Aircel kolkata

Aircel launches GSM package with localised content

Kolkata: Aircel has expanded its footprint in eastern India with the launch of its GSM service in Kolkata on Monday. The company, which has already invested Rs 500 crore in the Kolkata Circle, hopes to double its investment here within the next one year.
According to Gurdeep Singh, Chief Operating Officer of Aircel Cellular Ltd, the launch of the GSM service in Kolkata was with a Nokia-Siemens enabled network. The number of base transmitting stations currently stands at 550 and the same would be ramped up in due course.

Aircel shall have on offer a competitive set of products and value-added services with localised content. These would include SMSs in Bengali and local information and entertainment offerings.
Singh said Aircel was already present in nine telecom circles and has a customer base of 10.6 million. The launch of the Aircle service in Kolkata completes the company’s footprint in eastern India and marks its presence in 10 telecom circles.

You can dial unlimited local call through Aircel recharge voucher of Rs 246

Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile USA, a venture of Sprint Nextel and Richard Branson's Virgin Group, raised $412.5 million on Wednesday, with an initial public offering that priced at the low end of expectations.
The pay-as-you-go mobile service provider, which focuses on the youth market, sold 27.5 million shares for $15 per share, compared with a forecast range of $15 to $17 a share, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The offering price gives it an initial market capitalization of about $795 million.
Based in Warren, New Jersey, the company said it will largely use proceeds to repay debt, and to buy out 16.7% of Sprint Nextel's interest, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Virgin Mobile estimated it had a share of roughly 15% of the prepaid market in 2006 and cited a forecast from Yankee Group that the prepaid market would grow to about 53 million people in 2001 from 29 million in 2006.
As of June 30, the company had 4.83 million customers, compared with 8.6 million at its biggest prepaid competitor, Tracfone, which is a unit of America Movil
Virgin Mobile markets its products under its own brand but relies on Sprint's PCS network to carry its customers' calls. It says this leaves it free of the extra cost of pumping capital into operating a physical network.
But if the appeal of the Virgin Mobile brand fades for new customers, or if its target audience of 14- to 34-year-olds proves fickle in loyalty to that brand over time, it has little else to fall back on, one analyst pointed out.
That, and the fact that the operator had a string of losses from 2002 through 2006, may have contributed to the IPO pricing at the low end of its forecast range. "They have the brand, and that is about it," said Francis Gaskins, president of research firm IPOdesktop.com.
Since it began operations in 2002, the company has racked up losses of more than $600 million. It posted its first net profit earlier this year, earning $26 million in the first six months of 2007, on revenue of about $667 million.
"They have turned the corner of profitability," said Gaskins, but questioned if two quarters of profitability was enough to paint a longer-term trend.
Under the terms of the IPO, about 44% of the company is being floated to new investors. Sprint Nextel
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will have a reduced stake of about 17.2% after the offering, and Branson's group about 35.7%.
Underwriters, led by Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, have the option to buy another 4.1 million shares to cover overallotments.
Virgin Mobile USA's shares are expected to begin trading on the New York stock exchange on Thursday, under the stock symbol "VM."

The LG LP5500

What happens when you fuse a digital camera and a high-end CDMA mobile phone? The LG LP5500.
With its heavy, shiny metal touch to it, this phone is just the right gadget to give me back hope in powerful CDMA Handhelds. LG has come out with the LG LP5500 (aka LG KV5500), a 5 megapixel camera phone with built in GPS receiver.
Standard features include Media Players, a miniSD slot and Bluetooth.
To put these pixels to good use, the LP5500 also comes with a buil-in Flash and a decent sized screen. You get then the Dica phones or the LG-SV550/KV5500/LP5500.
The 5 megapixel camera has Autofocus and Strobe Flash (a first in mobile phones). Another first is “Semi click shutter” which is present in digital cameras, on pressing the shutter half way the lens autofocuses. The screen can rotate 180 degrees. It also has a burst mode of 6 pictures. More features include:
. 2,62,000 color TFT display (176 x 220 pixels). 5 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus, Lens cover, Half click shutter. 30 FPS Video Recording, TV Out. 64 chord polyphony, SMS Filter, MP3 Player. Mini SD Card slot, USB Port, Infrared, GPS. 109 x 50 x18 mm,
This phone is being released mainly in Korea, but also in smaller lots this phone is sourcable in China.

This model has a built-in TV what allow to watch local TV chanels on the mobile phone.
Main Features:
> Built-in TV > Touch Screen
> Band: GSM 900/1800> Full screen mp3/mp4 Multimedia player > 1.3M Camera> 2.6? Touch Screen TFT display, 260K Colors & 320*240 pixel > Handwriting> 64 polyphonic> Built in 265MB, Support T-Flash Memory Card > Support WAP 2.0/GPRS 12 which enable to surf the Internet> Compatible with messenger, telephone firewalls, mobile QQ & MMS > SMS messaging > Dual loud sound stereo speaker > Language : English ( Russian, Thai, Arabic, Vietnamese, French are optional)
Accessories:
> 110-220V Charger > Battery> Earphone >Stylus

Mobiles to help track disease.

"Mobile phone technology is being developed to help manage the spread of diseases such as HIV and bird flu.The software is designed to allow field workers using handsets to send and receive data on disease outbreaks along with patient and drug information.The project is a collaboration between technology firm Voxiva and the trade association for mobile operators, GSMA.Trials of the relatively low-cost application are underway in Rwanda, Africa and in Indonesia.When a disease is spreading rapidly, health authorities need information that is bang-up-to-dateRob Conway, GSMAThe program works by sending the data through the general packet radio service (GPRS) network, and if this is unavailable, it can divert to an SMS data channel, normally used for text messages."