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My dear friends, I'm 100% sure that this Motorala PDA will definetely catch the market. Afterall Motorola doesn't make cheap quality handsets. Regards.

^^^ MY dear friend, this is not possible at all. Regards.

^^^ My dear friends, I think that this handset could be launched near to Diwali. Regards.

Google mobile is not just an iPhone clone 24 Sep, 2008, 1650 hrs IST, ANI WASHINGTON: The first mobile phone that runs Google Inc.'s software, though looks identical with Apple Inc.'s iPhone, provides several extra facilities. Launched in the U.S. market on October 22, the phone comes with a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping programs. With its launch, Google has debuted as a cell phone software provider. Wireless carrier T-Mobile will begin selling the G1 phone for 179 dollars with a two-year contract in its stores. The phone will be sold only in the U.S. cities where the company has rolled out its faster, third-generation wireless data network. In other areas, people will be able to buy the phone from T-Mobile's Web site. The phone does work on T-Mobile's slower data network, but it is optimised for the faster networks. It can also connect at Wi-Fi hotspots. It can also connect at Wi-Fi hotspots. "It's just very exciting for me as a computer geek to be able to have a phone that I can play with and modify and innovate upon just like I have with computers in the past," CBS News quoted Sergey Brin, one of Google's founders, as saying at the launch event. Larry Page, another found of the company, said that the mobile phone industry was a tremendous opportunity for Google. The company hopes mobile phones will provide even more ways for people to interact with its advertising network.

My dear Dheeraj, SIZE doesn't matter here. You can import Elephants also..... Regards.

@Vishal Swaika My dear friend, you can go for Spice C-810. After all this handset is worth for money. Regards.

^^^ My dear Jayanth, in India their are different people with different needs and with different mindsets. Regards.

^^^ My dear Jayanth, I think that your handset goes into dormancy mode after 2-3 minutes. Regards.

Vacation of defence spectrum unlikely Text 24 Sep, 2008, 1519 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Allocation for fresh spectrum from the defence sector for operation of second generation (2G) services appears bleak, according to a senior government official. "Defence also does not have much spectrum and it is very difficult for them to vacate the same in the near future," the official from the senior telecommunication ministry told IANS Wednesday on condition of anonymity. The 1,800 MHz and 900 MHz bandwidth are full currently and no spectrum can be expected in this, he said, adding: "Delhi and Mumbai circles are already saturated." "We got spectrum tor south India and we gave it to them (telecom operators). As and soon we get fresh spectrum, we will allocate the same".

MTNL to roll out 3G mobile services by year-end 24 Sep, 2008, 1316 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: State-owned telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) on Wednesday said it will roll out 3G mobile services by the end of this year. 'The tender for 750,000 lines each in Delhi and Mumbai for 3G will be floated soon,? MTNL director (technical) Kuldeep Singh told media. The tender is evaluated at Rs.5 bn (Rs.500 crore or $125 mn). The equipment is being procured from telecom equipment manufacturers Motorola for Delhi and Alcatel-ITI for Mumbai. The trial of the 3G services in Delhi will be started within two months. However, the Mumbai services will be rolled out only in the first quarter next year.

India will have 200 mn rural telecom connections by 2012: Raja 24 Sep, 2008, 2034 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday expressed concern over the divide between the urban and rural areas in terms of telecom connectivity, and said the country would have 200 mn rural telecom connections by 2012. "We plan to have 200 mn rural telecom connections by 2012 at a penetration rate of 25 per cent and will utilise the USO (universal service obligation) fund for the achievement of this goal," Communications and IT Minister A Raja said here. So far, around 88 mn phones have been provided in the rural areas with a tele-density of around 11 per cent, he added. He said there was a huge potential for foreign investment in telecom equipment manufacturing, especially in the wake of the government's target of achieving 600 mn subscribers. "Following the government's measures to promote broadband in the country, the broadband subscribers grew from a meagre 0.18 mn in March 2005 to more than four mn, up to August 2008," Raja said. It is also envisaged that internet and broadband subscribers will increase to 40 mn and 20 mn respectively by 2010, he added.

