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Date: 19/8/2008

NOKIA NSERIES PREMIERES THE NOKIA N96 IN INDIA

New Delhi, August 19, 2008: Nokia Nseries, the premium multimedia sub-brand of Nokia today unveiled the Nokia ‘N96’, its most advanced converged device in India. Optimized for superb web access and entertainment, the dual-slide Nokia N96 is a perfect blend of style and cutting edge technology and represents a whole new chapter in mobile technology. N96 is the first ever mobile device to offer a memory size of 16GB expandable to 24 GB through an external micro SD card, allowing consumers to store hours of media and be entertained on the go. It will be available across the country starting September 2008. Nokia also announced a pre-booking scheme, offering consumers the opportunity to secure the N96 in advance. The offer will be valid through 2000 Nokia outlets across the country starting August 20, 2008. more...

 

Date: 19/8/2008
Reliance Communications launches BIG TV DTH

MUMBAI, August 19th, 2008: Reliance BIG TV Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications Ltd., today announced the launch of India’s first fully Digital Home Entertainment Service on world’s most advanced MPEG4 Direct-To-Home (DTH) Platform. BIG TV DTH, at its launch stage, would offer over 200 channels with digital quality picture and sound, significantly higher than any other DTH or Cable Operator in India. The feature-rich BIG TV DTH Service would be available in over 1 Lakh outlets across 6500 towns, making it by far the country’s largest retail rollout of a Home Entertainment product & service. more...

    
Date: 17/8/2008
Bharti Airtel crosses the 75 million customers mark
Emerges as the 4th largest in-country mobile operator in the world
Bharti Airtel Limited today announced that its customer base had crossed the 75 million customers mark making it the largest integrated telecom company in India. The subscriber figure includes customers from all business units of the company – mobile services, telemedia services and enterprise services. With 72.07 million mobile customers as of end of July 2008, Bharti Airtel further cemented in position as the 4th largest in-country mobile operator in the world. The company had achieved this distinction as of end of June 2008 and is well positioned to become the largest wireless operator in the world outside of China. more...
   
Date: 12/8/2008
Sony Ericsson unveils James Bond’s latest phone
Sony Ericsson is launching a limited edition Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot TM phone as used by James Bond in the eagerly awaited QUANTUM OF SOLACE which will be released worldwide on November 2008. The phone, as used by James Bond - played by actor Daniel Craig in the new film - will be available for a limited period and include a memory card loaded with a host of 007 content. The C902 Cyber-shot TM phone is used throughout the film by James Bond to capture evidence and assist the agent on his mission. The 5MP camera, with a unique slide-out lens cover, illuminated touch icons providing quick and easy access to camera options, Face detection, Photo flash and Auto focus enables James Bond to send high resolution shots back to MI6 for quick recognition of his enemies. more... 
          
Date: 11/8/2008
Airtel announces ‘Independence Day’ special offer for its customers
As the country is preparing to celebrate its 61st Independence Day, Bharti Airtel, India’s leading mobile service provider, today announced the launch of its “Independence Day special offer” for its prepaid customers in the Delhi & NCR region. Through this offer Airtel customers will enjoy the benefit of full talktime with no processing charges, and STD @ Re.1 for a whole month, on recharging with Rs.1947/-. more...
               
Date: 8/8/2008

Discover your passions with the Nokia Nseries Fusions Challenge 

Nokia Nseries presents the Fusions Challenge, an exciting initiative that  invites consumers from across India to come together and discover their passions using mobile technology on Nseries multimedia devices.  The largest Nseries consumer event of its kind, the Nokia Nseries Fusions Challenge will be held from Aug 09 to 23 in 8 cities across India, viz., Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata , Chennai, Hyderabad & Ahmedabad. more...

                 
Date: 6/8/2008
Bharti Airtel to Bring iPhone 3G to India on August 22
Bharti Airtel today announced that it will launch the iPhone 3G in India on August 22. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone plus 3G networking that is twice as fast*, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications available through the new App Store. more...
     
Date: 5/8/2008
New President appointed to lead Sony Ericsson India
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announces today that Anil Sethi has been appointed to the newly created position of President and Region Head of Sony Ericsson India with immediate effect. Anil joins Sony Ericsson after almost 8 years with Sony Canada in Toronto, where his most recent position was Senior Vice President of Broadcast & Business Solutions and Systems Integration. Prior to this role, he completed a number of high profile international assignments within the Sony Group including, senior business and commercial roles in Europe, India, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. During this time Anil established and managed Sony’s first production facility in India and was closely involved in setting up the Sony Gulf regional operations, with its hub office in Dubai, and the Sony India organisation, headquartered in Delhi. more...
    
