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^^^ Thanks for the details my dear Sachin. Regards.

Mobile learning opens new chapter in education 25 Jul, 2008, 0320 hrs IST, ET Bureau NEW DELHI: If you find classroom teaching boring or computer sessions a little too tiring then it’s time to break the mould and switch over to learning on the go! Now, you can take lessons in maths, English and science and also do your training on your mobile and PDAs. And what more, you can also take your preparatory tests, such as CAT and IIT-JEE, on your handset. Some firms, such as EnableM, Tata Interactive, 24X7 Learning, Airtel, IMS and NIIT, are working overtime to make this possible. While companies are offering small training modules for employees, coaching and content development institutes in the education space are tying up with mobile operators to offer such services. EnableM, a mobile content distribution firm, for one, has tied up with Harper Collins, Britannica for content aggregation and dissemination. It also has institutional tie-ups with University of Florida, Haifa University, Israel, CDAC, Media Lab Asia to deliver content and basic course modules on maths, English, science. A new entrant in the mobile learning space, it launched a module — maths for mobile — four months back. The company is now planning to launch My Sports Pal in India. The programme aims at making maths interesting using sports. “Mlearning, though in a nascent stage in India, has huge potential,” says EnableM CEO Amit Zaveri. “Going forward, you will see more action happening in the space.” India is witnessing rapid growth in mobile and internet penetration. With 250 million mobile subscribers and about 42 million internet connections, the market is huge and growing. Analysts believe convergence of mobile, internet, and TV services on a single gadget will lead to increased awareness and popularity of this form of education in the next few years. Airtel on the other hand, has plans to launch a small reference module on mobile for employees in the next two months. Employees can access information on leave, company policy et al from a central server by sending an SMS. Second step would be to launch customer service information on the handsets. If things work fine, the company may go ahead with it’s plans of introducing it’s course on mobile in the future. “We are exploring this medium as it looks like an exciting platform. To start with, we will look at delivering content for frontline employees in sales and customer service,” says Krishnamurthy Shankar, director-HR, Airtel. Such a medium has multiple benefits. One, it offers an interactive learning experience; two, accessibility of mobile devices in remote areas. The platform can be used anywhere, anytime, including schools, home or when in transit. It engages learners and is far cheaper than computers. Applect Learning Systems director Ritesh Hemrajani says, it will also help us to reach the bottom end of the pyramid with some learning solution as these are the people who are still some time away from computers and the internet. He believes, it will serve as an effective education platform even in basic formats of entry level products. This has led Applect to prepare solutions on the same. The firm is trying to come up with different applications — the static applications, which will be downloadable from the Applect site and third party neutral sites. Initially, it will be in the form of free question banks. Effort will be to get more and more people to download while subsequent advance versions may require cost to download. Secondly, a premium dynamic service which will take care of assessment led learning and will provide a customised feedback and learning content. “We are trying to tie-up with a couple of mobile operators for this and also to expand the area of value added services in the field of education,” Hemrajani. NIIT, on the other hand, has been doing it for the last one year through PDAs and the company claims a huge response. “Companies would take it up as it’s an extremely cost effective medium of training,” says Vipul Rastogi, senior VP and head enterprise solutions, NIIT. The IT education firm says it has created content for the world leader in direct selling of FMCG goods that was imparted using PDA as one of the medium to impart training. Another instance is of an ‘Experience Programme’ to build brand ambassadors for its category which encompasses over 200 products, including nutritional food supplements in liquid, powder, food bar, tablet, and capsule form. The program included a comprehensive health assessment and consultation, facility tours, and presentations on health concepts. It is also in talks with a beverage major for a big project in mobile learning.

MTN to decide on resumption of talks 25 Jul, 2008, 0045 hrs IST, ET NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it was up to MTN to decide if it wanted to resume talks for a possible merger, even as the company refused to comment if it would redial the South African telco. “I cannot say if we will get into talks again. At this point, everything is speculative. I would, therefore, like to stick to our company policy of no comments on speculations,” Bharti Airtel joint MD Akhil Gupta told ET. “Nothing has happened yet. It is speculative to say what will happen in future.” Last week Reliance Communications and MTN had called off merger talks over legal and regulatory issues. MTN and Reliance had started talks after Bharti had called off talks with the South African telco citing differences over ownership and management. ET had first reported on July 15 that MTN is learnt to have sent feelers to Bharti for reviving talks, if it fails to clinch a deal with Reliance Communications.

^^^ Very correct my dear friends, whats the need of the authority which most of the times only recommends and not implement. Actually, TRAI should come with strict rules to be implemented on all operators. Regards.

^^^ @Asit MY dear friend, as the community you created on Orkut is different from the old one, so their's no need to close this thread. And its proud for all of us that you have done some efforts to create the Rimweb community on Orkut. Let us join hands and go ahead a long way. Regards.

^^^ @Praveen Sure my dear friend, we are eagerly waiting for more stuff from your side. The above wallpaper is really good. Regards.

^^^ @Arnuld MY dear friend, the mic problem is only in LG RD3000 & RD 3100. I don't think that their is any mic problem with RD3600. Its a good handset. Regards.

^^^ @Satish My dear friend, does the Gsm & Cdma sims works at the same time in this handset or we have to switch over them one by one ? Regards.

^^^ My dear friend, please search the forum before posting a new thread. We are already discussing about the same here : http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?show...0640&st=195 Regards.

