Munoth dials up phones for senior citizens

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Munoth dials up phones for senior citizens

Chennai, Aug. 11

A senior citizen is out in the park for a walk and feels giddy and collapses. He presses a red SOS button on the back of his mobile phone which activates a loud siren, alerting passers-by to his plight. Simultaneously, the phone sends out ten pre-set SMSes to relatives, friends, an ambulance service and even one to his insurance company. The mobile phone screen then freezes and displays the name of the person, a password and a link to a Web site where the medical records of the user are stored. Through a GPS system the person's location is also known.

Chennai-based Munoth Communication launched its own brand of mobile phones in the southern market touting the S5, or the senior citizen phone as one of its unique selling propositions. Priced at Rs 2,500 to begin with, the phone has large key pads and large screen for easy reading, a torch and a sturdy body that can take falls. Mr Jaswant Munoth, Managing Director, said the phone will have an additional feature of a sensor which can be carried on one's person. If one moves say 10 to 15 feet away from the phone, a beep will alert them that they've left the phone behind. “A person can even leave the mobile in a suitcase and it will alert you if someone moves it without your knowledge,” said Mr Munoth. Munoth will soon tie up with a few insurance companies for them to take cognisance of such SMS alerts from insured patients. Details of a patient's condition need to be updated on a Munoth Web site.

Mr Munoth said the phones, three of which are application-based, will be targeted at the Rs 1,400 to Rs 4,000 price bracket, from which 70 per cent of mobile phones sales come. “We will be positioned in the upper end of each segment,” he said. For now, Munoth does not intend going up the price band. The company has unveiled nine models all of which have a provision for dual SIM and memory cards. Mr Munoth said the company is sourcing its phones from China and Hong Kong. The phones, he claimed, emit lower radiation and have a longer standby battery. The company targets selling one lakh mobiles a month from the third month onwards to earn revenues of Rs 30 crore a month. The phones will be launched initially in the South; the company was earlier a distributor for Siemens and Panasonic phones.

Munoth has also launched a ‘community phone' targeting the Jain community.

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IDEA issues 3,640 post-paid connections to ONE single person.

Despite the repeated warnings from Home Ministry that  security agencies are facing problems in establishing identity of actual users in cases where bulk connections have been activated in the name of a single user, location or an organisation and the numbers have been further distributed or rented out for use, IDEA telecom has provided 3,640 post paid connections to a single individual who in turn hired these connections to several others. Click Read more below for the full story and for Hon'ble Minister sri Pilot's reply in Parliament

4365 towers at J&K are illegal!

4365 out of 6500  Towers illegal in J&K !
Jammu Kasmir Power department to impose fine of Rupees 20,800 per site per month. 
Total penalty to be paid is estimated as Rupees 250 crores.

The towers have several other discrepancies violating the terms and conditions.


"Thesiya Murasu": -- What if? Everything will be condoned. Our administrators will say the customers interest has to be safeguarded and hence the illegal towers will be allowed to do legal business. These telcos will appeal against the penalties and they will be accepted
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DPE releases orders for IDA BSNL to endorse it.

Ida

caller tune இருக்கா! வரி போடப் போறாங்களாம் ! எச்சரிக்கை!

உங்க மொபைல்ல caller tune வைத்திருக்கிறீர்களா? அப்போ நீங்க அதை உங்களைக் கூப்பிடறவங்களோட கேளிக்கைக்காகத் தான் வைத்திருக்கிறீர்களாம். அது அவர்களை உற்சாகப் படுத்தவாம். அதனால அது கேளிக்கை வரி விதிக்கத் தக்கதாம். இது மஹாராஷ்டிர மாநில அரசின் வருவாய்த் துறையின் வாதம். அதனாலை அந்த காலர் ட்யூனுக்கு 25% வரி போடப் போறாங்களாம். அப்படிப் போட்டுட்டாங்கன்னா, டோனைப் பதிவு செய்ய 15, மாத வாடகை 30, வரி 7.50 பழுக்கப் போகிறது. நிறையப் பேர் வேண்டாண்டா சாமின்னு சாதா ரிங் டோனுக்கு மாறும்போது, voice call tariff நஷ்டத்தை value added service மூலமா சரி கட்டும் GSM operators எப்படி சமாளிப்பாங்க பார்ப்போம்!

 The Maharashtra State Government's Revenue department is planning to bring caller tune service within the ambit of taxation. please read further

IMEI No.: Govt plans crackdown

It has come to light that certain  GSM operators  still allow handsets without IMEI numbers to be used in their networks and it is in such an alarming ratio that out of every 5 handsets one is not having the IMEI number. DOT orders are being ignored or disobeyed by these operators. Profit alone is their only motive. National security is not their concern.  It is very strange that the Government is bent upon selling BSNL  to private in these conditions. Once sold, we may be sure that our children will read in history  " There was acountry by name India"  Please continue to read further


NEW DELHI: National security and consumer interests are being compromised with the government discovering extremely poor compliance from telecom service providers over shutting down service to all handsets without a genuine International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. The government is preparing to initiate strict action against all violators.

The Department of Telecom's (DoT) study of the compliance data reveals that every fifth call of certain operators, comes from a handset without an IMEI number, which is a high level of non-compliance. This is despite law enforcement agencies cracking down on service providers over this issue since 2008.

"In June, an Equipment ID Register (EIR) was set up. The EIR ensures that calls from invalid IMEI numbers do not pass through. The non-compliance level suggests that operators are disabling the EIR to allow these calls, which is quite a grave violation," a senior DoT official told ToI.

According to a DoT note, almost every service provider has been found guilty of non-compliance, demonstrating how lightly the telecom industry treats matters of national security and proving allegations of non-cooperation on security matters to be true. Even subscriber verification norms are routinely bypassed by telcos even in sensitive border areas despite checks and penalties imposed on companies.

