According to IDC's "Continuum" End-User Survey 2012, conducted among IT decision makers in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan region, 25% of the respondents indicated that dealing with lower/reduced budget was their top IT priority over the next 12 months. Another 18%...
LTE is seeing rapid growth in 2012, and will generate over $1.7bn for the wireless vendors this year, a figure which will increase tenfold by 2017, according to the latest research 4GCounts report by Maravedis-Rethink .However, “the move to 4G is not merely a way to...
The ‘good old’ Microsoft finally seems to be making a long needed transition to ‘new tech,’ with some excellent product moves and announcements. After just about a month ago when it amassed rave reviews for the innovative Surface tablet design, the impressive features...
A Maravedis-Rethink report titled “M2M and Cloud as the Foundation for the Internet of Things” says, based on a latest study and numerous discussions, the general consensus is that the M2M market is at a key inflection point for supporting mass market adoption, while...
The Delhi High Court has reportedly removed the cap of 200 SMSs per day for consumers, while upholding the status quo on pesky messages.I don’t see any cause for jubilation among mobile service providers or bulk SMS operators, over this ruling.How many consumers, for...
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) this week released draft regulations with a view to benchmark and monitor quality of mobile data services offered by 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA) service providers.The proposed benchmarks look good from a 3G...
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its draft guidelines for quality of service (QoS) pertaining to mobile data services. The document, with a working title of “Standards of Quality of Service for Mobile Data Services Regulations, 2012” outlines...
After the news surfaced that Telenor is looking for a new partner to replace Unitech, the industry has been rife with speculations, and matchmaking exercises are being conducted. Citi Global Markets India Pvt. Ltd. has reportedly been asked to negotiate and shortlist...
It continues to rain ‘price drops’ for mobile data consumers. In an industry-wide phenomenon, various operators first slashed 3G tariffs ranging from 70 percent to 80 percent. That made 3G data plans look attractive over the non-3G data card segment, which was...
The stalemate between telcos and Department of Telecom (DoT) on the inter-operator 3G roaming issue just lost another chance of ending.The matter was before The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), which has given a split verdict, with one bench...
In an email communication sent out by LinkedIn to its customers and subscribers today, it has been noted that starting today Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn. “Any conversation you start on Twitter will no longer be automatically shared with your...
Guess what is common between app, home, inc and art! These are the four would be global top level domains (GTLDs) for which ten or more applications were submitted to The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).‘App’ topped with the maximum number...