Arun

Just 1 hour battery after charging it fully? Was the handset purchased directly from Reliance? How old is it?

Try configuring manually:

You might need a dedicated graphics card rather than the integrated graphics card, right? You have to consider a budget above 35k for that.

Position your modem near the LCD where you got maximum speed and move the LCD away, does the speed vary then?

The URL shows Lead Capturing page itself

Mukesh plans $5 billion telecom revolution 2.0 - RIL, RCom working on partnership blueprint Business Standard - Mumbai June 14, 2010, 0:09 IST Scale matters. Especially when one is talking about Mukesh Ambani and his flagship Reliance Industries (RIL). Telecom will be no exception, as RIL’s top executive Manoj Modi and chief financial officer Alok Agarwal told analysts on Saturday that their total investment, including the acquisition of 95 per cent of Infotel Broadband, would come to around Rs 22,000 crore. The initial capital expenditure on physical infrastructure for rolling out broadband services will be over Rs 4,500 crore, the executives added. RIL will also pay Rs 12,872 crore to the government as licence fee for spectrum bagged by Infotel, which will now become a RIL subsidiary. Modi also said “RIL will not be acquiring any 2G (second generation) player,” putting to rest market speculation that it is eyeing Venugopal Dhoot’s telecom venture Videocon Telecom. Mukesh Ambani But for the first time, RIL executives publicly admitted that they are open to sharing infrastructure with Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communication (RCom). RCom had expressed similar sentiments while welcoming RIL's re-entry into telecom on Friday. In less than a fortnight of agreeing on a truce by scrapping most non compete agreements and giving each other business flexibility, hostility is history. For Mukesh and Anil Ambani and their business empires, this seems to be the era of partnerships. The intention to explore possible areas of partnerships is no longer theoretical. There is clear action on the ground. According to investment bankers privy to these developments, both sides have deputed senior representatives to take the issue forward in a more concrete way. And quickly. Manoj Modi, a director in Reliance Retail, has been given the mandate to lead the dialogue on behalf of RIL. For Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) which, ever since the 2006 demerger, runs RCom, the talks will be spearheaded by Satish Seth, group managing director of ADAG, said these bankers. Both Modi and Seth are key lieutenants of the two Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, respectively and have worked together very closely on a number of projects, especially Reliance Infocomm in the late 1990’s. Modi also leads all new RIL initiatives and Seth is still hands on when it comes to overseeing Anil’s telecom, infrastructure and power verticals. “It would be logical to assume that both Modi and Seth have been regularly in touch for the last one week or so, as the broadband wireless access (BWA) auctions gathered momentum,” said one of the bankers. The very fact that RCom withdrew from the auctions mid way, but announced its move after the auction process actually closed is a clear indication that both sides were working in perfect sync, the bankers added. Even though no executive from the two groups will confirm, Reliance watchers said, such synchronized moves probably point to the fact that both groups shared strategic inputs and information, like bid strategy and even the acquisition of Infotel Broadband. To begin with, the possible partnership will be based on two main areas of infrastructure sharing in the form of fibre optic cables and towers to save costs and time. RCom inherited its pan India fibre optic base and towers from Infocomm, and has subsequently built on it. Today, it has close to 50,000 towers in its portfolio; around 190,000 kms of fibre optic connecting over 1 million buildings across 44 cities with over 1.4 million access lines, and nine data centres with data storage space of over 6.5 lakh sq ft. With such a backbone, its that much easier for them to offer IPTV or fixed broadband phones. "Along with Mukesh Ambani, Manoj Modi and Satish Seth had been responsible for the national rollout of tower and fribre optic infrastructure, first as the combined Reliance Infocomm and then RCom, so there's a reason why these two are now once again leading the talks…they know the game inside out," said the bankers. The fibre optic strength will be critical as RIL will be eyeing the lucrative data market that is growing 70 per cent every year. Revenue wise, data currently generates only 11 per cent, thanks to mainly short message service (sms) while in developed markets that figure is almost 35 per cent. So the market potential is immense. "Data is close to RIL's heart, that's their BWA objective. So think of applications like IPTV on that platform, which can handle both data and video to start with," said a telecom analyst from a foreign brokerage firm. The option for RIL will be either to build that infrastructure or to lease. To build a national network from scratch at this point, RIL will have to pump in at least $10 billion. It will also take at least 4-5 years. Keeping in mind that RIL is aiming 100 million subscribers in five years and would like to become the cheapest service provider, the lease option is clearly the preferred route. That, said telecom analysts, will mean at least a $4 billion savings for a national level rollout for RIL. For RCom, which is saddled with high debt and low average revenues per user (Arpu), getting RIL as a new tenant means additional revenues, savings in operating expenses in the form of tower, energy and operation and maintenance costs. "Elder brother has wireless broadband, aggressive plans and a point to prove but no fibre optic or tower. The younger brother may have huge debt, but he has infrastructure, 3G and 2G spectrum and a CDMA technology. This is a perfect and logical environment for collaboration, a likely combo that can shake up any competitor today," said a banker. Does that mean going forward it will be an exclusive arrangement between the two? Unlikely. Both parties are still in talks and a final plan is still being chalked out, but the tie-ups will happen as and when there is a strong business and commercial case. Both Modi and Agarwal made it clear that infrastructure could be shared with any of the existing players. They also said arrangements with existing players will also be made to ensure that even laptop and notepad users get total access to the entire service offerings. But RCom, with towers connected to the fibre optic network, will surely remain a strong contender. "Increasingly, you will see RIL opt for technology off the shelf and marry some key strategic partners for infrastructure. They will unleash a new revolution. Mind you they have won nationwide 20 MHz spectrum at one third the value of 3G. That gives them tremendous cost and time advantage," said the national head of telecom practice at an international research firm. Both RIL and RCom also said they are endorsing the same fourth generation radio technology: LTE or Long Term Evolution Technology, which is patented by Qualcomm and is aimed at providing better speed and capacity.

