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Continuing with its efforts to drive mobile internet penetration and adoption across the country, Idea Cellular, has now announced a promotional offer on its 4G, 3G BIG Internet packs, providing more value to heavy internet users who consume data packs of 2GB to 10 GB, as part of a promotional offer. Idea’s BIG data pack of Rs. 990 will now offer 10 GB 4G, 3G data instead of 6.5 GB earlier. As per the promotional offer, the Rs. 449 pack will offer 3 GB data as against the earlier 2...

In a major relief to offline channel and a big jolt to online marketplaces, the Madhya Pradesh government has proposed 6 per cent entry tax on E Commerce companies. The government has decided to amend the law in order to bring E Commerce transactions under the ambit of taxation. With the move, Madhya Pradesh has joined the list of states who have already levied entry tax on OLS. While offline channel partners have welcomed the move, the E Commerce players seems furious over the decision. Brick and Mortar has demanded...

Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco has announced partnership with Flipkart to provide exchange offers on mobile devices Le 1S Eco, Le 2 and Le Max 2 on 18 and 19 July. Under this offer, users can bring their existing smartphones in working conditions and get the best exchange price. In addition to this, every consumer who opts in for the exchange offers to buy a LeEco Superphone will get an additional exchange value of Rs 2,000 for availing the product exchange option. The same is a part of the...

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is planning to start consultation on quality benchmark for voice and data services in a fortnight to improve customer experience in the mobile market. According to sources, the regulator’s efforts to address the Quality of Service (QoS) norms is likely to come in the form of a consultation paper that would address both voice and data aspects as, reported by The Hindu. Trai in its frequent call drop test found most operators fail to meet service quality benchmark. The tolerance limit for call drops is...

Many organizations can cut spending on software by as much as 30 per cent by implementing three software license optimization best practices, according to research from Gartner, Inc. The keys to reducing software license spending are application configuration optimization, recycling software licenses and by using software asset management (SAM) tools. Hank Marquis, research director at Gartner, said achieving software savings is a complex exercise, but the potential savings are just too large to ignore. “Automated software license optimization is a relatively new discipline and most organizations are at lower levels...

Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corporation has entered into the Indian market with the TCL 560 which comes with an eye-biometric verification feature. The device, which is priced at INR 7,999, comes up against the Lenovo Vibe P1m, Coolpad Note 3 Lite and Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime. The TCL 560 has a 5.5-inch HD IPS display, with a quad-core processor, 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP selfie camera with 84.4 degree wide viewing angle. The display provides plenty of area to watch movies, play games, et al.The 4GLTE-enabled...

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Chalakudy. With this, Airtel 4G is now available across 200 towns in the state. Airtel customers in Chalakudy can now enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a wide range of smart devices including mobile phones, 4G hotspots and dongles. George Mathen, Hub CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel said, “We introduced Kerala to 4G with...

Zuver, Your Driver on demand, a Mumbai-based start-up launched in early April 2016 has launched operations in Pune and Bangalore on Friday, 15th July, 2016. After having established itself substantially in Mumbai, Zuver now intends to position itself as the dominant player in other parts of India, thereby creating a stronghold and a launchpad for it to drive into various other markets in India. Zuver had already acquired a credible operational presence spanning both Pune and Bangalore through their investor footprint namely the Hermes Group and Shruth and Smith Holdings...

RAH Infotech, value added distributor of Gemalto in India recently conducted a joint channel meeting with Gemalto in the picturesque town of Lonavala near Mumbai. About 25 channel partners from across Western India attended the meeting where executives from Gemalto and RAH Infotech discussed how partners can solve their customers’ security challenges with Gemalto’s SafeNet Identity and Data Protection solutions. The objective was also to drive more revenues for partners. Rana Gupta, VP APAC, Identity & Data Protection, Gemalto shared “In a changing environment of advanced security threats, new regulatory...