Wednesday, February 14, 2007

`Internet on the move' initiative launched

Reliance, Lenovo and Intel have launched an initiative to give customers hands-on experience of mobile data connectivity.

A release from Reliance Communications said that as part of the initiative, Intel-powered Lenovo 3000 N100 notebooks connected to Reliance's net connect data card, which offered wireless Internet access on the move, would be placed in 200 Reliance world and Reliance Communication outlets in 100 cities across India.

S P Shukla, president, Wireless - Reliance Communications, said that customers walking into any of the 200 Reliance Netconnect `Express Zones' would now have the freedom to sit anywhere inside these outlets and use the Lenovo notebooks to wireless surf the Internet.

Reliance high data speed wireless network converted the entire country into a hot spot for laptop users.

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A laptop user was always in control of situations as the user was connected 24 x 7 x 365 in over 6,000 towns and three lakh villages and on all major highways and rail routes.

Reliance Netconnect `Experience Zones' were being launched to demonstrate the benefits and convenience of Reliance data card to millions of Internet users.

To start with, Reliance Netconnect Zones had been installed in Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Patna, Kolkatta, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Indore, Bhubaneshwar and Chennai in the first phase.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi,
Wanted to send a press release to you.
Am forced to do it here as I can’t find an email id or a ‘contact’ link.
Yours,
Amith


Press Release:-




ISHA-NowPos Launched World’s First Spiritual 24-7 hr Online Radio, vMail Portal Making Waves

COIMBATORE (INDIA): ISHA FOUNDATION, a non-political, non-religious and non-profit organization founded by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, in partnership with NowPos (short for Now Possible), a niche Voice Technologies Products Company, recently launched a unique voice-powered web channel and the world’s first exclusive Spiritual Online Radio channel: www.isha.nowpos.com. The service has been well received among ISHA followers worldwide and has already clocked thousands of registered users, several of them subscribing for the premium services, in the last three days.

The comprehensive web-based voice channel of ISHA was launched by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev on Mahashivaratri night (February 16) at a congregation of two and a half lakhs of people from all over world at the ISHA Yoga Centre here.

Users who subscribe at www.isha.nowpos.com get a voice message mail from Sadhguru himself, and access to a 24-by-7 online radio (called Voice of Isha), which will include music, bhajans, songs, speeches, discourses, live voice-casts of satsangs, discussions, Q&A, and general addresses on a series of issues, ranging from the spiritual and abstract relating to inner well being, peace and harmony, to more pressing and pragmatic concerns like world peace, finding harmony in areas of social unrest, deforestation, youth, employment and nation building, under the umbrella of “Making Waves of Wisdom”.

The site has several unique features, all backed by patent-applied and award-winning technology of NowPos, including voice blogs, voice-captioned shared photo album, voice profiles, voice forum discussions, online singing competitions, and enabling general public to leave their questions in voice for Sadhguru’s answers.

The portal will bring together practitioners of ISHA Yoga and seekers of Inner Peace worldwide, and be a singular online source of accessing information about and interacting with ISHA. Empowered by world-class award winning technology of NowPos, the portal will have Sadhguru’s videos, talks, books, speeches, articles, discussion forums, events and happenings within ISHA.

“Our volunteers worldwide can ask questions, air opinions, seek clarifications … this is a virtual recreation of our community,” said M S Dilip, Administrative Head, ISHA. “With millions of people wishing to connect more personally with Sadhguru everyday, NowPos technology is a great way to empower and connect people spread globally, and further spread the Waves of Wisdom.”

Speaking on the occasion, Ayyappa Nagubandi, Leader (title equivalent of CEO) of NowPos, said, “Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a visionary and humanitarian whose work transcends all boundaries, a renowned invitee at the World Economic Forum, a thinker who is leading a movement to spearhead a global change and reinforcing a strong character-based nation building through education, service and social change, is a leader to millions of people world-wide. To be able to harness our technology for empowering his mission and connecting him to his followers worldwide with our unique voice technologies is a matter of pride and joy for us.”