That is the price for 95% of Infotel, it doesn't mean Reliance is paying only Rs.4800 crore for the license fee. Once Infotel becomes a subsidiary of Reliance any payment done for the license is the same as Reliance paying it.

Very much needed for EVO. My friend in US says he gets 4 hours battery life when WiMAX radio is ON, and around 8 hours with just 3G radio ON (GPS Off, WiMax Off, WiFi/Bluetooth Off).

I heard that the newer technology departments like 3G, WiMAX, etc. are handled by the younger generation at BSNL, so maybe that is the reason why they were more responsive. Maybe!

Well, so the topic is answered finally: Reliance Industries Limited to Buy 95% of Infotel Wall Street Journal - June 11, 2010, 7:56 A.M. ET - Mumbai Reliance Industries Ltd. Friday said it has agreed to buy a 95% stake in Infotel Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. for about 48 billion rupees ($1.02 billion.) The deal will mark the energy major's first entry into the telecom sector after a non-compete agreement between Reliance Industries' majority owner Mukesh Ambani and his brother Anil was scrapped on May 23. Infotel Broadband, a unit of HFCL Infotel Ltd., Friday emerged as the only pan-India winner in a government-led auction of radio waves to offer broadband wireless services. Reliance Industries will invest by subscribing to fresh equity capital issued by Infotel Broadband.

Yup:

I voiced my concern about the low upload speed with the Sub Divisional Engineer of BSNL WiMAX at Trivandrum SSA and he promised to forward my concern to the Technical department few days ago. I just thought of checking if there is any improvement yet in upload speed and guess what... I am getting 1 mpbs average upload speed! jai ho BSNL!!!

"HTC EVO 4G" has been added to handset profile, so you can change it now. Of course the w00t w00t now goes to EVO.

wow, congratulations!!!

