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Samsung may win dual-SIM patent case Livemint May 25 2009. 10:42 PM IST Mumbai: The Mumbai commissioner of customs has ruled that importers of dual-SIM mobile phones, such as Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd and Chennai-based Hansum India Ltd, have not infringed a patent held by Madurai-based engineer S. Ramkumar. SIM, or subscriber identification module, is the technology that uniquely identifies a mobile phone connection. After hearing Samsung as well as the patent holder on a petition filed by the Korean firm at Mumbai Customs last week, Mumbai commissioner of customs (imports) Mathew John ruled that the claim made by Ramkumar was “vexatious.” The imports did not infringe the patent granted to him, John said. The Chennai patent office had in January 2008 granted a patent to Ramkumar for mobile phones with the capability of using two SIM cards. Under the patent, Ramkumar appealed to customs officials at all airports to seize the imports of such phones unless they are licensed by the patent holder for a fee ranging between Rs35 and Rs50 a handset. These phones are imported by at least 15 companies including Samsung, LG Electronics India Ltd and several domestic importers. While the patent has been challenged by Samsung, Spice Mobile Ltd and a few members of the Indian Cellular Association at the Indian patent dispute redressal forum Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) by post-grant opposition, customs authorities had already seized imports at a number of airports. “Demurrage and other warehousing charges arising due to suspension of clearance are liquidated amounts and are to be borne by the patent holder,” John said in his ruling. The Chennai commissioner of customs had also ruled in favour of the importers early last week. This is the first time that the customs officials have ruled in a patent case. A Samsung Electronics spokesperson in India said, “We welcome the decision of the Customs authority, and our position on this issue has been upheld.”   Ramkumar was not available for comment on Monday.

either move to a good network or keep complaining reliance...reliance gsm will take few years to become a standard network..

Times of India 22 May 2009, 0315 hrs IST AHMEDABAD: Gujarat’s telecom market is set to see some more competition. In a state where every second person has a cellular connection, consumers will have more to choose from over the next one year. Two new entrants promise a wider choice by the end of this financial year. Aircel and Sistema Shyam plan to launch their operations in the state by the end of this fiscal. Both companies turned down requests to reveal the exact date of launch. Aircel, a JV between Malaysia’s Maxis Communications and Apollo Hospitals, has presence in 17 circles and is exploring possibilities in 13 other circles across the country. Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), a joint venture between Russia's Sistema and Shyam Group, too is mulling foray into 22 Indian territories, including Gujarat. Sistema holds a majority stake (74 per cent) in the joint venture, along with the Shyam Group (23.5 per cent) and the rest 2.5 per cent being public partake. The Shyam group is engaged in telecom, steel, cement, port, among others. Currently, the company has presence in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Kolkata circles. The firm, which currently has about a million subscribers, is planning to get 30-40 million subscribers in the next three-four year. Gujarat will contribute to this. While Aircel operates in the GSM space, Sistema Shyam uses CDMA technology. Presently, Gujarat has four GSM players — Vodafone Essar, Airtel, Idea Cellular and BSNL and two CDMA players in Reliance and Tata Indicom. Between them, there are 2.4 crore cellular connections. “The entry of two new players will certainly intensify competition in Gujarat leading to a further growth in the subscriber base,” said the regional head of a leading cellular company.

