Mobile News Archives - Page 34 of 52

Amazon Kindle Price Reduced to $189

June 22, 2010

Amazon announced that Amazon Kindle is now only $189 USD, down from $259. Kindle is the 3G wireless portable reader that allows you to think of a book and be reading in 60 seconds! This light device is easy to read even in bright sunlight. Even though it’s a 3G wireless device, Kindle has no monthly fees or annual contracts. […]

BlackBerry App Store – New & Improved

June 22, 2010

Research In Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry handhled devices, is launching a major revamp of its Blackberry App World online application store. With BlackBerry App Store, you can get apps designed for your BlackBerry smartphones. You can download apps to play games, check the weather, listen to the radio and more. With the BlackBerry App World application, you can download and access from your smartphone’s home screen. Install it, then choose some apps. The full BlackBerry App World catalog is online. You can browse through and email a link to your BlackBerry smartphone if you find an app you want. […]

RBI to Strengthen Mobile Banking Security

June 22, 2010

Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao said that protection of customer information and confidentiality is on the priority list as there are growing concerns about the increase in cyber crimes, phishing-related frauds, identity fraud and misuse of customer information. RBI proposed to set up a working group on information security, electronic banking, technology risk management and tackling of cyber frauds. […]

Samsung Bada OS for Tablets and Set-Top Boxes

June 21, 2010

Samsung has announced plans to release variations of its Bada operating system for tablet PCs and TV set-top boxes. Following the success of the Samsung Wave, the first smartphone to support the Bada operating system, Samsung is looking at the possibility of putting the operating system into other devices. Bada is still in its initial stages, with only 150 applications so far available to Wave users. […]

T24 “Talk 24” GSM Mobile Service by Tata TL & Future Group

June 21, 2010

Tata Teleservices Limited and Future Group announced the launch of mobile telephony services under the brand name T24 on the GSM platform. The T24 tariff plans will reflect the competitive per-second rates being offered for pre-paid customers on Tata Teleservices Limited’s GSM network. The T24 mobile telephony service will be sold through Future Group’s extensive retail footprint across the country, beginning with Andhra Pradesh. […]

‘Power of Two’ Contest by Tata Indicom, Meet Virendar and Irfan

June 17, 2010

Tata Indicom, the CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices Limited-India’s fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom service provider has launched – ‘Power of Two’ – an exciting new contest; wherein winners can meet the cricketing greats Virendar Sehwag and Irfan Pathan or stand to win a Total of 2 lakhs in cash. This contest is open to all existing Tata Indicom pre-paid and post-paid subscribers till July 15, 2010. […]

FIFA Worldcup Updates via SMS – Send GYAN Worldcup to 56161

June 17, 2010

Technopark, Kerala based Innoz Technologies introduced a very useful service for those football lovers to keep them updated on the live scores via SMS on their mobile. The service is provided by SMSGYAN.com, powered by Innoz. You will be charged as per operator rates for sending this SMS. This service is currently available only in India. To subscribe to the service, send SMS “GYAN WORLDCUP” to 56161 […]

BSNL Deployed TeleDNA SDP to Manage 3G Value Added Services

June 17, 2010

TeleDNA Communications, the leading VAS technology and infrastructure provider, announced that BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), India’s state owned telecom operator has successfully deployed TeleDNA’s SDP (Service Delivery Platform) in the West Zone to manage their 3G based Value Added Services like Live TV, Music Download, Movies etc.. […]

Broadband Wireless: Reliance Industries to Acquire Infotel

June 17, 2010

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a substantial stake in Infotel Broadband Services (P) Ltd, which has emerged as a successful bidder in all the 22 circles of the auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum conducted by the DoT. RIL will invest about Rs 4,800 crore by way of subscription to fresh equity capital at par to be issued by Infotel Broadband. Post this investment, RIL will own 95% of the equity and Infotel Broadband will be a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited. […]

iPhone 4 “Coming Soon” to India at Vodafone

June 9, 2010

Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services providers, will launch iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone in the world with the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, in India in the coming months. While the time frame of the launch is still under wraps, it is likely that it would be sometime in September when the iPhone 4 would be launched in over 80 countries across the globe. Price of IPhone4 in India is not known yet. […]