Date: 5/8/2008

Bharti announces strategic restructuring at the apex corporate group level
Bharti Enterprises today announced a strategic restructuring at the apex corporate level. The new structure has been designed to strongly build emerging businesses as well as enhance empowerment to functions and developed businesses. “We are now embarking on a journey to significantly scale up our emerging businesses and leverage our leadership position in established businesses. Towards this end, we are strengthening the Bharti organization structure and the governance model that will take us further on the path to building one of the most admired conglomerates in India. With the new structure, we will engage functionally with our emerging businesses at a deeper level, empower the developed businesses, strengthen the interface mechanisms of Bharti with the businesses and leverage the group functions effectively.” said Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti. more...
   
Date: 4/8/2008

Samsung launches its touch screen wizard –TouchWiz (F 480) in the Indian market

Samsung Telecommunications India (STI), design and technology leader in the Indian mobile market, today, announced the launch of its full touch screen, ultra-slim Lifestyle segment mobile phone – the Samsung TouchWIZ in the Indian market. Exemplifying Samsung’s ‘Next is What’ positioning , the Samsung TouchWIZ has innovative features like Customizable Drag ‘n’ Drop and Auto Smile Shot which coupled with the Full Touch navigation feature make the phone experience remarkably easy and user friendly. The Touchwiz’s 5 MegaPixel, AutoFocus-LED Flash camera, refined metal body casing and luxurious leather cover combine the best of form and function to create new benchmarks in Lifestyle space in mobile phones. more...

         

Date: 3/8/2008
"Airtel Mobile Campus” – Redefining the power of connect with anytime
anywhere access to friends, communities on the go!

Bharti Airtel, has unveiled a unique opportunity for its customers with the launch of ‘Airtel Mobile Campus’. A unique ‘virtual place – on the move’, Airtel Mobile Campus, by facilitating a one-of-its kind convergence through web, wap and SMS, gives a new dimension to the idea of the mobile as the most simple, convenient device for entertainment on the go. With this, customers can express their feelings, emotions, needs, aspirations and connect with their friends anytime anywhere. more...
     
Date: 31/7/2008
Airtel Lifetime Prepaid and Huawei T156 handset at Rs.1199/- only
Bharti Airtel, India’s leading mobile service provider, today reiterated its commitment to drive affordability further in the telecom sector by announcing a handset bundling offer with Huawei for its customers in Delhi & NCR circle. Under the bundling offer a Airtel Lifetime connection, along with Huawei’s T156 handset will be available at a price point of Rs. 1199/- only. This latest initiative aims to further spur the uptake of mobile services in the Delhi & NCR region. more...
  
Date: 28/7/2008
ASUS to invest Rs. 200,000,000 in India as a part of its service initiatives in the next two years
ASUS, in sync with its commitment to quality and service, opened its first exclusive service center – The ASUS Royal Club - in India. The service center was opened in the capital city of Delhi in the presence of Mr. Paul Shek - Deputy Representative from Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in New Delhi. With the launch of its first Royal Club in India, ASUS now plans to set up an extensive service network in the country. This year, ASUS plans to set up seven such ASUS Royal Clubs spread across approximately 1000 square meters in five Indian cities to provide quality service to its customers across the country. more...
 
   
Date: 27/7/2008

NOKIA INDIA JOINS HANDS WITH WWF-INDIA TO SAVE THE TIGER
Nokia India, the leading mobile communications company,  in partnership with WWF-India, one of the largest conservation organizations in the country, today unveiled the ‘Tiger Wall of Hope’ in New Delhi as part of their support initiative for the Tiger Conservation programme of WWF India. The ‘Tiger Wall of Hope’ was unveiled in the presence of Mr. Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, WWF-India and Mr. D Shivakumar, VP and Managing Director, Nokia India, at an event held in New Delhi today. more...
    

  
Date: 25/7/2008
Samsung India organizes Send Off Function for the Indian Contingent to the Beijing Olympic Games 2008
New Delhi, July 25, 2008: Worldwide Olympic Partner and Sponsor of the Indian team to the Beijing Olympic Games 2008, Samsung today hosted the Send Off Function for the Indian Contingent. Present on the occasion were members of the Indian contingent : Mr Suresh Kalmadi , President of Indian Olympic Association , Raja Randhir Singh , Secretary General of the IOA and Member, IOC ; H.E Zhang Yan , Chinese Ambassador to India ;Mr R Zutshi , Dy Managing Director , Samsung India and other senior representatives of the Indian Olympic Association . The event was also attended by Samsung Olympic Ratnas - Samsung Olympic Brand Ambassador , Manavjit Singh Sandhu ; ace shooters , Anjali Bhagwat and Avneet Kaur Sidhu ; Archer Dola Banerjee and Boxer , A L Lakra . more...
 
