2016

The much controversial company, Ringing Bells, launched the Freedom 251 smartphones, touted as the cheapest smartphone in the world. The mystery around the cheapest smartphone could not be solved, and the company quickly went out of the…

The most interesting thing to happen on Google India this year is the fact that an anonymous name called Sonam Gupta has beaten established, well known names like Vijay Mallya, Arnab Goswami and Sakshi Malik in the top 10 list of people…

Patanjali Ayurved, the shining example of a successful ‘Made in India’ FMCG brand, which is threatening to wipe out existing billion dollar FMCG global biggies, has just experienced its first major public embarrassment. A Haridwar…

If 2016 witnessed continued confrontation between various state governments and app-based cab aggregators such as Uber, Ola; then 2017 may lead to a better understanding of the new business model, and mutual co-operation for the benefit…

The Startup India Action Plan was a highly appreciated move by the Government of India to promote startups and entrepreneurs in a country of more than 1.2 billion. India doesn’t lack the brains, all it lacks it proper infrastructure to…

In August last year, RBI approved licenses for technology companies to open a payments bank. A payment bank can only accept deposits, not lend any money. This does have profitability issues, but a few companies went ahead with the idea.…

Last month, we had predicted that Amazon Prime Video would be launched in India within a month; and our prophecy has indeed become true. Amazon Prime Video has now been officially launched in India, as Indian users of Amazon Prime…

When Jio announced their path-breaking unlimited voice calling plans three months back, incumbent operators were in for a jolt. Either they followed suite for perished. Indian Telecom space is now seeing real repercussions of Jio plans…

If you didn’t know this yet, Bihar has the longest free WiFi zone in the world and the Government has plans to launch free WiFi services in the state to improve the quality of life and offer its residents access to internet. The…

Super cyclone Vardah (Red rose in Arabic, Urdu) which hit Chennai and surrounding coastal areas earlier this week, has unleashed havoc and destruction all around. And one of the casualties have been Internet and telecommunication…