Are you a dissatisfied Airtel or Vodafone customer? Then, here is news for you. According to the latest report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Bharti Airtel has the largest number of points of interconnection (POI) having congestion followed by rival Vodafone.

Interconnection between networks not very effective, which leads to loss of calls and deterioration in service quality

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone are the most congested networks according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

This means that users of these networks face difficulty while communicating with a user of another network. It also shows that the interconnection between the two networks is not very effective, which leads to loss of calls and deterioration in the quality of service. The areas most affected due to the congestion are Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Mumbai, UP-W, and Himachal Pradesh, according to the report.

When tried to contact to know their response, Vodafone and Airtel refused to comment.


Oa customer from Jaipur says, "I am fed up with the Vodafone network connection and am facing problems since the last two months. I have also registered a complaint with Vodafone for the same, but there is no relief as yet." He adds that the call drops lead to many problems, including financial loss when customers have to call again.

This issue is pointed out by other customers as well. They say that sometimes it feels like the network providers intentionally cause call drops as they get to charge twice for a minute if a call is dropped and a new call is made within that minute. Some even pointed out that call drops are annoying, but what is more irritating is when the call gets picked at the other end but no voice can be heard whatsoever, forcing users to make the call again.


Another customer from Mumbai says, "The government should have rules for this and punish these companies very heavily if standards are not met. Having a bad network is as good as not having a network at all. If they are not following proper standards of network, they should not be allowed to charge even these rates as their service is sub-standard."


Another important point was highlighted by a customer from Mumbai who says that the only solution to these network issues is to implement the rule that one will have the same number even if he changes the operator. He adds that this was supposed to happen in October last year, but nothing has materialized as yet.

Posted on : Friday, January 23, 2009 Leave a Comment (0)

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The Hottest gadget of year 2008 was a table top computer with 30 inch touch screen. the touch screen is made up of acrylic. It has 5 cameras that can sense nearby objects. User can interact by touching or dragging their hand. the touch is awesome like iPhone. The price tag is between 5000$-10000$. It can even extract photos from digital cameras and spread it over the screen like photos spread over a table. All the animation looks real and a cool water effect screen saver is given which works on sense of touch. The water movement is very cool when a user interacts with the screen.

Check out the cool video of Microsoft’s Table top computer.

Place a comment if you like.

Posted on : Friday, January 09, 2009 Leave a Comment (1)

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Satyam might be facing the heat right but the Satyam saga has clearly dealt a blow to the Indian IT dream.

The IT industry represents modern India. They are the ones who have created brand ‘India’ on Wall Street.

But Raju's fraud might change the Indian IT dream forever.
After all, the fourth largest Indian IT company, Satyam has fallen off the cliff, in what unfolds as the most dramatic frauds of recent times.

Now, the clients would think twice before engaging with an Indian IT vendor.
The reason is simple—they would ponder over whether the law of the land can be trusted anymore.

However, Narayan Murthy, the founder of Infosys, said "One apple is bad doesn’t meant everyone is bad."

Well, even as Murthy calls it a one off case, Infosys has already started promising more disclosures to its investors and whatever it takes to keep the clients’ trust.

Also, industry body Nasscom has swung in action, asking companies to switch to the top gear so as to retain their clients.

Som Mittal, President of Nasscom, said,"We are asking companies to make more disclosures on governance issues to their clients."

It’s certainly going to be tough ride for the Indian outsourcing industry with the recessionary pressure of the west on one hand and now, an image crisis.
Meanwhile, the international biggies like IBM and HP will benefit directly, unless the industry leaders go all out to defend their credibility.

