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BlackBerry, Skype, Gmail and now 3G come under the scanner of Indian Government
rajanmehta replied to faizone's topic in Indian Telecom / General News
I would like to write something from the heart. Please bear with me if this looks uncomfortable. A real life example: During the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008, majority of the attackers were carrying simple GSM phones with Sims that were obtained in India by giving fake identity documents etc. Immediately after the attacks started, Indian Security Agencies (Particularly RAW) was able to track down all this numbers and they were recording all the communications going on between the terrorists and their handlers. The handlers were instructing terrorists at different locations like Taj, Oberoi and Chhabad House minute by minute what to do with the help of the Live Coverage going on on all TV Channels. This continued till the entire operation was over and resulted in such a great loss of life and prolonging of the operation for nearly 2 and half days. The intelligence agencies were just recording the conversations which came out later in the media in all its gory details. Imagine if they would have instructed Indian Mobile Operators to switch off this numbers immediately on the 1st day itself instead of just recording. so much of precious human lives could have been saved. Alas this needs quick thinking and appropriate response which is sadly lacking in India. They had all the technology at their hand. Still did nothing and no out of the box thinking. Moral: With all the interception at your hand, it requires a solid pro active intelligence, monitoring and situation handling set up to effectively thwart threats to security which is still not operational in India and don't see it happening in the near future irrespective whether Blackberry grants access or not. Blackberry granting access means a lot to tickle our Patriotic feelings but on the ground it means big ZERO untill we have a very effective intelligence and situation handling apparatus in place which is not there right now and it just seems will not be there for years to come. Why i say so? If india would have valued the life of its citizens (More than 2,00,000 killed in last 20 years in terrorist, insurgency), it would be alive and kicking now. See America's example after 9/11 in revamping entire security structure with Homeland Security and preventing any significant attack after 9/11. We are not even able to punish the lone terrorist Ajmal Kasab even till now and spending Crores in keeping him safe! Unless and untill there is a total revamp of Intelligence structure, Effective Laws to deal with Terrorism, Speedy Justice, all this Blackberry interception things are symbolic gestures to keep us all deeply patriotic Indians in good humour. Symbolic only not Real!! And by the way why this Drama of discussing with Blackberry for such a long time to get access to the messanger system. If the authorities think earnestly that it is vital for India's security interests, then just ask them to grant access and if they are not giving, ban them. But no, this kind of thing will not happen here. Just this Nautanki will go on for some time. And when things will cool down and off the radar of media and general public, nothing substantial will happen. -
Voice Quality: Always very superior in CDMA. Echoes, Voice distortion, non existent in CDMA. Simple life example. Voice quality in GSM somewhat similar to Microphone Recodring in PC. In CDMA it is almost equivalent to 320 kbps MP3 audio quality. Coverage: CDMA better equipped to reach inside building areas than GSM Spectrum Efficienty: For a given spectrum say 5 Mhz, CDMA can accomodate more subscribers than GSM. Towers: CDMA can serve more subscribers in one tower than GSM. Also physical distance reach of the tower is better than GSM.
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Micromax's First Android Phone Coming Soon ! Andro A60 !
rajanmehta replied to Honest's topic in Other handsets
Micromax has now launched this Android and it is available at Rs 6,999 All other specs are good but again would like to remind buyers that it has Resistive Touch Screen. -
Mobile Number Portability (MNP): Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
rajanmehta replied to rajanmehta's topic in Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Not able to understand very clearly what you are trying to say, but assuming the following, You are customer of Vodafone and Reliance with the following hypothetical numbers Vodafone- 9820022552 Reliance- 9324055555 Now when you will leave Vodafone and transfer the number to Reliance, Your Vodafone No 9820022552 will be shifted to reliance. Your existing balance with Vodafone number will lapse and you will have to select a fresh plan from Reliance. After porting , the same number remains with reliance. Your current reliance no 9324055555 will remain as it is with the same plan and same credit balance and it has nothing to do with your ported number from Vodafone.- 242 replies
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Provided they have time on their hand. Uninor is the prime candidate for license calcellation as they did not meet the eligibilty criteria , submitted false documents and did not meet roll out obligations. Dekhte hai aage hota hai kya!!
