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Indian Mobile Phone News Archive: July 2005
Ericsson Mobile Organizer for Idea CellularSunday, July 31, 2005 | JJEricsson Mobile Organizer (EMO) solution for mobile data services will be available on Idea Cellular. Idea Cellular CEO, Vikram Mehmi said, "Ericsson has assisted us to introduce this trend-setting service in an extremely competitive market. It is highly important for us to offer a solution, such as this, that will position Idea Cellular as the prime driver in the corporate enterprise telecom market". "Mobile e-mail is one of the key services the corporate segment wants to use and we believe that working together with Ericsson as our technology partner, can make push e-mail a major driver of the mobile and internet multimedia business", he added. Mats Granryd, managing director, Ericsson India, had this to say, "We have worked very closely with Idea Cellular in a true, consultative mode to understand its needs and develop the right techno-commercial solution to foster the launch of push e-mail services to Idea Cellular's subscribers". "We are very proud to bring, together with Idea Cellular, our award-winning solution that will allow users to stay connected to e-mail and calendar data, through their preferred mobile device in a very cost-efficient way", he further added. Mobilecomm India 2006 International ExhibisionSunday, July 31, 2005 | JJMobileComm 2006 will be held at Hall 14 at Pragati Maidan New Delhi from 21-23 March 2006. MobileComm 2006 will feature and bring mobile phone manufacturers, mobile operators / carriers and telecommunications companies, creators of consumer and enterprise mobile messaging solutions, PDAs, devices and pocket PCs, notebooks, mobile content owners, equipment manufacturers and accessories providers on a common platform to focus on the future of mobile devices & to explore the delivery methods that consumers will most likely choose and employ. It will also assess the impact that next generation networks are having on content creation and delivery, and will examine the latest that the industry has to offer to the consumers.Mobilecomm India 2006 will also feature keynote presentations from prominent national and international speakers. Teleglobe Int'l Holdings to be acquired by VSNLSunday, July 31, 2005 | JJTeleglobe International Holdings Ltd., a telecoms network services company will be acquired by Indian Telecom giant VSNL. The deal is worth around USD 239 million would help it rise to the top-3 status in international wholesale voice telecoms, after AT&T and MCI. VSNL would be paying $4.50 per share for all Teleglobe’s equity. A senior company spokesperson said about this deal: “Traditionally, this is a high-volume, low-margin business, and global scale of traffic and network is required to minimize costs.” the deal is expected to be complete in the coming 6-8 months. Bharti plans to expand to new citiesSunday, July 31, 2005 | JJIndia’s largest private telecommunication provider Bharti Tele-ventures incorporated in 1995 is planning to expand their position in the Indian market in both mobile business and fixed line telephony service. Company, which is panning, to invest around USD 1 Billion will be more concentrated in mobile business. Rest of the investment would be used for expanding the company’s fixed line telephony service. Bharti JMD Rajan Mittal said in a statement about their business plans for this financial year: “We are expanding our fixed line operations in a big way. We are going to 20 new cities like Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Jaipur.” BSNL West Zone GSM network by ITISunday, July 31, 2005 | JJBSNL’s West Zone GSM mobile network of 4 million lines will be set up by ITI Ltd for US$280 million. 3 million lines out of 4 million lines of West Zone comprising four Circles of Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP and Chattisgarh will be installed and commissioned within the next 10 months by the Company on a turnkey basis with complete responsibility. Alcatel will be that of equipment supplier. Alcatel first production facility in IndiaSunday, July 31, 2005 | JJAlcatel first production facility in India is coming up at the ITI factory in Mankapur and it has an initial capacity of 2,000 base stations, which will be doubled in the coming months. Alcatel Chairman and CEO Serge Tchuruk, said, " We have had a long history with ITI and since the early 1980s, we have been instrumental in providing the first digital technology to ITI for creating a robust Indian telecom infrastructure. I can say with pride that today over 50 percent of fixed line networks in India are powered by Alcatel solutions. This new GSM manufacturing facility will contribute greatly to the quality of service for GSM subscribers in India and add to overall improvement in the country's telecom infrastructure. This latest association is a new chapter in a long standing relationship between Alcatel and ITI." Maptel launches Mobile Maps of India.Sunday, July 31, 2005 | JJMaptel Technologies launches Mobile Maps of India. Maptell Technologies Vice-President Jithesh Joseph said, "Mobile/PDA devices enabled with GPRS connectivity can now access real-time location information from Maptell Website. The current version contains Indian maps. "We will be starting