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^^^ Thanks for the tones my dear Akshat.

^^^ The first and last wallpapers are really great my dear Akshat. Keep posting. Regards.

Nokia N96 to Launch in The UK on October 1 According to reports, Nokia’s next-gen mobile computer, the N96, is scheduled for an October 1 launch in the UK. The handset is the upgrade to their immensely popular N95 dual slider. Its form factor, as I’ve said before looks like a hybrid of the N95 and the N81. A dual slider, the N96 comes equipped with a 2.8-inch QVGA display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution and 16 million colors. The handset features a 3.5mm earphone socket that doubles as TV out, DVB-H TV broadcast support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP support, USB v2.0 and even though it has 16GB of internal user memory it also has support for microSD cards. The N96 is a GPS-enabled handset and also comes equipped with a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and flash. The features that make this phone irresistible are: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 5 MP Auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss lens A-GPS function 16 GB built in memory plus microSD (TransFlash) Card slot Built-in GPS receiver Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP 2.8-inch QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) LCD TFT display 128MB RAM, 256MB storage memory EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps GPRS Class 32, 107 / 64.2 kbps HSCSD WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Nokia Maps application Support for SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, MMS, SMS. Unified SMS/MMS editor This full featured handset is estimated to cost about Rs. 32,000 (£400). We can expect this handset hopefully in time for Christmas. Courtesy : Tech2 & Techtree

Nokia N96 Price and Date Revealed Finally it's here! The Nokia N96 will be available in India on September 16 for a whopping Rs. 35,000. The dual-slide Nokia N96 offers a memory size of 16GB that can be increased to 24GB with an optional microSD card. The highlight of the phone is surely the 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a dual LED flash and video light which the new Apple iPhone 3G lacks. The N96 also allows DVD-like quality video capture at 30 frames per second and also features media keys, a 3.5 mm headphone connector and built-in 3D stereo speakers. The N96 in India will come pre-loaded with: - 'Om Shanti Om' movie - 50 music videos, a mix of 100 evergreen Hindi and 100 hot English soundtracks - 3 N-gage games including an unlimited license on an exciting 3rd edition of Asphalt3: Street Rules preloaded - 3 country Nokia maps preloaded (India, Singapore and UAE) with a 3 month navigation license 8 cities across the India (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai and Pune) Courtesy : Techtree

Yes my dear friends, if we calculate it comes to much more then 100 times. These operators are really looting subscribers. Regards.

^^^ Yes my dear Akshat Bsnl will surely keep the price of Iphone lower then its rival operators. And also after 2-3 months Vodafone and Airtel too might reduce the price by some extent. Regards.

Sony Ericsson G705 in Two Weeks? Rumors about Sony Ericsson phones never seem to end. The latest buzz is that the handset maker has a new slider phone, dubbed the Sony Ericsson G705, up its sleeve and is expected to announce it in just two weeks, writes GSMArena. The G705 is said to feature a 2.4-inch screen, a 3 megapixel camera (sadly, with no auto-focus), built-in GPS receiver and WiFi. Also, the camera is backed by a LED flash rather than Xenon and will support geo-tagging thanks to the built-in GPS receiver. In terms of memory, the G705 will pack 128 MB of internal memory and M2 memory card expansion slot. However, there is no word yet on the pricing and availability. For more on the specs and other information about this new handset we all will have to wait for the official launch. Courtesy : Techtree

^^^ My dear Abhi, your post has been approved and is set to visible now. You can check the same. And regarding signatures, actually at our beloved forum External Links which are linked to other websites/forums are not allowed in signatures. Thats why your signature had been edited as per the forum rules. Although if you own a personal Blog, then you may be allowed to give the link of your blog in Signatures. Kindly abide by the forum rules my dear friend. Regards.

The plan looks to be good my dear friends, except the monthly data transfer limit of 30MB only. Regards.

