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One of the world’s largest clock makers, the Orpat Group, is now foraying into the mobile phone market in the country. For this, the company has collaborated with NXP Semiconductors, the independent company founded by Philips.
Orpat will be entering the market with ultra-low-cost (ULC) and multimedia handsets under its brand name. These phones will be [...]

Samsung Telecommunications India has launched eight mobile phones, including the SGH-U900 aka the ‘Soul’ in the country.
Speaking at the launch, Sunil Dutt, country head of Samsung Telecommunications India, said, “We believe that the Soul is the answer for today’s style-conscious consumers, looking for a perfect blend of outstanding quality, design, and performance.”
The Soul sports a [...]

Anil Ambani group-run Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd (RTVL) on Tuesday said that it has invested in Seattle-based Pelago. RTVL, however, did not disclose the amount invested. The company is the corporate venture capital arm of the Reliance ADA Group and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Capital.
“Pelago offers consumers and advertisers a unique proposition by combining [...]

Arun Sarin, the chief executive who safeguarded Vodafone’s dominance among mobile operators by expanding into emerging markets, announced his departure on Tuesday, saying he had achieved all he had set out to do.
He will be replaced by his deputy, Vittorio Colao, in July.

Analysts welcomed the smooth transition at the top of the world’s largest mobile [...]

Mobifusion has announced a partnership with McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) in India to develop mobile learning products adapted from its best- selling titles.
MHE India, during its 38 years of publishing presence in the country, has created a world-class content bank of educational and professional titles. In teaming up with Mobifusion for mobile product development, MHE India [...]

Millions of Indians are hopping on a plane and traveling abroad. Last year, some eleven million Indians went out of the country and most of them were business travelers. One of the important requirements while traveling abroad these days is a mobile phone. However, business travelers from India have been harried a lot as they [...]

After the success of IN2020 & IN2222 Intex technologies has launched IN3333, yet another competitive handset in the Indian mobile market. IN3333 is targeted as a Music phone and provides an end to end Multimedia solution to its customers.
Intex IN3333 is a stylish bar phone which provides you the best of utility & entertainment features. [...]

South African mobile operator MTN Group is in talks to combine with India’s Reliance Communications after rival Bharti Airtel Ltd. called off negotiations with MTN, the Wall Street Journal said.
A weekend report on the WSJ Asia website cited people familiar with the matter as saying discussions were under way, although it added they could go [...]

India’s Bharti Airtel Limited said yesterday it had ended takeover talks with South Africa’s MTN Group after failing to agree on which company will control a combined entity.
The groups had hoped to create the world’s sixth-largest mobile operator with over 130 million subscribers in 24 countries after first announcing they were in talks on May [...]

The recently announced HTC Touch Diamond is now available in India exclusively on the Airtel network.
The Touch Diamond sports a 3D touch interface called “TouchFLO 3D” that promises animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather, and more. The device comes with a 2.8-inches VGA touch screen, 3.2 mega pixels auto-focus camera, 4GB internal [...]