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Mobile Banking is the future of financial transactions going forward - With over 800 million Indian users carrying mobile phones, it becomes an ubiquitous platform to push financial inclusion across the masses. It is expected that Mobile…

I am sure you have heard this phrase often - “Arre yaar mujhe missed call de de sirf” - Missed call phenomenon is rampant in India and it is for a reason. It helps millions of people in India communicate for free. It is also something…

Airtel has released its annual customer preferences survey - Airtel Mobitude 2011 - of over 170 Million of its mobile subscribers. Except for Kolaveri Di unexpected success, most of the findings are pretty much in line with general mobile…

Mobile recharge deal offered by TimesDeal.com on December 1st seems to have been a big hit with users. According to the numbers released by ToI today, they witnessed over 50,000 deals in a single day. The mobile recharge deal, where users…

Airtel today announced that it will be offering free twitter access to Airtel mobile users till 1st March 2012. This announcement will enable over 170 million Airtel mobile users to enjoy free Twitter access via mobile.twitter.com.…

About 20 months ago, telecom service provider Bharti Airtel was termed as emerging market multinational when it acquired most of the African assets of Kuwait’s Zain Telecom for a $10.7 billion deal to fulfill its global aspirations.…

If iPhone 4S wasn’t a shock enough wait till you hear this. No not the HTC Sensation Xl’s 39K price tag but this comes from our beloved half bitten fruit itself. Apple has chosen to reduce the memory on the iPhone 4 to 8GB and chosen to…

Have you ever been approached by a roadside stranger selling you a second hand mobile phone at an unbelievable discount? In all probability, it could well be a lost or stolen mobile handset detached from the SIM card of the aggrieved party.…

OK, I am pretty sure Indian Telecom bosses will not do the same, but you can never vouch for Babu’s in India…can you? If you have already not heard about it, Pakistan’s Telecom Authority has come out with a ruling that all the telecom…

Turns out that Blackberry has lost its stronghold on the  only niche segment that it prided itself. Yes, iPhone has unseated Blackberry as the most preferred smartphone in the workplace. According to the quarterly mobile workforce…

Its been over a month since the new ruling over Do Not Disturb registry came into effect. I want to put forth this question to all our trak.in readers - Did this new DND ruling make any difference? The reason I am asking this question is…

Ok, the last part of the title might have been a cheap shot but I thought it was necessary for my thoughts later in the post. On to the matters of more importance now. Bharti Airtel has chosen to implement a new customer experience…

Reliance Industries could probably team up with Aakash tablet maker, Datawind to bring a 4G tablet. Not just a 4G tablet but possibly the cheapest tablet by a big brand available commercially. The ambitious target of both Reliance and…

Aakash, which received nothing but flak from most of the media, is sailing across the Atlantic to meet some Americans. I’m not sure if this will be available for retail. In fact, I would advise, Datawind, Aakash tablet makers to not do…

Looks like Indian Department of telecommunication has decided against the proposed 11 digit phone numbering system. The 11 digit numbering system was proposed due to meteoric rise in the mobile subscribers, that exhausted the mobile numbers…

Since last Saturday I am unable to make calls from my idea connection to any number on BSNL network connections. This is most likely due to the non-payment of interconnect usage charges (IUC) by Private Mobile Operators. IUC are essentially…

The internet has been abuzz with the launch of Android’s latest Mobile Operating System and it comes in with lot of goodies including NFC or the Near Field Communication in form on Android Beam! Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich seems to be the…

No matter what the Android supporters have to say, iPhone still has some cool looks. It’s ironic that none of the manufacturers tried to copy that look for many of their unpopular skins. Now an app will do what many should have done…

Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant." - Mitchell Kapor If this quote has made you laugh, think twice about it. What would we do without technology in our daily lives? We're so used to…

Here is the first news that has come out - The price of the MHRD’s Aakash Tablet is going to be Rs. 2276 and it will be available in retail. It was previously thought that it will only be available to students. But that’s not the case, it…