VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Reliance Group’s Unlimit today announced a strategic alliance with Fibocom to bring contemporary wireless communications modules and solutions for IoT and mobile Internet.  The partnership will be dedicated to design and manufacture wireless modules and provide IoT solutions to enable secure communications among machines, equipment, vehicles and assets over wireless networks. It will also bring in a unique competence in combining 2G, 3G and 4G wireless modules with positioning technology, service delivery platforms for M2M applications and device management platforms in a trusted environment.  The partnership is in alignment with the ‘Digital India’ plan, which is focused on creating citizen-shared infrastructure, management and services on demand, as also data authority for each Indian citizen.... Read More

Opera Software has announced a partnership with a smartphone company Xiaomi to power a new Data Saver feature through integration of the Opera Max technology. This will bring an OS-wide, industry-leading data-savings capability to the smartphone maker’s new OS, MIUI 7. xiaomi and opera 300x300 Xiaomi and Opera Software to make Mobile Internet access easierThe Opera Max technology has been successfully powering the MIUI Data Saver feature for millions of Xiaomi users in China for more than a year. The partnership between the two companies is based on a shared vision of making it easier to access mobile Internet. As soon as the user turns on the MIUI Data Saver feature on Xiaomi phones, powered by Opera Max compression technology, the service works across any app on the device. This release will also include the latest Opera Max innovations, enabling compression and optimization of streaming video and audio, including popular services such as YouTube, Instagram, Line, Lazada, amon...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Internet users, who are accessing the web through mobile devices including smartphones and tablets and dongles in India, are continuously increasing. According to the latest report generated by IAMAI, mobile Internet users in India are expected to reach to a benchmark of  165 million by March 2014. The report generated by  Internet and Mobile Association of India  (IAMAI) further revealed that the number of mobile Internet users is expected to reach a milestone of 87 million by December 2012 from 78.7 million users in October 2012.  Further, it is said that the number is expected to reach 92.9 million by March 2013, 130.6 million by March 2014 and 164.8 million by March 2015...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE S Mobility, which is focusing on internet ready mobiles, has changed strategy to become a mobile-internet company. Having already brought its various divisions including mobile devices, retail outlets and value-added services into one, under the new strategy, S Mobility is to bring various associate companies and subsidiaries it had set up in Africa's Ivory Coast, Middle East, India and South-East Asia under an umbrella brand. The change in strategy emanates from higher revenues expected from data, especially when 90% of Indian population will use Internet for the first time on a mobile phone as opposed to developed nations where most households have a personal computer. Dr. B.K. Modi, chairman, S Mobility said, "India is already one of the two fastest growing large economies in the world and can very well become the largest economy. Mobile Internet can enable India to achieve double digit GDP growth rate by capitalizing on the young...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and market research leader IMRB has released a report titled Mobile Internet in India. According to the report- India currently has 35 million mobile internet users, out of which- 26.3 million users are grouped as active users. The number of mobile internet users in India is expected to touch 46 million in September 2011. The report also highlights that Mobile internet usage has been observing a 15 per cent growth quarter on quarter. Online activities are mostly accessed followed by e-mail, chat and social networking sites. 5.4 mn active users access Mobile Apps. Only 1.96 million people use e-banking through mobile internet and 90 per cent of mobile internet users have pre-paid connection. The report also claimed that the average handset cost for internet phone is Rs. 6,700 while average mobile phone bill for active mobile internet user is Rs. 389. For More Details See www.varindia.com