Mayank Jain &Amp;Amp; Kiran Rathee

Stories by Mayank Jain &Amp;Amp; Kiran Rathee

Warning: Searching for Sonakshi Sinha can be dangerous

Warning: Searching for Sonakshi Sinha can be dangerous

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2016

A search for "Sonakshi Sinha + Torrent" resulted in a 21 per cent chance of connecting to a malicious website

Spectrum sale ends, proceeds way off target

Spectrum sale ends, proceeds way off target

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2016

Upfront payment of Rs 32,000 cr just half of Budget estimate; no takers for 700 & 900 megahertz bands

Jio tussle: Trai comes down hard on telcos

Jio tussle: Trai comes down hard on telcos

Rediff.com   27 Sep 2016

Jio makes data on call drops public, says 121 mn calls failed in a day

Mittal's battle cry: Bring it on Jio, Airtel is ready for the challenge!

Mittal's battle cry: Bring it on Jio, Airtel is ready for the challenge!

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2016

Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.

Regional languages to be mandatory in mobiles

Regional languages to be mandatory in mobiles

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2016

The move by the government to make local language support a must in mobile phones is aimed at making users communicate in local languages and access government services

Hackers attack Ratan Tata, Trai chief's Twitter accounts

Hackers attack Ratan Tata, Trai chief's Twitter accounts

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2016

Tata has 6.13 million followers on Twitter and has tweeted only 119 times since he joined the microblogging platform in April 2011

PM Modi's world outreach

PM Modi's world outreach

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2016

Ministers will travel to different countries across the world, mostly where no ministerial visits have taken place in the last 20 to 25 years, to establish 'sampark' (contact) and 'samvad' (communication).

Jio, incumbents call truce on interconnect

Jio, incumbents call truce on interconnect

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2016

Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing

Soon you will be able to access driving licence on your mobile

Soon you will be able to access driving licence on your mobile

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2016

The DigiLocker platform, launched on July 1, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has 2.1 million registered users and 2.4 million documents have been uploaded

HCL Infosystems gets a breather as postal dept blacklists

HCL Infosystems gets a breather as postal dept blacklists

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2016

Interestingly, in December 2014 also, the DoP had issued an order blacklisting HCL Infosystems and its subsidiaries for a period of five years.

350% rise in cybercrime in India in 3 years: Study

350% rise in cybercrime in India in 3 years: Study

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2016

Operating systems are increasingly subject to cyberattacks, as many are built around legacy technologies with weaker protocols

For telcos, data war may not be a bad thing

For telcos, data war may not be a bad thing

Rediff.com   12 Aug 2016

Analysts believe making mobile data more affordable will fuel mass market adoption of data services

Telecom, postal woes? Lodge a complaint on Twitter now

Telecom, postal woes? Lodge a complaint on Twitter now

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2016

Consumers and businesses can tweet to communications minister Manoj Sinha (@manojsinhabjp) using #DOTSeva, #BSNLSeva, #MTNLSeva, and #PostalSeva.

With IT's spread, cyber attacks also expanding: Report

With IT's spread, cyber attacks also expanding: Report

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2016

A new breed of hackers has emerged, whose main aim is not necessarily financial gain but causing disruption

India's smartphone revolution: 35 factories, 37,000 jobs in 2 years

India's smartphone revolution: 35 factories, 37,000 jobs in 2 years

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2016

Overall mobile phone production was about 68 million in 2014, increased to 100 million in 2015 and 350-400 million in July 2016.

Data tariff war: Idea matches reduction with Airtel

Data tariff war: Idea matches reduction with Airtel

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2016

Idea has slashed prices by up to 67% for 3G/4G internet packs for both post- and pre-paid users.

Ahead of Jio launch, telcos cut data prices by up to 67%

Ahead of Jio launch, telcos cut data prices by up to 67%

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2016

Reliance Jio Infocomm has announced that it would launch commercial 4G services in 6 to 8 weeks.

Reliance Jio makes LYF smartphones cheaper

Reliance Jio makes LYF smartphones cheaper

Rediff.com   8 Jul 2016

At Rs 2,999, LYF Flame is one of the most affordable VoLTE smartphone in the market now.

An IITian takes charge of the telecom ministry

An IITian takes charge of the telecom ministry

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2016

Manoj Sinha, earlier minister of state for railways, will be tasked to conduct the auction and deal with issues like net neutrality.

Artificially intelligent smartphones in India by March 2017

Artificially intelligent smartphones in India by March 2017

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2016

Artificially intelligent smartphones will be able to offer solutions and suggestions based on user behaviour.