GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013 Winners announced

The GSM Association has announced the winners for the 18th annual Global Mobile Awards at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The nominees for the Global Mobile Awards 2013 were announced earlier this month. Even though the Apple for iPhone 5 was a tough contender  in the best smartphone segment, the Samsung Galaxy S3 bagged the Best Smartphone … Continue reading “GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013 Winners announced”

Disney UTV’s Indiagames clocks 200 million downloads on Nokia Store

Disney UTV’s Indiagames have crossed 200 million downloads on the Nokia Store, to become the first company in the world to reach this milestone on the Nokia Store. They crossed the 100 million downloads mark 9 months back.

Aircel and ICICI Bank partner to launch Mobile Money

Aircel and ICICI Bank have announced the joint launch of Mobile Money, Mobile Banking service. It runs on Visa’s Mobile Managed Service that hosts and manages the Mobile Money platform, which saves time, complexity and cost for Aircel that would require to set up a mobile payment services. It would offer safe, secure and instant money transfers, including … Continue reading “Aircel and ICICI Bank partner to launch Mobile Money”

Nokia Lumia 920 launched in India for Rs. 38199

Nokia has finally launched the Lumia 920 in India after a long delay. It was announcedback in September, and comes with a  4.5-inch (1280 × 768 pixels) Pure Motion HD+ IPS display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS.

Reliance to test voice services on 4G networks

Coming from an Economic Times article, it looks like Reliance Industries limited (RIL) is all set to get approval from the telecom department (DoT) for testing voice services on its yet-to-be-launched 4G networks. This comes as a surprise as Airtel has been the only 4G player as of now, with limited network distribution.

Tata Teleservices and ICICI Bank partner to launch Money Transfer Services

ICICI Bank and MMP Mobi Wallet Payment Systems, a 100% subsidiary of Tata Teleservices has announced a partnership to launch a money transfer service. This would let a customer walk into a retail store of MMP to deposit cash along with details of the account of the payee to transfer money easily.

ZengaTV for Android gets new UI and HD Live TV Streaming

ZengaTV has updated the ZengaTV app for Android that brings new user interface (UI) with Social media integration and HD Live TV Streaming for select channels, which you can enable from settings. It also has Dynamic categories with search optimized directory listings, Personalized Playists to add lists of favorite channels. The new version also has faster in-app browsing for Live … Continue reading “ZengaTV for Android gets new UI and HD Live TV Streaming”

Samsung Galaxy Camera launched in India for Rs. 29,900

Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy Camera in India. It was first unveiled at  IFA in Berlin in August, and Samsung announced couple of months back that it would launch in India this month. Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Camera few weeks back. The 16 Megapixel camera has 21x Optical Zoom Lens with BSI CMOS … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Camera launched in India for Rs. 29,900”

India 2G spectrum auction ends, Winners announced

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the winners in the 2G auctions in various circles that ended after 14 rounds. Earlier this year, Supreme Court of India cancelled 122 2G licenses issued by the Government on after 10th Jan 2008. At the end of the 2G auction government got bids worth Rs. 9,407.64 crore, much … Continue reading “India 2G spectrum auction ends, Winners announced”

Nokia bags No.3 spot in Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 2012 survey

Nokia has retained its top spot in the Most Trusted Brands in the 2012 list, according to the Economic Times Brand Equity survey for 2012. The company held the No: 1 spot for 3 years in a row from 2008 to 2010, but slipped to 5th spot in 2011 survey. In this year’s survey Nokia moved … Continue reading “Nokia bags No.3 spot in Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 2012 survey”

Nokia launches Nokia Music Store operator billing on Vodafone in India

Nokia brought Nokia Store Operator billing on Vodafone and Airtel earlier this year, now the operator billing service is available for the  Nokia Music Store on Vodafone. The operator billing is available for the Music Store on the Nokia Asha phones that would let the users renew their subscriptions via their Vodafone pre-paid or post-paid account … Continue reading “Nokia launches Nokia Music Store operator billing on Vodafone in India”

Apple iPhone 5 launched in India

At events across the country, the long awaited iPhone 5 has been launched in India. Featuring a larger 4″ screen and a much more powerful A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is a major step up from the iPhone 4S. The phone is now incredibly slim with a thickness of just 7.6mm. The svelte smartphone is … Continue reading “Apple iPhone 5 launched in India”

iPhone 5 coming soon to Aircel

We just told you few hours back that the iPhone 5 was coming to India on November 2nd and also told about the prices at which the iPhone 5 will be selling for in India starting from Rs.45500 for the 16GB model.And now as expected Aircel has starting teasing the iPhone 5 on it’s website. … Continue reading “iPhone 5 coming soon to Aircel”

Video Interview with Faisal Siddiqui, Country Head, HTC India at IQ India 2012

At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Faisal Siddiqui, Country Head of HTC India. We asked him about their budget phones, strategy in 2013, upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices and their new LTE smartphone Ascend P1 LTE. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuo9D1HnYGM

Innovation Qualcomm India 2012 Live Coverage starts tomorrow

Innovation Qualcomm is an annual mobile industry event which brings India’s brightest minds including equipment and device manufacturers, operators, developers to content providers, media and analysts. FoneArena is proud to be the official online partner for the IQ 2012. We will be bringing you the live coverage of the event including live blog and live streaming … Continue reading “Innovation Qualcomm India 2012 Live Coverage starts tomorrow”