New Year SMS2010 is almost upon us and the new year will bring new opportunities and hopefully we will see the backside of the recession!

Millions across the world want to wish and greet their friends and family and with the potential to save the environment, New Year SMS greetings are the best way to spread the cheer. 4000 Greeting cards means One Tree saved. Use SMS greetings instead of paper cards and do your bit for the environment too.

Helping spread the cheer, YouMint is now offering Indians and Non-Resident Indians around the world a chance to send Free New Year SMS to any mobile number in India. With over 4 million members, www.YouMint.com can now be used by members to send Free New Year SMS to any mobile number in India. Joining is absolutely free.

The service is absolutely free to join and can be used to send unlimited SMS to your friends and family to wish them a Happy New Year.Below are some top new year sms greetings as chosen by YouMint members:

New Year SMS Greetings

  • Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Happy New Year.
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  • New is the year, new are the hopes and the aspirations, new is the resolution and new are the spirits. Have a promising and fulfilling New Year.
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  • Before the golden sun sets, 2009’s calendar is destroyed, and mobile networks get jammed, I wish in 2010 every moment is enjoyed. Happy New Year. {Click Here to send it for Free}

Best New year SMS Greetings: Survey

new year sms 2010With new year round the corner, it’s time to be eco-friendly and use new year sms greetings instead of sending out physical cards. but the challenge is to decide what to choose. Let us make it simpler for you.

Here are the results of a survey conducted and it has revealed the TOP 3 New Year SMS greetings:

New Year SMS Greetings

  • Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Happy New Year.
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  • New is the year, new are the hopes and the aspirations, new is the resolution and new are the spirits. Have a promising and fulfilling New Year.
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  • Before the golden sun sets, 2009’s calendar is destroyed, and mobile networks get jammed, I wish in 2010 every moment is enjoyed. Happy New Year. {Click Here to send it for Free}

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New Year is a time to share your joys with your family and friends. With heavy expenses on christmas gifts already weighing heavy on your pocket, one always welcomes when you get some free cheer in the form of  Free New Year SMS.

A revolution of sorts is under way where people prefer to send New Year SMS greetings as compared to any other way. Helping spread the cheer, YouMint is now offering Indians and Non-Resident Indians around the world a way to send Free SMS to any mobile number in India.

With over 4 million members, www.YouMint.com can now be used by members to send Free New Year SMS to any mobile number in India. The service is absolutely free to join and can be used to send unlimited SMS to your friends this New Year.

New Year SMS Greetings

  • Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Happy New Year.
    {Click Here to send it for Free}
  • New is the year, new are the hopes and the aspirations, new is the resolution and new are the spirits. Have a promising and fulfilling New Year.
    {Click Here to send it for Free}
  • Before the golden sun sets, 2009’s calendar is destroyed, and mobile networks get jammed, I wish in 2010 every moment is enjoyed. Happy New Year. {Click Here to send it for Free}
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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: After completing its Middle East Connect network, Bharti Airtel has launched wholesale IP services in the Middle East.  Over the last two quarters the company has added 17 Gbps worth of capacity to the region apart from investing in India- Middle East cable routes on the SEA-ME-WE 4, I-ME-WE and EIG.

All the cable routes in the Middle East has at least three paths besides the company is also building a regional backbone which will connect the major Middle East markets.

The company offers services like global leased circuits, submarine capacity, Ethernet, backhaul, global and regional IP transit and bandwidth on demand.

According to Rajan Swaroop, executive director of Bharti Airtel, the region is a key market with some of the biggest economies and representing one of the most dynamic wholesale markets today. He feels that in order to become a global network service provider it is very crucial to develop services in the Middle East.

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COO of Qualcomm resigns

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Len Lauer, the chief operating officer of Qualcomm has resigned from his post and joined as a CEO in another company. This organizational change will result into realignment of Qualcomm’s business groups.

Now Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (QMT) organization will report to Steve Mollenkopf, EVP and president, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT).Close partnership with QCT will repay QMT in the long run as the display business enters into the phase of expansion. They work with device manufacturers and also look after commercialization, scaling, and evolving the mirasol product line. All the remaining business will report to Steve Altman, president.

