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Date: 26/6/2008
IDEA
Cellular to acquire Spice Communicaions
Aditya
Birla Group's IDEA Cellular is acquiring 40.8% stake in BK
Modi's Spice Communications for Rs.2,716 crore. With this
deal Malaysian company TM International's 32% stake in Spice
would get converted to around 20% in IDEA after the merger.
The merger will result in a share swap where Spice share
holders would get 49 IDEA shares for every 100 Spice shares
they are holding. IDEA Cellular will get Punjab and
Karnataka telecom circles within their footprint and would
be adding around 45 lakh subscribers to is current
subscriber base of around 2.6 crore subscribers.
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Date: 26/6/2008
NOKIA OUTLINES INITIATIVES FOR RURAL MARKETS
Nokia, the world leader in mobile
communications, today reiterated that rural markets will be
a focus area for its growth in
India.
The global leader in mobile
communications outlined several unique initiatives for the
non-urban markets in the areas of microfinance,
distribution, agricultural services and after sales and
support services. This was shared by Mr. Olli-Pekka
Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia Corporation during his
visit to India.
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Date: 23/6/2008
VIRGIN MOBILE LAUNCHES vTRENDY WITH LIFETIME
VALIDITY AND STARTER USER KIT
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Virgin Mobile, India’s ‘first’ national
youth-focused mobile services brand from Tata
Teleservices, announced introduction of it’s vTrendy
handset - an extremely stylish color screen phone
loaded with FM Radio and available at an attractive
price of Rs.1,499. With every vTrendy phone, users
will get lifetime validity recharge and a starter
user kit. Weighing merely 65gms, vTrendy is the only
sleek, FM enabled and color handset of its kind in
the Indian market that is priced at Rs.1,499 and
comes with a unique bundled offer. This stylish
phone is loaded with features which include one
touch access to Vbytes - Virgin Mobile’s fun filled
& exciting data portal, speaker phone, organizer,
phonebook memory of 500 contacts and additional 150
contacts on RUIM (SIM) card to name a few. more...
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Date: 19/6/2008
Samsung Unveils Environment-Friendly Mobile Phones
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced two
environment-friendly mobile handsets, W510 and F268
at World IT Show in Seoul. W510 is Samsung's first
mobile phone with 'bio-plastic' made from natural
material extracted from corns. Samsung has been
making an effort to develop more renewable and
eco-friendly material compared with common plastic
produced from petroleum. Moreover, when producing
W510, Samsung did not use any heavy metals, such as
Lead, Mercury, and Cadmium, and applied
water-soluble coating. Samsung F268 with all the
accessories including charger and headset does not
contain BFRs (Brominated Flame Retardant) or PVC.
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Date: 19/6/2008
85 million
mobile phones were shipped in India in last financial year
According
to IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Q1
2008, June 2008 release, close to 85 million mobile phones
were shipped in India between April 2007 and March 2008,
compared to just under 66 million units shipped over the
equivalent period a year ago. This was a record and amounts
to a year-on-year growth of around 29% in terms of units.
Shipments in JFM 2008 stood at more than 22 million
handsets. Overall, Nokia retained the top spot with a market
share of 52.8%, followed by LG at 10.2%, and Samsung at 8.3%
in terms of units shipped during the quarter ended March 31,
2008.
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Date: 13/6/2008
HTC
Announces the Launch of HTC P3350 in India
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HTC today announced the launch of P3350 - a phone
that offers an ideal music and entertainment
experience for users on the go in India. The HTC
P3350 provides the consumers with the best of both
worlds by mixing business with leisure effectively
into a compact, slim shell - bringing music and
entertainment within the reach of one’s fingertips.
The HTC P3350 is not just an average music phone but
a music lover’s dream-come-true. With features of
in-built FM radio, this device is capable of
downloading music and audio-visual content. It also
supports high-speed WLAN access that speeds up the
downloading process.
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Date: 13/6/2008
Sunil
Bharti Mittal receives U.S.-India Business Council’s ‘Global
Vision’ Award
The U.S.-India Business Council
(USIBC), premier business
advocacy organization of United States and India, today
honoured Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group CEO,
Bharti Enterprises with the ‘Global Vision’ award. The
annual awards are accorded to luminaries from various fields
for their significant contribution in bringing India and the
United States closer together. more…
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Date: 12/6/2008
VIRGIN
MOBILE’s vSLEEK BONANZA FOR INDIAN YOUTH!!
