5 Apps to Keep Track of Live Cricket Scores this World Cup

Cricket World cup 2011 is starting this week and here are 5 apps to keep you updated with scores and news on your Android, iPhone and Symbian.

Cricket World Cup 2011

• Live scores, fixtures, result and World Cup related news.
• Ball by ball detailed commentary.
• World Cup points table and tree view for each group matches.
• Database of player, team and venue stats, records and trivia.
• Notifications for fall of wickets, every 5 overs, every 50 runs for players/team.

Cost: Free (with Ads), Ad free version at $3.20
Platform: Android (2.0 and later)
Download Cricket World Cup Android App

ESPN Cricinfo

• Ball-by-ball commentary, scorecard, match graphics, photographs of matches.
• Alerts for wickets, batsman milestones and score.
• Results, fixtures, records and ranking.
• Customize score updates and news by favorite teams.
• Video and audio podcasts of matches.
• ESPN cricinfo Magazine.

Cost: Free
Platform: Android (1.6 and above), iOS (3.0 and above)
Download links: Android Version, iPhone Version

NDTV Cricket

• Live scores with ball-by-ball commentary.
• Great looking home screen.
• Latest match videos and photos.
• Cricket news with images.
• World Cup points table.
Cost: Free

Platform: iOS (3.0 and above), Android (Coming soon)
Download NDTV Cricket App

ECB Cricket

• Live scores, Batting and bowling scorecards.
• Ball by ball updates.
• Fixtures and results of games current and earlier matches.
• Photo galleries of each matches and events.
• Cricket news and podcasts.
• Notifications of fall of wickets.

Cost: Free
Platform: Android(1.6 and above), iOS 3.1.3 and above, Symbian)
Download links: Android Version, iPhone Version, Symbian Version

Yahoo! Cricket Scores

• Live scores, summary and scorecard.
• Results and fixtures of recent and upcoming matches.
• Auto refresh scores with settings for 45sec, 2min or 5min.
• Home screen widget for C6-00, N97, N97 Mini and Symbian^3 phones.

Cost: Free
Platform: Symbian
Download Yahoo Cricket Scores App for Symbian
Cricket World cup 2011 and ESPN Cricinfo has push notification which is great feature. NDTV Cricket app is neat. ECB cricket has lots of features but some live match updates are missing. Even though Yahoo Cricket has fewer features it looks neat.Also try Cricinfo on Snaptu app that is available for most of the Symbian, Blackberry and java phones.
If you own a mobile without GPRS facility then you need not loose your heart, we have some work-around for live cricket scores via SMS. Stay tuned and we will soon publish it too!

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CHINESE HANDSETS SOFTWARE REPAIRING

Chinese handsets get very much popular in a very few time, but because of some maintenance drawbacks, like its sparepart is very limited and costly i.e. like new lcd or its battery and bodies too. When these handsets newly launched, their cost was very much, and its spare parts and repair was also not so possible, The commonly fault comes in these handsets if of software problem, like it goings on hang, or going on restart after inserting sim, or automaticaly comes in flight offline mode, so these all faults get solved mostly with the help of software that we can do with infinity box by finding its pinouts, or for it has special boxes to format, just do it complete ffs format, it get ok, Chinese boxes like VE-PRO, SPIDERMAN, CPF BOX are one of the best boxes.

Chinese handset's generally fault also comes of touch screen breakage, so It is also get tackled by pasting new touch screen, but touch screen we have to find of its original size, and its strip that we have to paste it on the display strip is not get same design, so we have to paste it with the help of motor winding wire by finding its exact direction, of x-axis and y-axis. Because by mistake if we make the handset restore, then it gets pause on touch calibration screen, and if it is broken then it get necessary to past new touch screen in proper way so it get calibarate properly to access its all functions and features or we can also calibrate it without changing new touches in infinity box because now touch calibration screen function has come in the boxes. If we reset chinese language default in english language then just use this code *#0000# and then dial it. One more thing you can check by checking its imei no. that handset has done software before or not, if no. 1 is get placed before imei no. like 1355932840203, then its understood that software is also done before. Well for software if set gets connected by cable and box through its jeck means its rx tx get connected. And if not, then We have to find rx tx pinouts manualy. For chinese box support site is

http://www.xintel.com.cn

MP4, MP5 VIDEO PLAYER SOFTWARE CORRUPTED SOLUTIONS

My friends, here is now me with All chinese and original mp4 repairing software solutions of their respective firmwares installed in them. First of all we have to exactly identify the mp4 player that for which player, particularly its firmware have to be installed in them. So, for that you have to first open the software file named "bootmode.exe", there, all mp4 pics are placed in it, just first match your mp4 video player OR MP5 video player with the pictures given in it, remember you have to only match their buttons or speaker positions, it does not matter whether it is absolutely similar or not, it should be some similar of like that.


Then, in images they have also marked then indicators from which we have to put the mp4 player in boot mode by pressing in same instructions by attaching cable with pc, and if the players get detected in it, it means it have chances to be repaired easily. For eg. take image no.3, in that with red lines it has been indicated that press upper and lower button together to put this player in boot mode, like if player is getting blinking or only its green light getting on. After that when it asks for drivers to be installed for attaching with computer, then open the folder named "mp4 drivers tested" in that, after mp4 is fully detected in it, and make its drive, then the last work is to find its original firmware files and just copy and paste in it. So for that we have to first disassemble the body of mp4 player, then we have to find the exact numbers on RAM IC OR any other ics in it. Then open the software named " mp4mp5firmwares.exe" in that all firmwares ic numbers given in it, just match mp4 ic no. with that software given in it. then just click it, and it will open the download files window in new internet explorer, just copy and paste all files that it downloads. It has alot of firmware file collections in that links. And your mp4 , mp5 gets ok working condition. For any more assistance, contact me, here is the direct link for download whole.

MOTOROLA ANDROID HARDRESET SOLUTION

Motorola Droid

To reset your phone to factory settings and erase all the data on your phone,
Touch Menu > Settings
> Privacy > Factory data reset > Reset phone.
Warning: All data on your phone will be deleted.

