Airtel suffers technical snag, services down for some

27 Dec, 2011, 12:25 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 76 Comments

Some Airtel users across the city may be facing issues with connectivity today, as the services of one India's most ... More

TRAI raises SMS bar to 200 SMS/day, per SIM

01 Nov, 2011, 6:33 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 31 Comments

In what comes across as a major relief to scores of those who rely heavily on bulk SMSing, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India More

TRAI's 100 SMS/day, per SIM directive begins today

27 Sep, 2011, 3:58 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 17 Comments

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has, beginning from today started implementing the 100 sms per day, per SIM directive, about which it has been educating the masses, since sometime now. More

After free email, Sabeer Bhatia introduces app for free SMS

22 Nov, 2011, 5:43 pm IST Priyanka Tilve Apps 12 Comments

Sabeer Bhatia, the guy who gave us Hotmail has now trained his attention to mobile phones. Jaxtr Inc. founded by Sabeer Bhatia ... More

Mobile Ticketing Makes Life Easy For Indian Railways' Commuters

18 Jul, 2011, 3:15 pm IST tech2 News Staff Apps 9 Comments

Indian Railways have certainly made life a whole lot easier for commuters by introducing the new mobile ticketing application for mobile phones. More

Fire caused mass Airtel outage, some services up and running

28 Dec, 2011, 9:20 am IST Anuradha Shetty Apps 7 Comments

The technical snag that put down the services of one of the country's most popular mobile service providers, Bharti More

Airtel offers SMS discounts for New Year to compensate for outage woes

31 Dec, 2011, 2:42 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Apps 7 Comments

Airtel is really working hard to ensure keep their users, who've been troubled this past week owing to the network ... More

Yahoo! Mail Brings Out its Latest Version

24 May, 2011, 12:23 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 2 Comments

The latest version gets exhaustive with features More

IL&FS Education and Family Planning Association of India Launched an SMS Program For Sex-Ed

19 Oct, 2010, 2:10 pm IST tech2 News Staff 2 Comments

Sparsh is India's first sex education program using mobile phones. More

Govt. norms to keep radiation from mobiles in check

23 Dec, 2011, 4:50 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile phones 2 Comments

India is currently home to millions of mobile subscribers. While this may seem to be a significant milestone to most, ... More

Pesky SMS use overseas servers, TRAI and telecos to find a solution

08 Nov, 2011, 12:59 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile phones 2 Comments

Putting an end to those pesky calls/SMSes has been giving TRAI a tough time. Merely about a month after the 100 SMS/day initiative More

TRAI presses for transparent mobile tariff advertising

28 Mar, 2012, 2:58 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile phones 2 Comments

Although, owning a mobile phone may have ceased to be a luxury in our country today, paying up for one is ... More

Telecoms' texting nemesis WhatsApp says it's no threat

04 Apr, 2012, 4:33 pm IST Mobile phones 1 Comments

U.S.-based software startup WhatsApp, the fast-growing mobile messaging service, denies it's a threat to telephone carriers and the cash they earn from SMS messages. More

Skype goes shopping, picks up GroupMe

22 Aug, 2011, 10:29 am IST Rossi Fernandes Mobile phones 1 Comments

Skype has come a long way from its early days. More

Smartphone app to 'Fight Back' sexual harassment

22 Dec, 2011, 2:40 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile phones 1 Comments

There’s an app for everything, and now you can go ahead and ‘Fight Back’ sexual harassment, courtesy a new ... More

German police resort to 'silent SMS' to track miscreants

05 Jan, 2012, 10:27 am IST Anuradha Shetty General 1 Comments

Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, a unit that is the German equivalent of the FBI has devised an unique method ... More

Nimbuzz Ping for Aircel Users Coming Soon

12 Jul, 2011, 10:31 am IST Anuradha Shetty General

Nimbuzz, the popular instant messaging service would soon roll out a push notification service for Aircel subscribers. More

Thirsty Plants Can Call Owners for Help

20 Jan, 2007, 4:30 pm IST PTI

A new system developed by a group of University students in New York, a 'thirsty' plant can now call the owner on the cellphone and ask for help. More

The SMS Way to Lend or Borrow

03 Dec, 2006, 3:00 pm IST IANS

SMS or short messaging service may soon be the ideal way to lend or borrow if a New Delhi-based software expert succeeds in perfecting the system for American markets. More

Nokia, Hutch Offer SMS in 9 Indian Languages

16 Nov, 2006, 3:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

Hutchison Essar and Nokia offer INDISMS, a nation- wide SMS service in 9 regional languages. More