DOT in talks with defence for release of spectrum: Raja 24 Sep, 2008, 1342 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Telecom Minister A Raja on Wednesday said his ministry is in talks with the Defence Ministry for releasing spectrum from the armed forces for civilian communication use. "The talks are being held with the defence ministry for release of spectrum. The National Security Advisor is on the job. Probably by next month, we are going to meet," he said on the sidelines of a telecom summit here. However, a senior DoT official said that the defence ministry too does not have much spectrum that it can spare. The 1800 and 900 MHz band (the most used spectrum band in mobile telephony) have been fully exhausted. "We have also given some spectrum on trial to new operators in south India," the official said. "It is very difficult to get any spectrum for Delhi or Mumbai, as these heavily populated metros have utilised all the available spectrum," he said. DOT expects defence to release at least 25-30 MHz of spectrum for 3G services. The original demand from DoT to defence was for 45 MHz, which has now been scaled down to 25-30 MHz.

No auction of 2G spectrum; One-time fee on 6.2 Mhz spectrum 24 Sep, 2008, 1731 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Telecom Minister A Raja on Wednesday ruled out auction of 2G spectrum and said that the department is in discussion with finance ministry to charge a one-time fee on the extra radio waves to the operators beyond the initial start-up spectrum. "It (one-time charge on 2G spectrum) has been discussed and is going to be discussed in the Telecom Commission in consultation with the finance ministry and one-time charges will be for the 2G spectrum for over 6.2 Mhz spectrum. It is already clarified that 2G can not be auctioned because the licence conditions say wherever the initial spectrum of 4.4 Mhz has been given, it becomes a contractual obligation since it was allotted to various operators in 1994. Now I can not change the rules for the new operators. It will be discrimination totally," Raja said on the sidelines of a Telecom Summit. Yesterday Raja had said government would come out with new spectrum charges which could include a one-time fee by the end of October. "A one-time charge could be there over and above the adjusted gross revenue of the telecom companies for spectrum above 6.2 Mhz," Raja had said. The move will raise the cost of spectrum for operators. At present, Bharti, Vodafone, Idea and BPL hold more than 6.2 Mhz of spectrum. Earlier, TRAI had recommended a one-time spectrum charge for 2G spectrum beyond 10 MHz for GSM operators and five MHz for CDMA operators. The regulator had suggested that for every additional one MHz beyond 10 MHz in Mumbai, Delhi and category A circles, operators should be charged Rs 16 crore.

Google phone to cost $179, debut October 22 24 Sep, 2008, 0124 hrs IST, ET NEW YORK: The first cell phone running Google Inc.'s mobile software looks something like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google's e-mail and mapping programs. Google made its debut as a cell phone software provider Tuesday at an event where wireless carrier T-Mobile said it will begin selling the G1 phone for $179 with a two-year contract. The device hits U.S. stores Oct. 22 and heads to Britain in November and other European countries early next year. The phone will be sold in T-Mobile stores only in the U.S. cities where the company has rolled out its faster, third-generation wireless data network. By launch, that will be 21 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Miami. In other areas, people will be able to buy the phone from T-Mobile's Web site. The phone does work on T-Mobile's slower data network, but it's optimized for the faster networks. It can also connect at Wi-Fi hotspots. The data plan for the phone will cost $25 per month on top of the calling service, at the low end of the range for data plans at U.S. wireless carriers. And at $179, the G1 is $20 less than the least expensive iPhone in the U.S. Like the iPhone, the G1 has a high-resolution screen, making it easier to browse Web sites that haven't been specifically adapted for a cell phone. Unlike the iPhone, Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerrys and most other high-end smart phones sold in the U.S., the G1 has a very limited ability to connect to corporate e-mail servers. That means the device's initial market is likely to be consumers. Google is giving away Android, the software that underlies the G1, for free, and opening the operating system to third-party developers who can create their own programs. The software has been seen as Google's way of getting a foothold on the mobile Internet, which industry watchers see as a big growth area, and in particular as a way to make advertising on cell phone screens a viable business. In an interview, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Google's aims are broader than mobile advertising. ``Generally, we think if there are great (operating systems) out there that let people have great devices and great applications, people use the Internet on their phones much more,'' Brin said at the launch event in New York. ``And whenever people use the Internet more, they end up using our services, and ultimately, that's good for our business. There's no secret plan to have ads pop up or anything.'' On the face of it, the G1 doesn't do much that other high-end phones don't already do. But Google is counting the device unleashing the creativity of software developers, who are free to write applications for it. ``There aren't a lot of `wow' features on it. I think what we can expect from it is that it's going to be a good Internet phone,'' said Lance Ulanoff, editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. Developers will be able to submit applications to an online store run by Google, which will apply minimal vetting. Apple launched a similar store for the iPhone earlier this year, but keeps much tighter control over what applications are available. It has blocked programs that compete with its own. Brin also revealed that he had personally written an application for the phone. ``It's just very exciting for me as a computer geek to be able to have a phone that I can play with and modify and innovate upon just like I have with computers in the past,'' he said. Brin's program uses the phone's built-in motion sensor to measure how long it takes for the phone to land when tossed into the air. He acknowledged that the wisdom of including such a program with an expensive phone is dubious. ``We did not include that one by default,'' he said.

