RIL sheds light on its high-speed broadband plans

On October 15th, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) reported a 15.8 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 5,703 crore in the second quarter ended September 30. This is in line with Street expectations. The oil refining giant had earned a net profit of Rs 4,923 crore in the same quarter a year ago.The company also had some good news for those who are waiting for RILs high-speed 4G services to take off... By

TD-LTE: Global Market Scenario

AT&T has witnessed about 80x increase in data traffic over the last four years after it launched the iPhone, primarily driven by enhanced browsing capability of iPhones along with increased usage of Apple app store. With expected 8x10x mobile data volume growth over next five years, to support such data growth AT&T is planning to expand its LTE deployments to cover 95% US... By

Improving Performance of 3G, IMS, and LTE Networks

According to Ciscos Visual Networking Index there will be a 26-fold increase in global mobile data traffic between 2010 and 2015 a staggering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 92 percent. Operators realize that their 3G networks are not equipped to sustain this high level of traffic growth. They are looking to all-Internet protocol (IP) networks such as IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) and... By

Smart devices cause perfect mobile-broadband storm

Several wireless carriers have reported that mobile data traffic over their networks have skyrocketed like never before. The fast increase in mobile broadband services, rich digital content such as Video streaming, Online Gaming, Social Networking etc as the impact of web 2.0 and eventually the arrival of iconic smartphones and connected devices such as Apple iPhone, Google Android devices, the... By

The iPhone effect: Mobile data traffic soars

Recently Cisco has released a report stating that mobile data traffic in India is expected to increase 114-fold by 2015. It is being estimated that the mobile data traffic in India will augment at a compound annual growth rate of 158 percent. In 2015, Indian users will be generating data that will be equivalent to 15 times the volume of the entire Indian Internet in 2005.There is going to be a... By

Googles Axe Effect: Google Buzz is sacrificed

Only two days ago, Larry Page had announced that Google+ has more than 40 million users, and now the announcement comes that Google Buzz will be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice. The announcement to shut down Google Buzz has come from the Google Vice President Bradley Horowitz, who is also one of the Google+ leaders. In his latest blog post, he has declared that the company plans to... By

eBay India sells new mobile device every 5 minutes

Every five minutes a new mobile handset gets sold on the online marketplace eBay India. A laptop is bought every 27 minutes. These revelations have been made in a new report titled, eBay Battle of the Gadgets. The report analyses the online purchases of gadgets using eBay India website between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011. The report says, On an average day on eBay India, a portable storage... By

Googles results shine, gains from mobile foray

Google has easily topped all the Wall Street expectations with the help of strong advertising sales and deft cost controls. By the end of the days trade, the companys stock was trading at roughly 6 percent higher. The search giant is benefiting from the growing online ad market. In the third quarter, its profits have gone up by 26 percent and revenue by 37 percent. Going into Google earnings,... By

National Instruments hosts NIDAYS 2011

National Instruments (NI), a technology pioneer and leader in Graphical System Design has hosted NIDays 2011, the Graphical System Designer Summit in Bangalore. The Summit announced the launch of the latest NI LabVIEW 2011 for the India market.The NI LabVIEW 2011 is the latest version of the graphical programming environment for design, test, and measurement applications. Speaking to a record... By

Enjoy computing with a boost of Bamboo

To meet the needs of the increasing number of social and creative computer users, Wacom India Pvt. Ltd. has launches an all-new line-up of its market-leading Bamboo tablets. The multi-touch and pen tablets now boast wireless capability, allowing users more flexibility to bring ideas and creativity to life through an intuitive, versatile and fun computing experience.Ideal for everyone that wants... By

Samsung's new Android model to be out on Oct 19

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it planned to unveil a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of the Android operating system at an event in Hong Kong on Oct. 19.The announcement came after the world's second-biggest handset maker put off the launch of the new device based on the Ice Cream Sandwich system while the world paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died last... By

Infosys upgrades Finacle e-banking solution

Indian software major Infosys has announced the launch of Finacle e-Banking Version 11 at the 2011 BAI Retail Delivery Show in Chicago.The solution is a comprehensive offering that empowers banks to achieve quick global rollouts of online banking services, said a press release.The new version of Finacle e-banking provides unique personalization capabilities, security features and intelligent... By