Diamond Touch- HTC’s new 3G phone

High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) has launched a new 3G version of its HTC Touch in Middle East ahead of the awaited launch of the 3G iPhone.    The interface can be spun by swiping a finger right or left across the display, providing efficient access to the features consumers use most. TouchFLO also enhances finger touch scrolling and browsing of Web pages, documents, messages and contact lists.This smartphone, dubbed as iPhone killer, provides animated access to people,...

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Nokia launches N96 in India

Nokia has launched N96- its converged device in India. It will be available across the country from September 2008. Nokia has also announced a pre-booking scheme, offering consumers the opportunity to secure the N96 in advance. The offer will be valid through 2000 Nokia outlets across the country starting August 20, 2008.The dual-slide Nokia N96 is a blend of style and cutting edge technology.Optimized for web access and entertainment it represents a whole new chapter in mobile technology.Its features...

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MoMo Delhi 6th Meetup :Mobile Advertising on WAP, SMS, Voice, Video and Apps

The Momo Delhi team has managed to get an awesome panel of experts on Mobile Advertisement , to discuss and brainstrom all your thoughts on Mobile Advertisement.Following are the details.Topic: Mobile Advertising on WAP, SMS, Voice, Video and AppsPanelists: Anuj Kumar, Executive Director (South Asia), Affle Chirag Jain, VP India Operations, SMS GupShup Vijay Shekhar Sharma, MD, One97 Communications Salil Kumar, COO (Business), NDTV Convergence Salman Hussain, VP (Business Development) , VUClip (formerly Blueapple.mobi)a brief on some of the things...

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AIRME now available for new iphone users

AirMe a free, easy-to-use downloaded application that allows iPhone users to take photos and have them instantly tagged and sent to the user’s Flickr or Facebook accounts, will now be available on the Apple App Store for new iPhone users.It is an easy to use aplication. The user simply has to: a)Download the AirMe application from the Apple App Store b)Launch AirMe and take the pictureWith the help of this application, all photos are auto-tagged with location, time, weather and any user customised information. It is currently being used...

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Guest Column: Developing IVR Applications by Uttam Pegu

The most essential requirement of an IVRS is that it has to work 24 hours a day, 364 days a year! It is not an application like your MS Word or Outlook Express that you run them when you need! Also IVRS does not have any User Interface. The reason for not having User Interface is obvious! It interacts with human through voice and telephone instrument keypad. (These are actually DTMF Digits. I will explain about DTMF, Pulse dialing in another post.) So, a typical IVRS application does not require to be executed manually, it starts as a service in...

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GSM User base in India increases by 6.42 mn in July

GSM-based telecom networks in India added 6.42 million mobile users in July. Handsets costing as low as $15 and call rates as low as 1 US cent a minute have helped India to become the world’s fastest-growing market for wireless services and the second-largest market for such services after China. In June, 6.32 million users had signed up. According to data from the Cellular Operators’ Association of India there were 218.9 million GSM users at the end of July. The data includes Reliance Communications’ GSM network as of June.Reliance Communications,...

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Bharti Airtel subscriber base crosses 75 mn

India’s largest private telecom company Bharti Airtel has also become the fourth largest in-country mobile operator in the world.  It achieved this landmark after crossing the 75 million customer mark.Bharti Airtel is now behind China Mobile, China Unicom and American AT&T in terms of subscriber base, a company statement said. According to the statement the company had crossed the 60 million customer mark in February 2008 and the 50 million mark in October 2007, thereby becoming one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world. The...

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Mobile Ticketing the next big thing in UAE and Middle East

M-ticketing will soon replace home-printed and pre-printed paper tickets in GCC and Middle East.It is becoming increasingly popular since it allows ticket buyers to avoid long lines and enables ticket sellers to eliminate printing and distribution costs - ultimately providing better service to customers. M-tickets can be sent to a mobile phone or PDA via SMS. This consists of a bar code that can be quickly read and validated directly from the mobile device’s display scre...