Motorola Droid Hard reset with keys given below

Power off device.
Press X key on hard keyboard + power button, then release both buttons.


When you see exclamation point press and hold VOLUME UP + CAMERA KEY. You will see Android system recovery menu.
With D pad go to data / factory reset, then press CENTER D Pad, then choose Yes.

Factory reset

1. just holding the Camera button while turning on your phone, next is that
2. When prompted hit the Volume-Down rocker button to go into Recovery Mode.
3. After you get into Recovery Mode, just
4. Press ALT+L to reset then Menu+Back to reboot and your good phone will get reset hard to all default settings. 

HTC ANDROID HANDSETS HARD RESET PROCEDURE - ALOT OF MODELS

There are few steps away for any android phone hard reset to get all settings to default so that it get easy to convert into another network provider- 

1. First step is to turn the G1 off. If it’s hang on, tthen ake the battery out and put it back in the handset

2. Second step to follow is to just hold the Home and Power keys down at same time for about 25 seconds. after that you will see  yellow triangle screen with exclamation point in the
middle on the display.

Now to wipe the whole device clean and get back to its default settings---
just
3. Press Alt+L button

4. Press Alt+W for a factory reset.
5. Press the Home and Back keys again for about 25 seconds.
The device should then reset again and the hard reset is complete.

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HTC Magic handset procedure is this----

1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACK button together , then
2. Briefly press the END CALL/POWER button while continuing to press HOME and BACK buttons simultaneously

3. When you see the screen with the 3 Android images on it, then just  release the HOME and BACK buttons  and then press the TRACKBALL
Tip for this process  : If your phone get hangs, so just remove the battery then wait for a few seconds,then re-install it. After re-installing the battery, turn on the phone, hard reset for this kind of phone will be done.

HTC Hero

1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACKand then briefly press the END CALL/POWER button. The reset process will start after a few seconds.
2. here second step is some different, Wait for the phone to finish the reset process and then press MENU.

Airtel Adds Highest Number of New GSM Subscribers In January

India’s largest Mobile Service operator Bharti Airtel has added a total of 3.3 million GSM subscribers which is the highest number of new mobile subscribers additions in the month of January 2011. Airtel’s GSM subscriber base now reached 156 million, as per the COAI data.

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has released the GSM subscriber base for January 2011 and, quite expectantly, new additions continue at an average growth rate.The number of new GSM subscribers being added in January month 13.71 million at a monthly growth rate of 2.53% taking the all-India GSM cellular subscriber base to 556.68 million.

Among the GSM Mobile Service Operators, Vodafone Essar notched up 3.1 million new subscribers during the month, taking its total base to 127.36 million. While India’s national telecom backbone and Pan India 3G Mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added up 2.2 million new users in January-2011, taking its total subscriber base to 83.6 million.

Idea Cellular added 2.5 million new customers, boosting its subscriber base to 83.5 million, while Aircel increased its base by over 1.6 million customers to take its subscriber base to 51.8. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) added 37,586 new users during the month, boosting its total base to 5.15 million at the end of January, 2011.

Uninor, one of the youngest GSM operators in India has added 1.8mn GSM subscriber while Videocon looses 13,08,370 subscribers with minus growth rate and STel managed just 2,47,068 new subscribers from 5 circles. Etisalat DB/Cheers Mobile 1,87,675 added subscribers in 13 circles.

GSM Operator	Total Subscriber Base – January 2011	Market Share
Bharti Airtel	155,796,598	27.99%
Vodafone Essar	127,364,342	22.88%
IDEA Cellular	84,289,641	15.14%
BSNL	83,591,015	15.02%
Aircel	51,831,796	9.31%
Uninor	20,305,550	3.65%
Videocon	6,011,233	1.08%
MTNL	5,152,831	0.93%
Loop Mobile	3,062,120	0.55%
STel	2,514,777	0.45%
Etisalat DB (Cheer Mobile)	4,52,574	0.08%
All India	556,683,683	100%

Please note : COAI GSM Subscriber base does not include the Reliance GSM base and Tata Docomo subscriber Base (same not submitted to COAI).

Airtel In Zabardus Mode

Airtel the leading telecom operator in India has come up with an innovative offer for its Kolkata and West Bengal subscribers with the slogan ” airtel zabardus ab Rs. 10 mein itna khuch”.

Title itself depicting that offer deals with price point of Rs. 10 and airtel is playing smart.

In this offer airtel provides a variety of product (services) just at a low price of Rs. 10.

There are 6 variety of product for customer to choose as his need.

Following are the list of offers induced.

1:- 40 local airtel mins

2:- 25 local & STD mins

3:- full value talk time (Rs.9.07)

4:- 125 MB usage

5:- 250 local airtel night mins

6:- 100 sms/day for 2 days

validity 1 day (till midnight from the day of recharge) for offer

1,2,3 and 4 validity 2days (till next midnight from the day of recharge)

for offer 5&6 .With competition rolling up hope we see these kind of offers soon in other circles too.

RockeTalk On Bada OS Promises The Ultimate Mobile Networking For Users

Samsung is now making available RockeTalk, the leading mobile social media network available on its bada platform to enrich the consumers experience its WAVE series of mobile handsets,

Through RockeTalk application, Samsung mobile phone users will now be able to use RockeTalk’s unique and interactive features of voice and video blogs directly from mobile phone, sending of photos and video clips, live multimedia discussion forums and much more.

In addition to being a personal gateway to communicate with friends, family and the world at large; RockeTalk will facilitate an enriching experience of hassle free and smart mobile social networking.

In addition to the interesting and engaging services available on RockeTalk; the Samsung Mobile users will get a chance to experience the unique video chat.The RockeTalk application can be downloaded through samsungapps.com.

The Samsung app store can be accessed through an ODC in the phone, through a desktop client called KIES and through the web portal .

