Low cost mobile device maker Datawind has earmarked about Rs. 150 crores to launch mobile phones with free basic Internet services for one year to start with. These phones will cost Rs. 3,000 per unit. “We are in talks with a private operator to launch mobile phones with free basic Internet services for one year to start with. It should cost around Rs. 3,000 a unit. We have raised CAD 30 million... 

The much-awaited auction of 2G and 3G telecom spectrum has been deferred to March 4 from February 25, an amended Notice Inviting Application by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said Tuesday. The last date of submissions of applications is now February 16 – postponed from February 6 as declared earlier. The total spectrum put to auction is 103.75MHz in 800MHz band, 177.8MHz in 900MHz... 

Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has commissioned Nokia Networks for the expansion of its fourth generation (4G) presence in six new circles, a joint statement said Tuesday. “The deal marks India’s first FDD-LTE (frequency division duplex-long term evolution) deployment on 1800MHz that will witness the launch of super-fast mobile broadband in six circles. Nokia Networks, already a... 

The government Wednesday decided not to contest a Bombay High Court ruling that telecom major Vodafone was not liable to pay tax demand of Rs. 3,200 crores in a transfer pricing case, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said and hoped that the decision would boost foreign investors’ sentiment. “The cabinet has decided not to move the Supreme Court in this regard. This is... 

Xiaomi’s high-end but reasonably-priced phones and flash sale model have in just about six months turned it from a Chinese newcomer into a brand everyone knows, even if not too many people have been able to purchase the company’s devices. The Xiaomi Mi 4launched in China in July 2014, just ahead of the India launch of the Xiaomi Mi 3. Six months later, this gets repeated, with the Xiaomi... 

ZTE on Wednesday unveiled a new Blade series device called the ZTE Blade S6 which runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with the company’s MiFavor 3.0 UI. Priced at $249.99 (approximately Rs. 15,300), the smartphone will go on sale in Hong Kong on February 10 through retail channels as well as through Alibaba’s AliExpress website, which ships products globally including to India. Speaking to NDTV Gadgets... 

The rumours and leaks for HTC One (M9) aka Hima just don’t seem to stop with the handset’s purported design surfacing once again. The new image for the rumoured HTC One (M9) shows a larger variant of the smartphone alongside, with both sporting a much slimmer design than predecessors. The image comes courtesy of the now-retired tipster @evleaks, who posted a tweet saying “Old habits... 

Videocon has launched two new smartphones, the Infinium Z40Q Star and Infinium Z50Q Star, priced at Rs. 4,499 and Rs. 5,999 respectively. While there are no official availability details for the Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Videocon Infinium Z50Q Star, we expect that the company will announce them in the coming days. Notably, the Infinium Z50Q Star was earlier this month officially listed on the... 

LG Chemical and LG Display are set to start mass-producing new all-plastic flexible OLED display panels by July. The firms are said to have given details on the new flexible display technology, and have made the first samples available for customers. The flexible plastic-OLED (P-OLED) displays made by LG until now (LG G Flex and G Flex2) still feature some glass in them, limiting the bending radius... 

Telecom regulator Trai has issued draft regulations to facilitate full mobile number portability which is set to start from May 3. The full or nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) will allow consumers to change service provider in any part of the country while retaining their existing number. At present, mobile number portability allows consumers to change their service provider within a telecom... 

Motorola last year launched the successors to the Moto G and Moto X smartphones, but left the immensely popular Moto E waiting for an upgrade. Of course, rumours for a while have been pointing towards Motorola working on the successor to the Moto E, expected to be called the Moto E (Gen 2). Now, Android Police has posted a couple of press images of the alleged Moto E (Gen 2), showing the front and... 

Apple  has officially released iOS 8.1.3. The update can be downloaded by going to Settings > General > Software Update. You can also download and install the update through iTunes by plugging in your iPhone to your Mac or PC. The iOS 8.1.3 update contains bug fixes, stability enhancements and performance improvements. The download size of iOS 8.1.3 is 246MB. When Apple released iOS 8, many...