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^^^ My dear friends, I think if the online recharge could not be made then the amount should immediately be refunded to the a/c holder. Othewise its useless to recharge through online. Regards.

Harnessing Mobile Technology For Railways In a rare example of action pre-empting intention, mobile rail ticketing had already been in use for several months before Railway Minister Lalu Prasad announced it as one of the highlights in his budget to modernize train reservations. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd (IRCTC), a division of Indian Railways which issues tickets to about 15 million passengers daily, launched IRCTCmobile services to provide "cutting-edge technology" in April last year. IRCTCmobile is a result of mobile transaction technology pioneered by technology guru Sam Pitroda's Chicago-based company C-SAM, Inc. IRCTCmobile is device and network agnostic, which means users can buy any standard phone on any network from any of the operators such as Bharti, BSNL, Reliance or Vodaphone and book and purchase rail tickets on mobile phones. Yadav's assertion that queues at train stations for tickets would be a thing of the past in the next couple of years is in a sense already happening for many users of IRCTCmobile. The solution, which works both on SMS as well data connection, offers icons that the user can choose from to book, purchase and electronically receive train tickets. IRCTCmobile allows passengers to perform various services such as book tickets using credit and cash cards, view train schedules, check availability, get fares, perform inquiries and access many other associated information services through mobile phones. It has the potential to become the first mass market adoption of a technology, which is considered unrivalled in terms of the number of mobile applications and services it offers. Given the size and scale of Indian Railways it can easily become the world's most widespread mobile ticketing application. For a country that adds some eight million mobile phones a month and could see the number of total mobile phones rise to a staggering 500 million by 2010 from the current 280 million, mobile applications such as railway ticketing are the most effective way to capitalise on such unprecedented connectedness. "IRCTCmobile is a great example of how the most advanced mobile technology can be deployed in a country like India to benefit the masses, including people at the bottom of the pyramid," Pitroda said. A statement by C-SAM said the company and IRCTC are exploring ways to introduce a wide range of other new services on mobile phones, including issuance of loyalty coupons, advertising, reward points like airlines, pre-paid cards, m-commerce and travel portals. "To inform people mobile ticketing needs to be promoted across the country at all railway stations since its benefits are meant for millions who use trains as a means of transport," the company said.

^^^ Thank God its IRCTC and not Reliance. Otherwise we have to beg our money back from them my dear friends. Hats off to IRCTC. Its great. Regards.

^^^ My dear Peter, we can even expect better then these handsets in the near future. Regards.

^^^ I think Reliance is offering the same like serive @ Re.1/- per minute my dear friends. Regards.

^^^ @nkmenon Don't loose your hope my dear uncle. You can still go to the nearest consumer court. They are their for you. Regards.

^^^ @basant Great my dear friend. Members like you are the proud for rimweb. You respect the feelings of others a lot. Keep it up. Regards.

^^^ My dear Amit, as of today their is no way to make your TATA F3c works with Reliance. May be in the near future their will be a chance. Regards.

^^^ @srk006 My dear friend, I'm from Mumbai circle. But I've no confirmation about in which circle this airtel's offer is available. May be it is available in Maharashtra & Goa circle, but still not confirmed. Regards.

^^^ Thats a great step taken by DoT my dear friends. The benefits must be passed on to the customers. Regards.

^^^ Umeed per duniya kayam hai dost. Regards.

^^^ @sougata Its somewhat true my dear friend. Sometimes IRCTC site do behave like this only. But it will improve time by time, i think Regards.

^^^ Its great my dear raccoon. Enjoy.

^^^ My dear friends, recently I heard that Airtel is providing unlimited gprs usage @ Rs.7/- per day. That comes to Rs.210/- per month. I think its great my dear friends. Regards.

^^^ @sougata Thanks for the really useful news my dear friend. It will be very helpful to many subscribers. Regards.

^^^ Rs.999/- for LG mobile looks great my dear friends. Regards.

^^^ Its great to hear that videocon is going for gsm my dear friends. The more competition in gsm, the more benefits the subscribers will get. Regards.

^^^ @shashank My dear friend, it will be as "The Virgin Mobile you are trying to reach is switch off" or like that. Regards.

Locate Laptop Sniffs Out Stolen Laptops Data care solutions provider, Unistal Systems, has announced the launch and availability of its new software product called "Locate Laptop". As the name suggests, "Locate Laptop" powered by proprietary WebSniff technology can locate stolen laptops leveraging on the World Wide Web. "Locate Laptop" not only tracks and recovers stolen laptops, but also deters theft. When a laptop is stolen, it's not just the physical loss of a machine, but also of valuable and sensitive information that it stores. According to Alok Gupta, director of Unistal Systems, laptop thefts and loss are on an incessant rise, and have led to serious damages for professionals and corporates. About 97 percent of stolen PCs are never recovered, and 57 percent of corporate crimes are linked to them. In case of corporates, "Locate Laptop" keeps track of the whereabouts of each employee while traveling, and the moment he logs in via the Web, a report is generated with his complete details and is sent to a designated individual within the organization. This is done without the knowledge of the employee, so as to maintain privacy. Users have to just install "Locate Laptop" on their PCs. It resides and operates in stealth mode. In case of loss or theft, users may login to their Web-based Personal Tracking and Monitoring Page through www.locatelaptop.com to view and trace where the laptop has been accessed from. As soon as the offender connects the laptop to the Internet, the WebSniff technology informs the owner about the city and IP address where it is being accessed. It continues to track all the locations whenever the offender connects to the Internet. And the laptop can be retrieved with the help of local law enforcement authorities. Since theft is almost impossible to eradicate, consumers can at least work towards minimizing the impact of theft through the timely recovery of stolen hardware. "Locate Laptop" is available online at http://www.locatelaptop.com for a price of Rs 3,000 per license.

^^^ But my dear friends, as Reliance provides magnificent roaming support through its data cards, we can still expect the good from BSNL too. Lets not loose hope my dear friends. Regards.

^^^ My dear friends, I think GPRS form Idea and Airtel is much more costlier then available from Reliance @ Rs.303. Hopes Reliance will start its GSM services in Kerala at the earliest, so that all the subscribers will be benefited by the lower GPRS rates. Regards.

^^^ @Mirza My dear friend, although its been difficult to extract the details from the handset whose display is damage. You can try your luck at the nearest service centre of Nokia and ask them if it is possible or not. Regards.

^^^ Agreed. The data card's rates must be reduced to less than 1.5K. The technology is the same as in all CDMA phones. Then why the hell these operators are looting innocent subscribers ? Regards.

^^^ Thanks Dr. Ali for the nice "In Deno" from "Metro". Keep posting buddy. Regards.

^^^ My dear Narayan Uncle, Reliance is always late to update its current website, which is in English. They update it very late all the times. We can't expect Reliance to provide their website support in other regional languages. Only God knows what will happen when the website of Reliance been available in other regional languages. I think at that time they will take months and years to update all their sites. Regards.