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Need Views On Palm Pre Plus (GSM Version)
Karthik R replied to Byakuya's topic in Handset Suggestions
It's not advisable to go for a Palm device. Why? WebOs platform is now defunct and phones are discontinued. Check this link. -
Government to come out with New Telecom Policy 2011: Sibal
Karthik R replied to Honest's topic in Indian Telecom / General News
Telecom Min approves NFAP-2011 New Delhi: Telecom minister Kapil Sibal has given in-principle approval to draft National Frequency Allocation Plan-2011 (NFAP), which would help in efficient spectrum management and higher mobile penetration in rural areas, a source in the department of telecom (DoT) said. The plan (NFAP 2011) aims to give a boost to domestic manufacturing of telecom equipment and efficient utilization of spectrum. The Wireless Planning Commission (WPC), the spectrum allocation wing of DoT, had issued the draft on NFAP in March. “The draft will now go to a group of ministers with(in) a month and then it will be send to the Cabinet for approval,” the source added. Various government departments, telecom operators and telecom industry bodies Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) had expressed disagreement to the DoT on the various clauses under the NFAP for 2011, although, the final draft has rejected the concerns of these organizations. “The objections raised by organizations concerned have no technical and regulatory base,” the NFAP document said. Courtesy : Livemint -
Vodafone Has Failed To Produce Pact With Hutchinson: I-t Dept
Karthik R replied to Honest's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
Vodafone pays Rs 3,900 crore tax 'under protest', will contest tax demand in Essar deal in appellate forums MUMBAI : British Telecom major Vodafone, which is currently disputing a $2-billion tax demand on its 2007 acquisition of Hutch-Essar, has paid Rs 3,900 crore as tax in India on another transaction with the Mumbai-based Essar. The payment was done on the transaction in which Vodafone purchased the 33% held by Essar in March this year by paying the Indian conglomerate $5.4 billion. Tax authorities in Mumbai confirmed the payment adding that it has been done under protest. Paying tax under protest means that the taxpayer company will contest the tax demand in the appellate forums meant for tax disputes and will be spared the interest liability if it loses the case. Contesting without paying the tax carries with it the risk of interest payments if the case is lost. Both parties, Essar and Vodafone, believe that they do not have to pay any tax in India on the transaction. Vodafone's approach this time is different from the stance it adopted in 2007 after buying Hutchison Whampoa's 67% in Hutch-Essar for $11.1 billion. The company did not deduct tax and claimed exemption on the grounds that it is an international transaction. But the Indian tax department vigorously contested the case and the Bombay high court last year ruled against the British telecom major. Vodafone appealed to the Supreme Court. The case is keenly watched by the global tax regime, largely because of the size of the demand and the implications for cross-border deals in case Vodafone loses the case. The decision will have a bearing on all the recent cross-border acquisitions involving Indian companies such as Idea Cellular, Sesa Goa and the case involving SABMiller's purchase of Foster's Indian assets. An Essar source said that in case the tax dispute is finally resolved in favour of the companies, Vodafone/Essar, the amount paid to the tax department would go to Essar group. Source : Economic Times -
LTE has been all over the news this year - Reliance Industries (RIL) looks set to deploy TD-LTE services in 2011 in India, WiMax v/s LTE, The Indian government have approved Qualcomm’s investment in four fixed broadband services that will use LTE... Let us try to understand what LTE is all about. Long Term Evolution (LTE), is a new radio platform that is the primary technology behind 4G – the evolution of 3G networks. Where 3G made mobile data a reality, 4G will make it a much better one. It has been in development for around 10 years now, and has begun to see some releases worldwide. The very first LTE network was launched by TeliaSonera in Norway and Sweden, Verizon launched their LTE service in 38 markets in late 2010. Elsewhere the network is still at the trial stage. Boiled down to it’s basics, here is what LTE does: Theoretical download peak data rates up to 100 Mbps and upload peak data rates up to 50 Mbps with 20 MHz bandwidth Reduced latency to 10 msec round-trip time between user equipment and base station More capacity than 3G – an LTE network can support more users in a single area Larger cell size. A single LTE cell tower can cover up to 100km. While that size will be greatly diminished in a heavy urban area, it’s