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Waiting time to get a BSNL broadband connection is also very impressive

yes hetal so much to choose from in GSM & as usual not much to cheer in CDMA handset segment

Yes you can do that .. I think you can ask the expert member of this forum Hetal on how to go abt it since he already has a iPhone.. he will guide you through the process

BPL Mobile Introduces Jukebox BPL Mobile, has introduced 'BPL Mobile Jukebox', a mobile radio service that will allow its subscribers to listen to their choice of music while they are on the move. This service greets its listeners in their preferred language, remembers their favorite songs and presents them with their previously chosen song categories. It allows the user to skip songs that they are bored of or replay the ones they like. Also in the event of one skipping a certain mood/category over 5 times, he/she gets an option of switching the category/mood. BPL Mobile Jukebox is a full-Song mobile music service that offers a variety of songs ranging from Bollywood to Devotional, from English to Ghazals and from Retro to Regional. The service will be available to both post-paid and pre-paid subscribers of BPL Mobile and also accessible on a basic entry-level Non-Data enabled handset. The subscriber is required to dial 543213 to listen to the complete song from the Jukebox Catalog which has over one thousand songs. This service comes at a monthly subscription of Rs. 25 and charges of 50 p/min (9am - 9pm) and 20 p/min (9pm - 9am). BPL Mobile Jukebox also enables listeners to download the ringtone of the songs that they like as well as dedicate those songs to their loved ones at Rs. 10 per song. S. Subramaniam, CEO, BPL Mobile said, "With our new mobile music service – BPL Mobile Jukebox, we are not just making music of our subscriber's choice affordable, but also easily accessible on their mobile phones. It addresses the mood function of each of our users and offers them a huge variety of high quality, legal music at their fingertips."

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_b...how/2852975.cms CAG pulls up BSNL for making idle investment of Rs 794 cr NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General on Monday rapped state-owned telecom giant BSNL for excess procurement of cables and equipment for landline telephony despite falling subscriber base that led to a loss of whopping Rs 794 crore. "Procurement of cables, exchange equipment and other stores for landline telephony service without considering the declining trend in the subscriber base of landline telephony and the past consumption pattern of stores resulted in excess procurement," said the CAG report, tabled in Parliament. The number of people using mobile in the country has increased considerably over past few years. At the end of the last year, the total wireless subscriber base in India stood at 233.63 million. The report further pointed out that the company had failed to realise revenue worth Rs 35 crore from private telecom firms due to deficiencies in billing and collection charges for infrastructure facilities provided by the company. There were dues worth Rs 72 crore accumulated because of control weakness of the state-run company. Similarly, another state-run telecom service provider, MTNL, which provides services in Delhi and Mumbai, was also plagued by problem of procuring wireless-in-local loop equipment without assessing the requirement, resulting in an expenditure worth Rs 219 crore.

iPhone v2.0, Good Stuff to Come After the news of the launch of the iPhone’s v2.0 firmware (June) with the official SDK, developers are seemingly thrilled and iPhone users obviously more so. With this latest deliverance from Apple, developers have been at the drawing board working frantically to make sure that the iPhone stays at the top by coming up with plenty of ways to enhance the OS with new apps. Here are a few features that should brighten up an iPhone user's day - Mass Email Delete It’s quite odd when you think about it that Apple, in its first try would not incorporate a feature like this their very first try. Then again they left a lot out. So with the latest firmware ready to be out in June, those of you iPhone users who use their device for emailing can rejoice, your cluttered up mail will be much easier to get rid off now than ever before, so instead of getting irked by the singular deletion feature you’ll able to pretty much wipe all your junk clean with a wave of your hand (quite literally as you can imagine thanks to multi-touch). Bonjour This system allows iPhone users to connect computers and other iPhones on a given network. Just like you would connect to other devices using Bluetooth by searching and connecting, Bonjour will be able to do the same on a network. Full-Screen Mode on Safari Another feature that should have made it in the first round and didn’t was a full-page web browser. The Safari browser, may be brilliant and all and occupy a good 90 percent of the iPhone's superb display, but hey, why have 90% when you can have it all right? Scalable Vector Graphics and New CSS Effects The iPhone, with the latest firmware, would also have SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). So files can be compressed and their original resolutions can be maintained. The new firmware will also support CSS effects, which works like Flash for animations, effects etc. PowerPoint Support The iPhone would also have support to view PowerPoint presentations with the next upgrade. Locally Stored Web-Apps Users will also be able to store web-apps on their handsets and use them offline. According to Apple the latest firmware version would also be able to support functional web client-side database API when the network isn’t running. Search The iPhone will also be getting a search option for looking up contacts and other information on the device. With these features in mind, which are seemingly just the tip of the iceberg, the anticipation for the iPhone to hit India is only getting more than just difficult to bear. Let’s just hope it doesn’t take too long or we’ll be seeing one only once a v3.0 is out. I don’t think India can wait that long Mr. Jobs.

