HTC unveils Windows Mobile 6.5 based HD2 in India

Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC Corporation has launched the HTC HD2 smartphone in India. Based on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 1GHz mobile processor, it features a high resolution 4.3-inch ‘capacitive touch’ display with HTC's own Sense user interface. Read more...

The fantastic five for Indian callers

With mobile phone users in India crossing the half a billion mark, India is ripe to be the main grazing land for shanzhai manufacturers in coming years. Here are five models already popular down back alleys and under market stalls, from Delhi to Bangalore. Read more...

BSNL to extend its WiMAX services in rural India

After setting up shop in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, India’s state owned telecom operator BSNL is now trying to extend its WiMAX services to rural India. Last Sunday BSNL commercially launched its WiMAX services, particularly covering rural areas. Read more.

Shanzhai phones with no IMEI seized in markets

It seems that law enforcement agencies are having a hard time curbing the sale of shanzhai phones without International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers in India. The cops have seized over 3,500 mobile phones from various markets in the capital city of India, following complaints from the Indian Cellular Association (ICA). Read more.

Indians obsessed with blue bird

A few months back there was a huge political convulsion in India when one of the Indian ministers tweeted that Indians are ‘Cattle class’. Despite earning flak for his remarks, the minister keeps on using Twitter heartily and has the highest number of Twitter followers in India. In fact, he also urges his compatriots to use Twitter to interact with the population. Read more.

Shanzhai manufacturers get an Indian competitor

Up until now shanzhai phone manufactures cornered the market on dual SIM mobile phones in the burgeoning Indian cell phone scene. Now a relatively lesser known Indian company, Airfone, has launched the country’s cheapest dual SIM mobile phone. Read more.

Shanzhai phones sans IMEI number stop ringing in India

shanzhai mobile phones without valid International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers in India have stopped working as of November 30, making millions of customers disconnected. According to Indian government directives, leading mobile phone operators like Vodafone and Airtel have started disconnecting services from the shanzhai phones, which do not have valid IMEI numbers. Read more.

Acer to start Android Buzz in India

There has been a lot of Android buzz in the Chinese phone market of late thanks to the shanzhai and their mainstream contemporaries. Dell is wise enough to bet on the growing Chinese market for its first Android smartphone; however, India is another burgeoning Asian economy, which is still untouched by Android smartphones. Acer has decided to bring the Android enthusiasm to India by launching its Android based smarphones during this festive month. Read more.

3G adoption in India/China to boost business worldwide

Wireless broadband services are expected to boom worldwide with the imminent launch of 3G services in China and India. Although both countries delayed the launch of 3G services, in the end they will significantly contribute to the number of worldwide wireless broadband usage by 2012, which is expected to touch 1billion. Presently 169 million people worldwide have access to broadband wireless by using advanced technology like 3G.Read more.

Indians soon free to give bad carriers the flick

Here's some good news for cell phone users in India. From next year, cell phone subscribers in India can change their carriers without changing their cell phone numbers. Under Mobile Number Portability (MNP) set by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), cell phone subscribers will have to pay a maximum of only INR 19 (USD 0.408732) if they want to change their telecom operator without changing their existing phone number. Read more.

Infosys BPO to acquire US based McCamish Systems

Everyone is aware that American companies often outsource work to India. It's now a common business phenomenon. But now it seems that the phenomenon is changing. Indian based IT and BPO company Infosys is going to acquire a USD 58 million US company! Read More.

CDMA vs GSM in India

When we talk about cellular services, there are two main cellular data transmission technologies out there: Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). GSM is the most popular technology worldwide. Although CDMA has a lower number of users compared to GSM, it is seriously popular in countries like China and India. Read more.

Nokia to unveil m-banking services in India

A lot of cool things have started happening in the Indian telecom sector. Telecom related companies like Nokia are in a race to launch new services in the country. Nokia is now planning to roll out financial and banking services under the banner name, ‘Nokia Money’. Read more...