The Indian market is driven by prepaid connections, which accounted for over 84 per cent in 2006. It is expected to reach 93 per cent by 2011.
Unlike other SM sensations, 'Khan Sir' became a star with well-researched news-related videos, not 30-second inanities. Syed Firdaus Ashraf tracks down the elusive coach to IAS aspirants.
While the 'Made in China' tag continues to be dominant as far as handsets in India go, things are beginning to change.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
The broader markets were also in top gear, with the BSE midcap index surging by 2.1% at 11,431 and the smallcap index gaining 1.4% at 11,735.
After gaining 300 million mobile wallet users in India, the firm has now expanded operations to Japan via PayPay Corporation, a joint venture established by SoftBank Corp and Yahoo Japan Corporation.
Sharma proposes to pass on the 'handover note' to his successor, which as per the poll projections is likely to be from Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.
The BSE 30-share index after a positive opening stretched to 31,772.41, but could not stay there for long buffeted by the selling pressure. It hit a low of 31,562.25 before settling lower by 79.68 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 31,592.03.
ONGC was the top performer while private banking major ICICI Bank extended gains
Jyoti Randhawa slipped three notches further but still remains the highest ranked Indian golfer at 119.
Experts believe volatility is here to stay for some time, at least till China stabilises and clarity regarding the US Fed's interest rate move emerges.
Decision against panel's suggestion.
A US-based telecom firm has agreed to pay a $5 million penalty for violating export control regulations and a 2003 agreement restricting sales of commercial technology to military services in India and four other countries, according to state departm
Reliance Industries has doubled the average life of its debt to around 7.5 years.
The move is expected to help Nokia expand its presence in the key US market.
Says spending $3 billion every year on networks alone
Why India is an FDI magnet. The country satisfies several reconditions to attract FDI.
Samsung on Friday announced it would set up a handset manufacturing facility at Manesar in Gurgaon district with an investment of $15 million.
Cambridge University Press plans to introduce its dictionary on mobile phones in India and is looking for a service provider, Stephen R Bourne, CEO, CUP, said.
With PM Modi's visit, the time has come for a relook at India-Myanmar ties, and elevate the relationship to higher levels, says Dr Rahul Mishra.
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
Apple is expected to introduce its first new product since the iPad in 2010, a smartwatch, later on Tuesday.
The report forecasts that by 2020, four out of every five smartphone connections worldwide will come from the developing world.
'The Budget will have to be substantially re-cast as soon as a new government takes charge after the elections.' 'Both revenue and expenditure numbers will have to be trimmed -- and then may better reflect the deceleration of economic activity caused by slowing consumption trends,' points out T N Ninan.
Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".
'Defence funding is channelled to State-owned research organisations where scientists are merely bureaucrats holding meetings and sending out minutes of meetings and press releases, but have long ago stopped any innovative work.' 'Unless this tragedy is fixed, India's chances to create world-conquering and job-creating new industries are slim,' says Ajit Balakrishnan.
In a move to capture a slice of the rapidly growing domestic mobile phone market, public sector telecom equipment major ITI Ltd on Tuesday said it was contemplating manufacturing GSM cellular phones, besides WLL-CDMA instruments in the country.
'The key is to keep the growth sustainable over a period of time.'
Apple and Samsung are international players and should work as a team with domestic companies to transform India into a global powerhouse: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
'The workers's dance of wilful destruction has the potential to kill all investments planned in India by any foreign entity,' argues Dr Sudhir Bisht.
Investors expect more investment-friendly policies opening up more sectors for foreign direct investment
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Thursday that the current access deficit charge of 11 per cent must be brought down to lower the tariffs and enable the sector achieve higher mobile growth like China.
India is one of the top three markets for telecom company Motorola in the Asia Pacific region, a senior official said in New Delhi.
Videocon launched an app-powered air conditioner.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who has been chargesheeted by CBI along with controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma in a forgery case, was issued summons as an accused by a Delhi court asking him to appear on September 30.
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