mobile map services for a number of countries soon. This portal is our initial step in that direction." Tatas & Birla group to buy Cingular’s Idea StakeSunday, July 31, 2005 | JJTatas and AV Birla group are planning to buy Cingular Wireless’ of the US 32.91% stake in Idea Cellular for Rs 1,300 crore ($300 million). Idea Cellular has a subscriber base of 5.72 million giving it a market share of a little over 12 per cent and covers cellular services in Delhi, Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai), Goa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (west), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Kerala. IDEA Cellular Ltd. Ms. Nalini Gupta joins Reliance InfocommFriday, July 29, 2005 | JJMs. Nalini Gupta joined the Reliance Infocomm team as Marketing Advisor - Chairman's Office. Ms. Gupta comes to Reliance Infocomm from Airtel Enterprise Services (AES), where she was Chief Products and Marketing Officer. Her responsibilities included Product Management of voice and data products, along with new introductions. Prior to Bharti, Ms. Gupta has worked in India and the US, for organisations like AT&T, Pacific Bell and Bellcore (now Telecordia). With a career span of around 18 years in the Product Management domain, she has handled diverse responsibilities in the areas of IT and Networking. Ms. Gupta is a B.S. as well as an M.S. in Computer Sciences from The College of Staten Island, City University of New York. BSNL`s services in Goa disruptedFriday, July 29, 2005 | JJBSNL`s services in Goa disrupted due to Heavy Rains. Around two lakh mobile subscribers suffered because of this condition. BSNL General Manager A Desarkar said “It’s not only BSNL, other cellular phone subscribers also faced the network problem.” He added “We would try to solve and restore the services in couple of days.” Local call free in Mumbai for a day on AirtelFriday, July 29, 2005 | JJLocal calls will be free for Airtel mobile customers at Mumbai for a day facilitating its stranded subscriber to reach its near and dear one’s. Airtel, Mumbai CEO Jayant Khosla said “This is a special initiative for all our customers in Mumbai who are facing a difficult time due to the incessant rains. We believe that by making our services free we can provide some relief to all our valued customers to stay connected.” UK Visa application status through SMSFriday, July 29, 2005 | JJUK Visa application status can be checked through SMS. Visa Facilitation Services the outsourcing partners for the Visa Department of the British High Commission said that applicants can check their application status by sending an SMS to 7333 from any mobile phone across all service providers on both GSM and CDMA platforms. An applicant from anywhere in India has to simply SMS the following message: VISA to 7333 to ascertain the status of his passport and visa application. This service is being exclusively provided by Visa Facilitation Services. E-mail solutions launched by Idea CellularFriday, July 29, 2005 | JJE-mail solutions giving it’s customer to access email with a range of GPRS-enabled has been launched by Idea Cellular. The facility will be available across all major towns in India. E-mail solutions are available for business user and the other for the individual customer. The Idea Mail is targeted at business users to check their corporate mail when they are on the move. It is available in two need-based editions of a push-based mail service and a pull-based mail service. John Abraham Brand ambassador for SamsungSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJCine Star John Abraham will be the Brand ambassador for Samsung Mobiles. Samsung, Director –Telecom, Mr. H. C. Ryu said, "We welcome John as Brand ambassador for Samsung Mobiles. John is trendy and cool and his youthful appeal will be leveraged to bring out the style and functional superiority of Samsung Mobiles." John Abraham said , "I am happy to be associated with Samsung Mobiles. Samsung phones are sporty and cool and that's probably why you see the younger generation using Samsung phones. For me, form follows function and I'm happy to say that the Samsung SGH C-210 is functionally as cool as it looks". Samsung launch new Phone SGH C210Saturday, July 23, 2005 | JJSamsung launched new Phone the SGH C210 in the Indian Market. SGH C210 weighing 69g is the lightest bar type phone in its category. It has some useful power packed features like 65K UFB LCD Colour Screen, JAVA, WAP, GPRS for internet connectivity, MMS messaging capabilities and a 1000 phonebook plus 200 SMS memory. Samsung, Director –Telecom, Mr. H. C. Ryu said, "The classic colours, functional simplicity and superior ergonomics of the SGH C 210 make it a truly superior communication solution." Receive mobile phone calls while in flightSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJSubscribers can receive mobile phone calls while in flight by 2006. Mobile manufacturer Siemens and Airbus plan is developing a new technology to enable passengers to make and receive mobile phone calls while in flight by 2006. Siemens' mobile networks division, President, Christoph Caselitz, said, "Being able to use their mobile phones onboard aircraft has long been the wish of many passengers who often travel on business flights." He added, "The partnership between Siemens and Airbus