Tata
Teleservices’ Virgin Mobile, India’s ‘first’
national youth-focused mobile services brand, today got a
lot more exciting for the Indian youth with the announcement
of it’s vSleek offer. On purchase of every vSleek, an
ultra slim phone loaded with color, FM, camera, MP3, memory
card, and priced at an attractive point of Rs.4,799, Virgin
Mobile users can now avail lifetime validity voucher, a
Starter User Kit and 2000 minutes of free local calls to any
network.
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Date: 10/6/2008
Spice
ushers a Mobile Revolution with the launch of ‘Sabka Spice’
offer in Punjab
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Spice Telecom, Punjab’s premier telecom service
provider today launched a first-of-its-kind in
the world Handset Combo Offer with a unique
handset & a Spice connection. Aptly called the
‘Sabka Spice’, the Handset Combo offer is
available at Rs 599 only, and is designed to
make mobile telephony accessible to the rural
population. The ‘Sabka Spice’ Combo offer provides a
unique Spice Handset, that is designed keeping in
mind the needs of the rural populace. The handset
comes with a 3 years warranty and a choice of Spice
Prepaid & Postpaid Connection. The Sabka Spice offer
is economically a very attractive offer; as the
prepaid connection comes with one year validity and
zero rental for one year along with a call rate of
50 paise. Similarly the postpaid connection comes
with very attractive local, STD and roaming call
rates.
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Date: 10/6/2008
Bharti
Airtel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to India
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NEW DELHI and SAN FRANCISCO - June 10, 2008 - Bharti
Airtel and Apple® today announced that they will be
bringing the highly anticipated iPhone™ 3G to
customers in India later this year. IPhone 3G
combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone
with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the
first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded
location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0
software which includes support for Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third
party applications already built with the recently
released iPhone SDK.Soon customers will be able to
purchase iPhone 3G at Airtel Relationship Centers.
Details of pricing and availability will be
announced at a later date.
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Date: 10/6/2008
HCL DIGILIFE CHAIN BECOMES THE MOST AWARDED RETAIL CHAIN IN
2007- 08
HCL
Infosystems Limited, India's premier information enabler and
country's leading ICT system integrator and Distribution
Company proudly announces its retail initiative HCL
Digilife Stores as the youngest and most awarded retail
chain for the year 2007-08, having won as many as six MOST
coveted and prestigious awards of the retail industry,
within a year of existence. The awards won by HCL chain of
Digilife stores include the Retailer of the Year Award
- Consumer Durables from Asia Retail Congress, Best in
Retail category– Speciality from Franchise India
Holdings, Most Admired Retailer of the Year –
Consumer Durables from India Retail Forum, Most
Supportive Franchisor from Franchise Plus, Most
Innovative Franchisor from Franchise Plus, and No. 1
IT retail Company from VAR India.
HCL
Digilife stores houses a comprehensive range of digital
lifestyle and entertainment products ranging from PCs and
notebooks, digital cameras and music players, mobile phones,
gaming consoles and office automation devices from world
renowned brands like, Apple, Nokia, Toshiba, Kodak,
Kingston, plantronics, Casio, HCL etc.
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Date: 6/6/2008
Nokia
India appoints Suresh Vedula as Head, Business Mobility,
Nokia India
In keeping with its strategy to focus on the enterprise
mobility space, Nokia announced the appointment of Suresh
Vedula as the Head, Business Mobility, Nokia India. Based in
Delhi, Mr. Vedula will be responsible for the overall
operations of enterprise solutions group in India that
includes a broad range of business-focused products and
solutions, viz. security infrastructure, software and
services.
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Date: 5/6/2008
Now
Everything ‘Joins Up’ as Nokia Nseries launches Nokia N78 in
India
Nokia
Nseries, the premium multimedia sub-brand of Nokia, has
launched Nokia N78 in India. Nokia N78 ushers in a new era
in convergence by taking a leap ahead from offering multiple
experiences on one device, to actually merging experiences
with each other, thus creating new, unexpected, interesting
results. The highlight of the N78 is the ‘Location Tagger’
application, which automatically tags location data to the
picture - allowing users to save pictures by date as well as
by geographical coordinates. Additionally, the Nokia N78
enables consumers to take full advantage of a suite of Nokia
services, including the Nokia Maps and integrated A-GPS.
