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Mobile Number Portability in India to cost Rs. 19

The final date for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) across India has finally been fixed even as it was launched in Haryana yesterday ( Nov 27). Now mobile users in Kolkata will be able to switch service providers while retaining their numbers from January 20, 2011 when MNP will be implemented across India, The Telegraph reports. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal told reporters while launching MNP in Haryana, "Mobile number portability will be rolled out across India on January 20, 2011." A senior executive for a top operator added, "There could be some introductory tariff plans for customers changing service providers. High-speed value-added services such as video calls can also be used to lure new customers. Operators could also waive porting charges as an incentive." MNP is applicable within the circle, and you cannot use it if you want to shift to another city outside the circle. For porting, a subscriber has to send an SMS - PORT Mobile Number - from the number he wi...

India’s 3G Auction Ends; Operator And Circle-Wise Results

The results, by telecom operator: BSNL While it did not participate in the 3G auction, BSNL will have to pay the Indian government Rs. 10,187 crores for spectrum in 20 of the 22 circles. Its costliest circles are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, at Rs. 4418 crores for the three circles. Bharti Airtel – Will pay Rs. 12,295 crores for spectrum in 13 circles, the most amount spent by an operator in this auction – Has won spectrum in: Delhi, Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (West), Rajasthan, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, North East, Jammu & Kashmir. – It’s most expensive acquisition is spectrum in Delhi – Rs. 3316 crores, followed by Mumbai – Rs. 3247.07 crores – Spectrum in 5 circles – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (West), West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh is in the 1959-1964 Mhz band. – Spectrum in 5 other circles – Delhi, Rajasthan, Assam, North East & Jammu & Kashmir is in the 1969-1974 Mhz band – Spectrum won ...

BSNL, Uninor Get Max Number of New Subscribers in September

Based on the COAI report, the number of Indian GSM subscriber has increased by 12.4 million users. With this addition, the total number of GSM subsricbers has become 494 million against the 481 million the previous month - a 2.58 percent increase from August which reported 481 million GSM subscribers in the country. According to report, for the month of September 2010, BSNL topped the list with 2.3 million new subscribers followed closely by the newcomer Uninor which reported 2.17 million new subscibers. This report shows Airtel and Vodafone, the two giants in India GSM market, beaten by Uninor and BSNL surprisingly with Airtel adding 2million and 1.7 million for Vodafone. With these new additions, BSNL now has 72.6 million subscribers while Uninor is reported to have 11 million subscribers in total. In terms of total number of subsribers though, Airtel still leads the market with its 143 million subscribers while Vodafone is following with 115 million users...

Tata Docomo 3G Launch: What You Need to Know

The wait, as it's said, is finally over. Today at a press conference in Bangalore, Tata Docomo revealed that they would be commencing 3G services on the 5th of November, making Tata Docomo the first private operator to launch broad 3G services in the country. It was further revealed at the press conference that Tata Docomo would be launching 3G services in all the circles allocated to them after the 3G auction conducted by the Department of Telecommunications. Here are the most important things you should know about Tata Docomo's 3G launch and the services they are going to launch with: > Important dates to remember: Okay, so first up on the midnight of 4th of November all current Tata Docomo subscribers' (post-paid and pre-paid) connections will be upgraded to 3G automatically. Subsequently, all new subscribers to Tata Docomo (and current subscribers) will get to use free 3G services till the 11th of November. > Charges, Rates etc: The Tata Docomo executives we...

T-Mobile G2 vs iPhone 4 vs Droid X

Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere

More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines. However, the market figures do represent a new way that NetMarketshare has adopted to calculate market share for Apple. "In order to more accurately describe usage share for Apple devices, the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad are now being grouped under their common operating system iOS," the firm explained. "When these devices are combined, they have over one percent of global browsing share, which is now higher than Linux," it said. Information at the research firm's website shows iOS steadily gaining browser market share since October 2009, when its share was 0.44 percent, to last month, when its share was 1.13 percent. Linux's share, on the other hand, reached its lowest...

