Category: mobile
O2 XDA Flame PDA Phone in India
O2 has launched the Xda Flame PDA-Phone in India. According to the company, this is the first phone to harness the full multimedia capabilities of a 3D graphics processor. Mark Billington, CEO of O2 Asia Pacific and Middle East, said, It encapsulates everything O2 stands for – innovation and performance…
Wireless Subscriber Base
September monthly net adds fell slightly to 7.7m (down 6.6% m-o-m) for the first time since March (which was on account of regulator-led sub deactivation), but mainly led by Tata Tele and BSNL. Net adds for all other players remained flat to marginally declining. Bharti’s net adds stood at 2.1m….
Local Search by SMS – Google
Google has unveiled local search on Mobile for Indians by means of SMS. The short code for this search is 54664. To test this service I sent a message “North Indian Food, Jaynagar Bangalore”. [See the left screen shot captured from Sent messages on Mobile]. I received 3 messages in…
Tata Indicom – Dual SIM Phone
Tata Indicom became the first CDMA operator in India to launch Dual SIM Phone – Samsung Duo. The advantage of this is, you can keep your existing GSM connection and BUY a new Tata Indicom Mobile [CDMA] and continue to use both from the convenience of a single handset. Switching…
Urban Indians hate Telemarketers
5 Million Mobile subscribers in India have registered with the National Do Not Call Registry within the first 5 days. Also 14,000 of the estimated 25,000 telemarketing companies have registered. TRAI Chairman Nripendra Misra said, The fact that over 50 lakh subscribers have registered within five days is proof that…
Bharti Airtel Bill Pay via SMS
Bharti Airtel has introduced a new feature that will let a subscriber pay his mobile bills by means of SMS. So where will they Debit a subscriber account ? To avail this service you must be registered with Bharti Airtel using your VISA Credit Card. [Mastercard will follow soon]. Once…
Reliance and Tata Press for Number Portability
CDMA Operators – Tata Indicom and Reliance Communications are pressing the Government of India to introduce Mobile Number Portability in a phased manner as soon as possible. These Telcos believe that their is a big chunk of unsatisfied customers in the GSM Space – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Hutch-Essar, BSNL, Idea Cellular…
Indians are Cell Phone Banking Savvy
In a survey conducted by Sybase 365, it is found that citizens of the emerging economy are mobile savvy for Banking. Here is the outcome of the survey. 81% of the respondents are aware of Mobile Banking service offered by Indian Banks 49% of the respondents have used mobile banking…