RIM to launch touchscreen BlackBerry 'soon': Verizon 24 Sep, 2008, 0000 hrs IST, REUTERS TORONTO: Research In Motion (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(RIMM.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is preparing to launch the long anticipated touch-screen version of its BlackBerry smartphone, according to an official promotion e-mail from U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(VOD.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz). The device will be known as the BlackBerry Storm 9530 and will feature "global capabilities", Verizon said, without providing specifics. It also did not give an exact launch date, saying only that the smartphone is "coming soon". Technology bloggers and analysts have speculated since early this year that Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM was working on a touch device as an answer to Apple's (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) popular iPhone. In February, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie told Reuters the company may launch a touch device if consumers want it. And in May, media reports said the touch-screen BlackBerry would be called Thunder and would likely launch in the third quarter of this year. A RIM spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment. RIM shares were up 71 Canadian cents at C$102.10 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

^^^ My dear Vaibhav, I think that Reliance will launch its Gsm services under "Smart" brand name. But still not confirmed. Regards.

CDMA, GSM players take spectrum battle to new govt panel 24 Sep, 2008, 0312 hrs IST, ET NEW DELHI: CDMA and GSM-based telecom operators have extended their war of words and battle for spectrum to the new committee set up by the government to come out with an alternative mode of allocation of radio frequencies. Even as this committee is examining the possibility of junking the subscriber-based allocation model, which India currently uses, its members are now debating the quantity of radio frequencies that operators on each platform are eligible. GSM players say that the new policy should incorporate the existing allocation limits where they are entitled to a maximum of 15 MHz of radio frequencies per circle, while for CDMA it is 7.5 Mhz. Until the committee comes out with a new policy approach, the government is following the criteria specified by telecom regulator TRAI which said that both GSM and CDMA players increase their subscriber base between 2-6 times (depending on the circle) before being granted additional spectrum. The TRAI norms and the DoT’s earlier policy announcements state that GSM players will be given an maximum of 15 Mhz per circle. CDMA operators have now told this committee the spectrum allocation for GSM players is capped at 6.2 MHz. “The reference to 6.2 MHz was for the first time made in the 4th cellular license issued in 2001, which was subject to ‘usage, justification and availability’ and also ‘on payment of additional license fee’. This is not to be confused with recurring spectrum usage charges, which are separately levied as a percentage of wireless revenues,” the Association of Unified Service Providers of India (AUSPI), the body representing CDMA players said in their communication to the spectrum committee. GSM players on the other hand argue that allocations beyond 6.2 MHz limits have been consistent with government guidelines and licensing provisions. AUSPI, which for years have been demanding that GSM operators be charged a one-time fee for all allocations beyond the 6.2 MHz mark, has now taken up the issue with this committee too. “Even if the government ignores the manifestly illegal allocation beyond contracted spectrum of 6.2 MHz, it should at the very least ensure that it levies a fair charge to share the super-normal profits of operators who have excess spectrum,” the CDMA body said. GSM sources, while pointing out that levying charges for past spectrum allocations is outside the terms of this committee also add that ‘licence terms has been outlined by successive governments over a decade and the allegation of CDMA stakeholders tantamounts to raising fingers at every government and administration over the last decade and accusing them of acting in an extra-constitutional and unauthorised manner’. Even as operators on both platforms are involved in a war of words, ET has learnt that the spectrum committee is considering an auction approach, where operators are given a minimum allotment along with the licence and all further allotments would be via a bidding process.

^^^ Thats the great news my dear friends. Atleast their nationwide Gsm rollout is going as planned. Regards.

