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Top 10 stories of the week: October 31st to November 6th 2016

In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 6th November 2016 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Akamai, Fortumo, Info Edge, MapmyIndia, Microsoft, Times Internet, Xapads and E2E for their support. Call drops still likely between Airtel and Jio, because of one way interconnection Reliance Jio is once again complaining about its users not being able to properly communicate with those on an Airtel network. A Reliance Jio spokesperson explained to MediaNama that currently (for example), the way interconnection points have been opened up by Airtel for Jio, if there are 100 calls taking place, the capacity to carry calls has been split in a way that half will be incoming and half will be outgoing calls.   Read it here Android developers can now set introductory prices for apps on the Play Store Chromebooks, Daydream VR headsets, and Android Wear devices will soon have Google’s Play Store, the company announced in a blogpost. This was part of Google’s Playtime series of developer events. In Playtime, Google also said that developers could create an “introductory price” for new subscribers for a period of time, before the usual subscription price kicked in.  Read it here Pharmacist body calls for nationwide bandh protesting online pharmacies The All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has called for a nationwide bandh to protest the regularizing sale of medicines through internet and online pharmacies. The industry body, which represents over 8 lakh members, has called for a strike…

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