India's Biggest Roll Out of 3G to Boost Mobile Broadband

Europe : Ericsson is using its WCDMA/HSPA technology to help BSNL, India's second largest telecom operator, achieve India's biggest simultaneous launch of 3G services to date, across 11 leading cities. The commercial launch of much awaited 3G services in India will allow consumers to experience enriched communications including rich voice, video and data services.

The successful launch of 3G services in India's across multiple cities in Northern and Eastern parts of India brings 3G access to more than 15 million people and will help in driving quicker uptake of 3G services to a wide customer base.



As part of its roll-out strategy, BSNL plans to launch 3G services using WCDMA/HSPA technology across more than 700 cities in the first phase. Ericsson is BSNL's strategic partner for 3G roll-out in over 400 of these cities.

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Sardar Jokes :-)

Singh IS KING

Interviewer: what is your birth date? Sardar: 13th October Which year? Sardar: Oye ullu ke pathe _ _ _ EVERY YEAR

Manager asked to sardar at an interview. Can you spell a word that has more than 15 letters in it? Sardar replied: -P-O-S-T-B-O-X.

After returning back from a foreign trip, sardar asked his wife, Do I look like a foreigner? Wife: No! Why? Sardar: In London a lady asked me Are you a foreigner?

One tourist from U.S.A. asked to Sardar: Any great man born in this village??? Sardar: no sir, only small Babies!!!

Lecturer: write a note on Gandhi Jayanthi So Sardar writes, "Gandhi was a great man, but I don't know who is Jayanthi.

When sardar was traveling with his wife in an auto, the driver adjusted mirror. Sardar shouted, "You are trying to see my wife? Sit back. I will drive.

Interviewer: just imagine you are in 3rd floor, it caught fire and how will you escape? Sardar: its simple. I will stop my imagination!!!

Boss: Where were you born?Sardar: Punjab..Boss: which part?Sardar: Kya which part? Whole body born in Punjab.

2 sardar were fixing a bomb in a car. Sardar 1: What would you do if the bombexplodes while fixing. Sardar 2: Dont worry, I have one more.

Sardar: What is the name of your car?Lady: I forgot the name, but is starts with "T".Sardar: Oye Kamaal ki gaadi hai, Tea se start hoti hai. Hamaara gaadi petrol se start hoti hai.

Sardar joined new job. 1st day he worked till late evening on the computer. Boss was happy and asked what you did till evening.Sardar: Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright.
Museum Administrator: That's a 500-year-old statue u've broken.Banta: Thanks God! I thought it was a new one.

At the scene of an accident a man was crying: O God! I have lost my hand, oh!Santa: Control yourself. Don't cry. See that man. He has lost his head. Is he crying?

Banta: U cheated me.Shopkeeper: No, I sold a good radio to u.Banta: Radio label shows Made in Japan but radio says this is all India Radio!

In an interview, Interviewer: How does an electric motor run?Santa: Dhhuuuurrrrrrrrrr. .....Inteviewer shouts: Stop it.Santa: Dhhuurrrr dhup dhup dhup...

Tourist: Whose skeleton is that?Santa: Tipu's skeleton.Tourist: Who's that smaller skeleton next to it?Santa: That was Tipu's skeleton when he was child

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Be Very Proud to be a GUJARATI

Our State of GUJARAT, Situated in western India and bordering Pakistan , Gujarat is among India 's most prosperous states.

Its per capita GDP is 2.4 times the Indian average.

Gujarat 's GDP growth rate is 10.6% and India can not achieve 8 percent Growth rate without Gujarat getting closer to 12% growth rate.

If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation in the world above many European and Asian economies like Taiwan and Ukraine .

Gujarat holds many records in India for economic development:
20% of India 's Industrial Output
80% of India 's Diamond Production
9% of India 's Mineral Production
50% of India 's Natural GasProduction
54% of India 's Crude Oil Production
22% of India 's exports
24% of India 's textile production
45% of India 's pharmaceuticalproducts
35% of India 's Sponge Iron Production
47% of India 's petrochemical Production

The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang.

Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass roots refineries.

Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity generation with national market share of over 8% and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market share of over 1%.
Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat

Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati People.

In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people four are Gujarati - Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Tulsi Tanti Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati.

An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three times more than the average income of an American family.

Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state

Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India (Total 12).

India 's 16% of Investment are from Gujarat ..

Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any other state in India ..

The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh largest city in India ..

Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.

Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia's 1st and world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat .

Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least in India even after considering 2002 communal riots, stated by India Today 2005 report.

Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states (excluding Goa ) where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.

Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.

Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai, Hyderabad , Mumbai & Delhi..

Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta , Mumbai & Delhi.

Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi.

Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in country - just 0.52%

It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private sector participation

The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal

Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs

Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers

It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all villages

It is the only state with statewide gas grid

It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities)

It has largest e-governance network in Asia Pacific

Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006)

In every corner of Gujarat , within the range of 25 KMs there is a development going on.

Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 (may be 1999) to become highest milk producer in the world.

Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India ..

Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat ..

Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat .

Baroda gas project - bringing natural gas to every home - More than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every kitchen. I think that was an amazing feat.

AMUL - NDDB & Dr. Kurian - another achievement for Gujarat - it was just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every village in Gujarat . The villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the milk collection centers!!! What a sight!

According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, Gujarat stood first in the country with investments of US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or 25.8% of India 's total investment of $69 billion during the year.The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07.

Gujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having tripled its investments in a year..

A report in Times of India describes the Gulf of Kutch as India 's ' Gulf of Riches '. Four top business houses - Reliance Industries, Essar Group, Adani Group and Tata Group, have invested about $34 billion along the Gulf of Kutch's 700-kilometer long coastline. Other corporate, which had invested over $3.26 billion since the 2001 earthquake have investments worth another $19.5 billion in the pipeline.

Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar , a 4000-megawatt power project and five private shipyards are coming up. And massive expansion is being undertaken of the Mundra and Kandla ports.

Gujarat's 41 ports handle 80% of India 's port traffic and 20% of its cargo. It is estimated that by 2015, Gujarat's ports will handle 39% of India 's cargo.

Not only has Gujarat unseated Maharashtra as India 's number one investment destination but also, it is threatening to dislodge Mumbai, Maharashtra 's capital and the financial and business capital of India, as the trade gateway to the country.

Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum are setting up giant oil storage capacities has already emerged as India 's largest private oil storage tank farm.

Sixty percent of India 's coal imports enter via Mundra port. Mundra's importance is likely to soar further with the completion of mega power plants being set up by Adanis and Tatas.

The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports alone has outstripped that handled by Mumbai's ports - the Mumbai Port Trust and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

And now Gujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai as India 's financial hub. Its government recently announced the setting up of an international financial services center, the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in Ahmedabad.

Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made Business-Men from Asia . The list includes 6 men from India and out of 6 three are Gujarati - Tulsi Tanti, Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak.
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Why & When Brain drain happens?

An Old Story:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house andlaying up supplies for the winter.The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays thesummer away.Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food orshelter so he dies out in the cold.

Indian Version:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house andlaying up supplies for the winter.The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays thesummer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference anddemands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fedwhile others are cold and starving.NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshoppernext to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filledwith food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poorGrasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding thatGrasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.

Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government fornot upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to theGrasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for promptsupport as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .

Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' inWest Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hardin the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants andGrasshoppers.

Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian RailwayTrains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of TerrorismAgainst Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of thewinter.

Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in EducationalInstitutions & in Government Services.

The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing leftto pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Governmentand handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.

CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '

Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.

Many years later....
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollarcompany in Silicon Valley, 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewherein India, .......ANDAs a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding thegrasshoppers, . . . . . . . . . .

India is still a developing country…!!!

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Only GOD keeps you going....

The Fern and the Bamboo..

A beautiful story One day I decided to quit... I quit my job, my relationship, myspirituality. .. I wanted to quit my life.I went to the woods to have one last talk with God."God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"His answer surprised me..."Look around", He said.. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?""Yes", I replied."When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo". He said. "In the third year, therewas still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit." He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."He said to me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots. I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you. Don't compare yourself to others." He said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern, yet, they both make the forest beautiful.""Your time will come, "God said to me. " You will rise high!""How high should I rise?" I asked."How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return."As high as it can?" I questioned."Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."I left the forest and brought back this story. I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you experiences. Both are essential to life. Keep going...Happiness keeps you Sweet,Trials keep you Strong,Sorrows keep you Human,Failures keep you humble,Success keeps You Glowing,but Only God keeps You Going!

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(3G) UMTS Introduction

Basic understaing about wireless evolution.

Mobile communication has evolved in three stages:
1. First generation - analog. (Speech only).
2. Second generation - digital. (Speech and low-speed data).
3. Third generation - integration of all wireless services (fixed, cellular, cordless, satellite, etc.) into one universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). (Speech and high-speed data.)

Third generation (3G) systems come under the umbrella term of International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000). They will provide a globally integrated system for delivering wideband information and services to mobile users over fixed, wireless and
satellite networks.

3G standards are being developed in Europe, Asia, and the United States, overseen by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The IMT-2000 specification is an overall guideline for all 3G systems, and will ensure worldwide compatibility between systems.

UMTS will provide wideband radio access with flexible bandwidth on demand (from just a few hundred bits per second up to 2 Mbits/s).

Why we need UMTS?
UMTS is driven by ever increasing worldwide demand for high-speed mobile data services.
For ex:
1) Internet access
2) Commercial and entertainment applications
3) Mobile multimedia (audio, video and data)
4) Integrated office services (fax, messaging, email)
5) File transfer


Existing GSM (2G) systems are based on narrowband technology and cannot provide the necessary bandwidth to support these services:

High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) => 115.2 kbits/s
General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) => 171.2 kbits/s
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) => 384 kbits/s

Users expect seamless and global access to telecommunications services across fixed and mobile networks. UMTS will combine high speeds with integrated fixed, wireless and satellite network access. It will also support the increasing convergence between telecoms and IT applications.

UMTS uses wideband technology, providing variable bandwidth on demand and data rates of up to 2 Mbits/s.
UMTS supports the following data rates:
1) Up to 144 kbits/s for fast moving users (cars, planes)
2) Up to 384 kbits/s for slow moving users (pedestrian)
3) Up to 2 Mbits/s for indoor / stationary users.

UMTS Objective:
The following objectives were set for UMTS:
1) High-speed data
2) New services
3) Worldwide roaming
4) High speech and service quality
5) Multi-environment support
6) Circuit switching and packet switching support
7) Low cost.

Hope you have enjoyed this basic introduction. stay tuned for UMTS Architectue :-)

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A Philanthropist Speaks: "Lessons from Life

What am I? What are my duties? Why we are here? GOD has been created this beautiful world. Now we human being are responsible to make more comfortable this world to live. If we see this world as a one industry (CEO is GOD) or as a one family. We all are employee here. We all have duty (role and responsibility) for our industry/family to become more beautiful.

What we are doing for our society? If we got good education and earned good degrees, we are earning good and doing well…that is not a big achievement. There are so many near by those who are not getting such basic need.

I was searching something on “life duty”, social work and I came across this good vedio.
“A Philanthropist Speaks: "Lessons from Life"

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