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^^^ @Vijay MY dear friend, A-drive link is little bit slow as compared to Rapidshare. But here users don't have to provide any kind of passwords or cat identification etc. That makes a difference. And I found A-drive the best option after Rapidshare. Thats why I uploaded all my Video Caller Tunes on A-Drive. Their are many other free servers also available to upload files, but they are not as secure as Rapidshare or A-drive. Regards.

Worldwide Mobile Sales See 13.6% Rise Worldwide sales of mobile phones reached 294.3 million units in the first quarter of 2008, a 13.6 percent increase over the first quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. In the first quarter of 2008, 114.4 million mobile devices were sold in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. This represents a 26.6 percent increase over the first quarter of 2007. India remained a high-growth market, and South Korea became a high-growth market as well during this quarter, as consumers upgraded their handsets before new extended contracts are put in place by operators in the second quarter of 2008. The growth in the APAC region was driven by several factors, including a high number of new subscribers, lower-priced phones based on wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) technology, low-cost global system for mobile communications (GSM) phones, and ultra-low-cost CDMA devices, according to Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst (Mobile Terminals) at Gartner Mumbai. Meanwhile, sales in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa reached 56.4 million units, representing a 25.8 percent increase year-on-year. Whereas in Japan, mobile sales numbered 13.2 million units in the first quarter of 2008, a decrease of 10.1 percent year-on-year. The same with Western Europe where sales totalled 35.9 million units in the first quarter of 2008, a decrease of 16.4 percent from the first quarter of 2007. There were no new phone features in the first quarter of 2008 strong enough to drive growth unlike the first quarter of the previous year wherein having a music player function or an embedded integrated services digital broadcasting terrestrial (ISDB-T) tuner was reason enough for users to replace their mobile devices, according to Nahoko Mitsuyama, principal analyst (Mobile Communications Research) of Gartner. As regards mobile phone manufacturers, Finland-based Nokia retained top slot with selling 115.2 million mobile phones followed by Samsung (number 2) with 42.4 million units, Motorola (number 3) with 29.9 million units, LG (number 4) with 23.6 million units, Sony Ericsson (number 5) with 22.1 million units, and others with 61.1 million units. Courtesy : Techtree

And here is some more for our LITTLE HEARTS. In the voice of Big B. Merey Paas Aao Merey Doston, Ik Kissa Suno Merey Paas Aao Merey Doston, Ik Kissa Suno & In the voice of Dada Muni. Railgaadi, Railgaadi, Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk ! Beech Waley Station Boley, Ruk Ruk Ruk Ruk, Ruk Ruk Ruk Ruk ! Dhadak Dhadak Lohey Ki Sadak, Dhadak Dhadak Lohey Ki Sadak ! Yahan Se Wahan, Wahan Se Yahan ! Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk !! You can get MP4 Video Caller Tunes of the above songs HERE Merey_Paas_Aao_Merey_Doston.mp3 Railgadi_Railgadi.mp3

^^^ @Tanveer Yes my dear friend, this service seems to be like Dashwire. But the difference is that in this service your stored information like SMS, Contacts, Music, Videos, etc. cannot be made public, like it can be on Dashwire. In Dashwire we can make all our messages, videos, music files public whereas in this service all our data will be private only. That means other users can't view / access anyone's data. Regards.

Now, my dear friends, here is some stuff for our YOUNG ONES, as they are enjoying VACATION now a days. Lakadi Ki Kaathi, Kaathi Pe Ghoda, Ghodey Ki Dumm Pe Jo Mara Hathoda ! Dodda, Dodda, Dodda, Ghoda, Dumm Utha Ke Dodda !! & Sa Re Ke Sa Re Ga Ma Ko Le Ker Gaatey Chaley ! Pa Pa Nahi Hain, Dha Ni Si Didi, Didi Ke Sath Hain Sa Re !! You can get MP4 Video Caller Tunes of the above songs HERE Sa_Re_Ke_Sa_Re.mp3 Lakdi_Ki_Kathi.mp3

^^^ Very correct my dear Ajay. Actually this service not only be beneficial for professionals only but also for normal users. There are a number of posts / threads in our beloved rimweb itself asking for backup of Contacts, Messages, Phone Book, Etc. Hope now they don't have to search for anything else. Cheers !

