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Live Webcam of Mt. Everest in Nepal - Highest Mountain Peak in the World

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:01:00 +0000

The world’s highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet’s tallest peak.

The solar-powered camera, set at 5,675m on Kala Patthar, a smaller mountain facing Everest, can withstand temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit) and operates during daylight hours.

The image is updated every five minutes, allowing climatologists to track the movement of the clouds around the mountain’s summit.

The camera, which went live in September, uses a wireless connection to transmit images to the Ev-K2-CNR Pyramid Laboratory, located at an altitude of 5,050m.

The webcam operates from 6am to 6 local time (0015 to 1215 GMT) from the Kala Patthar summit, recording stunning images of 8,848m Mount Everest as well as the South Col.

Two scientists from the Ev-K2 National Research Council, a global mountain research organisation, work on installing a solar powered webcam to film Mt. Everest from the summit of the nearby Mt Kala Patthar in this photo provided by German surveillance firm Mobotix

And here is the Live Image:

Direct URL:http://www.evk2cnr.org/WebCams/PyramidOne/everest-webcam.html

Boom TV-SETC Tamil Nadu-Live TV using PxlView - TNSTC

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:58:00 +0000

Imagine this, you are traveling from Chennai - Hosur in Tamil Nadu SETC bus which is playing a super hit movie Billa (Rajinikanth) and bus reached Hosur when movie is about to reach climax. You get down in Hosur and board Tamil Nadu State Coporation Bus to Bangalore and you are amazed to see the movie continues here....?!!$#@%

This is what is happening in Tamil Nadu Governement Transport Corporation buses... They are all networked so that at a given point-of-time, all buses will be playing the same video which is almost like a satellite TV. Actually this setup also has a brand name "Boom TV" with caption "The next BIG Medium". This name comes from Build, Own, Operate and Maintain concept. Under this concept, private contractors would have to remit Rs. 262 a bus for a month for the broadcast rights and maintain the television sets and telecast the programmes

Thanks to Proxs Info for Technology, Peacock Media for OOH Idea, Airtel GPS (Platform).

All these buses are equipped with LCD Tv's connected to Windows PC's which run PxlView software. The moment this setup is switched on, Machine boots with PxlView -> Dials a predefined number through Airtel GPS modem -> Connects to PxlView Server -> Downloads the playlist which has details like which video or ad to play at what time -> Video Starts.

The LCD television with a unique inbuilt set top box would download the contents in compressed and encrypted files of MP4 and AV format while entering or halting at the wireless fidelity enabled depot. The contents can be adjusted according to the area within the stipulated time slots through GPS, which would allow local advertisement and contents to be displayed. Besides instant messages and warning could also be sent to the buses from the control room

Contractor taking up the work on BOOM concept could telecast commercial information, advertisements, road safety messages, important news items and announcements relating to public sector and government departments. The LCD plasma screens would be controlled from Chennai through GPS modem from a control room and the Government could run scroll messages of news value and government announcements. Programmes for telecast would be set every day through the GPS modem.

This project is a initiative of Pallavan Transport Consultancy Services

More info about this Product: http://www.proxsinfo.com/pxlview.php?id=1&b=1

The only disadvantage is that if you travel on Friday to Bangalore and travel back to Chennai on Sunday, you might see the same movie or video being played during both these journey :) Kind'a frustrating....

Here is a promotional video about BOOM Tv:

Screenshots:

Article originally published at http://indianinternetguru.blogspot.com/

Government of India Online Grievance forum - Book your complaints here

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:31:00 +0000

Government of India has an online Grievance forum at Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://www.pgportal.gov.in
Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA ? (Try the portal)The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like

