Nobody knows which was the first app to be downloaded from Apple’s iPhone App Store on 11 July 2008, but the total number of downloads passed 50 billion on Wednesday, signifying the rapid growth of a business created by the explosive spread of smartphones over the past five years.
Nokia will continue to bank on Windows operating system for its smartphones under the lower-priced Asha and premium-end Lumia series as it seeks to emerge as a credible competitor to smartphones manufactured by Apple and Samsung, chief executive Stephen Elop said on Thursday. Vivek Sinha reports.
Reliance Industries is betting on the digital sector as one of growth verticals of its retail business, which crossed the
Rs. 10,000 crore turnover milestone in the 2012-13 fiscal.
Software services major Cognizant Technology Solutions on Wednesday reported a 17% rise in net profit to $284 million (R1,538 crore) during the January-March quarter and maintained its outlook of 17% revenue growth for 2013, helped by strong demand from Europe.
Reliance Communications (RCom), India’s third largest telecom service provider by number of subscribers, on Monday increased tariffs by 20% for prepaid subscribers. The company earlier charged a tariff of one paise per second.
Reliance Communications, India's third-biggest mobile phone carrier by customers, said today it had increased voice call prices on some of its plans by about a fifth and cut promotional offers and discounts on some others by up to 65%.
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on BSNL and MTNL is likely to hold its first meeting on May 10 to discuss ways to revive the two loss-making public sector telecom companies.
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About 86.8 million people have opted for mobile number portability (MNP) since its launch about two-and-a-half years back, in January 2011. The number is more than 10% of the total mobile telephony customer base of 861 million in India.
Bharti Infratel, the tower arm of Bharti Airtel, today said it will talk to the telecom units of Reliance Industries to lease out its towers, a top official of the company said.
Executives are quitting as a top-level management rejig takes place at Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom service provider both in terms of subscriber base and revenue. However, the company says all is well and this will not have any impact on the firm, Manoj Gairola reports.
The government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has accused Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular of forming a cartel in 2010 for bidding in the auction for 3G spectrum. This is part of the affidavit filed by the company in the Supreme Court in the ongoing 3G roaming case, reports Manoj Gairola.
Vodafone India today launched roaming packs for its pre-paid customers across the country, wherein incoming calls will be charged at 30 paise per minute and outgoing calls will be charged at 90 paise per minute while roaming.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and TRAI on a plea seeking direction to fix cost-based tariff as cap for SMSes. The notice was issued on a plea alleging telecom operators were charging “arbitrary” rates.
The government has set up a group of ministers (GOM) to look into the matter of reviving and revitalising loss-making public sector units Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigma Ltd (MTNL).