Archive for February 2013
Telenor to launch Firefox smartphones
Norwegian mobile-phone company Telenor ASA has announced partnership with Mozilla, which has launched an operating system for smartphones to challenge Apple’s iOS, Windows Phone and Android.
Mozilla, which is a not-for-profit platform, has rolled out its new offer at a press conference attended by hundreds of journalists from across the world to pave the beginning of the Mobile World Congress in the Spanish tourism city of Barcelona.
It is abuzz with more than 70,000 experts, telecom officials and government representatives.
The four-day global conference began in Barcelona on Monday.
Over 70,000 executives of mobile phone companies, technology service providers, analysts, researchers and policymakers from Bangladesh and many other countries are attending the event.
Organisers say the GSMA Mobile World Congress styled “New Mobile Horizon” is creating opportunities to share knowledge while policy issues would come up in many group meetings and workshops.
The unveiling the Mozilla Firefox OS operating system for the smartphones was just one advancement to mark the opening of the global event.
Telenor, the parent company of Bangladesh’s largest mobile-phone company Grameenphone, has announced its partnership with Mozilla, which is moving towards bringing an open mobile ecosystem to its global business units.
Telenor’s partnership was announced at a time when many other global allies give Mozilla’s Firefox OS a mobile foothold. Apart from Telenor, partners backing the browser-based mobile operating system include phone maker LG Electronics and 17 other mobile network operators across the world. The first phones are due in the second quarter.
The new operating system by Mozilla is expected to mark big changes in the way people interact with mobile devices as it could ditch a closed “ecosystem” as Firefox OS is not a walled garden like Apples’s IOs or Android.
It is based on the open web, which means interacting with many of its HTML5-based apps will be like visiting websites through a browser, opening temporarily as apps, and closing. The phone, in essence, is a browser. Mozilla says Firefox phones will be the world’s first “open web devices.”
Welcoming Mozilla’s move, Telenor says it will include the operation system in Serbia, Montenegro and Hungary, and Firefox OS smartphones will be available to Telenor customers during the second half of the year. Asia will follow. Bangladesh will also be part of it, though it was not immediately clear exactly when.
Telenor has welcomed the move.
“We see a great potential in an open Web-based operating system. With HTML5 at the core of every feature on this phone, you remove barriers to development that are common with existing mobile ecosystems. This opens the door to the wide community of developers, who now have an opportunity to contribute to a new kind of smartphone,” said Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of Telenor.
In a statement Baksaas said Telenor is committed to spreading the mobile Internet among its customers, and by embracing Mozilla’s open Web platform, the global company aims to give more customers a high quality mobile Internet experience, complete with applications that are tailored to local needs.
Development for the phone is in the hands of many, ultimately enriching the experience for the customer, the statement said.
“The cooperation with Mozilla is yet another initiative originating from Telenor Digital Services. We want to bring the smartphone experience to more customers, and by offering an affordable device, with rich and locally relevant apps, we expect to see Firefox OS phones serving as a stimulus for data growth in our markets,” added Baksaas.
“Telenor has been a dedicated partner in bringing Firefox OS to its realization,” said Gary Kovacs, Chief Executive Official of Mozilla.
“Our companies share a common vision of open Web devices powering the mobile experience. We are excited that individuals in Serbia, Montenegro and Hungary will be among the earliest to experience Firefox OS and contribute to its evolution.”
Mozilla won commitments to sell Firefox OS phones from carriers such as America Moovil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Hutchison Three Group, KDDI, KT, MegaFon, Qtel, SingTel, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia Group, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, TMN, and VimpelCom.
Handset manufacturers on board are Alcatel, ZTE, LG Electronics, and Huawei, with a boost from chipmaker Qualcomm.
The first phones should arrive in the second quarter of the year, said Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich.
While this is not going to be necessarily a big foothold for Mozilla in the US market, Firefox OS is geared mainly for more-budget-conscious regions as the first markets for the phone will be Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and Venezuela, Mozilla said.
Telefonica, Mozilla's first and strongest Firefox OS ally, plans to push the phone aggressively in Latin America for customers who want something more powerful than a feature phone but not as expensive as an iPhone.
Its first phones will arrive mid-2013, with new models in late 2013 and 2014, the company said.
