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25 August, 2008, 16:52 IST Economic Times Mobile telephony major Reliance Communications (RCom) plans to expand in rural areas in Tamil Nadu in a major way, a top official said here Monday. "We intend to expand our distribution reach to 13,500 villages out of the 15,000 in the state," Ajay Awasthi, RCom chief executive for the Tamil Nadu circle told IANS on the sidelines of a media meet. He said villages with a population of around 5,000 are being targeted, and RCom hopes to make about 10 sales every month in each village. The company will start appointing around 100 distributors to reach at least 4,000 rural outlets. "It could be any kind of an outlet. It could be a tailor shop, a grocery or a fertiliser and seed seller. The outlets will sell not only our mobile connections but also other products such as handsets, fixed wireless phones and even data cards," Awasthi said. RCom is also looking at the possibility of setting up Internet cafés in villages. The rural thrust is aimed at monetising the company's network spread across the state. "We have now around 2,650 cell sites in Tamil Nadu," he said. In Tamil Nadu, it has a little over four million subscribers, 92 percent of which are prepaid connections. The average revenue per user is Rs.230, Awasthi said. The company hopes to increase this with its new scheme for small and medium enterprise(SME) segment. under this scheme, calls to other Reliance phones will be free. The average spend on mobile telephony by SMEs with around five employees is around Rs.700 per month per person. While he declined to reveal the target for new subscriber enrolment under the new scheme, Awasthi ruled out migration to the latest scheme by existing subscribers.

Reliance Comm launches business prepaid scheme in Tamil Nadu The Financial Express Tuesday , August 26, 2008 at 01:40 hrs Reliance Communications on Monday launched a new business prepaid scheme, named, 'Business Jaadu 135 pack', that will benefit over five laklh small enterprises in Tamil Nadu. It would enable the prepaid customers, like the high-value post-paid subscribers, to make unlimited group calling (closed user group) to their partners, employees and business associates in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry at Rs135 a month. They can speak unlimited time to all Reliance mobiles and make calls at the rate of 49 p/ min to other mobiles and to landlines in Tamil Nadu, Ajay Awasthi, CEO, Tamil Nadu Circle, Reliance Communications Ltd, said. A large part of the business calling daily would be among the four or five associates of the business.The normal cost for each of their mobile would work out to Rs 400 a month. With the new package, they can save about one third of their monthly phone bills. They would not have to pay for their intra-office calls.This would save more than one-third of their monthly mobile spends, he said. The small businesses could also enjoy an additional saving of more than 15% on their spends with the top-ups available in denominations of Rs 77, Rs 120, Rs 210, Rs 301, Rs 501, Rs 777, Rs 110, he added. A wide range of LG colour handsets are also avaialble at a starting price of Rs 999, he said. Awasthi said, ''the business prepaid product will result in cost saving of up to 35% helping the small enterprises save on costs during inflationary times as the intra-group calling is as high as 65%."

Jaipur 25 Aug 2008, 0332 hrs IST Times News Network An IT wizard, who had hacked into the high-tech security of Reliance Infocomm, however could not escape from the trap laid by police. Even the city police had no idea how the case might turn out to be when officials of Reliance Infocomm filed a complaint earlier this month saying their mobile numbers were being cloned in the city. Investigations have revealed that master hacker Akil alias Akeel Ahmed had hacked into the main software of Reliance Infocomm called 'Clearify’ and had been cloning platinum numbers (numbers that end with a series of particular digits) issued by the company for the past two years. Police officials are also probing possibilities of his having any nexus with the terror network. According to the police, Akil had hacked the company’s software to such an extent that he was literally able to run a parallel company. According to the police, 28-year-old Akil, a resident of a village near Nuh town in Haryana, had completed B-Tech from an institute in Faridabad. His father works as a cashier with a sugar mill in Palwal. He has a big political clout in Haryana as many of his relatives have held key ministerial posts with the state government. Police said that one of his relatives is a deputy speaker of Haryana Assembly and another is a chairman of state handloom corporation. According to the police, the software 'Clearify' is accessible only to authorized internet café administrators and top officials of the company. He being an internet café administrator, three years ago, had the knowledge of the software and had created three fake identities to access the software. With help of these fake identities, he was able to hack the company's database and clone the platinum numbers that come at a price ranging between Rs.l lakh and Rs.3 lakh. The police said, "Not only did he have access to the software but he was also able to get himself supreme rights that enabled him complete control over the system. He was able to allot new numbers, cancel existing ones, change user profiles and even write bills of any amount. He believed in upgrading his skills and every time the company introduced a new feature he added it to his access panel." "Posing as a company representative, he used to approach the internet cafés administrators and gain control over their servers. From the server he would download all the required information and softwares provided by the company. He later sold them to mobile users. He also sold large number of cloned chips in the market whose numbers and details are expected to be revealed in further investigations. Though the exact size of the damage caused to the company by him is not clear but it is expected to run into millions of rupees," added the police. According to police, he had been duping the company for the last two years operating from various locations in Haryana and Delhi before shifting to Jaipur nearly a month ago. He hacked many softwares at a web world in Vaishali Nagar area here from July 29 to August 6 following which an FIR was lodged with the Vaishali Nagar police station by the company on August 8.

