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Interesting... even though it has been published in Economic Times/TOI, I find it difficult to believe this ! no, I'm not envy of them

Even though the "Routine maintenance" message would come when replacing the battery after several hours, it won't help as the phone mode would work only for a very short time. I still suggest you to take the phone to Kyo ASC and hear what they say. Anyway, if you just need to use it as a PDA, its still not a bad deal at 8K as there isn't any complaints for the PDA mode atleast, on the net.

"Gmail for Domains" accounts needs to be invited by Google, not through user invites.

That depends upon the operator's offer. For instance, Reliance allows you to recharge with any RCV and get the tariff (for outgoing calls) of that RCV until the validity of that RCV ends. After that, the outgoing call charges will become the same that was there for the lifetime offer.

Anil takes over as Chairman of Reliance Infocomm Press Trust of India Mumbai, June 26, 2005 Anil Ambani, who took over as Chairman of Reliance Infocomm, today reconstituted its Board after the elder brother Mukesh resigned as Chairman along with five other directors. The details of the reconstituted Board were not immediately available. The five directors who resigned from the Board are Anand Jain, Manoj Modi, Bharat Goenka, Y P Trivedi and M P Modi. Anil had got Infocomm as part of ownership settlement of the Reliance empire between him and Mukesh. Two of the directors -- Y P Trivedi and M P Modi -- were inducted in the Infocomm Board on December 27 last year at the height of the battle between Anil and Mukesh. Anil, who met Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran last week, is expected to hold a review meeting with the top executives during the day. Anil, who created Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises as a distinct entity from Mukesh controlled Reliance, may also unveil a roadmap for Infocomm's future and may give some indication about a possible public offering in the company. A day after the settlement, Anil had told reporters that listing of Infocomm would be considered in due course of time. With an employee strength of over 40,000 and a revenue of over Rs 5,000 crore, Infocomm is still considered a money guzzler and would require substantial investment for its complete roll-out plants. Anil Ambani on Sunday took over the reins of Reliance Infocomm, the Reliance Group's flagship telecom firm which he got as part of the settlement of Rs 100,000 crore group. Anil, flanked by mother Kokilaben, wife Tina, sisters Nina and Dipti and their husbands along with the five children, and his two sons, took over as the Chairman of Reliance Infocomm at the company's headquarters at sprawling Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC) in Navi Mumbai. The younger of the two Ambani scions, who, besides Reliance Infocomm, got Reliance Energy and Reliance Capital as part of the settlement with brother Mukesh, performed puja at a temple in the DAKC and walked to the company headquarters to take charge of the company.

You have mentioned that the phone remains in dormant mode even after detaching the cable. I've seen this happenning on other phones as well which used local data cables and at the same time there wasn't any problem when the same phone was used with another data cable. So the issue could be related with data cable too. Anyway, can't say it is because of the data cable, have you tried using it with someone else's data cable or tried using from another PC ?

Court lifts stay on SMS scores - Rediff.com February 11, 2006 13:50 IST The Madras high court on Saturday allowed cell phone operators across the country to provide scores of the ongoing India-Pakistan one-day international cricket series through SMS. Justice R Bhanumathi gave the interim order on a batch of 18 petitions filed by mobile service providers, including Bharti Televentures and Hutch, challenging a February 7 order by another judge of the court restraining them from providing score updates through SMS. Earlier, Justice M Chockalingam had, on February 7, passed the interim stay order, effective for four weeks, on a civil suit by Marksman Marketing Services Private Limited. Justice Bhanumathi said if ultimately the suit goes in favour of Marksman, the company could be compensated and it would not suffer any loss. She directed the cell phone operators to maintain strict account of the revenue earned through the score SMS of the one-day internationals. Marksman had contended it had secured the rights of disseminating information relating to scores, alerts and updates or other events or happenings of the tour through SMS.

Its under R-Surf, which is Membership

If the "Routine maintenance" message came, then the phone mode should work for some time. If it keeps on working then you are really lucky, but chances are it will switch OFF again later. What did the ASC say ? Did they say its not at all replaceable under the limited warranty ?