As the rivals are very strong, this is not going to be an easy game for Mozilla.
Mozilla is not like other competitors as it uses its software not to please shareholders rather to foster openness on the Web. Still, Mozilla is hamstrung because Firefox has effectively no presence at all in the fast-growing mobile market.
Firefox is not allowed on iOS, and it is not the default on Android, which means Mozilla has little leverage in charting the course of the Web.
And with walled gardens, patent barriers, and proprietary technology so commonplace in the mobile market, it is precisely the area where Mozilla feels the greatest need to inject some openness.
"The world still needs Mozilla," Eich said.
courtasy: bdnews24.com
Mozilla, which is a not-for-profit platform, has rolled out its new offer at a press conference attended by hundreds of journalists from across the world to pave the beginning of the Mobile World Congress in the Spanish tourism city of Barcelona.
It is abuzz with more than 70,000 experts, telecom officials and government representatives.
The four-day global conference began in Barcelona on Monday.
Over 70,000 executives of mobile phone companies, technology service providers, analysts, researchers and policymakers from Bangladesh and many other countries are attending the event.
Organisers say the GSMA Mobile World Congress styled “New Mobile Horizon” is creating opportunities to share knowledge while policy issues would come up in many group meetings and workshops.
The unveiling the Mozilla Firefox OS operating system for the smartphones was just one advancement to mark the opening of the global event.
Telenor, the parent company of Bangladesh’s largest mobile-phone company Grameenphone, has announced its partnership with Mozilla, which is moving towards bringing an open mobile ecosystem to its global business units.
Telenor’s partnership was announced at a time when many other global allies give Mozilla’s Firefox OS a mobile foothold. Apart from Telenor, partners backing the browser-based mobile operating system include phone maker LG Electronics and 17 other mobile network operators across the world. The first phones are due in the second quarter.
The new operating system by Mozilla is expected to mark big changes in the way people interact with mobile devices as it could ditch a closed “ecosystem” as Firefox OS is not a walled garden like Apples’s IOs or Android.
It is based on the open web, which means interacting with many of its HTML5-based apps will be like visiting websites through a browser, opening temporarily as apps, and closing. The phone, in essence, is a browser. Mozilla says Firefox phones will be the world’s first “open web devices.”
Welcoming Mozilla’s move, Telenor says it will include the operation system in Serbia, Montenegro and Hungary, and Firefox OS smartphones will be available to Telenor customers during the second half of the year. Asia will follow. Bangladesh will also be part of it, though it was not immediately clear exactly when.
Telenor has welcomed the move.
“We see a great potential in an open Web-based operating system. With HTML5 at the core of every feature on this phone, you remove barriers to development that are common with existing mobile ecosystems. This opens the door to the wide community of developers, who now have an opportunity to contribute to a new kind of smartphone,” said Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of Telenor.
In a statement Baksaas said Telenor is committed to spreading the mobile Internet among its customers, and by embracing Mozilla’s open Web platform, the global company aims to give more customers a high quality mobile Internet experience, complete with applications that are tailored to local needs.
Development for the phone is in the hands of many, ultimately enriching the experience for the customer, the statement said.
“The cooperation with Mozilla is yet another initiative originating from Telenor Digital Services. We want to bring the smartphone experience to more customers, and by offering an affordable device, with rich and locally relevant apps, we expect to see Firefox OS phones serving as a stimulus for data growth in our markets,” added Baksaas.
“Telenor has been a dedicated partner in bringing Firefox OS to its realization,” said Gary Kovacs, Chief Executive Official of Mozilla.
“Our companies share a common vision of open Web devices powering the mobile experience. We are excited that individuals in Serbia, Montenegro and Hungary will be among the earliest to experience Firefox OS and contribute to its evolution.”
Mozilla won commitments to sell Firefox OS phones from carriers such as America Moovil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Hutchison Three Group, KDDI, KT, MegaFon, Qtel, SingTel, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia Group, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, TMN, and VimpelCom.
Handset manufacturers on board are Alcatel, ZTE, LG Electronics, and Huawei, with a boost from chipmaker Qualcomm.
The first phones should arrive in the second quarter of the year, said Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Brendan Eich.
