After the deluge of 3G equipment contracts, equipment makers are now in line for big 4G equipment contracts from Indian telecom operators. First off the block is India’s largest telecom firm Bharti Airtel, which has given its first 4G contract to Nokia Siemens Networks. The network will support speeds of up to 100 Mbps, or […]
Telecom operator Vodafone India has asked the telecom regulator not to prevent it, and other big operators, from bidding in the upcoming auctions for spectrum freed up by the recent cancellation of licenses by the Supreme Court. Vodafone, in its statement to the telecom regulator, the TRAI, said any move to restrict the auction to […]
Even as companies launch newer and newer models of Android phones, Indian IT brand Intex has chosen to come out with an almost smartphone, targeted at budget conscious customers. The Sense has a 3.2 inch touchscreen display and a 3 megapixel camera at the back and is priced at a reasonable Rs 3690. The phone […]
Future Group, the biggest and the most prominent large-format retail chain in India, has chosen India’s third biggest IT services firm Cognizant for its IT needs for the next five years, the companies said in a statement. Future group is estimated to have or have served around 220 million customers — higher than the total […]
Taiwanese chip company MediaTek, which indirectly led to the boom in low-priced Indian-branded mobile phones with its chips, has launched a new Android platform for companies. Phones based on the platform will hit the market before March-end, the company said. The MT6575 platform has a 1GHz processor based on Cortex-A9 technology from Britain’s ARM Holdings […]
Strong iPhone 4S sales helped Apple beat Samsung to become the world’s top smartphone vendor in the last quarter of 2011, technology market research firm Gartner has said in its 2011 update. Thanks to strong sales of its iPhone, which hit new carriers in the U.S., it had a 23.8 percent share in the global […]
Being insensitive to other people’s feelings and concerns and having poor personal hygiene can rapidly turn your first date into your last, according to a pre-Valentine’s Day survey of 2,415 US adults. The survey also found that women are more likely to judge quickly and break off contact if things don’t go smoothly on day […]
The Centre for Science and Environment or CSE, the most vocal of India’s homegrown environmental organizations, has punched holes in a government move to set fuel efficiency and emission norms for cars. It accused the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the Government body that came up with a draft proposal, of playing into the hands […]
India’s largest and oldest angel investor group, Indian Angel Network (IAN), has announced a program to fund 24 start ups in the mobile and Internet space with up to Rs 75 lakhs each. An ‘angel’ network is one that typically comes in even before the firm is in a position to seek venture capital. ‘Angels’ […]
US wireless operator Sprint has just launched an application that may literally save a few lives. The application, currently launched for Sprint’s Android phones and soon to be extended to others, automatically locks the phone when it is moved at more than 10 miles per hour. Most modern phones have the ability to figure out […]
Indian enterprises spent a whopping $35 billion on “green IT and sustainability” initiatives last year, market research agency Gartner said. The number, comparable in size to the overall Indian domestic spending on IT itself, seems to indicate that green IT and sustainability have moved on from just being a fad or fashion. Gartner said the […]
Gartner, the World’s top IT market analysis firm, has revised downwards its predictions for the adoption of cloud-based email and collaboration services – considered one of the ‘low hanging fruits’ for the Cloud market. The firm said companies have not moved to the Cloud for email and collaboration services (such as messaging, document-creation, sharing etc.) […]
After Idea Cellular, it is the turn of the country’s biggest Internet Service Provider BSNL to slash 3G data rates in an effort to test demand. The state-owned company has unveiled three new 3G data plans that are cheaper than any other on offer right now, except for the unlimited @750 offer from its partner […]
Gurgaon-based Canaan Partners, known for its early stage investments into tech and related sectors, has pumped in $4.4 million (Rs 20 crore) into Loylty Rewardz, a “loyalty and relationship management company.” Established in 2006, Loyltly helps “conceptualize, develop and operate loyalty programs — such as discounts, rewards, contests etc.. “Loylty Rewardz helps brands achieve successful […]