Livemint Friday, May 22, 2009 8:04 PM This is not to create a panic (we are just emerging from the swine flu scare -- sorry to use this name even though not politically correct, as I wrote earlier -- but it's about a different kind of viral epidemic - virus of the mobile phone. New research in today's Science explains why so far, despite having hundreds of millions of mobile phone users worldwide, we've not seen viral epidemics of the kind frequently faced by the computer world. A team headed by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, US, says "a highly fragmented market share has effectively hindered outbreaks thus far." But it appears we might not be immune to the bugs for too long. The research predicts that viruses will pose a serious threat once a single mobile operating system's market share grows sufficiently big. And the fact that the use of smart phones is growing by over 150% every year, researchers say such an epidemic may not be too distant. "Once a single operating system becomes common, we could potentially see outbreaks of epidemic proportion because a mobile phone virus can spread by two mechanisms: a Bluetooth virus can infect all Bluetooth-activated phones in a 10-30 meter radius, while Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) virus, like many computer viruses, spreads using the address book of the device. Not surprisingly, hybrid viruses, which can infect via both routes, pose the most significant danger," said Marta Gonzalez, one of the authors. The researchers used calling and mobility data from over six million anonymous mobile phone users to create a comprehensive picture of the threat mobile phone viruses pose to users. This study builds upon earlier fascinating research by the same group, which used mobile phone data to create a predictive model of human mobility patterns. Mint had reported it and you can read that story here . Experts say studies like this-finding patterns in nature also categorized as computational social science, are necessary to understand group behavior and organization and assess potential threats. This image shows the different mechanisms of virus transmission between mobile phones.

Techtree News Staff, May 22, 2009 1805 hrs IST Bharti Airtel has joined the nettop and cloud computing bandwagon with its new Airtel Net PC. This cloud-based computer consists of a 15-inch LCD monitor, keyboard and mouse, while storage is offered on Cloud servers. Airtel is offering this new Airtel Net PC from Airtel outlets and NEXT Electronics Stores for Rs. 7,999 for Airtel broadband customers in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. Airtel Net PC is a plug-and-play nettop that is power by Microsoft and Nivio Companion. This Net PC's Windows XP customized by Nivio is connected to a backend Linux-based server for various applications and storage through Nivio Companion. Net PC comes with 10GB of storage space in the clouds with 100 per cent data security. Airtel is offering net PC in three entry packs - Home at Rs. 699 per month, Professional at Rs. 899 per month and Business at Rs. 1,199 per month. The Home Pack gives 256kbps Airtel broadband connection with 3GB data transfer cap, online desktop service with 10GB storage and Microsoft Office standard. Professional pack offers Airtel broadband at same speed, data transfer cap, 10GB online storage and MS office standard with Admin rights. While the Business pack offers again the same 256 kbps broadband connection with 3GB data transfer cap, 10GB online storage and MS Office Premium with Admin rights. Last November, Novatium had launched Nova netPC sans LCD monitor for Rs. 2,999 and tied up with BSNL for offering broadband connectivity. Airtel's Net PC might have an added advantage of 15-inch LCD, keyboard and mice over Nova netPC. But the question here is, does India need Cloud-based Net PC?

RCDMA is outdated with poor support and service, its own launch of gsm and launch of mts cdma... RGSM is not up to the mark so far.. a long run is required for graduation... so overall Rcom is in a mess now..

^^^ may be reliance delaying the delivery of sms..

Dear mundu sms user, due to technical reasons, henceforth all the messages sent from a Reliance number to another Reliance number will display the sender as 'munduSMS' and the mobile number of the sender will be appended in the begining of the message. visit www.mundusms.com/reliance for more info.. --- If you have registered with mundu SMS using a Reliance number: All the messages sent to another Reliance number will show the sender as 'munduSMS'. Your number will be added in the beginning of your SMS. If with the addition of the number the character count of the message exceeds to more than 300, you will not be charged extra. It will be charged as per a 300 characters message only. Since the sender ID of the message will be ‘munduSMS’, the recipient will not be able to reply to your message directly. But the recipient can use the number inside the message to reply back to you. All the messages sent to any other operator number like Vodafone, Airtel etc., shall see your number in the sender-id hence enabling user to reply to that message using the Reply option.

