Come, let’s mourn in unison. If you aren’t an Apple Fanboy and don’t value hype over reality, it might be a day to be incredibly sad. Apple, the foremost inspiration in the world of smartphones, has stopped inspiring. Yes, Apple has now become a part of the crowd rather than doing something that stuns the…
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Some time ago, we use to eye ‘Indian-made’ phones with suspicion. When someone said they used a phone from say ‘Micromax’ or ‘Spice’, we used to think that they possessed low-end phones not worthy of mentioning. Heck, till about two years ago, possessing phones from Indian brands was looked down upon. Everyone would vouch for…
Read moreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently released ‘The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (sixth amendment) Regulations, 2011′ in which it suggests that though restricitions of 100 SMS/day per SIM will apply but with certain exceptions attached to it.Restricting users who are sending SMS for personal purpose or non-commercial purpose is really stupid, however,…
Read moreMobile phones have grown up and have evolved into something that does a lot more than just making phone calls. People have started living around it. The last 10 years saw a revolution in how we communicate and how much we depend upon this little gadget. Listening to music, clicking pictures, watching movies, chit-chatting, social-networking,…
Read moreThe telecom services play an integral role in the socio-economic development for a nation. It is a fundamental support system needed for rapid growth and modernization of various sectors of the economy. In India, it is one of fastest growing sectors and has greatly contributed in bridging the urban-rural gap. The sector is growing at…
Read moreMobile Number Portability (MNP) was introduced in Haryana in December 2010 and thereafter will be introduced across India in January 2011, a move that is expected to further intensify competition in the already crowded mobile services market. In ICRA’s opinion, with implementation of MNP, subscribers would get a wider choice and would be able to…
Read moreLast month I visited a different planet, surprised??? Even I was, Japan, the land of rising Sun is out of the world, its heaven for tech lovers. My journey began from Vadodara on 8th December. I reached New Delhi Airport at 3 PM and the flight to Tokyo was at 9 PM. I had ample…
Read moreWhile the 3G Launch of Major operators in India is just a couple of weeks away, we’ve got some bad news on 3G here. Once it’s here, more than one crore people are speculated to use 3G and so are their brains to get damaged. Though the rest of the world has been exposed to…
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