90-day TV content now on IPTV New Delhi - Press Trust of India Saturday, August 23, 2008 Now you need not worry about missing your favourite television programme as you can view it anytime within 90 days of telecast thanks to a new compulsory clause introduced by the government for the newly cleared Internet Protocol television(IPTV) service. This content storage clause, included by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in the TRAI-recommended IPTV downlinking guidelines, is expected to revolutionise television viewing in the country, allowing viewers not to bother about TV schedules, but view them when they wish to. "We will be including a compulsory content storage clause in the IPTV guidelines, whereby service providers will be required to retain all televised content over a period of 90 days and enable viewing of the programmes on consumer's demand," a top Information and Broadcasting Ministry official told PTI here on Saturday. IPTV, the essence of convergence in ICE-age (Information, Communication and Entertainment), is likely to take India by storm, enabling access to three communication mediums of telephony, internet and satellite television from a single-point connection from a telecom service provider. State-run MTNL and BSNL, along with private players Reliance and Bharti Airtel, have already conducted trials of the IPTV at various locations across the country. The government is expected to make public within a fortnight the I&B Ministry's IPTV downlinking guidelines, which would impose three other important clauses on the telecom service providers seeking an IPTV broadcast licence.

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TechGadgets India August 21, 2008 Partnering with Reliance India Mobile, LG has announced the launch of its latest mobile phone, called LG10000, in India. This touchscreen handset flaunts its unique blend of multimedia and business user applications, supporting CDMA connectivity. Glittering in black color shade, the latest mobile phone not only shows off its touchscreen interface but also possess a QWERTY keypad. This dual application gives easy access to various functionalities such as Office Mail for Corporate Mail Access (Push Mail through Microsoft Server, Pull Mail ~ IMAP and POP3), HTML support and high speed internet connectivity. Some of the other important attributes of the LG10000 phone include MP3 player, a 2.8-inch LCD display, a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, expandable memory up to 8 GB, a MPEG 4 video and dual stereo speakers and an external memory card of 1 GB. Steve Koh, country head of LG CDMA, explained, “This handset is the first of its kind from LG dedicated to our CDMA customers and is of special interest to their business needs. With features like the Full Touch screen, QWERTY KEYPAD, HTML enables browser, Push & Pull Mail, it is the most ideal phone in this segment. We aim to give our customers the ultimate accessory to enhance their business and personal lives and ensure them the maximum productivity possible. We have launched the LG Voyager with similar features in the US markets, and have seen the exceptional response and product satisfaction experienced by customers. The LG 10000 is another addition in our endeavor to constantly evolve and give our customers in India the latest in technology, while keening our products as user-friendly and attractive as possible.” The included battery allows a continuously operational life of up to 240 minutes (talk time) and up to 480 hours stand-by time. Internal memory of the phone includes a call memory of up to 270 calls and Phonebook Memory of up to 1000 entries with 4 phone numbers, two email ids, Picture ID and Ringer ID. LG10000 dual application phone is available at the Reliance Exclusive stores and retail outlets across the country. It carries a price tag of Rs 22,000 - 25,000.

Right, @ricmail.com email account is available for Reliance NetConnect or Reliance BroadNet subscribers only. There isn't any other email to SMS workarounds for sending SMS to Reliance numbers.

You will be able to send SMS to Reliance Mobile numbers if you have an @ricmail.com account. You can use the format "9193xxxxxxxx@sms.ricmail.com" for sending the email/SMS.

If a person is more inclined on the looks and usabiility, iPhone is the way to go. For features and expandability, it does look like N96 is better.