While this is not going to be necessarily a big foothold for Mozilla in the US market, Firefox OS is geared mainly for more-budget-conscious regions as the first markets for the phone will be Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and Venezuela, Mozilla said.
Telefonica, Mozilla's first and strongest Firefox OS ally, plans to push the phone aggressively in Latin America for customers who want something more powerful than a feature phone but not as expensive as an iPhone.
Its first phones will arrive mid-2013, with new models in late 2013 and 2014, the company said.
As the rivals are very strong, this is not going to be an easy game for Mozilla.
Mozilla is not like other competitors as it uses its software not to please shareholders rather to foster openness on the Web. Still, Mozilla is hamstrung because Firefox has effectively no presence at all in the fast-growing mobile market.
Firefox is not allowed on iOS, and it is not the default on Android, which means Mozilla has little leverage in charting the course of the Web.
And with walled gardens, patent barriers, and proprietary technology so commonplace in the mobile market, it is precisely the area where Mozilla feels the greatest need to inject some openness.
"The world still needs Mozilla," Eich said.
courtasy: bdnews24.com
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Winners of Banglalion Gladiators Quiz Contest 2013
Quiz 1 Abdulla Al Mamun
Quiz 2 Yasin Alam
Quiz 3 Forhad Hossain
Quiz 4 Ashraf Tutul
Quiz 5 Sadman Sajid
Quiz 6 Shafin Huq
Quiz 7 Hasna Shorkar
Quiz 8 Raiyan Rifat
Quiz 9 Soyeb
Quiz 10 Imdad Jahid
Quiz 11 Anisur Rahman
Quiz 12 Tahrim Alam Rusho
Please send your contact information's (Name, Full Address & Cell number) immediately. Each of the winners will get a Dhaka Gladiators jersey signed by Shakib Al Hasan. Among them a Mega Winner will be selected by lottery. The Mega Winner will attend the post match party of Dhaka Gladiators after the Final.
Say Halum!! Feel like a Gladiator.
Quiz 2 Yasin Alam
Quiz 3 Forhad Hossain
Quiz 4 Ashraf Tutul
Quiz 5 Sadman Sajid
Quiz 6 Shafin Huq
Quiz 7 Hasna Shorkar
Quiz 8 Raiyan Rifat
Quiz 9 Soyeb
Quiz 10 Imdad Jahid
Quiz 11 Anisur Rahman
Quiz 12 Tahrim Alam Rusho
Please send your contact information's (Name, Full Address & Cell number) immediately. Each of the winners will get a Dhaka Gladiators jersey signed by Shakib Al Hasan. Among them a Mega Winner will be selected by lottery. The Mega Winner will attend the post match party of Dhaka Gladiators after the Final.
Say Halum!! Feel like a Gladiator.
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banglalink sponsors 'shah abdul karim loko utshob 2013'
in our continuous endeavor to promote culture and heritage of bangladesh, banglalink recently sponsored“shah abdul karim loko utshob 2013” in sunamganj for the 6th consecutive year. the event is held at “uzandhol” under dirai upazilla ofsunamganj district which is the home of the baul music king shah abdul karim.
Date:15-16 February 2013
Time:3.30pm-11pm
shah abdul karim is an icon of ‘baul music’ which is genre of folk music in bangladesh. he has written and composed about 2000 songs. bangla academy has translated his songs into english and honored him with the highest prestigious national award – ‘ekushey podok’ in 2001. shah abdul karim’s songs have attained enormous popularity among music fans of different generations. shah abdul karim passed away on 9th september, 2009.
courtasy to: Banglalink-Making a difference
Date:15-16 February 2013
Time:3.30pm-11pm
shah abdul karim is an icon of ‘baul music’ which is genre of folk music in bangladesh. he has written and composed about 2000 songs. bangla academy has translated his songs into english and honored him with the highest prestigious national award – ‘ekushey podok’ in 2001. shah abdul karim’s songs have attained enormous popularity among music fans of different generations. shah abdul karim passed away on 9th september, 2009.