1) Railways
2) Posts
3) Telecom (incl. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL )
4) Urban Development ( Delhi Development Authority (DDA) , Land & Development Office (L&DO) , Central Public Works Department (CPWD) , etc)
5) Petroleum & Natural Gas
6) Civil Aviation ( Air India , Airports Authority of India , etc)
7) Shipping , Road Transport & Highways
8) Tourism
9) Public Sector Banks Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab & Sind Bank Punjab National Bank Small Industries Development Bank of India State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of India State Bank of Indore State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Travancore Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India Vijaya Bank
10) Public Sector Insurance Companies GIC of India Life Insurance Corporation of India National Insurance Company Ltd. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. United India Insurance Company Ltd.
11) National Saving Scheme of Ministry of Finance
12) Employees' Provident Fund Organization
13) Regional Passport Authorities Regional Passport Office, Ahemadabad Regional Passport Office, Amritsar Regional Passport Office, Bangalore Regional Passport Office, Bareilly Regional Passport Office, Bhopal Regional Passport Office, Bhubaneswar Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh Regional Passport Office, Chennai Regional Passport Office, Cochin Regional Passport Office, Coimbatore Regional Passport Office, Dehradun Regional Passport Office, Delhi Regional Passport Office, Ghaziabad Regional Passport Office, Goa Regional Passport Office, Guwahati Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad Regional Passport Office, Jaipur Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar Regional Passport Office, Jammu Regional Passport Office, Kolkata Regional Passport Office, Kozhikode Regional Passport Office, Lucknow Regional Passport Office, Madurai Regional Passport Office, Malappuram Regional Passport Office, Mumbai Regional Passport Office, Nagpur Regional Passport Office, Patna Regional Passport Office, Pune Regional Passport Office, Raipur Regional Passport Office, Ranchi Regional Passport Office, Shimla Regional Passport Office, Srinagar Regional Passport Office, Surat Regional Passport Office, Thane Regional Passport Office, Trichy Regional Passport Office, Trivandrum Regional Passport Office, Visakhapatnam
14) Central Government Health Scheme
15) Central Board of Secondary Education
16) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
17) National Institute of Open Schooling
18) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
19) Central Universities
20) ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries directly controlled by ESI Corporation under Ministry of Labour

Many of us say that these things don't work in India . Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents.. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern.. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it's clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all. So use this grievance forum and educate others who don't know about this facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the 'System' in India . Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings.

Cheap and Best method for Pest Control - Cockroaches, Mosquitos, Flies will be no more...

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:26:00 +0000

Get Boric Acid Powder (the same powder we use on carom board) which is easily available with any chemist. 100gms good quality should cost you less than Rs 50. Mix it 3-4 spoons of boric acid with 1 spoon sugar and a little water and milk and make paste out of it. Put it in a match box sort of a container and keep it in 4-5 places not easily reachable by kids. Insects will vanish and will not return for several months. It causes severe dehydration in insects and they die in the nests. Since insects eat each other the effect will be visible for several months.

Adding some more. If you have too many insects. Spray the liquid mixture of water, boric acid and a little sugar directly into the cracks where you suspect roaches have nests. This would be more effective.

It is safe for kids and has no smell but still keep it away from kids.

There are other paid methods like Godrej Hi-Care and other private agents whom will charge big amount but this technique is cheap and best.

Search about Boring Power and how it helps controlling pests, here...

Best Route from Coimbatore to Bangalore

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:23:00 +0000

Below are the possible best routes to travel between Bangalore and Coimbatore.

1. Coimbatore – Sathyamangalam – Athani - Anthiyur - Ammapettai – Mettur – Thoppur – Dharmapuri bypass – Krishnagiri – Hosur – Bangalore.

2. Coimbatore – Sathyamangalam – Gobi – Mettur – Thoppur – Dharmapuri bypass – Krishnagiri – Hosur – Bangalore

3. Coimbatore - Perundurai - Bhavani - Mettur – Thoppur – Dharmapuri bypass – Krishnagiri – Hosur – Bangalore

4. Coimbatore - Perundurai - Salem – Thoppur – Dharmapuri bypass – Krishnagiri – Hosur – Bangalore

ATM Withdrawal to be limited to 5 transaction per month by RBI Soon

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:00 +0000

Barely five months after the service charge on using automated teller machines (ATMs) of other banks was scrapped, it will be re-introduced
if someone uses this facility more than five times a month, a high-ranking banking sector official said here on Friday. Also the Reserve Bank of India has said that not more than Rs 10,000 can be withdrawn each time they are used.

The apex bank has sent a communication in this regard to Indian Banks' Association (IBA) and this is expected to be implemented shortly, IBA Chief Executive K Ramakrishnan said.

The Indian Banks Association (IBA), the representative organisation of private and public sector banks in India, has proposed that instead of allowing an unlimited number of free transactions at another bank's ATM, there should be a limit of up to five free transactions a month.

"Beyond five transactions, we propose to levy a transaction fee of Rs.20 per transaction for using another bank's ATM," said IBA deputy chief executive K Unnikrishnan.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has accepted the IBA proposal, but it will be implemented only by October, Unnikrishnan said on Friday.

