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Huawei 20 new handsets and affordable android phones India
Jul 30th
Huawei Technologies, World No. 2 company in the mobile equipment industry has made its entry into the Indian mobile handset market two Android phones along with the launch of 20 other handsets. Yet Huawei was selling it handsets bundled with services offered by telecom operators. The phones will be available in India from August and priced at Rs 2,000 onwards.
“The Indian telecom industry is growing at the rate of 20 million subscribers a month. Our entry into the open market will help us tap more growth opportunities in India,” said Victor Xu, chief marketing officer, Huawei Device.
Telecom network solutions company has launched four new handsets oh Huawei on Thrusday, including two android devices, U8300 and U8500, in the Indian market. More >
OlivePad VT100 Indias first 3G tablet with Android OS
Jul 23rd
Olive Telecom, a provider of Convergence Solutions, has announced the launch of India’s first 3.5G Pad “OlivePad – VT100“. Designed as a multi-functional device, OlivePad operates on Android Operating System and supports 3.5G HSUPA, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth. Priced at Rs 20,000 to 25,000, the OlivePad will be available across the country at all Croma stores by August 2010.
It features an inbuilt three mega pixel camera and a front camera, can be used as a touch notebook allowing browsing, Multimedia, Instant Messaging and access the world of social networking, GPS for maps and turn by turn directions, gaming console, an e- book reader, Television and it is also a Smart Phone allowing voice and Video Calling. More >
Airtel officially declares to launch apple Iphone4 in India Oct
Jul 23rd
Airtel, India’s largest telecom service provider has finally revealed its plans to launch iPhone 4, Apple’s Latest Record breaking smartphone. Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel, CEO At a industry conference of CII has announced about the company’s plans to launch iPhone 4 in the country by October this year. He also mentioned that the company is closely working with Apple on the same. Before Airtel announcement Another major Operator Vodafone Essar has already declared its plans of rolling out iPhone 4 in India.
Bharti Airtel already sells iPhone 3GS in India at a Price of Rs 35,500 for the 16GB model and Rs 41,500 for the 32GB model. With the launch of third generation mobile services in the country by the end of this year, the sale of such high end devices are likely to get a boost. More >
Acer to launch Android 3G smartphones in Indian market
Jul 22nd
Acer, The Taiwan-headquartered Multinational computer technology and electronics company has said it is eyeing 40 per cent growth in India and plans to launch 4 – 6 new 3G enabled smartphones in the market by the end of this year.
“There is a huge growth in the Indian market in terms of consumption of netbooks, notebooks and smartphones.
“We will also introduce 4-6 new models in 3G-enabled Android phones in the next quarter,”. The phones will be priced at Rs 10,000 for a basic model to Rs 24,999 for a high-end set, Rajendran said, adding that the category will witness an “enormous” spurt in sales once 3G services are rolled out. Acer India Chief Marketing Officer S Rajendran said. More >
China plans to invest USD 18 billion 3G services in 2010
Jul 20th
China, World’s Biggest Telecom Market now plans to invest about USD 18 billion in 3G data services in 2010 as the country became the home to the largest telephone network in the world, with total number of phone users crossing 1.1 billion, including 800 million mobile users. The 3G services allow for video calls between 3G subscribers, and television and Internet access. It would allow users to make telephone calls, surf the Internet and watch television through a singe cable or wireless entrance.
China’s third-generation (3G) mobile phone service subscribers went up by 40 per cent, totaling 25.2 million subscribers at the end of June, Zhang Feng, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said today. More >
3G services in metro cost atleast 700-900 Rs/month
Jul 12th
Bharti Airtel , Indian Telecom Market leader cautioned that 3G mobile services will not come cheap, especially for subscribers in metros, as service providers had to pay unexpected heavy fee for spectrum. “Take the example of Delhi itself, or Mumbai. The amount for spectrum that has been charged is close to Rs 3,500 crore.
according to Sunil Mittal, Chairman Bharti Group. “To recover heavy license fees and input cost, it would be charged atleast Rs 700-900 per month,” On the Qs of 3G launch, Mittal said, “We will launch 3G Some time later this year. We are just waiting for the spectrum allocation, which is promised in September, a few months after that.”
In the rest of the circles, specially in the C-category, the tariffs may not be very high. “The pricing of subscriber tariffs have to be based on the input cost. Any industry relies on input cost and here, the input cost is spectrum and it has gone high,” he said. More >
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