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^^^ @Neo My dear friend, till date it is not possible to use Vsleek on Reliance. Regards.

Use SMS to send email minus Net 4 Jun, 2008, 0058 hrs IST, TNN BANGALORE: MyDuniya Networks on Tuesday announced the launch of an service which will allow mobile users to send emails, save and retrieve personal information and share contact details just by sending an SMS and without having to access the Internet. Currently available for Airtel subscribers in Karnataka, the service will be expanded nationally and to other telecom operators soon, the Bangalore-based startup founder and chairman Jagdish Kini said. The SMS-based application also supports interactive group messaging and allows files to be sent to e-mail addresses. Commonly-used files such as brochures can be stored on the company’s server and data up to one megabyte can be sent to e-mail addresses using the SMS shortcode 53695. “There is a digital divide between mobile users and web users. This service is a way to bridge this divide,” Mr Kini said. MyDuniya also has a platform for enterprises and web portals to allow access to customers through the mobile phone. The company says the platform supports two-way interactions and can be leveraged to provide personalised information. “The goal of the service is consumer convenience and the mobile market is our biggest market. We have launched our initial service on the SMS platform considering that SMS is the most widely used non-voice service” CEO Ganapathy Subramanian said. With 260 million subscribers, India has the world’s second biggest mobile user base. The country has some 3.9 million broadband connections and about 32 million active Internet users.

^^^ Their seems to be no way my dear friend. Regards.

Fresh punch in Ambani match 20 Jul, 2008, 0015 hrs IST, ET ADAG sends letter to RIL, may seek damages MUMBAI: The sibling rivalry between the Ambani brothers is far from over. AAA Com, an investment arm of the Anil Ambani group, on Saturday shot off a letter to Mukesh Ambani’s flagship Reliance Industries (RIL) threatening that it “reserves the right to claim direct and consequential damages from RIL” for dragging it into the alleged non-compete agreement between the Ambani brothers. The letter was sent a day after Anil Ambani’s telco Reliance Communications (RCOM) had called off the merger talks with South Africa’s MTN. The collapse of the merger talks followed initiation of an arbitration process by RIL against RCOM and AAA Com on alleged violation of non-compete agreement. The latest round of rivalry between the Ambani brothers, who separated their business three years ago after the longest and most bitter battle in the history of Corporate India, started a few weeks ago when RIL claimed that it reserved the right of first refusal (RoFR) in case any business of the Anil Ambani group was sold out. RIL had said the RoFR was a part of the non-compete agreement which was signed between it and four firms of the Anil Ambani group including (RCOM) in January 2006. The Anil Ambani group had denied the RIL claim. But RIL had informed MTN about its so-called RoFR and had started arbitration proceedings against RCOM and AAA Com by appointing an arbitrator for violation of the so-called pact. Industry sources said the RIL move had forced the MTN management to develop cold feet about the merger with RCOM as the foreign company did not want to get involved into a lengthy legal tussle in India. The broad contours of the deal, which was discussed between RCOM and MTN, suggested that the Anil Ambani group would emerge as the single largest shareholder of the foreign company through a complicated deal. RCOM would have become a subsidiary of MTN on completion of the transaction. RIL, however, had interpreted it as a sale of RCOM, industry sources said. In the letter AAA Com, which holds nearly 64% stake in RCOM, said it was not a party to the so-called non-compete agreement. The pact was executed to implement the demerger of businesses between the Ambani brothers in June 2005. According to AAA Com, the alleged agreement between RIL and RCOM was not binding on it. “RIL’s mala fide interference caused significant harm to AAA Com as a substantial shareholder of RCOM,” it added. The RIL spokesperson was not available for comments.

RIL not to withdraw arbitration process Mumbai, July 19 Reliance Industries (RIL) will not withdraw the arbitration process it has initiated against Reliance Communications (RCom) even though the RCom-MTN talks have been called off, sources close to the disputing parties indicated. The talks may have been called off, but RCom’s intent to disregard the validity of what RIL holds as its Right of First Refusal remains the issue, said sources close to RIL. This would indicate that RIL wants to stall any such stakes sale by RCom in the future. The arbitration process can, of course, move ahead only if RCom agrees to be a party to it. RIL has already nominated an arbitrator for disputes with RCom which would have to appoint its own arbitrator. The procedure then calls for a third arbitrator acceptable to both parties. The Anil Ambani camp said the January 12, 2006 non-compete agreement has no binding on RCom or any other group company. AAA Communications (which is the promoters’ investment vehicle holding 63.38 per cent equity in RCom) is not party to any “alleged non-compete Agreement”, a statement from the group said. There is speculation that AAA Comm itself may resume talks with MTN since the “alleged ROFR” is only between RIL and RCom, said sources. Earlier, RCom said that RIL’s reference to the January 12, 2006 agreement was misleading as the Anil Ambani-led company had written to RIL on the same day (Jan 12, ’06), rejecting the “unilateral procedure adopted for finalising such an agreement.”

