Reliance Jio is potentially a formidable competitor in India’s telecom sector, credit rating agency Moody’s said, saying the ratings of all telecom companies will be impacted negatively due to the launch of services by Reliance Jio next year. “It will enter the Indian telecom space as a well-capitalized entity, supported by the financial muscle of […]
After Reliance Communications, which announced that it is expanding its 3G services to five more circles today, Aircel Cellular and Tata DoCoMO are expected to make similar announcements later this month. Reliance Communications has tied up with the above companies to launch 3G services in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and UP-East. Together, the […]
After its spectacular success in porting in high-spending customers using its unlimited voice, data and SMS offer at an effective cost of around Rs 500 per month, Reliance Communications has decided to forge ahead aggressively with an cheap 40-paise-per-minute offer for all India customers. Under the new scheme, roaming charges will not apply. This is […]
A slew of cheap octacore phones have hit the Indian market over the last one month, starting with the iBerry Auxus Nuclea X, Gionee Elife S 5.5, Intex Aqua Octa and ending with the launch of the Panasonic P81, Wickedleak Wammy Neo, Alcatel One touch IDOL X+ and the Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus in the last […]
Reliance Industries said it will spend Rs 4,000 crore to acquire control of Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd, the owner of the CNN IBN channel and sister concerns like CNBC TV18, IBN 7, Firstpost.com etc. The Mukesh Ambani firm will make open offer to acquire shares held by minority shareholders in Network18. The acquisition […]
A day after B Saikumar resigned from his position as CEO of Network18, his second in command, Raman Deep Singh Bawa, has also put in his papers. The reason for his resignation was not clear. Network18 has recently found its business news division underperforming, while its general news division has been doing well. The company […]
After fighting it out for a decade, Samsung finally dethroned Nokia in the Indian mobile phone market — rising to number one with a 20.3% market share in the March quarter compared to Nokia’s 17.6%. Micromax came third in terms of shipments. Samsung’s victory was the result of a sharp increase in its sales during […]
With the removal of the restrictions on intra-circle 3G roaming between telecom operators, Vodafone India has restarted 3G services in 13 states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. Vodafone follows Idea and Airtel in restarting their 3G services under intra-circle roaming pacts. Intra circle roaming pact […]
Idea Cellular has restarted 3G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other places as of today. The rates and prices for 3G have been kept the same as they were before the services were stopped by the department of telecom for allegedly contravening license conditions. Idea will charge Rs 250 for 1 GB […]
Reliance Communications will upgrade its high-speed CDMA network in data-intensive areas to 3.5G for speeds of up to 14.7 Mbps this year, the company said. Currently, RCom’s networks are on the EVDO standard Revision A and supports speeds of upto 3.1 Mbps. This will be upgraded to EVDO Rev B, which will be about five […]
For long, CDMA users, especially those of Reliance Communications and Tata DoCoMo, had no real choice of decent 5-inch Android phones on offer. To some extent, the Micromax Canvas Blaze HD EG116 filled the gap for a 5-inch Android CDMA Evdo phone, but the phone’s availability is severely restricted. Besides, at nearly Rs 16,000, the […]
Bharti Airtel has restarted its intra-circle roaming agreement with Vodafone India and Idea Cellular to offer 3G services where it doesn’t already have 3G spectrum, but it has used the occassion to jack up 3G prices in these areas. While earlier, Airtel was offering 3G data at the same rate across the country, whether using […]
Idea Cellular will launch 3G services in Punjab in May, in Delhi by about February, and launch 4G services in eight states after that. Idea had got possession of its 3G spectrum in Punjab earlier this year after the courts forced the Department of Telecom to give hand over the spectrum to the operator. Talking […]
Reliance Communications said it has tied up with other operators to offer free 3G roaming across India. According to market sources, the operators are likely to be Tata DoCoMo and Aircel, and 3G subscribers of these two operators will also be able to roam on Reliance’s 3G network. RCom has 3G in Mumbai, Delhi and […]
Have you been waiting for an Android qwerty phone with a physical keypad for years? Well, there’s both good news and bad news for you. First the good news. The space for Android phones with a real physical qwerty keyboard has started getting addressed with the launch of the Intex Aqua Qwerty. Now, the bad […]
The Tata Group will have to shell out at least $1.2 bln (7,250 crore) to NTT DoCoMo before June end if they are not able to find a buyer for its stake in Tata DoCoMo, the telecom company. Tata Group has been trying to get a buyer, but has so far met with little success. […]
Hathway Cable will launch its 50 Mbps broadband service in Hyderabad in May, followed by Delhi and Kolkata later this year. According to an agency report, the cable service provider has already launched its 50 Mbps plans in Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai. Hathway will charge about Rs 750 for 25 GB of usage at 50 […]
After tying up contracts for leasing out towers and inter-city (between city) fibre connections, Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications has signed a deal with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm to lease out intra-city (within city) fibre to connect individual towers. The agreement comes three months after RCom said it was in talks with Reliance Jio to […]
Flipboard, often billed as the Google News of the mobile world, has won its first media client in India in the shape of Condé Nast, the global publisher that runs magazines such as Vogue and The New Yorker. Vogue India has become the first magazine from India to have a customized version made available on […]
Tablets will overtake traditional PCs in monthly shipments somewhere in the second half of this year, according to the latest projection from Gartner Inc. The market tracker has pointed to total shipments of 276.7 mln PCs in 2014 compared to 270.7 mln tablets. While that looks like it favors the PC market, it also means […]