TD-LTE and Mobile WiMAX are the technologies that will be used by the companies who are bidding now. LTE is a 4G technology for sure, while whether Mobile WiMAX is 4G or not is debatable, though technically it does meet 4G specifications. Obviously LTE and WiMAX are rival technologies and so such debates can derive. WiMAX claims its technology is more mature (hence immediate deployment) and that LTE needs more time (in terms of years) to become mature. Read more about TD-LTE: http://www.telecomcircle.com/2010/06/td-lte-the-next-frontier/ A comparison: http://www.rcrwireless.com/ARTICLE/20100505/SPECTRUM_AUCTION/100509967/analyst-angle-bwa-in-india-wimax-td-lte-and-things-in-the-rearview

The Telegraph Calcutta, June 8 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) expects operators to launch the much delayed mobile number portability (MNP) system by September. The telecom regulator claims that the delay was because of state-owned operators BSNL and MTNL. “MNP should not go beyond September,” Trai chairman J.S. Sarma said here today. The department of telecommunications (DoT) had last month said that MNP might not take off before September 30. "The MNP was deferred because lack of preparedness on part of BSNL. Now, we are doing a study on what kind of an action can be taken if some operators is lagging behind on portability," he added. Officials of telecom companies said it would not be feasible to start MNP before the anticipated 3G rollout, expected by the end of the year. The DoT had asked operators to implement portability by June 30. However, some firms, including MTNL and BSNL, were not ready with the equipment.

<< Post Updated >> Note: Please use the "Report" button in future to inform a moderator.

Hero with 2.1 is absolutely fine. I haven't seen any difference in lag (as the small lag is there in 1.5 itself). The only issue I have seen is the SMS delivery report not correct but that is an incompatibility with Reliance network. It certainly is a very good phone to carry around with its small size.

aKaLMand is now >> Bablus sirus2006 is now >> subhra samvenkatesh is now >> Venkatagiri

Thanks for the heads-up! I just rooted mine! If you get the following error message in between... Then reboot your handset (remove battery also) and run the command again

RIL may offer 3G, WiMAX devices in telecom splash Jun 03, 2010 at 0010 hrs IST Financial Express Five years after its exit from the country’s booming telecom sector, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is plotting the road map for a return trip. However, this time around, it won’t be plain vanilla telecom services that RIL will be interested in, but rather the emerging segments of 3G and WiMAX. According to executives familiar with the development, the initial strategy is not to enter as a telecom operator, though this cannot be ruled out in the long run. Officials told FE that RIL is looking at partnering major handset makers to help them produce low-cost 3G handsets at Rs 4,000-5,000, apart from WiMAX application devices. Currently, the handsets cost over Rs 16,000 on an average.Once the low-cost handset base is built, RIL would be open to buying bulk airtime from service providers and bundling them with handsets, to be sold via Reliance Retail stores. “It would be like re-selling airtime through a franchise or mobile virtual network operator model, but would be suitably improvised to make it unique,” an official said. The airtime-bundled handsets would be co-branded, stamping RIL's entry into telecom.“If we are able to drive down costs for 3G and WiMAX-based application services in a major way and popularise them, we would have created a similar wave which we did in CDMA with schemes like “Monsoon Hungama,” the official added. With the valuation of telecom companies having fallen over 50% in just a year, RIL can, at a later stage, look to acquire a telecom operator either in the domestic market or globally. An RIL spokesperson declined to comment. After the Reliance group split in 2005, Reliance Infocomm went to younger brother Anil Ambani, who renamed it Reliance Communications and launched GSM services. The demerger was followed by a non-compete agreement between the Ambani brothers, which effectively prevented RIL from entering telecom sector at a time when it was going through blazing growth. The agreement was scrapped on May 23, and FE was the first to report that the company was likely to enter telecom and thermal power sectors. Launched in mid-2003 by the erstwhile Reliance Infocomm, Monsoon Hungama has been the most successful scheme in the history of India's mobile telephony, offering a phone connection and handset for merely Rs 500. The CDMA platform on which Monsoon Hungama was launched, was a novel and affordable alternative to the masses. RIL hopes to do the same with 3G and WiMAX.

