Now make ISD calls to USA and Canada at 1p/sec on BSNL
- Category: BSNL
- Monday, 17 October 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
BSNL Punjab has re-launched its ISD STV 56 which will allow users to make ISD calls to USA and Canada at a reduced price of 1p/sec. This STV comes with a validity of 30 days and will allow subscribers to make calls at 1p/sec for up to a maximum of 18000 seconds or 300 minutes, after which normal ISD call rate may apply. This ISD STV will be available from 18-10-2011 to 15-01-2012.Patent Wars: Samsung trying to block iPhone 4S sales in Japan and Australia
- Category: Samsung
- Monday, 17 October 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
Here we go again; it’s back to the patent infringing business as Samsung has filed preliminary injunction motions in the Tokyo District Court, Japan and in the New South Wales Registry, Australia asking the courts to stop the sale of Apple’s iPhone 4S in both countries.
The injunction filed in Japan points out the infringements on one HSPA standard-related patent and three UI patents, which are violating Samsung's intellectual property. The preliminary injunction request in Australia cites three patent infringements related to wireless telecommunications standards including WCDMA and HSPA.
Samsung has also appealed the Australian court's decision which was given on October 13 to grant a preliminary injunction over the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the company is also trying to file an injunction order to ban the sales of iPhone 4 and iPad 2 in Japan.
It seems like this cross-firing between the two companies is never going to stop and both the companies are just looking for patent infringements and other silly reasons just keep a pressure on each other.
BSNL rationalises ‘Anbu Jodi’ Plan in Chennai and Tamil Nadu
- Category: BSNL
- Monday, 17 October 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
BSNL has rationalised its Anbu Jodi plan for its subscribers in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. Against the previous unlimited calling to one BSNL Fixed or WLL number, the company is now offering free calls for the first 30 minutes per day, and will charge 20p/min after the completion of 30 minutes. You also get 100 local and national messages as compared to 250 SMS earlier. Also the free GPRS usage has been reduced from 1GB to 50MB. Roaming calls will be charged at 1.2p/sec as compared to the previous 1p/sec. All other charges remain the same and can be found below.
Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S II reach a combined sale of 30 million units
- Category: Samsung
- Monday, 17 October 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
Samsung Electronics has announced that its Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy SII smartphones have reached a combined total of 30 million global sales. The Galaxy SII had earlier set a new record for Samsung, generating more than 10 million sales and also received five out of the total ten Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2011 in the UK as well as 2011 Gadget Award for being chosen as the best smartphone of the year by T3. The Samsung Galaxy S, the one that started it all, has reached almost 20 million sales, making it the highest-selling mobile device in Samsung’s portfolio to date and another record-breaker for the company and the mobile market.
“Since its launch only five months ago, GALAXY SII has seen tremendous sales success and garnered enthusiastic reviews from consumers and mobile industry watchers across the globe. This is in addition to the continued sales momentum behind GALAXY S, which we launched at Mobile World Congress 2010 as continues to be a run-away success with consumers,” said JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung's Mobile Communications Business.
iPhone 4S : Siri talks to Siri [Video]
- Category: Apple
- Monday, 17 October 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
The Siri fever is catching up and it has lead to one question...What happens when two iPhone 4S are set side by side and both are running Apple’s new and innovative Siri app? You would think, nah, it will be just a silly thing. But we just found a video that answers our question. The video shows the two iPhones talking to each other using Siri.Do check out the short video and leave us a comment.
Reliance to launch affordable 4G services and devices in 2012
- Category: Telecom News
- Monday, 17 October 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
A few days back we shared with you that Augere will start providing its 4G LTE based services from January 2012. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited is said to be getting ready to launch the next generation high-speed 4G data services across the country in early 2012.
According to insiders, Reliance is planning to launch 4G enabled data-cards and also tablets at a price as low as Rs. 3000 to gain maximum consumers. It is also planning to provide the 4G services at a price cheaper than the current 3G prices. Reliance has already conducted trials with the equipments provided by Alcatel Lucent, Ericsson and Huawei and is in final stages of talks with them but has still not decided if it will go with a single provider or multiple provides for the implementation and maintenance of the next-generation wireless service.
The company is also said to be into talks with media and entertainment companies to provide their content exclusively over Reliance high speed network which could also provide a speed of 50-100Mbps. One such deal with Walt Disney is almost in the final stages and this is intended to attract younger audience to their network. The company is expected to start its BWA services as early as in December and achieve pan-India reach by mid-2012 covering over 700+ cities.