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That is the real reason. From Cash starved America, NASA is desperate to get some funding by putting up some whacky stuff which the poor congressman can't understand.
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Reliance Communications To Unveil New R-World Portal
rajanmehta replied to Arun's topic in Data services
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In the largest act of philanthropy by an Indian, Wipro chairman Azim Premji will give about Rs 8,846 crore ($2 billion) to improve school education in India. Other donations to charitable institutions by any person or corporation in India pale in comparison to this massive endowment. It effectively silences critics who say Indian billionaires are measly donors compared to foreign counterparts, and that they focus on big-name western universities rather than addressing India's problems. Premji, India's third richest man with a net worth of $18 billion, will transfer 213 million equity shares of Wipro Ltd, held by a few entities controlled by him, to the Azim Premji Trust. It will fund educational activities of the Azim Premji Foundation (APF) which works mainly with schools in rural India. He had previously transferred over Rs 700 crore to the APF. Premji said more may come in future. ``I'm completely committed to supporting the larger ambition of creating the required social change.'' The money will be transferred to the trust by next Tuesday and Wipro's former strategy chief K R Lakshminarayana will be its chief endowment officer. A $2-billion endowment even at a conservative return of 8%-12% should generate annual returns of $160-250 million (Rs 750-1,150 crore), which will be used to run APF initiatives, including the Bangalore-based Azim Premji University. ``We believe that good education is crucial to building a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society. We want to contribute significantly towards improvement of education in India, and through that towards building a better society,'' he said. ``All our efforts, including the university we are setting up, are focused on the under-privileged and disadvantaged sections of our society. Our experience of the past 10 years has motivated us to significantly scale up our initiatives, across multiple relevant dimensions.'' So far, the nine-year-old APF has worked extensively in six districts -- two in Uttarakhand, two in Rajasthan and two in Karnataka. Dileep Ranjekar, co-CEO of APF called this the beginning of APF's second life. ``The current phase we're launching is based on 10 years of experience wherein we realized what needs to be done to scale this in a concrete manner.'' His co-CEO Anurag Behar said, ``The aim is to increase the deep focus to 50 more districts across India.'' Such a huge financial commitment has been made mainly because a university cannot be run without a large endowment. For example, if AP University were to follow the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) model which meets just 14%-15% of its costs from student fees, the AP University will need to meet 85% of costs from non-fee based resources. ``The foundation's significant increase in scale and its clear focus on social purposes will require a substantial long-term financial commitment, which is the purpose this endowment will serve,'' Premji said. The university, offering post-graduate courses in education and development, will start with 200 students in 2011 and scale to 2,000 in 4-5 years. The foundation will also create district-level institutions with 50-70 people in each and these state and district resource centres will support improvement in education, especially in disadvantaged areas. The APF said it will continue to partner state governments (including continuing with its existing programmes), institutions, NGOs and individuals. Will others follow suit? Will Premji inspire rich Indians to part with their wealth? That's a billion-dollar question but the American example may have the answer. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathway are persuading wealthy Americans to give at least 50% of their wealth to charity. They're even asking people to take a pledge they will do so, and with considerable success. In India, the tech sector has led the way in giving away some of its wealth. All Infosys co-founders have charitable arms mainly in education but also in water management, health, etc. Times of India
