The telecom regulator has mooted the idea of having a single emergency number, like 911 in the USA, in India. In a new consultation paper, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has suggested bringing different emergency services like the police, ambulance, fire brigade, civil defense and disaster management under the same access number. Currently, […]
When Micromax Canvas HD A116 hit preorder last month, it ensured such a frenzy among the mobile-crazy that the phone is still out-of-stock on nearly all online stores and major retail outlets in India. Perhaps it was to be expected — after all, for nearly a year, the only quad-core smartphone in India, the Samsung […]
It’s not just the youth, but also the labor class that Bharti Airtel wants to make life easy for with India’s first classifieds service for manual laborers and other blue collar workers. Called ‘saral rozgar’, the service allows “skilled, semi-skilled and un-skilled manual laborers” to register themselves on a voice-based service and get work. Workers […]
If you are planning to break up with your partner, better change the passwords of your Facebook, email and even banking accounts – according to the findings of a new survey by McAfee. The online survey, involving more than 1000 people in India, found that found that about 3 in 4 (74%) individuals regularly check […]
Global payments company Visa Inc has tied up with India’s ICICI Bank to introduce a ready-made ‘mobile money’ solution targeting mobile operators, smaller banks etc.. The solution, which will enable smaller banks and operators compete with the likes of ‘Airtel Mobile Money’ and Oxicash, has got its anchor tenant in the form of Maxis-owned Aircel […]
Cheap and Samsung never go together, at least in the Indian market. The Korean company enjoys the perks of being a premium brand, next only to Apple, in the Indian mobile and tablet market. While that has ensured that the Indian market remains profitable for Samsung, it has also opened up a large gap in […]
Telecom firms that failed to get 3G or 4G spectrum in the auctions may be allowed to launch such high-speed services using their existing, or 2G, spectrum, according to the latest consultation paper by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). In its consultation paper in response to the Supreme Court judgement quashing 122 mobile […]
Growth prospects for India’s industrial production look quite weak and the output may show less than two per cent expansion in the current financial year, an ASSOCHAM study has indicated. The not-so-bright outlook for the industrial growth has been projected despite the fact that there are visible signs of improvement in the business confidence in […]
UPDATE: The plans are no longer available and were posted on Vodafone’s website in error, a public relations official speaking on behalf of the operator told RTN. Readers are advised that the plans are not available. After a period of relative calm in India’s 3G data tariffs space, Vodafone Delhi has shattered the silence with […]
Mobile customers of state-owned telecom operator BSNL can now look forward to better quality of service in North and South India as the company has finally placed purchase orders for equipment after four years. BSNL has been facing controversies and delays in purchasing new GSM equipment for the last 4 to 5 years due to […]
A month after the much bandied number portability was introduced, telecom firms have started accusing each other of using underhand means to prevent subscribers from leaving them. The accusations have come even as consumer complaints grow that some operators are just not letting them move out of their networks. The system is being hijacked by […]
Telecom companies in India continued to purge inactive subscribers in December, with Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications losing 16 million, or about 12% of its mobile subscribers, during the month. The trend has been continuing since June this year, when India’s total mobile subscriber base hit a record of close to 935 million, or about 77% […]
If you felt your recent flight landing at Tirupathi was a bit shaky, you may not have been totally wrong. According to the list of disciplinary actions taken by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), firefighting personnel were found handling air traffic control at the Tirupathi airport during a checking earlier this year. According to […]
Sales of tablets doubled in the July-September quarter in India, compared to the previous three months, as shipments of Samsung’s tablets almost quadrupled, research firm CyberMedia Research (CMR) said in its quarterly report. According to CyberMedia Research estimates, total shipments for the India Tablet PC market are expected to close at 3 million units in […]
CRISIL Research has predicted a GDP growth rate of 6.7 percent in the coming financial year, compared to its estimate of 5.5 percent in the current year, based on more stable global economic trends, crude price at $100 per barrel and normal monsoon. The rupee will rise to 51-52 per dollar in the next 14-15 […]
China and India will be the hottest markets for mobile advertisements in the immediate future as an exploding smartphone and tablet population in these countries are targeted by brands, Gartner has predicted. The research agency also admitted that the growth of mobile advertisements has been faster than it initially anticipated, partly due to the rapid […]
Market leader Airtel also leads in generating the largest number of consumer complaints to the telecom regulator, junior telecom minister Sachin Pilot said on Wednesday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Pilot said Airtel accounted for roughly one third (32.5%) of all the complaints received by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India against […]
The oil companies have increased the quota of LPG cylinders for the six months from September 14, 2012 to March 2013 to a total of 5 cylinders, responding to the government decision today. They have also decided to increase the price of diesel by about 65 paise from the night of January 17 and by […]
The era of fast growth and bulging profits are over for the Indian telecom sector, at least for the short and medium term, said India Ratings, an associate of global ratings agency Fitch. The ratings agency maintained its ‘negative outlook’ on the sector, pointing out that costs are likely to remain high in the immediate […]
Will the Reserve Bank of India cut policy interest rates for the first time in almost a year even as price inflation remains above its comfort zone? Hit by slowing growth and declining demand, the industry sure hopes so. The RBI has been raising interest rates steadily for the last four years. Its official lending […]