Mobile operators to pay for excess 2G spectrum Business Line Bharti, Vodafone, Idea may have to cough up Rs 4,000 cr as one-time fee. New Delhi, Sept. 23 Mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular, may have to cough up as much as Rs 4,000 crore each for having spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz for offering cellular services (2G). The one-time fee is being imposed on the grounds that the cellular licence does not mention spectrum allocation beyond 6.2 Mhz in each circle even as some of the operators have been given up to 12 Mhz in some areas. The proposed fee is being seen as a way to recover the value for the excess spectrum. The Communications and IT Minister, Mr A. Raja, on Tuesday said that the issue was being discussed with the Finance Ministry and a decision on the exact quantum of the fee and the method of calculation will be announced by October. According to a proposal being worked out by the Department of Telecom, mobile operators may have to cough up as much as Rs 80 crore for each unit of spectrum bandwidth beyond 6.2 Mhz in Metros and Circle A States, Rs 40 crore in Circle B and Rs 20 crore in Circle C. While the GSM licence does not mention spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz, some of the operators, including Bharti Airtel, have been given up to 12 Mhz based on subscriber numbers. If this proposal is accepted, then an operator such as Bharti may have to pay a total of Rs 1,600 crore. There is, however, another proposal to charge a flat fee of Rs 266 crore for each unit of spectrum irrespective of the area. If this option is accepted, then Bharti will be forced to pay over Rs 4,000 crore for its pan-Indian spectrum. Other players such as Vodafone and Idea will have to pay lower amounts since they do not own as much spectrum as Bharti Airtel does. The Samajwadi Party leader, Mr Amar Singh, had also suggested a formula whereby existing GSM players would have had to pay Rs 1,312 crore for each unit of spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz. This would take the bill to over Rs 10,000 crore for each player. However, DoT is not in favour of this scheme as it will be difficult for operators to pay such a high amount. DoT has also suggested an across-the-board increase in annual spectrum charges paid by the operators as a percentage of their revenues. Currently, operators pay up to 4 per cent of their revenues depending on the quantum of spectrum they hold. DoT has proposed to increase the rate by another one per cent.

Google phone to face tough battle 23 Sep, 2008, 1646 hrs IST, Indiatimes NEW YORK: Google Inc's announcement last year that it would give away software that could run cell phones was met by dizzy accolades from analysts who thought it would let the search engine company conquer the world of mobile advertising. T-Mobile USA is set to reveal the first phone to use Android, Google's software platform, at a New York news conference. But a lot has happened in the world of cell phone software in the intervening year, and Google looks set for an uphill battle in trying to capture the desires of consumers and wireless carriers. Research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that T-Mobile could sell 400,000 phones this year, giving Google about 4 percent of the US market for "smart" phones, a category dominated by Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry phones with tough competition from Apple Inc's iPhone, Palm Inc's Treos and Centros and various phones running Microsoft Corp's Windows Mobile software. The new phone, called the G1 according to T-Mobile's invitation, is widely expected to be a design from HTC Corp of Taiwan, which has made a name for itself by making smart phones that use Windows Mobile software. Based on previous Google demos of its software, it's assumed that it will have a touch screen and a slide-out, full-alphabet keyboard. The Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing unnamed sources that the phone would sell for $199 and carry the Google brand. It's likely that the phone will go on sale in a few weeks. Other details are scant, and it's not clear exactly what the phone will be capable of, but Web browsing and e-mail are safe bets. "This is the right moment for Google to answer some of the big questions that have been outstanding since Android was announced almost a year ago," said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation, which has created a rival cell phone software platform. "What will the consumer do on this handset that can't be done on other handsets?" The LiMo Foundation is behind one of the developments that has undermined the prospects for Android in the last year. In May, Verizon Wireless said LiMo, or Linux Mobile, would be the "preferred" software for its phones, starting next year, joining some European carriers. Like Android, LiMo is based on Linux computer software, and is given away free to phone makers. But the LiMo Foundation is designed as consortium of industry participants to assuage their fears that a single company would dominate phone software, like Microsoft does on PCs. In contrast, while Google has tried to broaden its base by creating an Open Handset Alliance, Android is still very much identified as its project, and a "Google" brand on the phone will strengthen that image. The world's largest supplier of software for smart phones is Symbian Ltd., used by Nokia Corp. In June, Nokia announced it was buying Symbian with a view to donating the software to a LiMo-like foundation, which will make it available for free. That means there will soon be not one but two suites of software with strong industry support and a price tag of zero to compete with Android when manufacturers pick operating systems. When it comes to getting carriers interested in Android, Google has an advantage its competitors lack: a world-beating advertising system that turned it into a multibillion-dollar company in the space of a few years. If Android can translate Google's success in Web advertising to the phone, carriers could get a cut of the revenue. Wireless operators have been looking for more than a decade at making the cell phone an welcoming place for advertisers, said In-Stat analyst Bill Hughes. In particular, they want to make use of the ability of cell phones to locate their users and provide ads keyed to that location. But the carriers "are not really set up, structurally or by temperament, to pursue that," Hughes said. "So it's basically remained: `This is a really good idea that we're going to get to some day.'" Now, he added, Google "can come to them and say `Look, we've proven ourselves to be very successful in this application." By building an operating system from the ground up with this idea in mind, it could succeed where others have failed. That prospect boosted Google's stock to its highest level ever, $747.24, on Nov. 7 last year, the day after Android was announced. Analyst Sandeep Aggarwal, then with Oppenheimer & Co., predicted then that Google could be harvesting as much as $4.8 billion in annual revenue from the mobile market within three years after Android appears. He put a 12-month price target of $850 on Google stock. But time has deflated some of the hopes around Android, and Google shares closed Monday at $430.14. Among US carriers, Sprint Nextel Corp has apparently taken the bait along with T-Mobile, and is a member of the Open Handset Alliance. Verizon Wireless has not ruled out Android phones, but is putting its energy into LiMo. AT&T is holding off on making decisions about Android. "We will look at it and see if it makes sense for our customers," said AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel.

