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24/12/2007
LG launches 'Viewty' in India
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| Date:
19/12/2007
HTC launches first 3.5G Touch
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| Date:
19/12/2007
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS DELIVERS INDUSTRY LEADING T9® TEXT INPUT SOFTWARE IN HINGLISH Responding to a population of over 350 million “Hinglish” (mixture of Hindi and English) speakers in the Indian subcontinent, Nuance Communications, Inc., the leading supplier of speech, imaging solutions and text input solutions, today announced the availability of its popular T9® Text Input software in Hinglish. Nuance Communications’ T9 Hinglish software offers advanced alphabetic input prediction in Hinglish to help mobile phone and PDA users to quickly write SMS text messages, mobile instant messages and wireless e-mails in a language popular with India’s youth. more... |
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| Date:
14/12/2007
Sunil Dutt appointed Country Head for Samsung Mobile Business New Delhi, December 14, 2007: Mr. Sunil Dutt has been appointed as the Country Head for Samsung's Mobile Business in India. Mr. Dutt will be responsible for spearheading the sales and marketing function for both Samsung GSM and CDMA mobile business in the country. Welcoming Mr. Dutt on board, Mr. H B Lee, President & CEO, Samsung South West Asia Headquarters, "We expect to fully leverage the huge potential of the telecom market in India with Mr. Dutt's expertise and rich knowledge of the Indian market. I am confident that going forward, Samsung can achieve new levels of success for its mobile handset business in India." more... |
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| Date:
11/12/2007
Nokia Nseries launches Nokia N82 in India: This is what cameras have become New Delhi, December 11, 2007 – Nokia Nseries, the premium multimedia sub brand of Nokia has launched the latest Nokia N82 in the Indian market. The new Nokia N82 is a multimedia computer optimized for photography, navigation and internet connectivity. With superior tools to discover places and moments worth capturing and its capabilities to capture and share them instantaneously, the Nokia N82 offers photography enthusiasts an enhanced camera experience. more... |
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| Date:
6/12/2007
SAMSUNG LAUNCHES WORLD'S SLIMMEST 5 MEGA PIXEL CAMERA PHONE IN INDIA
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| Date:
30/11/2007
Nokia Nseries brings Digital Playzone, the battle for India's No. 1 Technoholic, to Delhi
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| Date:
29/11/2007
Tata Teleservices Takes the Lead in Data Services Enabled by Qualcomm's BREW Platform and Single Chip Solution MUMBAI, India - November 29, 2007 - Tata Teleservices (TTSL), one of India's leading telecom service providers, and Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today jointly announced the success of rich data services based on Qualcomm's BREW® solution. Tata Indicom subscribers enjoy a range of innovative and differentiated data services beyond just SMS, ringtones and wallpaper. Data services now permeate even low-end devices because of the Qualcomm Single Chip(tm) (QSC(tm)) solution and availability of BREW® in Hindi. According to TTSL, these developments have led to the company reaching 30 million downloads of BREW content and applications in 2007. With this new milestone, TTSL attributes 80 percent of its value-added services revenue to non-SMS services and takes a step closer to solidifying its position as a high ARPU carrier in India. more... |
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| Date:
27/11/2007
Samsung launches its first open market CDMA phone - Samsung MAX Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global leader in the mobile phone industry, announced the launch of its first open market phone in the CDMA segment, Samsung MAX. The sleek slider Samsung Max is launched through company's own distribution network and will be available to both Tata Indicom and Reliance Mobile subscribers. Until now Samsung offered CDMA phones exclusively on either Tata Indicom or Reliance Mobile Networks. With the launch of Max, Samsung aims to cater the growing CDMA market where consumers want to upgrade. Its availability in to the open market will further empower CDMA consumers to choose the operators of their choice. more... |
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| Date:
23/11/2007
BSNL has launched new FMS service for family and friends BSNL has launched a new SMS Collect service where a sender BSNL suscriber can send message for Free and receiver receives the message and also replies back - all at a cost of Re.1 in the same circle and Rs.2 in case of inter circle. The service is useful in situations like earning parents paying for messages coming from their children or elders in the family who have limited budget or Employers may pay for receiving important messages from employees. Companies may extend these services to customers for whom the SMS could be free. This will also allow a BSNL subscriber to send a message to a close BSNL subscriber even at zero balance situation. BSNL has also inroduced 'CallNow' cards where international calls can be made at as low as Rs.1.75 per minute to Rs.4 per minute. These cards are available in denominations of Rs.100, 300, 500, 1000 and 2000. |
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| Date:
22/11/2007
Tata Indicom announces STD PLUS Special Tariff Voucher Hyderabad, November 22, 2007: Reinforcing its commitment to provide products that deliver value, Tata Indicom, India's fastest growing telecom service provider today unveiled STD Plus Special Tariff Voucher, a revolutionary national tariff plan for its prepaid customers. With the STC Plus STV, Tata Indicom customers can now make calls to any Tata phone at 49 paise per minute and calls to any other number across the country at an incredible price of 99 paise per minute. more... |