still a lot better than 3G Compatability - LTE is designed to be compatible with existing standards Ease of upgrade - Part of the reason it has taken so long to develop LTE is that it is planning forward a lot. The networks are being designed so that implementing upgrades further down the line will be much easier. TD-LTE has been gathering steam over the last few months, and now a lot of operators are experimenting with it. It stands for Time Division LTE, and was developed by China Mobile over the last three years. To keep this as simple as possible, here are the essential differences and similarities between TD-LTE and classic LTE: They run on different bands of the wireless spectrum. But the part of the spectrum that would carry the TD-LTE signal is much cheaper, and has much less traffic. TD-LTE and LTE are so similar that the same chip can access both networks – which is much easier for handset manufacturers. The other standard for 4G, WiMAX, is not particularly compatible with LTE. There’s talk that it WILL be compatible in the future, but it’s not at the moment. TD-LTE, however, can be pretty cheaply and easily upgraded to from WiMAX. A novel radio access technology is implemented by LTE, which bodes well for IP-based traffic largely. Another advantage of this technology is its offering an uncomplicated upgrading track from existing 3G networks. A mobile networks core architecture also may evolve from LTE that would be known as System Architecture Evolution, which can effectuate significant perormance augmentations over 3G. This technology, further can enhance spectral efficiency with double the efficacy of 3G and HSPA standards. The numerous wireless broadband networks of the times can exploit the higher data speeds and capacity evolved here, as good as any other media application. Other significant advantages presented by this technology are - cost reduction per bit, services increment at low costs, Usage flexibility of new, as well as existing frequency bands, open interfaces, simple architecture, and a considerable reduction in terminal power consumption. LTE can co-exist with earlier 3GPP radio technologies, even in adjacent channels, and calls can be handed over to and from all 3GPP’s previous radio access technologies. What is LTE architecture? The evolved architecture comprises E-UTRAN (Evolved UTRAN) on the access side and EPC (Evolved Packet Core) on the core side. The figure below shows the evolved system architecture More technical info here Since it is a evolving technology, experts are requested to give their opinion and the post will be modified accordingly To see the latest LTE deployments and commitments check LTE Maps Sourced info from missphones, gomonews
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Flaunt Your Internet Speeds Results Here! (2G, 3G, Broadband)
Karthik R replied to Karthik R's topic in General Technical Discussion
Keep it coming! Updated the top-five list. -
MTS Launches EVDO Data Plans For Mobile Customers
Karthik R replied to avishekghosh's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
@ Sougata Regarding data pack, TI is already offering unrestricted 1Gb HSIA data usage for 300 bucks and 5Gb data for Rs.94 for Tata Zone Internet Browsing. Further reduction in tariff is welcome but shouldn't be our paramount concern but we should press for better handsets at reasonable price or official foreign handset registration like Rcom. Let's not hijack this thread, we can continue our discussion on handset here and on data packs here -
MTS Launches EVDO Data Plans For Mobile Customers
Karthik R replied to avishekghosh's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
Rs.97.99 for 2 GB data usage with 30 days validity looks awesome wake up Rcom! -
Reliance Communications Introduces CDMA Android Phone Coolpad D530, CDMA EVDO Tab in November
Karthik R replied to Honest's topic in Other handsets
Coolpad T20 "triple SIM" phone has a 1000 mAh Li-ion battery which s***ks big time according to initial reports from www. Friends stay clear and don't be tempted by the cheap pricing. -
Reliance Communications Launches 3G Mobile Services
Karthik R replied to anshu_s09's topic in Data services
Rcom has introduced new promotional offers named Triple Dhamaka, they areavailable to both prepaid and postpaid customers and valid till 31st Oct 2011. Details here -
Reliance Communications Introduces CDMA Android Phone Coolpad D530, CDMA EVDO Tab in November
Karthik R replied to Honest's topic in Other handsets
The Coolpad D530 has a resistive touch screen -
All 3G operators except Reliance GSM have tied up for all India 3G roaming
Karthik R replied to rajeshkatiyar's topic in Data services
Already a similar topic exists here. Merge if found appropriate -
Mahabali was the son of Veerochana and grandson of Prahlad, the devout son of demon King Hiranyakashyap. Happy Onam mates! and enjoy the feast.
