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We have successfully upgraded to the latest version of Invison Power Board v2.0.0 from the previous version smoothly. There are a lot of new exciting features in the new version. The interface may feel a bit different now, but once you get used to it, the new version will prove better than the previuos one. If you find any problems/bugs, etc. please do post here ! Current tasks: 1) working on the header logo Fixed tasks: 1) issue with emoticons 2) issue with avatars

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Nokia's Sanjay Behl joins Reliance Infocomm July 11, 2005 16:51 IST Sanjay Behl, head of marketing operations, Nokia, has joined Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Infocomm as head of branding. Behl will be a key marketing resource for the group, Reliance Infocomm said in a statement in New Delhi. In Nokia, Behl was head of marketing for its India operations. Reporting to the managing director, his responsibilities included managing the brand, products, technology, retail and media. Anil Ambani appoints Ramesh Venkat July 12, 2005 19:38 IST In yet another top-level appointment, Anil Ambani has inducted Ramesh Venkat, chief financial officer with Vedanta of Sterlite Group into ADA Enterprises. Venkat has an experience of 20 years as a Charted Accountant. He joins the bandwagon of Gautam Doshi, Sanjay Behl, K K Sinha and Jai Menon, as part of top management team of Anil Ambani. Let's meet the A-team of Anil Ambani TIMES NEWS NETWORK [TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2005 01:13:09 AM] Anil Ambani is out shopping for talent. He is, in fact, handpicking some of the top corporate brains in their respective functions to form a part of his A team. So, while Gautam Doshi, an ex-Ambit director is joining as the head of mergers and acquisition, Sanjay Behl has been roped in from Nokia to head the corporate branding and marketing of Reliance Infocomm. Jay Menon, a former Bharti hand is joining Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises (ADAE) as the group information head. Besides, the younger Ambani also picked up KK Sinha last week as part of a talent acquisition spree. Mr Sinha, an ex-NTPC hand, joins as the HR head for Reliance Energy and as a board member. Mr Sinha, who was director (HR) at NTPC before joining REL, is widely regarded as one of the pioneers in the field of human resource development in the country and is credited with several groundbreaking HR initiatives and processes. Moreover, Rajendra Chitale, a noted chartered accountant, has already been appointed as an independent director on the Reliance Capital board. ADAE has picked up some 10 key executives so far, sources say. In fact, five of them have given their nods in the last week itself. Sources also say that many more positions will be filled in the weeks to come. And all with fantastic salary packages. Sources say that Anil’s choice of people points to his ambition of creating a world-class organisation, a fact that he has reiterated time and again. Mr Behl, who had a spectacular 18-month stint at Nokia, built the brand with FMCG passion amid tough competition. Anil has a stated plan to make Reliance Capital a full spectrum financial services power house to be counted among the top three financial services firms in India. For Infocomm, he is advocating a new vision, sources say. “Anil wants to give a broader definition to Infocomm biz and control the entire value chain in the industry,” said a source. Meanwhile, the industry is watching Anil’s moves very closely. “Anil Ambani is aggressive, adventurous and maverick in his approach,” said a telecom CEO. “And that could stand him in good stead in the years to come as people would be more willing to buy into his growth story.” Many also feel that his priority would clearly be to set Infocomm affairs in place.

