india-mobile-money

India’s Mobile Internet Is A Golden Hen, Says Google

by | posted: November 4, 2011
A while ago we had done two articles; one on the dizzying speeds at which internet, especially on the move, is growing & second, the growing demand for Mobiles. Looks like Google read both! Hence the...
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Snail Mail Being Overtaken By E-mail And SMS

by | posted: August 30, 2011
Post offices are part and parcel of India’s culture but due to our increasing population and the time taken to deliver mails, the volume of snail mail and telegrams has been steadily dropping. Even when...
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Wireless Broadband Penetration can Unleash $80 billion GDP Growth

by | posted: August 12, 2011
GSMA, the association of mobile phone operators in the country, believe a 10-per cent growth in mobile broadband will add Rs3,50,600 crore ($80 billion) to India’s GDP by 2015. Analysys Mason has prepared...
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Blackberry Dominates The Online Interest In Smartphones

by | posted: May 30, 2011
A new research by ViziSense reveals that Blackberry is the most favorite smartphone for those, who search for mobile phones online. The study has been conducted based on data from different e-commerce...
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Nokia Still Reluctant On Adopting Dual SIM Technology

by | posted: December 1, 2010
We live in a country that facilitates fierce competition between its mobile operators, where every operator is busy luring consumers- either by announcing special discounts at particular times of the day...
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India’s First 3D Phone From Spice Mobility – View D

by | posted: October 27, 2010
I had in one of my posts earlier mentioned how I have always been a cheap-phone guy. All my phones have been basic with the most modern function being a camera in the one i carry these days. It has been...
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World’s Lightest Touchphone – Modu T Is In India Now, Courtesy Micromax

by | posted: October 21, 2010
Micromax has launched a new Smartphone; a 3.5 G customized “Modu T” and this time in an exclusive partnership with Israel-based Modu Ltd. What is interesting is that this phone has the honor...
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Bharti Ties Up With IBM In Africa

by | posted: September 21, 2010
Bharti Airtel’s venture into the African telecom market through Zain Telecom has not exactly been a nice one so far for the Indian company. We recently reported that Bharti Zain lost almost 13% of...
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Olive And Airtel Offer Hybrid Phone at Rs 1299!

by | posted: September 7, 2010
Next time when your mobile phone flashes the “Battery Low” message, you might not go through a wave of irritated emotions. Olive Telecom has rolled out India’s first hybrid powered mobile phone with...
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Nokia C1 and Nokia C2 Dual-Sim Phones Launched – Last Ditch Effort?

by | posted: August 31, 2010
Recently, we reported how customers tend to hang on to multiple SIM cards due to various reasons ranging from lifetime validity of the card, to good deals on messages or calls. With increasing customers...
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After Tata DoCoMo, RComm Provides Nokia Ovi Life Tools In Rural India

by | posted: August 24, 2010
After tying up with Tata DoCoMo, Nokia has now joined hands with Reliance Communications to provide Nokia Ovi Life Tools to RCom subscribers in the rural areas of India. Nokia Ovi Life Tools provides information...
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Indian Company Onward Mobility Has An Offline App Store

by | posted: August 17, 2010
Apple’s famous “There’s an App for that” does not seem to have penetrated the Indian mindset. In spite of the great strides India has made in mobile penetration, both rural and...
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Indian Handset Manufacturers Go International

by | posted: June 28, 2010
Indigenous Indian handset manufacturers, after experiencing great success in the Indian market and beating international giants with their products and insight, are now foraying into other developing economies...
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Nokia Reigns Over The Indian Market – But For How Long?

by | posted: June 4, 2010
In a recent quarterly report released by AdMob on mobile hand sets used across the world, Nokia has emerged as the clear winner in India. Nokia owns 59% of the Indian handset market while its operating...
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Micromax To Come Up With Co-Branded Cell Phones In Tie-up With MTV

by | posted: December 28, 2009
It is a very strange co-relation that despite the humongous growth witnessed in the Indian telecom sector we hardly boast of anything in mobile phone industry, many domestic players who tried desperately...
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