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to me unlikely a 20% correction. it has already bottomed and now waiting for some catalyst to jump start

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Awaiting for another 20% correction then go in!

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Microsoft has VoIP plans for Windows Phone 7

2011 might be shaping up to be the year where VoIP was everywhere. We've already seen it pop up on some smartphones, but the technology is still getting its footing in the mobile world.

That might be set to change in February though. That's when rumors point to Microsoft adding VoIP features right onto its Windows Phone 7 mobile platform. Apparently developers have noted references to the yet-to-be release VoIP features in a Microsoft smartphone's registry so the capabilities are at least being planned. With a number of updates scheduled for 2011, VoIP is just one that analysts speculate will be revealed. With a player like Microsoft adding VoIP to its mobile operating system, it will be safe to say that the age of mobile VoIP has arrived.

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the last wil b BIG BIg , still left ~100m from right.

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Wont break up or down. some one has been selling slowly but some one also buying slowly. the share must be looked at as BM and AM ..Before Modi and After Modi..hahaha

I tot they would do transformational acquisition but instead do many small deals. dunno what the rationale

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break out soon, down or up , u say

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Handle with Care

Handset makers have tasted huge success, but customer care for them is yet to become a focus area

Ritu Singh

Monday, November 29, 2010

Mobile services are getting developed everyday. India has entered the third generation of mobile technology which lets people enjoy marvelous Internet options, video calling, and video conferencing. The growing needs of the consumers and the price sensitivity of the region has resulted in a huge influx of new entrants joining the bandwagon of the handset equipment making industry.

According to a recent IDC report, 'emerging vendors' like Micromax, Karbonn, Lemon, Lava, Spice Mobiles, Fly, Olive, etc, are fast establishing themselves with a national footprint. The report reveals that India's mobile handsets' sales in the second quarter of this year saw the number of cellphones purchased reach a whopping 38.63 mn-a 6.3% increase as compared to the previous quarter. The market share for handsets made by the new vendors saw a steep rise from below 1% in the first quarter of 2008 to 33% in the quarter ending June 30, 2010.

Though these so-called 'low cost handset equipment makers' and the new entrants may be riding high on making huge profits, and may also pose an upcoming threat in the near future, but when it comes to an in-depth analysis of their services and offerings, they seem to be still lagging behind in a few contexts.

At a time when the mobile equipment making industry is gushing with new low-cost feature rich mobile phones that claim to suit the pockets of every consumer, the ground reality is different-with lack of customer care centers of these handsets topping the chart.These emerging players venturing into the business have very lucrative offers like QWERTY keypad, MP3, high-end battery back-up, dual SIM facility, memory storage card, an elegant look, style, etc, and that too at a very economical range of `2,999 to `3,999.

The marketing gimmicks for such brands are done so well that today's customer, who cannot even imagine a day without being connected, often falls prey to these strategies. And once the customer makes the purchase, then comes the real challenge. Till the consumer does not face any difficulty, things are in place, but the moment it shows a problem then things go for a real toss.

The equipment makers of such low-cost feature rich gadgets though claim tall on offerings and a high-leveled satisfactory customer service, yet it seems that the Indian mobile industry that boasts of a subscriber base of around 680 mn subscribers, are not too much satisfied with the customer service.

Today's customers who are extremely tied-up with busy schedules want an immediate response to their complaints rather than waiting for hours and returning home with their complaints unsolved or unattended. So, here comes the need for a better and an appropriate customer care center rather than the increasing number of mobile launches in the country.

Voice&Data, using an survey portal, surveymonkey.com, conducted a survey to bring to light the unsaid part of the service center issues faced by the consumers.

The survey that saw the online participation of various equipment brand users like Nokia, HTC, BlackBerry, Samsung, HTC, iPhone, Spice, Lava, Karbonn, Fly, Lemon, Micromax, MCC, and others, says that 35.7% of the users could not even get in touch with the right contact person in the customer care center who could solve their issues; while 42.9% were successful in getting through to the right person; and the remaining 21.4% somehow managed to get across to the concerned executive.

The study also showed that 50% of the users were not completely satisfied with the service, and 7.1 % were completely dissatisfied with the service, 7.1% were not satisfied with the service, while the remaining 39.3% were satisfied with the service.

Moreover, the service charges also don't seem to be meeting the customer's standards as 28.6% stated that the charges were unreasonable, 17.9% found it to be too high, 14.3% found it to be in the medium bracket level, while the remaining 39.3% found it reasonable.

