MUMBAI: Sony Ericsson has forecast that the global handset market for 2009 will contract at least 10 per cent from around 1,190 million units in 2008.
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Sony Ericsson has launched another Walkman series phone in India, the W705.
The Sony Ericsson W705 is the latest addition in the 'Walkman series' and it packs same media features like the W980. The phone is loaded with a 2.4... screen (240 x 320 pixels), 3.2mp camera, metal casing, WiFi and HSPA 3G support and the accelerometer, that lets the screen rotate to fit the phone's position. Its vital stats are 95.0 x 48.0 x 14.3 mm and it weighs in at 98 grams.
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MUMBAI: With recession and cost-cut as the biggest problem being faced by all, BIG 92.7 FM, Kolkata's No.1 FM Station, has come forward to make this Poila Boishakh (Benagali New Year) truly special by launching an innovative bidding contest – �Mojar Adday, Mojar Daam'. The contest which started on 13 April, has a volley of on-air and on-ground offering making the new year celebrations truly special
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MUMBAI: Fusing together Indian sounds, Punjabi vocals, a clever Daft Punk sample, and Grammy-award winner Kanye West, internationally acclaimed producers RDB have released their sixth single, Soniye (Stronger).... Soniye (Stronger) was written by N.S. Chauhan, performed by Binder, and remixed by RDB.
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MUMBAI: ETC Networks' net profit for the quarter ended 31 March 2009 has dipped by 86 per cent to Rs 12.9 million.
ETC Networks had a total Operating Income of Rs 141.2 million for the quarter against Rs 199.5 million for the quarter ending on 31-Mar-2008. The Total Operating Income was at Rs 671.4 million for the year ended on 31-Mar-2009 against Rs 778.1 million for the year ended on 31-Mar-2008.
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MUMBAI: Tamil Nadu based Hello FM 106.4 has bagged the exclusive radio partnership with Chennai Super Kings for the forthcoming IPL season.
Last year, the station had campaigned for Chennai Super Kings unofficially but this year, Hello FM has inked a deal with Chennai Super Kings as its exclusive radio partner.
The radio station will campaign across all its stations in Tamil Nadu including Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Coimbatore, Puduchery and Trichy.
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MUMBAI: The music of Hindi comedy film 99 starring Kunal Khemu, Soha Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Vinod Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar and Cyrus Broacha was released on the Saregama label on 16 April.
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MUMBAI: A critical part of Nokia's highly successful launch of the NOKIA 5800 EXPRESS MUSIC phone was an innovative multi-platform solution that was created by Maxus, Dialect and the Integrated Sales team at BIG 92.7 FM.
BIG 92.7 FM designed an on ground activation spread across 6 cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai - over 4 weekends, which involved high levels of interactivity and opportunities for product sampling, while communicating the propositions of Touch, Play and Share with NOKIA 5800 EXPRESS MUSIC.
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MUMBAI: The revamped avatar of IIT Roorkee's online radio station CampusBeats has just completed a year of operations.
The Audio Section, Cultural Council, IIT Roorkee launched its beta version of CampusBeats in August 2007 After monitoring the response by students to the online radio channel and testing its feasibility, the new and improved version of CampusBeats was launched by IIT Roorkee director Dr S C Saxena on 2 April 2008.
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