Techtree News Staff, May 22, 2009 1203 hrs IST Back in April, Sony Ericsson CEO Hideki Komiyama had said that launching the Android based Sony Ericsson phones "will take some time". And now, as reported by DigiTimes, Peter Ang, VP for marketing Sony Ericsson (Asia Pacific), said that the company is preparing to launch Android 2.0 OS based phones soon. Recently, Android 2.0 firmware was leaked on the web along with new 'Rosie' interface for HTC phones. And explained that the Android 2.0 will have more multimedia support that the previous Android OS. Ang discarded the rumors that Sony Ericsson would be limiting the number of operating system for their mobile phones. Sony Ericsson will continue to release Symbian and Windows Mobile based phones along with those sporting Android OS. Sony Ericsson announced its Symbian based 12.1 megapixel Idou phone under Entertainment Unlimited, its new consumer proposition at the Mobile World Congress 2009 back in February. And now, Sony Ericsson is rumored to make another announcement in next week on May 28 under its Entertainment Unlimited label. Will Sony Ericsson launch Android 2.0 based phone on May 28? We'll have to wait and watch

Techtree News Staff, May 22, 2009 1524 hrs IST One of Sony Ericsson's discrete patent applications has been bought to light by folks over at SlashGear The interesting patent application talks about a system whereby, a cellphone could be controlled by facial expressions. Well, we're not talking about complete controls but from what it seems, the idea is to control music playlists, sort and play them depending on your mood, seen from your facial expressions. The patent application is interestingly titled "Generating music playlist based on facial expression". As to how this one actually works, it will use the phone camera to take a snapshot of your face and then "compare" it with internally stored presents. There is also another complex implementation in the works where a brief video could be captured, tracking emotional states of happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, fear, disgust and the likes. This is a bit on the lines of the SenseMe application that current Sony Ericsson phones sport. Back in April, Opera had us in splits when they announced the Opera Face Gestures gimmick as a new addition to the ever growing features on Opera. Now, the current patent application from Sony Ericsson doesn't feel much different, does it?

Sistema Shyam to roll out mobile services in Delhi and Mumbai by December Economic Times 21 May 2009, 2154 hrs IST KOLKATA: Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) , a JV between Russia’s Sistema and the Shyam Group, is targeting a 10% market share in the Indian mobile turf in the next five years. Unperturbed by the slowdown, the company is committed to its 22-circle expansion plan by mid-2010, including rollouts in the high-stakes Mumbai and Delhi circles by December. This was indicated by SSTL’s president & CEO Vsevolod Rozanov at the company’s high profile launch of CMDA mobile services in Kolkata on Thursday. "SSTL is targeting around 35-40 million subscribers in five years. We plan to start services in 2-to-3 new circles every quarter. Next in line are the circles of West Bengal, Bihar/Jharkhand. Number portability will also drive growth for us." At present, SSTL operates CDMA mobile services in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It offers CDMA mobile services under the MTS brand with around five lakh subscribers. Incidentally, SSTL believes entry into the super-competitive Mumbai and Delhi circles will help it also grow its non-voice revenue. "We are looking at VAS and data services as future revenue streams and we expect Mumbai and Delhi will provide such opportunities," said Mr Rozanov. On the network front, SSTL plans to expand the number of its BTS sites from the present 4,000 to 20,000 by next year. "We have already invested $1.2 billion and are committed to our declared $5.5-billion investment plan over the next 3-5 years. The meltdown has not changed our plans," Mr Rozanov said. SSTL will evaluate possibilities for an IPO next year. The Russian government’s proposed investment in the company has also progressed. "The Russian government has announced a budgetary allocation of $670 million to acquire around 20% stake in SSTL. The deal is likely to be completed in the next two months. But Sistema will continue to enjoy a majority shareholding in SSTL," Sistema senior vice president Sergey Cheremin said. The company currently has 1,500 people on its rolls and plans to take its headcount to 8,000 people as its expands across the nation. Even though SSTL has a GSM licence, it will currently focus only on CDMA as it feels this technology can provide cost competitive service in the Indian market.

its hard to believe that they still make cdma phone and doesnot sell in india.. with tata,virgin,reliance and mts, i still expect nokia phones in india if they make anymore...