An RBI spokesperson confirmed the development.

"It will be optional on the part of the banks to levy this charge on customers. We have not made it mandatory but left it to their (banks') discretion," Unnikrishnan said.

He explained that since the RBI's permission has been taken, it would not be improper on the part of banks to levy the charges if they wanted.

There are a little over 40,000 ATMs in India, of which nearly 30,000 are in urban centres and metros. The remaining 10,000 are in semi-urban centres with only a sprinkling in rural areas.

There are around 80 public sector, private, cooperative and foreign participating banks in the ATM network in the country.

After the ATM transactions fees on using other banks' ATMs was scrapped in April, the IBA studied the entire gamut of ATM transactions.

"We found that a majority of the ATM transactions were in the range of average withdrawals of Rs.3,500-4,000, and 90 percent of all transactions were below Rs.10,000. Hence, the intended purpose to serve the common man was achieved," Unnikrishnan said.

However, there was a small minority of users who withdrew very large sums on account of high card limits given by some banks to privileged customers.

At the other extreme, there were some customers who withdrew miniscule amounts, or made other kinds of inquiries. This created several logistics problems causing avoidable expenditure for banks at the cost of the common user, he said.

Taking into account these and related aspects, the IBA submitted a proposal to RBI last month.

"We shall give sufficient notice to the customers before implementing it, and individual banks can also inform their customers about the proposal and whether or not they would charge their customers. It will give time to effect suitable modifications in the ATM programmes to implement it," Unnikrishnan said.

Email Attachment or Online conversion for Adobe PDF documents

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:04:00 +0000

Conversion tricks here will convert to text Adobe PDF files that are in English and most West European languages.

Adobe PDF Conversion by Email Attachment
If the Adobe PDF file is on local media, such as a hard drive, CD-ROM, or internal server, it can be submitted as a MIME attachment to an e-mail message. All converted Adobe PDF documents will be sent back to the sender as MIME attachments.

For plain text, mail the attached PDF to pdf2txt@adobe.com.

For HTML, mail the attached PDF to pdf2html@adobe.com.

Adobe PDF Conversion by Simple Form
To convert an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file to HTML or text, simply type a URL for an Adobe PDF document into this electronic form and select "Convert". The Adobe PDF document will be converted and returned to you in your browser application. Depending on the complexity of the document and the number of requests being made on the server at the time, the conversion process may take a while.

Enter a URL to an Adobe PDF document below:

URL:

Format:

HTML 3.2 Text

Why aren't you using the Adobe Reader to read this PDF?

	There is no Reader for my platform
	The Reader is not compatible with my assistive technology
	I prefer the content as text or HTML because:

On what platform will you use to view the resulting text or HTML?

If Other:

Other Comments:

By submitting content through these tools, you understand and agree that Adobe may occasionally access the content you submit for purposes of quality control and administration of the conversion service.

Vehicle Details via SMS 56006 from RTO Bangalore, Karnataka

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:30:00 +0000

You can now get any vehicle's details from RTO.

Just SMS, RTO followed by registration no. (Example: RTO KA-05-MR-7678) to 56006.

This will be very useful in hit & run cases. Pass it on to as many people you know This works well for Karnataka (KA) registered vehicles.

SMS charge will be Rs.3.

Note- It still returns old owner name incase car is sold

News Sources

DECCAN CHRONICLE

Bengaluru, May 15: Transport commissioner Bhaskar Rao has allayed fears that the SMS service being offered by the RTO to track hit-and-run offenders will instead prove to be a blessing in disguise for those keen on ‘tracking’ girls.

The service was launched by the RTO on Thursday to help citizens with details of vehicles involved in hit-and- run cases. Fears were expressed that it would help in conveying personal details especially pertaining to girls.

Anyone can obtain the information on a vehicle owner by sending the registration number to 56006. Within seconds, the name of the vehicle owner and the contact address will be displayed on the SMS sender’s mobile screen helping the public to lodge a police complaint. What is worrying many is the fact that this information could also be easily obtained by a mischief monger.

