02 JUNE 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Ericsson Partners Sterlite Technologies for Smart City Initiatives in India

  • Ericsson has inked a pact with Sterlite Technologies to work together in driving smart sustainable city initiatives in the country.
  • Ericsson will collaborate with Sterlite to design a roadmap and deploy solutions and services required to create a fully functioning knowledge-based society, Ericsson said in statement.
  • The government plans to develop 100 smart cities by 2022 and the governement  had allocated Rs 7,060 crore for developing these smart cities.

Micromax, 10th Largest Mobile Phone Brand Worldwide 

  • Micromax has made it to the top 10 worldwide mobile phone sales in the first quarter with 1.8 percent market share based on the data released by the research firm. 
  • Micromax overtook Apple and reached the second position in the tablet market in India in the last year

BSNL Offers Free National Roaming From June 15

  • State-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will offer its subscribers free incoming calls on national roaming from June 15
  • The announcement comes ahead of full mobile number portability (MNP), which will be effective July this year.
  • BSNL has a mobile subscriber base of 7.72 crore at the end of March. The new plan will increase the subscribers 

Ameenah Gurib-Fakimbecomes first woman President of Mauritius


  • Government of Mauritius has designated  Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as their new President and succeed Former president Kailash Purryag
  • She is a biodiversity scientist and biologist
  • She is the Managing Director of Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) Research & Innovation.


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