iOS operating system provides Indian English support to its digital personal assistant.
With this acquisition, Airtel will be second company, after Reliance Jio, in the country to have pan-India presence in 2300 Mhz band
The famous Nokia 8110 comes back to life in a new avatar after 22 years!
Google uses solar panel and wind to power electronic equipment in the balloon throughout the day.
Samsung makes the largest number of non-4G feature phones in India
The much-awaited event is finally over. And here is what you need to know about it!
The 2016 upstart, called Jio, dislodged rivals and has emerged as the nation's No. 4 carrier by offering call services free for life and data transmission at dirt cheap rates.
Market expects either a price disruption or differentiated service; combination of both could hurt incumbents.
Company now plans to use 1800 MHz band spectrum as the primary wave while the 2300 Mhz wave will be supplementary for enterprise customers.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd on Friday tested its 4G network at the Techfest event in IIT Bombay campus by running trials of video calls and Jio television service, among others.
Company won spectrum in six circles in the 1,800 MHz band for Rs 2,221 cr in Nov; Nokia Siemens is technology partner for the rollout.
It plans to offer 4G data with voice at rates 15-25 per cent lower than those of its competitors just as it has done with its TV sets. Many say it might be a recipe for disaster.
Airtel rolls out fourth-generation (4G) data service across 296 cities.
Officials of Reliance Jio Infocomm claimed to have achieved broadband speeds on their networks that are 10-12 times faster than 3G services.
Though reserve for CDMA, there were no bidders for the spectrum in the recent auction. GSM operators could buy it to launch 4G and 3G services.
The phone will work on both 2G, 3G as well as 4G networks seamlessly.
The freebies are now over, but Jio will need to notch up subscriber numbers and margins to prove its sceptics wrong.
Apple's iPhone 5 has a larger screen but a thinner profile and is 20 per cent lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.
Nokia has officially revealed its first Windows Phone 8 handsets, the Lumia 920 and 820. Pricing and release dates were not shared at the event, but more details can be expected in the fourth quarter.
The company, which clocked $1.5 billion in revenues from India in 2011-12, is also betting big on the roll out of 4G LTE services in India and is targeting more than 50 per cent share of the contracts coming in.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is expected to use between 30,000 and 45,000 mobile towers when it starts offering 4G services in the third or fourth quarter of this financial year, according to Credit Suisse.
Reliance Retail will also sell Wi-Fi dongles.
Reliance Industries (RIL) has cut estimates for proven gas reserves in its Krishna-Godavari block off the east coast by 6.7 per cent, to 3.67 trillion cubic ft (tcf), the company said in its annual report.
Communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal said that 3G services have not been a success in the country so far.
The number of new entrants is decreasing since 2015, as Indian market matures
iPhone 5 has a thinner profile and is 20 per cent lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.
The country's largest telecom player Bharti Airtel sees 3G as a major growth propeller and says the journey of 3G to 4G and to LTE (long-term evolution) would take place much faster in India.
Abhik Sen, who tried out the new service, finds out it is good for data and apps, but calls are still sketchy
Spectrum trading will happen in 9 circles.
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It is the most-awaited smartphone of 2018.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 will impress multimedia enthusiasts.
At Rs 2,685 crore for 1MHz pan-Indian spectrum, reserve price would be 52% higher than that of 1,800MHz band
If you are mulling the idea of buying a smartphone with great specs in the sub-50K range, then these five launched in 2014 are worth a look.
Airtel offers 4G service in 1800 Mhz band frequency while other companies are yet to roll out their services.
The big advantage that Jio is able to garner currently is its low cost of operations.
Qualcomm has possible intentions of hoarding spectrum should it win the spectrum in the forthcoming auction, Wimax Forum chairman C S Rao said.
Company has plans to launch its latest 4G enabled phone Lumia 830 priced at around Rs 26,000 before taxes by Oct.
Lumia 640 XL will begin rolling out globally in March.
Aditya Birla Group company Idea Cellular today said it expects to start 3G services in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal.
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