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Date: 30/5/2008
“Virgin
Mobile” Data Services Now Available for Qualcomm’s BREW
Solution
Tata
Teleservices today announced that it will offer wireless
data services for Qualcomm’s BREW® solution to subscribers
of its “Virgin Mobile” brand in India. Qualcomm’s BREW
solution will ensure efficient and reliable delivery of
Virgin Mobile’s latest content to mid- and high-end devices.
By working with Qualcomm to offer BREW services to its
subscribers, Virgin Mobile is able to deliver tailored and
relevant offerings that cater to the unique needs of the
Indian youth market.
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Date: 29/5/2008
Samsung Launches its Flagship Mobile in
India
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Date: 28/5/2008
ORPAT
Group collaborates with NXP to launch mobile handsets in
India
New Delhi,
May 28 2008: NXP Semiconductors, the independent
semiconductor company founded by Philips, and Orpat Group,
the world’s largest clock maker, today announced a
collaboration that enables Orpat to enter the mobile phone
segment in India. Orpat will use NXP’s Nexperia Cellular
System Solutions 5130 and 5211 to launch ultra-low-cost
(ULC) and mobile multimedia handset models in India under
the ORPAT brand, while being on track to evolve to the more
advanced 49xx single-chip solution from NXP during the
course of this year.
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Date: 26/5/2008
ABN AMRO
India partners with PayMate to enable 4.6 lakh customers to
pay via mobile
~Provides
ABN AMRO Bank customers easy-convenient-secure mode of
making payments via SMS~
Mumbai,
May 26, 2008: ABN AMRO India, a prominent
international bank with European roots, has allied
with PayMate, the leading mobile commerce company, to enable
mobile banking facilities to its customers. This alliance
provides all ABN AMRO India clients to experience
‘easy-convenient-secure’ mode of making utility & online
bill payments via mobile phones through a simple SMS.
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Date: 26/5/2008
Vodafone
launches Chhota Credit @ Rs.10 for prepaid subscribers
Mumbai,
May 26, 2008: Vodafone Essar, one
of India’s leading cellular service providers, today
launched a product called Chhota Credit for its prepaid
subscribers. Subscribers can now get a credit amount of
Rs.10 by just sending an SMS.
Harit Nagpal, Marketing and New Business Director, Vodafone
Essar,
said “Chhota Credit will enable our subscribers to make a
call in the event they do not have sufficient balance in
their prepaid account and a recharge shop is not close by or
open.”
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Date: 23/5/2008
HTC
unveils the ‘Touch Diamond’ in India
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New Delhi (INDIA) - HTC Corp. (TAIEX: 2498; "HTC"),
a global leader in mobile phone innovation and
design, today
unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch
Diamond™. Delivering unmistakable style and
meticulous craftsmanship the HTC Touch Diamond is
defined by its compact size,
game-changing Internet
and its new captivating 3D touch interface called
TouchFLO™ 3D. The Touch Diamond™ will be exclusively
available on Bharti Airtel,
India’s leading
telecommunication services provider. Mr. Ajay
Sharma, Country Manager, HTC (India) said, “We are
proud to launch the HTC Touch Diamond™ for our
valued customers in India. The Touch Diamond™, HTC’s
new flagship product, packs diverse functionalities
into an attractive form factor with consummate ease.
It is indeed a phenomenal innovation from HTC and we
are extremely positive about its response in India.”
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Date: 23/5/2008
Dhanus Technologies launches revolutionary V- Tel Mobile
Go
global, pay local
Dhanus
Technologies Ltd. [BSE Scrip Code: 532903, NSE: DHANUS. NS],
one of India's fastest growing technology companies, today
announced the launch of its
V-Tel
Mobile
service. V-Tel Mobile service will be available for all GSM
based subscribers and can be used across 229 countries with
more than 250 mobile phone service providers. V-tel Mobile
offers free incoming calls in over 50 countries and charges
discounted rates for home country calls as well as for calls
made within the respective country during travel. This will
help international travelers save call charges by a whopping
95%. more…
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Date: 22/5/2008
Qualcomm
Pioneers Industry First IMOD Color Display
NEW DELHI
— May 22, 2008 — Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM),
today at the SID 2008 Conference demonstrated the first
reflective Interferometric Modulation (IMOD) color mirasol™
display, bringing unrivaled capabilities to the industry and
into the hands of the mobile end user. This move is another
step forward for Qualcomm MEMS Technologies and its phased
approach to move mirasol displays into mainstream mobile
devices.