DoT's 3G global bid hits snag 30 May, 2008, 0209 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The department of telecom’s (DoT) plan to carry out certain amendments to the Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) to allow foreign firms that do not have a presence in India participate in the 3G auctions has hit another roadblock. TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra has shot off a letter to the DoT warning the government that as per the TRAI Act, the recommendations of the regulator should be sought before the DoT can make any amendments to the UASL licence. Mr Misra’s communication also adds that if the DoT failed to follow this protocol, it could lead to legal complications. The TRAI chairman in his letter to the DoT has also enclosed a copy of the regulator’s revised recommendations of 3G auctions, where it has reiterated that foreign players and new domestic players should not be allowed to bid. The DoT has planned to make changes in the licence conditions to bypass TRAI’s recommendations and allow foreign players to bid for 3G spectrum. The regulator and the DoT has been involved in a standoff over allowing foreign players to participate in 3G auctions. So far, DoT has been unable to bring out the 3G policy due to its differences with TRAI. While DoT and finance ministry want new players—including foreign companies—to participate in 3G auctions, TRAI is opposed to the move. Despite DoT asking TRAI to reconsider its stand against allowing international majors, the regulator has refused to budge. ‘The auction for 3G licenses should be restricted to existing operators because they have already made huge investments in infrastructure and will be better placed to deliver 3G services efficiently at low incremental cost,” the regulator had argued. Going a step further, TRAI chairman Nripendra Misra has written to the finance ministry to drop its demand for a global auction. Meanwhile, communications minister A Raja who met finance minister P Chidambaram on this issue on Wednesday has said that there was ‘broad consensus between both ministries on 3G’, implying that foreign players would be allowed. “There is a broad consensus on issues concerning 3G telephony But the final decision will be taken after another round of meeting with the Finance Minister,” Mr Raja had told reporters on Wednesday. Last week too, Mr Raja had said that foreign players would be allowed to bid: “If there is common auction or open auction, there will be no bar (on foreign players)”. Mr Raja also added that he and Mr Chidambaram would meet the Prime Minister to take his guidance on the issue before announcing the policy guidelines for both 3G and WiMAX. As reported earlier by ET, the DoT has referred the matter to the Attorney General of India (AG). In a bid to avoid legal complications, the DoT wants the AG to clarify whether foreign companies who do not hold telecom licenses in India can be permitted to place their bids during the 3G spectrum auction.

^^^ @Santhosh Yes my dear friend, you are 100% right Orpat manufactures clocks under its brand name Ajanta. Regards.

Spectrum allocation norms don't match world standards: Arun Sarin 30 May, 2008, 2123 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: British telecom giant Vodafone has said that norms followed by India in allocating scarce spectrum did not match world standards and actually appear "unusual." "The way the spectrum (radio frequency) has been allocated is slightly unusual by world standards," Vodafone's outgoing CEO Arun Sarin told a news channel. The government has issued as many as 120 new licenses in the mobile telephony space and has also started allocating start-up spectrum to new players. "We have been given some spectrum and others too have been given. But the fact is that we need more spectrum and whether we get it from government or from the new players who have been given licensees is to be seen," he said. To a query that what could be the reason for him to announce his retirement at this juncture, Sarin said it was a matter of his tenure coming to an end. He did not respond to whether he was joining any other company after two months. India-born Sarin, 53, who was only in April named the most influential businessperson in British technology and telecom space for overcoming shareholder dissent and making Vodafone the largest mobile service provider, has led the company for about five years. Sarin, who would step down as CEO on July 29 after the annual general meeting, has been associated with a number of strategic initiatives taken by the company. The last that involved a significant size being the multi-billion dollar buy last year of Hutchison Essar, then India's fourth-largest mobile operator. He said the Indian government will have to make more spectrum available if it has to achieve its teledensity targets of 500-700 million subscribers in next 5 to 7 years. Vodafone (erstwhile Hutch-Essar) is the third largest mobile operator in India.

