Reliance announce 1 paise SMS and Unlimited SMS tariff plans

Reliance is offering SMS at 1 paise each or unlimited SMSes at Re 1/per day. The new SMS tariffs are add-on plans and are applicable for all Reliance mobile customers irrespective of CDMA or GSM network as well as prepaid and postpaid customers. Irrespective of their current tariff plans, consumers on the Reliance network can avail of the 1p/SMS plan by subscribing to a standard tariff voucher of Rs 11/month. The unlimited SMS plan can be availed on a daily deduction of Re 1/day from consumers prepaid balance.

Given that the cost of sending an SMS is just a fraction of a paise, this move will still allow telcos to make money while reducing the tariff burden for consumers in a significant manner.

According to Trai, an average mobile consumer sends 25 SMSes every month, which costs roughly Rs 25 a month at present. The new tariff plan would mean that mobile consumers will now pay no more than 25 paise a month for the same usage - a reduction of 99% on today's SMS bill.

The new SMS tariff plans are add-on plans and are applicable for all Reliance Mobile customers irrespective of CDMA or GSM network as well as prepaid and postpaid customers.

SMS tariff plans:

• One Paise per SMS
• Unlimited SMS's @ Re. 1 per day

 All Reliance Mobile customers, regardless of the tariff plans they have for voice and data services, can avail of the 1p/SMS plan by subscribing to a Standard Tariff Voucher of Rs. 11 per month. Or the unlimited SMS plan can be subscribed to by Reliance Mobile customers on a daily deduction of Re. 1 per day from their prepaid balance.

Philips SPD2525P 24x DVD Burner

Philips today released a new internal DVDRW drive that reads and writes all DVD, dual layer and CD formats.

The new SPD2525P DVD burner (commercially found as SPD2525BD/97 and SPD2525BM/00) has a SATA interface and supports 24x writing speed, features the Dynamic Calibration technology to ensure quality when writing at high speed, safe re-writing with Seamless Link, writing on Double layer writer for +R and -R, DL media as well as DVD-RAM.

Lenovo acquire Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd

Lenovo Group today announced that it is acquiring the entire interest of Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. from a group of investors led by Hony Capital, the private equity arm of Legend Holdings.

Consideration of the acquisition is approximately US$200 million in cash and Lenovo shares. Today's announcement signals that Lenovo is gearing up its efforts in the mobile Internet market in China. Lenovo Mobile now ranks No.3 in China?s mobile handset market and is the No.1 domestic brand. The transaction is conditional upon Lenovo independent shareholder approval.

China is entering a high growth phase. Driven by the government and telecom service carriers, the demand for mobile Internet devices has created a huge market. Industry analysts project the China mobile Internet market will grow to exceed US$16 billion by 2014, fueled by the rapid evolution of 3G mobile broadband and accompanying multimedia Internet services.

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo Group, said: "As Lenovo?s global PC business
continues to make steady progress, we view mobile Internet as a key growth opportunity moving forward globally. Lenovo has prepared itself in this area. We have developed first class products with excellent hardware and operating systems integration. We will launch these innovative new products in China soon. With enovo?s brand, strong channel and excellent operation platform, we?re confident in our ability to execute our mobile Internet strategy and make it our next growth engine after the China business."