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- LAVA M 23 Now In India
- Reliance Industries to Acquire Stake in Infotel- Pan India BWA Winner
- Being GREEN, Is In! Are you doing your part?
- Vodafone Launches 3G ready USB stick at Rs.1950
- India’s BWA Auction Ends, Infotel is Pan-India Winner
- Nokia Launches Mobile Money Services in Pune and Chandigarh
- Handcase Introduces Mobile Meta Search Mobile Application
- Videocon Launches More Full And Extra Talktime Offers For TN
Posted: 11 Jun 2010 06:30 AM PDT LAVA Mobiles today announced the launch of LAVA M 23, the music series, which is a perfect blend of entertainment and fun and which would undeniably accomplish the quirk for music. LAVA M23 is a stylish, Dual SIM phone that has been designed for the music lovers. The phone has high acoustic clarity and has capability to beat the heart of the listeners and also comes with an audio jack, which makes the feel of music clearer. Lava M23 comes for a price tag of Rs.4, 499/- M23 is pre loaded with MP3 player that enable users to explore and enjoy different melodies at ease. It comes with an expandable memory up to 8 GB.The Bluetooth also has A2DP profile through which the music can be enjoyed on wireless Bluetooth enabled headsets. M23 is the best buy as it supports MP4 and has high resolution 2.2 inches TFT, 65k colour screen, to enjoy video playback. To increase the capability of capturing your golden memories this handset comes with a digital camera of 1280*1024 pixels. Combined with a digital camera, and MP4 player the phone also features FM radio, making you cherish and enjoy your FM heroes with 850 mAh battery which provides long talk time up to 5 – 6 hours and expandable memory options would enable the users to hoard all their stuffs. The extra sophisticated features such as WAP support and GPRS have been incorporated in this advanced gadget. Commenting on the launch of M23, Mr. SN Rai, co-founder & Director, LAVA International Ltd., said that, "Nowadays mobile phones are becoming a need more than a necessity, need of flaunting with the tech rich gadgets amongst good pals. And this kind of behavior has been seen generally in the youngsters. That's why taking the market scenario and going through the needs of such instincts we decided to come up with a product that would cherish our youth." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reliance Industries to Acquire Stake in Infotel- Pan India BWA Winner Posted: 11 Jun 2010 05:55 AM PDT Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a substantial stake in Infotel Broadband Services (P) Ltd, which has emerged as a successful bidder in all the 22 circles (Pan India) of the auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum conducted by the DoT. RIL said that it will invest about Rs 4,800 crore by way of subscription to fresh equity capital at par to be issued by Infotel Broadband. Post this investment, RIL will own 95% of the equity and Infotel Broadband will be a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited. RIL claims that the broadband opportunity as a new frontier of knowledge economy in which it can take a leadership position and provide India with an opportunity to be in the forefront among the countries providing world-class 4G network and services. A single 20 MHz TDD spectrum when used with LTE (Long Term Evolution) has the potential of providing greater capacity when compared to existing communication infrastructure in the country. India has witnessed substantial growth in the mobile subscriber base over the last decade. RIL's initiative will usher in a wireless broadband revolution in both, the urban and the rural areas all across the country by providing end-to-end data solutions for business enterprises, social organizations, educational and healthcare institutions and Indian consumers. This will give a fillip to rural upliftment by seamlessly connecting information and markets to the rural population on a real-time basis and will help bridge the rural-urban divide in terms of access to knowledge and information. RIL plans to create world class state- of-the-art technology using an asset light strategy. RIL will forge several strategic relations with a host of leading global technology players, service providers, infrastructure providers, application developers, device manufacturers and others to leapfrog India to the 4G revolution.
