VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

ASUS has made a special announcement for its revolutionary ASUS Zenfone 5 will now be available for Rs.7,999. Emerged as the most loved smartphone out of the series, ASUS Zenfone 5 has received a tremendous response from the Indian masses. The ASUS ZenFone 5 combines a spacious 5-inch IPS panel that delivers superb high-definition (HD) 1280 x 720-pixel resolution — a brilliant 8-megapixel PixelMaster main camera with image stabilization. It features Intel Atom Multi-Core 1.2 GHz Z2520 Processor with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and 8GB EMMC + 2GB RAM. Keeping the path-breaking response, ASUS has introduced the smartphone at a special price on the special occasion of Republic Day. The device will be made available on 21st January on Flipkart.   See more  

Nokia Networks has won a contract worth $200 million from Bharti Airtel to build the country’s first 4G network in the 1800 MHz band in six telecom circles. Currently 4G provides the fastest wireless internet connectivity in the country, with download speeds of up to 40 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps. At present all 4G networks in the country run on the 2300 MHz band, which was auctioned by the government as broadband wireless spectrum (BWA) in the 2010 spectrum auctions, and use TDD-LTE technology. Airtel’s 4G network in the 1800 MHz band will use the FDD-LTE technology that is older and more widely accepted globally than TDD-LTE. It holds 20 MHz of 4G spectrum in the 2300 MHz band in each of the eight circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Maharashtra. It won a total of 97 MHz of airwaves in the 1800 MHz band across 15 circles in the last spectrum auctions.   See more  

With E-tailers betting on more Indians switching to shopping online with a projection of 200 million new consumers by 2017,  E-tailer giant Amazon  has set its priority already by aiming to sell goods worth $2 billion by the end of this year. By doing this, it will become the fastest e-tailer in the country to cross this mark and thereby move closer to Snapdeal. Snapdeal on its part has achieved this milestone a few weeks ago. Snapdeal achieved this mark only after waiting for more than four years where as Flipkart took seven years. If Amazon is able to achieve this feat then it will have taken half the time taken by Snapdeal. In October last year, during the discount sales push `Online Shopping Dhamaka’, Amazon India seller club that has over 1 crore monthly sales grew 50% during the festive season while those with over 10 crore monthly sales seller club grew five times.The company’s peers are also setting ambitious targets in India’s fiercely competitive market, which is pro