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Tata Sky become first DTH service to provide DVR

14 oct 2008

Tata Sky become first DTH service to provide DVR
Faced with increased competition from Airtel Digital TV and Big TV, Tata Sky has launched a new service Tata Sky+, which uses the much awaited personal video recorder (PVR) technology. PVR allows viewers to Pause TV, Rewind and even Record one channel while watching another channel.

Airtel Digital TV DTH launch – are they a bit late??

07 oct 2008

Airtel Digital TV DTH launch – are they a bit late??
After Dish TV, Tata Sky, Sun Direct and Big TV, its now the turn of fifth private DTH operator, Bharti Airtel to launch their services on October 9, 2008. The service would be known as Airtel Digital TV and available in 62 cities initially.

Use 3G features of iPhone on BSNL

05 oct 2008

Use 3G features of iPhone on BSNL
State owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) network may soon launch services of Blackberry and Apple iPhone to bring premium customers under its fold. Incidentally, BSNL is the only telecom operator to have licnece for 3G services as it has already been allotted 3G radio frequencies.

Buy Google Phone in India

25 sep 2008

Buy Google Phone in India
The feature rich, but not so sleek G1 (popularly known as Google phone) may soon be available in India. HTC would retail the phone in India for a price higher than the US price.

Airtel BroadBand Redirects Domain Typos to an Ad Filled Page

31 jul 2008

Airtel BroadBand Redirects Domain Typos to an Ad Filled Page
I have been an Airtel Broadband customer for long and have always appreciated their Internet related services but what they have done recently is sad and misleading. To quickly recap, if you mistype a web domain address in your browser – you will be redirected to a page that is filled with banner ads, text links and a Yahoo!

iPhone 3G may sell in India at a discount

01 jul 2008

iPhone 3G may sell in India at a discount
After the pre-booking, Vodafone and Airtel are planning an early launch of Apple iPhone 3G by August and September respectively. Earlier, there were news that iPhone would be cheaper only in US owing to Apple’s revenue sharing agreement with AT&T unlike India, where its only a direct selling agreement.

Airtel may beat Vodafone in the iPhone race in India

12 may 2008

After Vodafone, its now turn of Bharti Airtel to sign a deal with Apple Inc. to bring in the much-awaited iPhone to India. As per media reports, it is expected that Airtel will bring the iPhone by Diwali 2008 while Vodafone will bring it by late 2008, thus giving Airtel first-mover advantage.

Bharti’s bid for MTN – making of a telecom global giant

06 may 2008

Bharti’s bid for MTN – making of a telecom global giant
Bharti Airtel has aspirations of becoming a telecom leader of the emerging countries by placing a bid of $19 billion for 51% stake in Johannesburg based MTN, a telecom company having operations in 21 countries of Africa, Middle East and Europe.

Low cost Blackberry lookalike from Airtel for rural customers

02 may 2008

Low cost Blackberry lookalike from Airtel for rural customers
Bharti Airtel, IFFCO and Star Global have formed a 50:25:25 JV called IFFCO Kisan Sanchar to provide telephone services in rural areas. Apart from telephones, the company will provide rural products such as transistors, community radios, torches and lanterns with a battery life of three years.
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