According to IDC’s India Quarterly Mobile Handsets Tracker for 2Q 2010, Dual- and Triple-SIM card slot phones have grown to 38.5% of the total India Mobile Handset sales, from less than 1 per cent in 2Q 2009 (April-June 2009 quarter). Mobile handset sales in India grew by 6.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (2Q 2010 over 1Q 2010), touching 38.63 million units in a single quarter. […]
Indian mobile-handset brands strengthened their presence in the domestic handset market in 2009-10, adding up to 14% market share by revenue, according to the V&D100 Indian Telecom Survey conducted by CyberMedia telecom journal Voice&Data. This is up sharply from about 3-4% total share by these brands in the previous year. The handsets in question are locally branded models sourced from manufacturers in China or Taiwan. […]
MTS launched its voice services in Pune covering the western Maharashtra. MTS also made an inaugural promotional offer of half a paisa per second call charges, promising the best value proposition for its subscribers among the existing operators and competition. MTS subscribers can connect between MTS to MTS network at just one paisa for four seconds with lifetime validity. […]
Tata DOCOMO launched its operations in Ahmedabad with the ‘Pay-for-what-you-use’ model, including the game-changing per-second pulse. Launched in South India in late June 2009, Tata DOCOMO’s 3G-ready services have received tremendous response across the country. Tata DOCOMO has so far launched in 17 telecom Circles across the country in the short span of just over 10 months. […]
Now Reliance Communications has partnered with Facebook and launched free mobile browsing on the new 0.facebook.com site. With the 0.facebook.com site, customers can stay connected through Facebook with their friends and family from any mobile Web browser without incurring any data charges. […]
MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL) has launched its services in Andhra Pradesh promising the best value proposition for its subscribers from among existing operators and competition. Mobile phone subscribers in Andhra Pradesh will now be able to call any local number across the State at a promotional offer of half-a-paisa per second. The MTS to MTS charges within Andhra Pradesh will be one paisa for four seconds. […]
BSNL plans to launch a mobile banking platform which will help mobile subscribers to send money orders electronically through SMS. The SMS by the sender will be encashable at all post offices. In order to send money, go to the nearest post office and transfer the money by way of an SMS. The SMS will contain a unique code. The person who receives this SMS real time, can go to his nearest post office and collect the money by showing the code. BSNL expects to roll out the service after getting the Reserve Bank of India’s approval. […]
Google is developing “speech-to-speech translation” software for the first phone capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly. The basic system is expected to be ready within a couple of years. The new technology combines machine translation technology and voice recognition technology to produce software capable of understanding a caller’s voice and translating it into a synthetic equivalent in a foreign language. […]
TRAI to set up online customer redressal mechanism. Any customer can log on to the web-based system and complaints, violations or any other grievance against their mobile operator. The mobile operator will immediately get the complaint. TRAI may include SMS-based and voice call based complaints as well. The process will begin next month and plans to have the platform working from the beginning of next fiscal year. […]
Tata Communications Internet Services Limited (TCISL) and Tomizone have announced a partnership deal by which TCISL will use Tomizone proprietary software to usher in a Wi-Fi revolution in India. Auckland, New Zealand headquartered Tomizone is a leading Wi-Fi hotspot and metro Wi-Fi zone solutions provider across Australasia, India and China. This service enables any Tata Indicom Broadband customer to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot. The software and user authentication systems have been designed in line with the Wi-Fi security guidelines mandated by the DoT. […]
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