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NEW DELHI: Reliance Digital, the electronics retailing arm of Reliance Retail, is planning to launch its private label in accessories of mobile phones and electronic items such as USB datacables, bluetooth dongles, handsfree, earphones, attachments and other accessories as a first step towards full-scale private labelling. “We would first get into private labelling of small ticket items such as mobile accessories as we first require economies of scale in terms of getting after-sale-services and warehouse storing before getting our private labels in items like TV and other electronic durables,” Reliance Digital president & CEO Ajay Baijal told ET.

:: SINGAPORE: Bharti Airtel , India's top mobile phone firm, may bid for South African telecommunications group MTN in what would be its biggest foreign acquisition, it was reported on Friday. The newspaper quoted an unidentified person familiar with the deliberations as saying that Bharti's board members were in advanced discussions about its growth strategy, which had largely been organic to date. The person said the board would decide whether to press ahead with a "transformational piece of M&A" and a bid for MTN was at the forefront of the ideas under consideration, although he said it was premature to say it would launch a tender offer. The FT said Standard Chartered was advising Bharti and that Singapore Telecommunications , which owned 30.5 percent of Bharti at the end of 2007 and supported the plan, was being advised by Goldman Sachs. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti's founder and chairman, told the newspaper that Thursday's board meeting was "just about our quarterly results". "Of course, we talk to people all the time and don't preclude anything. All I can tell you is how things stand today. That said, this is a competitive business environment and I do not want to be compromised by ruling things out for months."

BHARTI ENDS MTN CALL NEW DELHI: It turned out to be a dropped call in the end. After almost four months of discussions, Bharti Airtel called off merger talks with South Africa’s MTN on Friday night, accusing it of deviating from agreed terms and of trying to push a structure which would have resulted in the Indian company becoming a subsidiary of MTN. The South African company also wanted majority shares of Bharti Airtel held by the Bharti family and Singtel in exchange for a controlling stake in MTN. This too was unacceptable to the Indian company. “Bharti believes that this convoluted way of getting an indirect control of the combined entity would have compromised the minority shareholders of Bharti Airtel and also would not capture the synergies of a combined entity,’’ said a company statement. In an attempt to link the discussions with MTN to national pride, the statement adds: “Further and more importantly, Bharti’s vision of transforming itself from a home-grown Indian company to a true Indian multinational telecom giant, symbolising the pride of India, would have been severely compromised and this was completely unacceptable to Bharti.” MTN, on its part, has promised to disclose it side of the story on Monday. “We will update our shareholders as the market opens on Monday morning,” MTN spokeswoman Nozipho January-Bardill told an international news agency. The collapse of the merger talks means that the largest takeover attempt by an Indian company has ended in failure. ET had on May 24 reported that discussions between the two had reached a stalemate and that an announcement regarding the postponement of talks was expected shortly. While Bharti has stated that “it wishes MTN all the best,” its unhappiness with the South African telco is evident. A successful merger would have led to the formation of the world’s sixth largest telecom company with a presence in 23 countries covering the African continent, Central and Western Asia and the Indian sub continent. At current valuations, the Bharti-MTN would have a m- cap of over $80 billion and a subscriber base of 130 million. And while Bharti has asserted that it remains keen to expand in the global arena, it is yet to be seen whether it can succesfully target a company of MTN’s scale and with which there is an equivalent synergystic fit. The breakdown of talks will also constitute a personal setback for Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal who was spearheading the negotiations and till a few days ago was pretty confident about the deal going through. Discussions between Bharti and MTN are said to have begun in February and at that time a reference price of around 160 Rand per share (the then market price of MTN was less than 130 Rand) was agreed upon. Subsequently, a number of structures were discussed and evaluated between the lead bankers on both sides. An in-principle agreement was reached on May 16 and a term sheet was initialled between the two lead bankers.

