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| 86 Lakh Mobile Customers added in May |
»  Total 8.46 million telephone
connections (Wireline and Wireless) have been added during May
2008 as compared to 8.00 million connections added in April 2008.
The total number of telephone connections reaches 316.97 million at
the end of May 2008 as compared to 308.51 million in April 2008.
The overall tele-density is 27.59% at the end of May 2008 as against
26.89% in April 2008.
The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL(F)) base stood at 277.92 million at the end of May 2008. A total of 8.62 million wireless subscribers have been added during the month of May 2008 as against 8.21 million wireless subscribers added during the month of April 2008. In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has slightly decreased to 39.05 million in the month of May 2008 as against 39.21 million subscribers in April 2008. |
Mobile Gaming |
»  India is expected to lead among Asian countries in terms of mobile gaming revenues, with the 2007 figure at around $80 million, global technology research firm Gartner said.“Emerging market operators should make the most of the demand for mobile games and the low-PC penetration in these regions and push game sales as a viable, albeit imperfect, lower-cost substitute to PC and console games,” Gartner senior analyst Madhusudan Gupta said Worldwide mobile gaming revenue is on pace to total $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1% increase from 2007 revenue of $3.9 billion, according to Gartner. While mobile gaming revenue will continue to lag behind other value-added entertainment services, such as music and adult content, the market still has much potential. Gartner predicts that mobile gaming revenue will experience a compound annual growth rate of 10.2% between 2007 and 2011, with global end-user spending reaching $6.3 billion in 2011. Analysts said mobile operators and other game providers should build usage by offering game demos or advertising-funded games. |
EA is decided to launch 15 New Games in India |
| » Nokia is said to be planning to launch around 40 new mobile phones this year - each containing biodegradable components that can be easily recycled. D Shivakumar, VP and managing director, Nokia India "We will be using biodegradable phone covers, recyclable battery designs that use less harmful toxic materials and energy efficient accessories for all our forthcoming phones. Already, we have eliminated the use of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) in all our phones."
The company is also evaluating plans to put a prepaid postage bag within each box when a handset is sold to allow customers to return their older model for recycling. The Nokia 3110 is already said to by sixty-five percent recyclable - and the company has plans to reduce the power consumption of mobile phone chargers by 50% by 2010. |
Eco-Friendly Nokia |
| » Nokia is said to be planning to launch around 40 new mobile phones this year - each containing biodegradable components that can be easily recycled. D Shivakumar, VP and managing director, Nokia India "We will be using biodegradable phone covers, recyclable battery designs that use less harmful toxic materials and energy efficient accessories for all our forthcoming phones. Already, we have eliminated the use of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) in all our phones."
The company is also evaluating plans to put a prepaid postage bag within each box when a handset is sold to allow customers to return their older model for recycling. The Nokia 3110 is already said to by sixty-five percent recyclable - and the company has plans to reduce the power consumption of mobile phone chargers by 50% by 2010. |
Nokia Maps New version | » An update to its Nokia Maps application, with improved car navigation, enhanced pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, satellite images and a redesigned user interface.
Nokia Maps 2.0 covers over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable. Maps can be downloaded directly to devices or through a PC. Updated features in Nokia Maps 2.0 includes: - Improved optional Car Navigation equals PND-level car navigation experience with faster routing - Easy-to-use, updated User Interface features including a new navigation carousel with pre-defined navigation views - i.e. navigation, arrow, bird-eye - Top-of-the-line navigation features: signposts, multi-stop route planner - Optional pedestrian navigation efficiently walks users from A to B with visual guidance including information about the surrounding buildings, streets and parks and, if the device supports it, notifies the walking direction - Nokia Maps 2.0 includes public transportation information (station entrances) data in 17 cities with localized icons for stops - Nokia 6210 Navigator needed for built-in compass usage - Satellite images with hybrid rendering overlays for selected cities worldwide provide real aerial views on the mobile - Signature "one-box search" allows users to search through places, addresses, restaurants, nightlife, outdoor and accommodation - New premium multi-media city guides including features photos, video and audio streams Nokia Maps 2.0 and the current commercial version of the Nokia Maps Loader is freely available for selected devices. For download and more information, visit http://www.maps.nokia.com/ . |
NokiaLand |
| » Finland a Europian Country sometimes called NokiaLand because the company Nokia has it's origin from Finland and many people in Finland use Nokia phones. 56 most popular phones were all made by Nokia , the most popular phone was the Nokia N70. Nokia held an overwhelming 99% share of the smartphone market in Finland. The findings also showed that Finns change their mobile phones every 2.7 years. There were about 1,000 different phones being used in Finland. More than 70% of the phones in use had a colour screen and half included a camera. Manufacturers have great expectations regarding the GPS(Global Positioning System)feature on the latest models but the study showed that so far this has failed to take off. Only 2% of Finns used phones with GPS last autumn and there were still only a few GPS models available in the shops. The third generation 3G phones gained an 18% share of the market, which was more than double the figure in 2006. The market share of the Symbian operating system also increased significantly from 12% in 2006 to 18% in 2007. |
