Nokia Siemens Networks bags 700 million USD network expansion contract from Bharti Airtel

 

Looks like Nokia Siemens Networks is on the road to recovery after making some huge losses in 2009. NSN or Nokia Siemens Networks has bagged a 700 million USD or Rs.3500 crores. Bharti Airtel aims to improve customer satisfaction with this expansion. Network capacity is going to be increased by 50% in 8 circles – Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal.



This move will also make Airtel’s Network 3G Ready to reduce time to market when 3G finally takes off in the future.

If you are in any of those circles and you use Airtel currently, are you happy with the call quality , signal strength ?

Press Release below:

Airtel users to enjoy an enhanced service experience due to state-of-the-art network technology equipment.

The network upgrade will enable Bharti Airtel to achieve higher customer satisfaction in a more cost effective manner.

Nokia Siemens Networks is expanding and upgrading the operator’s 2.5G network to increase network capacity by 50% in eight circles.

Nokia Siemens Networks already supplies Bharti Airtel with a wide spectrum of solutions, including device management, mobile network portability, next-generation fixed-network and an interactive voice response system.

Bharti Airtel Limited, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider and Nokia Siemens Networks today further strengthened their strategic partnership with a USD 700 million network expansion contract. The contract includes network planning, implementation and project management, handling of local logistics and materials, as well as system integration for the base station sites.

This GSM network expansion will cover the eight existing circles of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal where Nokia Siemens Networks already provides equipment and managed services for Bharti Airtel. With close to 60% of Airtel’s monthly customers coming from rural regions, this contract will enable Airtel to further aggressively expand its footprint into rural India.

“Airtel continues to drive innovation and leadership in the telecom sector. This expansion will not only expand our networks deeper into the rural hinterland but will also allow us to deliver a rich end-user experience, and satisfy the increasing demand for top-quality services,” said Sanjay Kapoor, chief executive officer designate, Bharti Airtel. “We are delighted with Nokia Siemens Networks’ proven expertise and deep understanding of our requirements along with the assurance of network infrastructure that helps us sustain our leadership edge in India.”

“The unprecedented growth in the Indian telecommunications sector is compelling telecom operators to offer compelling solutions,” said Rajeev Suri, chief executive officer at Nokia Siemens Networks. “With this upgrade, Bharti Airtel can enhance network efficiency for a better end-user experience and, just as importantly, reduce the overall cost of owning and operating its network.”

Nokia Siemens Networks will deploy its energy-efficient network solutions, including Flexi multi-radio base stations, packet core platforms and microwave solutions for new and legacy networks to boost performance at a lower total cost of ownership and reduced carbon footprint.

The project will result in improvements to network capacity and spectral efficiency by employing a full range of services comprising network planning, implementation and optimization. Nokia Siemens Networks will also provide an operations and business management platform for the effective monitoring and management of the network. In addition, the company will ensure that Bharti Airtel’s core and transport network is 3G-ready in order to reduce time to market and enable the fast rollout of 3G services at a later date.

T-Mobile announces partnership with Swype brings swipe input to myTouch 3G

 

T-Mobile USA Inc. and Swype has announced a partnership whereby T-Mobile will be including the Swype keyboard across a number of its touch-based devices starting with myTouch 3G, T-Mobile’s latest Android-powered device which has already reached the market.

Swype is an innovative text input technology which works across a variety of operating systems, supports for over 30 languages and a range of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, televisions, and GPS units among others.

Mike McSherry, CEO, Swype said, “T-Mobile has always been on the forefront of introducing new devices and ground breaking technologies and now has embraced Swype’s stunningly responsive text input for its touch screen lineup”. He further continued “Launching on the Android platform is a major milestone for Swype as we continue to expand to new touch screen devices and platforms.”

Swype can run on both the Android and Windows Mobile platforms, and it is expected that Swype will become available on more platforms, devices and network operators over the coming year. The official launch of Swype on T-Mobile with the MyTouch 1.2 and HTC HD2 is expected this Spring.

Nokia N8 to Be Announced During MWC ?

Sources say that Nokia is said to unveil the Nokia N8 during MWC (Mobile World Congress) this month. The numbering system is mostly true since N7x is fully occupied and N9x is nearly full too.

