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TV On A Mobile Phone – The Nokia 5330 MTVE

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Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld or more commonly known as DVB-H gets a new disciple with the launch of the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition slider handset. The handset joins an elite team of mobile phones that support the TV broadcasting technology designed for handheld mobile gadgets. They include Samsung, LG, Sagem and a Motorola mobile phone with Nokia already releasing a few under the N-series smartphones.

 

It’s not entirely surprising that Nokia would be in the forefront of supporting DVB-H TV technology. It goes beyond mere handset feature differentiation in its portfolio. It has affiliate Nokia Siemens Network making DVB-H equipments used in deploying DVB-H networks.

 

Features at a Glance

The Nokia 5330 MTVE is a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio on 2G with two versions on the 3G network. It will have a tri band 3g on the 850, 1900 and 2100 MHz bands while another gets 3G on the 900, 1700 and 2100 MHz bands on WCDMA for US networks.

 

The handset sports an elegantly stylish slider body measuring just 101.2 x 48.5 x 12.25mm and weighing a pocket-friendly 114 grams that is sure to appeal to the young trendy crowd. It has a 2.4-inch QVGA TFT screen with 16 million colors typical of most mid-prices Nokia candybar and slider phones and users will have to get used to that when watching their favorite TV programs even on its landscape viewing orientation.

 

You also get competent 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash and 4x digital zoom with. 70 MB is all you get for its internal storage but a microSD slot can expand that up to 16 GB. You get the usual Bluetooth 2.1 plus EDR, full micro USB 2.0 support and the industry standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Its BL-4U 1000 mAh lithium ion battery delivers 7 hours of talk time and 16 days of standby time on 2g. Music playback gets 30.5 hours and TV playback is 5.2 hours.

 

DVB-H TV Features

Its TV features gets a dedicated channel search and volume buttons on the handset with a software a program guide (OMA BCASR ESG) that updates, scans and discover channel stations instantly and commits them into memory for retrieval. It features a 30-second replay for moments you missed as well as a recording function so you can watch your awaited programs later. You also get alerts on the programs you’ve selected. There are various DVB-H subscription choices and enter your choice on a payment method channel like pay TV, free-to-air and pay per view.

 

Eco-Friendly Besides

Nokia has made its 5330 MTVE an environmentally green handset as well. It uses a nickel-free body and comes with a high energy-efficient battery charger. Its packaging uses recycled paper pulp for its box.

 

Availability

The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition handset is certainly not for the entire Nokia fan base on this planet. DVB-H technology is deployed in a few countries with a handful rolling it out next years. But no matter, it is a competent mobile phone even without bothering with its TV features. You can expect the Nokia 5330 to be widely available in the countries deploying the DVB-H TV during the first quarter of 2010. At a SIM-free price of €155 and a package that comes with a free 1GB microSD slot it’s certainly a good deal for a mobile phone with a DVB-H TV receiver.

 

 

You can visit Moby1 to compare all the best mobile phone contracts. You can find the best Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition contracts being offered. You can also search through the best deals available for PAYG phones.

 

 

Airtel And Nokia Introduce Exclusive Nokia X1-01 Dual SIM Bundle Package

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Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria and mobile phone giant, Nokia have joined hands to introduce the first ever Nokia dual SIM device, the X1-01, bundled exclusively with Airtel SIM cards for the Nigerian market.

 

·        Customers to get N250 bonus airtime for every N400  monthly cumulative airtime recharge

·        Buyers of Nokia X1-01 Device to receive 20 free SMS every month from Airtel

·        Handset Bundle offer exclusive for Airtel customers

 

The Airtel and Nokia offer will enable consumers in the country enjoy one of Nokia’s latest phones, the X1-01 dual SIM model and Airtel Nigeria’s innovative, affordable,  and value–rich telecom solutions.

 

In line with the terms of the Airtel/Nokia bundle offer, customers who purchase Nokia X1-01 handset will get N250 bonus airtime for every N400 cumulative airtime recharge monthly for six months. The customers will also get as many as 20 free SMS monthly.

 

The subscribers will enjoy the 20 free SMS for life so long as they recharge with a minimum of N100 every month.

 

Speaking on the latest collaboration with Nokia, the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Airtel Nigeria, Deepak Srivastava, said “the partnership between Airtel and Nokia offers Nigerians  the perfect opportunity to enjoy the benefits/value that comes with such an innovative collaboration between two of the powerful brands that impact the lives of many people daily.

