India should resist the temptation of resorting to “protectionism” to shield local mobile phone makers against Chinese smartphone firms, China’s official media said on Tuesday warning that Beijing could take countermeasures against any such move. The Indian mobile firms are seeking government action to ease the pain of their defeat to Chinese rivals, an article in […]
Online marketplace Amazon India has secured a licence to operate pre-paid payment instrument (PPI) or mobile wallet in the country as it tries to compete more aggressively against rivals Snapdeal and Paytm. The approval will help the US-based giant to cash in on the booming digital payments market in India. “We are pleased to receive […]
Route Mobile founders Rajdip and Sandip Gupta today announced an investment of USD 10 million or over Rs 65 crore to start an electronic gaming startup, Cobx Gaming Ventures. “As avid gamers ourselves we have always wanted to contribute to the growth of professional esports,” Rajdip, the founder of Cobx, was quoted as saying in […]
Nokia’s head of mobile networks, the division which accounted for more than half of the Finnish telecom network equipment maker’s sales last year, is leaving the company. Nokia said on Friday it would break out services as a distinct business group from mobile networks following the departure of Samih Elhage, who joined the company in […]
Apparently taking a cue from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today launched his own mobile app. Launching `Mobile App Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he said use of technology was crucial for a better administration. “This is an important step in a bid to offer an efficient administration and would […]
The Delhi High Court has allowed major mobile phone maker Intex to sell its Aqua brand handsets and accessories in the local market. A bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar passed the judgement while setting aside a single judges interim order barring Intex from selling its Aqua handsets and accessories, taking note […]
Driven by the explosive growth of Internet finance, China is now witnessing a boom on mobile payment market which touched a whopping USD 5.5 trillion last year. Data showed that value of Chinese third-party mobile payments has tripled to 38 trillion yuan (USD 5.5 trillion) in 2016, state-run People’s Daily reported on Saturday. With the […]
Telecom solutions firm Spice Digital today said it has partnered with mobile application marketing firm MoMagic Technologies to launch mobile advertisement analytics platform AdGyde. “The potency of the app market is enormous. Undoubtedly, for higher growth rates it is necessary to address the challenges app marketers and developers face..AdGyde Solutions will monitor analytical data of […]
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it will launch a mobile web payments service for all smartphones powered by Google Inc’s Android mobile operating system in South Korea in the first quarter. The service, called Samsung Pay Mini, will allow Android smartphones to make online transactions in Samsung’s home country after downloading […]
Starthosting, a web hosting service provider announces the launch of Pepsite, the world’s first mobile website builder app for Indian market. Pepsite is a drag-and-editor, which allows anyone to create a unique and professional website. Worldwide, many thousands of small and medium enterprises already use Pepsite, as what they commonly describe as their best choice to […]
Google is acquiring Twitter’s mobile application developer platform Fabric, a move which could give some breathing room for the social network after charting an independent path without a suitor. Terms of the deal were not announced. Twitter last year was in talks to sell itself with several firms including Google parent Alphabet, but without a […]
In what it claims to be a first in the country leading private sector lender ICICI Bank today launched ‘Eazypay’, an app for merchants, retailers and professionals to accept payments on mobiles from multiple digital modes. The Eazypay, based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) of the National Payment Corporation, allows a person to make […]