Talks between RIM, DoT to continue to address security issue 30 May, 2008, 1806 hrs IST, AGENCIES NEW DELHI: BlackBerry maker Research-In- Motion today said it is confident of an amicable solution to current stand-off between the company and the Department of Telecom shortly and assured its customers of an uninterrupted service. RIM executives met DoT officials on Thursday to address the security concerns raised by DoT over inaccessibility of the data encryption keys. Intelligence agencies have said the services offered by RIM posed a risk as e-mails sent between BlackBerry smartphone could not be traced or intercepted and the government has written to RIM asking it to set up servers in India. "The talks that were held yesterday were positive and they are likely to continue for some more time," a RIM spokesperson told PTI. The government has held a series of meetings with RIM, and Telecom Minister A Raja has already said the Canadian firm had assured of providing a solution in two months. But later the Canadian company in a customer update said it does not have a copy of the customer's encryption key and would "simply be unable to accommodate" any such request. RIM, which has 1,14,000 BlackBerry subscribers in India, has maintained it operates in 135 countries and uses a security architecture that has been scrutinised over the last nine years and has been accepted by security-conscious corporations and governments around the world. "RIM does not possess a 'master key', nor does any 'back door' exist in the system that would allow RIM or any third party to gain unauthorised access to the key or corporate data," it said in the statement to customers. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Essar and BPL Mobile offer BlackBerry services in India.

Tata to Offer Location Based Services Tata Teleservices has announced a new location-based service that claims to be the first in the country to use Qualcomm's Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology. Using Qualcomm's QPoint and gpsOne solutions, this service will allow developers create precise, reliable, and compelling location-based applications. The A-GPS service will leverage triangulation with cellular base stations and satellite-based GPS for precise location in both rural and urban environments, including the inside of buildings and structures. Tata plans on offering both consumer and enterprise LBS (location based service) applications. Consumer navigation will include friend finder and social networking applications, while enterprise customers will largely benefit from asset- and fleet- tracking applications. The service is expected to be available on multiple handsets from Tata's catalog in late 2008. Apart from announcing the new service, Tata Teleservices also launched two special tariff vouchers; Power Plus and Platinum Plan. These vouchers will allow users enjoy reduced STD and roaming rates by up to 40 percent, while rates of incoming calls and local calls made to any number while on roaming will be Re 1 per minute. Courtesy : Techtree

^^^ Thats a great news for Prepaid Idea users my dear friends. Regards.

My dear friend, actually Rs.499/- Gsm Handset is going to be introduced by Xenitis as discussed HERE. Orpat is famous for cheap products, I think they will introduce the cheapest phone at about Rs.450/-. Regards.

Tatas may merge tower arm with QTIL 30 May, 2008, 0158 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: Tata Teleservices is learnt to be in talks with Srei group company Quippo Telecom Infrastructure (QTIL) to merge its tower arm, Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure. QTIL has emerged as the top bidder for a 49% stake in TTSL’s tower business. However, as QTIL is an independent tower firm, it can’t compete with WTTL, in which it will have a 49% stake. “The two sides are evaluating the possibilities of a merger. Tatas will own equity in the merged entity,” sources told ET. “Bankers will be appointed in the next few days to work out the modalities,” sources added. Lehman Brothers and Citigroup, which were advising Tatas on stake sale in WTTL, are likely to be given the mandate for merger. With close to 5,000 towers in its portfolio, QTIL is valued at Rs 3,000 crore. According to analysts, WTTL, which has over 10,000 towers under its belt, has an enterprise valuation of over $3.5 billion. The merged entity will command a valuation of around $ 4.5 billion, an analyst told ET. A TTSL spokesperson said, “We are in discussion with several players for offloading a minority stake in our tower business and cannot comment any further on speculative queries.” QTIL CEO Probal Ghosal declined to comment. The telecom tower sector is seeing fast-paced consolidation. Market leader Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular have floated a JV company Indus Towers. With 70,000 towers, it’s the largest tower firm in the world. GTL Infrastructure (GIL), a subsidiary of telecom network provider GTL, is also in talks to merge with Essar Group’s tower firm Essar Telecom Infrastructure. “Consolidation gives benefits of scale. To offer compelling tower sharing composition to customers (operators), tower companies will need to have a large portfolio of shareable towers and vast reach,” said Angel Broking analyst (IT & telecom) Harit Shah. QTIL, said to be the first independent tower company in India, is one of the most aggressive players in the space. Earlier this year, it lapped up all the 875 towers of Spice Telecommunications across Punjab and Karnataka for nearly Rs 600 crore. It has earmarked $3 billion for organic as well as inorganic growth during the current financial year. For the past over one month, QTIL and Gurgaon-based independent Mobile Infrastructure (IMIL) had been negotiating the deal for 49% stake in WTTL. As reported by ET on April 19, these two were the only players left out of the 30 entities that had originally expressed interest in buying into WTTL. After multiple rounds of presentations and discussions, the Tatas zeroed in on Quippo given the company’s experience in the sector, sources said. QTIL, owned 77.55% by Quippo Infrastructure Equipment, is targeting to have 25,000 towers by 2011. To achieve this, it has already tied up funds to the tune of $200 million. IMIL was founded in 2006 by Jide J Zeitlin, a former partner at the Goldman Sachs Group. He is also the founder of the PE firm Keffi Group, which is the parent of IMIL. TTSL’s listed subsidiary, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra), has also received shareholders’ nod for hiving off its 3,500 towers into a separate subsidiary. Hiving off telecom towers into a separate company and monetising them has become a trend in the industry, with all the leading players doing so. Last week, Idea monetised 20% of its holding in Indus Towers.