^^^ @Prathod My dear friend, hope you will get the waiver after your bill will be generated. I think you have to go by the silly rules of Reliance. First the bill will be generated, then it will be delivered at your place. Then you read it, then you will be shocked after you see that you are charged so much as Wap charges. Then you pickup the phone and dial a call to CC, then you ask them to waive the charges, then they silly CC executives keep you on hold for minimum of 10 minutes, then they come back and ask you that you have to call again as their ISO certified systems would be on updation, then you again have to call them after nearly 1 hour, then they again will keep you on hold for nearly 10 minutes, then they will tell you that you was rightly charged in your bill, then you will not be satisfied with the CC executive's response, then you will ask to transfer the call to their supervisor, then CC executive will tell you that their is no need to transfer the call as supervisor too will tell you the same story, then also you still want to transfer the call to supervisor, then after half an hour your call will be transfered to supervisor, then you have to tell the supervisor the full story again, then the supervisor will keep you on hold for atleast 10 minutes, then he will come back with a good news for you (Jaise Ehsaan Ker Raha Ho), that this time your excess WAP charges will be waived off and give you a warning that next time you would not be lucky again, then you will thank him in lieu and will disconnect the phone and have a big relief from this silly system of Reliance. And THEN, what after that, what will you do ? Please let us know my dear friend. So my dear friends, their are a lot of THENS their in the near future for you all. As you all get your bills, and get the waiver also, keep us updatd too at Rimweb. Regards.

^^^ Very correct my dear friend, that Hutch and Airtel were the worst hit at that time, as I myself had taken 6 months CLIP free from Hutch due to bad service as compensation. After Hutch service wiped out in the city due to floods, then came the number of BPL, then Reliance and in the last with the longest backup came the number of MTNL. After contacting the CC of both Hutch and MTNL they told the facts about backup time. Hutch people told that they have a backup time of only 4 hours in front of MTNL's 16 hours backup. Now you can imagine how these private operators left the commercial city on just 4 hours backup time. Hope they had learnt the lesson from the floods of Mumbai and should have increased the backup time by now. Regards.

^^^ The plan from Airtel seems to be good my dear friends. No clip charges and 500 minutes free local calls to any mobile is really nice. Regards.

Mobile Web Popularity on the Rise Analysts Nielsen Mobile mentioned in a recent report that the past two years have seen an exponential growth in the number of people accessing the Internet from their mobile phones. Leading the pack is the United States owing to the large number of mobile phone users there. In 2006, while there were 22.4 million people hooked to the Internet through phones, the figure has gone up to 40 million by 2008. That comes to about 16% of all the mobile users in the US. Nielsen surveyed 16 countries which included the UK and Italy who were placed second and third with 12.9% and 11.9% respectively. Amongst the surveyed countries, Indonesia had the lowest percentage of 1.1% of mobile subscribers using their phones to access the Internet. The sudden spurt in growth has to be attributed to the launch of Internet-friendly devices, the availability of high speed networks and, of course, lowered costs due to better data packages. Although the growth has been impressive, there is further room for growth in this sector as 95 million subscribers who have a data plan activated in the US, do not actually use the service. Any new study on mobile connectivity has to include the iPhone factor as well. According to Nielsen, 82 percent of previous generation iPhone users used the Internet facility. This is considerably higher than that of any other devices. Among other handsets, the Motorola RAZR, is the most popular in the U.S. and Nokia's N95 is the most popular in U.K. In India, China and Russia too, it is the Nokia handsets which are the most frequently used. With regard to usage pattern, the most common uses are to execute bank transactions, check email and to socialize using various social networking sites. While mobile web generated $5 billion in 2007, the first quarter of this year has already generated $1.7 billion. This unprecedented growth is a clear indicator for big businesses to start investing in this as a marketing tool. Courtesy : Techtree

Yes dear Amit, I very well knows that you are from Delhi and also knows that you are from Krishna Nagar, thats why I mentioned it in my post. Regards.

^^^ Well, my dear friend, in matter of backup the MTNL and BSNL is the best. In the time of floods in Mumbai, all private operators network was down very soon but it was only MTNL who's network was lasted for the longest period. Regards.