Actually, even though you are doing a hard reset, it doesn't really get hard reset as you may have noticed that the "Routine maintanence is progressing" message doesn't come after it is switched on. If you keep the phone switched off (I mean by removing the battery and relpacing it after some hours), it will get hard reset and the phone mode will work for some time (maybe a few minutes or a couple of hours). During this time, you can access the programming menu, but there could be a chance that your phone will end up with the SRCP message if you do the upgrade during this time. "Phone is OFF" message is a symptom for the "SRCP" syndrome ! Try your luck at the Kyocera ASC and see what they can do

The above versions should work with LG RD 2030. Just try accessing the file system a couple of times and make sure the settings are correct.

um ani_meher, this is a common problem with Kyocera 7135. No, you cannot install the software when it cannot enter the programming menu. Does the phone show a message like: "Service Required. Contact Provider" or does it shows only: "Phone is OFF" ? Anyway, you will have to visit the Kyocera ASC I hope they would accept the 1 year warranty with the handset.

STD calls @ just Re 1 by BSNL & MTNL - from March 01, 2006 Business Standard | Economic Times | UNI | The Financial Express | PTI | NDTV | CNN-IBN | The Hindu Business Line | PIB February 10, 2006 10:01 IST The details of these plans are as under:- According to the new plans : STD calls have come down to Re one per three minutes. The current peak rate was Rs 2.40 per three minutes. Local calls will now be charged at Re 1 per three minutes. The current rate was Rs 1.20 per three minutes. Incoming ISD call rates are reduced from Rs 3.25 per minute Rs 2.50 per minute. Telecom majors, BSNL and MTNL announced the One India tariff on Friday, a move to bring down STD call rates to Re 1 per minute anywhere in India. The STD charges will be slashed by up to 58 per cent, while the rentals will be hiked. According to the new plans, the monthly rental will be hiked to Rs 300-500 per month from the present Rs 180 per month. Call charges for fixedline services will be reduced by 16 per cent and STD charges will be reduced by up to 58 per cent. At a monthly rental of about Rs 350 per month, a subscriber will be able to make a three-minute call at Re 1. The decision to have single uniform rates was arrived at on Friday in a meeting between the boards of two telecom giants - BSNL and MTNL. This landmark slash in the rates is part of the One-India programme launched by the two telecom giants. The new STD call rates are the lowest in Indian telecom history. It also means a a mammoth cut of 60 per cent from the current highest rate of Rs 2.40 per minute In the new scheme that will be announced on Friday tariff structure becomes very simple. There is one tariff for STD calls and one for local calls. However, the subscribers will have to pay rental of Rs 350 per month for availing One India tariff. BSNL charges Rs 180 per month as rental. Therefore, the increase in rental will be about 94per cent Currently, STD rates are Rs 2.40 a minute for landlines and about Rs 3 for mobile phones. The local call rates are also expected to be reduced to Re 1, from Rs 1.20 for three minutes. Their subscribers will pay just one rupee a call, the only difference being that the rate will apply for three minutes up to 200 kilometres and one minute beyond Both BSNL and MTNL will continue offering all their existing schemes so that those subscribers who predominantly make local calls are not effected by hike in rentals. According to BSNL estimates, 73 per cent of its fixedline subscribers make calls below Rs 500 per month. The two telcos will also offer One India scheme for their mobile subscribers. Reliance Infocomm was the first company to offer STD at Re one per minute. However, it charges a rental of Rs 500 per month for this scheme. Moreover, BSNL and MTNL have a fixedline subscriber of over 4.5 crore and account for more than 90 per cent of the total fixed telephony subscribers. BSNL officials have estimated that the new tariff will have an impact on its revenue to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore per annum. This is on the assumption that there is no increase in the STD traffic. The officials, however, feel that there may be an increase of about Rs 25per cent in the STD traffic. This will definitely reduce the losses on the revenue due to new schemes. Minister of communications Dayanidhi Maran had been pushing for the OneIndia tariff scheme for over two months now. The OneIndia plan was slated to be launched on Republic Day. It got delayed as the telecom majors fear a dent in their revenues to the tune of Rs 3000- 5000 crore, besides huge costs of network upgradation. "The private sector GSM companies would also have to bring down their prices to survive the competition, a senior MTNL official said. The state-owned operator will go in for a simplistic tariff structure that will not confuse subscribers. He said that whatever is the cheapest (local calls up to 50 km slab) should not be touched but admitted that ushering in an uniform STD rate will be tricky. The launch of the scheme which was announced by Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran had to be postponed twice as the Access Deficit Charge (ADC) Component had to be revised by TRAI. The new Access Deficit Charges (ADC) that is being worked out by the telecom regulator will be based on a revenue share basis. TRAI sources said for STD calls the new ADC regime is likely to be the same 4-6 per cent. The ADC amount, paid to BSNL for carrying out its rural telephony obligations will be maintained at Rs 5,000 crore a year. BSNL sources said, “Even if the call rates are announced on Friday, customers may have to wait for the benefits. Since the accounting on revenue share is done on a quarterly basis, we have sought time till April 1. Rentals and local call rates have been restructured to give a cushion to the revenues, since it is difficult to predict whether the increase in call volumes to offset lower tariffs will materialise.” Union Minister of Communications and IT Dayanidhi Maran, it is believed, is in a rush to push the scheme through before the Election Commission announces dates for polls in his home state of Tamil Nadu and enforces the model code of conduct.

