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UAE again delays mobile number portability

Sep 29, 2011 at 5:15 pm in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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The United Arab Emirates again delayed mobile number portability on Tuesday, the chief executive of telecom operator du told reporters.

The deadline had already been extended to the end of this month and would have allowed customers of du and Etisalat to have switched operators without having to change their phone number.

Now, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) had previously stated number portability would have been available by mid-2008, but it remains to be manifested in a country known for its technological  [read more →]

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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility

Aug 16, 2011 at 4:54 pm in News by support · Leave a Comment »

Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies.

The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google  [read more →]

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RCom launches 3G tablet for Rs 12,999 with special data plans

Aug 12, 2011 at 10:00 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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ADAG group telecom company Reliance Communications (RCom) entered into tablet computer segment with launch of Android operating sytem-based Reliance 3G Tab for Rs 12,999.

“We believe the unmet demand of a fully-loaded tablet at an aggressive price point will now fuel the aspirations of the evolved customers,” Mahesh Prasad, President, RCom said in a statement.

The Reliance 3G tablet has a 7-inch touch screen with Android 2.3 OS. The device has 512 MB RAM and a micro SD external storage which can  [read more →]

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Corporate directors and CEOs to forego pay hike this year: Bharti Airtel

Aug 5, 2011 at 7:17 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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Close on the heels of Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal foregoing any pay hike this fiscal, the company on Wednesday said all its corporate directors and CEOs have volunteered for no salary hike in 2011-12.

“This is in line with the company`s efforts to drive cost efficiencies,” the telecom giant said in a statement.

“… all Corporate Directors and Chief Executive Officers (Asia and Africa) of the company have volunteered for no increase in th! eir  [read more →]

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BSNL, MTNL paid Rs 1,134 crore as rent in last 4 years

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The government on Wednesday said two state-run telecos BSNL and MTNL have collectively paid Rs 1,132.06 crore in the last four years as rent for the buildings they have hired for technical and administrative offices.

MTNL has paid a total of Rs 108.16 crore since 2008 and BSNL has paid Rs 1,023.9 crore during the same period, Minister ! of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora informed the Lok Sabha.

He also informed that the government has not received any dividend  [read more →]

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Bharti Airtel Q1 net falls 28%; analysts` remain positive

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Bharti Airtel Ltd, India`s top mobile phone carrier, on Wednesday reported a 28 percent fall in profit for the quarter ended June 30, hit by interest costs related to its purchase of African operations, costs of its new third-generation network in India and higher tax outgo.

Bharti Airtel Ltd said consolidated net profit fell to Rs 1215 crore ($274 million) for its fiscal first quarter ended June, from Rs 1,682 crore a year earlier. However, total income  [read more →]

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World’s First Cloud-Computing Phone

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China`s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , unveil cloud-computing mobile phones on Wednesday in an attempt to replicate its telecom gear success in the smartphone market.

The company, known for its low costs, is betting its cloud-computing smartphones will help the firm grab market share from the likes of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics, analysts say. Huawei will launch its “Vision” smartphones at a media event in Beijing.

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Reliance Communications Ltd and Reliance Telecom Ltd have been fined Rs 5.59 cr

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The Government on Wednesday said two Anil Ambani companies have been fined a total of Rs 5.49 crore for shutting down rural telephone services during 2010-11 in violation of the USOF agreement.

“Reliance Communications Ltd and Reliance Telecom Ltd have been fined Rs 4.42 crore and Rs 1.06 crore respectively, for shutting down rural telephony services during 2010-11,” Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

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Urban India faces mobile glut

Aug 2, 2011 at 4:30 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

In Delhi, every person has two mobile connections on an average. In the hill state of Himachal Pradesh, everyone in an urban area has four mobile numbers on an average.

If you think mobile operators have a large potential market in urban India, you may be wrong, as everyone in urban India has, on an average, a mobile connection.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) says the wireless teledensity in urban India’s 21 circles is 150 per cent. In Himachal Pradesh  [read more →]

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GSM: Physical & logical Channels

Aug 1, 2011 at 9:21 am in GSM by Shri · 1 Comment »

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GSM: PHYSICAL AND LOGICAL CHANNELS

GSM uses a mix of Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). FDMA parts involves the division by frequency of the 25 MHz bandwidth in to 124 carrier frequencies (Also called ARFCN) spaced 200 KHz for GSM-900. For GSM-1800 frequency spectrum of 75 MHz bandwidth is divided in to 374 carrier frequencies spaced 200 KHz. TDMA further divides each carrier frequencies in to 8 time slots such that each carrier frequency is  [read more →]