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Airtel launches 4G on mobile, available for Apple iPhone 5s and 5c users in Bengaluru at 3G rates

Bharti Airtel has launched 4G on mobile starting from Bengaluru. Airtel announced their plans to roll out 4G LTE service on smartphones for customers in the city back in December. It also rolled out carrier settings update on the iPhone 5s and 5c that enables the 2300 MHz LTE (Band 40) on the smartphones. Few weeks back it conducted a soft launch, today it launched the service officially. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G on mobile, available for Apple iPhone 5s and 5c users in Bengaluru at 3G rates”

Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone win spectrum as auction raises Rs. 61,162 crore for Govt

2014 Spectrum Winners

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the winners in the spectrum auctions in various circles that ended after 68 rounds. At the end of the 2G auction government got bids worth Rs. 61,162 crore, much higher than their target revenue of Rs. 41,000 crore. It had put 385 MHz of radio waves in the 1800 MHz band in 22 circles and 46 MHz in the 900 MHz band in 3 circles. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) won 1800 MHz spectrum in 14 circles across India, out of 22 circles. Continue reading “Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone win spectrum as auction raises Rs. 61,162 crore for Govt”

Vodafone ties up with Star India for Vodafone Sports VAS offering

Vodafone India has entered in to a strategic partnership with Star India for multi-sports offering under new Vodafone Sports portal on Vodafone Live. This lets feature phone as well as smartphone users enjoy sports content on-the-go. Powered by starsports.com, Vodafone Sports offers curated in-depth content from different sports such as Cricket, Football, Tennis and Hockey. It would cover other major sports like F1, Tennis etc in the future. Continue reading “Vodafone ties up with Star India for Vodafone Sports VAS offering”

BSNL launches free incoming national roaming packs starting from Rajasthan

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After MTNL, the State Owned Telecom Operator, BSNL has started rolling out free roaming plans starting from Rajasthan. Unlike MTNL, this service is not free on BSNL. Prepaid customers have to purchase special tariff vouchers (STVs) to avail free incoming calls while roaming across the country. These packs come under One Nation:One number:One rupee and starts at Rs. 5. Continue reading “BSNL launches free incoming national roaming packs starting from Rajasthan”

Tata Group reportedly planning to exit telecom business

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A year after taking over as chairman of the Tata group, Cyrus Mistry, has decided to exit the telecom business completely, according to a recent report from Economic Times. Tata Group, which includes Tata Communications and Tata Tele has initiated talks with Vodafone to sell the company, but the discussions are at an early stage. Continue reading “Tata Group reportedly planning to exit telecom business”

MTNL makes incoming calls free while roaming between Mumbai and Delhi

MTNL Free Roaming

As expected, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has launched free incoming calls for their customers in Delhi and Mumbai. This would let them attend calls from any network for free of cost, without any packs while roaming between Mumbai and Delhi. The company launched new packs for free roaming last year in these circles for free roaming. Continue reading “MTNL makes incoming calls free while roaming between Mumbai and Delhi”

BSNL and MTNL reportedly launching free roaming plans starting January 26th

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BSNL, State Owned Telecom Operator and MTNL would launch new free roaming plans starting from January 26th, according to a recent report from TOI. Videocon Mobile Services was the first operator in India to offer incoming calls free while on roaming on their own network by default, without any processing fee or a special tariff voucher. It also launched new packs later that offer free incoming calls while roaming on other networks. Other operators joined in with cheaper roaming plans starting with free incoming calls while roaming. Continue reading “BSNL and MTNL reportedly launching free roaming plans starting January 26th”

Aircel launches ISD 54444 1p/sec prefixed based international calling plans

Aircel has launched Aircel ISD 54444, new pre-activated ISD tariff plan that would offer international calls to USA, Canada, Singapore, China, UK at 1p/sec with no additional charges. This is available for both existing as well as new Aircel customers, but it will not be applicable while on roaming. Continue reading “Aircel launches ISD 54444 1p/sec prefixed based international calling plans”

BSNL Champion SM3512 and SM3513 Android smartphones launched for Rs. 3225 and Rs. 4499

BSNL Champion SM3512

BSNL, State Owned Telecom Operator has partnered with Champion to launch BSNL Champion My Phone SM3512 and SM3513. These phones hava a 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen display, powered by a dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). These have a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. These phones also have Dual SIM support and the SM3513 has 3G support. BSNL had already partnered with Champion to launch Champion Trendy 531 last year. Continue reading “BSNL Champion SM3512 and SM3513 Android smartphones launched for Rs. 3225 and Rs. 4499”

Vodafone and ICICI Bank launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Haryana

Vodafone India partnered with ICICI Bank to launch M-Pesa, mobile money transfer and payment service back in April 2013. It was introduced in Delhi and NCR in August 2013. Now Vodafone India has launched the service in Haryana region. It offers a simple and secure way to transfer money and make payments with the security of financial transactions provided by ICICI Bank. This service offers unbanked and under serviced sections of the country to gain access to financial services via the mobile phone. Continue reading “Vodafone and ICICI Bank launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Haryana”

Micromax partners with Tata Docomo for bundled voice and data offers

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Micromax partnered with Aircel last year for bundled offers on smartphones and 3G Dongles. It partnered with MTS to launch Canvas Blaze MT500 smartphone. Now, the company has partnered with Tata Docomo to launch voice and data offers. This lets Tata Docomo customers enjoy voice and data at cheaper rates on Micromax handsets purchased after 1st October 2013 till 30th June 2014.

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Vodafone K4201 21.1 Mbps 3G dongle launched for Rs. 999

Vodafone K4201

Vodafone India has launched K4201, the company’s latest 3G USB dongle that offers download speeds up to 21.1 Mbps its post-paid customers. It supports all major operating systems including, Window 8, Mac and Linux and also has a built-in microSD card (up to 32GB). Continue reading “Vodafone K4201 21.1 Mbps 3G dongle launched for Rs. 999”

Sony Xperia Z1s Hands on

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Sony launched their current flagship – Sony Xperia Z1 in September, 2013 during IFA and it has been the company’s flagship till now. Last year at CES 2013, Sony had announced their twin flagships – Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, and hence we expected there was some speculation that Sony will be unveiling something in the smartphone category at CES 2014. We were right, they did announce a smartphone with top of the line specifications, but it isn’t exactly the company’s flagship. They announced the Sony Xperia Z1s or Xperia Z1 for T-Mobile which is the entire Sony Xperia Z1 package. Check out our hands on video with the Sony Xperia Z1s right below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1s Hands on”

Sony Xperia Z1s with 5-inch 1080p display announced exclusively for T-Mobile in the U.S

Sony Xperia Z1s

Sony Mobile has announced that they would bring Xperia Z1S, the US variant of the flagship waterproof, the Xperia Z1 exclusively for T-Mobile in U.S. It has the same specifications of the Z1, including a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1s with 5-inch 1080p display announced exclusively for T-Mobile in the U.S”

Motorola Moto G retailer pack leaked, coming to Verizon for just $100 off contract

Google announced Motorola’s next budget smartphone device – Motorola Moto G sometime back and it is scheduled to arrive in India during January 2014. Moto G is budget minded mid-range smartphone that makes little compromise on the specifications as it sports a 4.5inch 720p display, has a quad-core processor and is fueled by a 2070mAh battery and India is likely to receive a dual-SIM variant.

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