But Mr Rao brushed aside the fear of the information being misused. He said that only the name of the vehicle owner, the engine number and the chassis number will be provided while replying to the SMS sent to 56006.
“To check how effective the SMS system is, all details of vehicles are being provided for another 10 days. Later, limited information will be provided to the sender and the public need not fret over this,” he said.
The SMS facility was announced by transport minister R. Ashok.
Details of 16 lakh vehicles (registration numbers starting with KA-01, KA-02, KA-03, KA-04 and KA-05) have been stored in the database.
The details of around 70 lakh vehicles will be uploaded in the next eight months. The information on all vehicles which were registered before February 15 has already been uploaded. Vehicles with registration numbers up to KA – 55 will be added shortly, Mr Rao said.
Similarly, the insurance details of all vehicles will be made available. This will help bring insurance fee evaders under the tax net, said Mr Rao.
“After 10 days, those who wish to obtain full information of a particular vehicle can do so it from our official website by providing their e-mail id,” Mr Rao added.

Indian Express

The State Transport Department is going the e-governance way. Not only has it computerised information on vehicles registered in Bangalore RTOs, it is now thinking of launching an SMS service that can get you information on motor vehicles through your mobiles.

This information will include the vehicle registration number, name & address of the registered owner, engine & chassis numbers of vehicles that are registered.
However, the department is still trying to reach a decision as to whether this information can be let out to the general public or only to the RTO officials and the police.
As of now, the operations have been tested out successfully on a pilot basis. To start with, out of 55 Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in Karnataka,one can get info of vehicles that are registered in Bangalore RTOs where computerisation is completed-- that is from KA- 01 to KA-05.
Official sources in the Transport Department confirmed the Express that the information of 16 lakh vehicles have already uploaded.
“The vehicle database updated or created by the respective RTOs up to January 2009 has been uploaded and the five per cent error margin will be rectified soon.
However, the mobile SMS service number and users accessibility are yet to be finalised by the department as the business module is being worked out with the service providers,’’ the source informed.
How to use it?
One can type RTO-space-KA- 05-M-followed by the number and send it to a five-digit number from the mobile phone. Each SMS will cost about Rs 3.
“If a service provider charges less than Rs 3 per SMS for this particular service, then we may tie-up with them,’’ the official said.
Accessibility
The department is still figuring out whether the information should be accessible to the general public due to fear of misuse. “The department is also thinking of giving limited access for this service to Transport Department and Police Department for enforcement purposes,’’ the source added. In Delhi, the access has been restricted to RTO officials and the police personnel.
The department was considering the inclusion of vehicle technical details like vehicle maker’s name & classification, month & year of manufacture, details of tax paid and fitness certification, which can accessed by the general public if not the earlier-said information.
“e-governance benefits should reach the people, which is the ultimate purpose of an e-governance. The mobile SMS service will be hassle-free and time saving.
The police or the public need not to go from pillar-to-post in RTOs to get vehicle information,’’ the official said.

Microsoft Bing TV Commercials targeted againt Google

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:20:00 +0000

Microsoft is spending almost $80 million to $100 million on its ad campaigning to promote Bing. In a series of its ads, Microsoft is trying to show Google as a cluttered, irrelevant and confusing search engine. Even though the campaign doesn’t directly mention the name Google, but the target is pretty clear to all.

Bing’s ad campaign strategy

Microsoft is trying to center its campaign for the coming months on four major categories:

Travel

Shopping

Health

Local

Commercial spots are to be followed by online ad campaigns. Radio advertising will also be a part of the traditional advertising mix.

The second phase of Bing advertising

After Bing’s first TV commercial picked on Google for the collapse of the US economy, Bing’s advertizing has now entered its second phase.

Bing TV commercials are showcasing more dramatized versions of what it’s like when people interact with their friends, family and partners the way they do to a search engine. The ads would show how they get back responses that have the same words as their question, but nothing at all to do with what they asked.

The campaign develops a theme similar to the one Microsoft used in its earlier commercials directed at Apple.

Take a look at Bing’s recent TV spots. The ad calls today’s confusing and cluttered online search as “Search Overload Syndrome” and says Bing is the cure.

A few recent Bing commercials:

Commercial #1

Commercial #2

Commercial #3

Commercial #4

Plane Crash Live Rare Photo shot while cruising at 35,000 feet over South America in GOL B 437 aircraft recovered from Casio Z750 Camera Memory Stick

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Two shots taken inside the plane before it crashed. Unbelievable! Photos taken inside the GOL B 437 aircraft that was involved in a mid air collision and crashed.....

