Puneet Jain 24 December 2009  Bling telecom, a Private Limited Company has rolled out its new brand Movil in the Indian market and introduced an array of designer phones in the mid and high end segments for GSM and CDMA technologies.Movil’s array of designer phones launched included the rough and tough water resistant MA1 with with features such as: Battery life of 1000mAh, Camera, , MP3 and MP4, flash card slot and dual card standby. The other models launched are V1c, a low end multi-media CDMA device with MP3 player, MT1, a dual SIM phone with 3 mega pixel camera, 3D motion sensor, and MP3/MP4 player as well as MC1, a multi media device with dedicated music keys. In addition there is 3.5 mm jack for the music lovers even for the entry level phones | |
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Tata Teleservices Limited has emerged as the Number One telecom operator in the country for the forth consecutive month in November, in terms of new subscriber additions, adding more than 3.3 million subscribers in the month. Nnearest competitor of TTSL managed to add just over 2.8 million subscribers in the same period, a gap of nearly half a million subscribers.
According to Mobile Web report for November 2009, Opera Mini has garnered more than 41.7 million users worldwide showing a 5.3 percent jump compared to the previous month. The number of page-views in November 2009 went up 9.5% and data consumption increased 8.3% compared to the previous month. In Africa, Facebook has taken a strong lead and ranks as the most popular site in 6 out of the top 10 countries.
TATA DOCOMO has announced a new contest - DO Year E-Greeting Contest. The DO Year E-Greeting Contest will run from 23rd December till the 26th of December and the winner will win a prize of Rs.25,000. Other chosen runner-ups will win exclusive Tata DOCOMO Merchandise of their choice.
S Tel Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Siva Group and BMIC Limited, a subsidiary of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) has commenced its services in Odisha after launching its telecom services in Himachal Pradesh last week. Telecom circles for which S Tel has licences are Bihar & Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and North East. By year end, S Tel’s mobile services will be available in Bihar & Jharkhand and will be accessible by customers in Assam and North East by first quarter of 2010.
Ybrant Digital has announced its plans to introduce Location-Based Advertising (LBA). Towards this, the company is into a partnership with LiveVana Innovations & Lepton Software in launching a Location-Based Mobile Advertising Platform for Mobile Service Providers.
Nokia has announed the launch of Nokia 5530 XpressMusic in India.The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic follows the footsteps of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The phone has a solid stainless steel frame finish and is Music Store compatible. It is priced at Rs. 14029. 
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Mumbai today announced that it will offer an welcome Gift worth Rs.200 approx to each and every new customers (Trump prepaid 2G GSM and 3G Jadoo) who opted its GSM prepaid mobile service till 5th January 2010.It is offering 100 free Local and National SMS to any network across India, 100 free Local minutes of Video calls and 100 Local and STD Minutes of Voice calls on MTNL Mumbai and MTNL Delhi networks. The offer is applicable to all new customers of Trump prepaid with additional benefits from MTNL.
Nokia has a new touch screen mobile - Nokia 5230. The Nokia 5230 is priced at Rs 9389. Available in an array of dazzling colors, the Nokia 5230 features an easy to use music player with 33 hours of playback time. For a mighty music experience, any headphones with a 3,5mm AV connector can be used. In addition, the Nokia 5230 features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications, such as music, photos or Ovi Share. The Contacts bar features thumbnail images for up to 20 close friends and provides easy access to them and their communications history including emails, phone calls, photos or other social media updates.| Telecom Operators | Mobile Phones |
| ● Aircel | ● Nokia |
| ● Airtel | ● LG |
| ● BSNL | ● Samsung |
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| ● Reliance Mobile | ● Intex Mobiles |
| ● S Tel | ● Airfone |
| ● TATA DOCOMO | ● Acer Mobiles |
| ● TATA Indicom | ● Fly Mobiles |
| ● Uninor | ● Garmin Asus |
| ● Virgin Mobile | ● Movil |
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| ● Videocon MS | ● Lava Mobile |
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