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The software Ashokjp mentioned uses *your* phone's connection to send SMS via AT commands. So you will be billed depending upon the SMS you have sent through the software, accroding to your tariff plan. To send SMS via the web (HTTP) or using a software without using your phone/connection, you would need access to a SMS gateway, which could be charged or free per SMS, depending upon the operator.

there are many reasons for a server to go down, but the main issue that could be plaguing Reliance's backend servers could be that it might be overloaded at peak times that could cripple the main systems down. I hope they are expanding the infrastructure in the background to prevent such cloggings, while they add new customers by leaps and bounds.

And using two connections to double your speed was discussed here before.

gr8 ! how about the Smartphones discussed over here ? I hope they have R-UIM slots.

High level phones like Nokia 6235 have claimed better speeds. Lower entry level phones like Samsung SCHN191 are not available now, if you can get hold of a second hand one, then go for it. @Powered by XST: I did try out the ZTE data card and it had good performance, comparable to Sierra. Though the build quality could be lower for the ZTE and other Chineese brands.

Are you sure the phone is not in lock mode ? Have you unlocked the phone by entering the secret code and disabling it, before dialling ?

Rohit, that is an excellent configuration and the bundled softwares are great too. That should rock ! @imvikky: I would recommend the HP NX6125. Not sure about the exact market price, though an indicative price is mentioned there.

I've added the RIMweb Search using Google feature on the top of the forum's menu bar. Currently, there are approximately 2270 pages indexed by Google for rimweb.in !

poof... Rs.10,000 for a PC interface software just to send SMS is too much !

For ebay scams, never pay anyone through Western Union Money Transfer. Paisa Pay is most preferred and for costly items, its better to collect the item directly from the buyer by cash. Also, look for the seller's previous feedback and positive/negative points recorded. @shaligram: how did you figure out that the seller was a fraud, in the end ?

yeah, great news infact ! TRAI recommends Rs 200 one-time fee for number portability New Delhi , March 8 The Hindu Business Line The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India today recommended that mobile operators should introduce number portability before April 2007 by taking a one-time fee of Rs 200 from subscribers. Once introduced, mobile number portability (MNP) will allow customers to switch operator while retaining the same phone number. "TRAI considers it an appropriate time to initiate the process for implementing MNP so as to increase customer convenience, quality of service and further enhance competition among service providers in the mobile sector. Mobile Number Portability implementation process should be initiated in our country. "A time frame of 12 months between the acceptance of recommendation by the Government and launch of this facility is recommended. It is recommended that this facility should be available to mobile subscribers tentatively by April 1, 2007," a press release said. However, mobile operators are not in favour of introducing the scheme. The Cellular Operators Association of India said that the scheme had become irrelevant as the customer already has several options because of competition among service providers. COAI is also planning to release the findings of a study by global analysts to highlight the ineffectiveness of number portability in developed nations. Cellular operators also said that the cost of implementing the scheme estimated at Rs 1,800 crore could instead be used for providing rural coverage. The Department of Telecom will take a final decision on the same, the release said. In its recommendations, TRAI said it was appropriate to implement MNP in phased manner starting from the metros and A category service areas followed by B and C category service areas within an interval of six months. TRAI said that even if the entire cost is transferred to the customer, it works out to a one-time payment of around Rs 200, which will enable the operator to recover his investment cost in 3-5 years. The COAI said that the scheme had become irrelevant as the customer already has several options because of competition among service providers. Cellular operators said that the cost of implementing the scheme estimated at Rs 1,800 crore could instead be used for providing rural coverage. Press Release: TRAI releases recommendations on Mobile Number Portability

