Connectindia: What is Third generation Internet or 3G in Data Cards

Now-a-days, there are many different types of Internet connection available. 3G data card is the best pick for those individuals who frequently on the go. 3G or third generation Internet is also known as mobile broadband that provides us flexibility and convenience both. In India, there are two types of data cards available – high speed data card and low speed data card. In the category of high speed data card, the cards come under wireless cards like Reliance data card, Tata Photon plus, BSNL EVDO data card etc. On the contrary, low speed data cards are all 1x data cards that will give you speed ranges from 144 kbps to 250 kbps. Top service providers of wireless internet connection in India are Reliance, Tata Indicom, BSNL, Idea, Airtel and so forth. These days, Reliance and Tata Indicom also have come up with 3G data card giving us freedom from the usage of messy wires. They also provide us excellent speed to connect with the whole world. These wireless data cards come two types i.e. USB type and Express/PCMCIA. There are so many benefits too for using these high speed data cards.

By owning a 3G data card, an individual can access Internet instantly from anywhere and whenever you want. The only requirement is to just plug-in this little device into your laptop or notebook. Now, you need not to worry about Internet connection availability whenever you go from one place to another. 3G data card will allow to stay connected with the whole world while moving from one place to another. These hi-tech wireless Internet cards have become the first choice amongst the people as they come with economically priced option. They also come up with postpaid and prepaid national roaming absolutely. There is immense competition in today’s market segment. That’s why, many telecom companies have reduced their prices. So before purchasing any 3G data card, you should compare all data card plans and then choose the best one for you.

 

3G data card also allows you to surf the Internet at the high speed even if you are going out for business purpose. However, the speed of internet depends on the network area. So whenever you purchase any data card, you should ensure about the network areas. To sum up, 3G data cards empower its hi-end users with high speed internet connectivity from anywhere anytime.

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Data Cards brings High Level of Efficacy to Laptop

Data cards — which deliver broadband wireless potential to laptops and other computing devices — currently offered by Telecom service operators like Reliance Infocomm, Tata Teleservices and Airtel, among others, are empowering the mobile professional to access the internet anytime, anywhere. Indian economy rushes towards increasing productivity per employee, IT and communication products enabling wireless connectivity are rapidly deluging the marketplace.

Lately, a leading MNC in Bangalore sited an immensity order for data cards with a telecom operator that would enable its employees to log on to the internet in a wireless environment. This move is a step towards cutting office infrastructure costs and cuts down on time lost in traveling. In addition, data cards also bring in high levels of efficiency into the laptop user’s operations, assert manufacturers.

Reliance Infocom was the first to offer India’s wireless data card on its pan-India network. The data card was introduced by Reliance as part of its Reliance Connect Internet service. With the pan-India CDMA2000 1x network, Reliance NetConnect Data Card enables instant internet connectivity for laptops and other computing devices anytime, anywhere. The ready-to-use card was initially launched in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Primary addicts for these data cards are business travelers who need constant connectivity to the internet.

With competition, the cards also arrive in feature-rich formats that help them meet ‘complete connectivity requirements’ of the user — the VData card for instance, allows user to make and receive voice calls, exchange SMS and avail value added services like caller ID service. For instance, Tata Indicom’s recently launched VData Card that fits into the standard type II PCMCIA card slot in notebook PCs, offers data transfer speeds ranging from 40 Kbps upto 153 Kbps.

The Indian Mobile Telecom market has become a high probable zone for global service providers. A market that adjoins more than nine million subscribers per month and where mobile services revenues are projected to cross $37 billion by 2012, growing at a CAGR of 18%, is indeed an attractive proposition. However, it does seem that global players are seriously considering entering the Indian market.

Although, Data Card get cheaper in this year 2008, this year's budget speech announced by India's Ex. finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram has given away barely any sops to the technology consumers of the nation. So, if you are planning to log on to the net through a wireless datacard -- well that turn cheaper for sure from 1 April 2008. For, the finance minister has reduced the excise duty on wireless datacards from 16 percent to nil. You read right -- absolutely zero! Increase demand, decreased rates makes Data cards affordable for every one. Anyone, anywhere, anytime- policy of Reliance Data Cards.

Comparison between Tata Sky Plus and Airtel Digital TV

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In India, there are many Top Satellite Television providers like Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV, Tata sky, Big TV, Videocon D2H etc. Amongst them, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky are well-known in the DTH industry. Today, consumers are searching the service provider offering best service at best price. Therefore, there are some reviews for these customers that will help them to choose the best one from the DTH market.