Anil to pump Rs 2k cr into entertainment business TIMES NEWS NETWORK [JULY 07, 2005 01:27 AM] MUMBAI: The Anil Ambani group has decided to pump in at least Rs 2,000 crore, or “whatever it takes” over the next 12 months to emerge as one of the largest players in the media and entertainment space. This does not include the recent Rs 350-crore acquisition of Adlabs. The investments are mainly going to be funnelled into setting up a direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting network, a planned foray into FM radio broadcasting as well as the entire value chain of the film industry that covers production, distribution and exhibition. “We intend changing the entertainment and media landscape with the largest investment in this space by any single player,” a spokesperson of the group told ET. The focus will be on controlling distribution networks and infrastructure rather than production of content. “We intend reaching the consumer through every carriageway,” the spokesperson said. The group intends to be a DTH broadcaster through its subsidiary ‘Reliance Skymagic’, a subsidiary of Reliance Energy. This involves an investment of over Rs 400 crore to kick off operations. The company’s application for a DTH license is currently pending before the Union information & broadcasting ministry. When it was pointed out that there were already four private players in the DTH space when the world over there are just one or two that survive in each market, the spokesperson said in India the market could accommodate 4-5 players considering that the telecom industry has flourished with as many. In the film business, the Anil Ambani Group has already booked a slot with the acquisition of the Adlabs film-processing business, film exhibition and distribution. In the exhibition business, Adlabs will be the key to ramping up operations (though other companies would also be in the picture) through setting up 1,000 digital screens. This would be in addition to the 30 new multiplex screens Adlabs would be commissioning before the end of this year. Dismissing the thought that this amounted to a tall order in one year, the spokesperson said: “Existing single-screen theatres or multiplexes would be acquired or franchised and retro-fitted to be served through an optic fibre network from Reliance’s data centre.” The Anil Ambani group, on the film distribution and production front, would enlarge its business by entering into co-production deals, acquisitions of existing film projects and forging long-term alliances with distribution groups. “We will only enter an alliance if we are guaranteed complete management control. These alliances will be with producers and distributors and not with intermediaries,” the spokesperson clarified. The Reliance spokesperson dismissed speculation that the Anil Ambani group might ally with the Sahara group, but acknowledged that in the film space the latter was a big player and would therefore have to be seen as competition. The group through Reliance Capital (part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises Group) has recently picked up a minority stake in Prime Focus, a post-production company. The spokesperson however clarified that Reliance Capital would continue to hold financial investments in some film production companies like K Sera Sera, and these would not necessarily be part of its media expansion drive. The optimism in the group stems from the belief that the newly formed Anil Ambani Group is an integrated company with a subscriber base of 17m for both Reliance Energy and Reliance Infocom. This, it is argued, would give the media and entertainment business a large captive market and serve as a springboard. The spokesperson also disclosed that Reliance would be pitching for the FM Radio licenses when they come up for the next round of bidding shortly, and the target could be as many as 90 radio stations through the country. A satellite radio service was also on the cards with international content being sourced through its FLAG network. On other fronts, Reliance is at an R&D stage for its IPTV service and would be offering entertainment through mobile telephony too. “We will supply all content to everyone, at all times or at anytime, everywhere,” echoed the Reliance spokesperson.

Reliance Infocomm ready to ring in changes, post-deal TIMES NEWS NETWORK [JUNE 23, 2005 03:05 AM] - Economic Times MUMBAI: The entry of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani as the new chieftain of Reliance Infocomm has given rise to nervous excitement in the industry and the company as employees expect several changes in the days to come. The biggest speculation is regarding the next head of Infocomm with several names cropping up at some time or the other. These included Hutchison’s managing director, Asim Ghosh, deputy managing director, Sandip Das, Bharti Enterprises’s joint managing director, Akhil Gupta and ex-Hutchison Max Telecom and Reliance Telecom CEO, Ashwini Windlass. Anil Ambani is seen as entering Infocomm when most of the glitches have been ironed out such as the billing problems, the issue of limited mobility, creating a brand identity and grabbing market share from other entrenched operators. The younger Ambani is expected to bring about several radical changes in Infocomm. Industry sources expect Anil Ambani to target an initial public offer (IPO) within the next six to eight months, especially since it can no longer count on financial support from Reliance Industries (RIL). However, at the ground level, save for the continuity of their jobs, employees are not directly concerned with the change in the top management. “As long as we are assured of our jobs and salaries, how does it matter who is at the top,” they feel. But bankers are concerned. Even as bankers queue up to meet Anil for the Dadri project, they are seeking clarifications regarding the bad debts of Reliance Infocomm and Flag Telecom. Sources close to the company said that the old bad debt had been accounted for earlier. “The company’s bad debts are now in line with the industry standards,” they said. They also said that Flag was now part of Anil Ambani’s empire as it was part of Infocomm. Earlier, there were reports that Mukesh Ambani was reluctant to part with the overseas submarine cable company. The different management styles of Mukesh and Anil Ambani are also likely to result in changes at Infocomm. “While Mukesh is seen as slow and steady, Anil is expected to move very fast and in a more impulsive manner,” said sources. For instance, ever since Anil Ambani started looking closely at Infocomm, about several weeks ago, the company is said to have decided to put a freeze on recruitment. However, sources close to the company denied that there was any decision to reduce the staff strength. The freeze in recruitment, they said, was a routine matter since companies time and again freeze recruitment to re-assess their employee numbers. There is no reduction in the number of direct employees, those who were hired by Infocomm and these employees are likely to be retained by the company. Currently, Infocomm’s total staff strength is about 40,000, including the direct and indirect employees. But industry sources said that “indirect employees” could be affected. These employees work for Infocomm but are not on its payrolls. They are hired by agencies that are retained by Infocomm. “Those who were working with Infocomm as part of hired staff through agencies have been told that their contracts will not be renewed,” said sources.

