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Lemon P1 Smart- Smartphone with Android & 3G Connectivity

by Paul Joseph January 12, 2012 Featured

Lemon P1 Smart is the first Android Dual Sim Smartphone with 3G from Lemon Mobiles . It operates on v2.2 (froyo) Operating system. It is powered by 600MHz Qualcomm processor. It flaunts 3.5 inches wide touchscreen with HVGA resolution. It sports 5 MP rear camera and VGA front camera to serve video calling purpose. It is equipped with multimedia features like multi-format audio/video player, 3.5 mm Audio player, video player, 3.5 mm Audio Jack, SRS Wow HD surround sound and it’s expandable memory goes up to 32GB. Connectivity features include 3G, Bluetooth, WAP and GPRS. Lemon P1 Smart Features and specification: Operating system : Android v2.2 OS(Froyo) Processor : 600 MHz Qualcomm processor Display : 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen display Memory : Internal storage of 102MB External storage of 32GB via microSD card Camera : Rear – 5MP Front – VGA Connectivity : GPRS/WAP 3G Bluetooth 3.5mm audio jack MicroUSB Battery : 1350 mAh standard battery Standby – up to 280 hrs Talk time – up to 7 hrs G-sensor Dimension : 116x62x14.1 mm Weight : 105 gm Lemon P1 is bound to attract smartphone lovers. It is bundled with power of Android and 3G. It is expected to hit the market at affordable rates.

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GSM operators add 7.12 million subscribers in October 2011

by Paul Joseph November 22, 2011 Featured

Signalling a revival in the telecom sector, India’s GSM operators added 7.12 million new subscribers in October, as against 6.52 million in the previous month, taking the total number of users to 625.41 million. Subscriber additions had been declining for four months since May, with the sector exhibiting a reversal in trend in September when it added 6.5 million subscribers, taking the total number to 618.28 million users. Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest GSM player, added 0.95 million users, taking its total subscriber base to 173.73 million, according to data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). The New Delhi-based firm had a 27.78-per cent market share, maintaining its leadership position in the country. Source

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RIM bets big on Indian mobile apps market

by Paul Joseph November 19, 2011 Featured

Research In Motion India (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has said it sees huge opportunities in mobile applications development in India. The Canada-headquartered RIM currently has over 55 million BlackBerry subscriber accounts, and BlackBerry AppWorld is available in over 100 markets worldwide. “We see huge opportunity in mobile application development. BlackBerry App World currently has 26,000-odd registered developers from India, against 5,000 two years ago, with the applications numbering over 40,000,” RIM India head of alliance and developer relations Annie Mathew said. Source

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Indian telcom market needs consolidation: Airtel

by Paul Joseph November 19, 2011 Featured

Competition in India’s mobile market will remain intense, with the overcrowded 15-player sector in need of consolidation to lift margins, a senior executive at market leader Bharti Airtel Ltd said. Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti’s chief executive for India and South Asia, also said the company saw an increase in the uptake of third-generation (3G) services it launched earlier this year, although mass adoption of premium services would take time. Source

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Number portability requests just 2% of India’s wireless base

by Paul Joseph November 13, 2011 Featured

Mobile number portability (MNP) doesn’t just appear to be a damp squib, it is one. The number of requests received for MNP since it was launched in November 2010 reached only 18.1 million till August 2011 – 9 months after it was launched in November 2010 – a mere 2% of India’s wireless base of 865.71 million. Source

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India’s annual mobile handsets demand to reach 350mn by 2020

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

Demand of mobile handsets in the country is expected to reach 350 million units per annum by 2020, says a study by industry body FICCI with market analyst firm Ernst and Young (E&Y). “India is the world’s second-largest telecom market after China, with the total wireless subscriber base crossing 850 million at the end of June, 2011. By 2020, the handset demand is projected to reach 350 million a year,” the study said. Source

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India telecoms regulator proposes to relax M&A rules

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

India’s telecoms regulator on Thursday proposed a relaxation of guidelines for mergers and acquisitions in the sector that if implemented by the government would facilitate a long-awaited consolidation in the crowded 15-player market. India’s once-booming telecom sector has struggled in recent years due to ferocious competition and a graft scandal, prompting authorities to overhaul decades-old industry regulations. Source

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India to Ease Telecom Merger Rules by December in New Policy

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

India’s government aims to ease rules for mergers and acquisitions among mobile-phone service providers under a new policy it plans to adopt by December. The Department of Telecommunications plans to have the new regulations, which also will fix a mechanism for pricing wireless airwaves, approved by the cabinet by Dec. 31, R. Chandrashekhar, secretary for telecommunications, said in an interview yesterday in New Delhi. Source

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Handset sale in India expected to reach 35 crore by 2020

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

Sale of mobile handsets in India is expected to reach 35 crore units per annum by 2020 and the average selling price (ASP) of handsets in the country is estimated to rise to Rs. 2,950 by that year from Rs. 2,300 in 2010, according to a joint study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce of Industry (Ficci) and global consulting firm Ernst and Young (E&Y). At present, the Indian mobile handset market is estimated to be about 13 crore handsets per annum. Source

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Google bets big on mobile internet in India

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

Internet giant Google expects India’s internet growth to be driven by mobile users, predicting that they will form the majority of new internet users in the country as low-priced smartphones become available. India now has 100 million internet users, less than a tenth of the country’s population of 1.2 billion, but still the third largest user base behind China and the United States. The number is expected to grow to 300 million in the next three years. Source

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