Maharashtra, Goa Get Festive Offer From Tata Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, has launched RCV 475, a recharge voucher for new and existing prepaid customers across the Maharashtra and Goa circle. The value voucher priced at Rs. 475 offers 1000 minutes of local calling (from Tata to any other operator) across Maharashtra and Goa, along with an additional benefit of first 500 Local and STD SMS absolutely free with a validity of 1 month. Shashank Pore, GM, Marketing, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited said, "Its the festive season and our way of spreading good cheer is by delighting our valued customers with a range of unbeatable products and tariffs. The Tata Indicom recharge voucher of Rs. 475/- has been specially created to add to the festive fervor and we promise an unmatched mobile experience to customers on our congestion free network (certified by TRAI)." Courtesy : Tech2

^^^ Yes my dear SRK, this you have provided this link in your earlier post also. But it is nowhere written their that this handset doesn't support MP4. Can't say from where did Sumit read about no MP4 support. Regards.

BSNL may get navratna call before IPO 9 Sep, 2008, 0226 hrs IST, ET NEW DELHI: The government may confer navratna status to Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) before the telecom major hits the market with its initial public offer. It would consider a proposal to designate BSNL and Coal India as navratna companies in its upcoming meeting this week. It will also consider the case of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) for the navratna tag. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has asked these companies to furnish financial details and the number of independent directors on their board. While BSNL has been trying for the navratna status since 2001, Coal India and RINL joined the fray recently. Currently, there are 17 central public sector enterprises which have been granted the navratna tag. The list includes Shipping Corporation of India, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Steel Authority of India and Indian Oil Corporation. “Both BSNL and Coal India have initial public offer (IPO) plans. If these companies have the navratna status before their issues hit the market, they may be able to generate a better response. Both PSEs have earlier applied, so we hope that this time their proposal should be cleared. We’ve also asked RINL to furnish all details,” a DPE official said. BSNL, a mini-ratna, has been pushing for navratna tag on grounds that it has performed better than other CPSEs, while smaller companies like Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) were granted navratna status much earlier. BSNL posted a net profit of Rs 7,805 crore on revenues of Rs 39,715 crore in 2006-07. It also invested Rs 8,142 crore for expansion of its telecom network during the year and plans to raise around Rs 40,000 crore from its public offer. Coal India, which is also a mini-ratna, hopes to further the plans of its foreign venture arm, Coal Videsh. The company posted a net profit of Rs 2,822 crore in the last financial year.

Vodafone-Essar mobile phone dispute deepens 9 Sep, 2008, 1344 hrs IST, ET MUMBAI: Differences between Vodafone and Essar, its Indian partner has reportedly deepened after the former won an order blocking the sale of shares of a mobile phone unit controlled by the Essar Group. According to the London-based Financial Times, an arbitration panel has ordered Essar to freeze the sale of any shares of the mobile unit, BPL Mobile Communications, including those of one of its most important subsidiaries, Loop Telecom. The order has imposed significant constraints on the ability of BPL and Loop to dispose of their assets pending the arbitration outcome. Loop, which holds 21 mobile phone network licences, has been touted for sale at a price tag of up to 2.5 billion dollars. The arbitration order could stop the Loop sale but a person familiar with the issue said Loop could still bring in strategic investment using means other than the direct sale of existing shares. Vodafone's partnership with Essar began last year when it bought a controlling 67 per cent stake in Hutchison Essar, the country's number three mobile operator, from Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison for 11 billion dollars. Essar, controlled by the Ruia family, retained a 33 per cent stake in the joint venture, which was renamed Vodafone Essar, after a period of intense negotiations over the terms and conditions of the partnership with the UK group's former chief executive officer Arun Sarin. As part of the deal, Vodafone inherited a dispute between Hutchison and Essar over the ownership of BPL Mobile Communications, a small mobile phone company with operations in Mumbai and about one million subscribers. Hutchison had agreed to buy the company from Essar more than two years ago for 400 million dollars. The deal ran into trouble after the Indian group claimed its Hong Kong partner had missed a deadline for obtaining regulatory approval for the sale. When the sides could not agree a solution, the dispute moved into arbitration.