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Why Should You Hold Your Pending iPad Purchase? Two more months of resisting the urge would benefit you aplenty The news of the miserable presence of Apple in India, particularly with respect to the iPad, was put to light in an article by The Economic Times. On Apple India's website, it still asks people to give their e-mail address so that they'd inform them about the iPad's release in the country. But as ET reporters discovered, iPads could be officially purchased in India provided that you buy them in bulk quantity. Another way to get hold of one is the grey market where the starting pricing is Rs. 32,000 for the base 16GB Wi-Fi model - a whole Rs. 10,000 higher than the $499 (Rs. 22,660) price you'd pay if you ask somebody to get it from U.S. The article also speaks of the almost non-existent presence of marketing of Apple products in a country that serves 650 million cellphone users and 80 million PC units. While naysayers still try to find the real use of a tablet, we can't help but urge people to hold off their iPad purchase cravings till the next two months; given the sorry state of affairs. As most of us would be aware of this; Apple products have a yearly update cycle. There have been reports of Apple announcing the next iPad in February 2011. So, what do you stand to get in return of this wait? 1) A thinner design - While Apple is more or less fixated on 10-inches as the ideal screen size for a tablet, there is no question that the current thickness and its aluminum back would make it uncomfortable to hold and use one-handedly for a long time. There have been patent filings that suggest the 'Fruit' company is designing a thinner, lighter iPad 2. 2) Front-facing video-call camera - This is a no-brainer, as 2010 was the year that Apple tried to reinvent the dying interest of video-conferencing on the go. With a simplistic name called "FaceTime", they first put a front-facing camera in the iPhone 4, then the new iPod Touch. They also made a FaceTime app for Macs that would let you do make video-calls from a computer to an iPhone or an iPod Touch. So, the iPad 2 definitely ought to get the front cam. 3) Probably a better display - When Apple quadrupled the pixel count on the iPhone 4, giving it another idiot-proof naming convention called "Retina Display", you could vastly see the difference between the clarity when compared to the iPhone 3G or 3GS. There have been talks of a similar "Retina" display on the next iPad as well. It is already a rip-off when you have to pay a considerable premium for buying Apple products here in India. It's been 11 months since the first iPad announcement, so it is too little too late for them to do an official launch any time now. So with the next iPad update around the corner, and the benefits that you'd receive for waiting, we'd say it would be smart to hold off your iPad purchase till next year, than jumping the gun now and crying later. Techtree
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Vote For The Best Anti-Virus!
rajanmehta replied to Karthik R's topic in General Technical Discussion
Avast in Free Category. Best overall. Strong point-Fast, Constant Updates, Does not slow down the system, Works even with Windows XP 64 Bit. Try finding a good antivirus, internet security solution for XP 64 Bit. Even Microsoft own solution does not work with XP 64 Bit. Kaspersky Internet Security in Paid- Rs 300 for 1 PC 1 Year License and Rs 690 3 PC 1 Year License-Absolute value for money with antivirus, firewall practically everything. Only con-Uses higher memory and somewhat slow Full Scan Speed. Still the best for given price. Russians are the best hackers and naturally best defenders also. And thank God, I don't need an Antivirus in UBUNTU. -
Updated: Pesky SMSs/Calls: Major relief to users from March 21, 2011
rajanmehta replied to Arun's topic in Indian Telecom / General News
Everyone enjoying 500 Free SMS per day and 15000 SMS in a month, CRY . You are the uniintended casualty with the new TRAI Regulations for pesky calls. Here is the exact clause (k) no Access Provider shall provide to any person, other than a telemarketer registered as per regulation 14, any tariff plan or SMS package in any form such as special recharge voucher, student pack, seasonal pack etc. permitting sending of more than one hundred SMS per day per SIM except on 'blackout days' and additional days as may be specified by the Authority by direction issued from time to time and all such SMS packages already provided to any such person shall not be renewed after their expiry: Provided that all SMS packages already provided to a customer other than to a telemarketer shall be discontinued on coming into force of these regulations; Explanation: For the purpose of this sub-clause, blackout days mean the days on which free or concessional calls or SMS are not applicable. This has the following implications, -If you have any such unlimited SMS pack, it will not be renewed for the next month. -All such SMS packs will be discontinued when this regulations come in force i.e. 1st January 2011. -Thereafter no mobile service provider will be able to offer any SMS pack which includes sending of more than 100 messages per day. Guys like me will be happy. It's a nuisance to delete hundreds of the same type of SMS floating around everyday received from those pesky relatives/friends -
