If the traditional, big Indian mobile operators were dreaming of increasing tariffs in what is often called the world’s most competitive market, they have got another thing coming. It was in July last year that big operators, such as Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance, proclaimed the end of the cheap-tariff era and hiked call rates by […]
Uninor, the joint venture between the Unitech group and Norway’s Telenor has emerged as the fastest growing Indian telecom operator over the last several months. In the six months ended February, the company’s average subscriber addition per month is 2.23 million, higher than any other company in India. Uninor’s closest competitor is Idea Cellular, which […]
Reliance Communications has introduced the ‘Reliance CDMA Tab’ — the CDMA high-speed version of its Reliance 3g tab. The CDMA Tab has very similar, almost the same, features as the Reliance 3g tab. Like the 3g version, it has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with Android 2.3 OS. Loaded with 512 MB RAM and a […]
People standing in a queue in front of a liquor shop in Kerala beat up a man and his wife, objecting to the presence of a woman in the queue. The incident, which happened in Parappanangadi in the Muslim-dominated Malappuram district, has led to alarm among liberals and women’s rights activists in the state. It […]
A special report by an expert group appointed by the Government of India has asked for more caution in dealing with electromagnetic communication devices such as cell-phones. While the eight-member committee did not blame cell phones for causing cancer, it pointed to some other studies as cause for concern. “The committee notes that most of […]
Telecom operator Vodafone India has asked the telecom regulator not to prevent it, and other big operators, from bidding in the upcoming auctions for spectrum freed up by the recent cancellation of licenses by the Supreme Court. Vodafone, in its statement to the telecom regulator, the TRAI, said any move to restrict the auction to […]
Even as companies launch newer and newer models of Android phones, Indian IT brand Intex has chosen to come out with an almost smartphone, targeted at budget conscious customers. The Sense has a 3.2 inch touchscreen display and a 3 megapixel camera at the back and is priced at a reasonable Rs 3690. The phone […]
Tata Elxsi, the software company from the Tata group that specializes in 4G wireless technologies such as Wimax and LTE, has come out with a suite of software products that will help companies create mini cells for LTE networks. LTE networks will support India’s broadband roll-out in the coming years as more and more companies […]
Intel has joined hands with Lava International, an up-and-coming Indian mobile handset maker, for its smartphone entry into the world’s biggest phone market. The two companies announced what has to be the most sophisticated looking smartphone from an Indian brand — the Xolo X900 — based on Intel’s Atom processor. Lava is one of the […]
After the deluge of 3G equipment contracts, equipment makers are now in line for big 4G equipment contracts from Indian telecom operators. First off the block is India’s largest telecom firm Bharti Airtel, which has given its first 4G contract to Nokia Siemens Networks. The network will support speeds of up to 100 Mbps, or […]
Future Group, the biggest and the most prominent large-format retail chain in India, has chosen India’s third biggest IT services firm Cognizant for its IT needs for the next five years, the companies said in a statement. Future group is estimated to have or have served around 220 million customers — higher than the total […]
Taiwanese chip company MediaTek, which indirectly led to the boom in low-priced Indian-branded mobile phones with its chips, has launched a new Android platform for companies. Phones based on the platform will hit the market before March-end, the company said. The MT6575 platform has a 1GHz processor based on Cortex-A9 technology from Britain’s ARM Holdings […]
Strong iPhone 4S sales helped Apple beat Samsung to become the world’s top smartphone vendor in the last quarter of 2011, technology market research firm Gartner has said in its 2011 update. Thanks to strong sales of its iPhone, which hit new carriers in the U.S., it had a 23.8 percent share in the global […]
Being insensitive to other people’s feelings and concerns and having poor personal hygiene can rapidly turn your first date into your last, according to a pre-Valentine’s Day survey of 2,415 US adults. The survey also found that women are more likely to judge quickly and break off contact if things don’t go smoothly on day […]
Indians would end up buying five times as many media tablets this year as they did during the last, consultant and research firm Frost & Sullivan said. According to the firm, which conducts regular market surveys on products, Indians bought around 60,000 tablets in 2010. This year, however, that figure is likely to grow to […]
Worldwide spending on enterprise security software and services will grow 8.7% in 2012, technology market research firm Canalys said. The total enterprise market will be $22.9 billion in 2012, even smaller vendors such as Kaspersky Lab, Panda Security, F-Secure, ESET and AVG make gains in market share. “Smaller vendors are working to displace Symantec, McAfee […]
The Internet now has 220 million (22 crore) domain names (web site addresses), according to the latest ‘Domain Name Industry Brief’ published by VeriSign, an online authentication and Internet services provider. That is about one domain for every 32 individuals on this planet, or about one for every six persons connected to the Internet. The […]
The Centre for Science and Environment or CSE, the most vocal of India’s homegrown environmental organizations, has punched holes in a government move to set fuel efficiency and emission norms for cars. It accused the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the Government body that came up with a draft proposal, of playing into the hands […]
India’s largest and oldest angel investor group, Indian Angel Network (IAN), has announced a program to fund 24 start ups in the mobile and Internet space with up to Rs 75 lakhs each. An ‘angel’ network is one that typically comes in even before the firm is in a position to seek venture capital. ‘Angels’ […]
Gurgaon-based Canaan Partners, known for its early stage investments into tech and related sectors, has pumped in $4.4 million (Rs 20 crore) into Loylty Rewardz, a “loyalty and relationship management company.” Established in 2006, Loyltly helps “conceptualize, develop and operate loyalty programs — such as discounts, rewards, contests etc.. “Loylty Rewardz helps brands achieve successful […]