A B437 had a mid air collision with the Embraer Legacy while cruising at 35,000 feet over South America. The Embraer Legacy, though seriously damaged with the winglet ripped off, managed to make a landing at a nearby airstrip in the midst of the Amazon jungle. The crew and passengers of the Embraer Legacy had no idea what they had hit. The B737
however crashed, killing all crew and passengers on board.

The two photos attached were apparently taken by one of the passengers in the B737, just after the collision and before the aircraft crashed. The photos were retrieved from the camera's memory stick. You will never get to see photos like this. In the first photo, there is a gaping hole in the fuselage through which you can see the tailplane and vertical fin of the aircraft. In the second photo, one of the passengers is being sucked out of the gaping hole.

These photos were found in a digital Casio Z750, amidst the remains in Serra do Cachimbo. Although the camera was destroyed, the Memory Stick was recovered. Investigating the serial number of the camera, the owner was identified as Paulo G. Muller, an actor of a theatre for children known in the outskirts of Porto Alegre. It can be imagined that he was standing during the impact with the Embraer Legacy and during the turbulence, he managed to take these photos, just seconds after the tail loss the aircraft plunged. So the camera was found near the cockpit. The structural stress probably ripped the engines away, diminishing the falling speed, protecting the electronic equipment but not unfortunately the victims. Paulo Muller leaves behind two daughters, Bruna and Beatriz.

Worlds First Wrist Watch 3G Mobile Phone - LG-GD910 to be Released in this Year 2009 to Market

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:25:00 +0000

Who hasn’t dreamed of sporting the Dick Tracy watch-phone since they were a kid? Can you imagine having your phone, text messaging, contacts, email, music, etc. all in the palm of err. . around your wrist? Dick can, and now so can the rest of us. The once far-fetched dream prototype, now a market-ready device, will be shipping out to Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and Latin America in July 2009. The United States should expect the detective-like gadget to arrive in ’09 as well.

With the smart phone market booming and new technologies being introduced every day, what do you think the next big thing is? Could the LG GD910 watch-phone give the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Blackberry’s Storm a run for their money? Who knows, in the years to come, with two free hands, you may be streaming video calls from your waterproof watch-phone.

Watch CNET Review of this Phone:

Check out the CNET Article for More Information
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10134418-100.html?tag=mncol;txt

Send a Fax for FREE with Myfax to 41 Countries

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:07:00 +0000

MyFax lets you send a fax for free from the Web to 41 countries including the US, Canada, most of Europe, China, Japan, and South Korea. MyFax is a fast growing Internet fax service that allows individuals and businesses to send and receive faxes using their existing email accounts on the web.

Faxes sent to the listed countries are free within your monthly page allotment, and then just $0.10 each. Usually, the fax will be sent within a few minutes but it can take longer if the recipient fax is busy.

It needs to be kept in mind that the fax file does not exceed 10 MBs and the document does not exceed 10 pages. A cover page will be automatically created when you submit your fax. You can enter a comment on the cover page by entering text in the Message field.

MyFax offers services in North America and Europe, including the United Kingdom to industries recognized among the fastest growing adopters of internet fax including finance, insurance, real estate, healthcare, transportation and government. More than 15,000 new customers subscribe to MyFax each month.

List of countries you could send a fax to for free:

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea R (South)
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Russia
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States

MyFax supports 178 files types including files created by most popular word processors and graphics programs.

So if you are looking to send a fax to someone, do give this service a shot!

Link: myfax-free

Impact on Indian IT Industry because of Obama Annoucement

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:42:00 +0000

The US President Obama's proposal to tax expenditure by the US companies on availing services from outside the country from 2011 has received mixed reactions from all over the world.

Most of the industry leaders in India believe that the plan is aimed at curbing the country's outsourcing industry. At the same time, the proposed tax system is also winning few fans in India.

The Scenario

India's information technology and outsourcing companies employ about 2.2 million people, and the US companies account for about 60 % of their business.
The US companies either have their own subsidiaries in India or employ Indians by contracting work to local technology and outsourcing companies.
Many of these Indian operations handle customer service and back-office functions, particularly for the US banks and credit card companies.
Recently, many US corporations have also expanded their sales, marketing and distribution in India.

The Proposal

Elimination of a deduction for the US companies when they invest in subsidiaries outside the United States.
To tax expenditure by the US companies on availing services from outside the country from 2011.