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| Date:
20/11/2007
Bharti Centre for Communication to be established in IIT-Bombay The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Bombay, one of India's leading technology education institutions, will establish the Bharti Centre for Communication in partnership with Bharti Foundation. The Bharti Centre will strive for excellence in research in communication theory and systems, and will foster technical collaboration between the research and user groups. more... |
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| Date:
15/11/2007
Nokia Nseries presents Digital Playzone: The Ultimate Technology Challenge The search for India's resident Technoholic begins in the first ever online reality show Nokia Nseries, the premium multimedia sub brand of Nokia has announced the ultimate technology challenge - Digital Playzone in India. With this initiative, Nokia Nseries brings together technology enthusiasts, their passion for technology and entertainment in an interactive digital lifestyle format. To be held over the weekend from November 30-December 02, 2007, 4 aspiring 'Technoholics' will be selected to go into a glass enclosure where they will perform a series of increasingly difficult tasks while living the ultimate tech life for three consecutive evenings. The Nseries Digital Playzone is being held in seven countries across Asia. more... |
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| Date:
15/11/2007
STAY SLIM POST DIWALI WITH THE NEW SLIM PHONE BY SAGEM - BLEU 454x
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| Date:
12/11/2007
Experience music differently with the Sony Ericsson W910i Walkman® phone
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| Date:
6/11/2007
Airtel and RIM Launch the New BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Smartphone in India Bharti Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Pearl(tm) 8120 smartphone in India. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone is priced at Rs 24,990/- and is now available at Airtel Relationship Centres and retail outlets. Packed with new features in a small and stylish design, the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 comes with a 2 megapixel digital camera that supports video capture, Wi-Fi® connectivity support and an externally accessible memory slot. These new features, along with an enhanced visual interface, add to the renowned BlackBerry smartphone experience for email, phone, messaging (SMS, IM, MMS), web browsing, multimedia, organizer and other mobile applications. more... |
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| Date:
6/11/2007
EXPERIENCE THE NEXT EPISODE IN ENTERTAINMENT WITH NOKIA NSERIES
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| Date:
2/11/2007
HTC Introduces P3300 With GPS Navigation Capabilities in India
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| Date:
26/10/2007
Tata Indicom Lights Up Diwali, Launches '20-Million Celebration' Offer Tata Teleservices Ltd, India's fastest-growing telecom service provider, today announced the launch of its '20 Million Celebration' offer for all new customers across the country. Starting today, the company is kicking off a month-long consumer promotion focused at acquiring new customers in both the Pre-paid and Post-paid segments, allowing customers the opportunity to win a wide range of gifts via the 'Scratch 'n Win' Mega Offer. Additionally, all new customers are committed an assured gift of 'Rs 25 worth free talk time'. more... |
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| Date:
25/10/2007
BenQ launches the EF71 Mobile Phone in India 1st ever FM transmitter phone
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| Date:
24/10/2007
Now never a dull moment with the all-new Spice S- 808n & S-600n Understanding the pulse of the market and being in sync with the changing trends and demand, Spice Mobile, has just introduced S-808n and S-600n. The two new models are the new & improved upgraded versions of its existing model S-808 and S-600. The two new models, S-808n with its savvy metallic look and S-600none touch music key promise to usher in a whole new paradigm in mobile entertainment. more... |
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| Date:
19/10/2007
Mobile phone subscribers' figure crosses 20 Cr mark Mobile phone subscriber base in India reaches 20.43 Cr out of which 15.33 Cr are GSM subscribers and 5.10 Cr are subscribers of CDMA services. Airtel has the largest market share of 23.92% followed by Reliance (17.44%), Vodaphone (16.45%) and BSNL (14.83%). Both GSM and CDMA services have almost equal growth rate of 3.7% and 3.5% respectively. |
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| Date:
15/10/2007
Samsung announces Dual Music Slider Symbian Smartphone dedicated for Music Lovers Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and Symbian Limited, today announced the Samsung i450, a music dedicated Symbian smartphone. The Samsung i450, the newest HSDPA mobile phone, brings both attractive dual-slider design and various multimedia features to Samsung's new Symbian Smartphone portfolio. The i450 will be on display at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London October 16 and 17 2007. more... |
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| Date:
10/10/2007
BenQ Wins Five 2007 Good Design Awards TAIPEI, TAIWAN, October 10, 2007 - BenQ today announces that five of its leading lifestyle designed products have been awarded the prestigious 2007 Good Design Awards (the so called "G-mark Award"). The awarded products include LCD monitor, digital camera, mobile phone and digital projector. The 2007 Good Design Awards marks BenQ's consecutive four-year winnings, adding BenQ's total Good Design Awards to 34. more... |