We will keep you updated with more on this and other 4G related developments.
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Nokia Ovi Suite is now Nokia Suite, Beta v3.2 available from Nokia Beta Labs
- Category: Nokia
- Sunday, 16 October 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
We all know that Nokia has dropped that ‘Ovi’ tag from all its services and now it has come into effect with the Nokia Suite. Previously known as Nokia Ovi Suite, a beta version of the Nokia Suite is available for download from the Nokia Beta Labs. The v3.2 beta update worth 88MB brings a totally new feel to the Suite with the Nokia blue colour and new icons that remind of the Symbian Anna layout.
Also a good addition to the Nokia Suite is a Support tab, where you can get all the information about your device, device’s purchase date, help and guide and also list of all the apps installed over your device.
The official changelog:
- Nokia Ovi Suite is now called Nokia Suite
- A refreshed look and feel
- The new Support view offers info and help with using Nokia Suite and your phone
- The Support view helps make sure you have enough free space on your phone
- The improved sync log shows you what has changed during syncing
- Software updates for your phone software and phone applications now run more reliably
- You might also notice that Nokia Suite doesn't anymore run the MPlatform.exe process - it has been removed that from the architecture. You'll see MPlatform.exe still running, if you have Nokia Ovi Player installed on the same PC
- It contains lots more new stuff, huge amount of different errors have been corrected and also many crash issues have been resolved
You can download the Nokia Suite v3.2 Beta from here. You’ll need to register or login with your Nokia account to download it.
Airtel reduces charges on extra Broadband usage
- Category: Airtel
- Sunday, 16 October 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
Bharti Airtel has launched a new broadband scheme called 'Smartbyte' for its broadband customers that allows them to purchase an additional quota on a fixed price in case they exceed their data usage under their existing plan.
This new implementation of the scheme will replace the earlier system of paying for every megabyte of additional usage by a new system where the customers will be given the option to buy additional data access at a fixed price. The offered options will include packs starting at Rs 99 for 1GB to Rs 1,499 for 50GB.
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The various Smartbyte additional data usage packs include-1GB for Rs. 99/-, 2GB for Rs. 159/-, 5GB for Rs. 299/-, 10GB for Rs. 499/-, 20GB for Rs. 799/- and 50GB for Rs. 1499/-. Users can log in to www.airtel.in/smartbytes from their DSL user-id and opt for their choice of additional data usage pack anytime for the remainder of their monthly billing cycle.
Now run Android apps on Windows with BlueStacks App Player
- Category: Android Apps
- Sunday, 16 October 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
BlueStacks is out with its App Player alpha which allows you to run Android based apps over your Windows PC’s and tablets. BlueStacks, through its Cloud Connect services, allows you to push third-party apps up from your Android handset via the free Android app to your Windows system. Through the Apps Channels pane on your Android device you can see which apps you’ve already loaded on your computer. The running of the Android apps does not require any installation and the apps can also run in the full-screen mode.
As of now the App Player alpha is available to push apps from Android to Windows only, but soon an OS X version will also be available for download for users. The App Player comes with 10 pre-installed apps but soon support to over 26 apps will be available with a ‘Pro’ version.
To download the BlueStacks App Player for Android visit here and to download the installer for your Windows system visit here.
BSNL to surrender Broadband Wireless Access spectrum in 17 circles
- Category: BSNL
- Sunday, 16 October 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
BSNL is planning to surrender its Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in 17 circles and hopes to get back a refund of Rs 8,313.80 crores. BSNL incurred a loss of over Rs 6,000 crore for 2010-11 because of high staff cost and payments made for acquiring 3G and BWA spectrum.
The company had paid over Rs 8,500 crore to the Government as spectrum charges while bidding for the BWA auction, and was allotted non-standardised band of BWA spectrum for 21 circles. Now BSNL is said to have written a letter to the Department of Telecom (DoT) seeking to return BWA spectrum in 17 circles and wants to certain circles including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Haryana service areas.
According to sources, the letter stated that “BSNL was allotted non-standardised band of BWA and can't be put in use, so the company wants to return. The department will now take a look and may consider an option to re-auction the spectrum also if possible.”
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According to sources, the letter stated that “BSNL was allotted non-standardised band of BWA and can't be put in use, so the company wants to return. The department will now take a look and may consider an option to re-auction the spectrum also if possible.”
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