Telecom

As expected, Micromax is rising on the charts. According to a recently released report, Micromax was the second most researched handset brand after Samsung in Feb 2013, while Micromax A110 Canvas 2 was the most researched handset model in…

Airtel today announced launch of its 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula taking the total number of cities to six. Airtel has already launched their 4G services in Kolkata, Bangalore and in December of last year Pune was the…

TRAI today released their monthly telecom subscriber data report for January 2013 and for 7th straight month Indian mobile subscriber numbers witnessed a fall. While it was not as severe as December 2012 (when it lost 25 mln), Jan 2013…

India will be the world's third largest smartphone market by 2017 only after China and US, according to IDC. The market intelligence firm's study predicts the Indian smartphone market to attract 2.78 crore shipments in 2013, accounting for…

How many of smartphone users out there have managed to write hindi words on your Android smartphones? Very few that too using some workarounds. But Google’s launch of Hindi keyboard as well English to Hindi transliteration keyboard has made…

84% of all smartphone owners and 92% of feature phone owners in India have prepaid connections, according to global information and measurement company Nielsen. A majority of Indian smartphone users also prefer data plans that have a fixed…

Indian mobile subscriptions saw a net increase of 11 million or 1.1 crore in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to Ericsson Mobility Report's latest edition, there were 71.3 crore mobile subscriptions in India at end of Q4 2012 as…

Apple TV has come to India – and according to various news reports, it is priced at Rs. 7900. For those who are not aware, Apple TV is a device which enables viewers to watch internet based multimedia content on TV. Apple TV retails for USD…

After defeating Nokia in Q3 of 2012, Samsung now holds the crown of the mobile phone industry in terms of market share as well as units sold, there are some areas where it seems to have lost its focus. Samsung seems to be offering less…

Supreme Court today (Friday, Feb 15th 2013) ordered Telecom firms whose licenses were revoked last year to shut down their operations in India immediately unless they have acquired fresh permits from new auction. This court order is a…

Micromax India, which started out as the go-to company for ‘budget’ mobile phones, has emerged quite positively in the smartphone market. The year 2012 has been very active for the company. With the release of Andro A60, Micromax made its…

Looks like no one can stay away from entering the Smartphone / Tablet space. Now, MTV has gone ahead and announced launch of “Swipe MTV VOLT” a 6 inch Phablet (Phone+tablet). The Phablet has been bought into the market by Swipe in…

There was once a glorious era when there was always an argument. Which is a better OS? Is it Windows, Linux or Mac OS X. Each of the OSes have their own advantages and as nothing is perfect, their disadvantage. The era has changed now. This…

The number of Telecom Subscribers have fallen further and that too in a big way. According to the monthly TRAI report, December 2012 witnessed biggest in mobile subscriber numbers till date. A fall of 2.91 percent or whopping 25.88 million!…

In India, feature phone sales are on decline and Smartphones are getting uber popular, especially with prices of Smartphones coming down drastically over past couple of years. You can now get a decent Android smartphone for around Rs. 5000,…

Reliance has become the latest in the long list of telecom operators & mobile brands who have launched their own online shop, but it is with a small twist. RCom has chosen to call it a “customer delight program”, where they will…

The Telecom subscriber growth has saturated in cities and large towns in India. If you see the latest subscriber growth reports, the numbers are actually falling in Metros and cities. At the same time, the growth of subscribers is picking…

The beginning of 2013 was favorable for Research in Motion (renamed as Blackberry). While the web media and blogs around the world poured their love by discussing, publishing a lot about leaks and rumors of Blackberry 10 OS and handsets…

On multiple occasions I have written about Blackberry. It was the first smartphone to get so much business recognition and love. Many businesses still swear by it. Android of course has left it in the tatters, but RIM did not quit. They did…

Update: We have published a new article comparing the 3G Data plans of various mobile operators for 2014.  India’s 3G market opened up on an expensive note. The plans were initially un-economical, but Airtel was the first aggressor…