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Ten mobile phones seized from Bihar jail

Thursday, March 11, 2010 | AA
Patna, March 11 (IANS) Ten mobile phones were seized from the inmates of a Bihar jail Thursday morning, according to police sources.

Half a dozen mobile chargers, SIM cards and CDs were also recovered from the prisoners of a divisional jail in Saharsa district, the sources said.

This is the same jail where former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, serving a life term for the 1994 lynching of Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiah, is lodged.

On Tuesday, Anand Mohan was allowed by the police to visit a politician's residence, talk to journalists and hold a 'janata darbar'. He was on his way from jail to a court in Sitamarhi district, about 200 km from here.

A day later, Saharsa Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar suspended eight policemen, including a sub-inspector, for dereliction of duty.

A raid was conducted in the jail following inputs that inmates were freely using mobile phones.

Bharti Airtel forays into entertainment business

Thursday, March 11, 2010 | AA
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Leading telecom services provider Bharti Airtel Thursday announced the launch of its digital media business -- its foray into entertainment -- to deliver content to a range of users, including producers and media firms.

"There is a clear demand for secure digital distribution capability across multiple platforms. Airtel Digital Media Business will help establish India as an innovation hub for global content and format delivery," said Sanjay Kapoor, chief executive of Airtel for India and South Asia.

The company will not produce any content, but market and cater to an array of users like animation, gaming firms, news channels, cinemas and banking institutions.

"Airtel's digital media business is integrated with our global network of submarine cable systems, international points of presence (PoPs) and our content delivery network (CDN) services," said Rajan Swaroop, executive director of enterprise services.

"It will now be able to deliver on a secure platform, high quality content across geographies," said Swaroop.

According to a report by consulting and advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Indian media and entertainment industry is estimated to grow at 11 percent CAGR (compound annual growth rate) from the current Rs.61,100 crore to Rs.92,900 crore by 2013.

Indiatimes 58888 ties up with V Rock Mobile to offer mobile contents for IPL 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010 | AA
Catch Live the excitement, glamour and analysis of the third season of the world’s largest cricket extravaganza, DLF IPL 2010, with Indiatimes 58888 from Saturday onwards. India’s most popular and single destination mobile value-added services (VAS), Indiatimes 58888, has announced a tie up with V Rock Mobile to offer IPL content to its users.

The tie-up will enable Indiatimes users across India not only to enjoy live IPL action, including live mobile commentary, SMS alerts and interactive voice response, they will also get a chance to participate in contests and win attractive prizes.

The users can subscribe to latest IPL news, take note of match statistics and enjoy cricket gossips . Moreover, there are images, rich MMS multimedia of most exciting moments of the match.

Commenting on the tie-up, Rishi Khiani, CEO,Times Internet Limited, said: "We are proud and excited to be associated with the biggest sporting extravaganza that India has ever seen. The tie-up with v Rock will provide IPL related information and entertainment content to millions of 58888 users. I am sure mobile customers will find it interesting to view, know and enjoy the best moments of matches and their cricketing stars. Moreover, 58888 being India’s only single SMS and IVR shortcode, cricket patrons have only one destination and don’t have to remember multiple numbers circulating today in the market”.

Jatin Ahluwalia, CEO V Rock Mobile, said, “We are very excited to partner with Indiatimes to provide official programming and contents of DLF IPL to millions of cricket loving peoples through 58888. This tie-up will go a long way in extending a complete mobile experience of DLF IPL excitement to 58888 subscribers, commented Ahluwalia. ”

vRock Mobile recently acquired exclusive worldwide rights for mobile contents covering SMS/MMS and IVR of IPL for a period of five years.

Vijay Srinivasan, Director, GCV, said, “The agreement announced today between vRock Mobile and India Times is another example of GCV and its partners commitment to delivering the IPL experience to cricket fans around the world through the use of mobile delivery platforms. This partnership will lead to a wide range of exciting and innovative services becoming accessible to millions of cricket fans through 58888.

So, enjoy the most happening sporting event in India live on Indiatimes 58888.

Microsoft to launch social networking phone in US

Saturday, March 6, 2010 | AA
San Francisco, March 6 (DPA) Software giant Microsoft is to launch its own mobile phones in the US later this year as it aims to challenge the growing smartphone dominance of its main rivals Apple and Google, the technology blog Gizmodo reported Friday.

The phones will be made available in July exclusively on Verizon, the largest cellphone carrier in the US, and will be aimed at heavy users of social networks, said the report, which featured what it said were leaked images from the phones' marketing campaign. The two phones are codenamed "Pink" and "Pure", and will be manufactured for the software giant by Sharp, the report said.

The report came after Microsoft last month unveiled a new mobile operating system that was widely praised by technology pundits.

Microsoft used to enjoy a leading position in the smartphone arena but has seen its position severely eroded by Apple's iPhone, by the Blackberry and by numerous devices running Google's Android operating system.

iPhone set to surpass BlackBerry in mobile market

Saturday, March 6, 2010 | AA
Toronto, March 6 (IANS) Apple's iPhone is set to overtake Research In Motion's BlackBerry in the global smart phone market by next year, according to Forbes online.

Currently, BlackBerry enjoys about three percent of the world's mobile phone market, while Apple's has about two percent share of the market. But BlackBerry's lead over iPhone is shrinking and Apple will overtake RIM by early next year, Forbes said Friday.

"We expect Apple's market share to overtake that of RIM by 2011, and for Apple and RIM to have 11 % and 8% market share, respectively, by the end of Trefis forecast period,'' the online issue said.

Trefis has been defined as a new financial platform to know how a company's products impact its stock.

"We believe sales of the iPhone will eventually outpace BlackBerry sales,'' Forbes said.

Giving its reasons, Forbes online said, "Apple's ecosystem of consumer products (Macs, iPad, Apple TV) and services (iTunes, iPhones apps) make the iPhone a more attractive phone for many consumers compared to the BlackBerry."

" End of AT&T exclusivity will give Apple's iPhone wider distribution in the US (comparable to BlackBerry distribution).

"iPhone is making inroads with business customers that have traditionally preferred the BlackBerry.''

Both the wireless giants have made big gains since 2007, with iPhone increasing its market share from 0.3 percent to 2 percent, and BlackBerry going up from one percent to about three percent.

The Canadian icon BlackBerry captured the world's corporate market because of secure messaging.

However, with Apple's sleek iPhone gaining the consumer market, the numbers game is slowly slipping away from the BlackBerry.

Given Apple's marketing muscle, online reach and multiple cutting-edge products with synergy, analysts say it is only a matter of time before the iPhone overtakes the BlackBerry in the global smart phone market.

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