19 Aug, 2008, 0053 hrs IST Economic Times Betting big on WiMax in India, chip giant Intel is in talks with telecom operators to enable the growth of WiMax ecosystem through its products for boosting the penetration of wireless broadband in the world’s fastest-growing telecom market. The US-based company is working with ODMs (original device manufacturers) to evolve new products like WiMax USB dongle, mobile internet devices (MIDs) besides WiMax notebooks with an aim to have wireless broadband networks running by the first quarter of 2009 in India. “The idea is to utilise existing telecom tower, power and fiber backhaul infrastructure of operators to ensure faster roll out of WiMax networks at the lowest costs and time-to-market. Like the USB dongle, a similar PCM express WiMax card will come from Intel’s ODMs. It’ll be a PC add-on card. Laptops will also evolve to have mobile internet,” Intel’s MD, emerging market, Wimax program office, C S Rao said. “We are talking to operators to evolve good device partnership models with them. India is the market for Intel. If we are able to add even one-tenth of the 8million-9million subscribers being added every month, it will be huge. Volumes in this market are going to be significantly high,” he said. WiMax or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access is a wireless communication technology, which can offer high speed connectivity in about 50 km radius. Globally, 484 WiMax products are available for commercial use. While a customer premise equipment (CPE, which resides in the user’s premises) is available for around $100 (Rs 4200), a WiMax notebook from Taiwanese technology major ASUS can be bought for as low as $400 (Rs 16,800). An ecosystem of products and infrastructure is crucial for the success of any new technology and WiMax seems to be ready on these counts. Right now, India has around 4.5 m broadband subscribers, mostly through copper wire. The targeted user base is 20 million by 2020. “With WiMax, the target may be achieved a little earlier because of high demand and existing ecosystem. Intel has strong distribution channels in India. All those will be used to proliferate WiMax devices,” he said. In India, Tata Communications (earlier VSNL), Reliance Communications and public sector BSNL are strong proponents of WiMax. “Logistics of wireless broadband roll out are much more easier and cost effective. Telecom infrastructure, like towers can be used for WiMax, resulting in sharing of costs between more parties,” he said. Comparing WiMax with 3G (third generation), which is a competing technology, Mr Rao said WiMax will offer three times more speed and will be cheaper. Operators like Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular are betting big on 3G. While 3G-enabled handsets are already available in India, the launch of Apple’s 3G iPhone is expected to formally ring in the rollout of 3G in the country. “3G has the capability to offer high-speed data services but doesn’t have the scalability. You need more base stations for offering 3G at the same capacity of total bandwidth and with this, the capex per subscriber goes up. And if you add more subscribers, the speed goes down. WiMax is a more cost-effective and efficient technology,” he added.

COAI maintains status quo on TRAI directive on interconnection; still won't interconnect with Reliance Live Mint Monday, Aug 18 2008. 6:11 PM IST Unfazed by a seven-day ultimatum set by the country’s telecom regulator, TRAI, to interconnect to the new GSM networks of Reliance Communications Ltd or RCom, a lobby representing incumbent mobile phone operators here who use GSM technology said it was sticking to its stand that a new interconnection agreement has to be made between GSM operators and RCom, since there is a ”material change” in the licence conditions. RCom, which mostly used a rival code division multiple access (CDMA) technology on its networks, is now starting GSM-based services. “The existing agreement applies only to the interconnection between GSM networks and RCom’s CDMA network. There is a material change in the licence conditions, as the GSM network rollout in a new aspect. Hence, the interconnection agreement has to be renegotiated,” said T V Ramachandran, director-general of the Cellular Operators Association of India or COAI, adding the group was ”considering various options”. On 6 August, COAI in its letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or Trai, had said the prevailing interconnection arrangement existing since 2003 with RCom pertains only to the CDMA network. “There arises a need to first mutually establish the technical and commercial terms of interconnection for RCom’s new GSM network. And consequently establish the physical interconnectivity...” TRAI on Thursday had directed GSM mobile phone operators such as Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone-Essar Ltd, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd, and Spice Communications Ltd to provide interconnection to RCom’s GSM mobile phone services within seven days, ending 21 August, and warned of legal action for contravention of the direction and terms and conditions of the licence agreement. A Reliance Communications spokesperson did not answer calls made to his mobile phone for comment.

