Jet Airways said it is cancelling several of its flights from and to Mumbai to cope with the situation created by incessant and heavy rains in the city. The flights include those to Vodadara, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and others. “Inclement weather in Mumbai during the last 24 hours, including the suspension of arrivals and […]
After introducing a separate showroom network for its higher-end cars by the name of NEXA, India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki said it will not overhaul, transform and rebrand its remaining car showrooms in the country. The Company targets to set up over 80 showrooms under the ARENA brand by March 2018. Progressively, existing showrooms across […]
With Reliance Jio not showing any signs of unveiling yet another ‘surprise’ offer, telecom tariffs in India seems set to rise, particularly for data. Vodafone today announced an new tariff pack that offers 1 GB of 3G or 4G data and free calls for Rs 392. However, unlike similar priced offerings by the company in […]
Korean manufacturer LG has become the first brand to launch an affordable 4K monitor in India with the launch of the 24UD58 model. The 24-inch flat UHD monitor is available at an online price ranging from Rs 25,200 to Rs 27,000 including shipping, making it far cheaper than any other 4K display in the country. […]
China’s BBK Electronics, which sells its smartphones under brands such as Oppo, Vivo and OnePlus, has emerged as the top smartphone seller in India, dislodging Samsung which had been on top for six years. Samsung, however, continues to be the top feature-phone brand in the country. Between its three brands, BBK Electronics had a total […]
The Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator is likely to start prebooking for its JioPhone device at 5:30 PM today, according to sources. Booking can done in four ways — using the company’s website Jio.com, using the MyJio app and by going to a either a Jio Store or any multi-brand store that sells the device. Customers […]
Tata Power announced its plan to set up electric vehicle charging stations across Mumbai, and has set up the first one at its compound in Vikhroli. “These chargers would facilitate electric car users to charge their cars (Battery Electric Vehicles such as the Mahindra e2O, Nissan Leaf, etc) at any time safely and conveniently. The […]
OnePlus, the Chinese smartphone maker, said it has started selling the 8GB version of its flagship phone on Amazon from today as part of its “Super Seller Week” on Amazon. The event will last till 25th August. There will also be some offers on the regular OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 3T, it said. The 8GB […]
Dish TV, one of India’s biggest DTH operators, has slashed the rates of HD and standard-definition channels to Rs 17 and Rs 8.50 each, plus a tax of 18%. Together, the cost of a single HD channel would come to around Rs 20 and that for a regular channel will come to Rs 10. The […]
Mitashi, the Mumbai-based brand, has launched what has to be cheapest curved TV in India — a 32-inch model priced at Rs 28,000. It also launched a larger, 39-inch version at priced at Rs 40,000. Both are ‘smart TVs’. “The big idea was to enter the as-yet unchartered territory of smaller Curved LED TVs and […]
BSNL, the state-owned telecommunications company, said it has decided to extent the benefits of all special recharges to its subscribers even when they’re roaming. So far, these special tariffs were available only in the home location. For example, STV 349 which offers unlimited voice call to any network only in home LSA, now the benefit […]
Reliance Jio, the telecom firm that has caught the country by storm, has started turning off the connections of those subscribers who have not recharged their mobile phones since the beginning of April. In April, it had introduced the Summer Surprise offer, and gave around four months of validity for each recharge. The validity of […]
Even as attempts are made to lower the consumption of Chinese products in India by a section of the population, Xiaomi said it has sold 50 lakh units of Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India in six months. A total of 100 mln smartphones are expected to sell in India in 2017, and going by […]
Only three public sector banks — State Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Corporation Bank — levy charges on even the smallest money transfer done via mobile phones using the National Electronic Fund Transfer or NEFT facility, data compiled from public sector banks show. None of the remaining 18 public sector banks have a […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has started registrations for an open house discussion on its upcoming recommendations on net neutrality. The open house discussion will be held on Wednesday, August 30 at 9:30 AM in New Delhi. The venue has not been finalized yet, and is likely to be fixed after the regulator gets […]
Trying to differentiate itself from regular ecommerce websites and apps, Yes Bank has launched an impulse buying app known as Tap To Shop. Unlike regular online shopping apps, Tap To Shop will be focused exclusively on delivering deals that are not available at most times. The customer must have installed the Yes Pay wallet on […]
Vodafone India said it tied up with Discovery Communications to offer 12 of its channels on its ‘Play’ app. These channels include Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery HD World, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Kids, Investigation Discovery (ID), Animal Planet HD World, TLC HD World, Discovery Tamil and sports channel DSPORT. “Vodafone Play is […]
Maruti Suzuki said it has added the auto-gearshift option to the highest variant of its ‘millenial-focused’ IGNIS small car. AGS is already available on the cheaper variants, Delta and Zeta, and cars enabled with the technology account for 27% of IGNIS Sales, the company said. The AGS version of the Alpha trim will be available […]
State Bank of India said it was enabling payment by Samsung Pay service on some of its higher debit card variants. Samsung Pay works by mimicking the ‘swiping’ action of a credit or debit card by sending a magnetic pulse. The ‘card machine’ or point of sale machine mistakes this for an actual swipe and […]
Idea Cellular, India’s third biggest telecom player by revenue, is likely to see its 4G data capacity rise to three times the current level over the next nine months, which is likely to push the price of data down further. This could impact Reliance Jio’s ability to stop its discounts and move to ‘full pricing’ […]
