8th November 2012 Telecom Uncovered- Inside Telecom New World of Telecom- Updates regarding India and Global

Telecom Industry. Date:- 7th Nov to 8th Nov 2012 7th Nov 2012 - Mobiles this Diwali

Many mobile manufacturing companies are launching their new devices in the festive season.
Apple, Karbonn, HTC and other domestic and international mobile handset manufacturers are introducing new models into the market for this festive season. Apple iPhone 5 was introduced into Indian market on 2nd November, 2012. iPhone 5 will be sold with various promotions offers by Airtel and Aircel. The price range of iPhone 5 is Rs, 45,500 59,500. Aircel has announced that consumers can buy iPhone 5 in 12 easy installments. Airtel also announced schemes for postpaid customers who buy iPhone 5. Apart from apple many telecom manufacturing companies introduced Smartphones in the price range of Rs. 5,000 59,500. Read More 7th Nov 2012 - 2G spectrum auction price too high will end on first day The reserve price of Rs. 14,000 crore set for airwaves is too high and the auction of 2G spectrum will be over on the first day itself, Bharti group Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Wednesday. Reserve price is too high and we have been saying that since day one, Mittal told reporters here on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on India. Next week, the government is auctioning spectrum at a minimum bid price of Rs. 14,000 crore for 5 MHz of airwaves for all the countrys 22 telecom zones. Read More 7th Nov 2012 - Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, Videocon and Telewings will bid for spectrum Bharti Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, Videocon and Telenor-promoted Telewings are the five companies that will compete for the GSM spectrum in 1800 Mhz band in the auction slated to begin on November 12, according to the Department of Telecom. The government is conducting auction of spectrum in 1800 Mhz band following cancellation of 122 telecom licences by the Supreme Court in February in the 2G scam case. The government aims to garner a total Rs 40,000 crore from the auction of spectrum and levy of other charges on the airwaves. The receipts are important for the government, which is faced with huge task of managing the widening fiscal deficit. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Cabinet clears one-time spectrum fee on telecom operators The Cabinet on Thursday approved levy of one-time spectrum charge on all existing telecom operators.The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accepted recommendation of an the Empowered Group of Ministers that all existing mobile phone companies must pay one-time spectrum charge, sources said. Read More Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 1

8th November 2012 8th Nov 2012 - MediaTek Wi-Fi SoC Powers New ASUS N300 Wireless Router

MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia, today announced that its MT7620 Wi-Fi System-on-a-Chip (SoC) has been selected for the new ASUS RT-N14U N300 wireless router, debuting globally this quarter. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Swipe Telecom tablets to market

The standout feature of the tablet i.e. Dual Sim capability, allows users to opt for service plans that can optimize their Calling and Data usage. The new tablet will cater to the demand of having seamless browsing and a great calling experience as well. Running on Android 4.0.3 ICS, the tablet consists of 7 inch TFT LCD full high definition capacitive touch screen with 5 point multi- touch and has a resolution of 1028X768, ensuring that the visuals are of the highest quality. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Swipe Telecom Float Tab X78

Android 4.0.3 ICS 1.5 GHz Boxchip A13 2.0MP Front Facing Camera Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 2

8th November 2012 8 GB RAM DDRIII 512 MB GPU Mali-400 GPU @350MHz Battery 3000mAh 8th Nov 2012 - Swipe Telecom 3D Life Tab

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Android 4.0.3 ICS Ice Cream Sandwich 17.8 cms (7) 800X480 pixels TFT 1.5 GHz Allwinner Boxchip A13 512 MB RAM + 512 MB ROM Upto 32 GB through Micro SD card

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RAM/ROM Memory Expandable Memory Wifi 802.11 b/g/n

8th Nov 2012 - Swipe Telecom Diwali Apps

Make this Diwali more vibrant with Swipe Telecom Tablets. On this auspicious occasion of Diwali, Swipe telecom wishes you a very joyous and safe Diwali. To make your Diwali more interesting we have come up with a unique idea of celebrating this festive season with new tablet technologies and Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 3

8th November 2012 innovative solutions. Swipe Tablets support various Special Diwali Applications for Android devices which can be downloaded by Swipe tablet users. What makes this more exciting is that these special apps can be installed on your tablet for Free! Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Swipe Telecom Pocket Tab

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Android 4.0 ICS Ice Cream Sandwich 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 1.3 MP front Camera. Read More

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8th Nov 2012 - Facebook Smartphone Rumoured

Facebook worlds leading & largest social networking site working with hardware partner HTC to publish their own-brand smartphone. Recent report says social site going to launch official Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 4

8th November 2012 Facebook phone very soon. Phone is on now on the experiment phase as the code name Opera UL. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Netxcell new features VOBD and IVR

Netxcell Limited, Indias leading telecom VAS Provider Company, today announced their new age IVR and Video OBD products with additional innovative features thereby adding to their Video deliverable capabilities on voice and data products and applications across all channels. Netxcell took the lead by developing the first Video OBD (Outbound Dialing) last year for the 3G market and another product Single IVR, an advanced Interactive Voice Response technology platform. It has now made significant changes to its IVR Module and OBD product by adding a number of new services. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - RIL Wi-Fi will be build by Ericsson

RIL (Reliance Industries Limited), Indias largest private sector and the only company to have a PAN India license for broadband services , announced that Ericsson AB will be building, developing and integrating WiFi with its 4G network. Sources who are part of the deal claimed that this would gain ground in Mumbai and Delhi initially and may later reach out to other cities after the launch. Ericson, based on this deal, will set up around 200 WiFi hotspots. They also revealed that the 4G serviceswould roll out in Delhi and Mumbai first in early 2013. Be it for 3G or LTE, WiFi plays a pivotal role. A telecommunication company that has only 5MHz spectrum for 3G will require a WiFi to devolve its traffic owing to insufficiency. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Telenor planning to acquire Loop Mobile

Norwegian telecom major Telenor is planning to acquire Loop Mobile and is in advance talks for the same.Loop Mobile has appointed Standard Chartered as financial advisor for the deal. Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 5

8th November 2012 Telenor which has recently got its stake back from Uninor, its JV with Indian realty firm Unitech, is trying to re-build its position in Indian telecom market through this acquisition. Read More 8th Nov 2012 - Government planning to remove levy on M&A deals The government has taken a decision to do away with the provision to impose a special levy on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) deals in the telecom sector, says news reports. Earlier, an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by P.Chidambaram, Minister of Finance too had suggested removing the levy on M&As deals in the telecom sector. Read More

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