NEW DELHI: State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd on Saturday announced to reduce the STD rates of its GSM service to Rs 1.25 per minute, moving a step ahead of the private telcos. The new rates will be applicable from May 18. "The STD rates for GSM mobile Dolphin and Trump have been reduced from Rs 1.75 per minute to Rs 1.25 per minute," MTNL CMD R S P Sinha told reporters here. The rates shall be applicable to all the tariff plans including lifetime prepaid service and postpaid Jeevansathi schemes of MTNL. The STD rates for MNTL CDMA service Garuda mobile has also been reduced from Rs 1.75 per minute to Rs 1.25 per minute in all plans. For landline services, STD pulse rate have been increased to 60 seconds from 36 seconds earlier. "With this, STD rates for a landline user shall be Re 0.80 per minute to maximum of Rs 1.20 per minute depending upon the tariff plan of the subscriber," Sinha added. Earlier this month, Vodafone had slashed the STD tariffs to Rs 1.30 a minute across the country while roaming charges have been dropped to Re 1 for all incoming and local outgoing calls. Country's largest private telecom operator Bharti had also dropped the STD tariffs to Rs 1.50 a minute.

anil where r u!? afraid am thinking what to do! . . .

well differently i earlier got speeds upto 200K on rapidshare! . . .and nw 7k, i am in 500C+, am worried! what to do nw!

every one is running behind HTC~

@srk006 that was very usefull if it was and yes ppl u can purchase from HOTSPOT as they give free GSM connection with any purchase of phone i have two airtel sims with 1 year validity and without any cost!

CHENNAI: Telecom services provider Bharti- Airtel on Tuesday announced the launch of "Dial a Postpaid" for mobile users. With a tariff plan of Rs 400, a customer can make local calls at 50 paise, all STD calls at Re 1 and 800 local minutes and SMS free of charge, a company press release here said. "This new launch of 'Dial-a-Postpaid' is yet another initiative by Airtel to make mobile services easily available to the masses at their doorstep," Bharti-Airtel CEO (Mobile Services-Tamil Nadu) Rajiv Rajagopal said. Customers are also offered assistance to transfer their current SIM card memory to their new SIM card for the connection. The facility is being offered at no extra cost, he said. Customers can also get the new connection without any entry deposit for STD/ISD facility and interested prepaid customers can also migrate to this plan, the release said. Bharti Airtel Ltd, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, as of March 2008 has 64.26 million customers, of which 61.98 million are its mobile users, it added.

What is BSNL doing ni talks with RIM, TTSL for infra sharing . . .amazing man

fiunally govt has won this case!~

no nothing samsung does nt supports any external games or S/w

hurray!~ govt wd b happy nw and too companies

well mms is absent thats the worst thing!~

then whats new in this thing that u r posting

CHANDIGARH: Tata Teleservices on Saturday announced unlimited free local calls on its network on all new prepaid connections for the first two months. The scheme has been launched for its Haryana-based subscribers only. "The new prepaid customer can make unlimited free calls during the first two months to all local Tata phones while all other calls will be charged as per the chosen tariff plan. After two months from activation, the regular charges as per the opted starter pack would be applicable," a company release said. All existing customers can also avail the benefit of making unlimited local calls by recharging with a new Special Tariff Voucher (STV). The two applicable STVs are at Rs 105 offering unlimited free calls to Tata Phones and another at Rs 59, which offers local calls to Tata Phones at 10 paise per minute and other mobiles at 49 paise per minute. good scheme but cant compete reliance ni free arena of talktime!

but the man battery changing is a big problem! if u say that the set lasts two days i think that u make hardly 4-5 calls a day. that not a moderate user. . .

well the connect settings for cdma 1x needs following : account name: user name: password: gateway: number: port: what wd b filled in the above

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Public sector BSNL on Friday launched a scheme with LG electronics India Ltd to provide LG hand-sets with BSNL mobile connections in attractive schemes to its customers. Addressing a press conference here as part of the launch of the scheme in Kerala, Chief General Manager Telecom (Kerala) Circle K S Sreenivasan said under the scheme customers would get free talk time worth Rs 100 for 15 months. The package would be available both in post-paid and pre-paid categories, he said. The scheme will get converted to general pre-paid scheme after the expiry of 15 months or to any other pre-paid scheme desired by the customer, he added. LG Electronic India Ltd Zonal Manager Prasanth said the tie up with BSNL would enable a customer to get the maximum services of both the companies.