The Nokia N8 is dubbed as Nokia’s next major release. Nokia claims it to have:

• A Simpler UI
• 3 Times the Performance
• Multi-Touch with Gestures

The Nokia N8 Features are rumoured to include:

• 3.5″ Touchscreen display with Multi-Touch and Gestures
• 1st phone WITH Symbian^3 OS
• 12 Megapixel Camera
• HD Ready (720p) Vido Recording at 30 FPS
• HDMI Output, Video on Demand Through OVI Store

There is also information regarding Nokia’s Letters that relate to the series:

• C: Lower End and Voice Based
• X: Entertainment Focused for the Young
• E: Dedicated for Business and emails
• N: High-End
• S: Very Upscale and Limited Phones

The C-Series Models set to be announced this month might include:

• Nokia C5-00 – Basic business device with GPS. Expected June.
• Nokia C3-00 – A low-cost multitasking Symbian S40 Qwerty device that run emails in the background.
• Nokia C5-01 – Qwerty device that’s a direct competitor to Blackberry.

Don’t like Google Buzz? Remove it

 

Google Buzz is out and many if not all have already got it with their Gmail account. I have come across some dissapointment but not too much. I guess there are mixed feelings about Google Buzz but not yet too much negatives about it. I don’t think it is going the Google Wave way.

One thing that is scary with Google Buzz is that if you are using Gmail for work and personal then you might end up having 100s of contacts who might make their way as your followers on Buzz. I have a couple of Gmail accounts and both have Google Buzz enabled. One of them I would like to use for sharing things on Google Buzz but the other I would not want spamming my Inbox. This by the way happens when once you comment on something and someone else adds to the comment.

• Simplest way of Google Buzz being removed from your Gmail account is log into your Gmail account. Then go right down to the end of the page. Here you will see the link “Turn Off Buzz”. Clicking on it removes Buzz from Gmail. Don’t worry that does not mean you cannot share stuff on Buzz.
• Just send a mail with your contents to buzz@gmail.com and the contents are shared on Google Buzz.
• If you want Buzz on Gmail, go to the same link at the bottom of the page. The link will be “Turn on Buzz”; click on it and you are set.
• I think this is a boon and I will probably switch off Buzz on my personal email while keep it for the Gmail account I use for sharing, storing and reading stuff.

USB 3.0 and Linux

 

“Ever get tired of Windows people proclaiming how their operating system has device support for this, that, and the other thing and Linux doesn’t? Well, now you have a perfect come-back. The newest, fast interface, USB 3.0 is out and only Linux has native support for it.

“Linux started supporting USB 3.0 in the September 2009 release of the 2.6.31 Linux kernel. Neither Windows 7 nor Snow Leopard currently supports USB 3. Windows support? That will have to wait for Windows 7 SP1 —whenever that shows up.

“Long before then, many USB 3.0 devices will have arrived. Some will doubtlessly have Windows drivers, but only Linux is USB 3.0 ready. USB 3.0, aka SuperSpeed USB, reaches new highs in PC peripheral speeds. USB 2.0 has a maximum throughput of 480Mbps (Megabits per second), which is fast — but these days, when you might want to move gigabytes of movies from one your PC to an external hard drive, it’s not fast enough. USB 3.0, by comparison, has a maximum throughput of 5 Gbps (Gigabits per second) .”

Mplayer (The Movie Player) Under Suse Linux 11.0

 

First adding Installation Sources :-

Open YAST Control Center->Software->Installation Sources
You will be provided with a list of repositories, more than likely though, you will only have one. We need to add one to get MPlayer out of that repository.
Click on Add, then HTTP.
Now Fill it in as shown:
Server Name: packman.iu-bremen.de It is suggested that you try a mirror, essecially if it is down. Use this one if you cannot access the first one:

ftp://packman.links2linux.de/pub/packman/MIRRORS

Now in the YAST Control Center, click on Software Management.
You may notice that it will take longer to refresh, this is good. It is refreshing the list of software it has available on that repository you added earlier.
Once it’s done, look for the Filter field, click on search on the drop down box. Search for “mplayer”. More than likely you will get three parts returned. They should be something like this:

• libpostproc
• MPlayer
• mplayerplug-in

If you got those three, check them all. If you didn’t please go back and check your repository again. The repository may be down, in which case try a mirror, then complete the installation.

You can now play movies using mplayer (try it in the commandline or from the KMenu).

Tip: Mozilla-based browsers will also have a plugin that will play items using mplayer.

Troubleshooting Solution :-

Mplayer Fails owing to a libdirectfb failure.

Open up a console such as xterm or konsole, and type:
$ su
Password:
# ln -s /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.24 /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.22

VLC Media Player Under Fedora 12

 

Its very easy to install VLC 1.0.3 or any new version of vlc in Fedora 12 .

These are simple three steps you have to write in the Terminal of Linux.

Opening the terminal :-

• System Tool –> Terminal
• Open it
• Paste the below three commands one by one..

$su root

$rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

ENJOY