“India is at the forefront of interactive mobile social networking interface and our effort is to continuously provide consumers with an enhanced social networking experience on our mobiles. RockeTalk is a very popular and user friendly mobile social network; their huge user base, cutting edge technology, advanced platform and their commitment to the mobile users’ has made them our preferred choice states Mr.Sarfaraz Borah, Lead, Applications & Services, Samsung India.

Samsung Launches Smart Messaging Phones

Samsung Chat 355

Samsung Chat 322

Samsung today announced the launch of Chat 322 and Chat 335.

These phones come with convenient messaging features like Qwerty keypad , mail , instant messenger and native SNS clients in a chic and slim form factor .

Differentiated messaging features like an Optical Track pad, Active Sync (Push Mail App) and Smart Homescreen where the user can create shortcuts, buddy lists and live ticker feeds from Facebook and twitter , all add to the convenience of quick messaging from the Samsung Chat 322 and Chat 335 .

Samsung Chat 322 is the first Samsung messaging phone to offer a QWERTY keypad with Dual Sim standby which allows users to balance their professional and personal calls and stay connected with their friends, colleagues and family.

With the DUOS advantage, users can choose economical operator tariff plans, access two separate networks for better coverage with a dedicated SIM switch key, enjoy local and roaming advantage and thus save on costs.

Samsung Chat 322 offers users direct access to SNS links to 6 popular Social Networking portals MySpace, Orkut, Flicker etc. Moreover, the mobile is equipped with ActiveSync (Push Mail for Google), Easy Email set up for other popular mail IDs and popular Instant Messengers like Yahoo, MSN & GTalk.

The phone comes with a 3.5mm audio jack, 1.3 MP camera, 2.2” LCD display, FM radio. The phone has a 1000mAH battery offering a long talk time of upto 12 hours & 49 minutes and standby time upto 588 hrs, a 45MB user memory which is expandable upto 8GB. The Samsung Chat 322 is priced at: Rs. 4,990/-.

Positioned as a messaging phone the Samsung Chat 335 is a stylish QWERTY bar phone with an optical track pad, Wi-Fi and advanced SNS apps. It is the slimmest Qwerty phone in the market at 11.9 mm and comes with a 2.4” LQVGA TFT LCD display encased in a metallic , fluid design .

With the Samsung Chat 335, users can easily catch up with their peers through instant messengers, social networking sites and through e-mail. The native Social Networking features allow easy viewing and updation of information on Facebook & Twitter.

It also offers enhanced connectivity features like Wi-Fi for high speed internet experience from hot spots , Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0 for fast and secure file transfers .Enhanced multi-media features available on Chat 335 include – a 3.5 mm audio jack, a 2 megapixel camera and Find Music feature which helps in identifying music playing from any source for the artist, song name etc. The handset has a 1000mAh battery, supporting a long talk time of upto 14 hours and a user memory, expandable to 8GB. The Samsung Chat is priced at Rs. 5,800.

Uninor Introduces Privilege Program

Uninor today launched a unique privilege program for its customers in Andhra Pradesh.

Called ‘Sweet Treats’ this rewarding program can be availed by both existing and prospective customers all they need to do is enroll into the program and enjoy a ‘sweet treat’.

Uninor customers who enrolled in the program will now get get an immediate reward of 100 local Uninor to Uninor minutes of talk time free upon enrollment.

To enroll to this privilege program, Uninor need to send an SMS to 53030 and then follow the instructions.

Upon enrolling a member customer is gets a ‘Sweet Treat Booklet’ which gives them a variety of recharge options to choose from.

The recharge coupons can be endorsed at any of the Uninor branded stores, and will be credited within 48-72 hours of enrollment. Depending upon the recharge offer chosen, a customer can consume the respective sweet treat within a validity period of 7 or 15 days.

MTS Customers To Get As Many Free SMS As The Runs Scored By India

With the Cricket World Cup around the corner MTS today rolled out slew of exciting initiatives for its voice and data customers.

For MTS Pre-paid Voice Customers

On a easy recharge of Rs. 252, the MTS customers will get a Talk Time of Rs. 300.

In addition, MTS mobile customers will also get as many Free SMS as the runs scored by India in each of its matches.These free SMSes can be sent by customers to any local or national number in India .

For MTS Mobile Broadband Customers

Customers buying a new MBlaze connection can recharge with the special world cup pack starting from Rs. 497 to get 5 GB data usage.

Additionally, the customers would win 250 MB data usage free whenever India wins during the ICC Cricket World Cup. If India wins all its matches including the final, MBlaze customers would win over 2 GB data usage free.

Tata Docomo Introduces Cricket Recharge Vouchers

Tata Docomo today announced the launch of ‘Not Out’ Recharge Vouchers.

It’s the first ever Recharge Voucher for cricket introduced by any telecom operator.

The two new Recharge Vouchers-57 Not Out and103 Not Out –are especially designed for the Cricket World Cup 2011 and offer subscribers a unique combination of exciting & easy to use VAS cricket content that includes games, goodies, alerts and trivia and bundled talktime.

RCV 57 and 103 Not Out: Both RCVs offer talk-time worth Rs. 28 and Rs. 51, respectively, which can be used to make voice calls and are valid for 30 days.

There are also a host of bundled offerings

With 57-Not Out & 103-Not Out, subscribers can dial 54321194, and enjoy 5 and 10 minutes free per match day, respectively.

Both RCVs offer subscribers one-month free subscription to an IVR-based Voice Game called Guess Master. The game is about guessing the winner of the day’s toss, the match-winner, scores made in each innings and 6s and 4s scored in each innings.

Subscribers can bid points on each guess and every correct answer will increase their chance to double their points. Post the World Cup, subscribers can redeem their total points for various gifts like Team India Jerseys, Shoes, I-Pods and LCD TVs;

Both RCVs also offer subscribers free subscription to the My Song service, wherein they can listen to live scores each time they call someone from their Tata DOCOMO number. Match scores will be played on match days whereas, on non-match days, subscribers’ chosen music will be played.

