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India adds another 20 million Telecom Subscribers in Jan
The Telecom Subscription growth does not stop at anything. Nearly an year back, we were averaging about 12 million subscribers a month – I had thought that in next 12 months the monthly growth rate should stabilize to around 10 million,…
Android Market Apps fastest growing – Iphone Market the Biggest !
Currently we have 6 main Mobile Operating Systems that mobile phones run on – Apple, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian and Blackberry. Every OS has its own Marketplace which allows its users to down and install…
Single Sim, Dual Sim and Now Triple Sim Mobile Phones
Innovation in Mobile Hardware / Software is reaching its boiling point – From Rs 500 basic Mobile Phones to low cost 3G handsets to super charged Open source Mobile operating systems – The whole dynamics of mobile Industry is changing…
Vodafone Launches Lowest-Cost mobile phone, beats Nokia to it !
We just wrote about Nokia announcing ultra low cost mobile phone in India in near future that would roughly cost you Rs. 500/-. Vodafone UK, however, have beat them to it – Although not exactly Rs, 500 phone, they have launched world’s…
Bharti Airtel’s Wild Acquisition Plans Seem To Be Backfiring
May be it’s only me, but looks like Bharti Airtel is hell bent on chasing Fool’s Gold. Bharti has been chasing inorganic growth at a maddening pace primarily to expand globally. One of the top most telecom operators in India,…
Nokia brings 3g mobile to masses at less than Rs. 5000 – basic mobile at Rs. 500 !
Although 3G services are seeing tremendous hurdles and delays in India – 3g mobile phones are new market flavour. Nokia, who still has leading mobile handset market share in India has been facing stiff competition in recent times.
To…
Open Bank account from your nearest Grocery shop – operate from mobile
This is really interesting – State Bank of India has announced that it will soon offer no-frills bank account for needy - which will be used only through mobile phone. According to this article in telegraph, this project is only for…
Mobile Internet audience mirrors General Web usage pattern globally
This is a actually a bit of surprise. I always thought that Mobile Internet usage was more tilted in favor of Micro-blogging and email. However, recent Nielsen report suggests that the Mobile Internet usage by consumers mirrors the general…
Telecom Tuesday: 3G Delay, Telecom Subscriber growth, Industry consolidation and more…
Wow ! Lot has been happening around Indian Telecom Industry and last week was no different. Many of our readers have complained that we are covering mostly Telecom and Technology – But we cant stay away from it – It just keeps buzzing…
Mobile Internet Users grow 245% [India] – Facebook becomes most popular mobile social network…
Opera today released the state of mobile web report which found that Facebook usage by Mobile users has jumped over 600% compared to last to become the most popular Mobile social network. Unique users of Facebook grew more than 600% during…
Very soon mobile users can directly file complaint online to TRAI
Are complaints to your mobile company going on deaf ears? Worry not – soon TRAI will be launching an online complaint management system where dissatisfied Indian Mobile users can directly file a complaint about their telecom service…
Bharti Airtel now enters cloud – Ties up with LimeLight to setup CDN in India
Content Delivery over the Web is getting bigger and everyone is jumping into it - Literally every week couple of announcements related to it. The latest is the list is Bharti Airtel who have announced their entry into Content Delivery (CDN)…
Your Landline numbers will now soon be 10 Digits!
If you know last year TRAI had announced that it will introduce 11 digit mobile numbers, as India is expected to run out of existing ones in less than 2 years time. TRAI had never expected that it will witness such meteoric Mobile…
20 Mbps Broadband From MTNL , Too Good To Be True
High Speed Internet Connectivity in India might as well be called an Oxymoron.Despite the larger than life claims from the Service providers, the broadband speeds have been rather sub standard or even if they deliver on the speed , the…
Mobile Application Platform from Infosys – Flypp !
Its high time our IT service providers moved into Product development (especially for Web & Mobile) and creating IP for themselves rather than just servicing clients. These are the companies best suited to take the risk creating cutting…
Increasing mobile penetration in rural India: one-phone/multiple-numbers at a time.
Comvivia, which was formerly Bharati telesoft, has developed a new virtual SIM technology that allows multiple mobile phone numbers to be associated with a particular handset/physical SIM card such that you do not require a dual SIM…
Telecom Tuesday: Indian Telephone Subscriber Base reaches 525 Million !
TRAI has released the latest numbers on growth of Indian Telephone Subscribers. The story is all too familiar from what we have witnessed over last couple of Years. Another Month with Bumper addition of Subscribers (close to 17 Million).…
Tata DOCOMO raises bar: 1 paisa per Second for local roaming & STD – Even SMSes could be…
Tata DOCOMO is at it again – They have now raised the bar (in lowering mobile call tariffs ) even further. If you thought per second pulse for local call was good, Check this out - Tata DOCOMO has introduced 1 paisa per second Billing…
TRAI fixes the fee for number portability
Telecom sector has been the talk of the town ever since DOCOMO created a stir with its per second billing. What followed was a continuous barrage of price wars among the competitors with Reliance heading the pack. Eventually TRAI made it…
Broadband for Rural India
You must be joking right? When seamless broadband connectivity is a dream even for the urban population, how is the broadband going to spread to the rural areas with little or no infrastructure in place. But, BSNL is out there to change…