Press Trust of India NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is doing some last-minute fine-tuning before announcing the new access deficit charge (ADC) regime, which would slash national long distance and international calling rates. After a long meeting on the issues, Trai chairman Pradip Baijal said the ADC order may be issued on Wednesday. The total quantum of ADC is likely to be brought down to a little over Rs 3,000 crore a year, from Rs 5,340 crore per annum now, or lower by about 45%, it is learnt. ADC is paid by private operators mainly to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for its rural initiatives. ADC is paid only on national long distance and international calls. For NLD calls, Trai will announce a revenue-sharing format for ADC, a change from the current per-minute model. The extent of revenue-share for NLD calls is not known yet, but could be in the range of 2% to 3%. On incoming ISD calls, ADC is likely to be Rs 1.50 per minute, down from Rs 3.25 earlier. On outgoing ISD calls, ADC may be 50 paise per minute, down from Rs 2.50 earlier. But, Baijal refused to confirm any of these rates, calling it “industry speculation”. Once the ADC order comes into effect, private operators are expected to announce NLD rate cut on the lines of OneIndia, recently rolled out by MTNL and BSNL. Plus, there will be a significant drop in international tariffs. Rediff.com February 22, 2006 17:17 IST Last Updated: February 22, 2006 17:54 IST A further drop in long distance call rates is on the anvil with the Department of Telecom deciding to remove a major glitch in the introduction of Carrier Access Code, which would allow telecom subscribers to opt for a long distance operator of their choice. In an effort to push this, DoT has decided to permit mutually negotiated sharing arrangement of cost for upgradation of interconnecting networks. This decision is expected to kick-start the so far non-starter CAC, as the present licence agreement provides that the network resources including the cost of upgadation/modifying interconnecting networks to meet the requirements of the service will be undertaken by the operator seeking interconnection. This was a major sore point as it was seen heavily tilted against the company seeking interconnection, whereas the benefit of this was to go to both sides (terminating provider also). The resistance of BSNL to CAC where it feared loss of customers and revenue on the basis of comeptition, also has delayed the process. "Mutually negotiated sharing arrangements for cost of upgradation and modifying networks between services providers will be permitted," officials of DoT said. About the CAC, the order was issued in 2002, but it did not happen since then. The CAC is a dialer code that allows users to access the network of a long distance service provider of their choice to make calls. The regulator TRAI had also issued directions regarding the implementation of call by call and carrier pre-selection. But this has so far not been enforced on private operators as BSNL itself had not come forward on this. DoT was also aware that system modification in the switches of Access Providers is required to enable them to implement Carrier Selection for STD and ISD services in their networks and the set-up cost for this upgradation needs to contributed by STD/ISD operators. Since the upgradation cost was on the higher side, no STD/ISD operators came forward to contribute to the access providers. In fact, when DoT lowered the revenue-share and entry fee of STD and ISD players in November last year to introduce competition, it was felt that without CAC, there is no meaning of competition in this segment.

well, it seems BSNL themselves have taken the initiative of tariff cut inspite of the ADC cut ! BSNL slashes international call rates - Rediff.com March 08, 2006 19:00 IST State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Wednesday slashed international long distance call rates to Rs 6 a minute, with 10 seconds pulse, for users opting OneIndia tariff plan. Under the new tariffs, ISD rates to the US, UK and Canada would be Rs 6 per minute (10 second pulse) against the rate of Rs 7.20 per minute under other plans, BSNL said. Similarly, the rates for Europe (other than UK), Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong will now be Rs 8 a minute with 7.5 second pulse as against the existing Rs 9.60 a minute. To the rest of the world, the rates would be Rs 10 per minute with six seconds pulse as against Rs 12 earlier. The rates have come into effect from March 1. "The new ISD rates are 17 per cent lower than the rates offered by BSNL under other tariff plans in both fixed and mobile segment," BSNL said. The company also claimed that the rates offered by BSNL are the "lowest in the market". Further, the rates offered by other operators are on per minute basis and work out to about 20-25 per cent higher when compared to BSNL rates.