RIM the big winner in smartphone market: Gartner 9 Sep, 2008, 0213 hrs IST, ET HELSINKI: Blackberry maker RIM was the biggest winner in a slowing smartphone market in the second quarter, roughly doubling its market share from a year ago to 17.4 percent, research firm Gartner said on Monday. The market was still dominated by Finland's Nokia Oyj , which sold 15.3 million phones with capabilities like e-mail and navigation, giving it a 47.5 percent share. But this was down from 50.8 percent a year ago as competition intensified in the consumer smartphone market. "RIM continued to execute well at the consumer level, increasing its global market reach," Gartner analyst Roberta Cozza said in a statement. Research In Motion Ltd (RIM) sold 5.6 million smartphones in April through June, up from 2.5 million a year ago, as it found new clients beyond its main business market. "In the second half of the year, the company is expected to launch smartphones based on new (designs) ... which are necessary to keep pace with the competition at the consumer level," she said. Gartner said Nokia needs to introduce more design variations among its N-series multimedia phones to stay ahead. The company has only tweaked its N-series lineup so far this year and many analysts expect it to lose more market share in smartphones in coming quarters. Credit Suisse said it expects Nokia's smartphone market share to fall to 41.6 percent in 2009, hurting profit margins. NEW COMPETITION "Longer term, we maintain our concerns regarding smartphone share in the face of new competition from the likes of RIM, Apple and HTC (High Tech Computer)," analyst Kulbinder Garcha at Credit Suisse said in a research note. Gartner said global smartphone sales growth almost halved from the first quarter to 15.7 percent. "The current economic environment continues to negatively impact the market, limiting consumer spending and replacement purchases in general," Cozza said, adding growth should pick up again in July through September. "Wider availability of new touch smartphone models together with the global introduction of the iPhone 3G will help sales of smartphones return to stronger growth in the third quarter of 2008," Cozza said. Apple Inc's share of global smartphone sales fell to 2.8 percent from 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008 as it sold down inventories of first-generation iPhones before the launch of the iPhone 3G. High Tech Computer Corp (HTC) sales more than doubled from a year ago to 1.3 million phones, lifting the company to No. 3 position from seventh place the previous quarter. In smartphone operating systems, Symbian lost market share as the Japanese market declined and Mitsubishi exited the market. Symbian had 57 percent of the market in the second quarter, compared with 66 percent in the same period last year. RIM had 17.4 percent of the market and Microsoft's Windows Mobile market share stood at 12 percent in the quarter.

Unitech mops up Rs 1,200 crore for telecom venture 9 Sep, 2008, 0310 hrs IST, ET NEW DELHI : Unitech has raised Rs 1,200 crore for its telecom venture from a syndicate of public sector banks led by Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank. Meanwhile, Norway’s telecom firm Telenor is learnt to have emerged the frontrunner in the race to acquire stake in Unitech Wireless, group’s telecom arm. Unitech is likely to finalise a telecom partner in two weeks. Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra confirmed that the group has raised debt worth Rs 1,200 crore, but declined a comment on telecom partner. SBI Capital Markets organised the loan from the syndicate, which included Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Central Bank of India and Vijaya Bank. PNB and Canara Bank contributed the major chunk of the loan. Unitech Wireless plans to use the funds to buy telecom equipment for the first phase of its rollout. Unitech Wireless has already initiated the process to procure equipment from global telecom equipment majors ZTE, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia and Ericsson. The company is also looking at sharing infrastructure of the existing telecom players in the country. Unitech plans to raise a major chunk of initial funds through stake sale. The company is in the process of finalising a European telecom player as its partner. Norway’s Telenor is said to be ahead of its competitors, according to sources close to the development. Unitech has held talks with a number of international telcos since it began its search for a partner earlier this year. The company shortlisted three players, including Telenor, Telecom Italia and an Asian telco two months ago, and is now veering towards Telenor. Sources say talks with Telecom Italia fell through after the two parties failed to bridge the gap over valuation. Unitech is expecting a valuation of $3 billion for its start-up, while Telecom Italia was ready for just a billion dollar. Sources say Unitech is yet to take a final call on Telenor as the two sides are still working on valuation. Another crucial issue, sources say, is the amount of stake being offered to the foreign player. Unitech has all along insisted that it planned to sell no more than 26% stake in its telecom venture, but potential foreign partners have been asking for a majority stake. A source claimed that Unitech may look at selling even 51% stake, but Unitech denied it. Unitech, which has pan-India GSM licence and received spectrum to operate in six service areas, had earlier said that it expected to invest Rs 20,000 crore, including debt and equity, in its telecom business over the next three years.