The Reaction

Let us try to see what various people are saying before forming our own opinion:

NASSCOM (India's leading outsourcing lobby):

The tax plan may actually end up reducing competitiveness of US companies with global operations when compared to their European and Japanese counterparts.
The proposals appeared to be aimed at addressing the tax rate differentials that exist across the world. It will impact American headquartered companies with overseas operations

CII (The Confederation of Indian Industry)

It's an internal issue. It will only reduce their competitiveness. He added, "It is a populist posture. Perhaps his (Obama's) intention was not the same. However, it sends a wrong message.

Infosys (India's second largest software and outsourcing company)

It is not for us. It is for US companies that have operations in other destinations. It will not have an impact on Indian companies.
We do not believe that it has anything to do with IT outsourcing done by US corporations.

Mphasis

It is irrelevant as far as Indian IT providers are concerned. It may encourage more US companies to invest and create jobs within that country

FCCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry)

While Obama's move would have some impact on the US investment abroad and into India, in the long run this would only run counter to the interest of US corporations seeking global presence.

The Opinion

It was the availability of young talent pool, the time zone factor and the cost advantage that made outsourcing in India flourish in the last decade. It was not due to any tax benefit that the US firms enjoyed.

US companies save 60-75% by outsourcing their back office operations to countries like India. The overall impact would be clearer once the exact structure of the taxation is announced. Nobody really knows what will happen in the longer run but the move has definitely diluted the spirit of the global economy and the flat world.

(Sources: New York Times, indiatimes)

Goats now Hired by Google... Interesting story at California headquarters...

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:37:00 +0000

The “Job Description” for Google Goats?
Should be capable of:

Mowing the fields…
Clearing the weeds…
And keeping the fire hazards at bay!

I know this sounds absurd… believe me, this is no joke.

The decision has been made to support Google’s so called “low carbon approach” of using goats instead of the lawn mowers (that run on gasoline and pollute the air).

Around 200 goats have been engaged from California Grazing, who eat grass and fertilize the land at the same time (lol… okkkk!)

Is Google saving costs by doing this?
Google says No…

“It costs us about the same as mowing… the goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.”

PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals seems okay with the idea of eating grass and looking cute, but they have some concerns as well…

Amy Cook, Assistant Manager of Marketing for PETA pointed out:

PETA has no problem with letting goats do what goats want to do but we do have concerns:

How will the goats be transported?
Will they have access to shelter and shade during storms or hot weather?
Will there be a provision and availability of food and drinking water?
Where will they be housed when they aren’t “working”?
What kind of veterinary care will they receive?
PETA has found over and over that whenever animals are used by a business to make money, corners are cut and animals often suffer as a result. And that really gets our goat, if you’ll pardon the pun. [Source: TechCrunch]

And the response from Niki Fenwick, a Google representative:

“Google takes the wellness of our employees very seriously and we pride ourselves on having a responsive and adaptable culture. The lawn-mowing goats are not, of course, full-time Google employees - but we would certainly respond directly to any concerns about their treatment. I can confirm that during their time in Mountain View, like other Google employees, each goat is entitled to a free organic lunch.”

Free organic lunch eh? Well, good luck… Goats!

Check out more at Official Google Blog: Mowing with goats

Thanks to Devils Workshop.

Send Free Fax Online to U.S.A - faxorama.com

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:44:00 +0000

How about sending free FAX , through internet. With Faxorama, anyone can send FREE faxes to anywhere in North America. without ADS on FAX page except one simple FaxOrama logo.

So lets see how it works

Go to http://faxorama.com/
Fill out both the Sender and Receiver Information
(Only name, email and fax numbers are required)
Click "Browse" and select the local file on your computer
( * .PDF, *.TIF, *.DOC, *.XLS and *.TXT files only)
Enter in the 4 digit confirmation code that is displayed.
Click "Send Free Fax Now"
Check for an confirmation mail on the email id you have provided and click on the link inside.

Now your FREE fax will then be delivered to the recipient.Upon successful delivery, or if there is a problem with delivery, you will receive a delivery notification email, letting you know the final status.

(For proper receipt of confirmation mail please add

faxmaster@faxorama.com to non spam list.)

Currently FaxOrama.com is allowing you to send 2 FREE faxes per day containing up to 5 pages per fax.