Tata sky is amongst the renowned DTH service provider that has begun its service in 2006 with more than 160 channels plus great features. Using INSAT 4A, it uses MPEG-2 technology for transmitting the signals. On the other hand, Airtel has started its DTH services later with 175 channels. This DTH service is based upon MPEG4 standard along with DVB S2 technology along with HD ready. It means that the user can have a great viewing experience on Airtel Digital TV as compared to other TV DTH service providers. Most of set-up boxes don’t work in bad weathers such as storm, rainy days. But you can continue your favorite shows even in bad weather. Furthermore, you can also book cinema tickets of your favorite movie, make tele-shopping, browse and travel holiday packages, watch on-screen watch details and much more.

If you’re tech savvy, you should go forTata Sky plus because it will provide you online recharge facility and great network with more transponders. But it takes 1 to 2 seconds in channel change. Moreover, Channel packages offered by Tata sky are very expensive. Besides, there is no professional installation. On the contrary, Airtel Digital TV provides an excellent professional installation with 90% strength signal showing. These professional install the DTH by using compass, satellite finder etc. The set top box of this digital TV is jazzy and very fashionable. Furthermore, you never face any difficult at the time of channel change. Besides, the price of subscription package is worthy. So you can enjoy your favorite TV serial without any hassle.
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Tata Docomo High Speed 3G Data Card with 21 Mbps Speed

In mid November, Tata DOCOMO, the Japanese company, has launched its high speed wireless internet device – 3G USB e-Stick for desktops and laptops. The company has recently started 3G services in nine circles offering excellent speed through USB plug n play devices. This 3G data card is specially designed for delivering the heaviest data at different speeds. By having this hi-tech data card, you can enjoy surfing without any hassle of wires and any kind of installation.

With Tata DOCOMO 3G e-Stick, you can get maximum speed of 21 Mbps. This data card comes equipped with blazing speeds that will allow you to do huge data exchange within few seconds. Moreover, it also doubles up as a Flash Drive with up to 32GB data storage.  This data card comes with enhanced Signal strength along with Receive diversity (Rx). This device also works on SDPA/HSUPA/EDGE/WCDMA/GPRS/GSM networks. With 2.0 high speed, you can easily access Gmail, Facebook™, YouTube™ and top social networking websites in just a single click. Tata DOCOMO 3G data card comes with Mobile TV that would permit you to watch your favorite Television serial on the move.

Tata DOCOMO 3G Data Card Specifications

General
Size	76 x 24.5 x 10 mm
Weight	About 25g
Memory	Support up to 32GB microSD card
Networks	HSUPA / HSDPA / WCDMA / EDGE / GPRS / GSM
Temperature	Storage: -40oC +80oC / Operation : -10oC +55oC

Features
Interface Type	USB 2.0 high speed
System support	Supports most types of laptop and desktop PC
OS supported	Windows 7, Windows Vista (32 bit & 64 bit), Windows XP (SP2 & later) Mac (10.4 & later) Linux Versions supported - (Ubuntu 9.04 & 9.10, Fedora 11, 12 & 13, Debian5, Opensuse 11.3)
From factor	USB rotator
Rx diversity	Yes

Apart from this, Tata DOCOMO 3G e-stick Plans is also compatible with many prevailing types of laptops or any portable computer for instance, IBM, HP, Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo, Sony and so on. Besides browsing the net, an user can also access Mobile TV, Video on Demand, Gaming and catch up. So try this data card and enjoy high speed wireless Internet connectivity anywhere anytime.

Tata Docomo 3G Data Card with maximum 21.6 Mbps Speed

Docomo 3D Data Card

Tata Docomo which has recently launched 3G service in nine circles will be offering high speed mobile broadband through USB plug and play devices offering speeds up to 21.6 Mbps. High speed Mobile Broadband can be availed using various categories of technology packed USB Modems i.e HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA+ modems . A summary is presented below to make you understand more about 3G Mobile Broadband Service. Both BSNL and MTNL have been offering HSDPA data cards supporting speed upto 3.6 Mbps but now private telecom operators are all set to offer higher speeds through HSUPA and HSPA+ data cards . Such services will witness huge uptake from corporate and business users which are major segments of data consumption. High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol offering down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 and 14.0 Mbps
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is a 3G mobile telephony protocol offering up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbps
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+): is a combination  of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)HSPA supports increased peak data rates of up to 14 Mbps in the downlink and 5.8 Mbps in the uplink
Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA): Evolved HSPA offers data rates up to 42 Mbps in the downlink and 11 Mbps in the uplink
Current Mobile Broadband Devices from Tata Dococmo-

