Telecom News From Around The World - 2
This article notes that a study at Cambridge University found that 40 million adults in Europe (around 9 percent of the adult population) experience problems using mobiles, and the number of people who encounter difficulty increased with age. The elderly can often have trouble using modern mobile phone keypads.
Well, in Pakistan some of our adult population has difficulty due to many other reasons including illiteracy and unfamiliarity with gadgets.
In India people are willing to spend big money on so-called vanity or premium mobile numbers. Economic Times writes:
Guess how much will it cost to own 9999999995? Please pay Rs 15 lakh! Or if you are interested in 9855555555, then put a minimum bid of Rs 2 lakh, say mobile phone marketers.Â
According to industry sources, many operators reserve some special series for politicians and bureaucrats, which are doled each time a government changes. Thus, few numbers never get released in the open market.
The craze for VIP numbers is highest in Punjab - where often the price of a VIP registration number exceeds the price of a car. Says a Hall Bazaar (Amritsar)-based mobile distributor: “Until now, the highest bid we have received is Rs 7.5 lakh for the number 9800000001. But other numbers like 9780000091 or 9780000009 can be bought for upwards of Rs 1 lakh. The series is open for sale.”
From Korea. Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics achieved the most successful quarterly results at the 3rd quarter of this year, selling 43 million and 22 million. Stock experts predict that Samsung will record KRW 16 trillion in revenue and 1.7 trillion in operating profit, a big increase from the result of the 2nd quarter, and LG will show 9 trillion in revenue and 280 billion in operating profit, offset by low sales of home appliances.
Research In Motion Ltd. reported that its quarterly revenue and profit more than doubled from a year earlier. The handset maker signaled its intention to move more aggressively into the wireless-content space, outlining a new free service called BlackBerry Unite. The desktop software will allow small groups of users like families to share content like calendars, music and documents wirelessly.
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