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Please suggest between HTC Wildfire S & Salsa or other GSM Handset for Rs.10K - 15K
Karthik R replied to Saurav's topic in Handset Suggestions
Between the two phones you have mentioned, go for HTC Salsa. Reason : better battery life, screen, processor and has a secondary cam for video calling (which Wildfire sorely misses). -
happy b'day muffi bhai. have a geat year ahead.
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Please suggest any CDMA Handset Like Nokia E52 or E55
Karthik R replied to pasumark's topic in Handset Suggestions
I had grabbed a Nokia E72 when it was launched and used it extensively for over a year and it was indeed a great phone E - series rocked. Nokia have minimal presence in cdma handset market and the others - Samsung and LG, have not launched any phones with those specs! Check out the BB 9xxx series. -
TATA & ZTE Tests Evdo Rev. B
Karthik R replied to kesav's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
I had used photon + at Nagercoil (TN) for the whole of last week, have to say that their EVDO signal was strong and speeds were consistent. -
BSNL Provide EVDO In SIM
Karthik R replied to me_saket's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
^ ^ ^ If you use a RUIM / SIM issued to Kerala Circle in Haryana Circle, you will be considered as roaming and charged exorbitantly. -
MTS India Launches CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase-II Network - MBlaze Ultra with 9.8 Mbps speed
Karthik R replied to alugobi's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
MTS should bring out a low budget tablet to capitalize on the Rev.B network just like how Reliance brought 3G tablet of ZTE make for 13K. Correct me if I am wrong, there are no smartphones available at the moment which can make use of the Rev.B network. The world shifted to LTE / WiMax after EVDO Rev.A skipping this iteration. -
HP Filling New Stock For Touchpad
Karthik R replied to ammar.cma's topic in General Technical Discussion
@ Dipan you missed out the biggest con Questionable Software Support WebOS may have a long life ahead if HP manages to license the software or find a buyer. But that's an optimistic view and so far, there are no guarantees. If you find a bug or are wishing for a missing feature, don't count on a fix anytime soon. -
Do's And Don'ts For Posting Status Updates At Rimweb.in
Karthik R replied to Honest's topic in Forum Feedback
Good move! Also let's stop updating status with our latest gadget acquisitions? We have a dedicated thread for that in > General Technical Discussion > Your Latest Hardware Purchase. -
MTS India Launches CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase-II Network - MBlaze Ultra with 9.8 Mbps speed
Karthik R replied to alugobi's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
Let's see if our RCOM manages to come up with something in the coming days the heat is definitely ON. -
HP Filling New Stock For Touchpad
Karthik R replied to ammar.cma's topic in General Technical Discussion
HP recommends that those wanting to keep informed about this new production run follow @BrynaatHP and @MarkatHP on Twitter for updates. -
@ Rajan and Kamal bhai thanks for the links! Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all fellow RIMwebians Also take this moment to remember the great Chatrapati Shivaji and Lokmanya Tilak whose efforts resulted in this festival being celebrated all over the nation. Modak anyone?