3G USB Modem (Dongle)	Download Speed	Upload Speed
HSDPA USB Modem	Max. 3.6 Mbps	384 Kbps
HSUPA USB Modem	Max. 7.2 Mbps	Max. 5.76 Mbps
HSPA+ USB Modem	Max. 21.6 Mbps	Max. 5.76 Mbps

As per Tata Docomo’s call center representative, HSDPA Dongle will cost Rs 1999, however HSUPA Dongle will be priced at Rs 2600 however prices have not been displayed on the company website so far,
Tata Docomo’s strategy to enter the 3G market before its peers may work and give first mover advantage to capture data market . Here its important to note that, pre-social-networking and bloging era, upload speed was not much significant to internet users. Evolution of social-networking, video sharing and blogging generated equal thirst for upload bandwidth among internet users. Large numbers of internet users are using social networking sites like Facebook, orkut, ibibo, twitter. These users very frequently share (uploading) images, videos, multimedia contents and applications with their friends, family members and colleagues. For such users HSUPA USB Modem will be preferred as it provides maximum 5.76 Mbps of upload speed.
High speed upload bandwidth is equally required by commercial users using internet leased lines for their business process. Mobile broadband through 3G USB Data service will attract business entities to implement 3G technology as an alternative for their internet bandwidth requirements.

The 3G USB modems begins from Rs. 1999; completely amalgamate the functionality of modem and mobile phone. They are intended to deliver huge data at different speeds. The operator also boasts that USB modem is ready to encounter all the business commitments of its customers. All the data cards enables you to make/receive calls and messages whenever you plug into desktop or laptop.

Data Cards and Features	Speed	Cost
HSDPA USB Modem Suitable for super speed snack surfing, can send/receive text messages	Upload speed: Max. 384 Kbps Download speed: Max. 3.6 Mbps	Rs. 1,999
HSUPA USB Modem Geared with intense speeds, can make/receive calls and messages	Upload speed: Max. 5.76 Mbps Download speed: Max. 7.2 Mbps	Rs. 2,600
HSPA USB Modem Transfer data at lightening speeds, can make/receive calls and messages	Upload speed: Max. 5.76 Mbps Download speed: Max. 21.6 Mbps	Rs. 3,500

Tips and Tracks for Blackberry Mobile Phone

Blackberry tips

A little device – Blackberry smart phone comes packed with an amazing amount of functionalists. But they aren’t so simple just like opening a user guide or surfing on the Internet. Actually, Blackberry mobile phones have hundreds of useful tricks and tracks. I am going to provide you some valuable information about your phone that will allow you to run your device faster and smoother.
Shortcut Keys for Typing

• By holding down the letter key, you can capitalize a letter with just one click.
• For inserting a period in your text, you should click space twice.
• If you want to type current date into the message, you can do it by pressing the L key followed by D key.
• By pressing ALT key following by the left shift key, you can turn on Number lock.

Email and SMS sending

• If you want to delete all the messages before a specific date, you should highlight the date with the cursor; hit the menu key of Blackberry phone and select Delete prior and confirm.
• Now you can also do spelling check automatically of your messages by clicking on the Options icon on the screen of Blackberry home.
• Moreover, if you want to check spelling manually, click on Blackberry Menu key within a composed message and select Check spelling.
• For searching a sender or a word within a subject line or any mail folder, you should press the S key.
• By hitting the ALT key following by the I key, you can access the complete list of messages within inbox.

Blackberry Applications
On your Blackberry mobile phone, you can use a large number of applications, the more power you are going to need. You can use many applications such as RSS reader, Facebook for Blackberry. But you must consider how much power all these applications employ. Always remember that there are many applications on Blackberry that eat up power only when in use. So if your phone’s battery life is of the essence, you must want to use them cautiously.

Internet Unlimited Plans ! What actually true?

A minor clause is proving to be a major roadblock for surfers ready to zip along the information autobahn. Many Internet users who have paid for a fast ‘unlimited’ broadband connection are finding that their Net speed has reduced to a crawl. Worse, it has been deactivated.

Take the case of Bangalore-based journalist Prem Udayabhanu, who decided to take a more expensive ‘unlimited’ broadband connection. Last month, when he could not access the Web, he was told that the connection had been deactivated due to excessive use. To restart it, he’d have to pay Rs 12,000. “Yours is an unlimited connection, but only up to 10 GB of download,” he was told. Udayabhanu made quick calls to friends close to top execs in the company and got the issue settled. The connection was restored and the demand for Rs 12,000 withdrawn.


