The Indian government has asked net telephony service providers which use the VoIP (Voice over internet Protocol) technology to set up their servers in India if they wish to operate within the country’s territory. Services that will be concerned with the development include Skype, Viber and other similar apps and programs. This is primarily because the government at the Centre wishes these companies...

An 18-year old Indian-origin teen who resides in the United States of America has invented a super-capacitor device that provides the capability of charging a cell-phone in almost no time at all: it can charge a mobile handset in just 20 seconds. Eesha Khare, who stays at Saratoga, California, has been awarded the Intel Young Scientist Award which is given by the Intel foundation. She has designed...

China-based telecom gear maker and services provider ZTE has finally announced that it will entering the huge Indian smartphones market and has tied-up with Pune-based company called Calyx Group . ZTE will be launching its phones as part of the group and Calyx will be handling the distribution, sales and marketing of ZTE’s products. According to ZTE, the company will be starting out with a modest...

Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic will try its luck again in the growing Indian smartphone market. After a hiatus of more than 5 years, the company has been actively promoting its new Android based phone (P51) in the media. Panasonic has evidently tied-up with Delhi based Jaina Group. The Indian counterpart is supposed to take on a holistic role for the Japanese Company’s stability...

Bharti Airtel appears to be in a quandary. Though it is adding customers, the number is much lesser than those acquired by Vodafone & Idea. According to latest figures collated by Cellular Operators Association of India, the industry body representing GSM operators indicated that Airtel may have lost its leadership at least in pure subscriber acquisition. The Indian Telecom sector had been adding...

The total number of Internet Connections in India is expected to swell to about 380 Million within the next 4 years. Growing at a very healthy Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of about 35%, the segment will be able to make this climb revealed a recently conducted survey by ASSOCHAM–Yes bank. Aptly titled ‘Driving Growth in New Media’, the study was able to highlight a lot finer nuances within...

The Consumer Court has just struck a blow to Airtel for not providing reliable service to its customers. The East District Consumer Disputes Redressal came to the conclusion that Airtel did not fully comply on the service agreements as stipulated in the contract & has ordered it to remedy the situation & pay penalty compensation. What implications does this have on the Service Segment? Realizing...

Two of the largest State-run Telecom Companies, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) could son be split up in an attempt to better monetize the two. The empowered Group of Ministers (GoM), have scheduled a meeting to consider the exact future fate of the two entities. The GoM is currently thinking of trifurcation & hive-off two new companies each holding...

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC), which handles the operations of Deli’s Metro travel services, has brought an end to woes of thousands of daily passengers by coming up with an online portal for the general public which will help them recharge their already availed smart cards through online transactions by using their debit and credit cards. “With this new facility, commuters will now...

Internet communications company, Nimbuzz is considering buying the new Unified Licenses for an amount of 15 crores so that it can start offering Internet telephony services in the country. The unified license was announced by the Indian Government recently but it still has to detail the guidelines and other important agreements. After reviewing these conditions, the company is likely to go ahead and...