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Blackberry sets up its server in Mumbai
After nearly 2 years, Blackberry has finally agreed to setup its server in Mumbai, India. This controversy has had quite a effect on Blackberry’s business in India. According to the latest report by convergence catalyst, Blackberry…
RIM, Nokia and Apple provide Backdoor access to Indian Govt. for exchange of Indian market presence!
This looks like precisely the reason why Government has been so silent on matters pertaining to access of data from biggies like Nokia, RIM, Apple and others. They made a big hue & cry about it earlier last year, but everything went…
TRAI directs Telecom Operators to provide Web Based Complaint Monitoring System to users!
An excellent directive from consumer perspective for sure - TRAI yesterday came out with a directive that stating Every service provider shall, within forty-five days of coming into force of these regulations, establish a…
Airtel’s new innovative “Call me Back” SMS Service can be boon in tough times!
I am sure you have heard this phrase often - “Arre yaar mujhe missed call de de sirf” - Missed call phenomenon is rampant in India and it is for a reason. It helps millions of people in India communicate for free. It is also something…
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…
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…
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…
BSNL’s Interconnectivity move – Yet another Air India in making ?
While you may be enjoying free incoming calls on your BSNL land line network, the state-run service provider actually charges other private operators for termination of mobile calls on their network. Mobile termination and telecom carrier…
Monthly Mobile Subscriber Additions drop drastically to 6.67 mln in July [TRAI report]
So the trend continues - This is 5th straight month when Mobile subscriptions have fallen - and pretty sharp fall at that. I have covering mobile subscriber addition data since 2007, and this must be probably lowest that I have witnessed.…
Tata Indicom Hack – Anyone can see anyone’s details!
Disclaimer: This post is essentially to let Tata Indicom know that they have serious security hole in their website. They need to get in touch with us urgently, so we can make them aware of what this security flaw is. Just came to know…
IMImobile’s “My SMS” app allows SMS in local language!
India probably has the highest volume of SMS exchange through-out the world, except maybe China - Millions of SMSes are sent and received on daily basis, yet till today mobile subscribers do not have facility to send and receive smses in…
India reaches 851 Mln Mobile Subscribers –13 Mln make MNP requests!
The mobile subscriber growth is slowing down – As per the TRAI report released yesterday, June 2011 witnessed addition of 11.41 Million new Mobile Subscribers, which is lesser than previous months. Take a look at the drop in mobile…
BSNL Launches VVoB [Voice & Video over Broadband]
Before you say “what’s the big deal about it”, here is the thing - VVoB does not require you to have a computer or a 3G mobile phone. You can do it from a normal landline as long as you have a Video phone! BSNL has been trying to bring…
Top 20 Mobile Operators in World –Bharti 5th in subscribers, but 17th on revenue!
India has 2nd largest subscriber base after China in the world, yet only one Indian telecom company – Bharti Airtel - figures in the Top 20 Mobile Operators in the world based on revenues. Top Mobile Operators in world based on…
India adds 20 Mn Mobile subscribers in March –MNP requests sky-rocket!
According to the latest report (March 2011) released by TRAI – India now has a total of 846.32 Million Telecom subscribers, comprising of of 811.59 Mobile subscribers & 34.73 wireline subscribers. The Indian Tele-density now stands at…
India crosses 800 Million Telecom Subscribers –Adds 19m mobile users in Jan!
The Indian Telecom subscriber count has reached 806.13 Million by end of January 2011, thanks to unabated growth in mobile subscribers. India added 18.99 Million new Mobile subscribers in January to take the total mobile subscriber count to…
Which Indian Telecom Provider offers Best 3G mobile services? [Poll]
I have already got on the 3G bandwagon – Have used 3G data card and also 3G sim card on mobile and I have not been too happy with it. I am not going to name the provider – But this post essentially is to find out from collective wisdom of…