Vodafone is the first European mobile operator to offer Nexus One. Customers who pre-order online will be the first to get a Nexus One for free on a 35 pound monthly price plan (24 month), on April 30. The Nexus One will also be available via Vodafone stores and telesales, with Vodafone providing direct support to customers with the superphone when they need it.

Vodafone UK customers with the Nexus One can use up to 1GB of mobile data as part of their price plan as well as take advantage of unlimited access to Wi-Fi in the home and free, publicly available services throughout the country. Customers using Wi-Fi can also use an additional 1GB of data at premium BT Openzone hotspots throughout the UK.

Nexus One features the latest in Google innovation including Google Maps(TM) Navigation (Beta), which offers satnav-style turn-by-turn driving directions with voice output and Street View. Also included are other favourites like Google Mail, YouTube and access to Android Market(TM) with more than 40,000 applications.

Google Maps Navigation is an Internet-connected GPS navigation system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps for Android(TM). Key features include Google Search and Search by voice to find your destination, the most recent maps, businesses and live traffic from Google Maps, and street and satellite views.

Vodafone UK customers now have a wide choice of Android phones, truly establishing Vodafone as the home of the Smartphone.

via: PRNewswire

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• Sizlopedia
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1. Quality of Content

2. Overall Popularity

3. Consistency

4. Age of Blog

5. Avg. number of comments to each Post

6. Online Social Activity (Twitter/Facebook)

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And to address this issue Today PTA issued a detailed Press Release of its findings on the survey it conducted in several cities of the country to find if the telecom towers have any hazardous effect to people’s health. And In below Press Release they noted that the power level of all BTSs was much below the prescribed limits and in line with the policy directives of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom and according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Commission on Non-lonozing Radiation Protection (ICNRIP) guidelines. Here is the Complete Press Release issued by PTA:

” Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) along with Frequency Allocation Board (FAB) has recently conducted an extensive survey in the major cities of the country, including Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) to check the omission of power level from transmitters and receivers of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs)/Towers installed by mobile companies.

The survey was carried out with the help of special tools/equipment in 11 cities across the country, including Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Mirpur, Muzaffaradad, Peshawar, Abbotabad, Quetta, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The results of this survey showed that power level of all BTSs was much below the prescribed limits and in line with the policy directives of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom and according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Commission on Non-lonozing Radiation Protection (ICNRIP) guidelines.

Therefore, the impression regarding hazardous effects of the towers has been proved incorrect and a misconception. The towers have been installed and are working within the specified parameters defined by Regulator as well as the international bodies concerning the issue. This exercise was undertaken on the directions of the Chairman PTA Dr Mohammed Yaseen ” {Press Release}

“despite a very challenging operating environment credit fundamentals of Mobilink have been broadly intact and it has managed to retain trust of international and local investors.

The upgrade in rating reflects an improvement on the operating environment that was weighing negatively on our rating previously. It is heartening to see the positive outlook on Pakistan’s macroeconomic situation as we cannot isolate ourselves from the economic environment we operate in. We are also grateful to our parent company Orascom Telecom Holding for their continued financial support that has helped us achieve this improvement in our ratings.”

The Authority is also working towards introducing new technologies in Pakistan and in this regard PTA plans to introduce much awaited 3G services very soon. It is expected that once the service would be available with all mobile operators it would increase the data usage and more value added services. The state of telecom industry today is portraying a healthy situation. There are total 5 mobile operators, 14 long distance & international, 37 local loop operators and 11 WLL operators working in the country. The overall teledensity in the country has reached 62 percent (May 09).

More recently I have noticed most of my internet-savvy friends are using smart-phones and it has become a trend now to browse websites such as Facebook or Twitter on mobile devices. With 3G support in the country it would bring cheers to all of the internet geeks. Currently GPRS does well but you still can’t browse faster when visiting websites such as Youtube or want to share video over the Internet from your mobile phone. However i hope that PTA and cellular companies work on to make 3G charges affordable to every mobile users. Anyway i am keeping my fingers crossed and looking forward to use 3G service on my mobile pretty soon.!

Now the total number of subscribers in the country has jumped to 96.5 Million which is pretty good sign at least for the Telecom Industry. Mobilink However was at the top among all other cellular networks with maximum increase in its subscribers count. While Warid and Telenor shared second position. It was also followed by the stable share prices for all the cellular networks in the local stock exchange.

PUSH EMAIL: Individuals & Corporate Customers can access their personal (gmail, hotmail & POP3/IMAP accounts) and corporate emails (MS-Outlook). You can choose your PUSH email facility to be delivered to your handset as a SMS PUSH or WAP PUSH for every new email. You can configure up to 5 emails accounts simultaneously for an account on your handset. Each email account can be used the same as you would through you computer.

REMOTE FOLDER SHARING (requires UConnect application installed on PC): Remotely access files stored on any online computer (be it personal or corporate) from your EDGE/GPRS enabled handset. File sharing includes MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe PDF, Notepad, Images (jpeg, gif, png) and Multimedia files (mp3, mpeg, avi, wmv, mid, wav)

REMOTE PC SHARING/TASKS (requires UConnect application installed on PC): You can share multiple PC’s and can perform the following PC Tasks can be done remotely via EDGE/GPRS enabled handsets or via SMS:- System Restart – Shutdown – Hibernate – Logoff – Lock.

You can more about this newly launched service at Ufone Website for complete details and how to configure your PC and Mobile.

Weblounge is a premium service that allows you to take control of all your mobile communication needs via internet.

It is a one-stop solution that gives you a continuous online access to your Persona subscription.

Whether you want to purchase a number of your choice, shift from any other network to Telenor, make payments online or subscribe for exciting add-ons, special offers and value added services, Weblounge guarantees a world of convenience at your fingertips.

Executive Vice President and Head of the Telenor Asia Operations, Sigve Brekke expressed his confidence in how Telenor Pakistan was growing in the face of economic challenges in the market: Brekke said,

“We are very pleased to see that the Telenor Group companies in Asia deliver good results even in tough times. The second quarter figures re-confirm the importance of this region in Telenor, and we are excited about continuing to be a part of the development of the mobile industry in Asia. We are committed to Telenor Pakistan, and we are impressed with the effort our colleagues in Pakistan have shown in delivering good results.”

Telenor Pakistan’s CEO, Jon Eddy Abdullah, praised Telenor Pakistan employees for the continued success of the company.

“The credit goes to our employees, who have responded to the changing dynamics of the market, managed risks and opportunities well, and committed to a constructive process of change. It is because of them that today, we have a network, a brand, and a culture that are healthier than ever. I believe Telenor Pakistan is well-positioned to realize new business opportunities in the market in line with our long-term commitment to Pakistan, ” Jon said.

At the end of Q2’09, the Telenor Group reported improved performance, record high operating cash flow, and total subscriptions of 168 million worldwide.

[ via Press release ]

Telenor is known for introducing innovative services and this is one of them and has become the First service provider to offer such service that would help Telenor subscribers to hook up their mobile with their Facebook account.

Facebook particularly gained publicity during the Justice Movement when Millions of people turned to Facebook to update with News and events and keep in touch with each other. Facebook is a social Networking site that helps users connect with their friends, family members or colleagues and upload their pictures and post notes.