 

He explained that to qualify for the free N250 monthly airtime bonus, those who purchase the bundle offer will need to recharge up to N400 monthly either via the physical scratch cards or electronically through its unique Easy recharge service. The N250 airtime he added, may be used for voice calls on the Airtel network and is valid for 30 days. The 20 free SMS is also valid for 30 days and can be used for sending messages to other airtel customers anytime, anywhere.

 

Customers are rewarded with the free N250 airtime within 48hours when they achieve the N400 recharge threshold. The beneficiaries are automatically notified of the bonus via SMS.

 

According to Srivastava, the bundled Airtel SIMs is provisioned on the Airtel Big Family package, implying that customers will enjoy a call rate of 15kobo/second to Airtel lines and 30kobo/second when calling other networks after the first minute of the day at 60kobo/second.

 

Additionally, customers will have the benefit of making calls at 20k/second to the US, UK (landline), China, Canada and India after the first call of the day to any of these international destinations at 60 Kobo per second

 

The benefits of the innovative Airtel 2SIM package are also available on the bundle, offering customers great value at 10kobo/second all day between the paired SIMs and 1kobo/second from 12 midnight to 4.30am. Call rates between the paired SIMs apply from the very first second of the call.

 

The aesthetically built Nokia X1-01 comes in exciting colours, with built-in music player and FM radio, offering the user the opportunity to listen to music and news on the go

 

It is also equipped with  up to 16GB memory card support, easy SIM manager customized settings, flashlight, clear sound output and MP3 players with one touch music keys The phone boasts of long battery power that supports up to 36 hours of music playback .

 

The Nokia X1-01 Airtel bundle is available exclusively in all Airtel shops nation-wide and in all Nokia dealer and retailers outlets.

 

About Bharti Airtel Limited

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. The company offers mobile voice & data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national & international long distance services to carriers. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by BusinessWeek. Bharti Airtel had over 228 million customers across its operations at the end of June 2011. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com.

 

Twenty Companies That Made Tekedia Broad Industrial Average (TBIA) – An Index Of Nigerian Stock Exchange

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Tekedia Broad Industrial Average (TBIA) is a stock market index created by Tekedia Intelligence, a division of Fasmicro. It is an index that shows how twenty large, publicly owned companies, based in Nigeria have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market. To emphasis that this index is not restricted to any particular industry such as technology, transportation or banking, we included the word “Broad”. The word, “industrial”, was used within the constructs of different markets. For example, we have the banking industry, hotel and tourism industry, and so one with no implied connotation to the industrial era. We understand that many of the companies in the index are knowledge driven, yet, they operate in an industry.

In this short post, we present the twenty companies that made the Index. More on the index in coming hours with our White Paper on this historic project.

Symbol Company Name
 Category A
ZenithBank Zenith Bank Plc
Guaranty GTBank Plc
FirstBank First Bank of Nigeria Plc
UAC-Prop UACN Property Dev Co Plc
Glaxosmith Glaxosmithline Con Nig Plc
NCR NCR Nigeria Plcq
Betaglas Beta Glass Co. Plc
WAPCO Lafarge WAPCO PLC
CAP Chemical & Allied Products Plc
PZ PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc
Unilever Unilever Nigeria Plc
JBerger Julius Berger Nigeria Plc
7UP 7UP Bottling Co Plc
 Category B
NB Nigerian Breweries Plc
FlourMill Flour Mills Nigeria Plc
Nestle Nestle Nigeria Plc
Mobil Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc
Guinness Guinness Nigeria Plc
Total Total Nigeria Plc
DANGCEM Dangote Cement Plc

 

A Tale Of Two Countries And A City – Lagos, All Eyes Are On You

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By Olubode Olatunji

The geography is naturally not conducive to agriculture. More than half of the land is desert; only 20% of the land is naturally arable. Other land area was mostly semi-arid, rendered unutiliasable by deforestation, soil erosion and other natural elements. Added to the terrible state of farmlands is also major water problem. With an uneven distribution of rainfall across the country, every single drop of water each year was needed.

 

The odds were indeed stacked against this country.

 

But with various innovations, the story changed. The desire to transform the land, then a barren and disease-ridden region, into a modern state was a key factor in subsequent scientific inquiry and technological development.