In that case the "common IP" will work out for you as I have been seeing the same IP address for the past 3 days.

I have now connected the indoor CPE device to wireless router and I am now connected to WiMAX through WiFi now So one advantage with the Indoor CPE against the USB dongle is that you can have it shared with multiple devices!

June 2, 2010, 04.26 am IST Times News Network When the Ambani brothers announced the scrapping of their non-compete agreement, TOI had predicted that Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications was likely to get outside investment soon. Now, it is learnt that UAE-based telecom major Etisalat is in talks to buy a 25% stake in the company. According to market sources, negotiations are at an advanced stage for the deal, which would be worth around Rs 18,000 crore. A banking source claimed that after acquiring 25% in Reliance Communications, Etisalat will make an open offer to acquire an additional 20% stake from the public. Reliance Communications refused to comment on the news. Etisalat's official spokesperson also denied any such development. However, reliable sources close to the talks confirmed the news. At present, 67.58% equity in Reliance Communications is owned by Anil Ambani and the rest by public and institutional investors. If the proposed deal is completed, the company's paid-up capital will expand by 25%, which will bring down Anil Ambani's stake to around 55%. However, this will help Reliance Communications to consolidate its position in the highly capital-intensive sector. The company has already paid over Rs 8,500 crore for 3G licenses. To roll out the network also, it will have to spend a huge amount. A telecom sector expert predicted that many other companies would also divest stakes to raise funds for 3G network rollouts. To complete the deal, Etisalat will have to divest its existing stake in Etisalat DB Telecom. According to existing regulations, a single entity cannot hold more than 10% stake in two or more companies. As Etisalat owns around 45% in Etisalat DB Telecom, it will have to sell its stake to acquire 25% in Reliance Communications. Etisalat had made a total investment of around $900 million in 2008 to buy the stake in Etisalat DB. A market source said that as Etisalat DB Telecom has yet to roll out its network in the 15 circles, in which it has licenses, the foreign partner is looking for other opportunities to enter the Indian market. Etisalat operates in 18 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, servicing over 100 million customers. In 2009, it earned a net profit of UAE Dirham 8.836 billion (Rs 11,342 crosre) on a revenue of UAE Dirham 30.831 billion (Rs 39,575 crore). Reliance Communications earned a revenue of Rs 20,685 crore in 2009-10. Its net profit during the period was Rs 4,777.44 crore. The company operates both GSM and CDMA networks and provides mobile services to over 100 million customers. Reliance Communications Says Etisalat Report Is ‘Speculation’ Bloomberg June 02, 2010, 2:07 AM EDT Reliance Communications Ltd., India’s second-largest wireless operator, said a media report that Emirates Telecommunications Corp. may buy a stake in the Anil Ambani-owned company is “speculation.” The Times of India, citing bankers it didn’t identify, reported today that Emirates Telecommunications, known as Etisalat, is in an advanced stage of talks to buy 25 percent of Reliance Communications and will make an offer to buy an additional 20 percent from other investors after the acquisition. Mahesh Prasad, president of Reliance Communications, declined to comment, saying the report is “speculation.” Reliance Communications rose 6.5 percent to 147.85 rupees as of 11:01 a.m. in Mumbai, compared with a 0.4 percent gain in the benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. Earlier, the shares jumped as much as 10.5 percent. The Economic Times yesterday reported that the Indian operator may restart merger talks with South Africa’s MTN Group Ltd. after earlier negotiations collapsed in July 2008. Gaurav Wahi, a spokesman at Reliance Communications, yesterday said the company doesn’t comment on speculation and didn’t know where the report originated.