Additionally, subscribers who opt for 103 Not Out Recharge Voucher will get free subscription to Call Me Tunes, so that callers can listen to live score updates instead of ring tones;

On Data, subscribers, can download cricket games, wallpapers and animations related to cricket, absolutely free via Dive In.Throughout the World Cup, subscribers will be eligible to receive free updates on cricket score, trivia and more, via SMS on both recharge vouchers.

Virgin Mobile Pounces Back On The Season Of Love

Virgin Mobile India the youth brand of Tata Teleservices after a long long gap seems to have woken up to the need of the youth finally. 
 

And what can be better a way to pounce upon the market and grasp a handful than ringing on the V-Day celebration. It seems they have finally woken up from the long siesta they have been having for so long. 

In the offering is a brand new and funky looking website along with some new and crisp change in plans and tariffs. VMI has recently gone under a revamped tariff plans and on the path of doing some hatke stuff they have now introduced a one of a kind freak page that says “Its time to break up this V-Day”.

Sounds absurd huh? Well this is the new hatke stuff they are promoting through their site.On logging into the website there is hand-full of suggestions and tips on how to tackle your love problems this love season. what you get is some really interesting break up tips, a dedicated bollywood section which features love affairs among celebs, a tiny quiz, a card section, etc.

It also contains a facebook shortcut which will lead you to their fan page and there you will be able to surf through the remaining part. They have also created an application in regards to this promotion wherein you can unfriend some of your friends just to have some fun. Enjoy the break up season by clicking on the link.

In their main website they have also quoted a dedicated page on MNP. It features all necessary FAQ’s on MNP where one will get all the infromation. A special MNP tariff has also been mentioned. Go through their site for complete information. Off late they seem to have bounced back into action and promises to bring much more hatke stuffs in near future.

Nokia C1-01 Now Available With An Exciting ‘All in one’ offer From Airtel

Nokia India today unveiled two stylish and affordable devices, Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C1-02 in New Delhi.

Nokia C1-01 specifically, has been launched with an exclusive offer from India’s largest mobile services provider, Bharti Airtel.

As part of Airtel’s ‘all in one’ offer for Nokia C1-01, customers will get 250 night minutes of Airtel-to-Airtel talktime, 50 MB data usage and 500 SMSes (local & national).

As well as local and STD call rate of 40p/min. Night minutes/data usage/SMS and call rate is valid for thirty days.

Bringing in aesthetic designs with exciting colours, Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C1-02, give consumers an opportunity to enjoy listening to music on the in-built music player and FM radio with recording. In addition, owners of the Nokia C1-01 will also be able to take video and photographs using the built-in VGA camera.

Enabling consumers to store up to 32 GB of music, photographs and videos, the Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C1-02 are available at exciting price points of Rs. 2789 and Rs. 2394 respectively.

In addition, Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C1-02 provide consumers easy access to internet and key multimedia functionalities and helps them share data easily through Bluetooth, MMS and USB slot. Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C1-02 also come with one month free access to Ovi Life Tools service.

The Nokia C1-01 offer by Airtel will be the first to leverage “Over-The-Air” (OTA) platform, which will reduce logistical challenges in SIM bundling and allow self provisioning of the offer upon insertion of SIM in customers’ Nokia C1-01 handsets – thereby ensuring maximum customer convenience.

Telenor Group 100 Million Subscribers And Still Counting In Asia

Telenor Group today announced that it has passed more than 100 million subscribers in Asia. This milestone marks another significant achievement in Telenor Groups successful history in the region.

Telenor Group entered Asia in 1996, and has since emerged as a leading regional mobile operator.

At the end of 2010, Telenor Group’s five Asian operations generated 39 percent of the group’s total revenues and obtained an operating cash flow above NOK 10 billion.In subscriber growth Telenor Group added more than 23 million subscribers in Asia in 2010.

Telenor Group, today controls mobile operations in 5 Asian markets with Grameenphone in Bangladesh, Uninor in India, dtac in Thailand, DiGi in Malaysia and Telenor in Pakistan.

The announcement was made by Sigve Brekke, Executive Vice President of Telenor Group, and head of Telenor Group’s Asian Operations at GSMA World Congress 2011 in Barcelona.

For almost 15 years Telenor has been a driving service innovation and customer experience in the mobile sector in Asia. Telenor Group’s unique segmentation and distribution platforms have become a competitive advantage, enabling its local operations to connect millions of previously unconnected people with basic mobile phone services. With strong local brands, Telenor ranks among the top operators in our established markets in the region.

“As a mobile operator with a strong industrial background, Telenor Group has a long term commitment to developing our operations. Since entering into the Asia we have made significant financial investments and deployed management competence and industrial know-how”, said Sigve Brekke

Reliance Communications Next Gen RWorld Coming Soon

Reliance Communications today announced its plans to roll-out a Next Generation Mobile Portal (R World) to deliver a host of futuristic Mobile Internet and Data Services to its over 125 million customers.

The new portal will be live in its 3G, GSM and CDMA mobile platforms.

Breaking the language barrier, Reliance intends to offer a new multi-lingual R World that will offer personalization option in Hindi, followed by other popular regional languages.

R World  has also designed to deliver high value and highly relevant content and applications on the mobile platform which will have easy to access M-Commerce options and highly targeted M-Advertising capabilities are amongst the key futuristic features.

Key features which Reliance intends to make available through R World:

· Highly-targeted mobile marketing and advertising campaigns, to further monetize the mobile Internet experience

· Localized regional content to serve individual consumer interests and tastes

· Multiple language support, starting with Hindi, the native language of over 250 million Indians

· Location-based services to help ensure users get what matters most to them based on where they are at any given time

Research in Motion’s Blackberry Messenger Alternative In India – Nimbuzz

There have been a lot to hear about the Blackberry crisis in India. People have been staying away from Blackberry off lately and trying other brand QWERTY phones as a replacement.

This is evident from the fact that shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) slipped about two per cent Monday after India rejected its offer for partial access to its encrypted corporate emails

So we thought all the Blackberry users should not fear of the Chat services and contacts as there is a great way to do all that on your Blackberry with Nimbuzz.