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GP Brings Symphony B2 Handset with Amazing Price
Grameenphone and Symphony have come together to offer Symphony B2 handset with Grameenphone’s new prepaid connection (except Village Phone, Grameenphone Public Phone and BPO) at a very attractive price. Under this offer, any customer buying a new Grameenphone prepaid connection will be able to purchase Symphony B2 Handset at only BDT 1,099. In addition to the handset price, you have to pay the new subscription price as per current startup price and will enjoy product specific startup offers as well. And that’s not all! You will receive 50% bonus on current month’s local voice call usage in the next month and this bonus will be disbursed to all new customers for three months.
50% Bonus Eligibility Criteria:
- Any new customer of GP prepaid products (expect GPPP, VP, BPO) who tags with Symphony B2 handset during campaign period will enjoy 50% bonus on usage in previous month.
- Customers can use the bonus amount to On Net calls. Accumulated local voice Usage of current month will be considered for bonus amount calculation.
- Customer will enjoy this offer on top of Start-up offer and other prevailing offers
- Customers will enjoy this offer from 2nd - 4th month (3 months only)
- Validity of the Bonus amount is 7 calendar days and Bonus amount can be used for GP-GP calls only from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM excluding F&F and Super F&F numbers.
- One HS can be tagged with one MSISDN number. So multiple MSISDNs usage will not be applicable for bonus calculation
- My Zone customer will not be able to use the bonus amount at My Zone tariff
- Subscribers will be able to check his/her Bonus Amount via dialing at USSD string *566*9# (free of cost)
- Customers need to call 4724 to tag the handset and connection to be eligible for bonus offer (free of cost)
- Customers will not get bonus on previous month’s bonus usage.
- 15% VAT applicable
Startup offer:
- 15 paisa/10 sec call rate in Nischinto Package with 20% instant money back offer
- 150% Bonus (50% Talktime (from 9AM to 5PM, GP-GP), 50% SMS (GP-GP) and 50% Internet)
- All other startup offer bonus related conditions are applicable as per product specific startup offer
- 15% VAT applicable
Features of Symphony B2 Handset:
- Camera
- Bluetooth
- FM Radio
- MP3/MP4 player
- Micro SD card slot
- Durable Battery
- Torch
- Dual SIM support
- 1 year warranty
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Singtel will Sell Their Share og Warid Pakistan
singapore based mobile operator providers singtel has a 30% share on warid
telecom in pakistan. Now they are thinking to sell this. Already they have
discussed about it with main management of warid telecom.
AbuDhabi Based dhabi group is the main owner of warid. Warid telecom is the third greater telecom company of Pakistan. At before, singtel has bought 30% share against75 core 80 lac dollar. Now they are thinking to sell it for 15 core dollar.
AbuDhabi Based dhabi group is the main owner of warid. Warid telecom is the third greater telecom company of Pakistan. At before, singtel has bought 30% share against75 core 80 lac dollar. Now they are thinking to sell it for 15 core dollar.
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How do I connect to Teletalk 3G networks ?
How do I connect to Teletalk 3G networks ?
If you are first time user please follow the steps as given below to connect to Teletalk 3G network :-
Step-1: Get a USIM with connection/ Upgrade your existing SIM to 3G package.
Step-2: Select network mode to "Dual/WCDMA/3G/UMTS". For data usage dual option might be avoided.
Step-3: Configure your packet data settings with APN "wap" or type "set" and send to 738 to get a message which you need to save with password "1234" in your mobile.
Step-4: After registration, seeing 3G/3.5G/H network symbol on your device and enabling your device data transfer, instantly you may start enjoying 3G services.
If you are first time user please follow the steps as given below to connect to Teletalk 3G network :-
Step-1: Get a USIM with connection/ Upgrade your existing SIM to 3G package.
Step-2: Select network mode to "Dual/WCDMA/3G/UMTS". For data usage dual option might be avoided.
Step-3: Configure your packet data settings with APN "wap" or type "set" and send to 738 to get a message which you need to save with password "1234" in your mobile.
Step-4: After registration, seeing 3G/3.5G/H network symbol on your device and enabling your device data transfer, instantly you may start enjoying 3G services.
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teletalk
42% Bonus on Banglalink P5
GREAT NEWS!!! enjoy 42% (50 MB) data bonus on P5 (120 MB @ Tk100+VAT/month) package by 11th February, 2013. just dial *222*1*3# to avail the offer. bonus data will comes in 96 hours after activation and bonus data can be checked by dialing *124*5#
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banglalink-promotion
