Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today comes up with two new SMS packs for Rs.19 and Rs.72, offering FREE Local and National SMS to all networks for its 2G and 3G prepaid subscribers in Tamilnadu circle. BSNL’s new SMS STV priced for Rs.19 offers 190 Local and National SMS for 7 days and SMS STV 72 provides 720 Local and National SMS to any networks valid for 30 days. Both SMS STVs are applicable... 

These days many handsets from Indian manufacturers are launched over e-commerce sites. Continuing the trend Micromax Canvas Viva A72 was spotted on Snapdeal.com. From the name it says it is in the Micromax’s 5” device series – Canvas. Canvas Viva is a ultra low cost 5″ smartphone aka phablet or tablet-phone-hybrid and priced for Rs 6,999 only. With Viva at this price point, never expect anything... 

Leading Mobile phone maker Samsung has announced special Cash Back offer on four Galaxy smart-phones and Galaxy Camera in association with Standard Charted and ICCI Bank. The 15% cash back offer will be available for  Samsung Galaxy S3 , Samsung Galaxy Note 2,  Samsung Galaxy Note 800, Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Smartphones and Galaxy Camera device if bought under a 12 month EMI at 0% Interest scheme... 

Vodafone India and Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles today announced a strategic technology partnership. This partnership will enable Vodafone to provide Machine-to-Machine (m2m) communication services to power the recently launched electric vehicle, Mahindra e2o. The e2o which has just been launched in India is a truly ‘connected car’ and is among a select few in the world to support telematics. Mahindra... 

ZTE has said that it has completed successful testing of its TD-LTE One-Line Base Stations Solution. The base stations are the industry’s first TD-LTE commercial solution that supports an LTE-advanced relay function, a key step in commercial base station use and global 4G development. The new solution was tested by the Guangzhou arm of China Mobile. Guangzhou has China’s largest TD-LTE network... 

Nokia which is still the preferred brand in India kept its word. Soon after announcing that it would no longer produce black and white feature phones and will manufacture only the color display phones, the company on Tuesday launched its cheap color handset – Nokia 105 –for the Indian customers. The device which is priced at Rs 1,249 is believed to be an updated version of highly successful... 

After launching Funbook P600 Tablet in February this year, Micromax again came out with Funbook Talk P360 the tablet which appeared on online portals. The only difference is the price. Both Android tablets have 7-inch capacitive touch screen. While P600 Tablet is priced at 9,499, this one with slightly different features has a price tag of Rs 7,049 and 7,599 on snapdeal and flipkart respectively. Funbook... 

ZTE has launched two models of the 3G data card in India available with 14.4 mbps download speed which is a WiFi enabled hotspot and 7.2 mbps download speed respectively. Both Data cards can connect to USB port of a tablet and laptop. The data card with 14.4 mbps download speed has an option to connect with a USB charger and the connection can be shared via WiFi with up to 5 devices. ZTE has collaborated... 

Tata Communications has signed a $20 million pact spanning five years with World leading project consultancy Mott MacDonald to provide unified communications solutions to the latter. The deal marks a strategic alliance between the two companies which will provide renewed centralised communications for Mott MacDonald. The significant investment by the consultancy will further enhance project collaboration... 

The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained Bharti Airtel from adding new 3G customers in circles where it does not license meaning that its existing customers would continue to enjoy the 3G roaming facility. In a temporary relief to Airtel the apex court also directed the government not to take coercive steps on issue of penalty against the company till by May 9, when the court hears the case. Leading... 

With an eye on the emerging 3G smartphone market, India’s leading mobile phone brand Karbonn has launched ‘Smart’ A12 smartphone which is powered by comes with Broadcom 3G Smartphone Platform for Android. The device is priced at Rs. 7990. Karbonn Smart A12 is a 11.4 cm (4.5) multi-touch device and is powered by a Broadcom BCM21654G chipset that includes a 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor and an integrated... 

Buoyed by the success of its grand series smartphones ZTE has launched a 5-inch HD screen smartphone ZTE GEEK, powered by Intel’s new 32nm Atom processor platform Z2580. The price of the phone has not been revealed. This is an indication that ZTE is now eying the high-end smartphone smartphone market which was part of its 2011stratetgies. ZTE GEEK was announced at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF)...