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MTS Launches Two Budget CDMA Android Smartphones In India
Karthik R replied to rajanmehta's topic in Other Network / Cellular Providers
@ Sougata Not all of them are available locally but if you ship one from abroad it will work on any CDMA network here without any hassle. -
Q&A: Paul Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm Source : Business Standard Qualcomm, the California-based telecom giant, is playing an aggressive game in India in both fourth generation (4G) technology and the long-term evolution (LTE) space. Chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs, who was in Delhi, talks about the company's plans in India to Mansi Taneja and Surajeet Das Gupta. Edited excerpts: It’s been almost a year since you acquired BWA (broadband wireless access) licences in India, but the services have not been launched. When do you plan to launch LTE services? Since we won the (licence) auction last year, we have done trials showing the technology working. We have also done inter-operator ability. Now, we are looking for commercial deployment of the network by the end of this year or early next year and the discussions with partners are also going on well. Globally, WiMax has slowed dramatically, in India, too. It seems everybody is moving towards LTE, which is why we have made our investment. What is the road map for launch of LTE services in India? Considering India is a very price-sensitive market, what will be the price of these handsets and gadgets? We will launch our new chipset for LTE devices, which will work seamlessly with all the technologies. It will be out by the end of this year or beginning next year. A lot of technology is going into the making of the chip. There are ones that are high-end in the market and ones with the low end; that’s where we are focused. We are pushing towards a device cost at around $100. We will definitely get that price point in the relatively near future. When Qualcomm entered India in the CDMA space, you talked about the clear divide in the market between CDMA and GSM. But CDMA has not happened here. Now, you are looking at both LTE and EVDO (Evolution Data Optimised, a 3G-high speed wireless broadband standard) services in India. Did something go wrong with your perception on CDMA and now are you hedging your bets on both the technologies? No, we are not hedging our bets. It is really that we are a world wireless company, not just CDMA, so we wanted to make sure we can support the operators, no matter what technology they choose. If you look at CDMA, operators used the fact that they had higher capacity networks and went for the low end of the market. In the early days, CDMA phones didn’t roam very well, so it was hard to get high ARPU (average revenue per user) consumers to adopt CDMA. Also, operators themselves decided they wanted to have both GSM and CDMA. There are concerns over your support to EVDO services, as many operators in India are moving towards 4G. What kind of support system will you have for CDMA players? There are over half a billion CDMA 2000 subscribers worldwide. It is a big market and continues to grow in handset shipments. The growth is a little slow but that is natural, as we have seen many new operators. EVDO is doing extremely well; a lot of data demand is there. The prices of devices have come down. The technology is quite mature. CDMA operators now have an opportunity with the data network. We are excited about the launch of both HSPA+ and LTE. That is why we are in both the places -- we have to support any wireless technology an operator wants. Now, it is only a question of a good ecosystem to support a specific demand for the Indian market. There was a huge gap between the launch of 3G services in India and globally. However, now we are moving towards 4G quickly. Would it have made sense to directly jump to 4G from 2G? How do you see this whole scenario? The key thing is that data demand is going up dramatically. So, we need to use the spectrum made available. 3G is much more mature than 4G; the prices are further down the cost curve. But not much spectrum was allocated in 3G. So, the spectrum in BWA, 3G and the existing spectrum, we need to use all, as the data demand is going to be so intense. So, it does not make sense to bypass 3G, given that it is down the cost curve already and the global ecosystem is building devices for that frequency band with that technology. You have invested quite a lot globally in companies. But, investments in India are not a really major amount, though you say it is a critical market for you. What kind of investments are you looking at the research and development space here? We have our own significant R&D here. We have invested in MapMyIndia, amongst others. We have a fulltime person in India for our venture funds. Our fund is not a big financial thing, it is a part of our corporate R&D organisation. We use it to make sure we see what is going on in the market, that we can provide a little bit of jumpstart to the new companies coming up. Typically, we are not making large investments. We are relatively doing a Series-A kind of investment. We have people here, they are out in the market, talking to people to find ways to help them with not just money but also access to global markets. That is probably the right thing and we will continue to do that.