The cell phone is no longer just a communications device -- it has evolved into a lifestyle statement.
The Finnish handset giant, however, has never been able to cope with the mystique that surrounds Apple CEO Steve Jobs' iPhone, which has been illegally imported and unlocked by hundreds of Indians -- corporate chiefs and celebrities included. Jobs has now announced a 3G version of the device with full global positioning system for just $199 (around Rs 8,400) for the 8GB model and $299 (Rs 12,600) for the 16GB version.
Major IT firms Dell, Intel, Aricent, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Lenovo, Nokia and Tulip Telecom, among others, have realised that "going green" is profitable business. Not only does it require a low initial investment but it also earns them brownie points for helping in reducing e-waste.
Indians are using their cell phonessome 300 million have subscriptions, vs. only 30 million PCsas a "one-stop shop" for everything from e-mailing to banking
The list, posted on a website link launched by the US regulator, includes ABB, HSBC, Nokia, Unilever, Cadbury, Total and Siemens among others.
Indicating the growing interest of youngsters in cellphones, India's youth market for cellphones has been growing at 300 per cent in the recent years, says a study. The youth market for mobiles has touched 27.6 million this year compared to 8.3 million people in 2005, says the global study conducted by leading mobile phone maker Nokia.
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Five global telecom equipment vendors -- Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Siemens and ZTE -- are in the fray for BSNL's 45.5 million GSM lines tender, bids for which were opened on Monday.
French hacker Elliot Alderson had earlier pointed out UIDAI helpline (1800-300-1947) could just be "the tip of the iceberg", hinting there could be additional data or trackers on Indian phone manufacturers' devices.
Finland's flag carrier Finnair on Tuesday launched its second direct flight from India to the land of Nokia, with a service between Mumbai and Helsinki.
The new application -- SMS 2.0 -- has been developed over a period of two years and has initially been launched in India and Singapore.
Foxconn, a leading Taiwan based manufacturer of connectors for use in personal computers and printed circuit boards for mobile phones, will set up $110 million plant in Chennai to manufacture mobile handset and other components..
ARM has revealed plans to put chips into more mobile devices that will let chipmakers like STMicroelectronics, FreeScale speed up the development of ARM-based chips for smartphones and PDAs
Global giants Nokia, Sony and Ericsson were among 11 multinational corporations, whose Indian operations were found guilty of violating foreign exchange regulation by an Appellete Tribunal.
Maruti Udyog Ltd surpassed Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Hindustan Lever to emerge as the country's largest sports advertiser on television in 2006.
With over 700 stations spanning across the country and mobile penetration on the rise, FM players are now reaching out to listeners via the visual radio route too.
With its Black Label series, LG has gone to town on design and construction.
According to analysts, most of the growth in the smartphone space will come from existing users, who will be lured to upgrade their handsets as new features and technologies turn existing features redundant, says Arnab Dutta.
In 2006, Dell recalled 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony because of overheating and fire risks. It was the largest recall in the company's history.
HCL Infosystems is planning tie-ups with global companies to market their digital lifestyle products.\n\n
Mobile phones prices have crashed between 25 per cent and 40 per cent in the last one year, but spare parts remain more or less where they were. Privately, several mobile handset makers said that they prefer to keep the prices of spare parts and batteries high so that customers go for new handsets. In other words, it is a carefully crafted strategy to push handset sales.
The deal will be limited to 2G lines only.
Mobile communications giant Nokia has launched 'Capture Your Imagination', India's first national mobile imaging contest.
Stephen Elop, the former Nokia CEO who now runs Microsoft's devices business, showed off the phone in front of thousands at the company's annual employee meeting in Seattle on Monday.
With this acquisition, Airtel will be second company, after Reliance Jio, in the country to have pan-India presence in 2300 Mhz band
Star has sold ad slots for the show, which goes on air from January 22 at an estimated Rs 10-13 crore per sponsor, said sources.
In what could be the norm in the days to come, luxury brands that are available in India, including the ones mentioned above, are coming together to work in unison.
Fierce competition and a fall in hardware and component prices have resulted in handset prices dropping 10-50 per cent across brands over the last 12 months.
HCL Great Britain is ranked alongside leading ICT companies such as Tesco and Nokia.
Microsoft has had great success with Office 365, with over 1,200 customer win-backs over the last year and a half against Google apps.
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