Satyam Fraud : Here is the Full text Letter of Raju to Board

Following is the text of the letter Raju wrote to the Satyam board:

"It is with deep regret and tremendous burden that I am carrying on my conscience, that I would like to bring the following facts to your notice:

1. The Balance Sheet carries as of September 30, 2008,

a) Inflated (non-existent) cash and bank balances of Rs 5,040 crore (as against Rs 5,361 crore reflected in the books);

b) An accrued interest of Rs 376 crore, which is non-existent

c) An understated liability of Rs 1,230 crore on account of funds arranged by me;

d) An overstated debtors' position of Rs 490 crore (as against Rs 2,651 reflected in the books);

2. For the September quarter(Q2) we reported a revenue of Rs 2,700 crore and an operating margin of Rs 649 crore(24 per cent of revenue) as against the actual revenues of Rs 2,112 crore and an actual operating margin of Rs 61 crore (3 per cent of revenues). This has resulted in artificial cash and bank balances going up by Rs 588 crore in Q2 alone.

The gap in the balance sheet has arisen purely on account of inflated profits over several years (limited only to Satyam standalone, books of subsidiaries reflecting true performance).

What started as a marginal gap between actual operating profit and the one reflected in the books of accounts continued to grow over the years.

It has attained unmanageable proportions as the size of the company operations grew significantly (annualised revenue run rate of Rs 11,276 crore in the September quarter, 2008, and official reserves of Rs 8,392 crore).

The differential in the real profits and the one reflected in the books was further accentuated by the fact that the company had to carry additional resources and assets to justify a higher level of operations thereby significantly increasing the costs.

Every attempt made to eliminate the gap failed. As the promoters held a small percentage of equity, the concern was that poor performance would result in the takeover, thereby exposing the gap. It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten.

The aborted Maytas acquisition deal was the last attempt to fill the fictitious assets with real ones. Maytas' investors were convinced that this is a good divestment opportunity and a strategic fit.

One Satyam's problem was solved, it was hoped that Maytas' payments can be delayed. But that was not to be. What followed in the last several days..."

Posted on : Thursday, January 08, 2009 Leave a Comment (2)

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Firefox has a cool little easter egg, just type in about:robots in the address bar & you will find robots greeting you with a special message. The title of the page reads Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!, wondering what it means. According to wikipedia Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! originates from the Cold War-era science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). In the film, the phrase, Klaatu barada nikto, was used by Helen Benson to stop the robot Gort from destroying the Earth. Klaatu is the name of the humanoid alien protagonist in the film. Here is a quick view of the page..

If you didn’t know what are easter eggs than point to this page on Wikipedia .

Posted on : Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Leave a Comment (1)

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How to Chat with yourself

In your Browser address bar just type:
gtalk:chat?jid=yourid@gmail.com

Change yourid with your own email, now you can send, recieve messages, & you can see what you are typing.

Desktop Icons for GTalk Contacts

Right click on the Desktop select New>Shortcut & type this:

gtalk:chat?jid=id@gmail.com

Please replace id with the id of your contact.

If you like to call your friends just replace chat with call.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window.

• Alt + F4 - It closes the current window.

• Alt + Esc - It Minimize all the windows.

• Windows + Esc - Open Google Talk (if it’s minimized, or in the tray)

• F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact.

• F11 - It initiates a telephonic call with your friend.

• F12 - It cancels a telephonic call.

• Esc - It closes the current window.

• Change the font size - While holding the control key, move the scroll wheel on your mouse either up or down. Insert line breaks - If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter.

• Switch windows - Pressing tab will cycle through open windows. It will select minimized conversations, to expand them just hit enter. If you just want to cycle through IM’s and don’t care about the buddy list, control-tab will do that and will automatically expand a minimized conversation if you settle on one.

• Invitation Tips - You don’t need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this in the options).

• Bold Text - To write something bold, you can use an asterisk before and after the word, like *this* .

Run multiple instances of gtalk for multiple login of google ids

A shortcut is already placed on the desktop when gtalk is installed.

Right click on the shortcut and goto properties -> shortcut tab

There will be a target address like

C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe

just add this word at the end of this line (give a space before) and save it

C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe /nomutex

Apply and Ok

Now when you want a new instance of gtalk for a new id simultaneously, then just again double on the desktop icon and a new instance of gtalk will open.

Posted on : Monday, January 05, 2009 Leave a Comment (1)

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