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- MTNL Launches Bharat Berry Push Mail Service
- Risks Involved in Telecom Industry Probable Political & Economic Implications
- Aircel COCO Now in Jharsuguda(Odisha)
| MTNL Launches Bharat Berry Push Mail Service Posted: 09 May 2011 06:37 AM PDT
Bharat Berry real time Push Mail Service is similar to the most popular BlackBerry Services. It provide Freedom from particular device and high end tariff plans and also works with most of the Mobile Phones. The service enable its subscribers to get more advanced push mail with over the air backup of your contact, task, calendar and notes along with sync to their outlook through the servers hosted in India. In addition company is providing over-the-air (OTA) synchronisation of calendar and contacts for multiple mail accounts. The cost of the service is also a fraction of what the BlackBerry service will cost per month. BharatBerry services for as little as Rs.50 per month. This cost includes a service that synchronizes calendar and contacts information besides emails. Initially, the company plans to roll out this service for three months for free, before starting to charge users. MTNL’s Prepaid and postpaid Subsctibers can access to all services including e-mails and Personal Information Manager (PIM) sync just for Rs.80 per month for the combo pack, while the individual services will be available for Rs 50 each per month.
The subscriber must have GPRS /3G Data plan enabled on its device before subscribing this service.While the user experience on 3G will make the service more pleasurable.” |
| Risks Involved in Telecom Industry Probable Political & Economic Implications Posted: 08 May 2011 02:22 PM PDT
Technological advancements, user demands & stiff competition has opened up a new gamut to operators wherein they are supposing to provide the services and to maintain already pressurized Revenue Margins. An operator needs to be always on Alert mode to survive by understanding needs of customers and design products offering accordingly. Telecom industry itself is very dynamic and vulnerable industry, hence its "Misuse" is quite easily possible and today almost every mobile phone is an entry point to internet. Telecommunication Industry has following risk: Use of Internet on Mobile A common method to communicate safely is for the Radical Element to save a draft of a message on a free e-mail service which is read by someone in another part of the world. Because the draft was never sent, the ISP does not retain a copy of it and there is no record of it traveling the internet. This feature initially was difficult as a Radical Element was suppose to visit a Cyber Café where Govt. has inculcated stringent norms for identification, but through internet on mobile this has become one of the best options to transfer messages from one Radical Element to another Radical Element. Telecommunication Fraudsters It's very difficult to define role of Telecom fraudster Governments and Regulatory authorities across world are very sensitive on this kind of issues and hence many of them are trying to bring new measure in addition to strengthening the existing norms prevailing in their respective countries. Identity Theft for Prepaid Mobile Most Radical Elements would not like to coordinate their work from a home or cell phone they obtained using their own name, driver's license, address and other identifiers. Identity theft is one way a Radical Element can establish an anonymous phone service to use for their Radical Element activities. With a new identity backed by a phone number, route for credit-card fraud also opens up for him. Telecommunication Fraudsters It's very difficult to define role of Telecom fraudster, It can be a Hired Hacker who can penetrate in to secured data systems of telecom companies and fetch out confidential details like calling card numbers. This happened in Italy where Radical Element used this stolen calling card to complete their criminal activities. Regulatory Measures: Official / Govt. Authorized Identification to be taken prior to issuing Prepaid SIM Cards, Address and customer verification to be done prior to activation of prepaid SIM. Still many countries like Indonesia and Middle East are to implement this as a regulatory norm. Many analysts predict that it will also help telecom operators to know their customers better and with accurate and valid database they will be able to segment their market better. However some operators also criticize this move by stating reasons like false identity, Stolen SIM and stolen Phones can also be used for terrorist activities. Some operators also argue that call tracing can only lead to approximate location mapping rather than actual. Some other advanced countries also propose keeping records of phone calls and emails for at least an year. This communication logs can be very helpful to police and intelligence agencies as this records reveals phone numbers called and geographical location of the caller. Focusing on telecom fraud is important for organizations and regulators. If industry can stop telecom fraud, many criminals would find their anonymous communications severely restricted. Telecom regulatory authorities have to do a proper scrutiny on the standing of parties before according any approvals. Furthermore, know your employee controls are an important aspect of preventing corruption in the ranks of telecom companies. Telecom companies shall become more stringent while scrutinizing KYC document. They need to review each customer acquisition. About the Author: Tejas Dave is Regional Telecom Research/Business Analyst associated with one of the leading Telecom Operator in India. Previously he has worked with other Telecom operators and Worlds Largest Tower company. His role primarily gives him an opportunity to closely work with senior leaders of the Company,Industry and Government. He is also associated with Academic and professional organisations like WB India & AMA. |
| Aircel COCO Now in Jharsuguda(Odisha) Posted: 08 May 2011 08:17 AM PDT
On the opening day of COCO, Mr. Vikas Kakwani, Circle Head, Odisha(CBH) said- " The purpose of opening COCOs in different districts of Odisha is to provide value-added service to the subscribes and to bring synergy in its operations across the state." With subscriber base of over 50 million, Aircel has currently gained a momentum in the space of telecom in India. The Company currently has base in 23 circles across India. It holds the highest amount of next generation spectrum amongst all telecom operators in India. |
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