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Mobile Number portability will be possible by May: Telecordia to do it

Mobile number portability has been a key focus article in moneymint and we have been tracking its various developments here, here, here and here. Now the latest news is that Telecordia, the US based telecom solution has got the nod from the Govt. especially the home ministry to set up its shop in India. As [...]

BSNL has 1 lakh excess staff. VRS, IPO, downsizing on way?

BSNL, one of the largest employers in the country, currently has over 3 lakh employees. This PSU, has been facing a lot of competition from the private operators. Its fixed-line market has been declining mainly because of ancient procedures & processes.
A panel headed by Mr Sam Pitroda, advisor to the PrimeMinister, has provided a 15-point formula [...]

BSNL launches 3g Services in Bangalore, Chennai – Prepaid, Postpaid Tariff

Finally India got 3g networks, hurray! There are more than 40 countries launched the 3g networks around 4 years back and only USA has been quite successful in these 3g networks after the launch of iPhones by Apple. Even now USA has been suffering lot of Data Contention problems with 3g networks and it causes [...]

Nokia to provide Mobile Money in India

India has been one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world. Nokia has been the market leader in mobile handsets, having a share of 57% in the Indian handset marker. So, cash in this popularity, Nokia is set to launch Mobile Money in India.

Under this service, mobile users can send and receive money instantly [...]

Mobile Number Portability -Launch Date -May 1st week in Chennai Bangalore – I&B Minister Raja

Information & Broadcasting Union Minister Raja confirmed that the mobile number portability will be launched around May 1st week. Initially it will be launched in major cities like Chennai, Bangalore where mobile subscriber base is very high and also different service providers.
This effort from Union Minister is really appreciable and it may bring the real [...]

Buying iPhone Accessories in India – iPhone 3G & iphone 3GS cases, chargers, bluetooth, headphones

iPhone is growing very fast in India and it will take just few years to beat RIM (Blackberry) in smart phones section. Buying an iphone is not important but saving it from scratches, accidents is most important Yes, you need to have its accessories like case, car chargers and so many stuff which [...]

Tata Teleservices partners with Future group – T24: A new offering in telecom & retail space

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) has entered into a franchisee agreement with Indian retail chain, Future group, to offer a unique retail & talking experience to their customers. TTSL will be launch its new GSM operations under the brand name T24 – Talk 24.

Tata teleservices is under a similar agreement with Virgin group, under the Virgin [...]

S Tel: Tariff plans, special vouchers, roaming & top-up

S Tel is the latest entry in the rapidly growing Indian GSM market. S Tel began its services in India in Dec 2009, starting its services with Himachal Pradesh. Within 2 weeks of its launch, it expanded to Orissa, Bihar & Jharkhand. In the first month of its launch, 1.4 lakh people subscribed to their [...]

Amitabh Bachchan creates history again: Creates the world’s first voice blog

Decades back Amitabh made history with Sholay, and his magic has continued for decades. Couple of years back, he started the trend of blogging in the Indian film industry. He has been an ardent blogger since then, letting the readers know every bit of what is happening in his day to day life. Right from [...]

Mango technologies: A start-up at Bangalore, sells two products to Qualcomm

India’s mobile user base is growing at a very fast rate, adding millions & millions of users every year. Till yesterday, India was known for its fast growing mobile usage. Now, not only are we the end users of the mobile techology, we are even defining the mobile & telecom business. Mango technologies, a start-up [...]