A study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner pointed out that global sales of mobile phones decreased 2% in Q1 2012 for the first time after a similar trend back in the Q2 2009. Leading mobile manufacturer Samsung topped mobile phone sales worldwide in the same period with
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S Mobility, the company behind Spice brand have launched a mobile phone which has ability to receive analogue TV signals. The mobile handset called Spice FLO TV M-5600 allows users to watch free to Air Channels live. The concept of watching TV on mobile is not new – but
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In 2011, Nielsen’s Survey titled Mobile Youth Around the World pointed out that 97% of the Indian youth use prepaid mobile connections. Assuming that the numbers haven’t changed drastically, the recent announcement by mobile giant Vodafone to hike its call tariff for postpaid users in the Mumbai circle by
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One of the biggest reasons why 3G has not really taken off in India even after close to 2 years is because of sky-high prices. 3G prices are currently atleast 5 times higher than normal 2g connections. From Telecom Operator’s point of view, it is very difficult for them
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TRAI has released an amendment to the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999, that has now made it mandatory for all Telecom Service providers in India to offer per second billing. Although, most providers already have it, there was no rule making it mandatory for them to offer one second billing
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Airtel became the first Indian telecom operator to launch 4G (4th Generation in Mobile Network Technology) services when it was launched in Kolkata on Tuesday. 4G services are based on LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology which is capable of offering speeds of upto 40 mbps, three times that of
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The aftermath of 122 Telecom license cancellation ruling by Supreme Court earlier this year continues – After S Tel and Etisalat DB, Loop Mobile will be 3rd mobile operator to shut its operation in 13 circles. The 13 circles where Loop Telecom is closing down its operations are —
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It is clear that telecom growth has tapered down. Previous average growth rate (from 2007 to 2011) was about 15 million subscribers per month, which is now averaging about 7 million per month. According to the latest report by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which publishes telecom numbers
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GSMA India has come out with a report that puts forth some interesting growth numbers for mobile Broadband connections in India. According to the press release India is slated to become 2nd largest Mobile Broadband market globally in next four years with 367 million Mobile Broadband connections by 2016.
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This is something which Vodafone should be really proud about – They have set a Guinness World Record for an uninterrupted call of 25 hours 11 minutes & 40 second. That’s an entire day and some more… The uninterrupted telephone conversation which started on March 28th, 2012 at 12
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