Aids Awareness Day Today - Let Me Ans Ur Querries And Doubts - Scientifically
rajanmehta replied to Genius's topic in The Lounge
Good Doctor with a caring and sharing attitude. You Rock My Friend. +1 To All: Genius is M.D. Doctor and qualified to answer all your questions. Qualifications apart, it is the effort on his part to share in the community which matters the most. To get a glimpse of what he has contributed in the past on medical topics , Look here My Health Tips So shoot your doubts and questions. -
Didn't Want To Bribe My Way Into Airline Business: Ratan Tata
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BSNL to offer Landline to Landline STD Calls at Local Rates
rajanmehta replied to Honest's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
KOLKATA: State-run BSNL upped the stakes in the telecom tariff war on Tuesday with the announcement of flat local rates for all inter-state calls made using its fixed landlines, signalling that the end of the subscriber trunk dialling (STD) era is drawing near. BSNL said that calls made by its subscribers to landlines of any operator across the country will now be treated as local calls and charged at the rate of Re 1 for every three minutes, without any tariff voucher or special scheme. This could be a game-changer in the highly competitive Indian telecom industry, as STD call rates were substantially higher than local call charges, since they were based on the distance between the caller and receiver. "From December 1, all BSNL fixed line customers will be able to call any fixed or wireless local loop (WLL) customers across the country at the same cost of Re 1 per three minutes," BSNL's chief general manager for the Bengal Telecom circle, Soumya Ray, said. However, calls made to non-landline numbers on other operators' networks will be charged at the rate of Re 1 per 1 minute pulse. Calcutta Telephones CGM A K Garg said a customer earlier had to ask for the STD facility if it was not activated on their landlines. "However, we are going to review it, as now there is no tariff issue," he said. Garg said the new scheme will help BSNL arrest the decline in demand for landline connections. BSNL lost around 40,000 landline connections in the Calcutta Telecom circle last year. Times of India -
Reliance Jio - Pan India 4G / LTE network
rajanmehta replied to Arun's topic in Reliance Jio 4G LTE (Prepaid & Postpaid)
Reliance Broadband (Mukesh Ambani) Chooses LTE over WiMax Reliance Gives Impetus to LTE TDD in India Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC) showcased the results of the first field trial of Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD) mobile broadband technology in India on Monday. For the trial, ST-Ericsson dongles connected over the air to the base station, and the network achieved peak rates of 80 Mbit/s on the downlink and 20 Mbit/s uplink. "We look forward to leveraging on the pilot to set up a commercial network that will build on a globally standardized eco-system and technology that offers immense potential for a wide spectrum of end-user offerings," Reliance stated in a press release. In separate mobile broadband news from India today, Ericsson and one of Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM)'s LTE venture entities in the country, Wireless Broadband Business Pvt. Ltd., demonstrated LTE TDD mobility at 2.3GHz in an outdoor environment. Why this matters This news is going to be a disappointment for the WiMax camp in India which was hoping against hope that Reliance would decide in its favor, rather than plump for LTE TDD. Reliance is the only operator that got a pan-India BWA (broadband wireless access) license in the recently concluded auctions. The company's choice is likely to influence the decisions of the other operators who have yet to select a technology for BWA spectrum. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Mumbai: BHARTIARTL), Aircel Ltd. , Vodafone Essar , and Tikona Digital Networks Pvt. Ltd. are some of the other winners of BWA spectrum in India. None of the other winners have decided on the technology but Reliance's decision in favor of LTE TDD might result in an LTE wave in the region. -
Written in simple language but comrehensively by a Westerner "Effortless Ayurvedic Living". Must read if one does not know about Ayurveda and how to incorporate it in daily life. What a priceless, affordable and holistic well being system we have in Ayurveda but Western World realises the true value of it more than us. Attached. Download. effortless_ayurvedic_living_by_dr_helen_thomas.pdf
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AirTel's 3G Roadpath
rajanmehta replied to ravi_patent's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
Airtel's Upcoming 3G Launch Ad. Music by A. R. Rehman -
The Most Awaited MNP Finally Introduced!
