Despite a clarification by the Department of Telecom, several consumer disputes redressal fora in India continue to reject billing and service related disputes against telecom operators. The Department of Telecom had issued a clarification on February 4 this year that private telecom companies cannot be identified with the “Telegraph Authority” of India as defined in […]
Initial findings from Gaadi.com’s quarterly report revealed that hatchbacks from Maruti and Hyundai topped the charts as the most preferred used car brands in Delhi with equally high demand and supply. Amongst the cars from Maruti, Wagon R and Swift emerged as clear winners followed by Alto. Amongst the Hyundai hatchbacks, Santro Xing led the […]
Vodafone India has launched its own games and app platform in India, weeks after the mobile operator launched its Music and Sports offerings. While Vodafone had tied up with players Hungama.com for its music services, it has tied up with Disney India for its games and app platform, which can be accessed via its Vodafone […]
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL), which operates its telecom services under the MTS brand in India, said its data card subscriber base for the quarter increased by 11% to 1.34 million subscribers. Non-voice revenues contribute 34.5% of total quarterly revenues, the highest in the industry, the company said. SSTL rolled out its 3GPLUS Telecom Network […]
Indian economy continues to recover from a low hit in the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest Monster Employment Index that shows hiring activity. The index rose for the fifth straight month in February to 152, indicating that recruitment activity was 14% higher in February 2014 compared to February 2013. In comparison to […]
Actor Anushka Sharma will turn producer for NH 10, billed as edge of the seat action thriller about a road trip that goes wrong. NH 10 is director Navdeep Singh’s second film, after Manorama 6 Feet Under, and will be produced by Eros International Media Limited (Eros International), Phantom Films and Anushka Sharma’s Clean Slate […]
Indian passenger vehicle industry’s domestic volumes may likely decline by 6-7% in 2013-14 but grow by 2-3% in 2014-15, as demand weakness continues to impact not just the small car segment (that accounts for 55-60% of industry volumes), but also the UV segment that had shown robust growth in 2012-13, says ICRA in its latest […]
February’s love-themed malicious spam was dominated by Trojans, as the cybercriminals’ mass mailings targeted credulous users with a Trojan-Dropper, a report by Kaspersky Lab said. The Trojan installs two malicious programs on the system – one is spyware that steals all document files from the computer and sends them to a specific mailbox; another is […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered Bajaj Allianz insurance company to not block compensation to the family of a person who died of a cardiac arrest during a fall. Bajaj Allianz had refused to pay Rs 4 lakh claiming that the person was insured only for accidents and that the person must have […]
Nobody who has been following recent management changes at Infosys Ltd should be surprised by the resignation of Senior Vice President Chandrasekhar Kakal. Kakal had seen his role drastically cut down just two months ago when Murthy announced a total alignment of Infosys’ management structure. From a executive council based structure, Infosys went to a […]
Home prices could see correction in South East Asia, particularly if the rising trend continues for another couple of years, as capital has started leaving because of the tapering of the US Federal Reserve stimulus program, Moody’s Analytics has warned. Moody’s Analytics warned that prices are still rising sharply despite capital exiting Asian economies. “Property […]
Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Auto India today launched its first exclusive Lounge and also showcased the much awaited new generation S80 at the Terminal 3 Domestic Departure, Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. The New Generation Volvo S80, showcased at the Lounge, features the groundbreaking concept of Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection with full auto brake, the automaker […]
In a departure from the usual scenario of Indigo Airlines topping the on-time charts, SpiceJet sent out a statement that it has emerged as the airline with the highest on-time performance in February according to official figures. In addition, SpiceJet said it was overhauling its flight schedules from the end of this month. SpiceJet is […]
Digital advertising has reached about 10% of the total advertising market in India, according to numbers from the annual FICCI KPMG media and entertainment industry report. Digital advertising, including mobile advertising and online advertising, was the fastest growing segment in 2013 at 39%, followed by radio, which grew by 15%. Among the laggards were TV […]
India would be the third largest aviation market by 2020 and is expected to be the largest by 2030, a survey by KPMG and FICCI has found. Despite facing a reduced growth rate in the past few years, the Civil Aviation Industry in India has ushered in a new era of expansion driven by factors such as […]
In an unprecedented act, the entire staff of Kerala’s oldest TV channel have struck work, stopping the transmission of Indiavision TV. The staff put up a statement on the website of the television channel, which has since been pulled down, accusing the management of violating several codes, to the detriment of the channel. The statement […]
Facebook wants to emerge as a platform for public content, and not just private or person-to-person content, but is not really offering a video platform for content providers like Youtube, Facebook’s vice president for media partnerships said. “We want to be a platform for sharing of public content,” Justin Osofsky said at India’s FICCI Frames […]
Facebook has unveiled a new newsfeed feature dedicated exclusively to Facebook pages. The new feature, that can be accessed at www.facebook.com/pages/feed, shows ‘stories’ only from Facebook Pages that the user has subscribed to. The idea seems to be to allow users to track news more effectively, while keeping out personal updates from Facebook friends out […]
BBC World News will shift its operating base to India in April as the world’s most populous democracy goes to the polls to elect its new Parliament, said Jim Egan, CEO of BBC Global News said today. “We will also be bringing BBC trending from India,” said Egan, talking at the annual FICCI Frames conference. […]
Firstpost.com was born due to the global financial crisis of 2008, Raghav Behl, founder of the Network18 group said. Speaking at the annual FICCI Frames conference, Behl said his group was preparing to launch a newspaper in 2008 when the global financial crisis struck. “Then we thought, why go into an old medium…but we wanted […]
