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Nationwide Mobile Number Portability becomes operational

Nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) has become operational from 3 July 2015. It became operational after major private mobile operators like Vodafone, RCom, Airtel, Uninor and Idea Cellular...

July 4, 2015

BSNL launches mobile wallet service ‘Speed Pay’

State run telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched pre-paid card linked mobile wallet service ‘Speed Pay’. It was launched by Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad...

July 4, 2015

Matti Makkonen, Father of SMS technology passes away

Finnish telecom engineer and father of messaging service (SMS) technology Matti Makkonen passed away following serious illness. He was 63. In 1984, he had pioneered the idea of...

July 1, 2015

Airtel launches 4G services in Mysore

Indian Telecom major Bharti Airtel has launched 4th Generation (4G) services in Mysuru (or Mysore), Karnataka. With this launch, Airtel customers in Mysore can now access high speed...

June 24, 2015

Researchers create World’s thinnest bulb from graphene

Researchers have created the world’s thinnest light bulb using graphene as filament. It was created by team of scientist led by Young Duck Kim comprising members from Columbia...

June 17, 2015

BSNL launches free pan India roaming scheme

State owned telecommunications giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched free pan India roaming scheme. This scheme will allow company’s mobile customers across the country to receive...

June 15, 2015

Google Launches Special Search Mode for Slower 2G Phone Network for India, Brazil

World’s largest search engine giant Google Inc has launched a new lite mode of Google search engine for India and Brazil on 2 Generation (2G) network. This lite...

June 12, 2015

Reliance Jio signs pact with Chinese telecom giant Huawei for 4G devices

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), a telecom arm of Reliance Industries (RIL) has signed a pact with Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer firm Huawei for sourcing various 4th Generation (4G)...

May 19, 2015

Nokia announces to buy Alcatel- Lucent

Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia on 16 April 2015 announced acquisition of French telecom network firm Alcatel- Lucent. This merger will create the world’s largest supplier of...

April 15, 2015

Spectrum auction fetches Rs.1.10 lakh crore to Union Government

The Union government has fetched about 1.10 lakh crore rupees after the auctioning of a telecom spectrum. The spectrum auction concluded on 25 March 2015 after 19 days...

March 26, 2015

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