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Reliance Communications today made the payment of Rs 8585.04 crores towards 3G spectrum fees to Department of Telecommunications. RCOM was amongst the only three private telecom operators who won 3G spectrum in 13 circles including the most lucrative Circles Mumbai and Delhi. The win for RCOM maximizes circle coverage on a more conservative spend.

RCOM won 3G spectrum in all circles where it has 900 MHz spectrum. The 13 circles where it has obtained 3G spectrum includes all high growth ‘C’ circles for less than Rs 500 crores. This makes RCOM the only operator that has pan India 3G capability in CDMA and among the top 3 with highest coverage in WCDMA.

The day I received the Booklet through DHL, my power sockets were filled. I was too impatient to wait for the sockets on my wall to become empty. I wrapped the packaging out, opened the boxing and took the Booklet out.

I started exploring it, again and again, on the exterior and ended up doing the same on the Windows too! The battery meter never seemed to dip down, it was all up. After one quick google search, I was informed that the battery life was 12 hours. TWELVE WHOLE DAMN HOURS.

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its most affordable, full touch 3G enabled handset, Star Nano 3G (S3370) at Rs. 7320. The compact Samsung Star Nano 3G has a curvilinear design. Star Nano 3G has a 2.6” screen with a 4 page menu. The phone has advanced connectivity with 384kbps DL/UL (3G ready), Pop Up SNS and fast multimedia downloads. The Touchwiz 2.0 Plus in the phone ensures seamless navigation home screen widgets, Gesture control and an interesting UI.

BlackBerry Bold 9700 is now available in white color in India. Dressed in a satin chrome finished frame and leatherette backplate, the white BlackBerry® Bold 9700 smartphone provides with support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world, a next-generation (624 MHz) processor, 256 MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi®, and dazzling, high resolution display – supported by long battery life.
The white BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone boasts rich multimedia features including an advanced media player, 3.2 megapixel camera with zoom, auto-focus and auto-flash, video recording and an externally accessible microSD/SDHC memory card slot for expanded storage.

Uninor the Youngest telecom operator is all set to launch its GSM Mobile Services in Mumbai telecom on 1 June 2010.

The core GSM network is live across Mumbai. Uninor will be 10th GSM operator in Mumbai, the 9 other operators are Airtel, MTNL, Vodafone Essar, Loop Mobile,Idea Cellular, Reliance GSM,Aircel, Tata Docomo and Videocon.

Uninor, the Indian GSM mobile brand of Telenor, which launched across 8 telecom circles in December 2009 and has already registered more than 4.2 million subscribers within just 5 months of operations.

The company hold Pan India UAS Licenses (for all 22 telecom circles) and holds 2G spectrum in 21 out of the 22 circles. The operator will be looking to consolidate its customer base that has touched 4.2 million across the eight circles that it operates in.