Nokia Unveils Black N82

Nokia has unveiled the Nokia N82 in stylish black. ThN82 enables people to “geotag” the images they capture – allowing them to not only be saved by date, but by location as well. This adds to a line-up of photography features, including a 5 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash and advanced [...]

Telcos to pay Rs 5-20K fine for every unwanted call

18 Mar, 2008, Times News Network Finally, there’s help at hand. Your mobile operator will be held accountable every time you receive an unwanted call from a telemarketer. Sector regulator TRAI on Monday notified that service providers will be subjected to a fine of Rs 5,000 for the first unsolicited commercial call made to a [...]

Penalise Tata Indicom for bad service

We all know that Customer is the king. And to make him happy, companies go to any extent so that they be loyal to them. In a similar move, Tata Teleservices aka Tata Indicom has announced that quality satisfaction will be guaranteed and if it happens to be below the set standards, they will offer [...]

Airtel slashes call charges

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Bharti Airtel has raised the battle pitch for the pre-paid mobile market by slashing airtime tariff to 50 paise a minute for its Delhi subscribers.The reduced tariff will be available for all mobile-to-mobile local calls. Pre-paid subscribers can avail themselves of the new scheme by buying a recharge coupon worth Rs 56 every month. The [...]

No ban on Blackberry: Govt.

Amid the raging controversy over Blackberry operations by mobile service providers, the government on Friday ruled out banning the service but said security aspects would be looked into.“We will discuss the issue with the Telecom Commission… the country’s security is of paramount importance,” Telecom Minister A Raja told reporters on sidelines of a function.The government [...]

Samsung ropes in Amir Khan

As a part of its new brand positioning exercise that is aimed at doubling its market share, Samsung Telecommunications India (STI) has roped in film actor Aamir Khan to endorse its mobile phones. The company has announced a new tagline -”Next is What?” being used in all its communication material along with the launch of [...]

New handset by NOKIA

Obviously most people want to get as much as they can squeeze out of their mobile phones as possible. But there are plenty of people out there who merely see it as a tool for communication. So naturally they’d need something a little simpler and Nokia has been able to provide many consumers with the [...]

Spice to launch mobile for $20 (Rs. 800)

Indian telecom company Spice Corp Ltd (SCL) has unveiled a no-frills mobile phone that will retail at about Rs 800 ($20) early April, the company’s chairman said. “Though we have taken various measures to reduce the cost price for the end user, it will be a technologically advanced instrument,” claimed SCL Chairman BK Modi. He [...]

Motorola W230: Value for money

It’s great to see mobile phone manufacturers incorporating multiple features into low-end handsets targeted at the entry-level segment. The Motoyuva W230 is a slight upgrade from the previous Motoyuva that was simply a basic radio mobile. The new version promises to be a step ahead by incorporating an MP3 player. But does it deliver? Here [...]