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Economic Times report on Mobile Number Portability is a welcome news for all the Indian mobile users however, its usefulness can be judged only when the details are out. Economic Times says that approximately 45-50% of Indian mobile users want to change their service providers but are prohibited by the fact they will have to change their mobile nos. To make MNP a success let us look some critical factors - 1. Cost of MNP for the user - Though there will not be any direct cost on the users but the costs of investments made by the operators to implement MNP will be passed on to the users. There would also be recurring costs of maintaining Mobile Number Portability Clearing House Administrator (MCHAs) and Number Portability Database (NPDB). 2. Time of porting a number - The fact that most of the indian users are prepaid users and it is extremely easy and fast to buy a prepaid connection. If time taken to port a no. from one operator to another is more, it would be a deterrent for prospective MNP users. 3. Operators willingness - MNP would demand significant investments from the operators in - 1. Upgrading their existing networks 2. Change billing systems 3. Charges for using MCHA and NPDB I am keenly waiting for the finer details of MNP rollout plan. Telcom minister is expected to announce MNP and 3G guidelines anytime now since monkey (left parties) is off their shoulders now. US, Australia, Singapore etc. have implemented MNP successfully, there is no reason we should not be able to do it.

I dont think the price is going to be 11-12 k. Converting USD price in INR is not the right way to do it. In the US iphone is being subsidized by the service provider and he expects to make up the losses through 3G data revenues. In india operators will not bet on data usage too much because there is no 3G. So assume a price of at least 400 USD for 8Gb model minimum. My guess is the prices are going to be around 20k.

I feel it is a classic example of using an opportunity to build a strong brand. A brand that cares and is always "HAPPY TO HELP". Vodafone though this noble gesture showed that they really practice when it comes to "HAPPY TO HELP". My second bit on this is that Vodafone must have charged a bounty for this from Airtel as they knew there is no one else with spare network capacity in Mumbai. 3rd point is if Vodafone denies help to Airtel, Vodafone is not going to gain anything. Yes, airtel will loose something but just because of one accident users are not going to switch from Airtel to Vodafone.

LG shipped 27.7 million mobile handsets in 2nd quarter and has gone ahead of Motorola. LG posted good set of numbers with a help from its fast moving touchscreen phones such as Viewty, Venus and Voyager. I am sure soon Motorola will get relegated to no 5 position now. FYI, globally top5 OEMs now are - Nokia (40% market share), Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson.

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I feel it is not worth 4199 Rs. In 4199 you can get much better handset. But the real problem for CDMA users is there are not many choices available from Nokia, Samsung and other top OEMs.

Check out prices of LG mobiles in india.

I am using Nokia 1325. Battery really ****s!

Lifetime connections are a good trap. Trap entices you by not charging for validity, but the call rates are much higher in these plans specially STD rates (Reliance charges 2.65 rs per min). Tell me how much you will lose if you take a lifetime connection and use it to make lots of outgoing calls. Lifetime connection should be used only for incoming. TK http://mobiilemela.blogspot.com

Is it not understandable if you look at the fact, they have I think much lower users than Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone. TK