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Date: 18/5/2008
NOKIA
INDIA JOINS HANDS WITH WWF-INDIA FOR TIGER CONSERVATION
Mumbai,
May 18 2008:
Nokia, the leading mobile communications company in India,
today announced its partnership with WWF-India, one of the
largest conservation organizations in the country, to be
involved in WWF-India’s Tiger conservation programme. This
announcement was jointly made by Mr. Ravi Singh, Secretary
General and CEO, WWF-India, and Mr. D Shivakumar, VP and
Managing Director, Nokia India, at an event held in Mumbai
today.
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Date: 15/5/2008
Motorola’s
MOTODEV Summit Held in Bangalore, India
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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) hosted its first MOTODEV
Summit of the year at the Leela Hotel in Bangalore,
India on May 14, 2008. The MOTODEV Summit series are
exclusive, one-day events that offer today’s most
creative and innovative software application
developers the opportunity to participate in
advanced training, understand market opportunities
and get a sneak peek at the next generation of
Motorola devices, technology and platforms,
including the
MOTOMAGX
mobile Linux® platform. Hosted by
Motorola’s
MOTODEV developer
network, the company’s global program
for developers and independent software vendors
(ISVs), MOTODEV Summit offered technical expertise,
practical advice and guidance for developers seeking
to create their own magic in the mobile space.
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Date: 15/5/2008
Airtel
Crosses 4 Million-Customer Landmark in Delhi
Bharti
Airtel Ltd., India's leading mobile service provider, today
announced its achievement of crossing the 4-million customer
mark in Delhi. With this, Airtel becomes the first and the
only mobile operator to achieve this milestone in a Metro
circle. Airtel’s journey to the 4 million landmark has been
path - breaking, having added the last million in just 14
months. Airtel's commitment to Delhi is amply evident over
the years, as it has expanded its robust state-of-the art
EDGE network and world-class customer service to connect all
of Delhi and NCR.
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Date: 15/5/2008
Samsung
F400, a Dual Slider Music Phone with Top Quality Sound
SEOUL,
KOREA – May 15, 2008
– Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading mobile phone
provider, announced the launch of F400, a dual slider music
phone designed to bring top quality music and sound anytime,
anywhere. With F400, users will experience a sonic bliss
within the palms of their own hands. Fully equipped with
ICEpower® technology by Bang & Olufsen ICEpower, F400 is
designed to quench every music lover’s thirst for a quality
music phone. Smart Bass provides rich, deep and powerful
sound, and Smart Limiter ensures an audio signal to not
exceed the amplitude of the threshold. With ICEpower® audio
technology, users can enjoy music as it should naturally
sound.
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Date: 15/5/2008
LIC &
Corporation Bank ties-up with PayMate to pay insurance
premium via SMS
LIC & Corporation Bank today announced their alliance with
PayMate to enable SMS-based insurance premium payments for
its customers in an easy, efficient and secure way.
Corporation Bank customers with LIC insurance policies can
avail this service by getting registered with PayMate.
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Date: 13/5/2008
Tata
Indicom presents Welcome Tunes – tag 15 different
‘welcome tunes’ for your callers
Tata Indicom, the youngest
and the fastest growing telecom service providers across the
country today announced an industry first value added
service that permits subscribers to assign up to 15
different ‘Welcome Tunes’ from the latest music hits, songs
and sound clips to one number. This service enables
subscribers to replace the usual "ring" sound their callers
hear with up to 15 different tunes, from a range of over
25,000 songs across genres such as Bollywood, Regional,
International and Funny Tunes. This will be available to all
Mobile and Walky users, who can now liven up their caller’s
call experience with a different tune every time they call.
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Date: 12/5/2008
Reliance
Communications and Alcatel - Lucent forms Joint Venture to
offer Managed Network Services to Telcos across the globe
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Reliance Communications, India’s largest integrated
telecommunications service provider, and
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
today announced
forming a global joint venture. Combining the unique
strengths of Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance
Communications, the Joint Venture Company would
foray in the fast growing $ 16 Bn (Rs. 64,000 Crore)
Managed Network Services Industry and will cater to
telecom operators, both CDMA and GSM, across the
globe. The first assignment of this joint venture
will be to provide Managed services for Reliance
Communications nationwide CDMA & GSM networks in
India.