As the world impatiently waits for Apple’s iPhone to become like any other mobile out there that can easily be used and thoroughly customized with free applications for business and play, Apple is slowly but surely heading in that direction thankfully. It’s already a known fact that there are plenty of developers out there that have been coming up with iPhone applications on a weekly (if not sooner) basis to help us, as users, achieve the absolution of finally having a totally open iPhone. No strings attached, no more jailbreaking and what not. Hopefully the day will come when one can simply walk into an Apple or any other store pick up an iPhone and walkout without having to pay anyone extra for making it compatible with your service provider. Just pay over the counter, put in your SIM card and you’re good to go. You won't have to worry about the firmware upgrading or downgrading etc. and most importantly the device Bricking in case you happen to install some third party software. The iPhone may one day be just like a Sony Ericsson or Nokia or Samsung handset. Version 1.1.3 already saw some exciting changes to the iPhone so there's a lot yet to be expected. Apple has recently previewed its iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, and announced the immediate availability of a beta release of the software to select developers and enterprise customers. The iPhone 2.0 beta release includes both the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK), the previous one was actually leaked, as well as new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks. "We’re excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community with potentially thousands of native applications for iPhone and iPod touch,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. The iPhone SDK provides developers with a rich set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and tools to create applications for iPhone and iPod Touch. Starting today, anyone can download the beta iPhone SDK for free and run the iPhone Simulator on their Mac. As we’ve talked about before (link) the SDK will enable developers to come up with their own applications for various purposes to run on the iPhone's MAC OS. With the kind of technology that the iPhone already incorporates like its Multi-Touch user interface, built-in three-axis accelerometer and of course it’s rather large space capacity (now up to 16GB) it may not be too long before developers will make most of our initial expectations from the iPhone a reality. Apple has licensed Exchange ActiveSync from Microsoft and is building it right into the iPhone, so that iPhone will connect out-of-the-box to Microsoft Exchange Servers 2003 and 2007 for secure over-the-air push email, contacts, calendars and global address lists. Built-in Exchange ActiveSync support also enables security features such as remote wipe, password policies and auto-discovery. The addition of WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1x authentication enables enterprise customers to deploy iPhone and iPod touch with the latest standards for protection of Wi-Fi networks.

Yes u are right i checked with BSNL's office in Calcutta also .. Evdo is only avlb in Kerela right now

Expected this to happen .. just that it happened so fast after the Budget thats good for the consumers.

Tata Communications announced that it will be deploying the worlds largest WiMAX network in India to serve its consumer and enterprise customer base. The large equipment contact was awarded to Telsima, a leading WiMAX equipment provider which is growing at a rapid pace. Some of the details of the deployment: * Over 5000 Enterprise and Retail customers already up in ten cities; Aggressive plans to capture 200,000 customers in retail segment alone in FY 2009 * Bangalore unwired for Retail customers; over 600 base station sectors deployed and radiating * Plans to roll out WiMAX in 110 cities for Enterprise and 15 Cities for Retail Segment by 2008 * Telsima WiMAX solutions selected for the largest deployment; 3000 base station sectors being deployed * Telsima WiMAX solutions selected based on advanced wireless technologies; Largest WiMAX STC/MRC network ever deployed This is a significant announcement for many reasons. Tata Communications is showing it will do whatever it takes to deliver broadband to meet demand. Telsima continues to show that it can not just compete but win against all the other WiMAX equipment suppliers. And finally it's nice to see a large contact from a Tier 1 provider outside of Sprint. Everyone knows the best market for WiMAX is in the emerging countries that lack broadband infrastructure. This should be the beginning of a nice trend for the WiMAX industry.