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Indian VAS Revenues badly hit after Short Code Change

According to Economic Times,the VAS industry has actually shrunk in India, thanks to a TRAI order banning four digit short codes, despite high monthly mobile subscriber additions. The government policy had mandated that the digit 5 be added as a prefix for all short codes (for example, 8888 would become 58888).Companies are reporting almost 50-70% drop in revenues and claim the order has hit them hard.All players in the chain — content providers, aggregators, developers and mobile operators are affected. Even the government is losing revenues as...

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IMImobile is Voice & Data’s ‘Emerging Company’ of the Year 08’

IMImobile, the global provider of value-added services to mobile telecom operators and content owners, today announced that it has been selected by Voice&Data, as The Emerging Company of the Year. IMImobile has established itself as one of the leading providers of cutting edge technology in the mobile space recording phenomenal growth. IMImobile is a profitable fast-growing global company with operations in 51 countries supporting 200 operator deployments and over 400 content partners.Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner, Central...

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Ericsson India’s Mobility World Developer Program for Developers and Entrepreneurs

Came accross a wonderful opportunity for developers and small set ups who have come up with really innovative Mobile content and applications on 2.5G as well as 3G. Ericsson Mobility World intends to launch a Developers’ program in India.Throughout the world, application and content providers rely on Ericsson Mobility World’s competence and channels to reach the mobile market. It assists them in creating and selling innovative and marketable applications that support Ericsson’s multimedia solutions.The Ericsson Mobility World Developer Program...

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Govt releases guidelines for 3G service

Govt has released the guidelines for 3G spectrum in India. This means 3G will be launched soon.The price for a 2×5 Mhz block of spectrum for Mumbai and Delhi and category-A shall be Rs 160 crore and for Kolkata and category-B Rs 80 crore and for category-C Rs 30 crore.Government has also decided to allow up to 10 players in the 3G space, including eligible foreign players. Source: Economic Ti...

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286.86 million wireless users in India at the end of June

According to TRAI, Indian mobile firms added 8.94 million users in June, maintaining the momentum in the world’s fastest-growing mobile services market.TRAI said there were 286.86 million wireless users in India at the end of June, up 55% from a year earlier. In May, mobile operators had signed 8.62 million subscribers.Top mobile operator Bharti Airtel led the signing in June with 2.55 million new customers. The company had 69.4 million mobile users at end-June. No 2 Reliance Communications added 1.74 million wireless users to have 50.79 million...

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Indian mobile VAS market to hit $2bn in 2008: PwC

Following a dip in revenues from voice-based services, mobile value-added services (MVAS) is all set to see a phenomenal growth across the world. According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the Indian mobile VAS market is all set to grow to $2 bn in 2008.Currently, mobile VAS in India accounts for 10% of the operator’s revenue, which is expected to reach 18% by 2010. The worldwide spending on MVAS, including mobile music, mobile payment and mobile advertising will reach $55.6 bn by 2011, the report added.Mobile payment, which currently...

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Airtel Live to be pre loaded on Nokia phones

In a bid to drive value-added services (VAS) revenue, Bharti Airtel has initiated talks with leading handset vendors, including Nokia, to embed its VAS application. The company wants to pre-load its Airtel Live platform as an icon in the handsets which the vendors will sell in India. The move is aimed at growing VAS revenue at a significantly higher pace than its overall growth.Airtel Live is multi-access entertainment portal on the mobile that provides a variety of rich content. At present, consumers can access it by using a GPRS connection in...

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Growing demand for multi-touch handset technology in the Middle East

Major mobile phone vendors are set to cash in on the growing demand for multi-touch handset technology in the Middle East and are expected to boost their product line-up catalysed by Apple’s highly successful iPhone.Research firm iSuppli forecasts global market for touch-screen panels to grow to 341 million units and earn $3.4 billion in value this year.In a market dominated by so-called resistive touch technology, Apple’s iPhone uses a different technology called projected capacitance that enabled the multi-touch functionality that had been lacking...

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