With the telecom regulator issuing guidelines for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs, or VNOs) earlier this month, India is set to herald an era of no-frills telecom services. Consider them the low-cost airlines of the telecom industry.

IT hardware sector can generate four lakh jobs over five years if the government rectifies the tax duty structure in the Budget to encourage manufacturing of products such as notebook and desktop personal computers in India, says a study by industry body MAIT.

A new entrant in Indian mobile handset market has unveiled what is being touted as the world's cheapest smartphone but has also raised concerns on feasibility of offering such a low price.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will launch the smartphone 'Freedom 251' on February 17.

Focusing on low cost smartphone markets in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, the phones are priced at Rs. 2,499 and 3,999 respectively.

The Indian tablet market grew at a healthy 23 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 after recovering from a slow start in the first quarter,

The company has also launched a new tablet at a price of Rs 4,999 in association with Naaptol.

HP announced tablets that can be used by many industries, ranging from education, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.

The new range of PocketSurfer smartphones is powered with free unlimited internet browsing for one year on Reliance.

While the average broadband Internet speed in India is around 2mbps, the speed in the country's highest office is 34mbps, if a Times of India report is to be believed. Reportedly, this was revealed in an RTI application.

The company also plans to enhance its position in the tablet market in India.

For the study, researchers analysed 10,000 anonymous BitTorrent users from around the world. File content types shared by users included small files, music, TV shows, movies and books.

The company said the device will be based on Android operating system and have a 3.5 inch size.

The tablet comes with a 7-inch scratch resistant capacitative touch screen, Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G and 4G connectivity, 4GB internal storage, external memory card slot with storage capacity of up to 32 GB, front camera, etc.

The Slate6 is priced at about Rs 23,700, while Slate7 is priced at about Rs 17,300.

Tuli is now bidding for Aakash 4, a project that aims to take cheap tablets beyond schools into the hands of various central and state government departments.

The UbiSlate 7Cx will be the cheapest tablet in the Indian market with cellular connectivity.

With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones, there are millions of parents globally wondering if they are bringing up a generation of technology-addicted - or even worse, technology-dependent - children.

CAG raised questions over \"arbitrary\" selection of IIT, Rajasthan to launch the scheme without carrying out an assessment of its capacity to undertake the work.

Worldwide tablet shipments in the second quarter fell nearly 10 per cent to 45.1 million units from the first three months of the year.