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With the BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal recently announcing that BSNL’s infrastructure to support Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is ready and testing on the gateway is in progress, the deadline of October 31st for MNP to be rolled-out in India…

In our earlier post, we saw as to how low-cost desi brands have been carving out a niche for themselves in the Indian mobile phone market. Most of this market share has been robbed off from the leading multinational brands such as Nokia and…

Micromax, Lava, Spice, Zen, Karbonn and many other Indian handset brands are making more than a mark in the market today. They have together occupied more than 14% market share. The best part for them is that this has been at the cost of…

While I was studying in school, mobile phones were not so popular - or for that matter highly unaffordable then – for the student communities to take them in school or colleges. However, the pace of mobile revolution that we’ve witnessed…

Given the two options – a fixed line phone and a mobile phone – in front of you, which one would you latch on to make an instant call to your colleague? With the call charges almost same on both the connections (infact, even lower…

Its really amazing to see the Mobile subscriber growth month on month – I have been covering these TRAI figures for past 3 years now, and there is hardly any month which has seen less than 10 million mobile subscribers added. Infact, last…

Last weeks biggest news undoubtedly was the launch of low-cost $35 tablet by the Indian Government for Educational purposes. Trak.in saw huge surge of traffic as we managed to bring out this news before anyone else and also procured some…

Are you a pre-paid card user for your mobile connection? If yes, here is some small suggestion for you to take a note about – if you’re the one who value every bit of your penny or talk-time value. Personally, I’ve been a pre-paid mobile…

3G on Mobile promises to bring about a sea-change in how we use data on our mobile phones. The higher speeds of 3G will allow consumers to do things that would not have been possible with existing GPRS / Edge internet services. 3g internet…

The biggest news of last week undoubtedly was the finalization of new Indian Rupee Symbol. India has now joined the ranks of Elite countries who boast a unique currency symbol of their own. Although, we have a new symbol now, the process in…

In last 12 – 18 months we have seen smaller Indian Mobile companies like Micromax, Spice, Karbonn, Zen, lemon Mobiles & fly gaining rapid market share due to there aggressive pricing & marketing efforts along with feature rich…

Just imagine this situation - your grand-ma who is situated at her remote native place with abysmally low internet penetration, sends you an email to enquire about your well-being and, at the same time, forwarding her medical reports to get…

As per the previous circular, it was supposed to be implemented by June 30th - we have now already crossed that date. The new date fixed for MNP implementation is 31st October 2010. So another 4 months wait for probably another postponed…

Finally, it is here – A Solar powered Mobile phone – It is surprising that Mobile sector has seen a lot of innovation, but not much has happened when it came to powering / charging mobile through this abundantly available source of Energy.…

If you are a mobile user in India, chances are very high that you are troubled by the ever increasing spam SMS. Irrespective of whether you are registered with NDNC or not, you undergo the pain of reading those pesky text messages offering…

In this competitive era, the corporate world is increasingly looking to squeeze in maximum possible benefits from their current set up of infrastructure and support services. If your reach is spread across the most diverse geographical…

iPhone 4 is right now the talk of the town – The slimmest Smartphone with highest resolution display phone is coming to India through Vodafone as per their latest press statement. However, no other details are published yet on their…

iPhone 4 was announced yesterday by Steve Jobs at WWDC 2010 conference in San Francisco. As many had expected, the next generation iPhone 4 comes with host of new features with some of them being first to be introduced in a mobile phone…

Mobile applications probably consume more user’s mobile time as compared to their core features of voice and messaging. Over last few years, mobile users are increasingly using mobile phones for social networking, gaming & music.…

The process of 3G spectrum auction is over and it could well be only a matter of few months, say roughly around October, before the telecom operators roll out this premium next generation technology and services. And, guess what? Well, no…