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Date: 8/5/2008
LG launches three new handsets
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LG today announced the launch of three new handsets
KF510, KP320 and KP110. Targeting different
segments, these three mobiles will cater to the
requirements of high, mid and entry level consumers
respectively. All the three handsets are rich in
features and boast of best technology. Commenting on
the launch, Mr. Anil Arora, Business Group Head,
GSM, LGEIL said, “We are very excited about the
launch of these three handsets and expect tremendous
response for consumers. KF510 is an exceptionally
slim slider phone; KP320 comes with advanced
features and is economically priced; and KP110 is a
fully loaded music phone. These handsets have been
launched to delight our consumers across various
consumer segments suiting every budget requirement
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Date: 8/5/2008
Samsung
expands ‘Guru Series’ – launches Samsung Guru200
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Samsung Telecommunications India (STI), design and
technology leader in the Indian mobile market,
today, announced the launch of its latest mobile
handset - Samsung Guru200. In line with its
brand positioning ‘Next is What?’, Samsung
Guru200 offers FM recording as the new
feature in its entry level mobile phone segment.
This Dual Band phone provides a multimedia
experience to consumers with its Stereo FM Radio and
recording feature .Users can not only record songs
from the FM radio (max upto 5mins) but also save
them as Alarm or Ring tones. This sleek and stylish
entry level colour phone also offers multimedia
features like MP3 Ring tones and Java Games (Cricket
and Sudoku). Some of its other consumer friendly
features include Emergency sms, Mobile tracker,
9hrs talk time as well as some specific
India oriented features.
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Date: 7/5/2008
HTC
expands the successful HTC Touch Family - Unveils the HTC
Touch Cruise in India
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HTC Corporation
(TAIEX: 2498; “HTC”), the world's leading provider
of Microsoft® Windows Mobile® smart devices, today
launched the HTC Touch Cruise™, the third member of
the HTC Touch product family and the first to
feature built-in GPS for personal navigation.
Building on the popularity of the HTC Touch™, and
the HTC Touch Dual™, the HTC Touch Cruise also
includes the HSDPA wireless connectivity.
Users on the move will easily be able to interact
with the HTC Touch Cruise’s navigation functionality
and can take advantage of HTC’s TouchFLO™
technology, which enhances finger touch scrolling
and browsing of web pages, documents, messages and
contact lists, controlled by simply sweeping a
finger across the screen. TouchFLO also offers the
ability to view photos and photo slideshows using
on-screen controls and to zoom and rotate images
with only one hand.
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Date: 5/5/2008
Motorola
Unveils Special Luxury Edition New RAZR2 in India
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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced a special
luxury edition of the new RAZR2,
available in limited quantities, in India. The
signature RAZR2 form factor has been
re-imagined and reconfigured in the most luxurious
materials - bathed in gold and clothed in snake-like
skin, and includes a full suite of features and
accessories for conscious consumers seeking a
glamorous design.
“Design
as our hallmark is highlighted in the RAZR2
V8 luxury edition’s stunning blend of cutting-edge
technology and bold, sophisticated detail that is
the pinnacle of ultra-premium cool”, said Lloyd
Mathias, Director Marketing, India & South West
Asia, Motorola Mobile Devices. “This object of
desire is for the style conscious Indian. We invite
this consumer to enjoy the luxurious feel of this
stunning device.”
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Date: 30/4/2008
Nokia and
S60 smartphone software enrich the mobile user experience
with three new applications
Nokia and
S60, the market leading smartphone software platform,
continues to implement new innovations to bring the best
possible mobile and Web2.0 experiences for people.
Highlighting its efforts in the area of software development
for mobile devices, Nokia today unveiled three new
applications that are set to enhance the mobile user
experience manifold.
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Date: 30/4/2008
Motorola
offers music and style at an affordable price with the new
MOTOYUVA W270
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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in
wireless communications, today launched the
affordable, stylish, slim and classic clamshell
MOTOYUVA W270, that promises to rock your world
delivering music on-the-go. A music lover’s dream,
MOTOYUVA W270 offers an inbuilt MP3 player and
easy-to-use music capabilities with dedicated MP3
and FM keys. Now, even with the flip closed,
MOTOYUVA W270 offers keys to play/stop, adjust the
volume for music, change FM channels and
MP3 music tracks. The phone has integrated stereo FM
radio1 with RDS support7 that
allows you to view the FM station, artist’s name and
name of the song you are listening to.