What next: That's the buzzword at Infocomm [JUNE 20, 2005 02:19 AM] - Economic Times MUMBAI: Reliance Infocomm’s a centipede. What difference should it make if a few people are moved?’’ Kamal Nanavaty, the COO of Infocomm’s wireless business countered recently when questioned about the possibility of Anil Ambani making changes in the Infocomm team. On Saturday, Anil Ambani assumed charge of Infocomm after the announcement of the family settlement. Ask any other top manager or employee and you get to hear the same (seemingly rehearsed) answers, “This is a professionally run company. Why should it be affected?” or “This is how the Ambanis work. They set up the project and then they leave it to professionals to run.” But scratch the surface and the tension is palpable. “What next?” is the question uppermost in the minds of the employees. According to industry observers, Infocomm could see at least 30-40 departures, if Ambani junior decides to replace all the key positions with his own men. “Apart from persons close to Mukesh Ambani, departments like advertising and marketing in which Nita Ambani took an interest could see a total revamp,” pointed sources. For employees, the suspense is killing. “Morale has been maintained until now. But if there is no clarity, there could be problems,” admit those involved closely with the company.“Some of these people (Infocomm executives) have left lucrative jobs and positions to join Infocomm and may not be able to go back to where they came from,” said industry sources. Infocomm officials hope that the new boss would note their performance. Although competitors still scoff at some of Infocomm’s numbers, the final report card does show more than passing grades on completion of two years of commercial operations, which happened in early May ‘05. After all, the company has a net profit to show, albeit one propped up by other income. Infocomm’s revenues during its second year, ‘04-05, stood at Rs 5,387 crore with a net profit of Rs 51 crore. Bharti’s revenues during ‘04-05 were about Rs 8,066.67 crore. Unlike other Reliance group companies where life is likely to continue much the same as always, for Infocomm, the resolution of the “ownership issues” threaten to bring about major changes. For one, it would bring in a new boss, a new management structure and possibly a change in overall direction and focus too. While Mukesh is seen as boss with a technical bent of mind, Anil is seen to be more savvy when it comes to finance and marketing. With Anil at the helm, industry observers expect Infocomm’s IPO plans to be fast forwarded. The earlier management team had planned to tap the markets after completion of all the projects such as wireless, and enterprise broadband so as to reap the benefits of full valuation. The future of ambitious initiatives like the Netway project is in the dark. Industry observers believe that Mukesh’s pet project, Netway, that was expected to revolutionise the way India watches television, movies and accesses the internet, is likely to be most affected by the absence of the senior Ambani. The Netway project involves selling hundreds and thousands of set-top boxes which would enable TV sets to access the internet. While most of Infocomm’s projects seem to be on schedule, the Netway project has been delayed and is likely to be further delayed by 6 months or more. Prakash Bajpai, who heads Infocomm’s Enterprise businesses, however denies that the project will in any way be affected by the presence or absence of Mukesh Ambani. “He has told us what he wants. Now its a matter of putting the technology in place. Remember, such a project does not exist anywhere in the world,” says Mr Bajpai. It is not the technology, rather whether Anil chooses to continue with Mukesh’s pet project or suggests major or minor changes is cause for speculation. “The issue is how different is Anil’s vision from that of Mukesh’s,” pointed out industry sources. Despite having cleaned up its subscriber base and attracting subscribers who have a minimum Average Revenues Per User (ARPU) of about Rs 400 or more, Infocomm is stuck with the ‘501’ image. It has still to shed the image of a telco with a large proportion of defaulters and subscribers comprising taxi drivers, vegetable vendors and other low ARPU yielding subs. SP Shukla, president, Wireless Products and Services, Reliance Infocomm, disagrees. “At Rs 400 or Rs 700 we are not cheap, but we believe in giving value to our subscribers,” says Mr Shukla while referring to the several products launched last year that allow unlimited talk time for a monthly package of Rs 400 or Rs 700. The image is a legacy of the past two years that have been tumultuous for Infocomm. From being one of the last entrants in mobile telephony, it has edged past other mobile companies to become the country’s largest mobile operator with a subscriber base of about 10m. But each of Infocomm’s successes were won the hard way, despite the money and the muscle power of the Reliance group. Nanavaty, however, believes that all of Infocomm’s troubles are behind it. “That is all behind us. We are now onto a fresh start,” he says. He believes ’05-06 will be the period when Infocomm will get its place under the sun. Most of the “plumbing”, as Bajpai calls it, “is in place.” In the new fiscal, Bajpai is hoping to reap the benefits by launching programmes like “Ashwamegh”. “Acquiring 100% customers in any building that we have wired up - that’s our plan,” Mr Bajpai says. The first phase of the enterprise broadband business was commercially launched in last quarter of ’05. “We have acquired over 60,000 customers including over 400 of 1,200 top corporates of India,” he adds. The broadband last mile network is under expansion from 30 cities to 192 cities. The plan is to reach 1.7m buildings over the next 2-3 years, and of this, 3,00,000 buildings will be wired up this year. Swarup Chowdhary, CEO, Reliance WebWorld says, “This will be the first full year of operations for the web worlds.” Of the last two years, the first was spent in being a sales and service front for the mobile services and the second year in transitioning to the broadband mode. Apart from being a revenue enabler for the Reliance India Mobile (RIM) phones and showcasing the power and speed of broadband, the Web Worlds also end up earning revenues out of various services provided on the strength of their broad band network. Video conferencing for corporates with their sales personnel, dealers and distributors, e-learning, gaming, internet usage, are some of the services provided by the Reliance Web Worlds. After two years of offering free access to the R World content, the company has started charging its subscribers for some of the services from April 1, ’05. Unlike other mobile operators, Infocomm’s plans for revenues from data services are ambitious. “The Japanese and Korean telcos earn about 15-28% per subscriber from data services alone. Why make any different from them?” asks Mahesh Prasad, president Applications & Solutions Group, Reliance Infocomm. Infocomm is also gearing itself for the launch of 3G services before the end of this fiscal and is waiting for clarity on government policies. The trials of the EVDO (movie quality video) on handsets are on across the entire campus of the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC) which is 3G ready. ’05-06 could have been a year without legal spats for Infocomm, but for the fight over spectrum that is likely to be the mother of all battles for telcos and will be even more fiercely fought than the limited mobility versus GSM fight. In its short history of two years, Infocomm has possibly had to fight more fires than any other company. The uncertainty arising out of “ownership issues” has come at a time when the operational issues are more or less streamlined. For Infocomm, the big question today is how the young company survives the long drawn out spat between the brothers, which has just ended, and the changes that are likely to be effected over the next six months or so.