3G auction: Global majors to bid just before opening 9 Sep, 2008, 0213 hrs IST, ET NEW DELHI: With state-owned BSNL all set to open bids for 93 million GSM lines on Wednesday, all network majors have decided to play it safe. Global majors who are in the running, including Nokia Siemens, Motorola, Huawei, Ericsson, ZTE and Alcatel Lucent, are learnt to have told BSNL that they would submit their bids just minutes before the opening time on Wednesday. This is because all vendors want to avoid the possibility of their bids details being leaked out. The last time around, the information about the disqualified bidders, which included Motorola and ZTE, was leaked prior to the opening of the bids. The BSNL deal, which is estimated to be valued at $9-10 billion, is the largest GSM contract globally. “The difference between the rates quoted by the different vendors will be very small. The stakes are so high that nobody wants to take a chance by submitting an early bid. All of them (network majors) have told us that they will submit their bids at the last minute,” a senior BSNL executive told ET. He also added that legally, the companies are allowed to submit their bids up to 30 minutes prior to the opening time. BSNL executives also explained that it would not be possible to determine the winners of the tender on Wednesday (September 10). This is because, for the first time ever, the telco has divided the tender into four components — 2G lines, 3G lines, infrastructure and operating and business support systems (OSS & BSS) with a provision that companies can bid individually for any of the four components, or a single company can also bid for all the components. “We will evaluate the technical feasibility of the bids on Wednesday. The financial component can be evaluated only after the rates are calculated against several parameters. For instance, companies can bid only for the IT part of the tender. Standalone tower companies can also bid. We will therefore have to compute if the cost-benefit ratio of awarding standalone components to smaller players and giving the entire components to established global network vendors,” said a BSNL source. The BSNL contract is split into three parts of 25 million each for the North, South and West Zones and 18 million for the East Zone. The tender conditions also stipulate that one company cannot be awarded more than two zones — this implies that the maximum order than an equipment major can bag is for 50 million lines. This is different from the earlier BSNL tenders where the total contract was divided amongst the two lowest bidders, L1 and L2, in the 60:40 ratio. Besides, here L2 was required to match the price quoted by L1.

Final RFP on e-auction agency for 3G auction on Sept 12 8 Sep, 2008, 1946 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: Government on Monday kick started the process for appointment of an e-auction agency to oversee the bidding process of spectrum allocation, which is scheduled to be held in December. The Department of Telecom, which today started the pre-bid conference to select an online auction agency, discussed the Request For Proposal (RFP) document with prospective bidders and clarified their queries. This exercise will continue tomorrow also. Explaining the roadmap for appointment of an e-auction agency, a spokesperson of the telecom ministry told PTI, "DoT will announce the final RFP on September 12 for appointment of e-auction agency ... After the agency is selected, design and contours of the auction process will be finalised in October by the agency in consultation with DoT. The auction will be conducted in December." Their roadmap is in line with what the Government has decided so far on roll out of the 3G services. According to soucres, N M Rothschild and Sons, Inge V Hansen DotEcon Ltd, Spiderboom Internet Services Pvt Ltd, Metaljunctions are believed to have sought clarifications from DoT.

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^^^ All my dear friends, it is just our responsibility to inform all our co-members that what's allowed on the forum and what's not. And I had just done that. Otherwise members afterwards says that they were not aware of such rules. Please avoid discussing about cracks / serials / keygens, etc. for any softwares in the forum my dear friends Regards.