^^^ The pics are really cool my dear friends.

@Chandan My dear friend, at the time of transferring the old number to new handset, the web world people could demand an Identity Proof from you. So, if you are going to purchase a new handset then take a copy of your identity proof with you. Regards.

Specs for Google Android Phone Leaked! No video recording, no stereo Bluetooth apparently With only a few hours remaining for the official announcement of the T-Mobile G1, some of the specs have already seen the light of day. Folks at Tmonews , a website dedicated for T-mobile users who in the past have managed to provide some scoops, have done it again. In any case, we will know most of the details later today once the phone is officially announced. Before we delve into the specs part, here is an excerpt from the announcement that was apparently leaked: "Available in all stores within 3G boundary area, regardless of whether or not store is in a 3G dead spot. Available in some locations directly outside of the 3G boundary area due to the fact that some customers who live in the 3G boundary area shop within a 2-5 mile radius and the store they would go to is outside of the 3G boundary area. For those stores not in 3G markets, a demo unit and merchandising will be in store so rep can show customer what the experience on G1 is like on the 2G network. If customer is ok with experience, Rep can help them purchase a device on T-Mobile.com." Now that is interesting for sure! The speculated specs: Size 4.6 x 2.16 x 0.63 inch Weight 5.6 ounces Display 65K color screen, HVGA (480 320) Talk Time 5 hours Standby Time 130 hours Maps (including satellite, traffic and street views) Gmail, YouTube, Calendar and Google Talk one touch access. Speculation is also rife about the fact that there will be no video recording or stereo Bluetooth and more importantly, no sign of corporate e-mail access for now at least. At the same time there, on the G1 content front, there seems to be fresh rumors suggesting that Amazon.com has already readied an application, which will enable users to purchase music from Amazon music. With only a few hours to go for the launch, you can keep a tab of the announcement on the official G1 website. Courtesy : Techtree

New spectrum charges to be announced by next month: Raja 23 Sep, 2008, 1402 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Telecom Minister A Raja today said new spectrum charges, which will be a one-time charge for the radio wave beyond 6.2 MHz, would be announced by the end of October. He said that the telecom ministry is in discussions with finance ministry and GSM operators to work out new charges for additional spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz. The minister also said his ministry is also talking to finance ministry on the issue of relaxing borrowing norms for aspiring 3G spectrum bidders. COAI and AUSPI have written to the finance ministry for easing ECB norms to enable prospective 3G bidders to access funds, cost effectively. On the Blackberry issue, Raja said, "While a solution is still being worked out, the services cannot be denied to the customers."

Swan Telecom to start services in 2009 - MD 23 Sep, 2008, 1625 hrs IST, REUTERS NEW DELHI: India's Swan Telecom, in which Emirates Telecommunications Corp has bought a 45 per cent stake for around $900 million, plans to launch its first telecoms operation during the April-June quarter of 2009, its managing director said on Tuesday. "As of today, we have got spectrum in 10 circles. We will be launching our first operation in the first quarter of next financial year," Shahid Balwa told Reuters. India's financial year runs from April to March. The spectrum in 10 circles includes the lucrative Delhi service area, he said. Swan has telecoms licences for 13 of India's 22 service areas later. Balwa said the Indian shareholders would remain the controlling stakeholders in Swan after the Etisalat deal, which was announced earlier on Tuesday.