Nokia Antitheft Now you can make your nokia mobile anti theft machine .... Example :--- If anyone has stolen your mobile (Thief) What the thief does... 1. They turn off your phone (switch Off) 2. Replace your sim card with other sim.. 3 They turn on your phone back on and your phone automatically locked and the display show something like that " This Mobile is belong to {your name]. if you found this phone please submit to near police station or contact <contact info> or return it to owner <Your name> Then the phone is gonna make some disturbing noises. It becomes useless to thief. There is only one option is gonna to appear "Enter Password " Now heres the cool part. Your phone automatically send hidden sms to <alt> it contains " Thief current mobile number, the Sim Number, And there current location... NOW U CAN EASILY LAUNCH A F.I.R. TO NEAR POLICE STATION ... PROVIDE THEM THIEF PHONE NUMBER AND SIM NO. ,LOCATION REST OF IT ...COPS will Do THERE JOB .... NOTE----- Phone supportable :- (ONLY NOKIA SERIES 60) NOKIA 3660,3650,6600,7610,N-GAGE, AND MUCH MORE SERIES 60 MOBILES" Nokia N-Gage QD Series 60 Nokia N-Gage Series 60 Nokia 3230 Series 60 Nokia 3600 Series 60 Nokia 3620 Series 60 Nokia 3650 Series 60 Nokia 3660 Series 60 Nokia 6260 Series 60 Nokia 6600 Series 60 Nokia 6620 Series 60 Nokia 6630 Series 60 Nokia 6670 Series 60 Nokia 7610 Series 60 Nokia 7650 Series 60 Nokia 7710 Series 90 Nokia 9300 Series 80 Nokia 9500 Series 80 SPECIAL NOTE :--- If your Phone is Not in the Above List then ur phone is not compatable... make sure u r using series 60 Mobile of Nokia . USE THIS SOFT AT UR OWN RISK Software Is in Attachment...... TA.SIS is Software And TA.APP is CracK File Replace TA.APP with Orignal ONE located in Your Phone Memory C:\System\Apps\TA\ USE ANY PHONE BROWSER SOFTWARE TO EXPLORE THE FILES USE jinfileman.sis to Explore and replace Just Trasfer all files Through any MMC Card Reader to Ur Memory Card or use Blootooth Device or Infrared Adapter..... Install .SIS file By Clickin in Inbox.... Direct link To Nokia Anti theft Solution NOTE: Guys i have not tested it and used it coz i dont use gsm phones

I thin k it is the first Co. that has crossed the figure in any circle!

well there are mostly chineese dual phones available in market but there are ofcourse some branded too.. . .like the spice, fly and samsung. well the spice battery ****s and interface too, the fly is not too good and rest samsung its too costly (2ON). rest is ur choice.

Govt wishes success to Bharti-MTN deal NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday wished the country's top mobile operator Bharti Airtel success in its pursuit to acquire South African telecom company MTN, while assuring other private companies of extending a helping hand in overseas buyouts. Making it clear that there is no need to involve the government when private companies pursue deals among themselves, Minister of State for IT and Telecom Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "If the need arises and the companies ask for help, then the government can consider helping companies". Scindia was replying to query if the government would back Bharti's move to acquire South African operator MTN, which has operations in 20 countries. Earlier, the government had provided support to India- born businessmen L N Mittal during his company's takeover of Luxembourg-based steel maker Arcelor. The Indian government had lobbied with French authorities during the takeover. Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal yesterday held talks with MTN's top management in London to workout a broad scheme of arrangement for a possible merger between the two companies.

KOLKATA: Tata Teleservices is gearing up for GSM-based telecom service and has recently received spectrum for three circles. "We have received spectrum for Orissa, Chennai and he rest of Tamil Nadu," company's Head East & COO Kolkata circle, Sajiv Sinha said here today on the sidelines of launch of a cordless Walky Talky fixed phone. Asked about rollout plan for GSM-based mobile service, he said no definite timeframe had been decided as rollout and deployment of infrastructure was in the planning stage and would depend on spectrum allocation. As per spectrum allocation condition, the company would launch the service within the next one year, Sinha said. The Department of Telecommunication in March allowed TTSL to introduce GSM-based telecom service in 20 circles. Sources said national rollout would not be difficult and it would not take more than six to eight months to deploy the necessary infrastructure. TTSL would use its existing CDMA-base station network for the GSM launch. "The investment will be minimal as we will use the base stations of existing CDMA service. Th rest of the infrastructure will cost a fraction of what we have invested in base station installation," sources said. TTSL has about 14,000 base stations for CDMA service.