RCOM, MTN try to stitch complex deal 30 May, 2008, 0540 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: Reliance Communications (RCOM) may present its Indian minority shareholders the option of swapping their shares with MTN at the same rate as its promoters, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). The minority shareholders, will of course, have the conventional option of encashing their holding in RCOM by participating in the open offer, which may be launched by the South African telco MTN. This is one of the possibilities RCOM is weighing as it tries to strike a deal with MTN which, if successful, will create an entity with a combined market capitalisation of $66 billion with a presence in 23 countries. This is in line with RBI norms, which allow a spending of $50,000 by an individual in foreign markets a year. The Indian minority shareholders hold 23% in RCOM while foreign investors control 11% stake. ADAG holds 66% equity in the country’s second-largest private wireless telephone company. Sources close to the development said a clearer picture of the deal has emerged in the past four days after the parties engaged in hectic parleys. MTN, sources said, would sign an agreement to buy up to 74% in RCOM, the maximum permissible limit for foreign equity holding in an Indian telecom company. The proposed transaction involves two steps. The first step would be a mandatory open offer for 20% for the minority shareholders. In the next stage, depending on the response to the open offer, Mr Ambani will swap his shares in RCOM for MTN shares, enabling the latter to reach 74%. This can be better explained with an example. Consider two extreme cases — one where the entire lot of foreign investors of RCOM (11%) opts for the MTN open offer and two, when they stay away from it but the offer receives subscription from Indian minority shareholders. In the first case, MTN’s holding in RCOM, post the open offer, will be 11% and therefore, Mr Ambani will need to swap 63% of his RCOM stake in MTN shares to enable the latter to reach the 74% FDI limit. The second scenario would help MTN end up with 20% stake, post the offer, while the existing foreign investors would continue to hold 11%. In this case, Mr Ambani would exchange his 43% stake in RCOM to get MTN shares. If there is no response to the open offer, Mr Ambani would also swap a 63% stake in RCOM to enable the latter reach 74%. In other words, MTN would end up getting anything between 63% and 74% of RCOM equity, including the open offer, and Mr Ambani would give away anything between 43% and 63% stake in RCOM to get MTN shares. Depending on the share-swap ratio, Mr Ambani is expected to pick up a 28-34% stake in MTN. But he would be by far the single-largest shareholder in MTN. He would not cross the 35% mark as the Johannesburg rules demand an open offer beyond this figure. Newshelf 664 is the largest shareholder of MTN with a 13.1% stake. The Beirut-based Mikati family holds 10.2% while PIC has a 9.7% stake. The rest 67.1% is widely held. Post deal, the holding of these shareholders will come down as the equity capital of MTN will expand on account of issuance of new shares to RCOM shareholders and ADAG. Some people feel that the share-swap option may not elicit a good response from Indian minority shareholders. “It is difficult to expect many takers for the share-swap offer. And frankly speaking, there is no reason that a minority shareholder should be attracted to trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange where MTN is listed,” said a banker. Some others, however, believe that the option may lure some investors. “Minority shareholders have invested in RCOM because they believe in the company’s promoters. Now one does not know whether they would like to tag along with the promoters to Johannesburg as well,” said an analyst. However, those who are not interested in the share swap would have the liberty to sell their shares in the MTN open offer. MTN will issue fresh shares to those who want to swap their holding in RCOM, including Mr Ambani. As reported in ET earlier, the broad contours of the deal thus indicate that Mr Ambani will emerge as the largest shareholder of MTN and RCOM will be its subsidiary. While the RCOM side is being led by Mr Ambani himself, his trusted lieutenant Amitabh Jhunjhunwala and Lazard officials took part in the negotiation as well. Lazard is RCOM’s advisor while MTN is being advised by Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. A formal due diligence is expected to begin within a couple of days. Now, both parties are trying to reach an agreement on the management control of MTN and RCOM. The agreement so far is that the companies will retain their existing management where they are strong. For instance, MTN’s African operations will run the existing management as RCOM does not have any business experience there. By the same logic, MTN will not interfere in RCOM’s operations in India. The apex management committee is expected to be comprised of equal representatives of both parties. The discussions are also focused on how ADAG will retain its majority control in MTN, in case of a future takeover threat by a third party. A source said MTN has a built-in cushion as local laws require at least 26% shareholding by black investors. Mr Ambani may scale up his holding by crossing the 35% mark, which will demand him to launch an open offer. Share prices of MTN are quoted around rand 165. The RCOM stock on Thursday closed 3.9% higher at Rs 573.20 on BSE. It rose more than 6% after a Macquarie research report said the deal was positive and it expected a rebound in the stock. The stock went up as much as 6.5% to 587.70, taking it to its highest since last Friday, the last day of trading before the news about a possible tie-up with MTN emerged. The Macquarie report said a share swap between ADAG and MTN was “positive for RCOM due to the ramp-up in non-wireless businesses and we expect the sale of shares to MTN to be at a premium to RCOM’s current price.”