RCOVL lists at Rs 290 as Anil rings the BSE bell RCoVL worth $8 bn on debut REUTERS[ MONDAY, MARCH 06, 2006 04:32:56 PM] Reliance Communications debuted on the stock market with an $8 bn price tag, creating a top-15 listed Indian firm with access to the world's fastest growing and cheapest mobile phone market. Spun off to shareholders of India's energy conglomerate Reliance Industries, Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd. ranks second in terms of mobile customers behind $17.5-bn rival Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd, India's only other listed telecoms firm with a nationwide footprint. India is home to the cheapest mobile phone tariffs anywhere, at between 2 and 3 US cents a minute for a local mobile call, and has over 83 mn wireless users -- more than the population of Germany. A further 4.5 mn users sign up every month, and still only 8 of every 100 Indians owns a mobile phone. The price was arrived at after the RCOVL chief Anil Ambani rang the ceremonial bell at the BSE. Immediately after opening, RCOVL shares spurted on a good demand to touch Rs 309. At NSE, the scrip opened at Rs 298 and touched a high of Rs 307 a share within minutes. In less than five minutes of opening over one crore shares of the company were traded at the two exchanges, demonstrating wider acceptability of the company and ADAG whose market capitalisation before the listing was pegged at Rs 53,000 crore. The opening of RCOVL was with a market capitalisation of Rs 36,450 crore. Just before the trading started, Anil recalled the family history including how his father Dhirubhai Ambani had launched the Reliance's maiden issue in 1978 for over Rs 800 crore a day after an issue of HLL. Accompanied by his mother Kokilaben and wife Tina, Anil made an emotional address at the BSE. "My mother had been the force behind the success of my father, some even said hidden force. Now she is the force behind the success of myself and my elder brother Mukesh in creating two independent Reliance groups. We will gain strength to strength and create world-class assets for prosperity of our shareholders." The spin-off of Reliance Communications was part of the settlement of a dispute over control of the Ambani family's Reliance empire between brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani. Reliance Industries' 2.3 mn shareholders received 100 new shares in the telecoms firm for every 100 shares held. Reliance Communications first day as a listed firm left it valued some way below Bharti. Bharti trades at a price earnings multiple of 34 based on forecast earnings for 2005/06, compared with an estimated 28 for Reliance Communications based on third quarter results, analysts say. Reliance Communications has a market share of 19.6 per cent, compared with 22.1 per cent owned by Bharti. Reliance Communications is seeking shareholders' approval to raise the foreign fund holding limit to 74 per cent from 26 per cent. Analysts expect the process to take about two months, but they say it should boost the company's share price. The firm is seen as having strong earnings growth prospects. "Growth will come not only from voice, but from global bandwidth business and value-added services," said Deven Choksey, managing director at K R Choksey Shares & Securities, who sees 10 per cent growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation for 2006/07. Choksey forecast the stock could rise to 350 rupees in less than a year. Reliance Communications is the holding company for top CDMA-operator Reliance Infocomm Ltd, GSM-services firm Reliance Telecom Ltd., bandwidth company Flag Telecom Ltd and Reliance Communication Infrastructure Ltd. It is now also the listed flagship of Anil Ambani's Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises group, which also has interests in utilities, mutual funds, financial services and media. Industry partners see the firm as a growth vehicle too. "Reliance is a great opportunity for us because of the scale, quality and size of its broadband infrastructure," said John Adelus, director of software giant Microsoft's Internet Protocol TV business for the Asia Pacific. Microsoft expects to be a software provider for Reliance Communications' proposed new IPTV venture for the fast growing and potentially huge market. With 19.33 mn phone customers, including 16.35 mn mobile users, Reliance Communications competes mainly with Bharti and with unlisted state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Releasing results for the first time in late February, Reliance posted profit of 3.1 bn rupees on revenue of 33.27 bn for its fiscal third-quarter ended Dec. 31. More than half the sales came from the wireless and 46 per cent from bandwidth and overseas calls services, analysts say. In comparison Bharti, 30.8 per cent owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, posted a quarterly profit of 5.45 bn rupees on sales of 30.26 bn. Microsoft, Cisco extend support to RCoVL Monday, March 6, 2006 (Mumbai): Microsoft and Cisco Systems have extended support to Reliance Communications Venture Limited (RCoVL) for creating world-class infrastructure in India. Broadcasting live message using IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) technology just prior to the beginning of trading, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft said, "We look forward to working with Reliance Communications to bring this exciting technology to consumers in India." "In fact, this message is being delivered to you today on the stock exchange floor using the Microsoft T V IPTV platform. IPTV is an innovative new technology that enables communications services providers to deliver next generation television services that make TV viewing experience better and more personalised," he said. In his message, Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers said his company and Reliance were working together to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure. "Cisco and Reliance, together are working very closely in terms of providing next generation infrastructure as converged services come together in a world class means," Chambers said and congratulated Anil on the listing on RCoVL.

here's Anil Ambani's replies to questions from the media after today's listing... ADAE Group to invest Rs 15,000 crore in telecom in next 3 years MUMBAI, MAR 6 Press Trust of India Having emerged the third largest business entity after Reliance Industries and Tatas, Anil Ambani-controlled ADA Group today announced an investment of Rs 15,000 crore over next three years to expand its telecom operations. "We shall be investing Rs 5000 crore annually for next three years to expand our Broadband, wireless and global telecom operations. The investments would be funded by a mix of internal accruals and debts," Anil Ambani, Chairman of ADA Group, told reporters here. If required more capital expenditure, the Group has the capability to go for additional debts. Group's telecom business under Reliance Communication Ventures Limited (RCOVL), which was listed on bourses today, has a debt-equity ratio of 0.33-1. This is besides an additional investment of Rs 500 crore for expansion of GSM-based operations in seven circles. This investment would be made over next few months, he added. About the much-talked inducting foreign partner within permisible limit of 74 per cent FDI, Anil said "a large number of companies have come and spoken to us. We shall examine all the proposals keeping in mind the interests of our shareholders. Claiming a subscriber base of 19 million, Anil said the group has network capacity to serve up to 30 million subscribers and additional investments have been planned keeping in mind company's plans to penetrate in new cities. "We can serve up to 30 million subscribers with an additional very small incremental cost," he said adding due to large base fixed cost have remained very low. With a net profit of Rs 311 crore and revenues of Rs 3327 crore at the end of third quarter of 2005-06, Anil said wireless business contributed 50 per cent of the revenues, global operators 46 per cent while four per cent of revenue came from broadband operations. Announcing a networth of over Rs 11,000 crore as on the date, Anil said this is after making a provision of Rs 4,400 crore for the period prior to March 31, 2005 due to bad debts, regulatory penalities and towards handset subsidies. He also announced all telecom businesses, be it Reliance Infocomm, Reliance's GSM operations, FLAG and long distance operations, would be merged under RCOVL. This would enable to move towards simpler holding pattern, he said. Asked who was the real competitor in telecom, Anil said "every private sector company competes with PSU... In our case also state owned BSNL will be our competitor company." About its netway project offering Internet Protocol Television, virtually live TV feed on mobile phone, Anil said "market trials are already on and it will be commercially available by the end of 2006.

