Samsung has powered ahead in the Indian mobile market and now has close to half of the total market, according to second-quarter numbers by Gartner. The Korean company’s share, in terms of revenue, will be even higher as its models are, on the average, costlier than what an average phone in India costs. Samsung’s share […]
Karbonn Mobiles, one of the original Indian cell phone brands, has added five new tablets and smartphones to its range – the biggest one-time launch of products by any Indian brand in recent times. In the new line-up are tablets Karbonn Smart Tab 3 (Blade), Karbonn Smart Marvel (Marvel) and smartphones Karbonn Smart A11, A7+, […]
Wikimedia, the non-profit behind Wikipedia, is holding a three-day developer camp in Bangalore from November 9. The camp is “a chance to participate and work alongside experts in development of PHP and JavaScript based internationalization and localization tools as well as mobile applications using Phonegap and LAMP technologies,” the organization said on the registration page. […]
It was months ago that Airtel Digital’s music (radio) service was suspended pending ‘upgradation’, and going by the news today, the wait was well worth it. Airtel Digital, one of India’s largest DTH services, said it is launching Worldspace Radio at Rs 35 per month. Worldspace was a familiar brand in India till about four […]
Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), which launched its 100 mbps ultra-fast 4G mobile broadband in Moscow region, will cover 98% of Moscow by the end of the year, Nokia Siemens Networks, its hardware partner for the roll out, said. It will also double the coverage in Moscow region from the current 40 towns. The company has migrated […]
Axis Bank has beaten others like HDFC and ICICI in the number of ATMs in India, a report by Assocham, based on numbers from the Reserve Bank of India, said. Among the private sector banks, Axis Bank has the largest ATM network in July, 2012, followed by HDFC Bank with 9709 such machines and ICICI […]
The iBall Andi 5c is a curious mixture of affordability and high-end technology, and comes in as the latest addition to the category of cheap 5-inch Android models launched by Indian brands in the last two months. It competes with the Spice Stellar Horizon, the Micromax A100 and the Mercury magiQ. The Spice Stellar Horizon […]
Bharti Airtel has launched a freely downloadable mobile application called ‘my airtel’ to allow users to keep a tab on all their airtel accounts easily. It was not clear which platforms the mobile application is available on. “Customers can download the application by simply logging into airtel.in/myairtel or visiting their device app store. Alternatively, they […]
Apple showed the biggest increase in phone market share in the United States during the second quarter of 2012 while LG showed the biggest fall among top brands, according to the latest numbers from digital tracking firm comScore. Samsung, which has been hit by legal issues due to a patent lawsuit by Apple, was able […]
There were two features that helped navigation device makers withstand the competition from cellular map software makers like Google — turn-by-turn voice directions and the device’s ability to work even where there is no cellphone signal. While the second factor — offline function — was addressed by Google for its Android map application few weeks […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority has extended the deadline to have separate phone numbers for tele-marketers by three weeks. It extended the deadline to March 21 due to delays by the Department of Telecom in alloting a new number series to landline companies. “The number series for fixed network are still not allocated by DoT. The […]
It is the final frontier in India’s ongoing e-commerce revolution – delivering the daily bread. E-commerce in India, as elsewhere, started with easily ‘digitizable’ goods such as plane tickets, about six years ago. Over the last two years, it has expanded to involve nearly every category of branded goods such as watches, electronics, books, clothes […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom firm, has cross the 20 crore (200 million) subscriber mark in a single country (India), one of a handful of companies in the world to do so. It has also become the fourth largest telecom firm in the World in terms of the number of subscribers. The 200 million customer […]
Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 percent decline from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales accounted for 36.7 percent of total mobile phone sales and grew 42.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012. “Demand slowed […]
The recent slashing of 3G tariffs by leading operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea led to a doubling of data usage in just one month, Nokia Siemens Networks, which runs nearly 30% of India’s mobile networks, said. About two months ago, Indian operators had cut the price of 1 GB of 3G data […]
The electronic and IT manufacturers of India have raised issue with the government on rising “inspector raj” in the implementation of India’s new e-waste rules. India put in place new rules to handle e-waste — the toxic residue of items such as mobile phones, computers, TV and printers — in May this year. The new […]
The India application development (AD) software market is expected to grow 22.6% this year to reach more than $227 million, according to IT market research firm Gartner, Inc. Application development is one of the biggest revenue drivers for Indian IT outsourcing companies. Many companies hand over the task of developing software applications to Indian companies, […]
Internet purchases are worth $10 billion (Rs 50,000 crore) at present, but are growing fast, prompting online retailers like Flipkart and Myntra to burn cash to attract customers, a new study by consultancy firm Zinnov has found. On a positive note, it noted that online retail accounts for only 0.5% of the total retail industry […]
In its first major move after former commerce secretary Rahul Khullar took over as TRAI chief, the regulator has proposed tightening the penalties for mobile operators who flout number portability (MNP) rules and subscribers who send commercial SMSes and calls. It also suggested doing away with the so-called ‘processing fee’ on recharge coupons, thus enabling […]
Barely two weeks after launching the Android tablet version, Google has launched its Google Plus app for the iPad. The biggest advantage in using the app (and not the mobile website) is ease of use and the possibility of multi-user, free video conferencing. “There’s nothing like catching up with friends face to face. Now you […]