Reuters India Wed May 20, 2009 7:35pm IST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel, India's top telecoms company, does not expect the entry of new players in an already competitive market to drastically push down mobile tariffs, its deputy CEO said. Bharti, which has nearly 97 million mobile users and more than 100 million customers in total, will strive to keep costs low and gain more profitable users, Sanjay Kapoor told the Reuters Global Technology Summit in a telephone interview. Tariffs as low as 1 U.S. cent a minute have helped Indian mobile operators add close to 15 million subscribers a month in the world's fastest-growing mobile market, but analysts are becoming cautious on the mobile firms' outlook as more low-paying rural users are straining their balance sheets. "These tariffs are already down to the (lowest) in the world, the propensity to drop any further should be limited," Kapoor said. Bharti Airtel, which said last week it was the third-largest single country operator in the world, competes with 10 others in an increasingly crowded Indian mobile market. Analysts expect global players such as Telenor and Etisalat to start services in India this year, and the country will allow mobile number portability, which could put further pressure on tariffs. FREE MINUTES "I don't think the cost structures of many companies, especially the new startups, will justify to bring the price down further from the price that exists in the markets. I mean if somebody wants to bleed ... that's different," Kapoor said. Some of Bharti's competitors have reduced tariffs and have given away free minutes to lure new users, but Kapoor said this model was not sustainable. He said Bharti would continue to focus on profitability rather than subscriber numbers, adding cost control was also key. "For a country which sells minutes at 1.2 to 1.3 cents it is absolutely paramount to produce that minute at a much lesser price, otherwise this business will never be profitable," he said. Expansion to rural areas constrains Indian telecoms firms to limit costs on networks, but Kapoor said his company's scale had given it greater flexibility to contain non-network costs that included spending on marketing and distribution. Soaring pace of mobile subscriber additions has attracted many players to the Indian market, with the country set to have at least 15 operators by the end of this year, but Kapoor expected the firms to eventually consolidate. "On a sustainable basis, finally this country will see five to six players emerging, of which the top three will be making money and the others, like the rest of the world, will be in the boarder line or will be on the other side of the line," he said.

The Hindu Wednesday, May 20, 2009 : 0320 Hrs Washington (IANS): Simulating 3-D has been something of a Holy Grail for cinema and TV. But that is set to change with mobile devices, which are expected to come with simpler and cheaper 3-D technology. Rudimentary 3-D technologies have been around practically since the dawn of filmmaking. The first ever attempt came in 1890, when the British film pioneer William Friese-Greene invented a process in which two films were projected side by side on screen, and the viewer looked through a stereoscope to converge the two images. We've come a long way since this bulky and impractical solution, yet 3-D film and TV is still some way from becoming an everyday reality, partly due to cost. But that looks set to change, and mobile devices — with simpler and hence cheaper 3-D technology — could well lead the charge. "The mobile market has always been much more dynamic and receptive to new technologies than the television market, as the whole idea of mobility is based on dynamism," explained Atanas Gotchev, the scientific coordinator of the EU-funded Mobile3DTV project. Mr. Gotchev also points out that the viewing conditions, and hence technical requirements, for mobile devices are not as exacting as they are for cinema, which targets a mass audience who expect a thrilling experience, and television, which needs to be of 'home entertainment' quality. "In Mobile 3-D technology, the viewing mode is personal, the required display size is small and the user is expected to adjust the display position for the best viewing experience," he notes. The story of 3-D TV for mobile phones has been one punctuated by stops and starts. As early as 2003, Sharp launched a 3-D mobile phone in Japan and Korea's SK Telecom launched a 3-D phone - from Samsung - in 2007, and Japan's Hitachi just launched one in 2009. But the big challenges have been the paucity of content and coming up with a profitable business model. Apple's iPhone also supports 3-D TV, but can currently only be viewed with special glasses, according to a Mobile3DTV project release. Mobile3DTV is developing the core elements of the next generation of 3-D TV for mobile devices. "One major challenge is choosing the optimal format for representing 3-D video for mobile delivery," Mr. Gotchev points out. "Another challenge is to ensure a comfortable and enjoyable 3-D viewing experience," adds Mr. Gotchev. Mobile3DTV is employing so-called auto-stereoscopic displays, which produce 3-D images that do not require those awkward glasses to view them — which is good news for people who want to be incognito about their mobile viewing." "Auto-stereoscopic displays use additional optical elements aligned on the surface of an LCD, to ensure that the observer sees different images with each eye," explains Mr. Gotchev. "As mobile devices are normally watched by a single observer, two independent views are sufficient for satisfactory 3-D perception." "We have access to probably the most advanced 3-D portable display - one delivered by the Japanese giant NEC LCD," says Mr. Gotchev. Mobile3DTV has already demonstrated these technologies at a number of trade fairs.