Free Temporary Email Inbox Service Website List for using in Forums, Blogs commenting

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:12:00 +0000

Temporary or disposable free email services are those which provide you give you a temporary email ID and inbox which is totally spam free and needs no registration or sign up. This is very much useful if you want to get some content from forums where registration is a needed. You can use the temporary email ID to register. Most of the temporary email IDs have very less expire time. So here is a list of top 31 temporary and disposable email service.

1. GuerillaMail provides you with a temporary inbox for a period of 15 minutes.

2. TemporaryInbox is yet another simple and easy to use temporary email service that gives you an email address in different formats

3. Mailinator is one of the top rated disposable email services that gives you a temporary mailbox.

4. MyTrashMail is another pretty good temporary mail service

5. SpamGourmet is yet another service which provides you with a temporary email addresses.

6. Mint Email – provides with a temporary disposable email address with a validity of four hours and also has automatic email verification

7. YOPMail – YOPMail is a different kind of disposable email service, where you can create email addresses without even visiting the site, simply use username@yopmail.com. Only thing to note is that the username should be unique as anyone can see the mails received to the particular username.

8. NowMyMail – NowMyMail is another service which will allow you to create temporary disposable email addresses.

9. MailExpire is a disposable email service with a longer expire time ranging from 12 hours expiry to as long as 3 months.

10. MailEater gives you a free temporary email inbox in the format username@MailEater.com

11. Jetable allows you to set the expire time of your temporary inbox and also allows you to forward the emails in the temporary inbox to the permanent address. They even have Firefox addon

12. SpamBox gives you a temporary email address in the format e.g. username@spambox.us and also allows users to set the expire period of your inbox

13. DontReg is another temporary email service which is faster and safer

14. TempEmail aims to give you a fast, anonymous yet secure temporary email inbox

15. PookMail is a email inbox service that gives an email address in the format e.g. username@pookmail.com

16. SpamFree24 is another free temporary email service provider

17. Skeefmail lets you pick a temporary address. You can also choose a random address instead of picking one yourselves.

18. SpamHole provides you a temporary email which has a validity of 2 hour.

19. 10MinuteMail generates a temporary email for 10 minutes

20. TempoMail is another temporary email inbox services that give you spam-free mailbox

21. KasMail provides with temporary email ID which requires registration and allows up to 25 aliases.

22. MailCatch - MailCatch is another disposable email service that allows you to create temporary disposable mailboxes.

23. SpamMotel is another service which requires registration and provides mail forwarding, mail can be accessed through desktop e-mail clients,

24. GreenSloth is another service which does not requires any registration, but it is a receive-only e-mail and expires automatically after a week

25. AnonInbox requires no registration and is easy and simple to use.

26. Spam.la is a disposable email service which requires no registration

27. TempEmail is another free temporary and disposable email service provider

28. EmailZorz lets you make an address like username@emailzorz.com. There are also a some variations to the domain like you can use emailrama.com, emailzorz.com, e-mailzorz.com and mailzorz.com

29. Email Bugmenot Another good disposable email service where emails are auto deleted after 24 hours.

30. Lite drop Provides a disposable e-mail addresses which is set to expire after 60 Minutes.

31. MeltMail is another service which provides with the option to select the expire time. You can chose from 3h, 6h, 12h and 24h.

There are many more services which provides temporary and disposible email IDs. If your favorite ones are not written, do share it here with the features.

Send Gmail in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam New Feature

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:56:00 +0000

Gmail just announced the latest update which positively affects Indian users around the world. E-mail is one of the most prominent modes of communication over the internet and making it available for everyone to access it regardless of language, only seems logical to me.

Indian users can compose e-mail in 5 different Indian languages. The languages include Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The new features are based on Google's transliteration technology.

Google's engineering team in India is always looking out for stuff they can work on to make Google's products more local and accessible by Indian users. Gmail offered local language interface quite some time ago and offering to compose an e-mail in local language was the next best thing to do.

The feature will automatically appear on Indian Gmail users interface, however, if you don't see it on your account you can enable/disable it from "Settings".

Free ATM cash withdrawal from April 1, 2009 in India from RBI Reserve Bank of India

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:55:00 +0000

Please find below the notification sent by RBI to all banks.