I get charged for all the extra SMS sent above 100, in my bill. I'm on Freedom 650 plan. You cannot carry forward any unused SMS. Are you sure its not billed ? What is it mentioned in the bill for: "Less: Free SMS Usage(Rs)" under "Discounts and Charges" for you ?

- THE `SANGAM': Emerging digital convergence of communication and entertainment platforms - The industry is addressing techno-commercial challenges after promising combo services Anand Parthasarathy - The Hindu - Thursday, Nov 10, 2005 THE GALLOPING pace of technology change, sometimes throws up strange new terms and buzzwords. The latest is this business of `wireless cable' — surely a contradiction in terms. How can a palpably wire-based delivery mechanism like cable be wireless? As the Americans say, "you ain't seen nothin' yet." The term is born out of the emerging digital convergence of communication and entertainment platforms. This is just one exciting, new technology that is emerging on the sidelines of the communication industry's quest for the telecom holy grail: Triple Play. This is an omnibus term that broadly indicates that voice, video and data are all being moved to homes and offices along the same pipe. Consumer's viewpoint The logic from the customer's viewpoint is this: I have TV via cable and set top box; I have Internet via broadband — either through a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) or an Ethernet link. I have my mobile phone. And I have always had the Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) or landline phone connection. If only I could have all this serviced for me by one pipe and one provider. The global telecom industry is presently saying to such customers: Thy wish is our command! And the ripples are just lapping up Indian shores. Consider: — Reliance is starting to deploy its nationwide NetWay 100 Megabits per second (MBPS) fibre network to start sending Triple Play content to subscribers, probably starting with Internet and video on demand. — Bharti have announced plans to extend their 40,000 km broadband cable network to 10 States before March 2006. Their recent partnership with the world's biggest telecom player, Vodafone, almost certainly indicates an early plunge into the deep end of triple play. — The Chennai-based Midas Communication recently unveiled a new product offering, Citius, where broadband triple play offerings can be sent over existing legacy Cable TV networks. — MTNL and BSNL have invested heavily in the infrastructure to shift broadband services from fibre telephone lines to cable. The Tatas and their VSNL arm are morphing what was basically a dial up service into a lean and mean broadband offering nationwide. Also on the radar of Triple Play providers is some thing being called IPTV — that is, TV delivered over an Internet Protocol network. This does not mean the public Internet but a private IP network which will in effect transform the one-way experience of TV as we now know it into a two-way interactive experience. We can check our mail on one part the screen, while the India-Sri Lanka One Day match is playing on another — to be enlarged to full screen only — when something exciting happens. But if ARPU — the average revenue per user — after triple play, is set to rise sharply, so are the teething troubles. The level of complexity in moving such technology to the home or office customer is non-trivial. Service Providers are aware that they will face steeply increased calls from customers if the hardware does not self-install or the quality of service deteriorates. At their end they need to install new systems to address more sophisticated traffic management, filter and prioritise content and create appliance-aware firewalls. . Which is why niche players like Bangalore and Redwood California (U.S.) based SupportSoft find themselves suddenly very popular. SupportSoft's core offering is real time service management, arming telecom and Net service providers as well as connected corporates with the ability to retain customers and sustain competitive edge. They do this with `zero touch' programmes to remotely activate a customer service; `Smart Access' software to automate the installation of a broadband connection ; even sending a `DNA Probe' software agent to gather information about a user's system — saving valuable time lost in voice calls. Remote repair Service automation is also about remote repair of malfunction. "It costs a thousand dollars to have a service expert make a site call; about $ 250 to have a high-end specialist in a call centre handle the complaint, $ 24 for a customer service representative (CSR)at the help desk solution and 43 cents for a contact via Internet chat." A toll free telephone Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system is about the same says Earl Hoskins, Senior Vice President in charge of customer support at Fidelity Investments. The `sangam' of voice, data and video may also see an emergence of compelling options like Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and IP TV and may trigger off what is already being called Quadruple Play — the addition of mobile platforms via a wireless umbilical to the wired `trishul' of technologies.