However, the Indian economy that takes pride in being the second largest telecom market is also providing a little better customer attention by few industry leaders like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung.

Derivations from the Online Survey

Established Versus Emerging

Nokia has over 1,000 customer care touch points in India covering over 650 towns and villages. These touch points include physical care centers, collection points, and mobile vans to establish the 'reach' in areas, where there are no physical care centers. As a truly consumer driven company, Nokia is committed to addressing the changing consumer needs and delivering true value to the consumers. As a step in this direction, Nokia has launched its 'care experience centers' across metros in India. These centers are in sync with Nokia's strategy to provide a holistic solutions experience to its consumers at all consumer touch points. At the Nokia care experience centers (NCEC), consumers can experience and receive support for Nokia's latest services and applications, such as music, messaging, maps, and games.

Nokia's spokesperson Sudhir Kohli, head Nokia Care informs that the company has divided the large format customer centers into special zones including the hardware repair zone, the services support zone, the learning zone, and the service experience zone, and allow the consumers to explore and familiarize themselves with the features and services available across a multitude of devices. The centers offer not only a redressal and resolution forum, but also total mobility solutions under one roof bringing together the Nokia care center, software assistance, service support, accessories' sale, and other related care services.

In order to give complete satisfaction to its customers, Nokia has also opened 5 NCECs till date in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad with plans to open another 6-7 NCECs by the end of this year. According to a survey report released by Voice&Data on mobile handsets' market share, in FY 2009–10, the market share of Nokia in India stood at 52.2%.

Coming to the other established brand, Samsung occuping a major market share, with its wide range of 'Corby' and 'Star' mobiles which have caught the attention of young Indians that played its part in raising its market share from 10% to 17.4%. The brand currently has a widespread network of over 1,200 service centers across India. The company has a widespread service center network to address the needs of the customers. In fact, 36 of the service centers in 17 tier-1 cities offer 365 days' service, which means they are open on Sundays as well. Mobile specialists are available at the service centers to offer technical guidance to customers experiencing problems on the phone. Ranjit Yadav, director, mobile and IT, Samsung Electronics says, “95% of the Samsung service center network is exclusive to Samsung, with only some of the service centers in remote locations being non-exclusive. For repeated customer calls, there is an escalation within the system and 'happy calls' are made to check the satisfaction level of customers with the service provided.”

Now coming to a brand that has grown from scratch to a state where it commands a respectable market share of 4.1% in a very short span of time-Micromax. Micromax, apart from being famous for producing low-cost dual SIM mobiles, is also known for producing some fancy looking handsets. After conquering the dual SIM market and shaking the QWERTY market, it is slowly but surely shifting its focus to 3G phones. In about 4 months from now, India will be on 3G networks. The brand has already played a role by developing quite a few 3G models.

Micromax has a product service setup, and offers a toll-free telephone number for complaint registrations. The brand also provides onsite service in most of the Indian cities. Two-hundred Micromax touch points, which have product support engineers, are spread in approximately 150 Indian cities. The company operates through more than 400 service centers operational in about 250 cities. Micromax is aiming for a turnover of `1,500 crore by the end of this fiscal, and `3,000 crore for the next year. The company that is planning to reach out to its customers through 70,000 operational stores in the coming year, however, also needs to focus more on service.

Spice, the gadget maker that claims a subscriber base of around 1.26 crore with a market share of 3.9%, has merely 370 service centers across the country. The company, with the punchline 'there's always a smarter way', is taking a rather safer than smarter route when it comes to addressing the customer care issues. On an average across India, the brand receives close to 5,000 complaints at the service centers. Prominently, complaints are related to accessory failures (chargers and battery) to fluctuating power conditions. Hence, 20% problems require PCB level repairs for which handsets are sent to their L4 centers. Spice has built-up 4 levels at their customer service end. So, if the handset requires a L4 level of repair that is it has to be sent to different station, which takes 15 days of repair time. L1, L2 level of repairs are resolved within 24 hours. L3 level of repairs are repaired within 7 days. Handset which requires L4 level of repairs are sent to different stations. In such cases, it takes more time for a handset to get repaired. Ninety-eight percent of such cases get repaired within 15 days, which is quite a long period.