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| Date:
10/10/2007
Tata Teleservices Announces Appointment of Mr. Sanjay Vohra as Regional Head - South and Chief Operating Officer for Karnataka New appointment is part of the major restructuring exercise to realign the company for future growth Bangalore, October 10, 2007: As part of the major restructuring exercise aimed at realigning the company for future growth, Tata Teleservices Ltd, India's fastest-growing telecom service provider today announced the appointment of Mr. Sanjay Vohra as Regional Head - South and Chief Operating Officer for Karnataka. more... |
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| Date:
10/10/2007
ArcelorMittal chooses BT as provider of global network services BT today announced the signature of a global network services agreement with ArcelorMittal, the world's number one steel company. The 3-year contract, worth ?20 million, covers wide area network-services in over 40 countries - across more than 700 sites - in West- and Eastern-Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. This is the first major step in ArcelorMittal's IT consolidation and standardization strategy, which was put in place after the merger of Arcelor and Mittal near the end of 2006. more... |
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| Date:
9/10/2007
'Tata Zone', the popular entertainment space on Tata Indicom mobile phones, now in Hindi ~ For the first time in the telecom world: a full-blown Hindi BREW catalogue with applications, instructions, pricing details ~ To offer widest variety of games, ringtones, wallpapers and access to the internet Bangalore, October 9, 2007 - Tata Teleservices today unveiled a full-blown Tata Zone, the popular infotainment space on Tata Indicom BREW-enabled mobile phones, in Hindi. This unique service, one of its kind in the world, comes loaded with exciting applications, pricing details, download and browsing instructions in Hindi.The rationale behind this is simple: - 66% of all Indians speak Hindi, while less than 5 % understands English. Tata Teleservices, the country's fastest growing telecom service provider today, recognises this fact and is therefore increasingly embracing Hindi to drive adoption of data services among the non-English speaking population. more... |
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| Date:
4/10/2007
BenQ Launches the EF51 Mobile Phone - The Next Generation Hybrid Music Phone BenQ, a leading player in digital networks announced the launch of its new, stylish BenQ-Siemens EF51 mobile phone. Crafted specially for musicaholics, the new BenQ-Siemens EF51 adds convenience to your music, bringing all your favorite songs at your fingertips. The EF51 is a technological wonder with features superior to any other music phone. The phone has a unique 'Speech-to-Music' feature that recognizes your voice and plays the requested track, so you just have to say the song title and the EF51 will play it automatically. more... |
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| Date:
4/10/2007
Superior & stylish yet affordable -BLEU!!
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| Date:
3/10/2007
Reliance announces Classic Celebrations - Color handsets @ Rs 999 Mumbai, October 3, 2007: Taking a leap forward in enhancing the affordability of Mobile Telephony in the country, Reliance Communications today announced the launch of Worlds first feature-rich colour handset at an astonishing price of Rs 999 (sub-$ 25). The new offering from India's largest integrated telecom service provider, Reliance Communications, yet again redefines the entry level pricing for mobile consumers by making Color handsets more affordable than most Monochrome handset options. Reliance Mobile Classic range of handset, having crossed sales of 10 Million (One Crore) since launch, has already etched itself as India's largest Operator handset brand. more... |
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| Date:
3/10/2007
Samsung and Bang & Olufsen inspire the world again with Serenata, the pure music mobile
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| Date:
3/10/2007
BPL Mobile Launches the BlackBerry Curve 8300 Smartphone in Mumbai Taking the BlackBerry Smartphone to a broader market with a monthly fee of Rs.999* for unlimited data usage Mumbai, October 3, 2007: BPL Mobile, Mumbai's leading cellular service provider and Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM: TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® CurveT 8300 smartphone in Mumbai. Being a single circle operator, BPL Mobile currently empowers over one million subscribers with wireless services and will now offer the innovative BlackBerry® solution to customers in the Mumbai region. more... |
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| Date:
3/10/2007
GTL wins Network Services Contract from leading Telecom Operator in India New Delhi, October 3, 2007: GTL Limited, the leading Network Services Company has won Network Services contract involving Turnkey Network Deployment and Operations & Maintenance Services from one of the leading Telecom operator. more... |
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| Date:
1/10/2007
TATA INDICOM crosses 20-Million Subscribers Mark New feat in Indian telecom sector-Tata Indicom achieves this milestone in the shortest timeframe among all telecom operators Bangalore, October 1, 2007: 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 crossed the 20-million-subscriber mark, making it the only service provider to achieve this record in the shortest period of time-just four years. more... |