^^^ My dear friend, please search the forum before posting a new thread. We are already discussing about the same here : http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?showtopic=14475 Regards.

^^^ @Arnuld MY dear friend, their are better handsets available then SAMSUNG HERO. Try searching for the same. Regards.

^^^ My dear friend, chinese phones are not that reliable. You can opt for LG RD6600. Its a good phone. Regards.

^^^ Ok my dear sitanshu. We are eagerly waiting for other details of this plan. Regards.

^^^ @Pranav My dear friend, try connecting your phone with your laptop using compatibility method. On the CD, right click the *.exe file, select properties, then select compatibility, then select "Run with compatibility of windows xp". Thats it. You will be able to use your phone with your laptop which has Vista. Regards.

My dear friends, Its now time to rock, for Idea subscribers from UP and Bihar. Regards.

^^^ Can we have the full details for the above "My Gang" plan my dear sachin ? Regards.

^^^ My dear friend, Reliance itself is selling the Coolpad Mobiles, so their are high chances for pre-configuration of Rworld and Rconnect in these mobiles. Regards.

Its great of MTNL that they are providing this service without any charge. Other operators are charging for the same service. MTNL is providing the best to its subscribers. Regards.

@Trust And if you are unable to go to the city to purchase the charger then you can also contact the nearest service centre of Classic. Their you will get the original charger with warranty. Regards.

^^^ And to add with the above, let me tell you this 6 months notice period is soon going to be revised for 12 months as per the TRAI guidelines. Soon, operators can not change the plans without 12 months notice to subscriber. Regards.

@Abhi Its between 144 Kbps to 153 Kbps my dear friend. Regards.

Yes, Raccoon is absolutely correct. First of all you should right to the Nodal office of Idea, and if you are not satisfied with the nodal officers response then after one month you can contact the appeallete authority. After approaching Nodal Officer, their should be one month gap to approach the Appeallete Authority as per the company rules. Regards.

^^^ My dear friend, TRAI had only recommended operators not to charge for migrations but no operator follows the rule. As their is only recommendation from TRAI but no confirm prohibition for the same. Regards.

Reliance Comm adds 1.74 mn users in June 21 Jul, 2008, 1710 hrs IST NEW DELHI: India's No 2 mobile operator, Reliance Communications, said on Monday that it added 1.74 mn mobile users in June, taking its total to more than 50 mn. The company had 49.05 mn subscribers as of May, according to data from India's telecoms regulator. Reliance Communications and South Africa's MTN last week called off tie-up talks, which would have created a global top-10 telecoms firm.

Now, hackers master the art of bugging smart phones 20 Jul, 2008, 0910 hrs IST, TOI NEW DELHI: Planning to buy that fancy smart phone? A word of caution: Internet-enabled phones have gaping security weaknesses waiting to be exploited, warn cyber security experts. Any smart phone - including Blackberry, Windows Mobile, iPhone and Symbian phones - can be hacked by a nerd with a little bit of code and some cunning. And they don't stop at data and identity theft alone. Nor are they content with unleashing viruses on the operating system of your mobile. (Even Bluetooth makes your phone a potential target here.) New Age mischief makers have learnt how to bug your phone and remote-control it. They can steal your bank information, send out a mischievous SMS to your girlfriend (who might just dump you!), copy your top-secret files or simply spy on every call/SMS you make from your phone. In fact, they can even 'modify' your SMSes before these are sent out to your contacts - and you wouldn't even know it. That's not all. Hackers can also use your phone to spy on you by switching it on. They can activate the camera and eavesdrop on your discussions during a business meeting, or while you are secretly negotiating a lucrative job offer with a rival company. What's more, they can even do an audio/video recording by sending an SMS command. If you thought all this sounds too far-fetched, think again. Cellphone users in the US are already battling with the problem - 200 mobile viruses are on the loose and more are being spawned every day, says TowerGroup, a US-based research firm. India, too, is a prime target. Instances of mobile viruses are already rampant and experts say the threat is only going to get worse in a market growing at 11.75% per annum. On last count, there were over 261.07 million mobile connections across the country: more than 50% phones being used are smart phones. No wonder companies that track internet and mobile security are worried. "Smart phones are easy targets for hackers. And studies show the threat is doubling every six months in India," says Anand Naik, director, Symantec India. How do they do it? The tactics have evolved with the technology. In 2002, IBM researchers found that a cellphone's security card could be cloned in minutes. A hacker could make calls and route charges to the victim's account. The hacking technique, known as a partitioning attack, analyses power fluctuations in a phone's SIM card, allowing the attacker to read the security codes stored inside. However, the technique only worked on GSM phones and required that the attacker have access to the phone for at least a few minutes. But hackers have become smarter. Now they simply send a spyware or snoopware through an SMS/MMS or GPRS, email or Bluetooth. "The message can even be disguised as an SMS from the service provider. The moment you click on it the spyware/virus gets activated. It starts working quietly and the user has no clue that someone is tapping everything he does. Once the virus is in, it can block/modify SMSes, intercept calls, upload data, delete or copy the address book," says Rajat Khare, CEO, Appin Group, an information security company. Spam and SMiShing (SMS phishing) are also beginning to make their way into smart phones. So what should a user do? A few simple steps could go a long way. Adopt a multi-layered security approach. Protect mobile devices with antivirus, firewall, anti-SMS spam, and data encryption technologies and install regular security updates to protect phones from viruses and other malware. And yes, don't click blindly on any SMS, for someone may just be spying on you on the sly.