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Exchange that sells ‘golden tea’ at Rs 13 crore a kilo to open shop in India

London Tea Exchange plans to open 200 stores across India. The tea store had made headlines by offering tea laced with molten gold. While it plans to offer beverages from as low as Rs 120, top executive says not averse to selling golden tea for the super rich.

Opinion | 2G technology should be consigned to museums. Why does Airtel want to keep it alive?

Justifying continuity of 2G due to lack of digital literacy in rural areas, too does not bode well. Women in rural area can handle even touch phones smartly; if they can’t, their children will teach them.

Got a high speed broadband connection yet internet is slow? Here's why

Network providers are giving better bandwidth, but high latency reduces browsing speed as it increases the time data takes to travel from one designated place to another.

TRAI wants govt to have 4G LTE communication system to respond to calamities

PPDR communication networks allow for the rapid deployment of networks in situations where capacity is needed on an expedited basis.

Apple to launch watches that can make calls: Report

Currently, the Apple Watch needs to be connected to an iPhone to send messages, get directions from maps and stream music. Intel will supply the LTE modems for the new watch, according to Bloomberg.

Reliance Jio partners with Samsung to improve LTE services

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio has collaborated with electronics giant Samsung to further improve its quality of LTE (4G) services in India, including wider coverage and revved-up network speeds.

MWC 2017: Reliance Jio, Samsung partner to push 5G in India

Reliance Jio and Samsung are held a joint press conference at the Mobile World Conference (2017) in Barcelona today, announcing a partnership for 5G and LTE-Advance Pro services in India.

RCom Q2 net profit plunges 80% to Rs 39 crore

Telecom operator Reliance Communications today posted a dip of 80 per cent in its consolidated net profit at Rs 39 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, 2016 due to pressure on margin and higher finance cost.

Micromax to launch four 4G smartphones with Google Duo

Ahead of the festive season, handset maker Micromax will launch four 4G smartphones, priced under USD 100 (about Rs 5,700), to cash in on the booming demand for LTE devices.

Spectrum to be a hardsell as telcos are stretched: Pros

Rajan S Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India also feels 1800MHz is going to be the key area of interest among the telcos. He says that even though most of the announcements were positive, the government may not be able to rake in a lot of money.

RCom offers 10GB 4G data at Rs 93 to CDMA customers

Anil Ambani's Reliance Communication has offered its CDMA customers 10GB 4G data. But the CDMA service may shut down in a few months.

India smartphone mkt up 23% amid flat global growth

Global smartphone shipments remained flat at 344 million units in January-March, impacted by weaker demand in China and Brazil as well as parts of Europe, as per Counterpoint.

Wipro ties up with Verveba Telecom

The companies will jointly offer solutions to address industry challenges in generating measurable economic value from fast growing, mobile network technology deployments and optimisation, especially in 4G and single RAN technologies.

Samsung overtakes Micromax to regain No.1 position in Indian mkt

Led by strong adoption of 4G LTE devices, smartphone shipments grew 15 percent to 25.3 million units during the October-December 2015 quarter compared to 22 million units in the year-ago period, it said in a report.

Open to pilot of Google, Microsoft, new tech projects: Prasad

"Technology is overtaking us. Google wants to explore the Loon project and also, Microsoft is trying to explore white space. As a minister, I am very clear that all new technologies must be given proper opportunity for experimentation," Prasad said at a National Seminar on Spectrum Management