Chinese Users Satisfied with Their Handsets

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Source: Cellular News

RCOM Gets Pan-India License

DoT on Thursday announced a pan-India GSM licence for Reliance Communications. The company had already paid the requisite licence fee of Rs 1,651 crore for a pan-India GSM licence on October 19, 2007.

The licence will guarantee that RCom will be in queue for GSM spectrum ahead of the 46 others that have applied for licences recently. RCom currently offers telecom services on the CDMA platform in all telecom circles in the country, and, through its 100% subsidiary, also offers GSM services in seven telecom circles.

RCom will now have to wait for DoT to allot 4.4 MHz of GSM spectrum in each of the circles to launch commercial operations. RCom will be allotted spectrum only after existing licence holders—Vodafone, Aircel and Idea—are granted start-up spectrum to launch services and other existing players that have applied for a pan-India licence are allotted both licences and spectrum.

Source: The Telegraph

8 Useful Sites for Mobile Shopping

• Barcle
• PriceGrabber
• Amazon
• eBay
• Yahoo! Shopping
• Overstock
  

SMS

• Smarter SMS (Sms the product description to 610-7627837 and get the lowest price online)
• Frucall (Sms the barcode to 37811 to get the lower prices available)

Source: Mobile Weblog

Interesting Statistics!

• Worldwide handset shipments are expected to increase to 1.46 billion by 2012, driven in part by increasing availability of low-cost and ultra-low-cost handsets in emerging nations.
• Total handset revenues will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 1.7% to a total of US$165.4 billion by 2012.
• Third-generation (3G) handsets will represent half of the worldwide revenue for cellular handsets.
  

Source: 3G

Gypsii Accredited by Nokia

Nokia has agreed to include Symbian version of the GyPSii to its N95 and 6110 Navigator mobile phones.

GyPSii integrates a wide range of location-specific functions and services into a single easy-to-use interface that works on GPS and non-GPS-enabled devices alike. These functions include user-generated content, friend finding and sharing, and also Point-of-Interest (POI) proximity search for immediate surroundings, maps and directions.

Designed specifically for use on a mobile phone, the GyPSii platform is already compatible with Windows Mobile devices and by adding Symbian and Nokia support, GyPSii is now available on the vast majority of mobile phones and almost any Internet connected device. GyPSii for Nokia and Windows Mobile is available for download at the company's website- www.gypsii.com.

Source: 3G

RIM Coming Up With A Touch Screen Handset

Research In Motion is preparing a new touch-based handset and operating system, described as the "9000-series." This series will be "a complete breakaway" from the company's traditional corporate focus.

The new touch-based series is rumored to be multimedia-centric still featuring the business applications such as push e-mail.

Source: Wireless week

SAMSUNG MAX- First CDMA Open Market Phone

Samsung Electronics has launched "Samsung Max"- First open market phone in the CDMA segment. Its available only in Mumbai and Delhi as of now.

The "Max" is a multimedia phone, catered to Indian needs. Key features:

• An Indian calendar
• A panchang
• A mobile prayer
• A Cricket scorer
• A Hinglish SMs

Security features include the usual Mobile Tracker and SOS alert, plus additional ones like Call lock that restrict others from making calls from- or receiving calls on- the owner's handset.

Specifications:

• 1.9-inches 262K TFT large LCD
• 1.3 MP camera
• MP3/FM
• Bluetooth
• Expandable memory
• RUIM card support
• Speaker phone

Source: Techtree