Sony Ericsson released its latest Walkman handset, model W350i in India. Specially designed for music lovers, the mobile is “a music player with a phone inside”.
The smart and stylish semi-flip case mobile has naturally many music-oriented features. The W350i comes with Walkman Player 2.0, Track Id, access to Play Now, Mega Bass equalizer, FM radio with RDS and Blue tooth 2.0 with A2DP.
The W350i is easy to use and offers a variety of good features. Some of the features that the Walkman Phone comes with are the tri-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE. It has a 1.9 inch TFT display with 176×220 pixels resolution and 262k colors. The W350i comes with Net-Front browser, push e mail, Instant Messaging, 3D gaming capabilities, a 1.3M camera, USB 2.0 and a 14MB expandable memory.
The battery of W350i can offer upto 7 hours in talk-time mode or upto 300 hours in stand-by mode.
If you think small is beautiful, then this handset is definitely for you, as it can easily be counted among the lightest and slimmest phones available in the market today. It weighs a mere 80 gms and measures only 104×43x10.5 millimetres.
Sony Ericsson is offering the W350i in India, which is the world’s second largest mobile markets, for prices starting from 6,995 INR (165 USD). The W350i is being offered in color versions of Graphic White, Ice Blue and Electric Black. It is available through Sony Ericsson Experience Stores and various other outlets in India.
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Blackberry Curve 8330 in its World Edition was released in India in collaboration with Reliance Communications.
The Blackberry Curve 8330 is a “feature-rich” handset and because it is released in its World Edition means that Indian users can operate on both the GSM and CDMA technology from anywhere in India.
Blackberry Curve 8330, presented in a silver case, comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, advanced Web and e-mail capabilities. The Curve 8330 comes with a trackball navigation system, Instant messaging and organiser.
The other features include media player, MMS capabilities, a 2M camera with flash, video recording and digital zoom. The Curve 8330 comes with a TFT display of 320×240 pixels resolution, Blue tooth 2.0, speaker phone and noise cancellation technology along with a host of other features. The USB and micro-SD card support upto 8GB memory.
The Blackberry Curve 8330 is being retailed in the Indian markets by RIM for 25,990 INR, an equivalent of $610 or 390 Euros.
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Bharti Airtel and Apple(R) today announced that they will be bringing the highly anticipated iPhone(TM) 3G to customers in India later this year. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.
“We are delighted with the opportunity to bring the innovative iPhone 3G to India,” said Manoj Kohli, president and CEO, Bharti Airtel. “As India’s leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has always stood for innovation and customer delight. With our reach across the country and iPhone’s revolutionary features, we have a valuable proposition for our customers in India.”
“We are thrilled to be working with Bharti Airtel, India’s leading integrated telecom company, to bring iPhone 3G to millions of mobile customers in India,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s COO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product in the hands of even more people around the world.”
Airtel customers will be able to purchase iPhone 3G at Airtel Relationship Centers. Details of pricing and availability will be announced at a later date.
*Based on 3G and EDGE testing. Actual speeds vary by site conditions.
Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is India’s leading integrated telecom services provider with an aggregate of 66.69 million customers as of end of April 2008, consisting of 64.37 million mobile customers. Bharti Airtel has been rated among the best performing companies in the world in the BusinessWeek IT 100 list 2007.
Bharti Airtel is structured into three strategic business units — Mobile services, Telemedia services and Enterprise services. The mobile business provides mobile and fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles. The Telemedia business provides broadband and telephone services in 94 cities and is foraying into the IPTV and DTH segments. The Enterprise business provides end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national and international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand. Airtel’s high-speed optic fibre network currently spans over 73,787 kms covering all the major cities in the country. The company has two international landing stations in Chennai that connect two submarine cable systems — i2i to Singapore and SEA-ME-WE-4 to Europe. For more information, visit http://www.bhartiairtel.in/.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
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Reliance Communications, India’s largest integrated telecommunications service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent today announced forming a global joint venture. Combining the unique strengths of Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance Communications, the joint venture company would foray in the fast growing USD 16 billion Managed Network Services industry and will cater to telecom operators, both CDMA and GSM, across the globe.
The first assignment of this joint venture will be to provide Managed services for Reliance Communications nationwide CDMA & GSM networks in India.
“World over, the biggest challenge telecom operators are facing is to continuously improve competitiveness by reducing operating expenditure and enhancing network quality to provide superior customer experience. The combined expertise and experience of Reliance and Alcatel-Lucent would create an unmatched blend of leadership in technology, innovation, scale of operations and customer service to become the worlds leading Managed Network Services Provider,” said Mr. Sandip Biswas, Head - Managed Network, Reliance Communications. “The joint venture is a leap forward in Reliance Communications’ vision to continuously redefine the benchmarks of customer experience and enhance value for our 2 million shareholders.”
With the unique combination of network management and operations expertise, consulting and IT experience, as well as technology, the joint venture would facilitate a proactive, quick-to-respond environment to fast-paced and dynamic market conditions to leading telecom service providers including Reliance Communications. The joint venture will support the expansion and growth of Reliance Communications, within and outside India, bringing predictability of the operations and related expenses, while maintaining the highest standards of customer experience.
“Alcatel-Lucent is committed to help Reliance retain its market leadership role by helping them increase their customer satisfaction and business capitalisation by operating and maintaining their networks together with managing complex network projects,” said Andy Williams, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Services business. “This partnership confirms our trusted partner relationship with Reliance Communications and reinforces Alcatel-Lucent’s position as a strong and competitive managed services provider.”
A new legal entity is being formed as part of the joint venture. Alcatel-Lucent will have the operational control of the new entity. Reliance Communications is represented in the Joint Venture through its wholly owned subsidiary.
The joint venture would thereafter expand its operations in the global arena. This joint venture will create a unique cornerstone and cost-effective bridge for managed services globally.
About Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has net worth in excess of Rs. 55,000 crore (USD 14 billion), cash flows of Rs. 11,000 crore (USD 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 7,700 crore (USD 1.9 billion) and zero net debt. Rated among “Asia’s Top 5 Most Valuable Telecom Companies”, Reliance Communications is India’s foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company, with a customer base of over 48 million including over 1.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies by number of customers. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 1850 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 250 global carriers. Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire infocomm value chain, covering over 15,000 towns and 400,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world’s largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 165,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit http://www.reliancecommunications.co.in
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organisations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit A