    
Date: 24/7/2008
BPL Mobile launches ‘BPL Mobile @Café’ – the fun hangout on your mobile phone
With the sole idea of rediscovering entertainment on mobile phone, BPL Mobile, Mumbai’s leading mobile service provider, today announced their all new WAP Portal, ‘BPL Mobile @Cafe’ (atcafe.bplmobile.com), a single stop for its subscribers to catch the latest bollywood updates from clips, to trailers to ring tones to music to pictures, enjoy glimpses of Page3 parties, News, Highlights, sports updates, live scores, sports clips, interviews of cricketers, ring tones, wallpapers & themes, chat, exciting games across genres from adventure to arcade to puzzles, mobile TV – live darshans from Siddhivinayak, Shirdi, Haji Ali, jokes, services like movie ticket booking or airline ticket booking, railway PNR status enquiry, astrology and lots more, making it the new hippest hangout place on the mobile phone. more...


Date: 24/7/2008
Motorola accelerates with ultra-fast 3G MOTORAZR
2 V9 Ferrari in to India

New Delhi, INDIA –24 July 2008 --- Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT), today announced the launch of the ultra-fast 3G MOTORAZR2 ™ V9 Ferrari Special Edition to the Indian consumer. "The MOTORAZR2 V9 Ferrari Special Edition represents Motorola's passion for innovation and design, and is the first co-branded Motorola mobile phone for the Indian consumer" said Faisal Siddiqui, Director, Product & Solutions, India & SWA, Motorola Mobile Devices. The MOTORAZR2 V9 Ferrari is ultra elegant; with large colour screens, internal and external, and its format is set to offer Motorola’s innovative technology CrystalTalkTM which delivers outstanding call clarity even in noisy environments . Users can also enjoy high performance and speed offered by 3G technology enabled networks -- which provides fast transfers of data, including downloads of music and Internet access, as well as USB 2.0, music and wireless technology stereo Bluetooth®. more...
 
Date: 23/7/2008

Nokia and Qualcomm Enter Into a New Agreement
Nokia (NYSE:  NOK) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq:  QCOM) today announced that they have entered into a new agreement covering various standards including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMAX, LTE and other technologies.  The agreement will result in settlement of all litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by Nokia of its complaint to the European Commission. more...

Date: 18/7/2008
Sony Ericsson W350i Walkman® phone is uniquely styled to put music at finger tips

Sony Ericsson today announced the availability of the W350i, a Walkman® phone that offers the perfect blend of style and function. Featuring for the first time from Sony Ericsson a flip phone that puts music first, the W350i offers a winning combination of ease of use, style and convenience.

This latest addition to the Walkman® phone is available at all Sony Ericsson Experience stores and other leading mobile stores in three cool colors – Electric Black at INR 6,995, and the Graphic White and the Ice Blue, available for Rs.7,295. “The W350i Walkman® phone offers a combination of music control keys on top and phone functions in a stylish, compact form,” says Sudhin Mathur, General Manager, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications India. “It is designed first and foremost for music and will appeal to consumers on-the-go who want a slim and trendy mobile and music companion at an affordable price.” more...

  

Date: 4/7/2008

Samsung Telecom launches 'Scene Change' Consumer Offer
Samsung Telecommunications India (STI) , design and technology leader in the Indian mobile market, announced the launch of Samsung Mobile 'Scene Change' Consumer Offer on its entire range of mobile phones starting today .The promotional offer, valid till August 15, 2008, entitles a Samsung Mobile Phone Consumer to an assured gift of a 24 carat Gold Plated Coin and Vodafone prepaid sim card (in the Vodafone circles) along with a Scratch Card that could win a lucky customer gifts ranging from the latest Honda Accord cars, Hyundai i10 cars to state of the art Samsung Consumer Electronics products. more...
 

Date: 3/7/2008
Spice Presents a Dream Chance to feature with JAZZY B in his Video

Chandigarh, July 3, 2008: Here’s a chance to star with the Crown Prince of Bhangra JAZZY B in his next video song! Spice Telecom, Punjab’s Premier Telecom company, today launched Spice ‘Star with Jazzy B Contest’ and exclusive downloads of content on mobile from Jazzy B latest album ‘RAMBO’, only for Spice subscribers. The exciting contest will give the Winner a chance to feature in one of Jazzy B’s video from the same album. As a part of the contest, Spice subscribers can also win RAMBO music cd’s and free tickets for his next musical concert. more...
  

  
Date: 3/7/2008

Nuance Communications Launches 9 New Indian Languages for Speech Recognition
New Delhi (India) - July 3rd, 2008 - Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the world’s leading supplier of speech, smart keypad and imaging solutions, today announced the availability of 9 new Indian languages for speech recognition in the contact centre.   The launch of these new languages will enable enterprises to offer their customers a more enriched user experience and consumers will be able to conduct self service transactions in the language of their choice. The new languages now available, in addition to Hindi and Indian English, are: -Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telegu, Bengali, Gujrati, Oriya, and Punjabi. more...

 

 

 

 

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