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Date: 29/4/2008
Catch on
the IPL fever with Tata Indicom
Get IPL
history, score updates, IPL anthem and much more on your
Tata Indicom phone
Bangalore, April 29, 2008: Adding to the growing excitement
for Indian Premier League (IPL), Tata Indicom, the fastest
growing telecom service provider, has launched a range of
value added services including Know your IPL, IPL Scores,
IPL Anthem, IPL Subscription fever, IPL Dhamaka on SMS and
IPL Play and Win for the customers. The service not only
provides Indian cricket fans information, and match updates
for the Indian Premier League; it also gives them a chance
to win prizes by taking part in various contests. The
service is available on all Tata Indicom numbers (whether
mobile or landline) through SMS or Dial 12900 services. more…
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Date: 29/4/2008
Vodafone and Microsoft to offer SMS Search for customers in
India
Vodafone and Microsoft India today announced the launch of
SMS Search for Vodafone customers in India powered by
Live Search. Vodafone subscribers can simply type in their
query as a SMS text message on their mobile handset and send
to 55060. The mobile originating SMS will be
charged 30 paise per query.
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Date: 28/4/2008
Airtel
Spells “End of Distance” in India
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Reiterating its commitment to make mobile telephony
more affordable, Airtel today announced
unprecedented tariff reductions on STD and Roaming
services for its over 62 million customers. Airtel
has reduced its STD rates dramatically to Re 1.50/
minute from the earlier Re 2.65/ minute, benefiting
all Airtel customers who make long distance calls.
The new tariffs will be effective from April 30,
2008. Airtel has also redefined the roaming regime
in the country. Airtel customers will now be able to
receive a call while roaming at Re 1/minute, as
compared to Re1.75/minute at present. Further, while
roaming, Airtel customers can make an outgoing local
call at Re1/minute and an STD call at Re
1.50/minute. This will help create an India without
boundaries, making communication with loved ones
easier and more affordable.
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Date: 28/4/2008
Tata
Indicom records CAGR of 113%
Setting a
new record in the telecom sector, Tata Indicom, India’s
youngest and fastest-growing pan-India wireless mobile
telecom service provider, announced that it has added 9.2
lakh mobile subscribers in March 2008 – highest additions by
the company; standing with 24.3 million mobile subscriber
base. Currently, with a 9.46% market share for the month,
Tata Indicom has achieved substantial market share in key
telecom markets such as Delhi, Kolkata, Rajasthan, Orissa
and Bihar.
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Date: 25/4/2008
Tata
Indicom facilitates its Prepaid Customers with Online
Recharge
Spearheading the trend in online retailing, Tata Indicom,
the fastest growing telecom service provider in the country,
extended ‘i-choose’, an online store, for all its
prepaid customers to buy any denomination recharge voucher
at the click of a mouse. The online facility will
provide prepaid customers the convenience of selecting
recharge vouchers with denominations that best meets their
requirement and pay online. The site is simple to access, at
any point in time to recharge the numbers.
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Date: 24/4/2008
Reliance
Globalcom unit Reliance Infocom BV, Netherlands acquires
Global WiMAX Operator eWave World
Reliance
Infocom BV, a division of Reliance Globalcom and
wholly owned subsidiary of India’s largest integrated
telecom operator Reliance Communications, today announced
acquisition of a controlling stake in eWave World, a UK
headquartered telco focused on the rapidly developing market
for wireless telephony services using the WiMAX technology
standard.
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Date: 21/4/2008
Calling
All Software Developers: Motorola’s MOTODEV Summit to be
Held in Bangalore, India
Developers
Invited to “Create Magic” by Exploring Innovation
Opportunities with Motorola
Motorola,
Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that its first MOTODEV Summit of
the year will be held at the Leela Hotel in Bangalore, India
on May 14, 2008. The MOTODEV Summit series are exclusive,
one-day events that offer today’s most creative and
innovative software application developers the opportunity
to participate in advanced training, understand market
opportunities and get a sneak peek at the next generation of
Motorola devices, technology and platforms, including the
MOTOMAGX mobile
Linux® platform.
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Date: 18/4/2008
Airtel
Introduces ‘Unlimited Masti recharge’
Unlimited
Masti Recharge of Rs. 297/-- with 1000 minutes of free local
Airtel to Airtel talktime.
Unlimited
local calls to any mobile/landline at Rs. 0.50/- only.
Bharti
Airtel, India’s leading telecom service provider today
launched the ‘Unlimited Masti’ recharge voucher - RC 297,
for all pre paid customers including lifetime customers in
the Delhi and NCR circle. This latest initiative marks
Airtel’s strategic intent of driving affordability further
and enhance value for its customers.