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Received my Ubuntu CDs now :'(

There isn't any official or Reliance/LG apprved 'external antennas' available in the market. So even if you see any such accessory in the market, make sure it works before you buy !

The chipset used in the cables could be different, though both of them work fine.

Thats right Tanveer, the posting rate at RIMweb is dependant upon new offers or developments from Reliance. Thats what I noticed from IPB's "Statistic Center" in the Admin Control Panel. It has been hovering around at the same rate for some time now though its still keeping pace now thanks to Ashoksoft and his findings ! Interesting to note that the 'General Chat' forum has the most number of views than 'Technical/Programming' forum now. Below is the breakup of the top forums (in terms of number of views)... General Chat 29647 Technical/Programming 21915 R Connect 20443 LG 19478 Miscellaneous 13708 RIM Prepaid 12827 Nokia 12698 FWP/FWT 11291 RIM Postpaid 10574 R World 9478 Reliance Infocomm Discussion 8794 News & Media/Press Releases 6182 General Technical Discussion 5871 News Articles 4719

Yes, its a really good easy-to-use Linux distribution, more information and downloads at: www.ubuntulinux.org me waiting for the CDs too, shipment seems to be done on June 11th for me too

Yes, please post such topics in the appropriate forum. Moving to "R-World" forum.

TIMES NEWS NETWORK - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2005 02:09:49 AM MUMBAI: Soon after taking over the reins of Reliance Infocomm, Anil Ambani, has begun poaching senior executives from his competitors. The first to join the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprise Ltd (ADAE) — is Jai Menon, the president of Bharti group’s IT and Technology Applications. Menon will join ADAE as group president, Information Technology (IT) with a groupwide responsibility for IT, across its various businesses including Reliance Infocomm, Reliance Energy and Reliance Capital, a senior official from a placement firm said on condition of anonymity. Industry sources say that Anil’s immediate priority is to bring in experienced professionals into Reliance Infocomm, where top positions such as chief operating officer, chief information technology officer and chief marketing officer are waiting to be filled. Once the core team is in place,he is expected to go for a big haul. Before Bharti, Menon had 16 years of experience in US with assignments with IBM and BellSouth.

