Come January and all mobile users in the country may have 11-digit mobile numbers instead of their 10-digit numbers currently. The subscribers will have to prefix 9 to the existing 10-digit number. The proposed migration is likely to be implemented from 1 January 2010. India is adding an average of 15 million new cellular customers every month. A new numbering plan was required to accomodate the increasing number of subscribers, as reported by Business Standard.

Source: Efy Times

Aircel offers the scheme, after the recent successful launch of “PAY PER SECOND CALLING PLAN” by Aircel in 12 circle Kolkata, Karnataka, Orissa, Tamil Nadu & Chennai, Uttar Pradesh East & West, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar-Jharkhand and Mumbai and Maharashtra-Goa circles recently.

Aircel prepaid  Mobile customers can now enjoy both Local & STD calls at just One Paisa Per Second. These reduced tariffs can be availed for calls made from theAircel network to Any network across India. In order to activate, customers need to call 123 from their Aircel Mobile and follow the IVR or SMS “SECOND” to 53382.  Thereafter, all existing tariffs /  benefits get cancelled and the charges would be on a Per-Second basis without any extra charges.

With Aircel “Pay Per Second Plan” there is a limit on the STD usage – upto first 10,000 seconds per month will be charged at 1 paisa, after which STD calls will be charged at 2 paisa per second.

All Local calls – 1p/second (any network-any time)

All STD calls – 1p/second (any network-any time) – upto first 10,000 seconds per Month after that 2p/second

SMS, ISD Calls and Roaming charge as per normal prepaid tariff.

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Reliance Mobile has introduced the call manager service on its GSM network on supporting handsets. Offered through a server-less client protocol, the Call Manager service allows customers to respond to incoming calls with pre-recorded voice messages. The Call Manager also features SMS based chatting and voice mail on mobile. It allows one to respond to answer phone calls without any need to talk or type, using an intuitive user interface.

The Voice Message feature enables caller to leave a message once a call is left unanswered. The recorded messages are deposited in the mobile phone’s Inbox folder, and can be played, forwarded, replied to or removed. The Voice Message feature can be activated either manually by selecting it from the ringing menu. It allows users to customise its greeting message or the duration after which the voicemail automatically answers a call through the application’s settings.

Sometimes, when dialling a number, the call may ring without an answer. In such cases where the called party might not notice the call, or may not be able to answer at the moment, the application provides options like Call another number. This will offer you to dial the other available numbers of the same contact. This way, if someone is not available at work, you can try reaching them at home with a click. It also enables the caller to start chatting. The Chatting option allows user to start an instant messaging UI-like chat session and communicate using text messaging.

Reliance Mobile is offering the Call Manager service through a subscription module. It will not charge the user for downloading the application. Moreover, post the installation of the service, the customers can avail a free seven-day offer. The subscription for the service will be activated post the expiry of this free-trial period.

Reliance Mobile will charge Rs 15 per month as subscription fee for this service.

Source: EFY Times

The bundling of Samsung Omnia Pro B7320 with Reliance Mobile GSM service is a blessing for consumers as free download of 5GB a month provides for unlimited browsing and download. The post-paid users of Reliance GSM can download content and application worth Rs 1,000 from their WAP site – R World. The free plan is worth Rs 3,000.

Samsung Omnia Pro B7320 has a compact design and quite an ergonomic QWERTY keypad. It functions on a Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, thus allowing users to easily access MS Office documents like PowerPoint, Excel and Word. It offers the option to send and receive email and manage their appointments in Outlook while on the go.

Samsung Omnia Pro is embedded with corporate push email support with which users can stay in touch with their mails and have email solutions like Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and IBM Lotus Notes Domino, which keeps users connected with their respective businesses at all times. In addition to this, social networking applications like Facebook as well as instant messaging support for MSN, Google Talk and Yahoo! Chat maybe downloaded on this mobile phone. Samsung Omnia Pro B3720 is priced at Rs 16,500.

The offer will be extensively communicated through print and online digital campaigns and retail initiatives like POS/SPC Push shall be undertaken. To further enhance the communication, two stickers will be attached on the Samsung Omnia Pro handset box pack at retail. The customer can call Reliance Mobile customer care or visit any Reliance World or Reliance Mobile Store to activate the free data bundle.

Source: EFY Times

Some phones (including my Motorola Razr V3 with T-Mobile service) won’t display standard Web sites, unfortunately, though they will display sites designed to support the Wireless Applications Protocol (WAP) using the Wireless Markup Language (WML). Google’s WAP-compatible Gmail site (don’t leave off the ‘http://’ part—unlike the browser on your PC, your phone’s browser may not add that prefix automatically).

Gmail’s mobile site is perfectly functional, but the company offers something even better for Java-compatible phones. The Gmail Java app promises faster performance than the Web interface, and it supports attachments better. To try it, visit http://gmail.com/app and click the big blue Get Started Now button. After you enter your mobile phone number and click the Send Now button, Gmail will send you a text message with instructions on how to download the application.

If neither the WAP page nor the Java applet work on your phone, you may be able to see your Gmail on your phone by configuring your cell phone carrier’s e-mail system to download messages from Gmail via POP3 or IMAP.

Source: PC World

In present times, human awareness has advanced to the digital world opening up yet another dimension for communication. With the advent of the mobile phone, it has become yet another tool for communication through the digital medium. In the modern cyber age, it is not essential for people to be physically present in front of each other to socialize. So, a physically visible audience is not the priority, since the cyber world allows people to communicate and socialize digitally with each other.

Social Networking has revolutionized the way people socialize with each other. Social networks have sprung up all over the internet so that people with common interests can group together and share their views. In this manner, social networks provide a more impersonal way to socialize with people whom we may be able to communicate with instantly through digital networks, but may still find it difficult to meet personally once in a lifetime.

Mobile phones have given a new definition to social networking in the form of mobile social networking. An extension to accessing the cyber world through computers, the availability of GPRS, WAP, and hopefully 3G, the mobile phone has become an apt tool for avid social net workers around the world. Computers gave folks the world over the ability to define their social lifestyle through a digital medium, but mobile phones have driven this concept further and have provided a new dimension to the social lifestyles of social net workers.

Yet another development on this front is that mobile companies are tying up with a variety of social networking sites so that they can be accessed through mobile phones. So, now it could be possible to access social networking sites like Facebook or twitter through these new age devices so that you can stay in touch with your friends and online acquaintances continuously. These sites are also specially designed so that they can fit your mobile phone’s relatively small screen.

Social networking has also provided a platform for exchanging ideas without restriction on a global basis without fear of suppression or prejudice. Porting this characteristic to your mobile phone makes it easier and more convenient for people to be avid social net workers given the already existing possibilities through personal computers. With the unlocking of the vast potential of social networking through mobile phones, you can access various sites like Fring, Gtalk, Nimbuzz, Skype, Yahoo! and others to experience this newfound charm of social networking.

At the moment, one can be only positive about what the future holds for us, but social networking through mobile phones will also see its heyday in the days to come.

Source:  Mobile India Hub