Techtree News Staff, May 18, 2009 1723 hrs IST All cost less than Rs. 6,000! Nokia has unveiled three new low cost 3G enabled phones aimed at emerging markets. The new models announced are Nokia 2730 Classic, Nokia 2720 Fold and Nokia 7020. All three phones are Internet-ready, and work with Nokia's range of emerging market services such as Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail. Let's now delve into the finer details of each of the devices. Nokia 2730 Classic The 2730 Classic is a classic candybar phone featuring a decent spec sheet. It comes packed with a 2-inch QVGA (320*240) display, a micro USB connector, 30MB of expandable memory and Bluetooth 2.0. The phone is 3G ready and supports EDGE as well. The camera is a 2 megapixel unit with 4x digital zoom. The phone also comes with a standard 3.5mm jack. The phone will be available in the second quarter of this year at a price of Rs. 5,300 Nokia 2720 Fold The Nokia 2720 Fold, as evident from the name, is a clamshell phone. This one will be slotted below the 2730 Classic. On the features front, this one sports a 1.8 inch display with a resolution of 128*160. It comes with 32MB of memory with no memory expansion capabilities, which I must say is unwarranted for. However, it does sport a 1.3 megapixel camera which should keep you happy. The 2720 is not 3G ready but supports EDGE. Bluetooth 2.0 support is present as well. This one is expected to make its debut in the fourth quarter of this year at an expected price of Rs. 3,600 Nokia 7020 Lastly, we have the 7020 which again is a clamshell phone. This one however is feature packed as compared to the 2720. The 7020 sports a 2.2 inch, QVGA display. The phone comes with 45MB of internal memory with support for memory expansion. On the imaging front, there is a 2 megapixel camera thrown in as well. This is a Quad band GSM phone with EDGE support. 3G however seems to be missing. Expect this one to grace your palms by the fourth quarter of this year at an approximate price tag of Rs. 6,000

^^^ if u look at signal bar, battery bar in 2730 display and the keypad structure, it looks like s40..