Now moving to Karbonn Mobiles, a brand that claims to redefine mobility with its wide range of attractively priced multimedia phones, has initiated its aggressive and ambitious expansion plans from the current market share of 3%. The handset that boasts of a wide range of 30 models with sales of 0.5 mn on an average in a month, is not that great with its availability of services centers. The brand has only 550 services centers, which does not suffice in comparison with its rapid expanding zone and future plans.

Lava, a brand that aims to carve a niche with its feature-rich mobiles that fits the pocket of all income groups, claims to have 2.3 mn subscribers across pan-India with a market share of 1.1% of the equipment making industry. The brand offers 9 models with price ranging between `1,500 to `6,000 and has a quite decent amount of monthly sales, is also not meeting the customers' needs to a great extend, with around 700 services centers across the country. And the manpower of these centers is not sufficient. In order to meet growing concerns of its customers, the brand though has planned and implemented 2 base mechanics by enhancing the service reach by offering service centers to the distributors which will maximize the customer delight.

Talk of Lemon mobiles-a brand that offers an array of 14 models to its consumers, and covers a market share of 2% of the overall handset market. The brand that is quickly scaling up its product portfolio with a rapid expansion plans in the future, however, is also lagging in the availability of service centers. Lemon has approximately 335 service centers across India while it has 20,000 plus handset stores in India. Each service center has 2 engineers and 1 executive across India with only 60 employees managing aftersales service pan-India.

Videocon mobile, a brand that is one of the late entrants in the cluttered mobile handset business has managed to offer 28 models. The company which in the last 6 months has managed to garner a respectable share has only 436 service centers across the nation. These 436 centers have a minimal manpower of 4 employees in each of them. However, the company has a multi-brand outlet footprint of 27,000 plus across the country and are also present in all the top large format or organized retail outlets. The handsets are available in the top 1,000 towns across the country.

Now moving to Intex, a brand that claims to capture approximately 2% of the market share with its 15 models spread across the various categories. The brand that boasts of approximately 2.5 lakh units per month sales has only 500 touch points across the country. The working strength of these centers is also not sufficient, and has a minimal strength of 3-15 employees on an average. This includes a network of dedicated testing and repair centers, owned and operated by the company, where even L3 and L4 repairs are taken care of at the local branch level.

MCC mobiles, a brand that is one of the latest entrants in the Indian equipment making industry currently offers 7 models to its consumers. The company that aims to capture 5% of the market share has 765 service centers across the country with a working strength of 3 employees in each of the center, which indeed is very low. However, to increase the sales, the company stores are available in 13 states and boasts of around 1,000 outlets at the pan-India level.

Last but definitely not the least, ZTE is ranked as the sixth largest handset manufacturer in the world. It has sold its various handsets from high-end markets in UK, France, Spain, US, and Latin America to the emerging market in Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and various other regions globally. The company possesses a diversified and complete handset and terminals' portfolio ranging from low-end to high-end handsets, smartphones, and other terminals. All these handsets are designed as per the operators' requirements, delivering more localized and specific device for a country or region. But when it comes to the availability of service centers, ZTE's total tally for customer care centers in India is over 380. These customer care centers are set up across cities covering all the regions, according to penetration and demand for that particular region. Some of the regions/cities include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Punjab, Orissa, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Kerala, UP, Jharkhand, Gujarat, etc.

Hence, venturing into the telecom gagdet making industry would not be that hercluean task, but to meet the demands of the India consumer is a deal in itself.

The handset makers-both new and established-may be swinging on a rollercoaster ride these days by making huge revenues, but if they continue to fail in meeting the customer safisfaction with their lack of adequate service centers, the future may not be very bright....

Can the Government Assist?

Home-grown handset makers started grabbing marketshare from the established players. They need to focus on customer care. Indian customers do not want to stand in queue. They want the best services in the world. The government can look into setting up quality of service standards for moblle phones and mobile phone care centers.

Ritu Singh

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Rebtel CEO Predicts Microsoft to Buy Nokia and Four Other Bold Predictions Involving Skype, Facebook and PC Tablets in 2011

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Rebtel CEO Predicts Microsoft to Buy Nokia and Four Other Bold Predictions Involving Skype, Facebook and PC Tablets in 2011

The year ahead sets the pace for this decade by operators embracing VoIP services, Skype filing for IPO, Facebook launching calling services, and Microsoft Purchasing Nokia.

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Rebtel, the world's largest independent mobile VoIP company, today released predictions from its CEO, Andreas Bernstrom, that looks at emerging trends and market dynamics for the mobile and VoIP markets in 2011.