This application helps you to connect with you contacts via mobile, share files and much more.

To make things even more interesting it can check from your contact list and inform you that who all from your contacts are on Nimbuzz so that you can add them as your Nimbuzz contact and stat connected.

It also integrates your other chat client contacts like the Facebook, Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN, and many more.We have already stated in our earlier blog post that Exclusive Nimbuzz To Come Up With Games And Bots!, hence you can expect some great things to happen around it!

So if you got Blackberry, there is no more need to worry!

Tata Elxsi Behind Videocon TVC “Zero Paisa Per Sec”

VCL a division of Tata Elxsi Ltd and a leading animation and visual communications announced that it has recently delivered innovative visual effects for Videocon Mobile “Zero Paisa Per Sec” television commercial (TVC).

The advertisement highlights the death & the resurrection of mobile tariff wars in the country from 1 p/sec to 0 p/sec.

The 45 sec TVC is separated into two fractions starting with funeral service organised for 1 per sec taking into consideration to be the last time in the history of tariff war in India.

Funeral ceremony starts by fantasying of burring of human form circled by its family & friends solemnly remembering him. At the same burial ground where Videocon mother brand mascots Chouw –Mouw observe the sad moment from a far off distance & magically send his youngest one in human like character called “Zero” to comfort the grieving family & friends leaving behind the dismal & to focus on next generation.

The TVC ends with the introduction of the Pathbreaking innovation in telecom Industry from 1 p/sec to Zero p/sec. Creative agency for the ad was McCann Erickson (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Elaborating on the look and style of the TVC, Mr Vishal Anand, Visual Computing Labs, Tata Elxsi Ltd said, “The challenge was to give an unbelievably realistic touch to the whole concept through animation and make it very close to reality. The use of animation in advertising is rapidly becoming a potent force for companies to reach out to the target audience.”

Now Facebook Will Come Integrated In SIM Cards

Gemalto the world leader in digital security, announced Facebook for SIM, which enables anyone to enjoy the service on all handsets, even if without a data connection or data subscription.
 

Gemalto’s software development team has embedded the software application into the SIM. This ensures the Facebook application is compatible with 100% of SIM-compliant mobile phones.

The innovative solution provides mobile subscribers with simple and convenient access to core Facebook features such as friend requests, status updates, wall posts or messages.

It also offers unique functions like people can sign up for this service and log in directly from the SIM application. 

Interactive Facebook messages pop-up on the phone’s screen so people can always share up-to-the-minute posts and events. One can also automatically search their SIM phonebook for other friends and send them requests.With this announcement, Gemalto brings Facebook to millions of mobile phone users regardless of their handset type.

Facebook for SIM is extremely easy to use and is available to everyone. No data contract or application download is needed, because the software is embedded in the SIM and it uses SMS technology. As a result, it works for prepaid as well as for pay-monthly customers.

Following an initial limited free trial period, Facebook for SIM then operates on a subscription model via an unlimited pass for a given period of time.

“Increasingly people want to be able to stay connected and communicate with their friends on Facebook anytime, anywhere,” said Henri Moissinac, Head of Mobile Business, Facebook. “Gemalto has developed a creative solution in Facebook for SIM that enables people without mobile data plans to stay connected to their friends on Facebook in an affordable way.

Aircel Launches Next-Gen Wi-Fi Services

Aircel, the fifth largest cellular operator in India has finally announced the launch of their next generation of high speed data services Aircel Wi-Fi.

They have soft launched their service currently in five major cities in India namely Delhi, Mumbai,Chennai, Hyderabad & Bengaluru.

The TV commercial of the service are already on air for the last few days.With the launch of the service they have also introduced an free trial offer for all Aircel customers in the above following cities.

All Aircel users can enjoy free wireless Internet at a blazing-fast speed and an enhanced user experience at all Aircel Wi-Fi Zones, before 20th Feb, 2011.

But prior to that you need to understand what is Aircel Wi-Fi!

Aircel Wi-Fi is a service that allows you to browse the Internet without connecting to broadband via wired connection. Through Wi-Fi you can access the Internet just about anywhere at any time, without using wires.

Features:

1. 50,000 Wi-Fi zones across India

2. Choose your plans as per your need

3. Secure access to protect your data

4. High speed access @ 512kbps

5. Unlimited downloads in each session (FUP of 30MB/hour)

How to access:

At any of the Aircel Wi-Fi zones, simply connect to the internet with any Wi-Fi enabled device – smartphones, laptops, netbooks or tablets. Then, choose your session time as per your need, and that’s it, you’ll be connected!.

All you need to do is:

1. Go to your nearest Aircel Wi-Fi Zone and switch on the Wi-Fi on your laptop or mobile.

2. On the welcome screen, just click on New User.

3. Enter your details along your Aircel mobile number to acquire a User ID and Password via SMS.

4. Then simply use these details to log in to your account.

Note:
Post the free trial offer, the Wi-Fi service will be charged hourly plan of Rs. 15 the charges would be adjusted against your postpaid bill or would be deducted from your prepaid balance

MTS Partners With Meru Cabs To Roll Out High Speed Mobile Internet

 

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited today announced the launch of a unique initiative for passengers traveling by Meru Cabs in New Delhi and Mumbai.

The customers now just need to ask the cab driver for an MBlaze dongle to enjoy free internet surfing along with an unlimited data download. The company plans to launch similar services in other major towns including Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

With the Cricket World Cup round the corner, such a service would also enable cricket enthusiasts travelling through the city to connect their laptops via mobile broadband and check out the latest match scores and updates.

Flagging off the MBlaze powered Meru Cabs,Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing Officer, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (SSTL), said, “At MTS, our endeavor is to constantly excite and delight data users. Our partnership with Meru Cabs has been specially designed to offer seamless data connectivity to users on the go, both in Delhi and in Mumbai”.