Apple launches new iPod Touch, iPod Nano, Shuffle

Apple yesterday launched a whole range of new iPod Touch with a front and rear-facing camera, smaller iPod Nano 6G with multitouch screen, and new iPod Shuffles. In an Apple musi-centric event, Steve Jobs called it the "biggest change in the iPod lineup ever," when the company launched new iPods which will hit stores next week in the U.S. and are available for preorder. The new iPod Touch 4G The new Apple iPod Touch is slimmer than previous iPod Touch -- it measures 4.4-by-2.3-by-0.28 inches and weighs 102 gm. Chief among the new iPod Touch's features are new front and rear-facing cameras to the latest iPod touch. The new iPod Touch's camera can capture still images and HD 720p videos, and has the iPhone 4G's 1-GHz A4 processor and retina display with an image density of 326 pixels-per-inch, and a 3-axis gyroscope for improved gameplay

How to Fix Task Manager in XP?

This error message appears due to restriction placed in the Windows Registry . One can easily enable Task Manager by editing some registry settings. For a normal user editing registry is not easy and a bit risky. Task Manager Fix is designed to enable disabled Task Manager. Download the FREE Task Manager Fix tool to quickly enable Task Manager. Handy windows system recovery tool to remove task manager restrictions and effective solution to the problem – “Task Manager not Working”. Free Download Link: Click here How to Fix Task Manager in XP? Method 1 Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy and paste) Method 2 Download and run this REG fix and double-click it. Method 3 Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe Navigate to the following branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgr Close Regedit.exe Method 4: Using Group Policy Editor - for Win...

Download Indian Rupee Font for Free

Want to download the Indian Rupee symbol font and test drive it on your computer? Thanks to Foradian Technologies, you can do just that. Although it would take time for the Indian Rupee (INR) symbol (approved by the Indian cabinet) to find its way in PC and laptop keyboards, mobile phone keypads, and other computing devices, Foradian Technologies has wasted no time in giving users an early glimpse into how the Indian Rupee font will look on the PC. Download the TrueType Font (.ttf) for the Indian Rupee Symbol from Foradian Technologies' website for free and give it a try. By default, the Indian Rupee font is mapped to the grave accent (`) symbol on your PC's keyboard and you can use the Indian currency font immediately after installing it -- just drag the Rupee font to Windows' Font folder. The website also has an installation tutorial in case you need help installing the Indian Rupee font. The font works well, to say the least, and looks good.

Windows Phone 7 Device For Every Microsoft Employee

Windows Phone 7 Microsoft employees will get Windows Phone 7 -- each and every one of them. That's 90,000 Windows Phone 7 devices! Great way to ensure Windows Phone 7 devices get more holding hands than Microsoft's social networking phone disaster, Kin . Microsoft has a tradition of introducing employees to new software and technology (through a process called "dogfooding"), and it isn't the first company to do so. According to Engadget , Apple reportedly gave each one of their employees an iPhone back in 2007; Google did a similar thing with the Nexus One phone. Some analysts are taking a dig at Microsoft's decision to distribute Windows Phone 7 devices within employees, referring to Steve Ballmer's alleged stomping on an employee-owned iPhone at a Microsoft event. Microsoft's way to stop employees from using smartphones from competing brands is to equip them with a home-brewn Windows Phone 7 device -- not a bad strategy, don't think any Microsof...

Nokia Hints at C3, C6 Launch in August and September

Nokia C3 Nokia C3 has a look of a business phone. It allows you to receive alerts and news on the homescreen and also allows you to put up a status update easily. For Internet usage the C3 has a webkit-based browser as well as Opera mini client. Nokia C3 has a 2-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and a display size of 2.4-inch. It is a GSM phone and uses Symbian Series 40 interface. Nokia claims that it has a standby time of 20 days and talktime of 7 hours. In terms of memory it has an internal memory of 55MB and supports external memory up to 8GB. Other additional features include media player, FM stereo radio and a 3.5 AV connector. In its press release Nokia has priced it a 90 Euro (approximately Rs. 5500). We expect it to be between Rs. 5k-6k mark. Nokia C6 First look at Nokia C6 remind me of Motorola Droid. It does look a bit like it. This touchscreen phone has a five megapixel camera with autofocus, integrated flash as well as a secondary camera for video calling. Nokia C6 all...

Poser 7

Whether you create for print, animation or the web, there’s always a need to integrate the human form. Poser 7 delivers the power of interactive 3D figure design, offering infinite opportunities to portray human diversity, form and expression. Design with the human form for art, illustration, animation, comics, web, print, education, medical, games, storyboarding, and more! What"s new in this version: Lip Synching - Realism is added to animations with the new �Talk Designer�. The content pack is no longer available as it was a bonus for pre-ordering poser 7 before the release date Now you got all in the Package