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Vodafone India reaches 100 million customers

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Vodafone India has become the 3rd Indian Mobile Operator to reach 100 million customers. Vodafone Essar also becomes world’s 5th operator with 100 million customers in a single country. Vodafone has also increased its market share to strengthen its position as India’s second largest operator in terms of revenue. Bharti  Airtel was the first to reach 100 million customers and Reliance was second. Looks like the ZooZoo campaigns have totally worked in Vodafone’s favour

 

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Tata Docomo Launches My Song , First Reverse Ring-Back Tone Service in India

All of us have heard of Caller Tunes or RingBack tones which is a Value Added Service offered by Mobile Operators to play a song of your choice when someone calls you. Now Tata Docomo has done something revolutionary yet again by launching My Song which is the first Reverse Ring-Back Tone Service in India.  This service is the exact opposite of Caller Tunes which means that you can choose to listen to any song when you call someone instead of the normal boring Tring-Tring sound or the caller tunes set by the other user.

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Uninor is Most Promising New Operator in India

Uninor India has emerged as the most Promising New Telecom operator in India according to a survey across 160 telecom sector professionals in the country

We are not aware of the accuracy about this report, But Uninor is a tieup between Norway’s Telenor and India’s Unitech Wireless and they are adding a lot of customers every month. But anyone of you tried Uninor ? How has the service been ?

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Tata Docomo opens 2nd Dive-In Store at Hyderabad

GSM Operator TATA DOCOMO which is part of the Tata Teleservices group has opened its second ‘Dive In’ Store in Hyderabad. The TATA DOCOMO ‘Dive In’ Store is an autonomous exploration zone designed to enable an independent and singular user experience. TATA DOCOMO will be showcasing the rich world of Value Added Services at its ‘Dive In’ Stores, allowing visitors to explore the latest in telecom technology and gadgets.

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Apple : 300000 iPads Sold , 1 million apps downloaded

In a official release Apple has announced that it has sold 300,000 iPads in the US till Saturday Midnight . This number accounts for iPads sold in 3 mediums – direct deliveries to customers who pre-ordered online , sales at Apple Stores and deliveries to channel partners. Apple CEO Steve Jobs thinks the iPad can be a game changer . and also 1 millon apps and 250000 ebooks have been downloaded from the Apple App Store.

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Drive Maruti Cars, Auto and F1 Car in iPhone Racing Game by Spiel Studios

Remember the Mumbai Sealink iPhone racing game we told you about ? Now the Game has finally been launched on the iTunes store and the company behind the app – Spiel Studios has partnered with India’s well know automobile company Maruti Suzuki to bring Maruthi cars to the game.

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BSNL 3G Data Card And Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ Price Drop

BSNL and Reliance has finally reduced the price of their USB modem in order to attract a large number of internet users in India. BSNL offers unlimited data plans while Reliance does not offer any unlimited data plans.

BSNL and Reliance has finally reduced the price of their USB modem in order to attract a large number of internet users in India. Both the data card offers postpaid plans as well as prepaid vouchers and they come with some attractive offers. BSNL offers unlimited data plans while Reliance does not offer any unlimited data plans.

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Garmin Asus M10 Smartphone available in India for Rs.19990

The Garmin Asus M10 was launched before MWC 2010 and now it’s quickly made it’s way onto Indian shores. For those of you who have not heard about it , the M10 is a full-touchscreen Windows Mobile phone with a focus on Navigation . It comes with preloaded maps for India and voice guidance is available in both Hindi and English.

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Nokia India has 54.1 percent market share , over 100 million phones sold in 2009 in India

Over 100 million mobile phones were sold in India in 2009 according to a research firm IDC India.  What’s surprising is that Nokia still has a lion’s share of the mobile sales at 54.1% percent.Samsung Mobiles has 9.7 % share and LG has 6.4 %

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India Ranks No.2 In Mobile Internet Usage

India has emerged as the second largest consumer of mobile Internet, after the US. The number of mobile internet users has grown nearly five times in the last five years. Nokia 5130 Express Music and Nokia 3110c were the top two handsets used by the Indians.

According to a recent report by Google, India has emerged as the second largest consumer of mobile Internet, after the US. India has accounted only for 5.9% out of the 14 million webpages viewed in February while the US has accounted for more than 50% of webpages viewed in February.

The report shows the statistics of only those countries where Google has a strong mobile advertising network and they might have not included the Chinese market since Google is having some issues with the Chinese government from the last few months.

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Nokia N97 gets minor firmware update to v21.0.102

The Nokia N97 got a minor firmware update minutes ago to version 21.0.102 . This update is available both with PC suite and Over the Air ( OTA ) . Nothing major though , just usual bug fixes and app upgrades to latest versions.

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Nokia India reducing Price of Phones in Maharashtra to tackle VAT ?

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There is some interesting news that Nokia India might be reducing the prices of Mobile Phones in Mumbai and Maharashtra to tackle the price difference in the state due to high VAT Continue reading “Nokia India reducing Price of Phones in Maharashtra to tackle VAT ?”

Vodafone Launches Bonus Cards for its Customers in Kolkata

Keeping in mind the high usage of SMS along with phone calls, Vodafone has come up with 3 different bonus cards for its customers in Kolkata. Bonus 10, 20 and 30. These bonus cards provide free talk-time as well as 10 free SMS to be sent in local numbers.
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