According to In-Stat research, by 2013 there will be 288 million VoIP users, with the majority of growth coming through mobiles. Recently, with rapid product innovation coming from small but nimble players in the space, traditional telcos have had to re-think their business models in order to appeal to an ever more savvy consumer. At the same time, a number of low cost calling solutions have surfaced that have threatened to grab a significant share of the $1 trillion worldwide voice market.

With so much at stake in this new era of calling, Rebtel sees a number of major developments in the year ahead. The following are five bold predictions for 2011 in no particular order:

Windows Phone 7 is struggling to find traction so Microsoft purchases Nokia, furthering its position as the world's largest handset manufacturer

Microsoft sold 40,000 Windows Phone 7 devices in the United States on the first day of release, way behind the 200,000 Android and 260,000 iPhones, while Nokia, the world's largest handset manufacturer, has seen its share price drop by 70% due to falling sales and the competition from smart phones and slicker operating systems.

According to Gartner, in the 12 months leading to the third quarter, Microsoft's share in the Smartphone market declined from 7.9 percent to 2.9 per-cent. By comparison, Google Android's market share grew from 3.5 percent to 25.5 percent during the same period. Therefore in 2011 Microsoft will buy Nokia, providing a solid home for Windows Phone 7 and offer Nokia a replacement for its failing Symbian operating system while also giving operators a solution to the Android/Apple duopoly and Microsoft a stronghold in growing markets like India.

Skype goes public with lead up of major growth milestones, platforms and mobile video calling

Skype will add more revenue streams throughout 2011 including the monetization of video, more business-to-business opportunities and a mobile service that works not only with Wi-Fi and 3G but on all mobile devices even without any internet connection, by using local numbers for making international calls. Skype financials will improve considerably while, at the same time, the company will gain a greater control of costs. A number of players (read Facebook or Google) will look at purchasing Skype in the first half of the year, but ultimately it will execute a successful IPO well below the $5 billion rumor mill number, and instead closer to $2.5 billion.

Facebook launches calling service and kills Blackberry

Perfectly aligned with Facebook's mission of becoming a platform that simplifies and facilitates communication with the people in our lives that matter the most, the social networking giant's recent unveiling of IM-inspired Facebook Messages is likely to put the kibosh on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), RIM's own integrated IM feature.

In addition, to reciprocate the agreement with Skype, Facebook will launch a full-fledged VoIP-calling service integrated with Messages, providing users with the ability call, text and IM their family and friends over Wi-Fi and 3G without the need for a number. All under the same unified roof.

With Windows Phone 7 being first out the gate, Facebook will likely continue down the path of deep integration in mobile operating system address books. Concurrently, they will leverage their latest resource additions in lead engineers from Google to develop an operating system designed to compete head on with that of Google's.

Video calling will arise as the main differentiator in tablet market position

Apple will unveil an iPad with a camera and expands Facetime. Cisco, Samsung and a slew of independent developers will build collaboration tools for video calling and conferencing. Skype will enhance their video calling with HD, better multi-part video calls with screensharing functions. As all major players attack the consumer and prosumer markets, look for video calling to play a big role in tablet marketing and consumer demand of specific devices over others.

Operators embrace VoIP services

In 2011 we will see operators fully embrace VoIP services. In 2010, Jajah was acquired by Telefonica, Google purchased GIPS, and Skype partnered with KDDI. In 2011 we will see more VoIP acquisitions and partnerships. Expect the majority of operators, while glancing at Google and Facebook, to launch services challenging the calling card market, the low-end carriers and Skype, based on VoIP and digital distribution models.

"2011 will be the biggest year to date for innovation in the global VoIP market," said Andreas Bernstorm, CEO of Rebtel. "Big decisions will need to be made on a public company level that will shift the industry for the next decade."

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Rebtel is the world's largest independent mobile VoIP company. Rebtel customers can use any phone in more than 50 countries to call anywhere in the world for just pennies per minute or for free between the 50 Rebtel countries. There are no monthly fees, no connection fees, or hidden costs to use Rebtel. For more information, or to start using Rebtel, go to http://www.rebtel.com.

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Mobile VoIP apps don't have enterprise appeal yet

By Kevin Kwang, ZDNet Asia on December 10, 2010 (2 days 5 minutes ago)

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Voice-over-Internet Protocol apps for mobiles, such as Viber, will have to tighten up integration with telco networks, improve security and ensure SLAs are adhered to before it gains widespread enterprise buy-in, analysts observe.