will ensure that this modern service is up and running soon and will open up new sources of revenue for the airlines." Spice Telecom tied up with Sabeer BhatiaSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJSpice Telecom has tied up with Sabeer Bhatia to offer its subscribers instant access to such information on the phone. NavinMail CEO Sabeer Bhatia, and Telixo, introduced a new technology that offers mobile users instant access to their personal information — phone book, address book, calendar and to-do lists, via the phone but independent of it. Spice Telecom, Managing Director, Sean Dexter said, "Telixo will not only serve as a virtual PDA on any phone but also act as an instant personal assistant for users." Inspector Baaz episode on Tata IndicomSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJInspector Baaz an interactive audio episode known as audiosode will be available on Tata Indicom. To avail the service customer would have to dial 12900 from a Tata Indicom Walky or mobile phone and say Inspector Baaz and will be charged Rs. six for every minute of the audiosode. Renowned radio jockey and TV presenter Roshan Abbas will anchor the service which will be available in three sections under section one the subscriber will get to hear Abbas narrate a crime plot and can guess who the culprit is after hearing the case or move to section three to hear the clues and then guess the right answer. Tata Content & Applications V-P Pankaj Sethi said "We will use radio in a big way to promote the audiosode since Abbas is a well known radio personality." VSNL & Thomson to develop new activitiesSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJVidesh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and Thompson will jointly develop new media and entertainment activities. VSNL operations director N. Srinath said "The Media and Entertainment sector in India has seen unprecedented growth in the recent past primarily due to the increasing appetite of the Indian consumer, the potential for which is growing by the day. It is therefore a challenging task for service providers like us to provide state-of-the-art solutions which facilitate opportunities/or growth for our Media and Entertainment Customers from this sector.” Anti-virus software for mobileSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJSymantec, McAfee and Trend Micro are negotiating with cellular company for supply of anti-virus software. The anti-virus software will be supplied with mobile connection from your cellular service provider. Cellular service providers in Japan have already using the anti-virus software for mobiles. Industry experts observe that the mobile phone viruses travel either via Bluetooth, (Kabir virus), or infection occurs via a Trojan. Hutch launches Postpaid Bill Payment vouchersSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJHutch postpaid subscribers in Delhi can avail the new payment method. Hutch postpaid users can now make payments through postpaid bill payment vouchers available in the denominations of Rs 50, Rs 200, Rs 500 and Rs 1000. Postpaid subscribers can pay their bills while on the move through SMS or by dialing 600 (Interactive Voice Response). The amount is instantly credited to the users account. anjoy Mukerji, Operations Director, Hutchison Essar, Delhi, Punjab & Haryana said, "Hutch postpaid voucher marks a paradigm shift in the postpaid bill payment structure, with Hutch subscribers being able to experience real time bill processing. Through the postpaid vouchers, we have made bill payment an effortless and simple process for our subscribers." Spice launchs Spice Caller Songs serviceSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJSpice Telecom Punjab’s premier cellular service provider, launched Spice Caller Songs service. The Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) service is a personalized mobile music service where the caller hears songs instead of the traditional ring tone. Spice Caller Songs can be accessed by both pre paid and post paid subscribers by dialing 678 and follow the instructions. Subscribers can choose songs from popular categories like Punjabi, Chartbusters, Bollywood, English, Remix and Devotional. Bill Payment on IDEA simplifiedSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJIDEA launched a Bill Payment service called Pay Easy. IDEA is the only operator in the world to launch this service. Vikram Mehmi, CEO, Idea Cellular Ltd, explains, “We have a large retail channel in place. We see immense benefit in extending this distribution network, for the purpose of bill paying, to our post paid customers using our flexi charge system.” He adds, “Pay Easy is simple, all the customer has to do is go to his neighborhood retailer and pay his bill amount. The retailer, using his flexi-charge system will alert the IDEA payment gateway of the payment. IDEA Cellular will then respond to the retailer and the customer through an SMS receipt that his bill has been paid.” R-World introduces Cocktails MenuSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJR-World introduces a unique facility through which you can learn about 2000 varieties of cocktails. Information about Cocktails Menu can be obtained by going into the Drink Type option of Cocktail Manager Application; one can find the recipes for world's best cocktails like Dry Martini, JamaicanHop, Ginger Breeze and Vodka Grasshopper. 