First time in 20 Years, Indian mobile phone sales drop

Last Updated: Monday, May 18, 2015, 11:57

Within the smartphone segment, Samsung has an even bigger lead, a market share of 27.9 percent, followed by Micromax with 16.2 percent and Intex, an Indian brand, with 9.2 percent.

BSNL slashes roaming tariff by up to 40%

Last Updated: Saturday, May 2, 2015, 15:48

Roaming tariff for incoming calls has been cut by 40 percent, STD by 23 percent and 20 percent for local calls.

Founders, investors not looking to exit: Micromax

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 17:38

Mobile handset maker Micromax Thursday said it is looking at raising funds to beef up its war chest for strategic acquisitions and ruled out the possibility of its founders exiting the firm.

Vodafone slashes national roaming rates by up to 75%

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 17:31

Vodafone India has slashed its national roaming rates by up to 75 percent with effect from May 1, days after telecom regulator TRAI reduced the ceiling tariffs.

China's Vivo plans mobile handset production plant in India

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 18:56

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo Wednesday said it plans to set up a manufacturing plant in India over the next few years.

PayPal extends One Touch payment to online transactions

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 21:40

PayPal One Touch, which is widely used by shoppers on mobile phones, is designed to ease checkout flows that have users bouncing between screens and typing in personal information, which leads to millions of unfinished transactions.

'$228 bn worth PCs, phones to be shipped globally by 2017'

Last Updated: Thursday, March 19, 2015, 20:41

In value terms, the market is expected to grow from USD 244 billion last year to USD 226 billion in 2015 and further to USD 228 billion by 2017, Gartner said.

India has 95.5 crore mobile subscribers

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 13:33

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said this was a reflection on how much the mobile phone network has expanded in the country.

Apple patent lets iPhone be part of VR reality display

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 06:44

Apple on Tuesday was awarded a patent on a headset that could let iPhones be part of augmented or virtual reality displays.

Incentives for manufacturing of mobile, laptops on anvil

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 15:50

The government is planning to come up with an incentive package in the upcoming Budget to encourage manufacturing of electronic hardware including mobile phones and laptops as part of the 'Make in India' campaign.

Maxx Mobilink to manufacture cell phones at Haridwar from April

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 19:36

Maxx Mobilink Private Limited, a leading manufacturer and marketer of mobile phones and accessories, is planning to start manufacturing cell phones at its Haridwar unit from April this year, a top company official said on Wednesday.

Govt bans import of mobile handsets with fake, duplicate identity nos

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 22:54

Government has prohibited imports of all kind of mobile handsets with fake or duplicate unique identity numbers, a move that will help security agencies in tracking callers using different SIM cards.