Introducing Another Internet Service Provider – Spectranet

While broadband penetration in India is still below the expectation, and BSNL is the only true pan India broadband service provider with widest coverage we like to introduce a little known ISP Spectranet which is offering cable & wireless broadband and WiFi services in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad & Chandigarh and is extending its footprint to many more cities across India.

Spectranet was rolled out in 2000 but after acquisition by the Shyam Group (of MTS India fame) in 2008, it has evolved into an Integrated Communication Services Provider.

Spectranet’s cable based broadband which does not need any phone or modem comes at a very affordable rate, you can choose any plan which offers bandwidth from 256kbps to 4Mbps. All types of plans – limited, flat rate & night plans are available. All plans are prepaid – so no question of bill shock at the end of month.

Note that Spectranet also has reasonable fair usage policy on unlimited plans with bandwidth more than 256kbps. Details of Spectranet’s FUP

Spectranet also gives away QuickHeal Antivirus to its wireless broadband customers. Wireless broadband plans starting from 256kbps to 2Mbps are available at very affordable rate.Spectranet has its WiFi Hotzones in Delhi NCR, Noida, Guragaon, Faridabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad & Gaziabad. Locate here

For enterprises Spectranet has a wide range of solutions: Connectivity Solutions, Datacenter Solutions, Voice Solutions, Collaboration Solutions, Cloud CC, Security Solutions

SpectraNet’s Firsts:

• Pioneers of broadband in India; more than 10 years of experience in provisioning, delivering & servicing broadband solutions.
• First private company in South-East Asia with a live “commissioned” network of optic fiber cable (OFC).
• Set up one of the 1st World Class Tier-III Data Centres in India.
• Amongst the 1st private players to enter the carrier market & service the needs of other ISPs.
• First ISP in South Asia to be certified ISO 27001 and ISO 9001.

Spectranet is available on Twitter: 

For more details, visit www.spectranet.in or call: 1860-266-0099 or email to business@spectranet.com or tweet them!

BSNL Introduces New Roaming Offer

After huge public outcry state run Telecom company BSNL has come up with something for those customers who remain on roaming most of the time.

As per the recent news, BSNL has revised its postpaid 725 and postpaid 1500 plan. BSNL is going to offer 300 minutes Free incoming calls while on Roaming and 200 minutes of Free outgoing calls while on Roaming in Its POSTPAID plan of 725.

Earlier in this plan, there was no concession on roaming but Local Calls ( within Circle) from BSNL to BSNL are Absolutely Unlimited Free now Roaming rates have been slashed.

Similary in its Postpaid Plan 1500 Incoming Calls will be absolutely Free while in roaming. and a limit of 300 minutes has been imposed on outgoing calls which will be free while in roaming.Both these plans will be effective for 2g and 3g customers from 15th February.

Particulars	Plan 725 Existing	Plan 725 Revised	Plan 1500 Existing	Plan 1500 Revised
Free I/C Calls while Roaming	Nil	300 MIN	Un-Limited	Un-limited
Free O/G while Roaming	Nil	200 MIN	Un-Limited	300 Min

BSNL Gives More Free Usage & Extra Validity on Prepaid Broadband

To promote broadband services, country’s largest telecommunication company BSNL is offering extra data usage and extra validity on its prepaid broadband plans for a promotional period.

BSNL revised its prepaid broadband plans for a promotional period of 90 days w.e.f from 7-02-2011. This promotional scheme is available in all circles where BSNL is operational.

The additional data usage and validity on the recharge vouchers as above will be given to the customer who recharges his BSNL prepaid broadband account during promotional period of 90 days starting from 7th February, 2011. These limited plans will offer bandwidth upto 2Mbps.

At present BSNL has biggest player on broadband sector on basis of subscribers & widest coverage over the country.

Details of BSNL Prepaid Broadband Plans:

TTSL Announces Price Reduction Initiative On Tata Photon Plus And Whiz

Tata Teleservices Limited has announced a series of unique initiatives that it has undertaken to delight the customers using Tata Photon services.

Firstly it has announced a special price reduction on both its Tata Photon Plus and Tata Photon Whiz data services making it available at a very competitive price of just Rs. 1,799 (with Rs. 100 inclusion of start-up kit) and Rs. 999 respectively.

Secondly and the most important is the beginning of Tata Photon League, a first of its kind and the only loyalty program initiative being introduced by any telecom player!

With Tata Photon League, Tata Photon Plus customers can enjoy Offline services like white goods, household goods, personal accessories and other lifestyle vouchers from stores like Pantaloons, Raymond, Pizza Hut etc as well as Online game options where they can access Games, Software downloads and avail VAS services.

The price reduction initiative on Tata Photon Plus and Tata Photon Whiz connection also comes loaded with additional benefits of unlimited Internet surfing plans, usage based plans, time based plans, bundled offers and much more. Tailored to cater to the needs of the youth, the offer brings to the table a fantastic combination of an affordable device and unlimited data usage.

The customer has the option of selecting a tariff plan under both, prepaid and postpaid category based on his usage needs for Tata Photon Plus and Tata Photon whiz. Under Tata Photon Plus postpaid customers can opt for unlimited usage plans as low as Rs. 950/- to Rs. 1500/- per month and avail discount of Rs. 150 for first 12 months, under cash back offer, making the device absolutely free.

Under, Tata Photon Whiz potential prepay customers can enjoy new ‘Surfathon Offer’ on a purchase of every Tata Photon device. Customers will get free unlimited data usage worth Rs. 555/- for a month with First Recharge Voucher (FRC) of Rs. 1/- only.

The offer is tailored to meet the unlimited data usage needs of the customers that too at negligible cost. Also with First Recharge Voucher (FRC) 750/- customers will get free unlimited data usage worth Rs. 1665/- for a period of 3 months. Customers also have an option to recharge with RCV 333 or RCV 555 wherein they can enjoy unlimited data usage for a month. Apart from this, customers can also avail top-ups of all denominations above Rs. 100/- with a validity of 90 days.

