Tata DOCOMO has tied up with Snapdeal.com, an e-commerce company, to launch Deal Zone. Tata DOCOMO GSM subscribers can subscribe and get SMS alerts on products and services such as restaurants, spas, electronic goods, fashion accessories and personal care products. Tata DOCOMO GSM subscribers will get upto 15 percent off on services like restaurants, spas, [...]

Aircel is launching a set of new 3G Plans and we would like to share the same with you. You would recall that 3 years ago when Aircel launched Pocket Internet, it changed the way mobile internet was perceived and consumed. It truly democratised data for the consumer. With 3G we are at a similar [...]

India’s third largest telecom operator, Idea Cellular, renewed its association with IPL -5′s favorite team Delhi Daredevils for the third year in a row, and welcomed the team and its new members prior to the first home game on April 10 in Delhi. The Idea Cellular and Delhi Daredevils partnership began with the third edition [...]

Communications minister Kapil Sibal is expected to launch Bharti Airtel’s broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology in Kolkata on Tuesday. A successor to the 3G and 2G families, 4G is expected to be five times quicker than 3G services. It would offer services such as high-definition mobile TV and video conferencing. Airtel [...]

Dell has stopped selling smartphones in the US as it tweaks its mobile strategy to focus more on emerging markets and higher-margin products. Dell has nixed its last standing Venue and Venue Pro smartphones and no replacements have been announced. The smartphones had run their course, a Dell spokesman said. “Mobility products have shorter lifecycles [...]

Realty firm Unitech has sought about $150 million from Norway’s Telenor to sell its 32.7% stake in their telecom joint venture and end the bitter dispute between two partners, an executive with direct knowledge of the development told ET. Unitech is learnt to have made this proposal to the Company Law Board, after the quasi-judicial [...]

Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, has launched WorldSpace Radio across 18 circles in India. Customers can now listen to more than 100000 songs across 10 channels, using their mobile handset. Worldspace Radio service on Vodafone is live in Uttar Pradesh East & West, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Mumbai, Bihar, Kerala, Rest of [...]

Cheers Mobile, the brand of Etisalat DB in India, has advised its customers to transfer their mobile numbers to other operators before 31st March, a date on which it will cease its operations in India. Cheers Mobile has close to 1.67 million users, most of the connections are already inactive with less than 30 per [...]

Finnish handset maker Nokia has decided to exit mobile money business, two years after it launched the service in India. The move is in line with the company’s global strategy to move out of non-core areas. Nokia had launched mobile money in 2010 through a partnership with YES Bank. Subsequently, it signed up with Union [...]

Bharti Airtel, through its wholly owned subsidiary Airtel M Commerce Services Limited (AMSL), announced the pan India launch of airtel money – India’s first of its kind mobile wallet service by a mobile operator. Available across 300 key cities in India – airtel money is a fast, simple and secure service that allows its users [...]