Free Facebook on mobile and messaging top priority for the social network

15 May, 2013, 1:40 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Ever since the launch of the site back in 2004, Facebook has changed the way we perceive and connect with the social network. Nearly ten years later, Facebook More

Nokia Asha 501 will offer free Facebook access to Airtel subscribers

09 May, 2013, 3:11 pm IST tech2 News Staff Mobile phones 1 Comments

If you’re an Airtel subscriber, Nokia’s Asha 501 should certainly be an interesting proposition. The phone, when it is launched in India in June... More

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula

20 Mar, 2013, 5:21 pm IST Shunal Doke Mobile services 1 Comments

After launching its 4G services in Pune back in October, Airtel is expanding its circles. The company has launched prepaid and postpaid 4G services in More

GSM subscriber base fell by 1.97 million in February 2013: COAI

16 Mar, 2013, 11:27 am IST Anuradha Shetty Services 1 Comments

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has released its GSM subscriber figures for the month of February 2013. As per the body's figures, More

Airtel to launch voice services for LTE customers soon

26 Feb, 2013, 11:44 am IST tech2 News Staff Services

Bharti Airtel will soon launch voice services for its 4G, TD-LTE (Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution) customers in Pune, India through its existing... More

WhatsApp is the top smartphone app in India, Facebook is next: Nielsen

20 Feb, 2013, 3:19 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

The first round of Consumer Rankings for India by Nielsen, launched earlier today, has revealed that Mobile messenger ‘WhatsApp’ is the most More

Nokia to roll out customised Xpress Browser for Airtel users

29 Jan, 2013, 10:30 am IST tech2 News Staff Symbian

Nokia will launch a customised version of the Nokia Xpress Browser for its phones connected to Airtel's network. More

Airtel and Idea hike voice call charges

23 Jan, 2013, 4:01 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Symbian 3 Comments

Two of India’s leading mobile service providers Airtel and Idea have increased voice call charges by 100 percent. Reuters reported that India’s No 1... More

Videocon to launch 4G services in India this year

19 Jan, 2013, 1:31 pm IST tech2 News Staff Symbian 1 Comments

Videocon will launch 4G services in India in July 2013 in the 1800 MHz band. Videocon will make use of the spectrum it has won in the auction in November 2012. More

Aircel will launch BlackBerry 10 in India

14 Jan, 2013, 11:10 am IST Ivor Soans Software

Aircel has confirmed that they will launch BlackBerry10 in India when the smartphones are available in India, which should be a few weeks after the global More

Airtel awaits govt approval for testing voice service on 4G

26 Dec, 2012, 3:17 pm IST tech2 News Staff Software

Bharti Airtel is seeking government approval to test voice services on its 4G networks, according to a report by the  Times of India. Airtel recently More

Twitter uproar causes Vodafone to unblock Wordpress in Mumbai

22 Dec, 2012, 6:18 pm IST tech2 News Staff ISPs 1 Comments

On Wednesday, Vodafone lifted a four month old blanket block it had put on the free WordPress domain (www.wordpress.com) on its 2G and 3G mobile networks in Mumbai. More

Airtel, Vodafone to file reply to 'SMS cartel' allegations

15 Dec, 2012, 4:06 pm IST tech2 News Staff ISPs

Following a petition alleging that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone were charging 10p/SMS termination fee in a “cartelised manner”, TDSAT has directed the former to file replies “on maintainability of a petition”... More

Airtel introduces 'Call-me-Back' service

14 Dec, 2012, 12:40 pm IST tech2 News Staff ISPs 3 Comments

The Call-me-back SMS service will allow a prepaid user to get a call-back from another Airtel number (prepaid or postpaid) in case of insufficient balance... More

Reliance Netconnect blocks Wikipedia in TN and Karnataka for 5 days

21 Nov, 2012, 9:39 am IST Rohini Lakshane ISPs 2 Comments

Reliance Netconnect, the mobile CDMA broadband service of Reliance Communications, had blocked Wikipedia across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka from November 15 to November 20. More

Airtel announces tariff plans for iPhone 5 in India

02 Nov, 2012, 6:14 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Smartphones

With the iPhone 5 finally making its debut in India today, Airtel is offering a range of data plans for the iPhone 5 starting today. More

Retail websites taking pre-orders for iPhone 5 in India

31 Oct, 2012, 6:39 pm IST Rohini Lakshane Smartphones 4 Comments

In the run-up to the official launch scheduled in India on November 2, we bring you a compilation of websites that are taking pre-orders for Apple’s flagship smartphone. More

Airtel starts pre-orders of iPhone 5 with 16GB model priced at Rs 45,500

29 Oct, 2012, 4:04 pm IST Aaron Almeida Smartphones 2 Comments

Airtel has put up a pre-order page for the flagship handset from Apple. The mobile carrier has listed the 16GB version of the handset, which is available for Rs 45,500. More

ISPs continue to block Blogspot, Wordpress

20 Oct, 2012, 4:54 pm IST Rohini Lakshane Smartphones 7 Comments

Internet service provider Airtel had blocked the Blogspot domain on fixed line and mobile Internet connections in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, and Chennai from Sunday to midnight yesterday. More

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pune

18 Oct, 2012, 2:33 pm IST tech2 News Staff Smartphones 3 Comments

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Airtel postpaid 4G services in Pune – thus becoming the first in Maharashtra to bring the 4G experience... More