Posted on 12 January 2012.
Mobile phones have become the dominant means of communication as they provide greater flexibility and convenience to the subscribers in comparison to the landline telephones. This technology has made life much easier by helping people reach their friends, relatives and work colleagues anywhere at any period of time.
In India, the mobile phone market is growing with leaps and bounds, paving way for new and better models loaded with advanced and innovative technology. It is believed that the Indian market is one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world with around six million new connections every month. In the last five years, the market has showcased a growth of nearly 8.12% from 2000-2007. In 2008, it is believed that about three hundred million people have mobile phones in India. This number is expected to grow and double by the end of 2010.
When the first mobile phones were introduced in the Indian market, they were costly and loaded with basic features. Gradually, with the advent of technology many new features entered the mobile market. The latest development is the touch screen, navigation system, high pixel camera, polyphonic ring tones, MMS facility, and zoom applications. Apart from these there is much other advancement that has taken place in the Indian mobile phone market.
Today, all the leading mobile service providers are coming up with new strategies, offers, varieties coupled with cheaper rates and services to capture the growing market. This is not only helping Indian mobile service providers to attract their own people but is also helping them to compete with the cheap Chinese mobiles that are infiltrating the Indian mobile market. As a result, low-income, self-employed people like auto rickshaw drivers, maids, taxi drivers, construction workers, plumbers, carpenters and even food vendors are snapping mobile phones and connections. These service users are considered to be prospective clients of leading service providers in India. Continue Reading
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Posted on 13 December 2011. Tags: phone, service
The technological revolution through VoIP phone service is encompassing the entire globe by leaps and bounds. At the moment WiMax and LTE do seem to lead the telecom industry but the time is not far away when all this will be taken over solely by the VoIP phone service. Most importantly, as the VoIP and the 4G technology are coming together, therefore, for the service providers of communication systems it would become imperative to use VoIP.
VoIP is such great innovation that the time is very near when it will be merged as a part of WiMax and a new technological convenience would be in power by the name of VoWiMax. Furthermore, the VoIP will be attached with multimode capabilities which will include all mobile devices and communication techniques like 3-G, LTE etc. Thus, we can easily say that within another year or two, the Vo4G technology will be amongst the leading communication technologies with revenue above all other communication methods.
Although, the use of VoIP phone service in businesses and households have gained a lot of popularity and is still on the road of getting popular in different parts of the world, yet there needs to be a lot of development for the use of VoIP in the cell phones. Currently, many cell phone users have started to adopt VoIP phone service with their Blackberrys, smart phones etc. but it will take a little more time for making VoIP more acceptable and user friendly for the people to use with their cell phones.
The LTE networks are on the track of putting VoIP completely in use on the LTE networks. Most of the revenue generated by LTE networks is through the transference of voice and even after its merging with the VoIP technology, it will remain the same. The difference will arise only in the much higher quality, better customer satisfaction and an overall shifting to 4G data systems. This will impart a lot to the increment in overall efficiency and effectiveness of the LTE network. Continue Reading
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Posted on 05 December 2011. Tags: knowledge, networking
The rise of social networking is a problem for businesses, but also an opportunity. The dedication of employees to manage their profile on Facebook or similar working hours can affect productivity, but the most advanced companies are convinced that integrate social networking technology in everyday life facilitates the work and increases productivity. Companies recognized for their innovation, such as HP, disclose the existence of public social networks. On the page of this company, for example, emphasizes that “we useblogs and social networks as a canvas on which capture our imagination, and as the place to share our vacancies and professional events. “
Hence, programs have sprung up specifically to create a corporate network for professional use.According to Gartner, by 2010 the companies have invested a 15% increase in network programs for their employees. The estimated expenditure for this year is over $ 660 million (500 million euros), and in 2011 will grow by 16%.
A California company that offers these solutions is Yammer. Born in 2008, has achieved a new round of funding of $ 25 million. Created as a system ofmicro-, the company has brought its formula to that of Facebook. According to The New York Times, has a million and a half of corporate users.Registration is free and the revenue from premium services.
One of the big companies that opt for the corporate network is IBM. Not only used in their offices, but has a business solution for companies that want to develop this new way of internal collaboration. This is the Lotus Connections, which has reached version 3.0.
Ricardo Miguez del Olmo, director of collaborative solutions, and Luis Sanchez Acera, technical solutions, agree to ensure that the introduction of these tools is a change in the professional culture of business and streamlines the collaborative work, particularly in large companies have offices scattered around the world. Continue Reading
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