Vodafone, IDEA And Airtel Says TRAI 2G Pricing Recommendations illogical

Pan India telecom operators IDEA Cellular, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today expressed their concern over the TRAI recommendation to the six-fold increase in 2G spectrum prices.

Terming them as “Illogical, Arbitrary and Discriminatory” against the older telecom operators.

IDEA Cellular said in a statement that “We are dismayed by the continual flip-flops in policy formulation in the telecom sector, which betray a poor understanding of sector dynamics, as indeed of the immense contribution of the sector to the national well being.In the same breath, the principles of transparency and auction-based spectrum pricing are touted, whereas arbitrary and unreal administered numbers are sought to be portrayed as ‘market based’.

Even more curious is how total spectrum holdings are sought to be aggregated for some operators, but disaggregated for select others, never mind the loss to the exchequer or basic level playing field considerations.As a pioneering telco with sector investments of @ Rs. 34,000 Cr, we have only now wiped out losses accumulated over 15 years. We take pains to be a good corporate citizen.

Our sector unfortunately has seen many absurdities already. The goose that laid the golden egg of progress, is being led to slaughter. We can only hope that reason will prevail and a market driven mechanism will be allowed.

The 2nd largest Mobile Service operator Vodafone Essar stated that “The sector has already been impacted greatly by the illogical difference in treatment of GSM operators and so called dual technology operators, the 2G scam as reported in the media and the impact of the auction of (artificially scarce) 3G spectrum,”"Vodafone Essar strongly disagrees with TRAI’s new set of recommendations which are flawed, illogical and discriminatory against the operators who were the first to invest deeply to build the sector,” it said.

While the largest GSM operator in the country Bharti Airtel expressed similar concerns and steted “The recommendations by TRAI goes against the stated principle of the Government to offer affordability, fairness and level playing field. There seem to be huge inconsistency in terms of the differences of prices in various circles, which defies logic,”

Indian Telecom Regulator TRAI today recommended fixing the price for 6.2 Mhz of pan-India start-up 2G spectrum at Rs. 10,972.45 crore, more than six times the present cost of Rs. 1,658 crore.

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular and state-run BSNL and MTNL, hold the extra spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz and the new recommendations would put a huge financial burden on these operators.

TRAI Starts Consumer Registration To Curb Unwanted Calls and SMSes

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today started its  Mobile and Landline Consumer’s Preference Registration process to to effectively arrest or stop pesky commercial calls and empowered consumers against unwanted calls and SMSes.

So If you wish to block commercial communications like Unwanted SMS and Telemarketing calls, You can register your preference with your Service Provider either by way of voice call or SMS. All the options for customers will be effective from 1st March 2011.

In either case, you can do so by accessing the number 1909. Please note that this number is Toll Free, which means that the call you make or the SMS you send to this number will not be charged.

In blocking the commercial communication, you have two choices. You can register either in the Fully Blocked category; or in the Partially Blocked category with your choice over calls and sms from certain categories like Banking/Insurance/Financial products/Credit cards, Real Estate, Education, Health, Consumer goods and automobiles, Communication/Broadcasting Entertainment/IT, and Tourism & Leisure.

REGISTRATION OF PREFERENCE THROUGH 1909 

1. After calling the toll free number 1909 and selecting the option to register through IVRS, follow the instructions prompted by the IVRS.

2. The IVRS will prompt you about the categories available for registration of customers’ preference i.e. the fully blocked category or the partially blocked category. a. Fully Blocked Category (No Call & No SMS) or b. Partially Blocked Category (No calls; SMS on selected subjects).

3. If you opt for the fully blocked category, your preference will be recorded in the Providers Customer Preference Register (PCPR) and you will be informed of the same through SMS, indicating your unique registration number.

4. If you opt for the partially blocked category, the IVRS will prompt you to opt for one or more of the following subjects on which you wish to receive SMS :

1. Banking/Insurance/Financial products/credit cards,

2. Real Estate,

3. Education,

4. Health,

5. Consumer goods and automobiles,

6. Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT,

7. Tourism and Leisure.
You can opt for one, or a combination of some, or all the subjects.

5. Your selected preference(s) will be confirmed by the IVRS.

6. You will get an SMS confirming the preferences exercised by you along
with your unique registration number.

REGISTRATION OF PREFERENCE THROUGH SMS

1. You can register your preference(s) for commercial communications by sending an SMS to 1909.

2. The procedure for opting for various categories/subjects is given below:

(A) To opt for the fully blocked category, send SMS “START 0” to 1909.

(B) To opt for the partially blocked category, send SMS “Start ” to 1909 as given below:

“START 1” for receiving SMS relating to Banking/ Insurance / Financial products/Credit cards.

“START 2” for receiving SMS relating to Real Estate.

“START 3” for receiving SMS relating to Education. “START 4” for receiving SMS relating to Health.

“START 5” for receiving SMS relating to Consumer goods and automobiles.

“START 6” for receiving SMS relating to Communication / Broadcasting / Entertainment /IT, “START 7” for receiving SMS relating to Tourism and Leisure 

Note 1: To opt for multiple preferences from categories send SMS “Start ” to 1909. For example for receiving commercial SMSs from Banking Insurance/Financial products/Credit cards and Real Estate, send SMS in the format “START 1, 2”. 

Note 2: Preference ‘0’ will always suppress other preferences. If ‘0’ is sent with along any other customer preferences, it will be treated as a fully blocked preference. For example, “START “0,2,3”, will be considered a fully blocked option.

3. On receipt of an option exercised through SMS, the access provider will send an SMS to confirm the options exercised.

4. You have to send a confirmation SMS so that options exercised are implemented.

5. On getting the confirmation SMS, the Access Provider will register your preference and send you an SMS indicating.

CWC 2011 Live Streaming On Vodafone Courtesy ESPN Star Sports

Vodafone Essar has bagged exclusive rights for live streaming of ESPN Star Sports’ coverage of the ICC CWC 2011, which begins February 19, 2011.

As part of this deal, Vodafone’s discerning customers will be able to watch ball-by-ball live coverage of all 49 ODI’s on their mobile phones via ESPN Mobile TV.

