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NEELAM MONGA

The telecom ministry has told the country’s chief auditor that it would not be replying to fresh queries related to the later’s probe into alleged wrong doing in the allocation of 2G spectrum and licences to new companies in 2008.

DoT in its communication to comptroller and Auditor General of India has now cited the law ministry’s recent opinion which had said watchdogs cannot question policy decisions of the govt.

Earlier the CAG asked the communications

ministry to amend licence conditions of

telecom operators and add a new clause

enabling it to audit the accounts of private

operators that bagged 3G and broadband

wireless spectrum.

But DoT has refused to give in to this demand

and has decided to seek the law ministry

opinion.

Handset giant Nokia’s failure to keep pace with rapid changes in India’s Rs.30000crore mobile market has been seen its market share crash close 20% in first six months of 2010.

The lastest IDC numbers disputed by Nokia accounted for 36.3%of handsets in india.

Domestic mobile phone makers have capitalised on Nokia’s fall and doubled their market share.

Globally Nokia failure to connect with

people has seen its crash 49% since the

introduction of iPhone in 2007.

Nokia introduced its first dual SIM Model -C2

–india in August, a move some analysts was a

‘startling late reaction’.

Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of

the Blackberry smart phone, introduced its

first tablet computer at a developers

conference in San Francisco.

The Company said that the new device, the

blackberry playbook, would be aimed mainly

at business users.

The Playbook will use a new operating

system developed by QNX Software Systems.

The new device can also display Web pages

created using Adobe’s Flash software,a

capability not found on the iPad.

Unlike the most expensive iPads, the

Playbook cannot connect directly to cellular

networks.

Users will able to connect to the Internet

through the wireless Bluetooth connection to

their Blackberry’s or by using Wi-Fi networks.

The advertising agencies for a pitch to

launch a product in the biscuits category as

well as for low cost fortified beverage.

The two products to be specifically created

for India, are part of Pepsico’s innovation

plank to introduce low cost, nutritional food

products and drinks in the market.

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