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There comes a time for nearly every Droid user wherein trying to install an app, you’ll find it just won’t happen if you don’t live in a supported country. Whenever there’s an issue to be solved – at least from an Android perspective – the talented brains gracing the XDA are usually on hand with the antidote. On this occasion, it comes in the form of Senior Member Deeco7, who’s put together a modified Google Play Store .APK, rendering those annoying country restrictions as a thing of the past. Once installed, you’ll be able to download whatever you want from Google’s recently-renamed mobile app hub – providing, of course, that your device is compatible. Installation Guide: 1.Download the apk from original thread over at XDA 2.put the apk on the phone ,don't use adb install *.apk in won't work it will say it already exists 3.Open the apk from the phone using a File explorer (e.g. ES File Explorer/Root explorer) 4.it will ask you if you want to replace the current market,press yes.5 .wait for install and voila you have the new market NOTE: this method replaces the old market. I haven't tested this personally. May or may not work for everybody. If there is any problem report it to XDA topic thread. Troubleshoot: If you have download problem after Installing new market do this " Connect your phone to your computer, set in usb mass storage mode. Look for a hidden folder called ".android_ secure" and then delete the file "smdl2tmp1 .asec". Unmount and you should be good to go." DISCLAIMER: Proceed with caution and at your own risk. Rimweb or Me should not be held responsible for any loss of data or any damage to your phone as a result of you following this tutorial. Source : Redmond Pie & Xda

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@Venbab you will have to manually set APN xml. use root explorer to find /etc/apn.xml back it up ( from a data working rom ) and then restore it when you flash cm9 b2. that should get your internet working. but you might have fb sync problem. see if the net works first.

If U R Corepati, Then You Can Start Ur Own Telecom Company Get district license at just rs 10Lakh, no infrastructural cost needed, can use existing infrastructure and start telecom company as MVNO TRAI recommends district-level telecom operators in new unified license Overruling objections by big telecom operators, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended allowing district-level operators. Anyone, including local cable operators, will now be able to offer landline and mobile, Internet and other services after paying the Rs 10 lakh entry fee per district, if the recommendations are accepted by the Government. In addition, there will also be a national-level license, saving operators the trouble of applying for a license in every state. Taking a different approach to the wireless-is-everything thinking, the Indian telecom regulator TRAI also pushed for strong roll-out and incentives for fibre optic networks in the country. It also wants the government to allow people to make calls from their computers to phones through VoIP -- services such as Skype and Google Voice (Gmail.) In its recommendations on how to merge existing licenses and create a “Unified Licence” encompassing Internet, mobile, landline and media distribution, the TRAI dismissed the opposition of big operators to the entry of small, district-level operators. It pointed out that district-level operators, either independent or virtual (MVNO) is possible in today’s atmosphere. “Studies have shown that nearly 70% of the outgoing traffic from rural areas is meant for a destination within the district. Of this only 20% traffic goes to another district and hardly 10% to another State. International calls represent less than 1% of the traffic,” it pointed out. “Such licences will spur local initiatives in creation of broadband infrastructure and introduction of innovative services. There is a possibility of smaller players like cable operators and infrastructure providers coming in. This would lead to larger infrastructure creation and introduction of newer technologies in the network,” it said. “All these would translate into higher broadband penetration, greater contribution of telecom to Indian economy, fair and equitable access to the triple-play [voice-data-media] network within communities at district level and more affordable services to the customers. “It is expected that with the inception of a district level licence, we would see country wide availability of a wide range of services within the next 2-3 years,” it added. TRAI pointed out that the existence of large number of state-level operators has not led to much improvement in the penetration of services, especially broadband and landline, in India’s rural heartland. It pointed out that state-level operators focus only on district headquarters, especially in broadband, and tend to leave the other areas out. “A national or a circle level operator would have a dispersed focus and cannot plan with same intensity for each and every district. The overall objective of planning and allocation of resources for such an operator would be to optimize on a national or circle basis as the case may be. “A district level licensee, on the other hand, could focus on spreading services all over the district and would be able to do so in much lower outlay as compared to what national/circle level operators would do for their service areas. “A district level operator can also focus well on the requirement of the ‘local’ population taking care of local tastes, preferences, culture and language options,” it added. “The existing roll out obligations were very lenient and urban centric. The service providers were mandated to provide coverage only in the district headquarters or major towns as a result of which, even 15 years after the introduction of mobile service in the country, the rural teledensity was low... “most of the broadband proliferation is taking place in the urban areas with only about 5% of the total broadband connections being in rural areas,” it added. It also dismissed the argument that wireless broadband, such as 4G TD-LTE and Wimax, will be able to fulfill the demand for high-speed Internet. “Provision of broadband through wireless has limitations. The bandwidth offered by prevalent wireless technologies is shared among the users active in a cell, making it difficult to offer high bandwidth required by many applications in rural and urban areas. “.. in rural areas applications like e-health, tele-education other services would require bandwidth in the range of 3-4 Mbps. “In urban areas applications like video streaming, HDTV and 3G gaming would push up the requirement to 8 Mbps or more in future. “In such a scenario wireless broadband cannot be the sole means of broadband proliferation in rural and urban areas. In addition, increasing broadband traffic will give rise to greater requirement of scarce spectrum. “According to a study about 70% of wireless traffic is generated indoors resulting in wasteful use of spectrum. The choice therefore shifts to optical fiber and cable as important media for proliferation of broadband. “Optical fibre networks being cost effective, resilient, robust, supporting low latency and easily upgradable are being perceived as long term solution to support enormous bandwidth requirement in the core, aggregation and access networks. The Government is already setting up a National Broadband Network, which will be an open access optical fibre network extending upto the villages. TRAI pointed out that district-level operators, including cable TV providers, will be able to tap into this fibre network and extend it to the local population for very high speed Internet. It recommended a an entry fee of Rs. One crore for the state level, 15 crore for national level and Rs. 10 lakh for the district. Currently, operators have to pay Rs 200 crore for the state-level license, the only one in existence. It also said that Internet users in India should be allowed to call phones directly from their computers if they so wish, as is possible in most parts of the world. “Accordingly, Internet telephony has been included in the scope of the Unified Licence,” the TRAI said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://online.wsj.co...3959516814.html NEW DELHI – India's telecommunications regulator Monday proposed the government should allow all telecom services under one license and charge an entry fee of 150 million rupees ($2.9 million) for a permit covering the whole country, in an effort to simplify the process for companies wanting to enter the sector. At present, companies need to take separate permits for each of India's 22 telecom service areas and for different offerings such as fixed-line services, basic mobile telephony and Internet. Apart from the pan-India license, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommended two other levels of licenses -- at service area and district levels -- with a one-time entry fee of 10 million rupees and 1 million rupees, respectively. For the service areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, which are considered remote, it suggested an entry fee of 5 million rupees. A service area usually covers a state or a large city. Apart from the entry fee, operators will need to continue paying a portion of their adjusted gross revenue as annual license fee, it proposed. In February, the telecom minister said under unified licenses, telecom companies would have to pay 8% of their adjusted gross revenue as fees. Telecom operators currently pay 6%-10% of their revenue as license fees for basic mobile services, depending on the areas in which they operate. The proposals will be discussed by the Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body in the telecom department, which will make a final decision. They are expected to become part of a new telecom policy, which will likely be announced by June. The new policy comes amid India's drive to clean up the telecom sector following allegations of large-scale rigging in a sale of licenses and bandwidth in 2008, which put the government under pressure. The Supreme Court recently cancelled all the 122 licenses allotted without auctions in 2008. The regulator has also suggested bringing telecom tower companies under the license regime and proposed that foreign companies be allowed to hold up to a 74% stake in tower firms, as is the case for telecom operators

