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Mobile phones are growth drivers: Vodafone study
Survey says Rising subscriptions between 2010 to 2012 accounted for 11.4% of economic growth in country
 "Mobile phones are growth drivers: Vodafone study")
Ranbir Kapoor ties up with RCom for one movie
Posters say catch videos of Besharam on Reliance 3G
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Vodafone goes rural with data
Vodafone India's data revenues grew 75% in the last one year, and data usage grew even faster
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India, Japan pact for cooperation in ICT sector
Dialogue will also look at promoting public-private- partnership in Information and Communications Technology sector to strengthen business ties
Sistema Shyam gets Unified Licence for telecom services
Company has permit to operate in 9 circles but its Unified Licences are valid for eight service areas
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LG launches sharper-display tablet, joins rivals to tackle Apple
G Pad 8.3 is the first tablet by the South Korean firm
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Twitter says lack of smartphone penetration in India a potential risk
Bulk of India's estimated 800 million phone market comprises of feature phones
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Hitting all the right notes
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 surely stands out in the smartphone arena
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Life's good with G2, but not great
The new smartphone from LG is easy to hold and does not seem too big in hand despite the big screen
 "Life's good with G2, but not great")
Third-gen mobile tech becomes worst-gen
According to an executive of a telecom tower company, just about 60,000 towers, or 16 per cent of the 375,000 towers in India, have 3G base stations
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Survey shows uptick in IT budget growth expectations
About 100 investment officers polled for the survey in the US, 50 in Europe
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For sensitive info, Indians prefer SMS, email over phone call
'Text or email is comparatively an impersonal medium and people feel less hesitant to speak their mind'
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Nokia's HERE launches first community mapping project in India
Nokia's HERE maps are used by many companies to develop their traffic navigation system
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HTC aims for 15% share in Indian smartphone market
Company aims to introduce 3-5 new phones in next 4 months
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Google to create 360° online view of 100 Indian monuments
In association with ASI, the tech giant is bringing the Street View Trekker to the country
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Madhukar Sabnavis: Pervasive technology
Technology will be the fifth pillar of advertising
Gionee launches E6 smartphone for Rs 22,999
Phone runs on Android Jelly Bean operating system and has 13 megepixel rear and 5 megapixel front camera
Indians prefer text or e-mail to exchange sensitive or not-so-sweet talks: Study
Seven out of 10 Indians text or e-mail things that they would not say voice-to voice or person-to-person
 "Indians prefer text or e-mail to exchange sensitive or not-so-sweet talks: Study")
BB10 gets NATO approval for restricted communication
Certification allows agencies in all 28 NATO member states across North America and Europe to use BlackBerry 10 smartphones in the office or in the field
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Online news readership soars 34% in Aug: ComScore
Total number of unique visitors grew 15%, average minutes per user spent rose 31%
