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- Play Power Of Two On Tata Indicom And Meet Irfan Or Veeru
- Zen Mobile Introduces X390 Dual GSM Mobile Phone at Rs.1649
- Apple Introduces World’s Thinnest Smartphone iPhone 4
- Bharti Airtel Readies For African Immigration Through Zain, Now Ranks 5th
- Vodafone Launches 2 New GPRS Packs In West Bengal
| Play Power Of Two On Tata Indicom And Meet Irfan Or Veeru Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:35 AM PDT 
The contest aimed at cricket crazy fans across India has been developed to promote the unique offerings of Tata Zone and allows subscribers with maximum downloads of ringtones, wallpapers, applications, games to accumulate points. Subscribers with maximum points will have to complete the slogan 'I like TATA Zone because…' and the top two entries will get an opportunity to spend some time with Irfan or Virendar. The next top two scorers will be rewarded with a cash prize of 1 lakh each. This contest is open to all existing Tata Indicom pre-paid and post-paid subscribers till July 15. To participate in the contest, subscribers have two options: One, subscribers can download maximum content/ applications from Tata Zone and complete a slogan 'I like Tata Zone because………….' on Tata Indicom website; Two, the subscribers can also participate via IVR by dialing the short code 12921 and subscribe to 'Nazara Sehwag Pack' to record the same slogan in their own voice and will be charged 60 paise/minute.
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| Zen Mobile Introduces X390 Dual GSM Mobile Phone at Rs.1649 Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:05 AM PDT 
The Zen X390 dual GSM handset comes with a VGA camera, wireless FM with recorder, MP3/MP4 player with stereo sound, TFT screen and supports watching movies and videos on the go, 3.5mm jack, and usage of both English and Hindi language Menu. Zen Mobile's X390 claims a talk time up to 4 hours to its fame.The handset offering internal storage capacity for saving over 500 contacts and 300 SMS. Mr. Deepesh Gupta, MD Zen Mobile, said "With Zen X390 Dual GSM Mobile phone, we have tried to move ahead with a new design to meet the increasing demands of our valuable consumers. The launch of the X390 will have a mass appeal in the market. We have always strived in bringing the best to the customers at the most reasonable price range.With this new handset, we are all set to provide the Indian mobile users another handset with the latest technologies and stylized experience.”
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| Apple Introduces World’s Thinnest Smartphone iPhone 4 Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:44 PM PDT 
The iPhone 4 is sleeker and more advanced than the first iPhone. Like the iPhone 3GS, it comes in black or white, though it has a more angular look. Its front and back are covered with glass, and it is rimmed with stainless steel that acts as part of the antenna. iPhone 4 comes with multitasking user interface allows its users to quickly switch between recently used apps. Just double-click the Home button to reveal your recently used apps. Scroll right to see more apps, then tap one to reopen it. No need to wait for the app to reload. The iPhone 4 equipped with FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality earlier was not available in on iPhone, and Apple's stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, image, and video. iPhone 4 is about three-eighths of an inch thick; the 3GS is nearly half an inch. It can shoot high-def video, catching up to some other smart phones. It has a gyroscope in addition to other sensors, to enable more advanced motion-sensing applications, such as games and mapping services. The display on the smartphone remains 3.5 inches diagonally, but Jobs noted that it can show four times more pixels the individual coloured dots that make up an image as the previous screen. With its large Multi-Touch display and innovative software, iPhone lets you control everything using just your fingers. A panel laminated on the glass senses your touch using electrical fields. It can register multiple touches at once to support advanced gestures such as pinch to zoom, two-finger tap, and more. The panel then transmits the information to the Retina display below it.
In addition Apple's A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro, and up to 40 percent longer talk time — in a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features and 1500 new APIs for developers. The battery on the new iPhone 4 will allow up to seven hours of talk time – an improvement over five hours on the last model. It can handle up to six hours of Web browsing over cellular networks or 10 hours over WiFi. iPhone 4 will use Micro SIM, instead of a regular SIM card. This means none of your older SIM cards will work, However now a day most of operator providing the Micro SIM. The iphone 4 will be available in the US at $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model. Prospective customers can pre-order their iPhone 4 beginning June 15th from the Apple Online Store. The iPhone 4 smartphone will be available in US, UK, France, Germany and Japan on 24th June and 18 other countries in July and 24 more in August. iPhone 4 will roll out in India by the end of September. According to the India’s 2nd largest GSM Mobile service operator Vodafone Essar official statement “Vodafone will launch iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone in the world with the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, in India in the coming months.” We hope the Bharti Airtel will follow the same. However, the price for the Indian market has not been revealed yet.
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| Bharti Airtel Readies For African Immigration Through Zain, Now Ranks 5th Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:38 PM PDT 
This buyout not only makes Bharti to put footprint in Africa, but also positioned it as world’s fifth largest wireless company with operations across 18 countries and a subscriber base of around 180 million. Of the $10.7 billion enterprise value of Zain, Bharti will be paying $8.3 billion upfront and $700 million after a year. It would also take over approximately $1.7 billion of Zain’s debts as on December 31, 2009. Of the $8.3 billion paid to Zain, Bharti has raised debt from a consortium of foreign banks and State Bank of India with the lead-arranger and lead-advisor Standard Chartered Bank committing the highest amount $1.3 billion, followed by Barclays at $900 million. The rest of the co-advisors — ANZ, BNP, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Credit Agricole CIB, DBS, HSBC, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation — have allocated $600 million each. State Bank of India has agreed to an up to USD one billion loan in rupee terms. "This transaction is a pioneering step towards south-south cooperation and strengthening of ties between India and Africa. With this acquisition, Bharti Airtel will be transformed into a truly global telecom company with operations across 18 countries, fulfilling our vision of building a world-class multinational," Mittal said on Tuesday. On March 30, 2010, Bharti had entered the deal to acquire Zain Telecom’s operations in 15 nations, excluding Sudan and Morocco. Airtel is already present in India, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Bangladesh (acquiring Warid Telecom). Bharti had failed twice in the last two year’s to forge an $23 billion merger deal with South African telecom giant MTN. Bharti is expected to launch the Airtel brand in Africa by October this year. Company set three targets A subscriber base of 100 million, five billion revenue in Africa and USD 2 billion EBITDA by 2012-13. Bharti Airtel also plans to take its low-cost model of sharing infrastructure to Africa for bringing down the tariff in the continent. The African headquarters of the company will be located in Nairobi. Mittal said that Zain Africa will be renamed Bharti Airtel International BV and 15 top Zain executives will move to India.
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| Vodafone Launches 2 New GPRS Packs In West Bengal Posted: 08 Jun 2010 10:57 PM PDT 
The Rs.18 voucher comes with a validity of 3 days, more distinctly 72 hours from the time of recharge and this voucher will allow a customer to surf unlimited Vodafone Live on his/her mobile without any FUP . The Rs.23 voucher will allow a customer to surf unlimited Vodafone Live for 7 days at night (11PM-8AM). The Rs.23 GPRS pack comes with a FUP of maximum 2GB(uploading /downloading). Vodafone (West Bengal) GPRS Packs In Details-
Thanks to Anirban Mukherjee
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