Spice Mobiles To Increase Local Handset Production
(Monday, September 06, 2010 9:47:55 AM IST)
Currently, its Baddi facility produces 0.1 million basic handsets per month, which will be ramped up to 0.4 million per month.
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RCom Appoints Prashant Gokarn As Head, 3G Biz
(Saturday, September 04, 2010 5:43:20 PM IST)
Reliance Communications (RCom) has appointed Prashant Gokran as head-3G, in its efforts to take its 3G plans forward. Gokran has earlier worked with Spectrum, Anderson Consulting and S2T. In his new role at RCom, he will report to Syed Safawi, president and CEO of wireless business, mentions The Hindu Business Line.
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New Policy To Address Disparity In FDI, Technology And Access Device
(Saturday, September 04, 2010 5:01:16 PM IST)
With mobile operators willing to offer TV services on handsets and broadcasters wanting to offer broadband, the Department of Telecom is formulating a policy to address issues arising out of convergence between telecom, IT and broadcasting sectors. Once drafted, the policy will be sent to the Cabinet for approval, reports The Hindu Business Line.
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Samsung Likely To Sell 25 Million Smartphones This Year
(Saturday, September 04, 2010 3:52:31 PM IST)
Samsung, which earlier announced it would treble smartphone sales this year to 18 million units, now expects to sell up to 25 million smartphones this year owing to the popularity of its Android-powered Galaxy S model. J.K. Shin, head, mobile communications division, Samsung, stated: "Our smartphone shipments will easily surpass 20 million units this year, thanks to strong sales of recently released Galaxy S," as reported by Reuters.
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ZTE Wins Rs 300-Crore BSNL Contract
(Saturday, September 04, 2010 3:50:41 PM IST)
Recently China’s Huawei won a plum 3G network equipment contract from Tata Teleservices. Now to join the fray, Shenzhen-based ZTE Corp. has bagged a Rs 300-crore contract from BSNL to supply WiMax systems for its broadband rollout. According to The Economic Times, the Indian government's fears about Chinese telecoms gear posing a national security threat are on the wane.
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ID Proof Must For New Mobile Users: China
(Friday, September 03, 2010 10:16:55 PM IST)
As per a new rule by the Chinese government, mobile phone users will now have to produce identification before purchasing a new number. While locals in China need to produce their ID, foreigners will have to register with their passports or other ID proof in order to purchase new mobile phone connections, mentioned China Daily. Till now, both local and foreigners could buy mobile handsets from the countless roadside shops without producing any identification, reports Business Standard. There are more than 800 million mobile phone users in China, of which only 60 per cent remain identified.
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Double Win For MTS At iCMG Architecture Awards
(Friday, September 03, 2010 4:46:20 PM IST)
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MTS-Delhi Launch Activity Conferred GOLD Award By EEMAX
(Friday, September 03, 2010 4:44:33 PM IST)
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TERI Foundation Day Acclaims Corporate Leadership
(Friday, September 03, 2010 3:36:47 PM IST)
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ip.access Brings Picocells To India With Bharti Airtel
(Friday, September 03, 2010 3:11:01 PM IST)
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Hindus Want Internet Access As Fundamental Right
(Friday, September 03, 2010 3:08:08 PM IST)
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Verizon Business Offers IPv6 Tips
(Friday, September 03, 2010 3:04:58 PM IST)
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New Telcos May Be Allowed To Surrender 2G Spectrum
(Friday, September 03, 2010 9:01:25 AM IST)
Telecom Commission may allow new telecom operators to surrender 2G spectrum, which they had bagged in January 2008 at the rate of Rs 1,651 crore for pan-India operations. The move comes after some of the telcos including Swan Telecom approached DoT to inform they are struggling to roll out services and would rather avail of refund of the money they paid two years ago, reports The Economic Times.
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India, China Lead Global Take-up of Mobile Transactions: Survey
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:54:38 PM IST)
The study shows that consumers in the world’s fastest developing economies, India and China, are leading the drive for personal banking and retail transactions via their mobiles.
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Texecom Appoints New Business Manager For India
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:39:15 PM IST)
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RCOM Announces The Launch Of Open Market Handset
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:35:49 PM IST)
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DoT Lifts 8-month Ban On Import Of Telecom Equipment
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:52:34 PM IST)
Although a temporary halt, the telecom sector experienced a major jolt in the past eight months preventing a quick roll-out of 3G services. While even the government lost heavily from revenues it could have earned on import duties.
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ZTE Handset Shipment Increases By 40% To 28 Mil
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:44:24 PM IST)
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BT Onevoice Now Features Committed Savings Offer
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:36:03 PM IST)
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3 Nov: C3D World
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:27:49 PM IST)
New this year is the addition of the 2010 International Workshop on 3D Information Technology (3DIT 2010).
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Bharti Quits Bulk SMS Business
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:58:27 PM IST)
Bharti Airtel has become the first operator to exit its bulk SMS business completely, making a statement of its concern for consumer convenience. This may pave the way for equal moves from its counterparts. Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel told The Economic Times that the company expunged its bulk SMS business from its business portfolio at the end of July.
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Uninor Unveils Ramzan Special Tariff Voucher In AP
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:45:38 AM IST)
The new voucher offers a talk time of Rs 786 along with 786 free local and national SMS.
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Sony Ericsson Aims To Be The Biggest Supplier Of Android Phones
(Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:02:26 AM IST)
Sony Ericsson, the world's fifth-biggest handset manufacturer, expects half of all mobile phones sold in China to be smartphones by the year 2015. The company also aspires to be the biggest Android phone brand worldwide, mentioned Reuters in a report, which quoted president Bert Nordberg as saying: "I think we have been decently successful in the short time, and we have a goal for the company to be the biggest supplier of Android phones.”
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Bringing Sign Language To Mobile Phones!
(Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:59:05 PM IST)
A tool, called MobileASL, transmits American Sign Language (ASL) via compressed video over a 3G network.
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Arvind Kumar On Board MTS
(Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:35:16 PM IST)
Joins as chief operating officer of UP circle.
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