All you want to know about IPTV - Rediff.com Leslie D'Monte | February 08, 2006 Imagine this. Ramesh, an employee of a telecom (telco for short) company, is at your door. He says he can offer you data, video-on-demand and voice services - called Triple Play - all on your existing TV. Not satisfied with your neighbourhood cable operator's service and monopoly status, the offer appears tempting. You are skeptical, though, about Ramesh's claim. After all, his company sold only phone and broadband connections till date. Maybe, you need to take a second look. What the telco is offering you is called Internet Protocol TV or IPTV. Pray why? Telco majors, the world over, have laid thousands of kilometres of optic fibre. Closer home, there are nearly 350,000 route kilometers of optical fibre laid by BSNL, Reliance Infocomm, Bharti Tele-ventures and VSNL. "However, 90 per cent of this optic fibre is unlit (not connected to the end-user equipment). How will telcos recover their investment and monetise this glut of bandwidth? IPTV is one way to use this bandwidth," reasons Sanjay Gopal, who leads the Communications and High Tech Industry group at Accenture India. IPTV subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) are expected to grow to over 20 million by 2009. Siemens maintains the global market for IPTV technology could touch $1 billion by 2009. The German company, which competes in the IPTV technology market with the likes of UTStarcom (which is building the IPTV architecture with Bharti) and an alliance between Microsoft (which has an alliance with Reliance Infocomm for the Microsoft IPTV edition) and Alcatel - has big hopes for China, as well as IPTV in general. Can India be far behind? Union Minister for IT & Communications, Dayanidhi Maran, has already announced that Mahanagar Telephone Nigam and Bharat Sanchar Nigam will launch IPTV in Mumbai and Chennai this year. "I have already told MTNL and BSNL about this. We should expect the first roll-outs by June 2006," Maran recentlysaid. Moreover, Reliance Infocomm and Bharti are the other players whose rollouts are expected by the year-end. They, however, were not ready to commit on the launch timing. Badri Agarwal, president, Infotel, Bharti Tele-ventures, said: "We are currently testing the technology and collecting customer feedback. Based on the trial results, we will launch IPTV in due course. "Airtel already offers voice, data and broadband services to over 1.2 million customers across the country. As we start offering IPTV to our customers, our biggest USP over players in the cable and DTH space will be the two-way service applications like time-shifted television, video-on-demand and interactive-gaming." "IPTV deployments are expected to begin this year itself, It will grow much faster than people's expectations since everyone wants quality. This will happen like the earlier importance VCR gained over TV, due to the sheer quality of video output, not to mention the convenience VCRs offered. "The last-mile connectivity would be either through cable or fibre and operators will offer services over a wired network to start with, even providing ADSL connectivity. However, as the technology matures, operators would offer last-mile connectivity over wireless networks, and Wi-Max is one of the possibilities," according to Ravi Sharma, MD, Alcatel India. Cisco is currently pursuing IPTV solutions via enterprise networks for streaming live closed circuit video in the business, government, and educational sectors. "Microsoft is developing a total solution to bring IPTV to the masses via software and hardware technologies for broadcasting and viewing digital video IPTV over broadband Internet connections," says Doug Hauger, Business & Marketing Officer, Microsoft India. Hurdles to cross First, broadband is the backbone of IPTV. And India has only around one million broadband connections till date. TRAI projects the number to rise to around 20 million by 2010. Second, the availability of the last mile is a factor that is most instrumental in determining what the future of broadband in India is going to be, according to Alok Shende, director, ICT practice, Frost and Sullivan. Cable operators opine that they are much better placed than IPTV providers when it comes to the last-mile connectivity. "It's unrealistic to expect your telephone connection to give you broadband right away. There will need to be massive infrastructural changes," says Jagjit Singh Kohli, CEO, Siticable Network, a subsidiary of Zee Telefilms. "Nowhere in the world will you see mass deployment of metro-ethernet backbone (which is what the private telcos have laid). Moreover, IPTV suffers from jitters. And talking about quality, IPTV will require 33 per cent more bandwidth than radio frequency (RF – used by cable networks) for the same result with the same codes," he adds. There can be stiff opposition from local cable operators who need to be "co-opted" rather than competed against, corroborates Gopal. Moreover, cable operators themselves are getting into triple play services IPTV, DTH, Cable - 'Triple Play' for the Digital Home Screen Digest, a research firm, suggests that IPTV is set to pose a significant challenge to established cable and satellite operators (read DTH). In the US, Triple Play services are offered by cable television operators as well as by telecommunication operators in the US. 