^^^ Its in Mumbai. In Mumbai Garuda speed is really good. Can't say about Delhi. But I think their also it should be as good as in Mumbai. Dear Amit, Your area is very much near to the border of Delhi, so please check the network strength of Garuda in your area. But still I don't think that their would be any problem in Krishna Nagar or Maujpur side. Regards.

^^^ Actually it was available for Postpaid Garuda customers from the last couple of years. But for Prepaid they have introduced it now. And about the speed, its better now a days. One of my friend, is using Garuda for internet without any hassles at magnificent speed. Regards.

^^^ Well my dear friends, we all knows that this is going to be happen. Otherwise Reliance would have came on the foot. Now lets see, at what charges we will get the UNLIMITED BROWSING ADDON PACK from Reliance. I don't think that it will be cheaper. So, till Reliance did not introduce Unlimited Browsing Addon Pack for its users, their is no matter to cheer at all. We all know what is the meaning of WILL BE LAUNCHED SOON when it comes to Reliance. Hope that this SOON will really be soon. Lets hope for the best. Regards.

Palringo Goes BlackBerry Palringo, a messaging service that extends to mobile devices and offers functionality of PC-based IM services, has released its software client for BlackBerry smartphones from Research in Motion (RIM). Palringo’s Rich Messaging Service (RMS) is available for the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry 8800 series smartphones. BlackBerry smartphone users can now chat using voice and picture messages as well as traditional text. Further, they can do so with other users of many of the popular PC-based IM services - such as AOL's AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk - through the Palringo interface. "As users increasingly expect to take their applications with them wherever they go, they also expect to pack them into fewer devices," said Kerry Ritz, CEO. "By putting our rich messaging service on the BlackBerry platform, we at Palringo increase messaging reach and depth for the greatest number of users. We also reduce the number of installed applications they need to have on their mobile device or PC." Palringo combines a user's contacts from all services into a single, presence-aware list, eliminating the need to continually switch between multiple IM tools. In addition, Palringo combines walkie-talkie style vocal instant messaging, the real-time text functionality of IM and the ability to share pictures, all within the context of one 'threaded' discussion. Palringo also lets the user set up an unlimited number of groups and send a voice, text, or picture message to all group members at once such as fellow employees, project team members, alumni, sports team players. Neither does it limit recipients to simply those on the same wireless network. While a mobile data plan or Wi-Fi access is required to use Palringo, the service's instant messages take up very small amounts of data, minimizing costs. Palringo’s service is available worldwide and the BlackBerry version is available now for free download at www.palringo.com. The service is also compatible with Windows Mobile, Symbian and Java-based clients, including devices from Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, HTC, HP and Sony Ericsson. Courtesy : Tech2

iPhones Hot Even in Places Apple Has Yet to Reach In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here - but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone. The new iPhone went on sale in 21 countries July 11 and will soon be released in 70 nations. Officially, Russia and China are still on hold - neither last year's original iPhone nor the updated model have been launched in those countries because Apple is still negotiating with mobile service providers. And yet analysts estimate that only the U.S. has more iPhone users than Russia and China. In both countries, the device enjoys super-exclusive status, thanks to a thriving market for "unlocked" iPhones adapted for local use. Even Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been seen using one. Moscow and Beijing have become an iPhone trader's paradise. Russian Web sites were offering the new 3G iPhone for about $1,200, six times the $199 base price in the U.S. Even Apple's first-edition 8-gigabyte iPhone was going for almost as much at Moscow's Gorbushka electronics market this week, though Moscow iPhone owners said a skilled bargain hunter could find one for about $775. "They are being brought in in suitcases," said Eldar Murtazin of Moscow's Mobile Research Group. "No one is paying any sort of customs fees." Murtazin estimates that 400,000 iPhones have been brought into Russia since the first model was released in June 2007. China is believed to have at least twice as many. Online auction sites in mainland China, such as taobao.com, were offering the new 16-gigabyte model the day of its release for $1,370. However, dealers at Beijing's Nurenjie shopping complex predicted it would go for about $735 once it arrived. Russian and Chinese buyers aren't all paying astronomical prices for their iPhones. Some buy the phones for themselves when abroad, while others request them from friends traveling in the U.S. or Europe. The iPhone is also sold legally in Hong Kong. They then pay a fee - around $100 in Russia - to get it "unlocked" for local use on the Russian or Chinese network of their choice. Once unlocked, the flashy gadget is good to go - although the new iPhones can't max out on their Internet connectivity in many cities in Russia and mainland China because of the absence of so-called "3G" high-speed networks. "I knew I wanted to buy it right when it came out, but I didn't have an opportunity to," said Moscow resident Ruslan Kashapov, 28, who eventually bought a first-edition iPhone for $399 in April, courtesy of a friend who brought it back from the United States. He said he would buy the new iPhone if he could get it at U.S. prices. But with the new iPhone, Russian and Chinese enthusiasts face an additional hurdle. In the past, customers could buy an iPhone in the U.S. without activating it on a service plan, and analysts estimated that one-third to one-half of the phones sold in the U.S. never made it onto AT&T Inc.'s network. The new iPhone, however, is subsidized by mobile carriers. This accounts for the drop in price from $399 to $199 for the base model, but it also means that buyers will be forced to activate service contracts before leaving the store. Zhu Shuang, 27, who works at an Internet search engine in Shanghai, said she paid $399 for a first-edition iPhone, which she received from a friend returning from the U.S. and had unlocked in China - where the devices are made, incidentally. "At that time, you could buy the phone without signing a contract," she said. Zhu said she wants to buy the new iPhone, but the new regulations are "troublesome." She has yet to decide if she will purchase a smuggled phone or buy one outside of China with a contract. Apple did not comment on the use of its phones in places like Russia and China, although CEO Steve Jobs has said the company expects to sign contracts with Russian and Chinese providers this year.

