ravi_patent 28 Report post Posted May 4, 2010 http://www.financialexpress.com/news/RComm-in-talks-with-handset-cos-for-android-phones/614538/ To shore up its revenues from mobile wireless Internet usage, the country’s second-largest telecom operator, Reliance Communications (RComm) has entered into talks with handset makers, including Samsung, LG and Motorola, for procuring smartphones based on Android operating systems. Android is an operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance, a business alliance of over 50 firms, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung and LG, to develop open standards for mobile devices. Following the roll-out of its Android bouquet, RComm will be the only other operator besides Airtel to offer smartphone options across all segments. RComm plans to procure about 3 lakh Android smartphones in the GSM and CDMA space, with an estimated investment of about Rs 500 crore in the next three months. Besides, RComm is also expected to be in talks with Nokia to launch its Nokia Messaging Services (NMS) on its network. The NMS services will provide direct access to push enabled-email services of Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo as well as support SME-hosted email solutions for corporate subscriber base. Mahesh Prasad, president, marketing, RComm said, “In the last two quarters, the adoption of smartphones has witnessed a surge. We have seen sales of smartphones including Blackberry on our network increase manifold.” Currently, RComm offers bundled handsets across operating systems like Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Mobile smartphones. “Growth of smartphones will certainly drive up data revenues,” Prasad said. The firm intends to introduce fresh voice and data bundled plans across its existing portfolio of smartphones. “These new offers are aimed at high-end post-paid and pre-paid customers. We also plan to offer bundled Android handsets during the first quarter of this fiscal,” he added. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted May 4, 2010 please give us OHM RUIM based android handsets... not locked ones... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted May 4, 2010 ^^^ no use buddy... they are not gonna listen and do that.. we are anyways happy with our phones.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACS 130 Report post Posted May 4, 2010 ^^^ Ya.. but official Reliance OMH-RUIM-enabled android phones will be much better. No programming hassles & warranty issues as compared to imported phones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted May 4, 2010 ^ + Double the price... piece per piece... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
supernova 47 Report post Posted May 4, 2010 but i think reliance would come up only with non ruim enabled smartphones .. they would like to hook customer to their network only 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted May 5, 2010 (edited) + Double the price... piece per piece... usko bhi kamane do !!! If reliance gives you everything you want then we have no work to do ! Edited May 5, 2010 by ::Hitesh:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACS 130 Report post Posted May 5, 2010 but i think reliance would come up only with non ruim enabled smartphones .. they would like to hook customer to their network only But if the phones are pre-programmed like their present phones, how would RUIM or Non-RUIM make any difference ? Is it easier to 'work upon' a RUIM based phone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted May 5, 2010 @ACS, In India, to sell a phone which can easily be used with a sim/ruim is easy than a one for which OTA programming (Non-ruim) is done.. Its only about the mindset of us Indians... People think, 'Sim card wala phone hain, toh no jhanjhat. Ek nikalo, doosra daalo'... Translation, 'If its a sim based phone, no problem. just remove one and insert another'... No one wants to get into the intricacies of programming, even if its the WW/webstore/telephone store who is gonna do everything... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted May 5, 2010 But in today's scenario non-sim based phone sales is diminishing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted May 5, 2010 ^^^ All imported cdma phones are non ruim base... ruim is easy for WW guys, it makes no difference to me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saurav 22 Report post Posted May 6, 2010 Addition EVDO will make device useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgiitk 32 Report post Posted May 7, 2010 ^ + Double the price... piece per piece... Well this is where Saadikk, Mufaddal and dheeraj et al come to our rescue. Addition EVDO will make device useful. Agreed 200% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
