Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tata Indicom launches mobile web browser
| Tata Teleservices Ltd launched the country’s first Mobile Web Browser in association with Samsung Telecommunications India. The CDMA player’s services have been integrated with a sleek handset ‘Samsung Explore’ priced at Rs 5,499, which is fully optimised for mobile Internet. |
| According to Suneel Bandhu, circle operating officer, Tata Teleservices Ltd, Gujarat, the browser which is equipped with Qualcomm Single Chip, is designed to provide mobile users Internet facility at speed 3-4 times faster than GPRS, with access to all websites “anytime on the move”. |
| A mobile browser or micro browser is a web browser designed for use on mobile phone. Micro browsers are optimised to display Internet content are most effectively for small screens on portable devices. They work with small application files that enable a bandwidth efficiency and fast delivery on wireless handheld devices. |
| “This innovation is an important step in extending the power of the Internet on to mobile devices, making it accessible to the large and growing mass of mobile Internet users. As an introductory offer, we have priced the Internet services at Rs 10 for one day, Rs 30 for a week and Rs 99 for a month, with unlimited Internet access,” said Bandhu. |
| Bandhu added that Samsung Explore comes with a ‘Go Active’ connection that offers incoming facility for a year and free 1,000 - minutes Tata-to-Tata calls at no extra cost. |
| “Additionally, Tata Indicom customers also have the option to select their own tariff plan from various tariff options,” he said. |
| The Samsung Explore phone comes with a 65K Color TFT Screen, digital camera, FM Radio, expandable memory card slot upto 1GB, MP3 player, speaker phone and other features. |
Labels: CDMA New Technology
Hutch Now is Vodafone
TECHNOLOGY IS PROGRESSING at a rapid pace unleashing loads of opportunities for mankind. It has been a constant effort from the side of the mobile manufactures to offer you the best in features and best in technology.
To a large extent, we have reaped the fruits and more ripe endeavours are to be exhibited soon. Yes, the mobile phone industry is marching ahead with arms wide open – it won’t take much time to see man and machine becoming one!
With the entry of Vodafone, the largest mobile operator in the entire world, in collaboration with Hutch (Hutchisson Essar), the Indian mobile market is going to boom like anything again.
Vodafone, which recorded a market value of £84.7 billion till June, 2007 has equity interests in 27 countries currently and Partner Networks (networks in which it has no equity stake) in another 40 countries.
The seven markets where Vodafone has more than ten million proportionate customers are Germany, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.
India, which has always been a fertile ground for many leading companies, will also help Vodafone leap ahead in the coming days. Even though there are major players like Bharti, Reliance, Birla in the scenario, Vodafone’s tie-ups with Hutch cannot be neglected.
Hutch has already been a popular network service provider in the country and how could one forget that cute canine featuring in all those commercials saying “wherever you go our network follows”.
Rewinding a bit, all the effort from Hutch materialized at the 3GSM Barcelona (12th to 15th February). Vodafone declared its successful acquisition of Hutchison’s stake. It beat off bids from rivals Reliance and the Hinduja group.
“Hutch is now Vodafone” - doing great rounds all across the media verticals will definitely give a stiff competition to the leading network operators in India. Only time will tell how the competitors will come up with an appropriate reply! For now, we welcome Vodafone to India...
Labels: GSM
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