'Triple Play' implies high-speed Internet, television (Video on Demand or regular broadcasts) and telephone service over a single broadband connection. With wirless, it's called 'Quadruple Play' and grouped services (triple and quadruple) are called multi-play. The fact is not lost on Indian players. Hathway has a two-pronged strategy to combat new technologies like IPTV and DTH – digitising our entire network and offering consumers more channels and content at the same cost, said a Hathway spokesperson. "Also the set-top box is being offered on an easy-payment basis. The second part of our strategy is pushing high-speed broadband Internet into the homes and bundling the same with our digital product. Thus Hathway is able to offer in its universe analog cable TV services, digital cable TV services and bundling of digital cable TV services with high-speed broadband Internet. Eventually Hathway will also move into Triple Play to combat DTH and other delivery platforms. Thus, as part of our offering we would be launching cable telephony services in the current year," the spokesperson added. Siticable CEO Jagjit Singh Kohli said: "We have big plans for Triple Play services. Our advantage is that we can have video on RF and data and voice on IP (which currently is not adequate for good video output)." Tata Sky is investing in building a digital infrastructure in the country to offer a "superior television viewing experience to Indian households". Vikram Kaushik, CEO, Tata Sky Ltd said, "We are committed to building a state-of-the-art DTH operation in India for which we have selected NDS to provide end-to-end solutions. This will enable us to transfer control and choice into the hands of subscribers". Sunil Khanna, CEO, Dish TV, takes the competition in his stride. "The global phenomenon is that with increased TV penetration, there will be different distribution platforms. There are hundreds of households where TV has just not reached. It's not possible for IPTV to be everywhere - at least for now. Moreover, there are always people who do not want to mix their telephone lines with their TV. In countries like Hong Kong, IPTV and cable co-exist. There's room for everyone," he concluded. But there's no stopping it Global IPTV revenues could top $17 billion by 2010, according to TDG Research. Smooth billing of services will win the day. The telcos have an upperhand since they already render these services. Bharti Tele-venture customers, according to Agarwal, "will get a single bill for all three services, carrier-class reliability and superior picture quality". Over 50 per cent of country's telephony infrastructure is ready for IPTV. However, price points will be different as IPTV is a combined service – telephone, TV and Internet, notes Sharma who adds: "Even though in 2006, we are just taking baby steps, India will lead the way in IPTV." Demystifying IPTV The services from a cable or satellite operator are "pushed" into your home. You have no choice but to keep on surfing channels if you want variety. Cable TV is a one-way communication. IPTV provides for a two-way communication. You request a program from the TV guide and the program is delivered to you. With IPTV, your TV will connect to a set-top box that decodes the IP video and converts it into standard television signals. If a modem is added to the set-top box, it will provide a range of interactive services, including email, betting, games, shopping, information and even Internet access. You can also choose which advertisements you want to see. Of course, what IPTV will do to the traditional 30-second advertising slot will be worth a watch. Internet protocol TV or IPTV is different from Internet TV given that the user experience is bound to their living rooms and set-top boxes. The quality, though, will be superior since the content is digital (unlike most of the traditional TV content). IPTV, unlike Internet TV, is primarily a TV experience rather than a PC experience and is meant as an alternative to cable and satellite.

