Singtel to acquire 7.4% stake in Bharti Telecom

Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) has acquired 7.39 percent stake in the Indian telecom company, Bharti Telecom the parent of Bharti Airtel. It plans to acquire a 21 percent stake in Intouch for 1.58 billion Singapore dollars ($1.18 billion) and an additional 7.39 percent stake in Bharti Telecom for 884 million Singapore dollars ($650 million), through wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Micromax Canvas 32, 40 and 50-inch Full HD Smart TVs launched starting from Rs. 19999

Micromax today launched new range of LED TVs in the Canvas series. These come with 32-inch, 40-inch and 50-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) displays with 176-degree viewing angle, come with smart features like Miracast, Mi Connect and Home-share and have 3 HDMI and USB ports.

Flipkart: The Freedom Sale‬ – Best deals on smartphones, TVs, accessories and more

Flipkart has started The Freedom Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, accessories that include Nextbit Robin, LeEco Le 2, Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus, Moto 360 2nd Gen, LED TVs and more. All these offers are available only through the web as well as Flipkart app.

Exclusive : Reliance Jio JioLink Indoor WiFi Plans and Preview Offer Revealed

FoneArena has obtained exclusive information regarding the Reliance Jio JioLink Indoor WiFi offering and also a 90 day Jio Preview Offer for the same. Jio is gearing up for a commercial launch soon and this solution could actually solve poor coverage or slow speeds in some areas especially when indoors. I have seen great speeds … Continue reading “Exclusive : Reliance Jio JioLink Indoor WiFi Plans and Preview Offer Revealed”

GSMA launches Mobile Connect mobile-based authentication solution across India

GSMA today officially launched Mobile Connect, mobile-based authentication for 800 million consumers across India. Six Mobile network operators (MNOs) – Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Idea, Tata Teleservices Ltd, Telenor and Vodafone have announced commercially availability of Mobile Connect .

Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) with 5-inch HD display, Smart Glow, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9750

After several leaks, Samsung has official launched the Galaxy J2 (2016) smartphone with new Smart Glow and features and Turbo Speed Technology (TST) in India. It has a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) with 5-inch HD display, Smart Glow, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 9750”

Samsung Galaxy J Max with 7-inch display, 4G VoLTE, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 13400

Samsung has launched Galaxy J Max, its latest phablet with a huge 7-inch WXGA screen and a 4000mAh battery that promises up to 9 hours of continuous use. It also comes with a Bluetooth headset in the box for making calls. It is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J Max with 7-inch display, 4G VoLTE, 4000mAh battery launched for Rs. 13400”

Lava X81 with 3GB RAM, Android 6.0, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11499

Lava has launched X81, the company’s latest smartphone in the new ‘X series’. It has a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek 64-bit processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)-based Star OS, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash. It has … Continue reading “Lava X81 with 3GB RAM, Android 6.0, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 11499”

Reliance Jio 4G Speed test and VoLTE demo

We have been testing Reliance Jio 4G network though the Jio lyf preview offer for the past few weeks on a Lyf Water 1 device and also the Lyf Flame 1 device. The Jio SIM cards are locked to Lyf devices at this point of time. We even managed to get hold a Jio sim … Continue reading “Reliance Jio 4G Speed test and VoLTE demo”

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) launched in India for Rs. 13990 and Rs. 15990

Samsung has launched Galaxy J5 (2016) and J7 (2016), two new smartphones in the new J series, as it had promised. These were announced in March in China. The Galaxy J5 (2016) has a 5.2-inch HD Super AMOLED screen, while the J7 (2016) has a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen. Both these have a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) launched in India for Rs. 13990 and Rs. 15990”

Weekly Roundup: Meizu m3 note, Apple iPhone SE, Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual-SIM and more

This week we went to Beijing to bring you the Meizu’s latest budget offering the m3 note.The smartphone will be made available in China from April 11th and will launch in India next month.