According to chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Dr Paul E Jacobs, Len’s leadership and expertise helped Qualcomm in expanding its business during the past three years. The company wished him every success in his future endeavors.

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O2 apologize for snag in London network

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The head of O2 has apologized for the problems the customers faced due to mobile operator’s London network being overwhelmed with bandwidth-hungry smartphones.The customers were disappointed with O2’s network performance in London since summer. However the company started experiencing major network difficulties during the second half of 2009 when

customers with Apple’s iPhone ramped up their use of applications that repeatedly pull data off the internet at short intervals.Without missing the opportunity Vodafone, the second largest operator is claiming that its network will cope far better with the growing number of smartphones.

According to the company the rising demand of data services on smartphones have caused difficulties in the O2 network. Many O2 customers could not make or receive calls and download material to their handsets because of the clogged network by smartphones

However the head of the company has assured that any short term blip in O2’s network Reputation will be addressed by three solutions. Firstly O2 has been working with Nokia Siemens Networks, its infrastructure supplier, on software modifications that will ensure it can better manage the combination of voice and data traffic on its network.

Secondly, the installation of 200 additional mobile base stations in London will increase the traffic load the network can bear.And thirdly O2 is liaising with handset manufacturers, including Apple and Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, to learn about applications which might result into heavy demand on the network.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With the holiday season near the corner the sales of the Apple iPhone is expected to witness a   sharp surge in contrast to the console games market.  According to the data released by iPhone website, PlayHaven and mobile ad agency, Mobclix iPhone, game usage is likely to set new records in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, soaring to levels 28 times greater than the same weekly period last year.

Raymond Lau co-founder and CEO of PlayHaven feels that as compared to the slow holiday sales this year for console game titles, the  high sales of iphone game downloads  is very impressive.iPhones have become a popular mode of entertainment.

Despite the tough competition from Android, App Store is successful in wooing the customers with over 15000 game titles available to date. With consumers demanding for personal devices as their source of entertainment,   game app market is witnessing a rise feels Sunil Verma, co-founder of Mobclix. As per the data of the last year on the trends of the current year, a lot people will spend time and money on iPhone games this week, he added.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an increase of 3.07 million in November 2009, China Telecom’s total mobile phone users’ number reached 52.99 million. In January, China Telecom’s newly-added mobile phone users reached 1.02 million, in October it topped 3 million, and in November it outpaced 3 million.

However, the number of local phone users, including fixed-line phone users and wireless local phone users decreased by 1.84 million to reach 191 million. The number of broadband users increased 690,000 in November and 8.57 million in total since 2009 to hit 52.84 million.

3G licenses were awarded to China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom at the beginning of this year by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Currently, China Telecom ranks first among the nation’s Big Three telecoms operators with a 3G user base of 4.81 million by October 31, 2009.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Corporate governance issues has again led to the delay, this time until the first quarter of the  next year,  in the official award of Qatar’s second fixed line license to Vodafone Qatar.

In September 2008, the British-Qatari joint venture was declared the winner of the second national operator (SNO) license, with commercial fixed line services originally mooted for 2009, whilst in the meantime it broke the monopoly of Qatar Telecom (Qtel) with the launch of 2G/3G services in July 2009.

According to William Fagan, the head of the country’s regulator, ictQATAR , Vodafone Qatar and its local investor Qatar Foundation had still not formed the actual company that will be awarded the fixed license. In order to launch fixed line services before the end of 2010, he expects all problems to be resolved early in the next year.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Zambia’s civil society organizations have pressurized the Government to release the valuation report it commissioned to sell its majority stakes in a fixed line incumbent Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel).

According to Fackson Shamenda, former Zambia Congress of Trade Union president, there has not been much transparency in the sale of Zamtel and with the release of the information the potential concerns over the sales will be cleared.

Earlier this year the government had appointed RP Capital to evaluate the telco’s assets, after deciding to sell 75% stake in Zamtel. However they never released the report. This led to complaints saying that there has been no transparency in the process.

According to The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA), eight companies including Portugal Telecom, Orascom Telecom and Vimpelcom have pre-qualified for the stake sale, and those firms are due to complete due diligence today, with bids due by midday. The ZDA will release the identity of those companies that have submitted bids for the stake and after reviewing the bids announce the shortlisted candidates on January11.