ahead of upcoming assembly elections has revealed a dramatic shift of Hindu votes away from the Congress-led United Democratic Front towards the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP is set to triple its vote share to 18% from 6% five years earlier, the survey found. The […]
The commercial launch of Reliance Jio, which was expected to happen late this month or early next, has been pushed to the middle of next month, a distributor who works with the company said. Early in January, the same distributor had said that the company was targeting to launch its services commercially “latest by March […]
Tata Consultancy Services launched a solution to enable Voice over LTE services for virtualized networks. Virtualilized networks refer to software-defined networks that lives on top of a large number actual or hardware networks. Many telecom operators are moving to virtualized networks and away from ‘bare metal’ networks to increase resilience and flexibility of the networks. […]
LeEco said the total number of orders received for its LeTV Le 1s smartphone has reached 2.2 lakh at the end of the third flash sale today. A total of 65,000 units of the phone were ordered in a matter of 9 seconds today on Flipkart. However, this does not mean that the company has […]
HCL Technologies announced the signing of a significant IT outsourcing deal with the Volvo Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles and the customers of its external IT business. HCL also acquired Volvo’s external IT business, adding 40 new customers from the Nordics and France to its portfolio, further enhancing its market […]
The majority of Indian IT and financial sector workers are unhappy with their salary, a new survey by Monster.com said. It also found that Indian-owned companies typically pay much lower salaries than MNCs. The IT sector turned out to be the highest paying industry in India, even ahead of the financial services industry, which is […]
Lenovo Lemon 3, the successor to the ultra successful Lenovo A6000 Plus, will be launched in India early March and may carry the model number A6020, according to informed sources. At an expected price of Rs 7,999, the phone will be the cheapest device in India with a full-HD display, and will help the company put up […]
Samsung has opened prebooking for the new Galaxy A7 and A5 2016 in India at a price of Rs 33,400 and Rs 29,400 respectively. Shipping and more general availability is expected by Monday. The phones are the upgraded versions of the highly successful A5 and A7 launched last year at a price of Rs 25,500 and […]
Trent Ltd, which operates the various retail chains of the Tata Group, said US-based Amazon.com has agreed to buy a 26% stake in its fully-owned subsidiary Westland for Rs 95 mln. It will also get an option to buy out the remaining 74% from the Tatas. Before the transaction, the entire shareholding of Westland was […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited said it won an order worth around Rs 3,500 for the supply of two 800 MW boilers with supercritical parameters for Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (TnSTPP). The project is located within NTPC’s existing Ramagundam Power Station in Karimnagar district of Telangana. “The power generated from this plant will contribute substantially […]
It was bound to happen. Lenovo has finally announced that it will not be holding a flash sale of its K4 Note on Monday, but instead there will be a ‘normal sale’ where everyone can drop in and buy the handset for Rs 11,999. The move was expected after its fellow Chinese competitor LeTV announced […]
The second flash sale of the LeTV Le 1s smartphone was surprising for various reasons. First, it was the first time that any company in India had put so many phones on sale at one go — 95,000 is not a small number and the folks at Flipkart are going to be busy for days […]