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Date: 18/4/2008
Tata
Indicom announces auction of Premium and VIP Numbers
To cater
to the growing customer craze for possessing VIP and Premium
mobile numbers, Tata Indicom, the youngest and the fastest
growing mobile operator in India, has announced the online
auctioning service of its VIP / Premium numbers. This
service will be available to all the customers interested in
owning a VIP / Premium number. The customers can log on to
Internet and visit www.ichoose.in and bid for a premium
number of their own choice. The winner of the bid will be
notified of their win and upon paying the bid amount, will
be provided with the VIP / Premium number. Only the VIP /
Premium number under 92 number series will be available in
this auction.
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Date: 16/4/2008
MOTOROKR™
U9 unveiled by Motorola Brand Ambassador Wyclef Jean & Miss
India World 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan
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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today launched the
stylish side of music with the introduction of
MOTOROKR™
U9
in India. ROKR U9 was unveiled by Motorola’s Brand
Ambassador and international rocker & musician
Wyclef Jean who presented the first ROKR U9 to Miss
India World 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan. Through
unique advancements in mobile entertainment
technology, ROKR U9 makes music a multi-sensory
experience and lets consumers rock out and look good
- with an elegant form factor, Stereo Bluetooth®4,
CrystalTalk™ Technology, external touch
sensitive music controls and a unique external
display that magically reveals floating, animated
screensavers that appear on the external display.
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Date: 16/4/2008
HTC
launches the P3470 in India - A Power Packed GPS Enabled PDA
Phone
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HTC Corporation
(TAIEX: 2498; “HTC”), the world's leading provider
of Microsoft® Windows Mobile® smart devices, today
announced the launch of the HTC P3470™ in India -
the latest member of the HTC product portfolio.
Combining a lightweight design, large screen,
navigation wheel, and macro lens, the P3470 sets a
new standard in affordable smartphone coupled with
GPS-based devices.
At
just 108mm tall, the HTC P3470 offers unbeatable
value as one of the most compact devices in HTC’s
portfolio, featuring a broad range of functionality
that today’s consumer’s desire. The HTC P3470
enables an easy to use and simple interface for
accessing web pages, documents, messages, contact
lists and more.
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Date: 15/4/2008
TARIFF PLANS OFFERED BY VIRGIN MOBILE BRAND ARE 25-30%
CHEAPER THAN OTHER OPERATORS: MORGAN STANLEY
The brokerage house Morgan Stanley recently unveiled a
report titled Virgin Mobile: One More
Innovative Product for the Indian Consumer which
analysed the recent Tata-Virgin agreement and its expected
impact on the market. Under this agreement, Tata
Teleservices recently launched ‘Virgin Mobile’ services in
India through a brand franchise arrangement with Virgin
Group to target the youth segment.
Through Virgin Mobile Brand, Tata
Teleservices aims to offer India’s youth a range of
innovative and exciting services that give them world class
experience at value for money price points.
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Date: 15/4/2008
Jai Menon
Takes Over as Director Customer Service & IT at Bharti
Airtel
In
continuation of its focus to grow and develop internal
leadership talent, Bharti Airtel today announced its
appointment of Dr. Jai Menon as Director, Customer Service &
IT, with immediate effect. Earlier, Dr Menon handled the
portfolio of IT & Innovation.In his expanded role at Airtel,
Dr. Menon will provide a strong emphasis on bringing in the
integrated value of innovative methods to provide
“leadership through customer service and responsiveness”. He
will continue to be a member of the Airtel Management Board.
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Date: 15/4/2008
Qualcomm Commits to Strategic Venture Investments in India
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer
and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data
solutions, today announced its commitment to invest in
Indian startup companies offering innovative technologies
and services that enhance the wireless communications and
semiconductor ecosystems.
Qualcomm Ventures’ first direct equity investment in India
is in Tessolve Services Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of
solutions and platforms for semiconductor testing,
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Date: 11/4/2008
STMicroelectronics and NXP Merge Wireless Businesses to
Expand Product Breadth and Boost Innovation
NXP, the
independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, and
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a leader in delivering
advanced solutions for mobile products, today announced
their agreement to combine key wireless operations to form a
joint-venture company with strong relationships with all
major handset manufacturers. The new company will have the
scale to better meet customer needs in 2G, 2.5G, 3G,
multimedia, connectivity and all future wireless
technologies. The combined venture will be created from
successful businesses that together generated $3B in revenue
in 2007 and will own thousands of important communication
and multimedia patents. The new company will be a solid
top-three industry player and among the few companies with
the scale and expertise to pursue the R&D investments
necessary to establish itself as a leading player in the
wireless and mobile-multimedia market.