Samsung Reveals M150 Budget Handset Samsung has revealed their M150 entry level mobile handset. This simple yet seemingly good looking handset is equipped with a 1.77-inch LCD display that sports a 128 x 160 pixel resolution. It comes with 20MB of internal memory and a VGA camera that also supports MPEG4 video recording. Other features include an integrated FM radio and a music player that supports MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA audio file formats. If you think that those are all the features the phone has, you’d be wrong as the M150 also supports Bluetooth v2.0 and WAP. The price and availability of the M150 has not yet been disclosed although the worldwide launch of the handset will be sometime next month. Courtesy : Tech2

^^^ @KumaarShah My dear friend the above handset is a GSM handset. Its internal memory is 20 MB but their's no information about external memory. Regards.

^^^ And all his dreams will not come true at all my dear friends. Regards.

^^^ @Kshah You are very very correct my dear Kalpak. Actually Anil is off the track now. He is not following what his father dreamt for. Regards.

^^^ Hmmmm, the fire was erupted in Mumbai my dear friend, then what the hell is happened in Pune. Raccoon, you are then very correct that Airtel s**ks their in Pune. Regards.

Getting connected with green mobiles' 19 Jul, 2008, 0426 hrs IST, ET KOLKATA: Global consumer electronics and mobile phone vendors are going green in India. Heavyweight brands like Nokia, LG, Samsung and Haier, among others, are planning to roll out products that will be positioned on an environment-friendly platform. It is the first time that environment as a brand strategy has evolved in the Indian consumer electronics industry. Till now, electronic brands had either used lifestyle, technology or health positioning in India. “At a time when product features are becoming similar and efforts to drive emotional USP with brand ambassadors is getting cluttered, an environment platform helps attract the top end of the market. India is seen as a more attractive environment-friendly market than the US or Europe,” noted brand consultant Harish Bijoor. For starters, Nokia has just unveiled Nokia 3110 Evolve, a mobile phone with bio-covers made from over 50% renewable material, 60% recycled content in packaging and comes with energy-efficient chargers. Nokia has also made all its products completely PVC-free. “We have made changes in the process and material of our products. As a result, today Nokia chargers save 90% more energy, 65-80% of the phone components are recyclable and have reduced packaging by more than 50%. There are business benefits as well in being environmentally responsible. It improves risk management, makes good economic and business sense operationally and reinforces our brand with consumers,” Nokia India director (marketing) Devinder Kishore told ET. Nokia intends to invest further to drive environmental benefits with phones and applications. Globally, it has developed a new concept phone made almost entirely of recycled material, named Remade. The Remade handset is made of aluminium cans, plastic bottles and old car tyres. “Even inside the Remade we have used environment-sensitive technologies that reduces waste and emissions during production. There is another upcoming product based on the eco-sensor concept—a mobile phone and sensing device that will collect environmental data that can be shared with others to increase environmental awareness,” Mr Kishore added. LG has decided all its newer products henceforth will be environment-compliant. “This includes forthcoming launches like refrigerators, washing machines and AC. Currently, all our products use around 90% eco-friendly materials, which will become 100% by the end of 2008,” said LG Electronics India MD Moon Bum Shin. Samsung too is planning to roll out environment-friendly mobile phones in India. One such model will be produced with bio-plastic made from natural material extracted from corns. It will initially launch two models which do not use heavy metals, PVC and are energy-efficient. The company also plans to set up a phone recycling system. Haier India director Pranay Dhabhai said the company will roll out solar panel water heaters later this year in India. Even US handset vendor Motorola is exploring possibilities for an environment-friendly positioning. “It’s also an effort towards good corporate citizenship,” Motorola Inc corporate V-P (mobile devices—marketing) Jeremy Dale said.

