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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 along with state-run BSNL and MTNL issued statements to launch MNP. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 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 in New Delhi. This service was launched by BSNL has launched the ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 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 sending messages via mobile networks but failed to patent it was merely ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 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 access to the Internet using 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology and ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 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 University School of Engineering, Seoul National University and Korea Research Institute of ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 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 incoming calls at no additional cost i.e. free of cost. It will ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 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 mode has been developed by keeping the 2G network speed in mind. ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 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) devices. As per agreement, Huawei will supply RJio with 4G devices which ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 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 telecom equipment’s that powers mobilephone networks by surpassing Ericsson and Huawei. As ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 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 and 115 rounds of rigorous bidding. However the 11 percent airwaves were ..