rajanmehta replied to SumitVerma's topic in Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Quite a mess!! So will the same criteria apply for Mumbai and Maharashtra Circle also as far as MNP is concerned? -
AirTel's 3G Roadpath
rajanmehta replied to ravi_patent's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
Yes i am an Airtel user in Mumbai since many years and however hard one hates them for clever tariff packagings, extracting maximum revenue etc, the network has been absolutely good here. -
(Kobian) Mercury Launches Maestro, Tabla Handsets
rajanmehta replied to Honest's topic in Other handsets
Kamalbhai 10 years back Kobian had a huge share of Computer peripherals market in india in SMPS, Cabinets, Motherboards. In fact they had massive market share. Then there was a fight between the promoters and separation happenned. After that it could never attain the same market share. However even then their product quality was not exceptional but acceptable with the USP of very affordable pricing. As far as Chinese brands are concerned at last count i read that there are approx. 200 Indian Mobile Brands in the market. Can you Imagine. How on earth it is possible for each of them to have a proper branding and mindshare of the consumer. The real selling point always is going to be affordability with good feature sets. Most of them are not even trying to establish a brand except few like Micromax, Spice, Maxx etc. It is more like a commodity wholesale market for foodgrains and vegetables. All farmers bring their produce, the commission agent buys in wholesale and hawks to retail vendors. Abhi sabke Gehu, Chawal or Onions ko grading karne kaun baithta hai!! Bhai sabme nutritive value to ek hi hai. Bus Khali Packaging nahi hai!! On the other hand people will happily pay a premium for Ashirvaad ka aata from ITC as it comes in a nice packaging with lots of catchy slogans and nice designs. Dil lo lagta hai ki kuchh achha kharid rahe hai!! Bhai hai to aata hi!! Same apni Chakki Ka!! But the fact is Chakki ka atta works for a huge segment of society. Jai Ho!! -
Received Reliance In Touch newsletter. Had a good laugh particularly on the following statements, "We strongly believe that even though we have more than 100 million customers, Customer care has to given one customer at a time. The philosophy of individual attention and care is what differentiates us from many others." "Get Spoilt for choices with Reliance CDMA" Many such gems and self praise. Read and get entertained.
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Mobile Number Portability (MNP): Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Yes Manish. You are right. Stand corrected. @kanaga. Sorry mate. Bit sleepy yesterday night i suppose.- 242 replies
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Mobile Number Portability (MNP): Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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@KanagaDeepan The waiting period of 90 days is applicable if you have already ported your number before. In your case if you have got an Airtel Connection which was never ported before (Irrespective of the fact that it is 1 day old or more), you will be able to port to BSNL. TRAI regulations do not place any day or time limit for numbers which were not ported earlier. So enjoy!!- 242 replies
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Bolt Mobile Browser Now Comes With Indic Language Support
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Mobile web browser firm – Bitstream Inc. today announced the first complete mobile browsing solution to fully support Indic languages (Indian Language), specifically nine languages spoken as a first language by an estimated 1.3 billion people living in India and the surrounding regions. This first of its kind solution for handset manufacturers and mobile operators is built upon the BOLT cloud computing browsing platform and includes the BOLT mobile browser with Indic language user interfaces, the capability to perfectly render Indic text on a Web page, and the ability for end users to input Indic text into the browser. In addition to English, the BOLT cloud computing browsing platform now supports the following Indic languages Hindi (India's official language), Bengali, Gurumukhi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam and Oriya. BOLT is available in JavaME (also known as J2ME) and BREW, and can be used on mobile phones of all types, including those phones without native Indic language support. The BOLT Indic solution perfectly renders Indic text on a Web page, and allows users to scale text to larger or smaller sizes, copy and paste text from within a Web page, and interact with the content such as clicking embedded links or filling in Web forms. Anna Magliocco-Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream said "Now with the addition of Indic language support, Bitstream is introducing the mobile Internet as it was intended to be seen to millions of new users in India and surrounding regions." Source:Telecomtalk