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Timesdeal.com Mobile recharge deal gets 50k orders in a Day [Superhit?]
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 launches free Twitter access on Mobile!
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.…
Bharti Airtel crosses 50 million subscribers in Africa !
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.…
8GB iPhone 4 to cost Indians Rs. 37,900…ridiculous!
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…
Stolen Mobiles to be history soon – TRAI plans on IMEI blocking !
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.…
Pakistan’s Telecom Authority ridiculously Bans 1600 words from SMSes, DoT/ TRAI please…
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…
Blackberry Losing The Enterprise Smartphone Market Share To iPhone!
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…
Weekly Wrap-up: Google+ Pages, Internet User Growth, DND implementation, Inflation, India Growth…
Here is a quick wrap-up of some of the buzzing posts of last week that were published on Trak.in & TGF. Inflation has been so high so consistently that Indians have no choice but to get used to it. The only thing they can do is…
Did DND implementation make any difference?
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…
Airtel Picks Customer Experience Management Solution from Nokia Siemens – Will Twitter…
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…
Weekly Wrap-up: Reliance 4G tablet, Bribery Index 2011, Most Powerful People, Bank Interest Rates…
Here is a quick wrap-up of some of the buzzing posts of last week that were published on Trak.in. The Tablet race is on - Anyone even remotely connected to Telecom Industry is launching their own tablets. But, looks like Reliance…
Reliance to bring 4G tablet with Datawind for Rs. 5000!
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 Tablet travels to America – Gets decent reviews!
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…
5 cool techie gifts for this festive season!
One of the biggest headaches during festive season is - Gifting! Are you heading into the festive season with boxes of sweets and firecrackers that are losing their value day by day? Instead of taking consumables that practically leave no…
11 digit phone numbering plan shelved – to free up existing numbers!
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…
Tata unifies all CDMA, GSM and Photon consumers on brand Tata Docomo!
This is an excellent move by Tata Teleservices. According to the latest press release sent to us - Tata has decided that it will bring all their CDMA, GSM as well as Photon consumers all under one brand - Tata Docomo! Over last couple of…
What’s wrong with BSNL – They have disconnected IDEA, Vodafone & others from their…
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…
Ice Cream Sandwich – Newest Android version with NFC Awesomeness!
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…
Want to turn your Android phone into iPhone? Try Espier Launcher!
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…
Katrina Kaif most searched term for Mobile Videos – Anna Hazare 7th!
Katrina Kaif’s popularity over the years has only increased - The web and mobile searches for her name clearly point to that. In fact, the she has 3 times as many searches compared to second placed Jacqueline Fernandez when it comes to…