New telecom policy to be in place by May: Sibal http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3324430.ece The government on Tuesday said the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012 will be in place by May. “It (NTP) will be done in May. We have already said that,” IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of World IT Forum 2012. The Economic Survey had estimated NTP to be in place by June. The government through new telecom policy has made attempt to set roadmap for functioning and development of telecom sector starting 2012. According to government sources, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is about to start inter-ministerial consultation on NTP 2012 after which the policy will be moved to the Cabinet for approval. Under NTP 2012, it has been proposed to de-link spectrum from licences, reduce number of different licences, give industry liberal mergers and acquisition norms and remove roaming charges burden from consumers. They will also be allowed to retain same number across country. On Monday, sector regulator TRAI issued recommendations for Unified Licences that will be de-linked from spectrum and issued to all new companies entering sector under NTP 2012. These guidelines are vital for telecom companies whose licences have been cancelled by Supreme Court in February. Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar has said that DoT will try and speed up the new licensing regime in less than three months. Once approved, telecom companies can apply for telecom licences without owning spectrum and can perform businesses that can be carried out without using paid spectrum. TRAI has recommended one time non-refundable entry fee for Unified Licence shall be Rs 15 crore for National level, Rs 1 crore for each Service area level Unified Licences, except for Jammu and Kashmir and North East Service areas where entry fee will be Rs 50 lakh each. For each District level Unified Licence, the regulator has requested non-refundable entry fee of Rs 10 lakh. TRAI said it should be entrusted with the function of issuing unified licences. At present, DoT issues all types of telecom licences.

^^^ CDMA only 20% of total RCOMM Subscriber base? Looks unbelievable! In any case Reliance is not publishing since long time breakup of CDMA and GSM subscriber base. What's the source of that %?

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