Opera has announced that their Opera Mobile Store has reached 105 million monthly visitors at the end of Q4 2013. It now has over 100 million users globally, with a tremendous growth of 230% annually. It currently offers more than 200,000 mobile apps and games across most mobile platforms, including Android, Java, BlackBerry, Symbian and iOS. Last year … Continue reading “Opera Mobile Store surpass 100 million users”
BlackBerry’s popular instant messaging service, BBM, introduced voice calls support early last year to help it compete with more feature packed rivals. Alongside voice calls, it also brought in an interesting new Channels feature that lets users create groups to share content, location information. These features have so far been exclusive to BlackBerry devices. We … Continue reading “BBM Voice to be available on Android, iOS starting February”
Aircel has appointed China’s ZTE Corporation to supply and deploy its 4G network in India. ZTE had already partnered with Aitel to deploy 4G network in Kolkata and Chandigarh. We already reported that Aircel would start 4G LTE trial starting from Chennai by the end of 2013. Now Aircel has announced that LTE deployment will be initiated in … Continue reading “Aircel appoints ZTE for 4G network deployment starting from Tamil Nadu and Chennai”
Xolo LT900, the company’s first smartphone with 4G TDD-LTE support is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It t was spotted online last week and has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS Display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with Adreno 225 GPU and runs on … Continue reading “Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE support now available for Rs. 16999”
Xolo LT900, the company’s first smartphone with 4G TDD-LTE support has been listed on Flipkart. This would launch on Airtel’s 4G network in India and comes with Airtel Mobile TV. It has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) IPS Display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 … Continue reading “Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed online”
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 410, their latest chip with integrated LTE support aimed at emerging markets. The chip is based on Cortex A53 in the Cortex A50 series, based on ARMv8 architecture and 64-bit processing technology. The 410 series is built on 28nm process technology and have Adreno 306 GPU for 1080p video playback.
Great Online Shopping Festival, aka GOSF, by Google was an initiative by the Mountain View company to bring a “Cyber Monday” like deals bonanza to India last year, and it is back again this year, with more partners and of course, more deals. Unlike Black Friday, Cyber Monday and GOSF are online-only, and Google aims … Continue reading “Google’s Great Online Shopping Festival #GOSF is back, great deals from December 11th to 13th”
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited has signed a deal with the South Korean giant Samsung to supply active BTS infrastructure for 4G, according to a report from DNA. Samsung would venture into base transceiver station (BTS) space for the first time and would supply BTS that facilitates wireless communication between user equipment … Continue reading “Reliance Jio reportedly signs Rs. 7500 crore deal with Samsung for BTS infrastructure”
Reliance Communications (RCom) has launched the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C in India as they promised. We reported that the operator plans to launch these phones in India with attractive plans with a 2 year contract. Now the company has detailed those plans. The company has announced two new offers, Rs. 2,599 per month for the iPhone 5c and Rs … Continue reading “Reliance details iPhone 5S and 5C plans with zero down-payment, starts at Rs. 2599 per month with a 2 year contract”
Vodafone was the first operator in the country to announce reduction in 2G data rates for the Pay as you Go (PAYG) users by 80%, back in June. It rolled out the new rates in select circles such as Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh as a pilot launch and announced that it would be … Continue reading “Vodafone slashes 2G data rates by 80% for its Pay As You Go customers across India”
Nokia has announced the Asha 502, the company’s first phone in the Asha series to feature a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash. Other features are mostly similar to the Asha 501 that was launched earlier this year. It has a 3.0-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) display and is based on the latest Nokia Asha software … Continue reading “Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM phone with 5MP camera and LED flash announced”
Nokia India has announced a limited period free insurance offer on purchase of Asha 501. Nokia partnered with New India Assurance to provide handset insurance back in March whic includes thefts, burglary, malicious acts, riots among others. This will be administered by Universal Insurance Brokers Services Private Limited (UIBSPL).
Deepak Mehrotra, CEO of Micromax India has quit to join Pearson as the new Managing Director for its India business, reports The Hindu Business Line. Deepak joined Micromax back in December 2011 as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior joining Micromax he served as Operations Director for North, West and South regions at Bharti Airtel, where he was also involved in the deployment of … Continue reading “Micromax CEO Deepak Mehrotra quits, to join Pearson as MD”
Videocon Telecom has seen phenomenal monthly growth of 9.5% with net addition of over 4.21 lakh subscribers in September 2013 to reach 49 Lakh customers. GSM subscribers increased by 4.41 million in September 2013 (0.65% increase from previous month), according to COAI report. Videocon Telecom operates in 4 circles, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh.
Sony Xperia C went on sale in India online earlier this month, now Sony has officially launched the smartphone in India. It was announced back in June and packs a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8MP rear … Continue reading “Sony Xperia C Dual SIM Android phone officially launched in India for Rs. 21490”