ISPs, security companies up to the challenge 19 Aug, 2008, 0041 hrs IST - Economic Times Interception and filtering of calls routed via the internet will be a major requirement by the security agencies once internet telephony kicks off. Thankfully, ISPs and other players in the industry state that they already have facilities and will be making more investments to ensure security. Unfiltered Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls have become a hassle for the security agencies as militants are increasingly using VoIP. That’s because communication through the mobile phone has become risky for them. It’s imperative to note that the alleged mastermind of the recent Ahmedabad blasts was caught last week via his mobile SIM card. Tapping VoIP calls is difficult as they operate on a peer-to-peer network. “We will install lawful interception devices and software to intercept calls. Once security clearance is given by the home ministry, we will be ready to launch the service in 31 days. Consumers can expect a host of services including bulk minutes and subscription- based unlimited calling services from us,” says Net4 CEO Jasjit Sawhney. A Sify official added that it will make necessary investments to ensure security. Trai has also said that the government may not allocate number resources (like a unique mobile number) to ISPs willing to provide IP telephony services until security clearance for lawful interception (LI) equipment is obtained. Tapping a VoIP call is often difficult because many of the non-licenced VoIP providers based in the US on which the Indian government has no control. But major licenced ISP players state they have already built in security software. “We already have lawful interception built into our systems. These are software imported from the US which can help monitor conversations. We will be providing the facility to any security agency which wants to monitor a number or a call,” said Aditya Ahluwalia, CEO, World Phone, an international VoIP calling company. Meanwhile, use of the complex encryption techniques by anybody can `surprisingly’ pose a challenge to lawful interception and monitoring. The existing ISP license conditions prevent even ISPs from using high encryption. If an organisation or an ISP wants to use encryption beyond 40 bits, (only in symmetric key algorithms), it has to take a written permission from DoT. One also needs to deposit the decryption key with DoT before encrypting a voice chat. Legally, if a security agency wants to listen to a call, ISPs have to provide a password through which they can connect to a softswitch and listen to a call. But there are open voice chat rooms on the web which offer free high encryption. Some feel that deployment of LI equipment may be a deterrent. “As the investment required for the same is huge, this may be a deterrent for medium and small ISPs interested in entering the unrestricted telephony market,” said Sanjay Vig, CEO, Orange Business Services, India. Keeping apart security concerns, IP telephony can prove to be a big boon for broadband penetration and lowering of call rates. Consumers will be able to call domestically (say from Delhi to Mumbai) via the internet, once the service kicks in. An IP phone is like a fixed line phone connected to the internet. Cisco, Zyxel, Nortel, Linksys are major providers of VoIP phones. The Chinese versions of VoIP phones start from Rs 800. The branded ones start from Rs 2,000 and go up to Rs 15,000 for enterprise use. VoIP is cheaper than mobile telephony as consumers can simply dial from a soft keypad available for free from the internet. Plug in a microphone-cum-headset into a PC or laptop, and you are ready to call via VoIP. Nevertheless, before VoIP players start offering domestic IP telephony, government should ensure that they deploy LI mechanisms to prevent misuse of the service.

Right, it i like a proxy service and you are browsing the pages through Opera's server. They do it like that so that the page will get formatted on their server which will help in better compression and hence better speed. For WAP speed test: http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed

Radmin is one good Remote Management software that I use. Windows XP Professional comes with an inbuilt Remote Desktop feature as well. Using such softwares doesn't come under "hacking" as they don't really have stealth operation methods, unlike backdoor remote system administration tools like Back Orifice.

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BSNL EVDO is not stable yet, but the CDMA 1x internet should be OK as a backup connection as you don't have any other providers in your area.

There is no such "best" operating system. What works best for you is the best for you. It depends on what applications you use and how you feel comfortable with them. Each OS has its own advantages and disadvantages, but all 3 OSs that you have mentioned keeps getting better with newer releases, so anything new for one OS will be followed up in the other OSs as well. So they best way to figure out which OS works out best for you is to use all of them for a few days and then decide. Note: This topic was discussed earlier many times, please use the Search button.

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Yeah, news channels will make complete use of it and they seem so invicible these days. Watch this week's The Week That Wasn't by Cyrus on CNN-IBN, they have further disgraced Manoj Kumar on the OSO issue!

Its going to be telecasted on Sony TV tomorrow night

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What is the download speed that you are getting now? You can check it in the download manager once a file is downloaded (do not download or browse anything else at the same time). 230.4 kpbs is the maximum speed of the port of your modem device. It doesn't mean you are going to get that speed since it will be less than 144 kbps which is the maximum network speed and the actual speed is much lower like 75 - 100 kbps only.

7 May 2008 - Times News Network Chandigarh: The transfer of a mobile phone connection became a bone of contention between a consumer and a telecom company. Finding that it had not been transferred, the UT state consumer commission imposed a heavy fine of Rs 5 lakh as punitive damages on Reliance Communication, Chandigarh. Accepting the appeal with Rs 10,000 costs, the commission also directed principal officer of Reliance to allot a new number to appellant Hari Chand Gupta with a validity of three years. The commission, headed by justice K C Gupta, observed “we have no other alternative but to deprecate the act and conduct of the respondent (Reliance) in not complying with the order of consumer fora in true spirit and to justify its stand by creating false evidence.”