A famous song from the movie JANNAT. Just give me a LITTLE space in your HEART my DARLING. Zara Si Dil Mein De Jagah Tu, Zara Sa Apna Ley Banaa ! Zara Sa Khwabon Mein Sajaa Tu, Zara Sa Yaadon Mein Basaa ! Mein Chahoon Tujhko, Meri Jaan Bepanah ! Phida Hoon Tujhe Pe, Meri Jaan Bepanah !! http://www.adrive.com/public/f708f5aae763b...694997bb05.html Size : 3.3 MB

Virgin Mobile Offers Brew Services Tata Teleservices has announced it will offer wireless data services for Qualcomm's Brew solution to subscribers of its Virgin Mobile brand in India. Virgin Mobile will now work with Qualcomm to offer Brew services to its subscribers. Qualcomm's Brew solution will ensure efficient delivery of Virgin Mobile's latest content (entertainment, gaming, sports, astrology, music, and messaging applications) to mid- and high- end devices. Additionally, Virgin Mobile will make available to its subscribers innovative offers such as unlimited access to Virgin Mobile's unique V-Bytes data portal for a daily charge of Rs 5. Jamie Heywood, deputy chief executive officer of Virgin Mobile India, expressed the view that Virgin's target audience of tech-savvy youth in India desires the latest mobile applications and services and that Brew will allow them to offer the same expeditiously. Arvin Chander, vice president (Global Carrier Relations) of Qualcomm Internet Services, said Virgin Group as an entity has been known for its unique business strategies and that Qualcomm is looking forward to playing a pivotal role as Virgin Mobile redefines India's mobile-scape. Courtesy : Techtree

^^^ @Amit But it is already a Popular brand in Electrical products and that makes the difference, my dear friend. Consumers are already aware of the brand Orpat and they will not hesitate to purchase the same. ^^^ @Saugata MY dear friend, can you please elaborate on the above, by posting some pics of the mobiles which were introduced by Orpat since Last Year, with model numbers. Regards.