Vodafone has been named co-presenting broadcast sponsor for ESPN Star Sports’ coverage of ICC CWC 2011, making the company one of the biggest sponsors of India’s most popular sport this season.

Live streaming of the matches on ESPN Mobile TV will be available exclusively to Vodafone subscribers and can be availed on both 2G (GPRS enabled) and 3G handsets.

Speaking on this first-of-its-kind initiative, Kumar Ramanathan, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Essar, said, “The 2011 cricket season in India coincides with an exciting time in the telecom industry when MNP and 3G are buzz words and the entire consumer base is being wooed afresh by incumbent and new competitors alike. Through this association with ESPN Star Sports to provide live streaming of its ICC CWC 2011 coverage, we continue to engage our customers in a more meaningful and relevant manner, that enriches the service experience.”

Airtel Does It Again Airtel’s Latest Campaign: Airtel Advantage

Airtel has come up with its new campaign which showcase few of the unique advantages what airtel offers to its customers.

The ad highlights the importance of Airtel’s Uninterrupted GSM Network and showcase its Seamless Connectivity with the widest International Roaming Coverage and also talks about popular VAS service what Airtel has in its store for its users.

Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and AR Rahman for the first time has come together for this campaign, lending their own unique perspective to bring alive the Airtel advantage in a series of short entertaining films, with one final message – on airtel, “Milega yeh sab aur bahut kuch”, i.e., you’ll get this and lots more.

 

Directed by three of the best directors that India has to offer – Shaad Ali Sahgal, Francois Merlet and Marco Kalantari, these ads were shot in Mumbai and Chennai over a span of 3 days.

MMS To Your Valentine at 50p, Courtesy Aircel

Celebrate this romantic season with Aircel’s special offer for Love Birds!

This time no free minutes, no free sms with any new recharge, rather you will get massive discount for MMS without any extra cost.

For the occasion of Valentine’s day, Aircel is charging just 50p per MMS without any special tariff voucher for upto 14th February, 2011.

Now send colorful wishes via Aircel’s Multimedia Messaging Services to your valentine from your Aircel mobile at unbelievable low rate of 50p.

Sad but this offer is only for Aircel users in Delhi !

IP Telephony And India

You must have seen really cheap calling rates from IP telephony providers like Skype to US, and European countries.

Infact for US, you can get an unlimited calling plan to all phones for as low as $3 a month. Why no such thing in India?

One can call US phones for like 1cent a min, while calls to Indian phones remains as high as 3-4cents a min. To understand what’s wrong in case of India, we need to first understand little bit of VoIP and IP telephony stuff.

VoIP – you must have heard of is simply Voice over Internet Protocol. It’s simply a method of converting voice into packets and then sending it across the Internet. Now, one must note that Internet is a “packet switching” based network i.e all data is converted into small “packets” and sent across various possible routes.

For packets flowing on Internet, there is no specific hard coded route, instead route depends on availability of media, congestion, peers of networks etc. When you access Internet in India, there can be chances that you are sending packets to US via Europe and at the other movement there can be chances that few packets might take the other route via Singapore. And since you are sending just “packets”, so you use pipes only when you are sending data, and rest of the time, those pipes are available for use to other people.

This kind of model of “packet switching” takes down the cost of expensive Physical network, and makes Internet lot cheaper as compared to phone calls. In case of telephone system – it still depends on “circuit switching” thus when you connect to a person on phone, you actually “lease” a route between you and the other party.

Now, even when you are not speaking on phone, that “leased route” remains un-available for use by other people. This makes phone calls bit expensive as compared to calls made over Internet network between two computers.

Now, next part is IP telephony. There is little difference between IP telephony and VoIP. IP telephony is an application which works over protocol named VoIP. IP telephony refers primarily in making phone calls from IP networks to telephone networks.

So, it’s when you call a US based phone from service like skype which runs over the internet (an IP network) to your friend in US on his phone (on telephone network). These calls are lot cheaper as compared to an ISD call. Reason is – since you are using Internet, most of the part of your route is covered using Internet itself over cheap packet switching based infrastructure. Call is “bridged” from IP network to PSTN network at the closest point, essentially making it a “local” call.

Coming back on orignal topic – point is why calls from India to US are so cheap over skype (and other IP telephony providers) as compared to calls from US to India?

It’s because of one of policy of Indian government which permits use of IP telephony given bridging between IP network (i.e Internet) and PSTN (i.e phone network) is not done in India. So, if you make calls from US to India using skype, calls are bridged to PSTN network in US itself, and then is routed across (expensive) International long distance networks over circuit switching.

Rule, that you cannot bridge calls in India makes it expensive to connect Indian phone network with other networks in world. That’s the reason most of users and corporate consumers prefer IP phones or just skype which eventually keeps Indian users on IP network itself eleminating cost of ISD calling.

Why Indian govt. has banned bridging in India?

This is taken in order to prevent revenues of telecom business. If IP telephony is permitted, we will eventually see services like skype offering virtually unlimited calling on Indian phones for as low as $1-$2 a month killing off business of domestic telecoms.

The request is still up in front of Govt. from long time but till now, it has not been approved. Apart from domestic calling market, IP telephony will effect ISD badly – taking off most of market, and so the revenues of incumbents. Even there are many ISP’s in India which are not in telecom business and just offering Internet like Sify, Tikona etc.

If IP telephony is permitted, most of such small ISP’s will setup their own bridging and will eventually start offering fixed line services running over VoIP – low and pretty good in quality (considering it will be all digital as opposed to current analog PSTN lines).

Ban on IP telephony remains one of reasons which kept cost of BWA spectrum low – since at the end, BWA players can just offering broadband and not phone services. Remember, they can surely offer phone services but only to countries like US, Europe etc for a very rate. They can’t offer calling to India for rates like 1p/sec as they have to route all those calls from US, which will increase cost (and even degrade the performance).

So, well that’s all about IP telephony to India. With hope that you will be eventually a better connection next time, bye for now!