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Date: 10/4/2008
Highest
ever GSM Additions in March 2008
COAI is
delighted to report an unprecedented and unparalleled growth
in the All India GSM subscriber base by over 7.6
million during the month of March 2008 ‘the highest
ever subscriber additions since the inception of GSM service
in India.’ With this, the cumulative All India GSM
subscriber base has now grown to 192.3 million in March
2008, up from 185.0 million in February 2008, a
growth of about 4% during the month of March 2008.
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Date: 9/4/2008
NOKIA PREMIERES RABBI SHERGILL’S NEW MUSIC ALBUM EXCLUSIVELY
ON NSERIES DEVICES
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Nokia Nseries, the premium multimedia sub-brand of
Nokia has joined hands with India’s leading fusion
artist Rabbi Shergill to premiere his new music
album in digital format on its Nseries devices. This
marks the first ever launch of a complete music
album on a mobile handset prior to its physical
launch. Titled ‘Avengi Ja Nahi’, the yet to be
released album has 9 soul stirring numbers. It will
be exclusively available across the country for a
month on the iconic Nokia Nseries multimedia
devices; N95, the N70 Music Edition and the N73
Music Edition. Thereafter, it will be launched on
music CDs by Yash Raj Music in the first week of
May. The album was unveiled on Nseries devices in
New Delhi by Rabbi Shergill and Devinder Kishore,
Director Marketing, Nokia India.
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Date: 8/4/2008
Qualcomm
Appoints Peggy Johnson to Lead Business Development in India
and Americas
Qualcomm
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and
innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data
solutions, recently appointed Peggy Johnson as the Company’s
executive vice president of India and the Americas. A member
of Qualcomm’s executive committee, Johnson’s appointment
strengthens regional representation on the Company’s
executive management team and
reflects the increasing globalization of the
industry, the widespread adoption of 3G and the growing
demand for new applications to support an increasingly
wireless lifestyle.
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Date: 8/4/2008
IAN
LIVINGSTON TO SUCCEED BEN VERWAAYEN AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF BT
Ian
Livingston, who is currently chief executive of BT Retail,
is to succeed Ben Verwaayen as chief executive of BT Group
on June 1st 2008. Ben will step down as CEO on 31
May 2008, and will leave the board on June 30.Ben Verwaayen
will leave BT after more than six years during which he has
led the transformation of the company.
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Date: 3/4/2008
LG Introduces Mind-reading Interactive Phone
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LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., a worldwide
technology and design leader in mobile
communications, today announced the launch of its
2008 iF product design award winning
LG KF600, a new mobile phone that is as feature rich
and easy to use as it is stylish, thanks to its
unique InteractPad™.
The handset is targeted at young consumers who like
stylish handsets that are fun and easy to use. The
KF600 boasts of a sleek design and dynamic graphic
interface themes. It has eight integrated graphic
themes that are fun and easy to use.
Each gives the phone a different character that can
act as an extension of its owner’s personality.
Also,
the
InteractPad™
replaces physical navigation keys with
context-specific virtual keys that change to fit the
task at hand. This new interface comes in response
to the need for a simple way to navigate through the
multitudinous features on today’s mobile phones. The
handset also has a scratch resistant screen, making
it a perfect mix of look, technology, functionality
and features.
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Date: 3/4/2008
Tata
Indicom presents Welcome Tunes Offer – ‘30 days. 30
holidays’
Tata
Indicom, the fastest growing telecom service provider
launches ’30 days. 30 holidays’, a Welcome
tune offer, wherein customers can dial 12800, spend
time surfing and win a holiday package everyday. The offer
is applicable to all existing Tata Indicom pre-paid,
post-paid and Walky subscribers. The month long contest will
end on 30th April 2008.
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Date: 2/4/2008
ZTE signs
Network Global Framework Agreement with Vodafone
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of
telecommunications equipment and network solutions,
has signed a network equipment Global Framework Agreement
(GFA) with Vodafone on spanning ZTE’s complete telecoms
infrastructure equipment portfolio. The GFA represents a
contract framework that can be used if Vodafone decides to
contract ZTE for network equipment in the future.
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