Eight New Phones from Samsung Samsung Telecommunications India has launched eight mobile phones, including the SGH-U900 aka the Soul in the country. Speaking at the launch, Sunil Dutt, country head of Samsung Telecommunications India, said, "We believe that the Soul is the answer for today's style-conscious consumers, looking for a perfect blend of outstanding quality, design, and performance." The Soul sports a minimalistic design with full metal body and premium look and feel. It has features that adapt themselves to the user depending on the application. Magic Touch by DaCP is one such feature that makes navigation of menus simpler, more intuitive, and direct. Also, the icons on the navigation panel change according to function to match user needs. The Soul is just 12.9mm thick, and comes with a 5 mega pixels camera and features such as face detection, image stabilizer, and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR). Users can access Internet through the 7.2 Mbps High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) browser, and share images/videos taken with the phone. The Soul also features Music library navigation, and digital power amplifier by ICEpower technology. It is priced at Rs 20,585. In the business category, Samsung launched the SGH-i780 and the D780 phones. The sleek SGH-i780 comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a full touch-screen. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.0; and offers push email, MS Office, and MSN Chat. It comes with GPS capabilities, an optical mouse, Wi-fi support, and 2 mega pixels camera. The SGH-i780 is priced at Rs 25,000. The other phone in the business category, the D780, is a tri-band, dual-SIM phone equipped with SIM toggle key, 2.1-inches QVGA TFT display, 2 mega pixels camera, FM alarm, MP3 music player, email with XHTML, Bluetooth and Bluetooth printing capability, and support for up to 11 hours battery talk time. In the multimedia category, Samsung launched the SGH-E251, SGH-M120, and SGH-J150 mobile phones. The SGH-E251 is Samsung's latest music phone, and comes with dedicated music control keys, 1GB content loaded MicroSD, FM radio with RDS, and MP3 music player. The SGH-M120 sports a stylish chrome finish, and comes with MP3 music player, stereo FM radio, video camera, GPRS Class 10, Cricket game and call time tracker, Hinglish messaging, and 10MB internal memory. It is priced at Rs 3,795. The SGH-J150 is only 9.9mm thick and sports a metallic design. It comes with a 1.9-inches display, 1.3 mega pixels camera, MP3 music player, FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity, and expandable memory (MicroSD). It is priced at Rs 5,300. Another new phone launched in the multimedia category is the BeaT450, which, Samsung claims, brings alive the pulsating experience of 3D surround sound powered by ICE power amplifiers by Bang and Olufsen. Samsung claims storing, accessing, and juggling music on this phone would give users a new high thanks to the revolutionary music wheel and the dual-slider form factor. The BeaT450 is priced at Rs 14,799. Finally, Samsung launched two new Guru handsets: the Guru 145 and the Guru 300. The Guru 145 represents entry-level in the Guru series. It comes with a 65k color CSTN display, speaker phone, mobile tracker, 16 poly-phonic ring tones, and 8 hours battery talk time. It is priced at Rs 1,696. The other new Guru phone, the Guru 300, is a stylish pearl-finish flip phone. It offers multimedia features including FM recording, MP3 ring tones, Hinglish messaging, Indian calendar, and Java games (Cricket and Sudoku). The handset is priced at Rs 2,999. Additionally, Samsung launched mobile accessories including the unique coin-shaped Samsung headset WEP 500, and WEP 420. Courtesy : Techtree

My dear friends, Orpat is already number one in importing Electronic products from China and selling them very cheap in India. No doubt, whenever Orpat lauch these Mobile handsets, it too revolutionise the mobile market with the cheapest but better mobiles. Orpat is already having a chain of its distributors. So, they will not face any problems to sell their mobiles. Regards.