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Mobile VoIP apps may promise to slash users' phone bills, but the lack of security, patchy performance and need for constant wireless broadband access mean that it will take time before enterprise users consider adopting the technology, said analysts.

Shirleen Kok, general manager of market research firm GfK Singapore, said mobile VoIP (Voice-over-Internet Protocol) apps such as Viber offer free local and international calls for users via 3G or Wi-Fi networks, which is a good cost-cutting option. However, their reliance on data, wireless networks and hardware specifications make them a less appealing option over the traditional bundled minutes offered by telcos, which both consumer and enterprise users are familiar with, she pointed out.

"Given that the prices of voice calling bundled with a data plan offered by [Singapore's] three operators are affordable, it is expected that adoption of smartphones and subscription of these plans will continue to increase," she added in an e-mail.

Sherrie Huang, research manager of unified communications and collaborations at IDC Asia-Pacific's practice group, went on to add to Kok's perspective. She said that while these apps will probably not have significant growth in the enterprise space at this stage, they may still serve a purpose for consumers who require free calls without expectations of high voice quality.

Besides call quality, enterprises will require the reliability and security for their voice services as well as features such as call forwarding and voice mail, among others. So far, these features can only be provided by enterprise service providers or carriers that know how to manage the backend network well, she said.

"Mobile VoIP will require high mobile data network SLAs (service level agreements) on bandwidth and [latency], which is very hard for app developers to [access] or manage," Huang noted in her e-mail.

Carving a mobile VoIP niche
Viber, an iOS-based mobile VoIP app introduced to consumers last week, is not the first of its kind, acknowledged a company spokesperson.

That said, Efrat Cohen, who oversees Viber's media relations, told ZDNet Asia in an e-mail that the app is the first mobile app to be "modeled after an actual phone". This means that instead of users having to create an account with the developer and managing a "buddy list" of fellow users, Viber automatically identifies the people within one's contact list who have downloaded the app, and users can start calling Viber contacts immediately, she noted.

"Basically, the standout benefit is that users don't need to have the app open to receive a call as it is always on, and calling with Viber is like using a regular iPhone dial pad and contact list," she added. The app's performance will also improve over time, she promised.

In comparison, rival VoIP provider Skype's mobile app requires users to add their friends to their contact list. In addiiton, both parties must be signed in to the app at the same time before one can make a call to the other, Cohen pointed out.

The Skype spokesperson ZDNet Asia interviewed declined to respond directly to Viber's value proposition. Instead, she stated that the company has been available on both 3G and Wi-Fi networks through its Skype app, which straddles across iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Symbian mobile platforms "for some time now".

Furthermore, she noted that many of Skype's enterprise users not only run its software on their desktop PCs, but also on their mobile devices, too. This allows them to stay connected with business associates on the move and to make free Skype-to-Skype calls or low-cost calls to landlines and other mobile phones that do not support the Skype app, added the spokesperson.

"The business market is important to Skype and we are focused on addressing it," the spokesperson stated. She backed this up, citing internal research which revealed that about 37 percent of Skype users reported they used Skype for business purposes in the first quarter of 2010.

Viber's Cohen said the company's first release of its app is targeted primarily at the consumer market. However, it sees the potential and added benefit of entering the enterprise space, and it intends to do so "in the future".

"Phenomenal" growth expected
Both mobile VoIP providers' enthusiasm for the enterprise space lends credence to IDC's observation that there will be "phenomenal" growth in mobile VoIP in the future, particularly through replacing IP phones in developed markets, said Huang.

She added that one of the research firm's 2011 predictions is the "death of the IP phone", as smartphones, tablets and video functions marginalize investments in IP telephony. In turn, the price and demand for IP telephony will fall after 2012, the analyst reckoned.

Huang balanced her prediction, however, by pointing out that carriers, aided by regulators, will put up a fight to protect their voice business from being eroded by VoIP vendors. For instance, countries such as China have denied IT vendors the permission to set up VoIP and mobile VoIP services locally, she said.

Additionally, in the enterprise space, mobile app developers will have to convince carriers to enter into close strategic partnerships in order to integrate their software with the backend mobile network, the analyst stated. Only then will the developers be able to ensure high SLAs and reliability needed to satisfy enterprise customers, Huang noted.

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Mobile phones of the future

By Erica Ogg on December 8, 2010 (14 hours 30 minutes ago)

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Designers have presented the latest in concept phones at the Cutting-edge IT and Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition in Chiba, Japan.