Asus Announces Eee PC 900 with 9-Inch Screen Asus took advantage of the CeBIT tradeshow in Germany today to announce a version of its low-cost micro laptop with a wider screen. Like the current models, the Eee PC 900 series will have a clamshell design and run a version of the Linux operating system. In addition, Asus says it will be ready to have Microsoft Windows installed on them if the user wants to. The most obvious change in the upcoming version will be the 8.9-inch display, up from 7 inches. In addition, versions of the Eee PC 900 will have up to 1 GB of RAM and storage capacity of up to 12 GB, much more than in the current versions. Coming Soon These new Eee PCs will cost 400 Euro each, and will be available in the summer of this year to select countries on the first wave of launch. When the second generation of this device will be released in the United States, and will cost in this country, is not yet known. Specifications As the Eee PC 900 is still a few months away from its launch, some of the specifications of this model are still tenative: Processor: Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHz (may be changed to newer processor) Storage: 12 GB of Flash-based storage (SSD) Memory: 1 GB of RAM OS: Linux (Asus customized) Screen: 8.9-inch screen with 800 x 480 resolution Ports: 3 USB, 1 monitor, headphone jack, microphone input, SD card reader (SDHC compatible), Kensington lock slot, Ethernet 10/100 Webcam: 0.3 MP resolution Battery: 4-cell 5200 mAh (rated at 3.5 hours) Wireless: 802.11b/g Atheros Input: Keyboard and Touchpad

haha kshah actually its not meticulousness its Kanjoosi

This is nonsense crap plan from BSNL .. god knows whoz gonna take this plan .. i don't think they will get any subscribers for this crap plan

Virgin seduction: receive calls, get credit Richard Branson, the flamboyant British billionaire, today ignited a revolution in India’s mobile world with the offer of rock-bottom call rates and a unique cash back offer for receiving calls. Branson’s Virgin Mobile India, which stormed India’s telephony market under a franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL), is introducing features such as SIM card-based CDMA services with the option of an easy upgrade of handsets. But possibly the best feature is that every Virgin subscriber will get 10 paise credit for every minute of incoming calls they receive from any network. There’s more: after the first two minutes of calls each day (which will be charged at Re 1 per minute), all Virgin Mobile outgoing calls on local networks for the rest of the day will be charged at 50 paise per minute. The offer easily beats the lowest call rates in the industry: 99 paise per minute from Reliance and Re 1 per minute from Airtel. Virgin Mobile customers will enjoy this rate without any commitment or extra charge. “We intend to take the Indian market by storm with our dramatically different services, cheaper calls and attractively priced handsets. It helps that so far, there is no mobile service in India aimed at young people,” Branson said at the launch. The other major CDMA player, Reliance Communications, refused to comment on Virgin Mobile’s competitive offerings. Promising personalised customer support, all Virgin Mobile customers will be called back by the same call centre agent to address their query. Branson said as part of their specialised Indian market offering, Virgin would have password-protected SMS folders for Indian youngsters to keep prying parents away. Virgin Mobile India will provide youth-oriented mobile services on the TTL network. Virgin will exclusively license the Virgin Mobile brand and technology expertise in the area of mobile value-added services and handsets to TTL. Branson said Virgin would be paid an annual royalty depending on the company’s financial performance. The company expects to break even in three years and add five million youth subscribers by then, he added. Virgin Mobile is the world’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and does not maintain its own network. Instead, it enters into contracts to use the existing networks of other providers, on which it offers services under the Virgin brand. The company chose the franchisee route in India since MVNO services are not yet permitted in the country. True to style, Branson unveiled his mobile brand with a 15-storey jump off a hotel building. The company will launch 15,000 handsets and 40,000 top-up outlets across 50 cities in the initial phase. “For the Tatas, the tieup with Virgin Mobile will bring a segmented approach to the customer base and greater teledensity. Over the next several months, we intend to build mobile segments targeted at working women, kids and senior citizens too,” said TTL managing director Anil Sardana. Asked why he opted to go with Tata Teleservices, Branson said he was impressed by Tata’s uncluttered CDMA network. “The Indian telecom market is growing like no other. Our product is good and we need only a small per cent of the market to do well,” he said. Asked if he would rope in a brand ambassador, Branson said: “I definitely need a younger ambassador. I’m getting too old to jump off buildings.” And what motivates the maverick billionaire? “We want to carry on challenging established companies across the world and shake them up. We're supporting people who can do that. The idea is not to sit on profits but reinvest them,” said Branson.

