US retail sales rises 1.7% MoM in March driven by gas price spike due to the Iran warA spike in gas prices due to the Iran war, now in its eighth week, resulted in a hefty 1.7% gain in retail sales in March after a revised 0...
21 Apr, 2026, 08.02 PM IST
India's Apple component exports to China surge to record $2.5 billion under ECMS schemeIndia's electronics exports to China are experiencing a significant surge. Apple's component manufacturing scheme is driving this growth. I...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.24 AM IST
China's exports of rare earth magnets jump ahead of Trump-Xi meetingChina's rare earth magnet exports saw an 8.2% increase in the first two months of 2026. This rise comes as leaders from the world's two lar...
20 Mar, 2026, 07.32 AM IST
Landline users remain proudly 'old-fashioned' in the digital ageAbout 73% of American adults lived in a household with no landline but at least one cellphone in 2022, according to the most recent data co...
17 Mar, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
Data of more than 40 million exposed in T-Mobile breachThe announcement comes two days after T-Mobile said that it was investigating a leak of its data after someone took to an online forum offe...
18 Aug, 2021, 09.18 PM IST
Using mobile wallets at petrol pumps is risky as it can lead to explosionOn average, petrol pumps get nearly 85 per cent of their sales in cash from customers, according to Ajay Bansal, president of All India Pet...
01 Dec, 2016, 12.36 AM IST
View: ‘Make in India’ and ‘Manufacture in India’ are two different thingsThe Modi govt has laid much stress on its “Make in India“ campaign. After all, he won the election by promising jobs galore through rapid i...
01 Jun, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
Phone retailers try new numbers in online fightbackSome chains even reported an up to 40% fall in cellphone sales since last Diwali with Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal running huge discounts.
15 Jan, 2015, 04.26 AM IST
- Bharti Airtel app to ease cell services for all
For instance, a Vodafone customer using Airtel’s broadband service can download the ‘myairtel’ app, check his latest bill and pay it on the...
04 Sep, 2012, 11.10 AM IST
- Nokia enters mobile wallet service
Nokia India today launched its own standalone mobile wallet service to provide a secure and convenient alternative to cash on a mass scale ...
14 Dec, 2011, 10.22 PM IST
Katrina Kaif, Kolaveri Di top downloads on mobileKolaveri Di, Katrina Kaif and Shahrukh Khan seem to have dominated the world of mobiles this year emerging as the most downloaded by cellph...
09 Dec, 2011, 08.52 AM IST
- Nokia fined for poor customer service
The District Consumer Redressal Forum (DCRF) here has imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 on a cellphone company for providing poor customer service...
09 Jun, 2011, 02.14 PM IST
- Shifting service-providers not so easy, despite MNP
Mobile number portability got off to a rocky start as customers complained they were unable to swap service providers and telcos accused ri...
25 Jan, 2011, 02.28 AM IST
- Pay 2% commission for mobile banking transactions
Customers wanting to operate their accounts through cellphones must shell out a 2% commission to the bank, a government panel set up to fra...
17 Jan, 2011, 11.31 AM IST
- 30 lakh cellphones disconnected
So far, nearly 30 lakh cellphone subscribers have been disconnected from their respective networks across the country due to either incompl...
14 Oct, 2010, 01.35 AM IST
- Banks can learn how to improve their bottomline from cellcos
Are banking and telecom like chalk and cheese? Banks can learn a lot from cellcos to improve their bottomlines.Financial planning
28 May, 2008, 09.07 PM IST
- Call barred: Customs duty on cellphones may stay
Thanks to the surging subscriber base and shrinking grey market for cellular phones, the government has no plans to lower the customs duty ...
24 Feb, 2003, 01.57 AM IST