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Reliance – Infotel Plans Ambitious 4G Wireless Broadband Launch
INTEX VISION – A Mobile Phone Especially Designed For Visually Impaired
Uninor Launches Apna Group Plan
AIRCEL 3G Services Now In Punjab
Antcor Systems To Empower Massive Rollout of Wi5 Broadband
CNN App Now Available Globally For Free On Android Market

Reliance – Infotel Plans Ambitious 4G Wireless Broadband Launch

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:39 AM PDT

Pan India Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum winner Infotel Broadband Ltd geared up to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) based High Speed 4G Wirelss Broadband service in India.

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) controlled Infotel Broadband Ltd 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.

According to our sources, Reliance – Infotel plans to launch BWA Data service in approx 700 cities in the first phase of its BWA launch with data speeds from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps. Presently RIL is finalizing vendors who would supply broadband equipment based on the so- long term evolution (LTE) technology so as to roll out wireless broadband services by the end of 2012.

RIL – Infotel is also talking to leading tower companies to lease 26,000 towers across the country for its pan-India launch in the first phase. According to our sources leading tower companies Viom Networks, and GTL Infrastructure Ltd are in process to bids with this mega-conglomerate.

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.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has a 95 per cent 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) 4G Spectrum conducted by the DoT in June 2010.

INTEX VISION – A Mobile Phone Especially Designed For Visually Impaired

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:41 AM PDT

Intex Technologies today announced the launch of INTEX VISION –a mobile phone especially designed for visually impaired.

The phone was unveiled by National Association for the Blind amongst its students and faculty. NAB is the largest non-government, voluntary organization in India.

With a very simple user interface, the phone has a robust ‘no-frills’ design with lots of entertainment and utility features like wireless FM radio, audio player, expandable memory up to 2 GB, torch light, auto call record, mobile tracker, dedicated one-touch key for locking the keypad, a phone and SMS memory of 1000 contacts and 250 messages respectively.

Developed at Intex's Centre for Design & Development, the Dual SIM phone (GSM+GSM) has a large Braile keypad to facilitate recognition of digits. People, who are not conversant with Braile, could switch on the 'Talking Keypad' feature which speaks out in English the number they have pressed.

Keeping in mind communication needs in emergency, the phone has a unique SOS feature which allows you to save four emergency numbers. By pressing the SOS button, the call gets automatically directed to the first emergency number.

Priced at Rs 2600 (street price), INTEX Vision is an example of technological advancement to make life more enjoyable for the differently-abled.

Uninor Launches Apna Group Plan

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:52 AM PDT

Cutting through the clutter that the Indian telecom landscape finds itself in—with customers forced to jostle with confusing and complicated products, services and tariff plans. Keeping this thought in mind, Uninor has launched Simple and attractive tariff plan 'Apna Group' (STV39) that offers huge benefits to existing customers over Own Net Calls and SMS.

New and existing Uninor prepaid subscribers who form an 'Apna Group' can now make calls to each other for as low as Rs 2 paisa/minute and enjoy 1000 local mins free across the Uninor network in across Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa. STV 39 also offers a great SMS package as well, enabling users to send 3000 SMSes free across India on the Uninor network.

This offer is available for Uninor subscribers across Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa for a validity of 30 days.

MRP

BENEFITS

VALIDITY

Rs.39

Free 1000 Minutes on Uninor Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa

Free 3000 Local and National SMS (only on Uninor Network)

30 Days

AIRCEL 3G Services Now In Punjab

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:22 AM PDT

AIRCEL the fast growing Pan India telecom operator in the country, today announced launch of 3G Mobile and Data service in Punjab telecom circle.

With the launch of 3G service in Punjab, now Aircel 3G launch completed in 11 telecom circles out of 13 wherein the operator has 3G spectrum. The 11 telecom circles are Chennai – TamilNadu, Karnataka, UP East, Kolkata, Bihar & Jharkhand, Assam, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab.

To Avail the Aircel 3G services, subscriber needs to send SMS "START 3G" to 121. For convenience of prospective 3G Mobile and High Speed Data service users, there is no changes for Voice and SMS tariff and it will be charged as Aircel 2G GSM Plan and customer can clubbed any 3G data plans specially tailored for all segments as their needs and suitability. The 3G local, STD and Roaming Video Call cost will be 5 paisa/sec (Rs.3/minute).

For More Details on 3G DATA Plans click here : Aircel 3G Data Plan Details

Mr. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel and Mr. Jitendra Rahi, RBH North, at Aircel Punjab 3G launch Event

Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel, who launched the services said “At Aircel we shrink the world for you with a promise to offer you a world of possibilities anytime, anywhere. The base rate which is 3/paise per 10KB is an absolute value for money. There are dynamic bundled plans for the students, executives, and heavy users addressing all their needs enabling them with Voice, SMS as well as 3G data.

Antcor Systems To Empower Massive Rollout of Wi5 Broadband

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:11 AM PDT

Antcor today announced that it has been selected by Zylog Systems India Limited to empower the massive rollout of its 'Wi5 Broadband' fixed wireless data services across India.

Wi5 Broadband is an initiative of Zylog Systems India Limited (ZSIL) a category ‘A’ ISP and subsidiary of Zylog Systems Limited.

Zylog Systems India Limited is headquartered in Chennai and offers Wi5 Broadband services in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Gujarat .

Through this partnership, Antcor will enable 'Wi5 Broadband' equipment with tailored and state of the art software, which will allow the efficient and reliable operation of the wireless network.

The overall Indian Wi-Fi market is expected to be $744 million by 2012 from the present $41.57 million growing at over 60 per cent every year including wireless local area networking (WLAN) hardware, systems integration and software services, not including embedded devices and laptops.

CNN App Now Available Globally For Free On Android Market

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 10:16 PM PDT

CNN today announced that the CNN App for Android Phones will be available globally for free on Android Market.

The CNN App combines intuitive navigation with an immersive news experience, giving users direct access to CNN's global resources – from live field reporting to user-generated content and a variety of enterprise interviews and podcasts.

Available on Android powered phones running on platforms 2.1 and above, the CNN App showcases news of the day through text, audio and photos, live and on-demand video, and a direct gateway to CNN iReport, the network's participatory news community.

By clicking on the menu button, users can seamlessly toggle between U.S. and International editions, each of which includes all of the features of the CNN App.

The CNN App features push-notification breaking news alerts, and a widget that allows a user to view the latest headlines from a variety of categories directly from the phone's home screen, without even opening the app.

The CNN App for Android Phones is available for free on Android Market. For more information about the CNN App for Android, go to www.cnn.com/android.