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Even though few are likely to translate to real products any time soon--or ever, in some cases--the concept phones on display here at Ceatec in Japan are a good indication of what the minds behind our mobile phones are thinking.

Shown here is a phone from Kyocera's booth, called "Organic Transparent". This concept features a flip-out sheet of glass that is supposed to serve as an "augmented reality layer". The idea is that it can act as a screen on which information about businesses or a landmark it's pointed at can be projected.

Photo credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News

This is Kyocera's concept "UFO" phone. UFO in this case stands for "User Friendly Object". The entire surface of the phone, including the edges, is supposed to provide a functional area of the phone for its owner.

Photo credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News

These are three examples of Fujitsu's 'Fluid' phone concept. The design is intended to mimic a block of ice, and is a metaphor for how phones should change functionality and shape depending on conditions and who is using them.

Photo credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News

Besides watching 3D video without glasses, Sharp also sees us shooting video in 3D. Here, Sharp uses a prototype 3D camera in a mobile phone to shoot the female booth attendant. The video is projected on the displays below her, which require 3D glasses to view.

Photo credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News

NTT DoCoMo has this solution for couples who spend a lot of time talking on the phone. It's called the Taion Heart, a mobile accessory for phones.

Each person gets a heart that they grip in their hand. The device measures your pulse in order to represent how fast your real heart is beating while talking on the phone to your sweetheart. The info from the heart is then sent via Bluetooth to the other person's phone and then to his or her own heart. When the heart heats up, vibrates, or its lights change colour, it's meant to communicate how a person's partner is feeling about them at that moment.

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Fujitsu's concept "two-pane phone" is a touchscreen flip phone that morphs between a vertical flip and a horizontal flip. The two touchscreens can function as one display, much like a dual-monitor set-up--if you scroll on the bottom pane it affects the top screen, too.

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Here's another DoCoMo concept phone, advertised as an environmentally friendly device. It's called the Ion Plasmacluster, and it emits ions while in use. It's intended to fill the air around you with health-promoting, toxin-fighting ions while you talk.

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2 ways to look at this deal. One is building a network of dealers and visible touchpoints in countries who will jump over the PC cycle into mobile and another is to go into countries where singapore telcos dare not touch, only know how to eat at home

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For Immediate Release
Dated 6 December 2010

Spice i2i acquires NewTel Corporation, the second largest
local branded mobile handset player in Thailand

Through the acquisition, Spice i2i becomes the first Singapore company to venture
into the Myanmar mobile communications market

SINGAPORE, 6 December 2010 – Spice i2i Limited ("Spice i2i" or “The Group”, formerly known
as MediaRing Ltd), Southeast Asia’s premier mobile internet company, mobile handset distributor
and IP communication solutions provider of voice, data and computing services, today announced
its acquisition of NewTel Corporation Co., Ltd, Thailand’s leading producer, distributor and
wholesaler of mobile phones. The acquisition of NewTel Corporation, known for the WellcoM
Mobile brand, paves the way for Spice i2i to extend its market share to the Greater Mekong Sub-
region, which includes countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
NewTel Corporation posted a turnover of approximately US$56 million for the year 2009.

Key facts on NewTel Corporation:
• The second largest local mobile handset player in Thailand, with around 8 per cent market
share.
• A company with a network of more than 3,000 sub-dealers and over 60 WellcoM partners
in Thailand.
• In 2009, the company sold more than 700,000 mobile phones through its network of
partners, sub-dealers and retail stores.

“We are very pleased to have completed the acquisition of NewTel Corporation in Thailand. This
move demonstrates Spice i2i’s commitment to realise our Circle of Champions vision - to become
one of the leading mobility players in the local markets of the i2i (Ivory Coast to Indonesia) region.
By leveraging NewTel Corporation’s network, we will also become the first Singapore company to
penetrate the Myanmar mobile communications market, bringing the mobility concept direct to the
Myanmar consumers and making it more accessible for them,” said Dr. B.K. Modi, Chairman of
Spice Group.

“We have opened our first retail store in Myanmar through our local distributor on 5 December
2010. More of these are in the pipeline and we look forward to playing a bigger role in improving
the communications framework of the Myanmar market. Moving ahead, we are also looking at
entering other markets within the i2i region to achieve our aim of becoming the leading mobility
player in the i2i region,” he added.

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