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Virgin Mobile, India’s ‘first’ national youth-focused mobile services brand from Tata Teleservices, has announced of its vTrendy handset — an extremely stylish color screen phone loaded with FM Radio and available at an attractive price of Rs. 1,499. With every vTrendy phone, users will get lifetime validity recharge and a starter user kit.
The vTrendy from [...]

The latest tussle for grabbing maximum eyeballs for advertisement will be fought on the mobile platform. The drop in the average revenue per user is forcing telecom and related industries to find new avenues for growth.
The value-added services industry is still fragmented and advertisement within it still remains a small revenue stream. Serious steps ,however, [...]

Yahoo! launched oneSearch with voice recognition system in India and Singapore. Henceforth, mobile users can speak out their search key word and oneSearch can show up the results based on just a voice input. The product has been developed after working on respective local Indian and Singaporean accents.
In India, people are still not as comfortable [...]

Peekamo, a social network that is into free text messaging, has now launched its service in the country. The service enables users to send and receive text messages on their cell phones for free, without giving out the cell phone number.
Apart from free sending free SMS from mobile to mobile, Peekamo also offers a platform [...]

Mobile network operators support the government’s decision to introduce sub-operators, they said at an open house discussion organized by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) here Monday.
Sub-operators or Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO), will offer mobile services but will not own any radio frequency, unlike the mobile network operator (MNO) - companies such [...]

A feud that split one of India’s most powerful business families two years ago resurfaced this past weekend over the potential takeover of a South African telecom company.
The Reliance Group was divided in 2006 between brothers, but the simmering tension between the two reignited after it was revealed in May that [...]

Warning people about harmful effects of radiation from mobile phones, the Central government has asked service providers and cell phone makers to avoid promotional advertisements showing vulnerable segments like children and pregnant women using cell phones.
The electromagnetic waves emitted from mobile phones can seriously damage the tissues of the users’ brain, according to recent guidelines [...]

PayMate India, a mobile payment company, has closed its second round of investment of $9 million led by Mayfield Fund and participation from existing investors, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures. Nikhil Khattau of Mayfield will join the board of PayMate. In July 2006, Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invested [...]

HTC has launched the P3350 phone in the Indian market. The latest HTC phone offers business features packed in a compact, slim shell. Besides, entertainment of the users is ensured through music capabilities.
The HTC P3350 features in-built FM radio and is further capable of downloading music and audio-visual content. WLAN access for fast speed downloading [...]

Indian state-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will cut call rates by up to half, catching up with more nimble competitors as it looks to gain share in the world’s fastest-growing wireless services market.
From Wednesday, the lowest rate BSNL’s 41.3 million mobile customers will pay for a long-distance call will be 1.20 rupees, [...]