Convergence is the buzzword among mobile service companies. Last fortnight global mobile phone majors who descended on Communications Asia in Singapore were vying with one another to prove that mobile phones were not just about communications only. They brandished a host of glitzy handsets, with an array of capabilities -- 3D gaming, for example. Every hand set manufacturer tried to make games look more real, faster and exciting. Some phone makers challenged the domination of digital camera manufacturers by making it possible to shoot high quality pictures using mobile phones. And nearly every mobile phone company attempted to capture the strengths of the iconic iPod from Apple Computers on their mobiles, all offering more space to store music. Mobile phone makers also brought out enough geegaws for executives to give the Blackberry a run for its money. Some of these phones will make their way to India, others won't. And if they don't, buy them cheaper overseas. Ice World looks at some of these hot new phones. For game aficionados: Korean giant LG Electronics showcased the SV360 which it claims is the first phone in the world to offer 3D games with a million polygon graphics accelerator chip. So you can play the game five times faster than by using other handsets. The key pad has been designed by studying customer behaviour. It allows two hand gaming. The 2.2 inch horizontal LCD makes it a perfect portable game player. What is more, the phone has am embedded acceleration sensor as a result of which games can be controlled by shaking the phone back and forth or right and left without the need to use the direction keys. Will it be hawked here? Says a senior LG Electronics executive: "We are still doing market research on the market for gaming devices. Our focus at the moment has been on music and camera phones." Translation: if you like gaming, buy the SV360 abroad. Still, other gaming phones will be available in India soon. Sony Ericsson unveiled the S600i, a swivel phone, at Communications Asia. The phone has dedicated gaming buttons, with provide frenetic 3D action. If you run out of games you could download them from PlayNow. Gaming apart, the phone offers other features like a 1.3 mega pixel camera and an MP3 player. While the phone's price is still to be decided, Sudhir Mathur, who heads Sony Ericsson in India, says that it will be below Rs 20,000. Says Mathur: "Our focus is on the youth and this phone fits in well with our Indian strategy." Camera phones: If you are a digital camera freak and want great quality pictures, Samsung's SCH-V770 could be your answer. This stunning code division multiple access (CDMA) phone has a 7 mega pixel camera (most camera phones available today don't have more than 3 mega pixels) with a 3X optical zoom. Whether the phone will be sold in India, Samsung executives say, will depend on whether mobile service companies are ready to offer it and on mobile service companies launching evolution data only (EVDO) services here. Yet several phones with 2 mega pixel cameras (1.3 mega pixel cameras are more commonly found in the country) and a lot of storage space were on display too. Samsung executives hope to launch the SCH D600 in the next three to eight months in India. The GPRS-enabled phone with a 2 mega pixel camera has a video recording facility and a 2-inch 262K colour display for clarity. Not to be outdone, Sony Ericsson is offering the K750i with a red eye reduction facility, image editing PC software and a 4x digital zoom. The memory is expandable, to keep your pictures and video. If the internal memory of 32 MB is not sufficient, you can use a memory stick to take memory to an impressive 2GB, making the phone almost a mini laptop. Panasonic showcased mobile phones too, three of which were noteworthy. The SC3 is being hawked as a stylish camera phone with a integrated VGA camera and a 65K colour TFT screen offering vibrant colour. The VS7 has a 2 mega pixel camera and a backlight compensation which ensures that every picture is breathtaking. Its unique macromode function allows you to zoom closely on an object