To enable real time connectivity 24/7 to its enterprise customers, the Bangalore Telecom has integrated different networks such as CDMA and MPLS cloud on the CDMA network BANGALORE, INDIA: ATMs going out of order and networks going down at bank branches and reservation counters are a common scene. With roads being dug every now and then in the name of infrastructure development, the underground telecommunication network is the worst hit and its impact is experienced by every one of us. However, you may not have to face such hardships anymore, thanks to BSNL which has come up with integration of different networks such as CDMA and MPLS cloud to offer an extraordinary solution to customers on a different media using omnipresent CDMA network. "Bangalore being the hub of IT business and Enterprise services, the expectations of Enterprise customers are very high on service availability and service back up. Provision of service in technically non feasible areas and in areas where underground cables are impacted, in a cost effective manner, in lieu of VSAT for low bandwidth customers has been a constant challenge," said a senior official in the Enterprise Data services divison of Bangalore Telecom, BSNL. "From operations perspective, BSNL has observed three areas of challenge in Enterprise services, namely, keeping SLA commitments, cost effective ways to deploy low bandwidth services in non feasible areas and emergency deployment of bandwidth services for back up in highly fault prone areas due to developmental works," he said. "In order to enable real time connectivity 24/7 to our enterprise customers, especially the BFSI sector, the Bangalore Telecom started working on integrating different networks such as CDMA and MPLS cloud on the CDMA network. It took almost 11 months of constant effort to integrate and stabilize the solution and deployed it for the first time in the country in BSNL," he informed. He further added: "This initiative opened up new solution on alternate media to offer SLAs in a cost effective manner. The banking and corporate customers are eager to have this solution in place, and we want to deploy this solution all over the country." BSNL Bangalore has completed proof of concept (POC) for this solution for various banks, corporate customers and oil companies. The solution has been tested in over ten banks and two of them have already placed a commercial order to deploy in branch locations as back up solution. "The feedback from already deployed branches has been very good," he added. "Though there is back up service in banks in the form of ISDN it is prone for isolation during cable cuts as the ISDN and main link are both available on the same cable. But the CDMA solution provides a stable back up, through its Radio media in a cost effective manner," the official explained. Low bandwidth ATM functionality was tested in the initial phase and BSNL graduated to leased circuit back up for Banks' branches up to 256 kbps in areas where there is EVDO coverage, he added. Now, BSNL is proactively encouraging bulk customers to take back up service on CDMA back up so that Location Isolations can be minimized leading to enhanced customer satisfaction and business efficiency. Source ©CIOL

Economic Times 28 Apr 2009, 2031 hrs IST, MUMBAI: Virgin Mobile, an equal joint venture between Richarad Branson's Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices, today said that it aims to acquire fifty lakh youth mobile users in the Indian market by 2011. "By 2011, the number of mobile user among the youth is likely to go up to 50 million in India. We aim to win 10 per cent of that market," Virgin Mobile's Chief Executive Officer M A Madhusudan told reporters here. He did not share the details of the company's market share, though. Madhusudan said that the company would continue to cater to the youth segment in line with its stated objective of addressing that area of the mobile services in India. The company offers Virgin Mobile branded services and handsets to the Indian consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin. Virgin Mobile sells a range of six handsets and launched a music edition handset in the country. Madhusudan said that the latest mobile handset would be priced at Rs 4,250 and loaded with music player, music keys, FM radio, video playback, 1.3 MP camera, 1000 SMS and phone book storage space each and bluetooth.

As Internet penetration gets more stronger and is reaching out to more segments of society the biggest Public Sector Telecom Service Provider, BSNL is planning to attract more than 7.5 million broadband subscribers. It plans to make an impact in tier II and tier III cities as well as the rural areas. The use of local languages on the Internet by search engines and social networking sites like Facebook is likely to provide a shot in the arm to the spread of Broadband services by BSNL. Anil Jain, General manager, broadband, BSNL said “We are targeting 7.5 million broadband subscribers in the current fiscal, up from the 3.7 million in a bid to expand our market. We expect the demand from the small towns and cities to grow substantially. We are offering broadband services in rural areas at subsidised rates. To expand our coverage, BSNL plans to use vendors for offering bundled subscription”. Private service providers like Airtel, Reliance and Tata Indicom can expect a tough time Source: Newsline365

Bharti Airtel Ltd expects to add another 100 m users Sify business 2009-05-16 13:06:00 New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Limited chairman Sunil Mittal expects to add another 100 million users to its kitty in the coming years. Mittal said India had emerged as a dominant player in the field of telecommunications. "For the first time, India has emerged as a dominant player in one field and that is telecommunications. I have no doubt of going forwards in next five to seven years. India would cross several more 100 million customers. There would be other countries that would follow this number of 100 million. Overall some estimates suggest that we should be looking at 75 per cent of the tele-density and that means 800-750 million customers. Therefore our resolve to start the clock one more time and say how we get to our next 100 million customers," said Mittal. More telecom news 60 per cent of the company's subscriber base is in the rural areas, which was once considered unviable. India has second-largest telecom user base in the world after China and ahead of the US. Now, it has 429.72 million telecom subscribers, both in the wireless and mobile segments, with a record growth of 59.48 per cent last fiscal.

