Telecom

The Indian telecom industry has seen monumental growth this year. The scale and speed has been like never before. From getting more customers, increasing their revenues, addition of newer players, moving on to 3G – there has been a lot of…

Yeah you heard that right, Reliance Tablet for Rs. 8000...that to LTE (commonly called as 4G)... India is still getting itself to familiarize with 3G tablets and looks like it will take a leap forward and get the Long Term Evaluation (LTE)…

When it comes to National Security, Indian Government has been quite stern on putting down rules and regulations. Things like Mobile phones with no IMEI numbers are now thing of past due to this. Even a company like RIM had to bow down to…

2010 has undoubtedly been the year of smartphones – The all in one device that takes care of literally every digital need of a youth, be it Email, Social Networking, photography, chatting, messaging, gaming. You name it and today’s…

We had an untoward incident on trak.in, which was actually quite dis-heartening – One of our very new authors wrote an article which was very similar to one published on Hindustan Times, and we were blamed from plagiarism. After I looked at…

The number of mobile subscribers in the country has reached 723 million as of last month. Over the next couple of years, the penetration of mobile services across the nation particularly in the rural areas is expected to increase manifold.…

We get so consumed by new technology innovations like mobile phones and smartphones that we forget what world was like without them. It’s been close to ten years now since I laid my hands on a mobile phone. Since then much has changed and I…

It is quite interesting that hundreds and thousands of articles are written on Mobile phones, but majority of them only talk about GSM phones. CDMA has not really been written much about. I have been using a Reliance CDMA connection for…

The day has arrived. The company which is giving global majors like Nokia and Samsung a run of their money has launched its first Android phone which costs around Rs. 8000. The company in questions is Micromax and it has A6o – its first…

Mobile Number Portability is well and truly here after near unending delays over past couple of years. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal unveiled mobile number portability in Haryana on 25th November. Most of the country will have this facility…

After a dull previous week, trak.in had a great last week with some real good articles getting published. Here is a quick round-up of our Top posts. From this week onwards, we will also be including post from our sister blog The Gadget Fan.…

Recently released State of Mobile Web Report by Opera confirms the fact that growth of Mobile Internet is continuing at a hectic pace. October 2010 saw a growth of 355.2 percent as compared to last year October. Here are some of the…

Over at the TGF (The Gadget Fan) we have been compiling a lot of data on Tablets and Mobile phone scenario in India. Infact, over the next few days we will be offering quite a few interesting statistics on how new gadgets are getting…

The Indian telecom industry has been witness to all 3 S’s – the Successful growth story, the Slump in tariff rates and now even the Spectrum scam that has not only rocked the nation and but also entangled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with…

How much importance does a logo or signature tune have for a brand? And that too for a brand that has established itself in the field of telecom, which is one of utmost competition with operators making a beeline for supremacy. Airtel which…

With the saga of Spectrum Raja coming to a final inglorious end, it is time for catharsis & reflection. It is unbelievable that such a scandal feels like a new story, every time. The DMK and the Congress have shown defiance and have yet…

Do you want to send Free SMS from Internet? Tired of sending smses through your mobile screen? Do you want to send free smses to many people at a go? There are many Free SMS solutions available on the Internet, and here is a run-down on…

Finally, much awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab has launched in India, however, the price of this device is a big dampener. Yes, it is feature-rich and probably has everything that you need in a good tablet, but at Rs. 38,000, it caters to the…

Samsung Galaxy Tab is finally here and you can start ordering right away from Flipkart. But let me tell you, it does not come cheap – At Rs. 38,000 it does dig a deep hole in your pocket. Although, it will officially be shipped on 11th…

A tablet PC or a mobile internet device (MID) has taken the world by storm. Steve Jobs marketing genius and Apple’s larger than life brand made sure that millions of iPads were sold. iPad sales are limited by the supply and not by demand…