The government of India on Tuesday gave the industry a glimpse of what is in store under its ‘New Telecom Policy’ of 2011. According to people who were present in a round table conference organized on Tuesday, telecom minister Sibal reiterated that he will indeed carry out all the reforms he had promised when he […]
Crisil Research expects average wholesale price inflation to fall slightly to 7% in the coming financial year from the 7.7% estimated for the current year, and sees the RBI cutting interest rates by a quarter of a percent in its monetary policy review on January 29. The agency, part of the ratings group CRISIL, made […]
At any given time, around 25,000 to 40,000 phones in the country are being tapped by the government, according to numbers given by the home ministry today. Replying to a question on phone-tapping, junior home minister Gurudas Kamat said 7,500 to 9,000 orders for starting of new phone-tapping are issued every month. The maximum duration […]
Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, has the highest number of 3G-enabled towers in India, while Delhi has the highest 3G penetration in India, according to official numbers. In fact, at present, Delhi has more 3G towers than Maharashtra (which, in telecom license area, excludes Mumbai, but is still 206 times bigger than the national capital.) The […]
Growth of the Indian retail industry, which includes biggies like the Future Value Retail (Big Bazaar), Reliance, Aditya Birla Retail, Landmark Group (Max) and Tata’s Infiniti Retail, is likely to slow down in 2013 due to the reduced purchasing power of consumers, the India Ratings unit of Fitch said. It warned that consumers in India […]
Close on the heels of the quad-core Karbonn S1 Titanium, competitor Spice has launched a dual-core phone with a 5.3 inch display with qHD (quarter HD) resolution. Priced at Rs 14,000, the device is remarkable only in that it has a larger than usual display, though the Karbonn A30 has an even bigger 5.9 inch […]
Falling commodity prices will slightly improve profit margins, while overall revenue in Indian corporate sector is likely to have increased 11-13% in the last three months of 2012, Crisil Research said. Crisil’s forecast is neither too gloomy, nor too rosy, as it points to strong volume growth only in 11 out of 28 key sectors […]
After being postponed seven times over two months, one of the strongest Linux operating systems – Fedora – has released its latest version — Fedora 18, or the Spherical Cow. The biggest attraction about the release probably that it’s finally out. Unlike the six months that it usually takes, the release has taken about eight, […]
Google has launched its third annual science fair for children and the deadline for submissions is April 30. As always, the Google Science Fair 2013 will also have two rounds. The first round will be in June when 90 regional finalists will be selected – 30 from the Americas, 30 from Asia Pacific and 30 […]
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 […]
After close to two years, Acer, the world’s fourth largest PC brand, has introduced a tablet to the Indian market – the Iconia B1. The tablet is only likely to appeal to those who want to use it indoors (or where Wifi is available), and want a portable tablet of 7 inches, and fails to […]
PJ Kurien, deputy Rajya Sabha chairman and a prominent Congress leader from Kerala has found himself in the middle of a raging media storm in Kerala, with a TV channel running an interview with the victim of the infamous Suryanelli gang rape case. The victim, who was 16 years old at the time of the […]
India’s current account deficit (CAD) reached an all-time record of $22.4 billion in the quarter ended September 2012, even as capital account inflows rose sharply in reaction to government’s economic reforms, according to Reserve Bank of India numbers compiled by Crisil Research. Current account refers to ‘permanent’ movement of money into the country, such as […]
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 […]
A Patiala House court has started the process of framing of charges against Suresh Kalmadi in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) case. The CBI’s chargesheet against Kalmadi, chairman of the Commonwealth Games organizing committee, and his associates accuses them of causing a loss of about Rs 100 crore to the nation. Framing of charges marks the […]
If you are wondering why Ubuntu, arguably the third most popular operating system for the PC, thinks it can take on Android, the top mobile OS also built on top of Linux – the answer may lie in two aspects – speed and a hybrid nature. Ubuntu says its phone will be “blazingly fast” as, […]
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 […]
It’s been only a week since Videocon launched India’s first HD display 10-inch tablet in the Rs 11,000 range, but the reign of the Videcon V10 as the most value for money tablet in India has been cut short by the Spice Mi-1010, launched today. Many of the specifications are the same, including the 1.5 […]
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 alleviation of the alleged harmful effects of mobile towers (EMR) on human health has become more complicated with the Department of Telecom rebuffing a suggestion by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on the subject. Apparently piqued over a recent directive by the environment ministry seeking new limits on the number of cellular towers, […]
