Telecom

I had really thought that Indian Telecom companies are digging their grave by slashing their rates to bare minimum and offering schemes like one second billing to keep their share in Indian Telecom pie But here is something that has…

Can you think of an advertisement campaign that became a phenomenon? Rather, an advertisement character that caught the eyeballs of one and all? I am sure you don’t have to think too much and probably already have the answer - An…

Mobile Banking is one of the most popular services used by Indians – More than 43.7 million mobile users used Mobile banking services in one form or the other. Here are the breakup of various Mobile Banking services used for the…

I am seriously tempted to buy it…. As soon as I read the press release that Amazon has slashed Kindle rates and now is offered globally across countries – My first reaction: Is it available in India? Yes, it is very much available…

“8” is the new “9” – Till now Mobile numbers have always been identified as starting with number 9, but that will change now. Reliance and Idea have launched new mobile number series starting with…

Last 3 months seem to be all about Tata Docomo. First it was innovative launch advertising, then it was fantastic one second plan and now it is Unlimited GPRS plans. Not to mention the per call billing offering from its sister concern CDMA…

I am sure many of you have have made payments on your mobile earlier – but in all cases it requires a GPRS or Internet enabled phones. I just came across a new service launched by Galileo and Paymate in India – Msmart - that allows…

I have been closely following the reports and surveys on usage of mobile phones and its services by Indian users. Today I stumbled upon an Interesting survey by InMobi – the results of which really surprised me. In all the previous…

Did you think Tata Docomo’s per second billing was ground-breaking. Wait to hear this - Tata Indicom, the CDMA arm of Tata Teleservices, has just unveiled an innovative pay-per-call plan. It is completely different from traditional per…

Opera released the numbers for Mobile Internet usage for the month of July and as expected there is tremendous growth YoY in Mobile Internet Usage. Opera Mini is supposedly the most widely downloaded mobile app, so this  reports is…

It quite interesting how soon things are changing. Just 5 years back, when anyone used to call US /UK from India, it used to cost a bomb ! Close to 20 rupees per minute (or even higher), over last few years ISD costs have come down and now…

There have been lot of questions I have come across recently regarding Mobile TV, so thought it would be a good time to let our readers to know more about it. What is Mobile TV? Mobile TV is a service which allows cell phone owners to…

Tata DoCoMo – Do the new “Do the new” is the tagline of Tata’s GSM service. It is not a complete sentence and yet complete. I am really not sure if it is grammatically correct but I really don’t care. It is…

This is the 3rd and concluding post in our India Telecom Report series that looks at details of Wireless (GSM + CDMA Mobile) subscribers in India. Unlike Wireline Subscribers, these numbers have been exploding quarter on quarter. TRAI had…

We are publishing a 3 part series that will highlight the performance of Indian Telecom sector. India Telecom Report: Broadband & Internet India Telecom Report: Wireline Subscribers India…

With the advent of Smartphones, everyone today is talking about Internet on mobiles, 3G speeds etc etc. However, SMS, a traditional short message service on mobile, even today is pretty much the most frequently used feature after…

India is currently the 2nd largest Mobile Market in the world after China, adding nearly 10-12 million subscribers on average monthly. At the end of April 2009, Indian Mobile subscriber base was pegged at 403.66 million, as per recent…

Between speed and perfection choose speed. - Sunil Mittal Airtel, India's top telecom company has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Manchester United for providing exclusive Man U content on Airtel mobiles. The exact amount is not…

Airtel is trying out something new. Not radically new but new nevertheless. A phone can have 10 numbers attached to it and it will only have one SIM. The dual SIM technology and the ruckus around it turned out to be a big waste of time.…

If you are noticing India Inc's moves of late then you are bound to notice a trend. Most of the companies are rushing for the rural areas. Be it telecom, banking, computing or the auto industry. What prompts the companies to look for rural…