<GPRS enabled mobiles are also utilised to access Internet.>
Everybody says "GPRS enabled mobiles" almost never gets you Internet at
Guahati. In rest of Assam the picture is "Never Never".
ADSL over BSNL phonelines - now available at Dibrugarh also - is good :
depending on quality of cable pair between Exchange and subscriber .Mine gets
30>50KB/sec speeds at Madgharia,Gau 2550- Exchange.
OFC to home is available--Depends on "feasibility" and your paying a
Lakh++--Can you really use the 256KB/sec speeds?
mm
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:29:37 +0530From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] Cellphones in IndiaA landline connection is required
for Broadband / Dialup connect to access the Internet. GPRS enabled mobiles are
also utilised to access Internet.Tasir
On 8/23/07, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Are landlines passe' in India? I heard that in some areas, the phone copper
wires have been stolen to sell as metal and repair has not been done. What is
internet communication using? Video cables?
Dilip
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India overtakes U.S. as Nokia's No.2 market
ReutersThursday, August 23, 2007; 6:21 AM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, said
on Thursday India overtook the United States in the second quarter to become
its second-biggest market by sales after China.
Nokia shipped 60 million handsets from its factory near the southern Indian
city of Chennai in the 18 months to August, and CEP and President Olli-Pekka
Kallasvuo expects demand to remain strong as India's user base surges.
"India has quickly become one of the largest markets," he told reporters in New
Delhi, adding he expects demand will not be limited to low-cost phones.
Globally, Nokia sold 100.8 million phones in April-June and, according to
research firm Gartner, had a market share of 36.9 percent.
The Finnish firm reaffirmed that Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN.UL ), its joint
venture with Siemens (SIEGn.DE), would invest $100 million in India over the
next three years.
Kallasvuo is on a three-day visit to India to meet government officials,
clients and component suppliers.
Nokia had earlier said it expected India to become its No.2 market by volume by
2010, if not sooner.
Last week, it warned consumers that 46 million batteries used in its mobile
phones could overheat, and offered to replace them for free while it negotiates
with battery maker Matsushita (6752.T) on who would bear the costs.
"We are not giving out estimates on the cost of this exercise as a whole. But
of course we feel Matsushita as a supplier is responsible to us," Kallasvuo
said.
Nokia, which makes more than a third of the world's phones, has set up a design
studio in India, the first in a series of global satellite studios to develop
ideas for emerging markets.
Seven global component makers have invested $500 million in the Nokia Telecom
Park near Chennai and are likely to employ more than 30,000 people when fully
operational, Nokia has said.
Nokia employs 9,000 people in India -- up from 450 in 2004 -- and would
continue to invest in India, Kallasvuo said, adding that production can be
enhanced as demand grows.
"India is not a low-end market. It is a very versatile market in all price
points, in all segments," he said.
Nokia exports half its India production to 58 countries in the Middle East,
Africa and Asia-Pacific.
But competition is also rising in the world's fastest-growing cellphone market.
India had 185 million mobile customers at end-July, with more than 6 million
new customers signing every month, lured by call rates as low as 1 U.S. cent a
minute.
Motorola Inc (MOT.N) and Sony Ericsson (6758.T) (ERICb.ST) have stepped up
their presence, while Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG Electronics
(066570.KS) also compete._______________________________________________assam
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