Open code or shut shop, DoT tells RIM 30 May, 2008, 0206 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The department of telecom (DoT) is learnt to have issued an ultimatum to Canada’s RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, that it will have to provide encryption solutions if it wants to continue operations in India. Sources told ET that during Thursday’s meet, DoT had communicated its stance to both RIM executives and the Canadian High Commission that service providers (telcos) here would be asked to discontinue BlackBerry services unless the company provides monitoring solutions either in the form of encryption keys, or by shifting servers to India. Sources also said that DoT had told the Canadian company that Thursday’s meet could be the last of a series of meetings on the issue, and RIM would have to come back with a solution to break the deadlock. Both DoT and RIM have been in talks to resolve the BlackBerry imbroglio for months. Encryption solutions will allow security agencies to monitor emails and data sent between BlackBerry devices. Industry sources said that an announcement was expected soon from both the government and RIM on the issue. India has over 114,000 BlackBerry customers among five operators—Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular, BPL and Reliance Communications. At the same time, it must be pointed out that both the DoT and RIM have remained tight-lipped about Thursday’s meet details. “We had a meeting (with the DoT) today. It was positive. The talks will continue,” the RIM spokesperson in India told ET, but refused to divulge details. An executive with a service provider that offers BlackBerry services in India told ET that an unresolved issue was related to the sharing of costs to move servers to India. “RIM does not want to bear this cost. Ditto with service providers who offer BlackBerry services. RIM feels that if it accepts the demands of the Indian government, it will set a precedent as other countries may demand a similar arrangement,” the executive added on condition of anonymity. Telecom minister A Raja had recently said that RIM had assured the government to provide a solution in two months. However, the issue took a new twist last week, when the Canadian company in a note to its customers on May 23 said that it did not have a copy of the customer’s encryption key, while also adding that it would “simply be unable to accommodate” any such request. Another factor that is learnt to have earned the displeasure of the DoT here is RIM’s public response to the Indian government’s request to set up servers in India. “The location of data centres and the customer’s choice of wireless network are irrelevant factors from a security perspective since end-to-end encryption is utilised,” RIM customer update had added. It is also learnt that the DoT has rejected RIM’s argument that it did not possess the encryption keys. Instead, the DoT has pointed out that since RIM’s BlackBerry service meets the provisions of US CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, 1994) regulations, all BlackBerry data traffic originating on Indian mobile networks can be tracked electronically by CALEA sleuths in the Federal Communications Commission. They have also added that the US would not be able to monitor this data unless RIM had opened its networks to American agencies.

Here is a good CHOREOGRAPHED song from the movie WELCOME for you my dear friends. Ik Uchha Lamba Kadd, Dujja Soni V Tu Hadd ! Tijja Roop Tera Chamm Chamm Kerda Ni ! Mein Aiveyin Tey Nai Terey Utte Marda Ni !! Nain Chakk Chakk Chakk, Tujhe Takk Takk Takk ! Nain Chakk Chakk Chakk, Tujhe Takk Takk Takk ! Chand Amberon Se Aanhein Bharda Ni ! Mein Aiveyin Tey Nai Terey Utte Marda Ni !! And for those who seems to have difficulty to understand PUNJABI, here is the ENGLISH Translation / Meaning of the above Song. You are so Bold and Tall, You are so Beautiful ! And You are very Glamourous too ! This is the reason I love you so much !! I see you all the time in my eyes ! Even the moon too can't imagine your beauty ! This is the reason I love you so much !! http://www.adrive.com/public/77d8ab6e7313f...219b72a5cd.html Size : 3.1 MB

Android Ahoy! Yesterday, Google introduced the world to Android capabilities at the Google I/O Conference held in San Francisco. For those who don't know, Android is the Open Handset Alliance's mobile software platform. At the conference, an Android-enabled device featuring touch-screen functionality, advanced graphical capabilities, as well as Internet access was demonstrated. Undoubtedly, the mentioned features sound very similar to those of the iPhone... However, with Android, the company is seeking to extend the browser to hand-held devices; a feature that currently only the iPhone offers. The audience at the conference was shown a view of a street from an Android system as also a demonstration of the Pac-Man video game. Google also demonstrated Android's zooming capabilities, a compass mode, site navigation, and access to Google Maps. Since Google sells Internet-based ads, applications, appliances, and license fees; it will be able to do the same by bringing the Internet to hand-held devices. With an Android SDK (software development kit) already available, the first Android systems are expected in the latter half of this year.

Now this is the peak of stupidity my dear friends. How can such a reputed organization do this kind of work. Its Rubbish, Rubbish, Rubbish......! Regards.

^^^ My dear friend, a handset is a handset. Like other cheap handsets this will also make and receive calls for its users. I think, this entry level phone will be far better then crap classic. Regards.