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Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced two new postpaid plans under its ‘myPlan Infinity’ series, offering unlimited voice calls along with bundled 3G/4G data at just INR 1199. Airtel postpaid ‘myPlan Infinity’ combines unlimited voice calling with variable data benefits, giving customers the flexibility to choose from a wide range of plans. Under the new ‘Infinity’ plans, for INR 1199 customers will enjoy unlimited voice calling – local, STD, and on national roaming – along with 100 SMS per day, 1GB 3G/4G data and free subscription...

Ola today announced the launch of ‘We Care, We Share,’ a healthy living awareness campaign for its driver-partners in the city. The initiative is aimed at positively impacting the wellbeing of thousands of Ola driver-partners in the city, through periodic health check-ups and handy health supplies. The first leg of the campaign kick-started today, with 50 driver-partners and their family members receiving a health checkup from Sahyadri Hospital and a spa treatment from Four Fountains De-Stress Spa, at Sayaji Hotel in Wakad, free of cost. This half-day long event included...

Channel partners have welcomed the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Channel partners said that the bill, which proposes uniform taxation across the states, will bring ease of doing business and resolve various challenges in the current indirect tax landscape. Partners said that GST would facilitate hassle free movement of goods and services across the region and benefit both dealers as well as end users. The much awaited GST bill finally got approval in the Rajya Sabha as the government pacified opposition’s...

Prudent Corporate Advisory services, an online mutual funds platforms for financial advisors announced the launch of Fundzbazar.com, an online guidance and distribution platform for investors looking to put their money into instruments mutual funds, FDs, bonds, etc. A wide network of 62 branches in 17 states with 8163 channel partners cater to more than 2,80,000 clients. The newly launched site is meant for end-to-end guidance on investing in various financial instruments along with providing their detailed tracking to the consumers. The aim has been to make investing quicker, more convenient,...

Axis Communications recently concluded the second edition ‘Eye Connect – 2016’. The theme of this three-day event was, ’Integrated Security Solution – From Myth To Reality’. The event organized during August 2 – 4, 2016 in Goa saw participation by more than 150 vendors, system integrators and partners. With opportunities increasing in the retail, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, manufacturing and hospitality industry both enterprise as well as small and medium businesses are grappling with issues of data security as well as physical security of its assets and equipments. Added to the...

Riding high on the success of LeEco’s Superphones and accessories, LeEco is on the brink of creating yet another market disruption - this time through its own e-commerce marketplace, LeMall.com. To meet the growing demand of the gadget-obsessed, the newly launched e-commerce marketplace of LeEco, LeMall.com, plans a one-day shopping celebration. The ‘LeMall for All’ Day will extend several exciting discounts and offers that will motivate buyers to purchase LeEco Superphones and exclusive audio and accessories at unmatched prices. LeMall’s special day - ‘LeMall for All’ is conceived as the...

Xiaomi is planning to launch new products during Diwali to ensure that the festive season is utilized to the fullest. Not just new handsets, the Chinese phone maker is looking to expand its product categories in India as well, offering value for money products across segments. This move is mainly to reduce the timeline between product launches, especially in India which happens to be the company’s biggest market outside China, reported Economic Times. To ensure service and product delivery is perfectly taken care of, Xiaomi is also hiring a lot of...

IBM today unveiled a new IBM MobileFirst for iOS Garage in Bangalore, India. The Garage — part of a network of centers at Atlanta, Cupertino, Toronto and Chicago — will help clients around the world achieve mobile-led, digital transformations at speed and at scale on the iOS platform. IBM also announced Mobile at Scale for iOS, a new offering specifically for clients looking to invest in digital transformation projects that include more than three iOS apps over a multi-year period. Clients opting for this model have full access to IBM’s...

After a long wait and repeated requests by the Indian Government, the Rajya Sabha finally gave a green signal to the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, which is considered to be a significant reform that will simplify and unify the tax structure of India. The much-awaited GST, which will be implemented from April 1, 2017, is expected to impact the IT-BPM sector (and also other industries), which is currently valued at USD 143 billion (2015-16). The GST, once implemented, will supposedly bring all states and people of India...

Check Point today announced Sand Blast Agent for Browsers with Zero Phishing technology. As the newest member of its industry-leading Sand Blast family of solutions, Sand Blast Agent for Browsers is designed to protect users from these evolving threats by seamlessly incorporating key components of the security model into the browser. It provides real-time protection, all while reducing the resources required to prevent today’s most advanced attacks. To optimize business results and innovation, users now expect unconstrained internet access and immediate delivery of downloaded content and email. At the same...