Spectrum allocation for 2015 auction winners expected soon

2015 Spectrum Winners

The Department of Telecom (DoT) issued letters of intent (LoIs) recently to Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm, who won spectrum in auction earlier this March, according to a report from the ET.  At the end of the recent auction for 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum, government got bids worth Rs 1.098 lakh crore. Continue reading “Spectrum allocation for 2015 auction winners expected soon”

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Benchmarks

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Sony launched the Xperia M4 Aqua Dual, a mid-range waterproof (IP65) and dustproof (IP68) smartphone at Rs. 24,990 last month. We brought you the hands on and unboxing recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.46 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz. It has 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Benchmarks”

Uber offers 50% off on four rides a day during business hours till June 12 in Chennai

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Uber is back with another limited period offer, this time for Chennai users. It is offering 50% off on four rides everyday for this week during business hours (between 12 PM and 4 PM), in Chennai, which is a total of 20 rides. This offer is valid from today, 8th June 2015 to Friday, 12th June 2015. Continue reading “Uber offers 50% off on four rides a day during business hours till June 12 in Chennai”

Samsung patents foldable display for future Galaxy Note devices

Earlier in March this year, it was reported that Samsung is working on foldable smartphones that will be ready by 2016. Now a fresh report states that the South Korean company has patented the technology behind foldable display.

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Weekly Roundup: Phicomm in India, Computex 2015 announcements, Meizu m2 note, New Nokia 105 and more

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First up, the Chinese smartphone maker Phicomm entered India this week with the launch of Passion 660 smartphone. It comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 10,999. It will be exclusively available from Amazon.in starting June 9. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Phicomm in India, Computex 2015 announcements, Meizu m2 note, New Nokia 105 and more”

AT&T teases the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

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AT&T have taken to Twitter to tease the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 Active smartphone. The smartphone was leaked several times in the past, including a recent page leak on Samsung’s website itself.

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Apple Stores no longer offer iPhones with 2 year AT&T contract

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Apple Stores are no longer offering iPhones with 2 year contracts on AT&T’s network. Instead, customers will be asked to opt for AT&T Next plan.

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Expansys is offering discounts on the Microsoft Lumia 640/640 XL and LG G Flex 2

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Expansys is offering discounts on the Microsoft Lumia 640, 640 XL and the LG G Flex 2 as part of a weekend promotion for customers in the USA.

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