NIIT has launched its remote or e-learning service in China, with support for Mandarin. China is one of NIIT’s biggest markets, and Cloud Campus is a solution that enables remote learning. The solution enables students to learn from the best teachers irrespective of their geographical location. They can also get hands-on practice through lab exercises […]
All the mobile web traffic sacrificed by Flipkart seems to be paying off, at least in terms of getting users to install the company’s app. According to Nielsen’s latest survey based on real-time mobile data across 8,000 handsets in the country, Flipkart’s mobile app is present on 35% of all phones checked and was the […]
SpiceJet today reported a net profit of Rs 71.8 cr for Q1FY16, an improvement of Rs 195.9 cr relative to the net loss of Rs 124.1 cr for the same quarter last year. On a revenue base of Rs 1,106.3 cr for the quarter, this translates to a net margin of 6.5%. The company is […]
Dish TV India Limited (Dishtv) reported a 19.2% increase in first quarter revenue to Rs. 7,367 million (Rs 736.7 cr), and PAT of Rs. 54.2 cr compared to a loss of Rs 15 cr in the previous year. Subscription revenues rose 20.6% to Rs. 6,828 million. EBITDA margin recorded at 32.1% compared to 25.3% in the corresponding quarter […]
Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, announced the launch of 20 ‘experience zones’ across the country enabling self-product pick-ups for consumers. The Flipkart experience zones will allow customers to walk into their nearest experience center and collect their shipments at their convenient time. The move resolves the biggest impediment to the further expansion of online commerce […]
Housing.com has won five awards at the prestigious National Award for Marketing Excellence hosted by CMO Asia for its ‘Look Up’ campaign. Housing.com swept awards across five key categories including “Brand Excellence in e-commerce and Internet Business Sector”, “Emerging Brand Award” and “Best New Brand, Product and Service Launch”. Housing.com’s ‘Look Up’ was also awarded […]
Panasonic India launched a new smartphone Love T10 with support for 21 Indian regional languages and priced at just Rs 3,690. Panasonic Love T10, with a 3.5-inch display and 3G, will be available to consumers in India from the last week of July, 2015 in White & Black colors. More phones in the Love series […]
Info Edge (India) Limited, the biggest listed ecommerce company in India, said net sales rose 19% to Rs 171.8 crore for the quarter ended June compared to a year ago. However, profitability was hit and profit after tax fell to Rs 28.7 crore from 39.8 cr a year ago. Most Internet companies in India not […]
Open source software has become a critical driver for innovation at leading companies and public-sector organizations around the world, according to a new research report produced by Oxford Economics in partnership with Wipro Limited. The report, The Open Source Era, also shows that open source software is essential to the use of other cutting-edge technologies […]
It was written off for dead, but Google’s Android One program is back, and with it, hopefully, the fortunes of smaller Indian brands like Lava. The new range of Android One phones, starting off with Lava Pixel V1, will have three key differences compared to their earlier brethren – they’ll all have 4G, they’ll have […]
Travel services firm Cox & Kings Ltd said it has renewed its deal with InterGlobe Enterprises to continue to use the latter’s Galileo platform. “The agreement, taking immediate effect, enables Cox and Kings to continue to use Galileo Platform to distribute, manage and book travel management services for its customers,” it said. Galileo platform comprises […]
Vodafone said it continued to face pressure in its voice business in India in the April-June quarter, but an explosion in data was helping it maintain margins. It also said it had put in 1,100 new 3G towers during the quarter and has started 4G trials. It also added 1,000 2G sites. Many Vodafone customers […]
CouponDunia, which specializes in issuing discount coupons for online retailers, has ventured into the offline space with newspaper coupons. The physical coupons can be redeemed for instant discounts on grocery, homecare and personal care purchases at local supermarkets, it said. “The first edition runs Saturday, July 25, 2015 in mainline newspapers across Mumbai, Delhi and […]
Flipkart has launched the Moto G3, the 3rd Generation of the most successful mid-range phone in India at a higher-than-expected price for the lower-end phone. There are two versions of the phone, one with a lower amount of memory, 8 GB storage and 1 GB RAM, and another with a higher amount of memory, 16 GB storage […]
Aircel Cellular is offering free voice calling on 2G data recharges. In Mumbai circle, for example, anyone who buys 1 GB of 2G data for Rs 195 will get 20,000 seconds of free talk time. In other words, for around 20,000 paise, you get 20,000 seconds of talktime plus 1 GB of data. “The product […]
A surprisingly weak revenue growth number from Wipro has served as a grim reminder that the problems facing Indian IT have not been overcome, and that this may turn out to be another painful season of quarterly results from Indian IT companies. Wipro first-quarter IT Services revenue grew just 0.2% in constant currency. Indian IT […]
Wipro first-quarter IT Services revenue disappointed with a sequential growth of just 0.2% in constant currency. YoY, constant currency growth was 8.1%. In dollar terms, IT Services Segment Revenue was $1,794.1 million, a sequential increase of 1.1%. The performance is all the more jarring due to a spectacular performance by Infosys just days ago. Infosys […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked all broadcasting companies in India to roll-back the recent hikes that they introduced in their pay channel rates. Pay channel rates had been hiked by around 27% over the past one year after the TRAI allowed such a move to adjust for inflation. However, the move was […]
SpiceJet, the country’s #2 low-cost carrier, today announced the launch of a unique Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) scheme for air tickets. Payment for the ticket can be made even over a 12 month period. Also called ‘Book Now, Pay Later’ scheme, it extends credit to passengers at up to 70% lower interest rates than those […]
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for retail payments in India, has awarded the contract to develop a Digital Payments Enablement Platform to RS Software. RS Software is a key provider of outsourcing services to payment processing companies, and counts Visa as its biggest customer. The platform is meant to facilitate & […]