The FM's budget speech has just concluded though as of the time of posting this article the speech has not yet been made available at http://indiabudget.nic.in/ Mr. Chidambaram mentioned "Wireless Data Cards" in the list of products on which Excise Duty has been slashed from 16% to nil. That's great news considering all the telecom operators who offer such products import them from the likes of Huawei, Sierra Wireless etc. The catch though is that I hope the term "Wireless Data Cards" includes the new USB dongles as well since data "cards" as such have become defunct as laptop makers have phased out the PCIMCIA slot into which these cards were inserted. Assuming that the entire duty cut benefit is passed on to consumers, a USB data dongle which typically costs around Rs. 3,000 will be cheaper by nearly Rs. 500.

Cellular service provider Aircel has announced an offer of lifetime prepaid at Rs. 248 coupled with a tariff of one rupee for all local calls. The new call rates will be extended to existing lifetime subscribers automatically. "Validity is one of the key attributes of prepaid. By offering Lifetime validity at an affordable price we plan to straddle to new segments of users and also ensure our existing subscribers are rewarded." said Gurdeep Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Aircel Cellular "Aircel has always been in the forefront of revolutionizing cellular tariffs in the State. This product offering will help us further drive business" said KVP Baskar Director – Operations South, Aircel Cellular New subscribers will need to buy a Starter Pack at Rs. 49 and recharge with Rs. 248 to avail of this lifetime offer. Existing Aircel prepaid subscribers can recharge with Rs. 199 and get lifetime validity. Subscribers can use Rate Cutters (RC) to further reduce call and SMS rates. RC 36 can reduce mobile calls to 49p/min, RC 33 is for 100 local SMS per day at 5 paise and RC 69 can be used for Aircel calls at 20 paise per minute, mobile calls at 49 paise per minute and STD calls at Rs.1.50 per min. The tariff will be applicable for 30 days.

Looks awesome when can we expect this beauty to land in India Hetal & what would be its expected price

Samsung Offers Entry-level Mobile - Guru100 Samsung Telecommunications India has launched an entry level mobile handset - the Guru100. The candy-bar handset features MP3 ringtones, mobile tracker and a 9-hour long battery life. It also has an LCD screen, speakerphone, a capacity to store upto 500 phonebook entries and Hinglish sms feature, but no FM radio. Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Telecommunications India, said "The launch of Guru 100 is a manifestation of our commitment to providing leading technology Samsung mobiles with their superior design and features for every segment of the market." The Samsung Guru100 is priced at Rs. 1949

Spice Launches Entry-Level Camera Phone Spice Mobiles has launched their latest entry-level camera handset – the Spice S-585. Spice seems to be dedicated to serving India’s common-man which is a commendable approach to an booming market like ours. The S-585 is equipped with a VGA camera and also has other entertainment features that include a single touch internal FM radio, a music player and a video player. The handset is also compatible with microSD cards up to 1GB. It also has an inbuilt speaker phone. The Spice S-585 is comes with accessories that include a dual corded headset and USB cable. It's priced at Rs. 2999. I believe this is complete value for money handset .. where else can one get this features (VGA camera,FM,mp3 player & video player+Micro SD 1 GB support )

