Tata Motors Limited, India’s largest automobile manufacturer, has become the second Indian company to join RE100 – a global initiative of the world’s most influential companies committed to 100% renewable power. The company, which manufactures a range of commercial and passenger vehicles as well as defence and homeland security vehicles, has set itself the goal […]
Reliance Jio, which is expected to launch its 4G services in a month, has released version 2 of its App suite called Jio Apps. The program is in beta testing on Play store and not visible to general public. However, those with RJio SIMs get a message with a link to enable them to be part […]
With the countdown on for the launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G services, sister company Reliance Retail has announced that its LYF branded phones are now available in 1.2 lakh outlets in India. In all, it has appointed 1,200 distributors for the handsets. The first two models to be widely distributed are the LYF Flame 1 […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has leased out 6,505 towers to other telecom operators and ‘leased in’ space on 15,113 towers, with Bharti Airtel emerging as the biggest renter of BSNL towers in India. The state-owned company had, for over a decade, refused to allow private companies to put up their antennas on its towers, fearing […]
A new survey conducted by one of Canada’s biggest colleges has found that many kids and teens are making serious money by posting promotional photos and videos on their well-connected social media accounts. The research, conducted by Centennial College of Toronto, found that some minors earn as much as $10,000 to $20,000 (Rs 6.5 lakh […]
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a unit of Larsen & Toubro, said it has signed a long-term agreement with McDermott International to explore joint execution of subsea projects in deepwater segment emerging on the east coast of India. Under the agreement, LTHE and McDermott will develop a cost-effective approach which will utilize LTHE’s state-of-the-art, strategically located Kattupalli […]
The launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G services will not be delayed beyond March-April, sources said, indicating that recent reports to the contrary are merely the result of media confusion. “Nothing has changed,” said a ground-level marketing executive. “Targets remain the same.” Media had reported that Jio has pushed its launch once again, this time to […]
India is getting ready for a digital revolution by auctioning 700 MHz spectrum that has the potential to take high-speed Internet to every village in the country. However, telecom operators — who have to play the role of the enablers — are not popping open the bubbly quite yet. The reason for their misgivings is […]
SpiceJet, India’s most aggressive airline, has seen its website crash today due to heavy load on the first day of its pre-summer sale. Fares under the offer start at Rs 599 plus taxes and levies. The three day sale launched today will be open till midnight, 25th February 2016. The travel period covered in this […]
Sometimes, even the best can get it wrong, and it looks like that’s what happened in the case of ‘Mukesh Ambani says Reliance Jio to launch in second half’ story. Across publications, everyone is reporting that Ambani postponed the launch date of what is touted to be India’s biggest 4G service to the second half […]
Doodarshan Free Dish has added a whopping 50 new channels on the new MPEG 4 technology within 20 days of moving to its new home, GSAT-15. Most of the new additions are movie channels, but some are still in testing mode. The new channels include Movie House, Manoranjan Movies, Khushboo TV, Houseful Action, MM Multiplex, RT Movies, […]
LYF, the phone brand owned by Reliance Industries, will soon launch a number of smart TVs that will work with Reliance Jio’s upcoming 4G network in India. The TVs are being manufactured by one of the world’s biggest television makers, which incidentally also makes OLED, curved and 4K models as well. MORE DETAILS REVEALED – […]
The impact of rising prices is being felt more by people in the villages compared to those in the cities due factors including unscrupulous traders, Assocham said. “Amidst the agriculture sector facing a crisis-like situation, distressed rural population is carrying the burden of only in food and beverages but also in a number of essential […]
Air India had the largest number of passenger complaints in January, according to numbers released by the Airports Authority, while Vistara passengers complained the least. Among the big domestic airlines, both Indigo and Spicejet scored high with low levels of passenger complaints while Jet Airways and Go Air saw passenger complaint rates that were double […]
Times Now has surprised many fans on Twitter after the channel today adopted a tough stand against patriotic lawyers who attacked Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar and the media that they feel support “anti-nationals”. Today, on the second day of trial, Kumar was attacked for the second time by self-described nationalist lawyers, […]
The commercial launch of Reliance Jio, which was expected to happen late this month or early next, has been pushed to the middle of next month, a distributor who works with the company said. Early in January, the same distributor had said that the company was targeting to launch its services commercially “latest by March […]
Tata Consultancy Services launched a solution to enable Voice over LTE services for virtualized networks. Virtualilized networks refer to software-defined networks that lives on top of a large number actual or hardware networks. Many telecom operators are moving to virtualized networks and away from ‘bare metal’ networks to increase resilience and flexibility of the networks. […]
HCL Technologies announced the signing of a significant IT outsourcing deal with the Volvo Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles and the customers of its external IT business. HCL also acquired Volvo’s external IT business, adding 40 new customers from the Nordics and France to its portfolio, further enhancing its market […]
Brigade Group, one of the biggest developers in Bangalore, announced a new villa project at Devanahalli, near the ‘new’ Bangalore Airport. The project, called Atmosphere, offers 4 bedroom signature villas with sizes ranging from 3010 sq.ft to 3410 sq.ft, the company said. “The project aims to bring back the concept of courtyard homes, a way […]
The majority of Indian IT and financial sector workers are unhappy with their salary, a new survey by Monster.com said. It also found that Indian-owned companies typically pay much lower salaries than MNCs. The IT sector turned out to be the highest paying industry in India, even ahead of the financial services industry, which is […]