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Being GREEN, Is In! Are you doing your part? Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:32 AM PDT With so much awareness about environmental issues happening in our background and whatever we do does not seem to be enough, but then we continue with our contributions for the same. So does Bharti Airtel, besides their silent campaigns and efforts towards environmental concerns and issues, this is an initiative taken up by Airtel. But this time around its with the support and contribution of its customers. And has it worked? Well Airtel has started paperless billing for its customers for quite some time now, and Bharti Airtel has a substantial share of the customers opting for the paperless billing. Bharti Airtel Gujarat circle customers registering for e-bill has gone up from 5% last year to 30% in the current year. Bharti Airtel through many attractive initiatives has been constantly encouraging more paper bill customers to opt for e-billing and e-transactions. This green initiative was designed to promote mobile phone usage as an efficient tool to generate e-Bills, e-Payments and e-Transactions, thereby saving tonnes of paper as well as save time and reduce fuel consumption. To popularise the paperless billing among Airtel customers every time a customer dialling to Airtel customer care centre the executive of the customer care centre will brief the customer to opt for the paperless billing. Additionally, Airtel customers who opt for e-bill would receive an itemised bill absolutely free of cost. Apart from the paperless billing, Bharti Airtel is promoting the e-payments and e-transactions initiative through the service called "Pay from Home". Under this service customers can opt for any of the following 5 modes to make payments * ECS * mChek * Selfcare – Airtel Website * Netbanking * Standing instructions Airtel customers enjoy the following benefits for opting paperless billing / pay from home initiative * Avoid the long waiting queue's at showrooms * Avoid SMS/calls related to overdue & late fee * Avoid restriction of service * SMS Intimation from date of debit along with payment confirmation on registration for SI/ECS * Clean account history on payments * SMS intimation for Payment confirmation Mr Shivan Bhargava, COO- Bharti Airtel, Gujarat Circle said, "Paperless billing seems to be catching on as consumers become more aware of the convenience and environmental benefits of e-billing. The aim behind this green initiative is to talk about environment, save paper and conserve nature. Apart from being environment friendly, e-bills are transmitted in a much secured format, where a user receives intimation on his / her specified email address as well as a SMS on his / her mobile phone with a password which will help the user to view and pay the e-bill. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vodafone Launches 3G ready USB stick at Rs.1950 Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:43 AM PDT Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading GSM mobile service operator, today announced the launch of 3G Ready USB stick (Data Card) for its 2G Data service customers in Kolkata telecom circle priced at Rs 1950. The 3G ready device comes with a 2 year replacement warranty. This pricing is in keeping with Vodafone's constant endeavor to increase affordability of mobile Internet among customers. The Vodafone 3G ready USB stick enables customers to stay connected on-the-go. Prepaid users can recharge with the Vodafone Mobile Connect packs, whereas postpaid customers can avail the one year advance rental plans. The Vodafone 3G ready USB stick is available across all Vodafone Stores, Mini Stores and other retail outlets in Kolkata. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
India’s BWA Auction Ends, Infotel is Pan-India Winner Posted: 11 Jun 2010 01:31 AM PDT India’s auction for Auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licence ended today with bids for pan-India licence touching Rs 12,850 crore with the government clocking a total revenue of Rs.38,543.31 crore. According to the provisional results announced by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) telecom biggies Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular Tata Communication and Reliance Wimax Ltd have opted out of the race. The Infotel Broadband Services has won bid for all the 22 circles while Aircel won 8, Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm won in 4 circles, Tikona in 5 and Augere 1 circle. The State operators BSNL and MTNL, which have already been been given spectrum, ahead of the private players, will have to pay the equivalent of the winning bid in each service area. According to the International Telecommunication Union, BWA can deliver download speed of 100 mbps to 1 gbps. However till date download speed of 70 mbps have been achieved in lab condition. Leading telecom players Bharti Airtel, Reliance Wimax Ltd, Idea Cellular, Aircel, Augere Mauritius, Qualcomm, Infotel Broadband Services, Spice Internet Service Provider, Tata Communications, Tikona Digital Networks and Vodafone Essar participated in the BWA auction to acquire the two slots on offer. The List of BWA Winners (Private Operators )-:
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Nokia Launches Mobile Money Services in Pune and Chandigarh Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:04 AM PDT Nokia, a global leader in the mobile telecommunications industry and YES BANK, India's new-age private sector Bank, today commercially launched innovative mobile payments platform in Pune (Maharashtra) and Chandigarh to facilitate customer convenience and encourage financial inclusion in India. The Yes Bank Mobile Money Services powered by Nokia will allow its mobile phone users to transfer money to another person by using the person’s mobile phone number and also Top-up the prepaid card of any mobile services or pay postpaid mobile/land line and utility bills as well as cashless shopping. The Mobile Money Service pilot project was announced in February in Pune for selected customers. After the successful test, now the services are commercially available to all Yes Bank and Nokia customers wherein they can pay for shopping and Utility bills through direct from their Nokia mobile phones. Initially the Mobile Money Services are available in Pune and Chandigarh city.To avail the services Nokia customer may visit any Nokia priority dealer or Yes Bank’s branches at Bhandarkar Road, Hinjewadi and Kondhave Khurd in Pune city and Sector 9 C in Chandigarh. Nokia also introduces toll free helpline number 1800-3000-1122 to assist its customer on Mobile Money services. D Shivakumar, VP and Managing Director, Nokia India said “Mobile Money Services by YES BANK is based on Obopay's payments platform and designed to work in partnership with mobile network operators and banks, involving distributors and merchants in a dynamic ecosystem, to seamlessly provide new services. YES BANK is our first partner in India to bring this service to market.” Commenting on the Mobile Money Services, Rana Kapoor, Founder/Managing Director & CEO, YES BANK said, “We are privileged to partner global technology leaders Nokia and Obopay, in introducing Mobile Money Services in India. This initiative will provide consumers with greater 'Anytime Anywhere' convenience and will be a significant milestone on the path of financial inclusion as stated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The mobile banking services will be made available to a wider consumer base by leveraging off Nokia's vast retail network towards attaining YES BANK's stated objective of providing consumers with a Superior Service Experience through use of creative technologies. The Mobile Mobile Money services presently support selected handset as follows: Nokia 3110c, 3110e, 3120c, 3250, 3500C, 3555, 3600, 3610, 3610a, 5130XM, 5200, 5220XM, 5300XM, 5310XM, 5320XM, 5500Sport, 5610XM, 5700XM, 6085, 6086, 6110Navigator, 6120c, 6120c 2G, 6121c, 6124c, 6212c, 6210, 6210s, 6220c, 6260, 6263, 6290,6300, 6301, 6300 BT, 6300i, 6500S, 6500c, 6700, 6555, 6600fold, 6600slide, 7210Supernova, 7310Supernova, 7373, 7390,7500Prism, 7510Supernova, 8800Arte, 8800Arte Gold, 8800Carbon Arte, E50, E51, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E63, E65, E66, E70, E71, E90, N70 N71, N72 N73, N75, N76, N77, N78, N80, N81, N82, N85, N86 8MP, N90, N91, N92, N93, N93i, N95. Nokia 2690, 2700c, 2710Nav, 2730c, 3208c, 3710fold, 3720c, 5330MobTV, 5630XM, 5730XM, 6303c, 6303i, 6350, 6600i slide, 6700Slide, 6710Navigator, 6720c, 6730c, 6750mural, 7020, 7230, 7610S, E52, E55, E62, E71x, E72, E75, N79, N96, C5, E5, X2, and X3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handcase Introduces Mobile Meta Search Mobile Application Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:58 PM PDT The Handcase today announced the launch of new Meta search based mobile search engine called Gune. Gune is a system of meta-search, ie he searches the other sites and generates a single page of results, optimized for small screen phones and smartphones. The websites consulted by the Gune are: Google and Bing. http://www.handycase.com/gune .Instead, the sites of traditional meta-search the internet, which use the same principle, Gune makes the only mobile search, with results on one page, put in lists of ten results per search engine. Gune offers launchers for all mobile platforms one can download the same from http://www.handycase.com/gune/pc/glauncher.htm . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Videocon Launches More Full And Extra Talktime Offers For TN Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:43 PM PDT In every tariff class segment Videocon Mobile Services is sprinkling its magic of EXTRA n AFFORDABLE flavor making consumer's belief of EXPERIENCE CHANGE very true. Continuing the journey, Videocon Mobile Services started extending its denominations of attractive FULL n EXTRA TALKTIME DOUBLE BONANZA. Currently, the customers of Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) can enjoy host of Full and Extra talktime offers, the denominations are mentioned below
Note: The above offers can only be enjoyed if recharged via Mobile Top Up & also Double Bonanza Top Up Rs.45 is valid till 14-June-2010. For More, Call 121 (Toll Free) from your Videocon number or 9068012345(Tolled) from any other phone. Alternatively, you can also log on to www.videocon.com for more details. |
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