Source - http://www.tech2.com/india/news/telecom/bp...l-rates/25891/0 BPL Mobile Slashes Pre-paid Call Rates BPL Mobile has slashed pre-paid call rates allowing subscribers to enjoy local and STD calls any where in India from BPL Mobile to any mobile service and landline for 1 Rupee per minute. This reduction sees call rates drop by nearly 50%. SMS across India will also be at 1 Rupee. Subscribers to this offering will be able to avail the same for a daily rental of Rupee 1. Rs. 30 would be deducted as advance rental. After 30 days, the Rs 1/day rental would be applicable. Subscribers will need to SMS India to 50505 (toll-free), which would give them more details on One India Prepaid. Recharge vouchers are also available. S. Subramaniam, CEO and Director, BPL Mobile said, "The pre-paid market, which is a highly price-sensitive market, constitutes more then 70% of our subscriber base. In a way this significant reduction in call rates is our new year’s gift to our loyal customers. We continuously look at adding value to our subscribers, this new offering is another step in that direction."

The 6110 Navigator is an easy-to-use GPS-enabled handset. GPS may be its USP, but it’s also equipped with some pretty decent features. These include a 2 megapixel camera, microSD support, USB v2.0 (mini USB), Bluetooth with A2DP profile, music player, and stereo FM radio. This 3G-, HSDPA-enabled slider also supports EDGE. A secondary camera located above its 2.2 inch TFT display (240 x 320 pixels, 16M colors) comes in handy for video calls. As for the GPS, maps of eight Indian cities are included, and are really quite detailed. The device is available off the shelf for around Rs 14,250 with bill and warranty.

Source - http://www.tech2.com/india/news/multimedia...e-range/28301/0 Samsung Adds Soul to Ultra Mobile Range Samsung’s new handset – the Soul, or Spirit Of Ultra – is the latest addition to its Ultra Series. This 3G, HSDPA-enabled, quadband slider is just 12.9mm thick and has a stylish metallic finish. It’s equipped with Magical Touch by DaCP, which is a unique navigation panel under the 2.2 inch QVGA, 16 million color screen. Magical Touch navigation is essentially a miniature display panel that adapts in sync with the function you’ve selected. The icons change according to the function. For instance, if you have a video playing on the screen, the icons would depict functions like Rewind, Forward, Play and Pause, using the universal symbols for the same. Other features include a 5 megapixel camera with face detection, image stabilizer and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), Bluetooth with A2DP profile, integrated FM radio and a nifty music player that incorporates Bang & Olfusen’s ICEpower digital power amplification technology. The GUI has undergone a bit of an upgrade in terms of look and feel, and now comes with themes that are more customizable. External memory is supported via micro SD cards. There’s no word on the official price yet, but the Soul should be available in Europe from April. Let’s hope it doesn’t take too long to show up in our part of the world.

Great News!! Hope they launch this in Calcutta also asap. 550 Rs/month for unlimited access & that too @ 1.8 mbps speed will be really amazing Than i guess downloading 10-20 GB in a day will be really fast & affordable too

Nokia Launches New Mid-Range Mobile Source - http://www.tech2.com/india/news/mobile-pho...-mobile/27991/0 When it comes to design it seems Nokia likes to keep things simple. The new 3120 is no exception, with its very basic candy bar design. This mid-range phone has a 2-inch QVGA display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 16m colors. The 3120 has a 2 megapixel camera. This 3G enabled, quad-band handset is also equipped with a secondary camera above the display for video calling. It comes with integrated FM radio, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, and also supports external memory via microUSB cards. The handset will be available in various colors such as Graphite, Plum/Powder White, Deep Red and Chestnut Brown. There’s no definite indication when it will hit our shores, but it should start shipping from the second quarter of 2008. The likely price should be around Rs 8,750

^^^ @ Kumaar it should be Micro SD card only not Micro USB as i mentioned .. there's actually an error in tech2 source page from where i gathered this info ..