India has over 650 million mobile subscribers and there are no available estimates of how many of these do not have genuine IMEI numbers on their handsets. A year ago, when the subscriber base was 500 million, GSM association COAI had estimated that 17 to 18 million of these did not have an IMEI number.

Law enforcement agencies find it difficult to intercept targets that do not have a legitimate IMEI. Accordingly, in November 2009, all service providers were instructed by the DoT not to process or to reject all calls from mobile handsets that are not available in the latest updated IMEI database of the GSM Association with effect from November 30, 2009. Telcos were also asked to submit their compliance on this matter by December 15, 2009.

"The unsatisfactory compliance is the non-implementation of the instruction of Department in proper way which has implications on working of law enforcement agencies," the DoT note says.

When contacted, COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) director general Rajan Mathews told ToI, "Instead of disenfranchising legitimate consumers, the COAI had initiated an exercise to implant legitimate IMEI numbers on the handsets. This exercise was completed, however, the problem could be arising from the fresh influx of Chinese handsets into the country".

According to Mathews, grey market retailers implant genuine IMEI numbers on handsets which do not have a IMEI number, which means multiple handsets could have the same IMEI number.

Know our new Chairman & MD, Sri Gopaldass

Gopal Das joined Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest integrated telecom service provider in the year 2007 and it was only during his tenure that BSNL witnessed the largest corporate restructuring.

With a vision that brings leadership of a seasoned industry veteran to the position of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest integrated telecom service provider today announced the appointment of  Gopal Das to this post. With an extensive and rich experience spanning 35 years in the field of Telecommunications and his association with BSNL as the Director, Human Resources Development,  Gopal Das happens to be an ideal choice for the post. An Engineering Graduate from Banaras Hindu University,  Gopal Das joined the Department of Telecom’s ‘Group A’ services in 1975.  Gopal Das joined Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest integrated telecom service provider in the year 2007 and it was only during his tenure that BSNL witnessed the largest corporate restructuring.  It was to his credit that BSNL appointed Boston Consultancy Group in Dec, 2008 to develop an overall strategy and transformation plan for the future. This transformation exercise was called Project SHIKHAR. Also, the system of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) - based Performance Management System (PMS) for measuring and rewarding performances at distinguishable levels was schemed under his vision. Till date, the Performance Management System ushered in by him happens to be the most effective tool devised for the welfare of employees, in the segment of Human Resource in the Industry. Besides,  Gopal Das was deputed in Saudi Arabia as Project Director and during his tenure of this 5 years he was responsible for handling the various Telecom projects in the city of Dammam during the period 1987 to 1992. He has also worked on Deputation in Nigeria for about 3 years as Project Director and handled many Optical Fibre and transmission projects.  Das has visited different countries like USA, UK, France, Australia, Singapore, Korea etc. to get exposure of management of telecom systems at international level. Commenting on his joining,  Gopal Das, CMD, BSNL, said “After a good old journey of more than three decades, this is the best form of reward I can seek for my career. I am privileged and humbled to occupy the post of CMD, BSNL. A great challenge lies ahead of us and I am sure we will meet every challenge with determination”. Prior to joining BSNL,  Gopal Das has served as the  Chief General Manager, (Wireless Services) in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited at Mumbai.  Within the company, he is known for his positive attitude and integrity. He is one of the few senior officials who command respect among close to three lakh employees of BSNL.

MTNL Ties up With Tanla Solutions to Deploy Video Mail Services

India’s first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), today collaborated with Tanla Solutions Ltd, a leading Mobile VAS solutions provider to deploy the Video Mail service over its next generation 3G Mobile services in Delhi and Mumbai circle.

Video Mail service will help MTNL’s 3G Mobile service users not miss any Video Calls even when they are not in 3G service area. It is very similar to the voice mail service of 2G network,  subscribers use Video Mail to leave a message in the form of video to any other 3G service subscribers anywhere in India.

The new 3G VAS service from MTNL will allow subscribers to traverse a wide variety of categories through the video call platform.The service will be commercially launched in Delhi and Mumbai in next few days.

Recently, MTNL has been upgraded its approx 49 Lakhs 2G Mobile service users into next generation 3G Mobile Services in Delhi and Mumbai circles.

FNTOTN Expects BSNL also will follow soon so that 3G subscribers of BSNL also will get this facility. 

3 G வாடிக்கையாளர்கள் 2 G பகுதிக்குச் செல்லும்போது அவர்களுக்கு ஏதாவது வீடியோ செய்திகள் வந்தால் அவர்கள் மீண்டும் 3Gபகுதிக்கு வரும்போது தகவல் அளிக்க எம்டிஎன்எல் டன்லா சொல்யூஷன்ஸ் கம்பெனியுடன் உடன்பாடு செய்துகொண்டுள்ளது. பிஎஸ்என்எல்லிலும் இது விரைவில் வரலாம்.

Welcome to our new editor

Sri K.H.Krishnaswamy, TTA, (Transmission) Paramakkudi has joined our Editorial board. He will also author many articles here . We extend a very warm welcome to him.

Add your mobile numbers to MyHr

If not already done, all are requested to add their mobile number in the http://myhr.bsnl.co.in website. If the number is added, all transactions i.e., whatever payment is made into your HRMS account will be informed through SMS. Please check up your address details in the site where you can enter the mobile numbers.

SC asks telcos to secure Rs 366 cr claim by BSNL

The Supreme Court today asked private telecom operators to give surety that they would pay BSNL's claim of Rs 366 crore if they lose the appeal in port charges case.

The court also said that it would examine whether the sectoral tribunal TDSAT has powers to alter and overrule the regulations framed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) under delegated legislations.

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