with absolute clarity. And the MX7 has all the features of the VS7 plus a multi shot functionality courtesy which you can capture up to 15 images at 7.5 frames per second with just the click of the button. For music buffs: Those who have been thinking of buying the Apple iPod would be advised to wait for Sony Ericsson's legendary W800i Walkman phone. The phone will hit India August this year. Mathur says the phone will be priced below Rs 25,000 and that there already has been a huge consumer interest in the product. As is the case with the iPod, you can store up to 150 music tracks on the phone, which has a 512MB memory stick. The phone's Disc2Phone software lets you drag and drop tracks from the personal computer (on which you have to download and store tracks), as in the case of the iPod. The phone gives you up to 30 hours of music. Samsung's i300 too offers digital storage for music. With 3GB space, the phone can store thousands of songs in any format. The phone's scroll wheel navigation (which reminds you of the iPod) makes picking songs easier. It also offers dual speakers and 3D sound. Best of all, you also have the option of buying the X810, a mini music slider phone which can hold over 80MB of music with built in dual speakers and a jog disc for easy access, though the phone offers less storage space than the I300. Motorola's E680i, a palm sized phone with an expandable memory of 2GB to store complete music CDs too is worth checking out. Thanks to a real time 3D sound engine and 3D stereo speakers, the phone offers brilliant sound. You can also customise your music via an integrated MP3 player. Percy Batlivala of Morola India says that market research is on, that the company hopes that the phone will be available in India in August or September and that its price is a secret. For executives and the health conscious: Samsung unveiled one of the hottest new phones for executives on the move at Communications Asia. The D550 is meant for corporate e mail users for it offers Blackberry software and a unique double hinge. You get a large Qwerty keyboard, making writing notes and e mail a real pleasure. LG, meanwhile, is flirting with nano technology which is being used by consumer electronics companies in refrigerators and airconditioners. The F2400 is the first phone which comes with an anti-bacteria nano silver coating which keeps germs away and ensures that you remain healthy. LG also launched a sports design phone( the 410 series) at Communications Asia. The phone looks like a trendy European sports car. The phone's highlight, however, is an embedded sensor which conducts a breath analyzer test to check your blood alcohol level. The phone was designed with the help of a sports car company and its design centre. - Rediff.com

You should be able to find many scripts which work with PHP/MySQL over there.

I dont think thats possible in LG RD 6000 !

You won't find any particular software customized for this handset. Anyway, try searching for CDMA softwares for LG handsets and check whether any of them detects the handset.

Have you tried IndiaTimes SMS service at 8888 ?

There are many user management scripts (including free ones) at www.hostscripts.com Does the webserver support ASP or PHP or both ? Is MySQL available ?

hmmm right, isnt is celebrated on the first sunday of every August ? (P.S: Please do not post replies by clicking the "Reply" button inside a post, as it will quote the whole post in the reply, afterall the thread doesn't deal with any other topic)

hope you have installed usb driver for the data cable . install bitpim Run the app and select LG vx6000 from the list. click data tab on top and select get phone data it will read all your phone data including rigtone wallpaper....etc after reading select wallpaper or ringtone you can add files on it .make sure files are not more than 80kb.also you can find help how to add ring tone from the help menu.after adding files again select data and click send phone data.this will upload all new files to your phone do not select replace option this will replace all your file selet add option.