Gone are the days,”when you used to pay 60-70 cents a minute, even 7 – 8 cents nows days”Gone are the days, “when we worried about spending 10’s of dollars to buy cheap and good calling cardsGone are the days, “when we have to worry about all types of charges eating up our balance in [...]

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Reliance offer Free Netbook-laptops With Datacard Contract

Reliance Communications will offer free netbook(mini laptops) with their WiFi Internet Service NetConnect Datacard for a two year contract.Reliance has roped in Intel, Acer, Asus, HCL and Lenovo to provide their netbook with this free netbook give away offer.That is the buyer will have option of not only one but many netbooks offered by these [...]

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Price hike after Diwali from Mobile Companies

Mobile companies may opt for price hikes post-Diwali with the dollar touching a high of Rs 49.95. Among the handset marketers, companies like Spice Mobiles, Meridian Mobile and HTC confirmed of 15% price hike after Diwali.Leading mobile phone manufacturers like Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung are watching the exchange rate closely to follow suit.Handset manufacturers [...]

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Airtel enters the elite club of top 25 telecom companies

Diwali went well. We might have contributed to the global warming in a significant way, but who is checking? Muhurat trading went very well with Sensex regaining 9000 levels. That is the good news. Though it is not the topic of this discussion. Bharti Airtel has entered the elite club of top telecom companies. [...]

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Reliance Telemedicine Venture- Reliance Healthcare Magic

Is there a business in which Reliance is not in? I can’t think of any. BUT …. Now, Reliance has tied up with Bangalore based HealthCare Magic to provide tele-medicine and mobile health consultancy. “There are some businesses which doesn’t make money. For everything [...]

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5 great gadgets to buy this Diwali!

With Diwali around the corner, this is a great time to shop for gadgets what with discounts available at most stores. Gadgets make great gifts too; if you choose well they will be used often and for a long time by the lucky recipient. So here are five great gadgets for this festive season.
Canon [...]

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Govt May BAN Chinese Mobiles

Mobile phones which do not have a unique identity number may soon go out of circulation. The Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to block cellphones which do not bear the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. Many handsets assembled locally or imported from China do not have IMEI numbers. The DoT has also proposed [...]

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30% of New Mobile Users from Rural India

TRAI’s last quarter report has an interesting stat that is an eye opener to many of the telecomplayers

- Of the 25 million customers added in the Apr-June quarter, 8 million are from rural areas!

70 million mobile users in villages (out of a total 300 million) compared with 40 million in September 2007 (out of 209 [...]

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Free Telephony In India – An Idea

“Why do we need to pay for making phone calls?” This was the question that came to my mind while I was glancing at my phone bill. Why the phone calls can’t be completely free, I thought. Well, it is indeed possible, at least in India!
Telephone tariff has significantly come down. Rs. 1 per minute [...]

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मोबाइल पर सभी कॉल मुफ्त हो जाएंगी

मोबाइल फोन रखने वालों के लिए खुशखबरी है। ब्रिटेन में एक ऐसी तकनीक ईजाद हुई है जिससे मोबाइल फोन पर सभी कॉल मुफ्त हो जाएंगी।
दूरसंचार क्षेत्न में नई क्रांति लाने वाली इस तकनीक के जरिए एक हाई सेंसेटिव उपकरण घरों में मोबाइल फोन कॉल के सिग्नल पकड़ कर उन्हें किसी भी उपलब्ध ब्रॉडबैंड इंटरनेट लाइन [...]

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नेट के लिए पीसी का सुपर सस्ता विकल्प

इंटरनेट इस्तेमाल करने के लिए जल्द ही पर्सनल कंप्यूटर के मुकाबले काफी सस्ता विकल्प उपलब्ध होगा। यहां की कंपनी ईचिप इंडिया ने इस बाबत टेक्नॉलजी विकसित की है। इस डिवाइस के जरिए इंटरनेट पर उपलब्ध एंटरटेनमेंट, एजुकेशन और कम्यूनिकेशन सेवाएं प्राप्त करना मुमकिन होगा। @box नामक इस डिवाइस की कीमत सिर्फ 100 डॉलर (तकरीबन 4 [...]

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