Techtree News Staff, May 17, 2009 1633 hrs IST Airtel users in Karnataka will now have access to two new health care services via their mobile phones - Virtual Blood Bank Service and VacciDate service. These services are being offered to subscribers free of cost. Here's a lowdown on what they can offer: Virtual Blood Bank Service: Airtel claims that in an emergency, its subscribers can rely on its service to call for this service when in need of blood. This service aims to bridge the gap between blood banks, donors & recipients of blood. Subscribers will need to dial the toll free number 51514 from their Airtel mobiles to access this service. This IVR based emergency helpline number will assist & guide the Airtel customer till the time his / her requirement of blood is addressed. VacciDate Service: VacciDate service is a vaccination alert system on mobiles for Airtel subscribers. The service is aimed at parents so they can keep a track of their child's vaccination dates. This free service also has a special alert feature for POLIO Sundays organized by the Government of India. Lasly, users can also query the system to check their kids' next vaccination date. Airtel customers need to SMS VACC (Date of Birth in DD MM YYYY Format) to 52225. The Airtel VacciDate service allows customers to set alerts for basic five vaccination dates and 2-4 alerts can be set for each vaccination date. These alerts would typically alert customers 5 days before the date of vaccination, then 1 day before the date of vaccination, and finally on the date of vaccination.

^^^ i think one or more pixel is dead in his display...

looks like ur firmware old version is HL190v0600 and new version is HL190V0700.. can u confirm the new version ? also do u find any new features in the software ?

^^^ even clock swf themes are in .nth format. unless 6275 supports flash swf files, you cannot use clock themes..

Business Line Friday, May 15, 2009 The Plan Roll out to take place in 5 phases 17 cities to be covered by DD DD to give its infra and spectrum; private player to provide equipment Subscribers will require a handset that supports mobile TV New Delhi, May 14 State broadcaster Doordarshan has decided to offer mobile television services on a private-public partnership (PPP) basis. It has invited expressions of interest from prospective consultants to draw up a roadmap for implementation. Mobile TV services make it possible for subscribers to view TV programmes on handheld or portable devices. Doordarshan had earlier launched Mobile TV services on a pilot basis in parts of Delhi using the DVB-H technology from Nokia. For accessing the service, consumers will need a handset that supports the technology. Unlike 3G technologies, wherein TV and entertainment services may be in the form of short clips or two to three channels, mobile TV enables users to get as many as 30 high quality channels on a handset. But at present no one else offers the service because there is no clarity in policy. Though the telecom regulator has given recommendations in favour of opening up the sector to private players, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has not taken a decision yet. In order to allow private players, the Government will have to open up terrestrial transmission in the broadcasting sector. Currently, only Doordarshan is permitted to do terrestrial broadcasting while private players have to use satellite network. One of the objectives for proposing the PPP model by Doordarshan is to keep terrestrial system under exclusive control of the Government-run broadcaster. There is also as yet no clarity on the technology to be used for the service. Though TRAI had suggested keeping the policy technology-neutral, DD wants to go ahead with only DVB-H – a technology being promoted by Nokia. But recently Nokia sold its DVB-H network division to Wipro, raising doubts over the future development of the technology. Analysts have also pointed out that Nokia has not launched any new handset that supports DVB-H, which could dampen Doordarshan’s proposed plan. According to the expression of interest floated by Doordarshan, it is planning to launch the service in 17 cities having population of over one million. The roll out will take place in five phases, starting with the metros. It is proposed that out of the 16 programme channels, the private partner will be given capacity for offering 12 channels on a revenue sharing basis. The private partner will be responsible for content aggregation, marketing, operation and maintenance. DD will provide the infrastructure in terms of TV tower, power supply and spectrum. The private player will have to invest in setting up transmitters, antennae and other equipment required for mobile TV technology. The partnership will be signed for a period of 5 years after which a new revenue share arrangement will be worked out between the two sides.