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^^^ My dear friend, ofcourse, HTC handsets are really cool and HTC P3000 CDMA is not that bad at all. So what are you waiting for. Go and get it. I heard somewhere that Reliance soon is coming with a new model of HTC. You can wait for that also. Regards.

Vanu Inc in talks with CDMA players for dual tech solution Business Line New Delhi, Sept. 7 In a bid to capitalise on mobile companies’ move to adopt dual technology, US-based Vanu Inc is in talks with CDMA players including Tata Teleservices to offer a solution that will help the operators to switch to GSM without changing their existing hardware. Vanu’s solution enables operators to move between technologies seamlessly via its software based solution called Anywave Software Radio. Dr Vanu Bose, President and CEO of Vanu Inc, told Business Line, “We expect our first deployment in India by early next year. Pilots and trials are going on with different operators.” Tata invests The company has also received $32 million venture capital investment. Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) led this round of funding, while previous investor Charles River Ventures and Tata Capital participated in the round which will largely support business development, marketing and integration currently underway in India. Mr Bose said since a Tata venture has invested in the company, a partnership with Tata Telservices may be expected. Vanu is in the process of significantly expanding its presence in India through increased staffing and the signing of strategic partnerships. Vanu’s software-only design runs on commercial off-the-shelf servers, rather than expensive proprietary hardware. In addition, it is the only Radio Access Network (RAN) product to simultaneously support multiple cellular standards on the same platform. Anywave has already been deployed by cellular operators in the US and Canada. Vanu also has a research and development centre in Bangalore. 3G Solution Mr Bose said the company was working on a solution for the third generation (3G) mobile segment. Earlier Vanu and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) had announced their partnership to trial the Vanu Anywave technology as an integral component in wireless access and broadband solutions for the Indian rural communication market. The company had also entered into a strategic alliance with GTL Limited to address the shared active infrastructure services market in India. The solution will allow multiple operators on a shared common network to maintain independence, gain cost benefits and lower cost of entry through a combined wireless infrastructure.

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ADAG acquires majority stake in US webcaster 8 Sep, 2008, 0000 hrs IST, ET NEW DELHI: ADAG company Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in the US-based cricket webcasting portal, Willow TV, for an undisclosed amount. The Anil Ambani company will invest Rs 300 crore in the portal over the next two years and the amount includes the acquisition price. Willow TV is a paid site with a subscriber base of over a million registered users, primarily in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. Last year, the company streamed all major cricket events live, including the iconic Indian Premier League, as well as all Australian, South African and English international matches. After registering, one can purchase packages and view live video at any time. Willow TV is promoted by Vijay Srinivasan and Sameer Mehta. Talking about the strategy behind the acquisition of the portal, Reliance Big Entertainment president Rajesh Sawhney told ET: “The acquisition of Willow TV is in line with our strategy to strengthen our presence in the global markets and reinforce our group’s presence in new media. There is considerable scope to expand the size, scale and scope of Willow TV portal. We are also looking at launching a video-box service which will seamlessly integrate cricket, movie and television content on the television screen, which would give our audience great choice and better viewing experience. There is a considerable synergy between cricket from Willow TV, movies from Bigflix.com and telecom services from Reliance Communications which we will now implement.” He declined to divulge the exact acquisition price. Reliance Big has been aggressively strengthening its position in the entertainment and media space and has been building value across the value chain. The company has committed an estimated Rs 1,600 crore investment in the next two years for production and co-production of movies in the country. It is also expanding its presence in the multiplex business under Big Cinemas. ADAG had earlier acquired Adlabs Cinemas from Manmohan Shetty. On international projects, the entertainment major has already announced a slew of investments in Hollywood projects. It has signed deals with eight Hollywood production houses, including George Clooney’s Smokehouse Productions, Tom Hanks’ Playtone Productions, Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Nicolas Cage’s Saturn Productions.