LOL, I used to watch WWF looong ago, but lost interest in it completely afterwards BTW, I heard John Cena is visiting Mumbai today and tomorrow, courtesy of Ten Sports !

I wonder how you missed it, but the topic has been removed following zeher's request. Lets see if things can improve for them.

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look for qttask.exe and remove the tick. Its better to disable it from QuickTime's configuration s that the next time you run QT, it won't get added to the start again. And for the "My Computer" shortcut, did you add it in your Startup folder ?

You might get anything between Rs.500 and Rs.750 if you look for more buyers. Remember this phone's price came down immediately after Monsoon Hungama that people just gave away the handset for the price they brought it (Rs.501) when Reliance converted postpaid customers who had pending bills, into prepaid.

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Dabba trade reveals Anil Ambani’s true wealth - HindustanTimes.com Suman Layak Mumbai, February 2, 2006 Anil Ambani may easily overtake brother Mukesh by a long way as the third richest Indian as soon as he decides to list Reliance Infocomm. The Forbes magazine lists Lakshmi Mittal as the richest Indian (Rs 90,000 crore) followed by Azim Premji and the Ambani brothers at third and fourth. Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd, the company demerged out of Reliance Industries Ltd, has evoked great interest in dabba trade and the stock is quoted at around Rs 265-280 over the last few days. Dabba trade is illegal off-market deals. These shares are yet to be listed. Shares of another demerged company, Reliance Natural Resources are trading at Rs 20 to Rs 25. Premji’s wealth has moved up in the recent bull run to around Rs 61,000 crore and Mukesh Ambani is now worth Rs 34,480 crore. Anil Ambani’s personal net worth, taking in account his share in various companies, conservatively works out to something in the range of Rs 38,600 crore. Reliance Infocomm, which has moved to the Anil Ambani camp through the demerger, might emerge as a goldmine. The listing of Reliance Infocomm will be the greatest ‘unlocking of value’ that Anil Ambani has repeatedly stressed about and even ordinary shareholders would benefit as and when the management decides to go ahead. Anil Ambani directly owns a 35 per cent stake in Reliance Infocomm — transferred as a part of the settlement. He also holds 35 per cent of RCVL, the erstwhile promoters’ holding. And RCVL owns the remaining 65 per cent in Reliance Infocomm. If RCVL is merged into Reliance Infocomm, just as Reliance Energy Ventures is being merged into Reliance Energy and Reliance Capital Ventures is being merged into Reliance Capital, Anil Ambani will get another 26 per cent shares of Reliance Infocomm, thereby controlling 61 per cent in Reliance Infocomm. Some rough calculation suggests that RCVL shareholders would get three shares of Reliance Infocomm of Re 1 each for every share of Rs 10 held in RCVL. If one RCVL share is trading at Rs 270 now, then Reliance Infocomm shares will be worth Rs 90 each. At this price, the market capitalisation of Reliance Infocomm works out at Rs 44,000 crore. However, analysts have said that Reliance Infocomm might list at a premium price of Rs 125 to Rs 130. At that price, the market capitalisation will be as high as Rs 63,000 crore.