2000 varieties of cocktails are available on R-World. Motorola RAZR BLK V3 in Indian marketSaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJMotorola’s latest version of the popular phones RAZR BLK V3 is available in Indian market. RAZR BLK V3 is manufactured from aircraft grade aluminum, magnesium and a first-of-its-kind nickel-plated copper alloy keypad. It has built in camera with digital zoom, mpeg video recorder, speakerphone and quad-band technology which allows the phone to work in over 100 countries. RAZR BLK V3 is enabled with Bluetooth, wireless technology that can allow voice, image and video to be easily transmitted without wires. Number portability implementation by TRAISaturday, July 23, 2005 | JJNumber portability will give the subscriber the advantage of retaining their mobile number even if they switch from their existing service providers to a rival. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has initiated consultations to make provisions for mobile number portability, which will make tough competition for the Telecom companies. Trai said in a consultation paper “Mobile number portability (MNP) will benefit subscribers, increase the level of competition, and reward operators with the best customer service, coverage and service quality.” The last date for sending suggestions to the consultation paper is 30 August after which the regulator will start open house consultation over the issue to expedite the number portability concept in the country. Essar Teleholdings takes over BPL MobileFriday, July 22, 2005 | JJEssar Teleholdings takes over BPL Mobile and will seek regulatory approval to merge its mobile unit with BPL Communications. An Essar spokesman said "With the BPL Mobile deal signed, we'll now seek the regulatory go-ahead from the regulatory bodies - the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Department of Telecommunications - for the merger of these entities to create a larger cellular player." The merger of Hutchison Essar and BPL Mobile services will make the new company the fourth-largest player in India's mobile industry. Bharti Tele-ventures, Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Reliance Infocomm.are the leading players in the market with 12.25 million, 11.89 million and 11.65 million subscribers respectively. Indian mobile market to surpass China by 2009Friday, July 22, 2005 | JJIndian mobile market will surpass China by 2009. As per the study conducted by Gartner Inc, global IT research and analysis firm number of mobile phones sold in India will reach 139 million units more than the Chinese. The study says sale of mobile phones in India will reach 34 million in 2005 from 21 million in 2004. Principal analyst, Asia Pacific, for telecom, Kobita Desai said "A conducive regulatory environment, affordable services and increased geographic penetration of networks will drive mobile penetration in India. An important enabler will be the initiative in bringing down handset costs to lower the initial barrier to entry," Idea announces STD at 99 PaisaTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJBreaking all barriers of distances and geographies, India’s leading cellular service provider, IDEA Cellular Ltd. has launched for their existing and new Pre-paid customers of Delhi & NCR region the best ever tariff of only 99 paisa per minute for calls to any GSM mobiles except BSNL and MTNL, anywhere across the country. The offer is also applicable to all Idea Post-paid subscribers on the new Idea India plans. Commenting on this offering Mr. Rajendra Chourasia, Circle Head, Delhi NCR, IDEA Cellular Ltd. said, "Idea has always pioneered innovative tariffs in the country and has always taken a lead in delighting its customers through their innovative products and tariffs. This tariff of STD at 99 paisa is Idea’s next big tariff innovation after its highly successful Idea to Idea rate of 75 paisa per minute." "This customer-centric approach has helped Idea to acquire and retain the customers at a pace much faster than the industry." Idea has introduced these new tariffs w.e.f. 6th July, 2005 wherein all private GSM’s can be called for 99 paisa, local and STD, and Idea to local Idea at 75 paisa. Local SMS will cost Rs. 1.00 from the earlier Rs. 1.50, which is lower than most other operators, and all these at no daily deductions or additional rentals. Aircel to enter North East marketTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJAircel is planning to enter North East market by investing Rs. 200 crore. Aircel will be the fourth mobile operator in the NE after BSNL, Reliance and Airtel. Aircel plans to launch its telephony in a month or two with Guwahati and Shillong as their first targets. Aircel national marketing head, Bishwanath Pandey said "We will target Guwahati and Shillong and will reach out to others in phased manner." BSNL prepaid, postpaid available on demandTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJBSNL pre-paid and post-paid c o n n e c t i o n s in Karnataka will be available on demand from September. Announcing this BSNL chairman and managing director A.K. Sinha said “By September, prepaid and postpaid connections across the state will be available on demand.’’ He said that demands across all zones would be met by November. He stressed that “The way we are going, we will top service providers’ list by October or November.’’ Right now Airtel is number 1 with 1.20 crore GSM connections followed by BSNL (1.04 crore). Essar Tele stake increases in Hutchison EssarTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJEssar Teleholdings Ltd. (ETHL) increases their stake from 26.99 per cent to 30.42 per cent by purchasing 3.43 per cent held by Usha Martin Telematics Ltd. in Hutchison Essar. Kotak and Hutchison own Usha Martin Telematics jointly. Essar Teleholdings CEO, Vikash Saraf, said, "this acquisition is part of our decision to enhance our stake in the consolidated entity and also reflects the strong relationship between Essar and Hutch." Mobile gaming company expanding overseasTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJIndian Mobile gaming companies are planning for the expansion to overseas. Dhruva Interactive, a game development company which develops and publishes games for PCs, videogame consoles and mobile wireless devices, is eyeing acquisitions in Eastern Europe and China. CEO of Dhruva Interative, Rajesh Rao, “We already have collaborations with several foreign companies and we are actively exploring non-linear growth opportunities in Eastern Europe and China.” The company is also working on third generation console games also. It is developing the first multiplayer 3D game for India named as 'Pool on the Net', which is in the beta stage currently. VSAT license of HFCL canceled DoTTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJVSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminals) license of Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd was cancelled by Department of Telecom due to non-payment of dues. HFCL, which also provides unified access services in Punjab circle, was struggling to make a dent into the VSAT segment with only 64 subscribers. BPL Mobile stake to Vodafone or EssarTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJVodafone Group PLC or Essar Teleholdings Ltd will acquire BPL Mobile stake, which operates cellular services in Mumbai. BPL executive was quoted as saying "If DoT regulations do not permit stake sale to Essar Teleholdings, our option would be to go for Vodafone." He added "We are negotiating to sell 51 percent, 74 percent or even 100 percent, depending on the valuations. We are also negotiating for infusion of fresh capital into the company." Vodafone could buy up to 74 pct in BPL Mobile, which operates cellular services in Mumbai, the Ruias of Essar could raise their stake in the company from 9.99 pct at present to up to 100 pct. Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regulations do not permit a company to own more than 10 pct in competing operators in the same circle which will make Essar Teleholdings to increase its stake in BPL. 3 arrested for downloading pornographic clipsTuesday, July 19, 2005 | JJThree persons were arrested for downloading pornographic clips from computers onto their mobile phones during a raid in Jabalpur town in Madhya Pradesh. Police spokesman told the news agency "We conducted the raid after a complaint that an obscene Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) clip of a local girl was being circulated through mobile phones." He added "Three computers and eight pornographic tapes were also seized from them." The arrested men were vendors of computers and electronic goods. Samsung plans to increase its market shareFriday, July 15, 2005 | JJSamsung India Electronics Ltd is planning to increase its market share of GSM technology based mobile phones based from 8 to 14 by the year-end and 30 per cent by 2007. Samsung Southeast Asia director (hand-held phone business) Hyunchul Ryu said “We are placed second with a 14 per cent market share in GSM mobile phones globally. We aim to raise our market share in India to the same level. The next target is to capture 30 per cent of the market by 2007.” He added “The clamshell phones will have a greater acceptance in India soon. We sold 7000 flip phones in January and by the end of this month we would have sold 15,000. By July end, we have set a target to sell 25,000 mobile phones." Mauritius gets MTNL serviceFriday, July 15, 2005 | JJMauritius gets MTNL telecom a service starting operation with international long distance (ISD) services for which license was acquired last year. MTNL was granted licence to offer fixed line, cellular and ILD licences in Mauritius. MTNL, CMD R S P Sinha told reporters "We have launched ILD services in Mauritius on June 24. In the first phase of our expansion plan there, we will start fixed line services on CDMA technology from next month." Sinha said, "At present there are no immediate plans to enter any other country. We are still examining various possibilities." MTNL is also offering telecom services at Nepal also. Tata Indicom launches Indicom GemFriday, July 15, 2005 | JJTata Indicom launches Indicom Gem stylish small ultra lightweight at just 70 gms mobile phone. Indicom Gem is exclusively designed and manufactured for Tata Indicom by Huawei one of the largest telecom equipment manufacturers in the world. Indicom Gem is equipped with polyphonic ringtones, group SMS and a large capacity phonebook. It is also T-SIM enabled thus providing additional memory for phone book and SMS. The mobile phone which is for a limited period offer of Rs. 499/-. Tata Indicom subscribers will have to pay Rs. 1999/- towards the purchase of the handset. Indicom Gem comes with a free True paid connection and free talktime worth Rs. 1500/- to be used for calls made to other local Tata Indicom mobiles. Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited M.D Mr. Charles Antony said on the launch, "With the launch of Indicom 'GEM', we have truly added a significant product which will attain great popularity among those segments of consumers who aspire to own a mobile phone and reap benefits of mobility at one of the most competitive prices across the market”. Airtel introduces Ring tones services in TNFriday, July 15, 2005 | JJAirtel introduces introduced ring back tones marketed as ‘Hello Tunes' for its fixed line telephone service in TN. Bharti Tele-Venture’s Chief Operating Officer of Tamil Nadu Deepak Pande said “The Airtel Hello Tune service is yet another innovation from Airtel. The hello tunes has been a great success on mobile phones and it should have same potential in fixed line service too.” Press release said the facility will be available to customers in Tamil Nadu circle with immediate effect. Airtel Introduces the Globally Acclaimed BlackBerry 7100g in IndiaSunday, July 10, 2005 | APAirtel Introduces the Globally Acclaimed BlackBerry 7100g in IndiaAirtel, India’s leading mobile service provider and Research In Motion introduced the globally acclaimed, BlackBerry 7100g™ business phone in India. Another first from Airtel in India, this innovative business phone is the result of years of research and development by Research In Motion and incorporates SureType™ keyboard technology with the best combined wireless phone, e-mail & data experience for users who prefer a traditional ‘candy bar’ handset design. Airtel’s widening portfolio of BlackBerry® products will help in expanding the adoption of BlackBerry in India. (I-Newswire) - The BlackBerry 7100g from Airtel is a breakthrough innovation that packs all the benefits of BlackBerry into a traditional ‘candy bar’ phone design. The BlackBerry 7100g combines a full featured quad-band mobile phone that includes Bluetooth® support and speakerphone with push-based wireless email, text messaging, web browser and personal organizer applications - all on a large and bright, high-resolution color screen. The BlackBerry 7100g has been developed for active mobile professionals who want to manage their work wherever they are and also keep in touch with family, friends and the latest news using an all-in-one handset. Announcing the launch of the BlackBerry 7100g in India, Mr. Atul Bindal, Director & Chief Marketing Officer, Bharti Cellular Limited, said, “Airtel is the first and only service provider in India to offer BlackBerry. BlackBerry has been well received by both Airtel’s prosumer and enterprise customers. The launch of the BlackBerry 7100g will catalyze further growth of BlackBerry in India as it gives customers more choice and meets their mobile lifestyle needs and preferences.” According to Don Morrison Chief Operating Officer at Research In Motion, “The BlackBerry 7100g and its innovative SureType keyboard technology delivers a compelling phone and messaging experience in a sleek and stylish design. Airtel’s strong technical and service capabilities add significant value and we think the combined offering will be very appealing to customers looking to upgrade from their existing mobile phone.” The BlackBerry 7100g incorporates SureType™, an innovative keyboard technology that effectively converges a phone keypad and a QWERTY keyboard to fit elegantly within the size constraints of a traditional 'candy bar' phone design. The BlackBerry 7100g allows four hours talk time and eight days standby time and features quad-band support. For corporate customers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server™ software tightly integrates with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise® and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based, wireless access to email and other corporate data. Airtel currently offers three models in India – the BlackBerry 7730™, the BlackBerry 7230™ and the BlackBerry 6230™. Within 8 months of launching BlackBerry in India, premier clients in India include Ernst & Young, GE Capital, HSBC Bank, Wipro Technologies, Standard Chartered Bank, Infosys, Siemens, Gillette India, Star TV, Morgan Stanley, McKinsey & Company, Master Card, Hewitt, Johnson & Johnson among other large organizations. Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity to data. RIM’s portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Bharti Tele-Ventures is one of India’s leading private sector provider of telecommunications services with an aggregate of 12.26 million customers as of end of April ‘05, consisting of approximately 11.39 million mobile customers. The company is the only operator to provide mobile services in all the 23 circles in India. The company also provides telephone services and Internet access over DSL in 14 circles. The company complements its mobile, broadband & telephone services with national and international long distance services. The company also has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore. The company provides reliable end-to-end data and enterprise services to the corporate customers by leveraging its nationwide fiber optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station. Logitech Mobile Bluetooth headsetSunday, July 10, 2005 | APLogitech has launched its Bluetooth Mobile wire-free headset for Bluetooth-enabled cellphones. This new headset features a lightweight design, the latest Bluetooth 1.2 chipset, which includes Adaptive Frequency Hopping technology to reduce problematic wi-fi interference, and the company's patent-pending Windstop technology, so people can easily make calls even in noisy conditions. This innovation reduces the disruptive effects of wind noise, which is usually a major problem for cellphones. The Logitech headset offers seven hours of continuous talk time and up to 300 hours of standby time, which means it needs recharging only half as often as the mobile phone. Delhi tops in cellular subscribersSunday, July 10, 2005 | APDelhi continues to be the leading cellular market with 4.34 million subscribers accounting for 9.66 per cent of the total market, closely followed by Mumbai with 4.17 million subscribers accounting for 9.28 per cent of the total market. Metros constituted 25.97 per cent of the total market. Circles A, B and C constitute 36.17 per cent, 31.21 per cent and 6.58 per cent of the total market respectively. Category A, B and C subscribers grew by 3.36 per cent, 4.31 per cent and 8.13 per cent respectively over the previous month while metro subscribers grew by 2.12 per cent. Airtel's user base stood at 1.79 millionSunday, July 10, 2005 | APAirtel's user base stood at 1.79 million with a market share of 4.15 per cent followed by Spice at 1.47 million and a market share of 3.28 per cent. Reliance's GSM user base touched 1.23 million and its market share reached 3.03 per cent in June while telecom MTNL had 1.04 million subscribers with a market share of 2.48 per cent. Idea Cellular had a subscriber base of 5.55 million in JuneSunday, July 10, 2005 | APIdea Cellular had a subscriber base of 5.55 million in June and added 0.17 million new users in the month taking its market share to 12.36 per cent followed by BPL with a market share of 5.85 per cent and a subscriber base of 2.62 million. It added 0.1 million subscribers in June. GSM cellular user base grew to 45 mn in JuneSunday, July 10, 2005 | APThe cellular operators' association, which represents nine GSM carriers, said in a statement the new additions in the past month helped the GSM user base touch 44.92 million customers, up 3.63 percent over May and 54 percent on year. The telecom operator Bharti enjoy a market share of over 27 per cent. GSM companies compete with carriers such as Reliance Infocomm Ltd. who offer similar services based on code division multiple access technology. CDMA operators have more than 11.37 million customers. Overall, India has 57.443 million mobile customers. GSM cellular user base grew from 43.35 million in May to 44.92 million in June, 2005, representing a growth of 3.50 per cent in the month under review, figures released by the Cellular Operators Association of India said. GSM operators had added 1.22 million users in May. The association said the mobile user base of Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. , 32.81 percent owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. , rose to 12.256 million, up 3.8 percent over May. Bharti touched a subscriber base of 12.25 million adding 0.45 million new users in the month capturing a market share of 27.28 per cent followed by state-owned BSNL at 10.23 million with the addition of 0.35 million users. The number of customers opting for state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.'s GSM mobile services jumped 3.54 percent to 10.230 million, and those of the Indian unit of Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. rose to 8.44 million, a growth of 3.05 percent. BSNL has a market share of 22.77 per cent in June. Hutch comes third place with a subscriber base of 8.44 million out of which 0.25 million were added in June. The operator enjoys a market share of 18.79 per cent. Siemens to roll out 3G mobile servicesSunday, July 10, 2005 | APSiemens Communications is ready to roll out next-generation mobile services in India. Siemens became the first telecom company in India to have conducted a live trial that included all the necessary elements of 3G. After a live demonstration of Siemen's capability in handling third generation (3-G) services, the company's Chief Financial Officer J Meyer Seipp told reporters today, "We are in discussions with operators that would like to tie up with Siemens for rolling out of these services." With 3G technology, Siemens would help operators in providing additional features like seamless roaming, high-speed communication, video streaming, real-time download of live programmes, video mails and live camera. Siepp said the frequency band for 3G services in India was undecided and that Siemens would wait for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to come up with its final recommendations before starting these services. He said charging license fee for spectrum was not advisable, as it could lead to unhealthy competition. Old Archives2009
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