India adds 1.11 mn CDMA mobile users in February Reuters New Delhi, March 5, 2006 India's CDMA carriers, led by Reliance Infocomm Ltd, added 1.11 million new wireless users in February in the the world's fastest growing mobile market, an industry body said. Last month's addition takes the overall CDMA mobile user base to 19 million, the Association of Unified Telecom Services Providers, representing four carriers, said in a statement. That takes the total mobile user base in Asia's third largest economy to 82.21 million - more than the entire population of Germany. The remaining customers use services based on the more common GSM technology. Nine GSM carriers are yet to report for February. The CDMA association said top-ranked operator Reliance Infocomm added almost 804,000 mobile users, boosting its customer base to 14.6 million. Reliance Infocomm's parent firm, Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd., is due to be listed on stock exchanges on Monday. Second-ranked Tata Teleservices Ltd added 313,192 mobile customers, raising its user base to 4.4 million. Local mobile call tariffs as low as 2 US cents a minute are driving increased cellular usage as intense competition and expansion of networks in untapped rural areas fuel demand. Less than 8 percent of the billion-plus population use wireless facilities. Both Reliance and Tata compete mainly with GSM carriers Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. and Hutchison Essar Telecom Ltd, the Indian wireless operation of Hong Kong's Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. and the battle continues as the Indian operators are on a roll...

Pankaj, when files are transferred by through IR, it gets stored in the internal RAM of the Kyocera, and internal RAM can only store Palm database format (.pdb). So in order to use such files, you will need a thrid party utility as mentioned by Ashok. I guess he was referring to Receiveit. BTW, this is what Receiveit does... Q: Can you explain what Receiveit format is? A: 'Receiveit format file' is designed to enable your palm device to store files that's not in palm format in internal RAM. As we know that internal RAM can only store databases. Receiveit does encapsulate these file in Palm database format (.pdb) Q: What do you mean by 'unknown file format' error in Palm ? A: Every file type transferred via IR must be registered first before it is handled by certain application. Palm OS handles an incoming file by identifying what type the file is, and then look into a register table to determine which application should handle the file. (There are file types that pre-registered on every palm device. For example: .txt registered to Memopad, .vcf to Address, and so on) If Palm OS can't find what application should handle the incoming file, then it will show you an error message: "unknown file format". Q: Hmmm.. it's not very clear to me, please give me an example. A: Imagine that you need to copy a file from your friends notebook, and you only carrying a Palm OS device. Let's say it's a .RAR file (rar compressed file). It's unlikely that your device have an application that can handle this file type. If you try to accept this file, you would get an annoying message: "unknown file format", and the file couldn't be copied to your device.

Please find attached the product notes for 2 new LG entry level handsets... LG RD 2630 and LG RD 3330 Approximate cost is yet to be announced. RD3330_Product_Note.pdf LG_RD_2630___Product_Note.doc

Doesn't it come back out of dormancy state when you try to access something online ? All these handsets are set to get into dormant mode when there is no traffic. If frequent dormant state is your problem, check out the other topics in R-Connect forum about resolving dormancy issue by pinging.

Ashoksoft had done some research about it too in the past, which was discussed here.

Nokia phones does support R-Connect "very well". Infact the R-Connect speed of Nokia 6235 is far better than basic LG handsets.

ummm yeah, there are a lot of phishing emails floating around, find many such reported ones here: http://www.antiphishing.org/phishing_archive.html

Happy Birthday guys !!!

Thanks for reporting it cracker. We may still have a few dowtimes as Apache will be restarted for checking the changed settings.

Yes, but they may not entertain the 1 year warranty if you do not get it for the original price of Rs.35,000 No Because Rs.35,000 is the market price and Rs.8000 is only for RIC employees. Yes, though I think the Rs.8000 ones are refurbished handsets.