But, the company blamed him for exceeding his 10 GB usage limit.“I wasn’t told of a usage limit. The ads and the salesman made me believe it was truly an unlimited connection,” Udayabhanu says. Udayabhanu isn’t alone. Delhi-based artist Prasad Raghavan, who uses an ‘unlimited’ broadband connection, thought he didn’t have to worry until his download speed became erratic.

“Which means unlimited is just a ruse to attract you to a plan which offers good speed only as far as you restrict your usage to a certain limit,” says Raghavan. While most Internet service providers (ISPs) explain the ‘limits’ of unlimited plans, it is the expression ‘unlimited’ in ads that Raghavan, says “is deceptive.”

The Airtel's Browser Rs 899 Plan, for instance, is advertised as unlimited download with speed of 512 kbps, the download speed is downgraded to 256 kbps once the user has downloaded over 8 GB in less than a month.

Thanks to hundreds of complaints from consumers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has warned companies against misleading advertisements.

TRAI has disapproved of “advertising a broadband plan for higher download speed (for example, 3-4 times faster than the original plan) by paying fixed monthly charges”. It also said that ISPs must disclose details of data download limit beyond which “broadband speed would be restricted as per the original plan.”

A Bharti Airtel spokesman says “Subscribers can check out all our plans and limits on the website.” He, however, concedes that many ‘unlimited’ plans do have a cap, which is explained in the company’s fair usage policy (FUP).

What is fair usage policy? According to the Bharti Airtel site, a very small number of customers use an excessive amount of the network bandwidth, to the extent that it can impair the experience of others. The idea of it’s FUP is to provide optimum Internet experience to all.

In the policy, “we have defined fair usage levels for unlimited data transfer plans,” it adds. The Tata Communications Internet Services Ltd site says, “Tata Indicom Broadband has established a monthly data transfer threshold (Fair Usage Limit) for various unlimited tariff plans...” It goes to explain those plans for which FUP is applicable.

In an email, a spokesperson for Reliance Communications said: “As the ‘unlimited’ plans are devised for the benefit of individual customers, a fair usage cap is necessary to ensure fair use of services for sustained benefits.”

State-run MTNL says it has no FUP at the moment and its unlimited broadband packages “really” offer unlimited usage. Now, unlike many others, people like Satynder Kapoor, a retired systems analyst and financial consultant based in Delhi, have got their priorities right.

“My priority is speed, I don’t download music track or videos. So I didn’t go for an unlimited plan. Our (current) plan is a 6 GB one with 4 mbps speed, for which I pay Rs 900 a month,” he says. But most avid Net users opting for speed have realised the first impact of FUP, as soon as you cross the fair usage limit, is a painful slide in speed, which in some cases touches levels much below the minimum broadband download speed of 256 kbps. That FUP is applicable to unlimited data transfer plans simply defies logic.

Best Click Forward ( Tariffs and speeds are indicative )

Emails & basic surfing: If your Internet usage is restricted to mails and basic web surfing, don’t go for “unlimited” plans. Choose a basic scheme which could either be post-paid `249 p.m. or an entry level Rs 499 prepaid plan. The speed will be 256 kbps.

Skype & YouTube watchers: If you Skype, watch YouTube and occasionally download music, you could go for a plan that ceases to become unlimited beyond 6-8 GB download. If you don’t cross the threshold, you will enjoy a download speed in the range of 512 Kbps to 2 Mbps. Pay not more than Rs 1,000 a month.

Home business & entertainment: If you take your work home, watch songs and video clips for a few hours, you won’t regret going for Rs 1,200 a month and above” schemes which offer speeds of 2 Mbps -4 Mbps with download limit of 20 GB a month.

Download addicts: For those who excessively use the Internet, (streaming video and audio through home wi-fi network and to multiple devices, laptop, TV), there are schemes that are almost unlimited. They offer data transfer limits of 50-200 GB in select locations at speeds of 8-50 Mbps. The charges are Rs 2,999-8,999 per month.

Fair Usage FAQ: What happens when a customer crosses the fair usage limit?

1) Data transfer in excess of fair usage limit as per the applicable tariff plan is treated as a violation of FUP.

2) Upon such violation, the company contacts the customer suggesting reduction in usage or upgrade to a higher bandwidth plan.

3) If the customer fails to upgrade or continues to violate the FUP, company can suspend or terminate the customer's account.

Source: Economic Times