iPhone wins fans' hearts 19 Jul, 2008, 0427 hrs IST, AGENCIES Enthusiastic new iPhone owners are starting to sound like the cast of long-running stage musical: “I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” Only days after snapping up the latest iPhone, they still glow over their purchase — but already are brainstorming ideas Steve Jobs could use for Apple’s next iPhone. In comparison to last year’s model, the latest iPhone’s snappier web speeds, better sound quality, location-aware navigation, and third-party application store left new owners with no doubts that waiting in line for hours was worth it. But even the happiest among them offered tips for improvements for the iPhone — at heart a powerful computer and communications device — as well as reasons why it won’t completely replace other gear such as BlackBerrys or laptops. Some of the gripes appeared easy to fix, while others may take a bit more work by Apple engineers. A common one was about the inability to copy and paste text on the iPhone. Users of the Research in Motion BlackBerry or Palm’s Treo can easily copy numbers or text from an e-mail and send them to a friend on the go. “I’m still very confused why they don’t let you copy and paste on the phone,” said Nick Divers, 22, of New York, an aspiring filmmaker who traded his Treo for an iPhone. “I’ve upgraded to a better product that can’t do one simple thing.” Shervin Pishevar, 34, head of Social Gaming Network, said the lack of copy and paste was a reason why he stopped using the first iPhone about three months after he bought it. Still, Pishevar and his son camped out in Palo Alto, California, to buy the new iPhone. He lauded new applications from the ‘silly’ PhoneSaber, which mimics the sound of a ‘Star Wars’ light saber when the iPhone is waved around, to the ‘inspirational’ Star Finder that shows information on the night sky, depending on the user’s location. But Pishevar’s got a new pet peeve. While Apple’s iTunes pauses a song during a call and starts playing where it left off afterward, third-party applications such as Pandora’s music service quit when Pishevar used other iPhone features. “Applications should not stop working when you go away,” he said. “For a game, you shouldn’t lose where you are.” Rob Biederman, 21, who works at an investment bank, gave up his BlackBerry for an iPhone, but was upset to find he could only buy songs from iTunes when his device is linked to Wi-Fi — short-range wireless networks found in places like cafes. “That was a big disappointment because I expected to be able to download songs from iTunes,” said Biederman, who wants to be able to buy new music right after a cool new song catches his attention in a shop or on the street. Many other phones sold by US iPhone provider AT&T and its rivals Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel can downloads music from other music services over cell links.

Airtel services yet to be fully restored in Mumbai 19 Jul, 2008, 1714 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: Airtel mobile subscribers here continued to face disruption in their network connection on Saturday, a day after a fire gutted its telecom tower at Central Mumbai. The private telecom company, however, said most of the services have been restored. "Incoming calls and text messages have started since last night. The outgoing facilities will also be restored soon," an Airtel spokesperson said here. The fire at Penninsula Chambers was caused by a short circuit in the basement of the building owned by Tata Power Corporation, disrupting mobile services on Friday. Although the blaze was extinguished within a few hours, services were yet to be restored completely. "All mobile services should have alternate or back-up arrangements in case of such emergencies so that the subscribers do not suffer," said Prashant Trivedi, an Airtel user.

BSNL ties up with Beetel to offer low-priced handsets 19 Jul, 2008, 1820 hrs IST, IANS LUCKNOW: The country's largest telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) announced on Saturday that it has tied up with leading telephone sets manufacturer Beetel for launching low-priced handsets in Uttar Pradesh. "BSNL and Beetel jointly will launch mobile bundle offers in the state. The bundle offers would be available at a price range of Rs.1,043 and Rs.1,695 and the subscribers will also get free talk time of Rs.1,500," said BSNL chief general manager (UP East) Om Vir Singh. The mobile sets would virtually come free to those taking the bundle offers as they would recover the cost of mobile sets in a month by the free talk value, officials said. Within a month the bundle offers would be made available in the state, BSNL said.