 

With innovations came revolutions in agricultural methods. Rocky fields were cleared and claimed, terraces constructed; swampland drained, reforesting ensued, soil erosion counteracted and salty land washed. Water-saving techniques were searched out which spurred the development of many types of computer-controlled irrigation systems, including the drip method, which directs water flow and nutrients straight to the root zone of plants so that smaller amounts could be used efficiently. With the drive to increase yields and crop quality came the development of new seed and plant varieties. In addition, a variety of equipment were designed, manufactured and implemented for tilling, sowing, planting, harvesting, collecting, sorting and packing.

 

With a population of 7.8million and only 3.7% of the work force involved in agriculture, this naturally agriculture disadvantaged country became one of the world’s leading fresh citrus producers and exporters and also grows over forty types of fruits. Israel’s agriculture continues to thrive, and produces 95% of its own food requirements.

 

South Africa has similar story. About two thirds of the country is arid or semi-arid. Only 13 percent of its surface area can be used for crop production. Rainfall is also unreliable and unevenly distributed across the country. There can be long drought periods, as well as devastating floods. But curiously, South Africa is not only self sufficient in virtually all major agricultural products but also a net food exporter, making it 1 of 6 countries in the world capable of exporting food on a regular basis.

 

Contrast this with our dear country Nigeria. 80 percent of our land is cultivable. Most part of the country experience rich soil, good rainfall and warm year-round temperatures. Nigeria’s diverse climate, from the tropical areas of the coast to the arid zone of the north, make it possible to produce virtually all agricultural products that can be grown in the tropical and semi-tropical areas of the world. In spite of all these endowments and the engagement of about 70 percent of the labour force in this sector, the country cannot still self-feed.

 

Our import bill on agriculture produce has been on a continuous increase from early 90s and today, it has assumed a phenomenal level. Nigeria’s food balance sheet is in a terrible state.

 

But there is a ray of hope. And it is a novelty in its own right. For Lagos State is indeed land poor. So, the proposed acquisition of farmlands outside the state by the government for the cultivation of rice should be lauded and encouraged. It takes a visionary and innovative leader to take this route. Knowing the antecedent of the Lagos State Government headed by Babatunde Raji Fashola, it can be taken as certain that the project if and when embarked upon will be a success.

 

Who knows? This may serve as the tonic that will jolt other governors to see the goldmine that is wasting away in their states. Who knows? This innovative idea may birth other innovative ideas that would lead to a revolution in the agriculture sector of our economy. Who knows? This may herald the new dawn we have long been eagerly awaiting.

 

Lagos city, all eyes are on you.

David Cameron – The Emerging Worst British PM In Modern Era Plans To Censor The Web

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Hope you do like the accent of the British man. They own the English and we like them. We love the BBC and genuinely love the British. But if they allow this new man that is running that country to stay longer, they may lose their voices. David Cameron has turned out to be ineffective and simply not ready to lead the UK.

 

Last year or so we listened to this man via satellite in one of TED conferences. He was full of ideas. He spoke of freedom, wealth and accountability. But now he is running the show, he seems to be taking talking points from the Chinese. Can you imagine he wants to censure internet in UK if they allow him?

 

Yes, in an emergency session of Parliament on Thursday, the PM said that the violence, looting and arson sweeping his country “were organized via social media.” Yes, we have reported it that Blackberry and Facebook were used as tools in that. He said his government is now considering how and whether to “stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality.” How will they know, exactly?

 

Now, they have given the Chinese liberation. On Friday, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency published a commentary berating the man for chasticing them for Interne freedom as he said recently when he  proclaimed that freedom of expression should be respected in Tahrir Square as much as in London’s Trafalgar Square. Read the people of China:

 

“We may wonder why Western leaders, on the one hand, tend to indiscriminately accuse other nations of monitoring, but on the other take for granted their steps to monitor and control the Internet,” Xinhua said. “For the benefit of the general public, proper Web-monitoring is legitimate and necessary.”. The spokesman of the government went to conclude:  “The Chinese government’s legal management of the Internet is in line with international practice.”

 

Now, tell us what is the difference. It is easy to blame other nations when they have strategic interests in anything and when that comes to your side, you do the same. China is a time bomb that can explode and while censorship is not good, if the British sees such an impending danger, they may do the same. The only country that will NEVER censor the web in the world is Nigeria because they do not know how. My President will not do that but some of the governors will like to censor the web in their states!

 

If the British will allow Mr. Cameron to censor the web, that means we are very certain their march to Congo has just begun. Hope they vote him out of office in the next general election as his era is turning out to be overly heated.

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