ET is reporting that the Operators in India have been fined over 42 crores so far for flouting Subscriber Verification norms when issuing new SIM Cards. This is basically to discourage operators from issuing new connections based on Fake Identity.
Good news for anyone who is waiting to buy the Nokia N97 Mini The price of the mini is certainly more attractive now given the fact that it was launched at around Rs.30k.The MRP is just Rs.24999 now which is the Maximum Retail Price
If you are a mobile startup then you might walk the red carpet on the sidelines of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in Feb 2010. Mobile Premier Awards is inviting entries in various categories from startups with a mobile angle and is aimed at encouraging innovation in mobile startups. The Mobile Premier Awards are the largest open and global startup competition in the mobile industry. Continue reading “MobilePremierAwards invites all mobile startups”
It seems RIM is leaving no stone unturned to capitalize on the phenomenon called Blackberry. After announcing higher than expected Q3 2009 Revenue, RIM has announced its plans for other major markets in China and Russia with new handset launch and reduced price plans.
In both the markets RIM is introducing the new slim Blackberry Curve 8520. Apart from being a quad-band EDGE phone with dedicated multimedia keys and excellent social networking tools, the phone features a highly tactile full QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. The phone is WiFi enabled with 4.5 Hours talktime and 17 days standby.
We all fell in love with the extremely stylish Blackberry Bold, which gets better with Bold 9700. To protect that lovely device of yours, OtterBox has revealed two new set of cases called Impact and Commuter Series which offer an awesome protection for the device.
The Overcrowded GSM Mobile Market has now witnessed another entrant, S Tel. A joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), S Tel currently offers services in six Category C circles i.e. Orissa, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, North East, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir. Continue reading “S Tel, Another Entrant to the Overcrowded GSM Market”
Good news from Blackberry maker RIM today as they announced higher than expected revenue for the quarter ended November 2009. They have sold 10 million Blackberries in one single quarter which is amazing considering the economic climate. What recession ? Their revenue was up 11% over the last quarter and 41% over the same quarter last year ! Continue reading “RIM sold 10 million Blackberries in Q3 2009”
BS is reporting that the hugely awaited MNP or Mobile Number Portability which lets you retain your mobile number while switching your operator might be delayed even upto 3 months as some operators including BSNL and MTNL are not ready to offer the service. TRAI had earlier fixed the porting fee at Rs.19 only and looking at the comments in our post , looks like a lot of users are waiting to ditch their operator. Continue reading “MNP might be delayed by few months as Operators are not Ready in India”
Last week me and Jeb Brilliant were having a word about Nokia not being @ MWC 2010 and that we might not see any announcements from the Finnish phone maker @ Barcelona. We just hit events.nokia.com and were pleasantly surprised to find a Video and a event page about a Nokia Press Conference which sounded more like a party. Continue reading “Nokia is in Barcelona during MWC 2010”
Uninor India has opened his Chennai office which will serve as its HQ to Tamil Nadu and Kerala. What’s interesting is that this building has a Silver LEED Certification which means it’s eco-friendly.
The Chennai office has about 113 employees who work in this complex which has NO CABINS as Uninor wants to embrace Transparency and Openness !
At the function which was headed by .Stefan Kercza the first customer in Tamil nadu was felicitated.
While we are playing with the Nokia N97 Mini we thought of giving you an overview of the hardware with a photo gallery where we take you through the key hardware aspects of the phone