nexGTv, the mobile TV service developed by Digivive has partnered with Times Internet to stream the Pepsi IPL 2013 on mobile. The matches will be  available on the nexGTv from April 3 when all the action for IPL will begin. Along with watching the live action of IPL, users can also view match repeats and highlights. As Pepsi IPL 2013 channel will be clubbed into existing subscription packs of...

Indian mobile network operator Videocon has announced that it will be rolling out 4G services in the country in association with Nokia Siemens Networks. The exact timeframe of the roll out has not been revealed but it may happen before the year is out. Nokia Siemens Network already provides 2G operations for Videocon. This news comes on the heel of Airtel announcing that it will be rolling out 4G services...

Technology Research company Gartner has reported an overall decline in the smartphone sales in the second quarter of 2012. However, Samsung seems to have avoided the downturn & managed to garner significant market share. Between the months of April & July 2012, mobile companies managed to sell about 419 Million handsets. Though the number may be impressive, the sales figure, in fact dropped...

Consumer electronics manufacturer Videocon has attempted to break the notion of feature phones being limited in performance. It has introduced, not one, but four phones that are light on the wallet, yet pack a punch in terms of features. Videocon V1548Videocon V1542 Videocon V1531+ Videocon V1542 While smartphones & tablets are doing good business, India’s growing mobile population also needs...

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 this report for GSMA to assess the direct and indirect economic impact of wireless broadband in India. The exclusive findings of the Analysys Mason report reveal that allocating just 5MHz of additional...

There is a good news for all the national subscribers and international tourist visiting Bihar, this festival season.S Tel, Apka Apna Phone have announced the launch of ‘Passport Pack of Rs. 99‘ i.e International call @1p/sec. Subscribers can make calls to Tibet/ China/ Singapore(M)/HongKong(M)/ UK/ USA(F)/ Canada priced at Rs 1p/sec. And can enjoy a talktime of Rs.60/- for a validity...

Videocon Mobile Services has partnered with mobile media company BuzzCity to provide mobile content to Videocon subscribers. Under Videocon’s list of ‘Value Added Services’ (VAS) subscribers can now make use of content from BuzzCity’s mobile media portals like Djuzz, Now-Cook and JAMsked. BuzzCity’s mobile portal Djuzz offers mobile games under various categories, JAMsked...

Sometime back in July last year, we covered a story on the growth of mobile subscribers in India. Adding onto this, a recent TRAI report also said that there were 752.19 million subscribers in December 2010. But are all of these active? Certainly not if we have to go by the report that says only 70% of the subscribers are active. And Bharti Airtel has emerged as the top player having maximum number...

India’s highly lucrative telecom sector has started testing operators in a serious way. Norwegian company, Telenor is having to face investor flak in a big way with regard to its Indian operations. The cost of entering Indian markets summed up to almost US$ 2.08 billion which includes the US$ 1.3 billion worth of stake in Uninor acquired from Unitech. The entry was rosy with Uninor being everything...

This week saw the Government taking initiative to launch a heritage sites portal for the Father of the Nation. Also, MHRD partnered with HCL to roll out the $35 laptops. On the international front, Apple announced the launch for Ping, a music based cosial networking website, while Sony launched Qriocity to compete with iTunes. Read about all this and much more with this weeks WAT weekly wrapup. Posts...