Customer charges for use of ATMs for cash withdrawal and balance enquiry
1. Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have gained prominence as a delivery channel for banking transactions in India. Banks have been deploying ATMs to increase their reach. While ATMs facilitate a variety of banking transactions for customers, their main utility has been for cash withdrawal and balance enquiry. As at the end of December 2007, the number of ATMs deployed in India was 32,342. Commensurate with the branch network, larger banks have deployed more ATMs. Most banks prefer to deploy ATMs at locations where they have a large customer base or expect considerable use. To increase the usage of ATMs as a delivery channel, banks have also entered into bilateral or multilateral arrangements
with other banks to have inter-bank ATM networks.

2. It is evident that the charges levied on the customers vary from bank to bank and also vary according to the ATM network that is used for the transaction. Consequently, a customer is not aware, before hand, of the charges that will be levied for a particular ATM transaction, while using an ATM of another bank. This generally discourages the customer from using the ATMs of other banks. It is, therefore, essential to ensure greater transparency.

3. International experience indicates that in countries such as UK, Germany and France, bank customers have access to all ATMs in the country, free of charge except when cash is withdrawn from white label ATMs or from ATMs managed by non-bank entities. There is also a move,
internationally, to regulate the fee structure by the regulator from the public policy angle. The ideal situation is that a customer should be able to access any ATM installed in the country free of charge through an equitable cooperative initiative by banks.

4. In view of this, RBI had placed on its website an Approach paper and sought public comments. The comments received have been analysed. Based on the feed back a framework of service charges would be implemented by all banks as under:

Service Charges Details
(1) For use of own ATMs for any purpose Free (with immediate effect)

(2) For use of other bank ATMs for balance enquiries Free (with immediate effect)

(3) For use of other bank ATMs for cash withdrawals
No bank shall increase the charges prevailing as on December 23, 2007 (i.e. the date of
release of Approach Paper on RBI website)
Banks which are charging more than Rs.20 per transaction shall reduce the charges to
a maximum of Rs.20 per transaction by March 31, 2008
Free - with effect from April 1, 2009.

5. For the services at (1) and (2) above, the customer will not be levied any charge under any other head and the service will be totally free.

6. For the service number (3) the charge of Rs.20/- indicated will be all inclusive and no other charges will be levied to the customers under any other head irrespective of the amount of withdrawal.

7. The service charges for the following types of cash withdrawal transactions may be determined by the banks themselves:
(a) cash withdrawal with the use of credit cards
(b) cash withdrawal in an ATM located abroad.

Thus Please note that wef 01st April, 2009 ATM cards can be used in any bank’s ATM for withdrawing cash without
any charges.

April Fool SMS Jokes Google's Hoaxes computer worm

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:27:00 +0000

April Fools' Day 2009 is nearing, here are some links collection for April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, the day for hoaxes and jokes on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, is arriving. Here is some April fool sms links April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.
Do you know that Google has a tradition of perpetrating April Fools' Day hoaxes.
The famous one was in 2008 Adsense for Conversations Google releases Adsense for conversations adsense.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-adsense-for-conversations
In 2009 Google Voice May be Google's hoaxes or prank
On March 26, 2009 CNN HeadLine News featured Google Voice that claim a new new Google's features that will allow user to call from any phone or web to any phones. It also claimed that Google Voice can stream lines all of your calls by letting any calls you receives to ring to your cell phones, land phones or your Google Email account. However according to some inner employees of Google, Inc in Mountain View, California, it was leaked that this is one of Google hoaxes during April Fool's Day. check out some Google pranks videos. well but wait Google loves a good April Fool's Day joke. Sometimes the joke is even that it isn't a joke. Take a tour of some of Google's best April Fool's Day jokes, and these are 9 Google April Fool's Day Jokes and Pranks which are real one now.

April Fool SMS, April Fools Day SMS Links

April Fools 2009 Hoaxes, Spoofs and Fakes for April First

Will and Guy's April Fools 2009 Hoaxes April Fools 2009 hoaxes. Here are Will and Guy's predictions of hoaxes that you will see on April Fool's Day 2009. ...
www.guy-sports.com/humor/urban_myth/hoax_april_fools.htm

No joke in April Fool's Day computer worm - CNN.com

This piece of computer code tells the worm to activate on April 1, 2009, researchers at CA found. ... What happens on April Fool's Day is anyone's guess

April Fool SMS collection

April fool sms messages

Funny SMS, April Fool SMS

SMS Jokes - April Fool SMS

TOP 10 Distance Education Universities in India

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:55:00 +0000

If you want to get Degree without living your job or without attending College, distance education or correspondence course is best option for you. The Degree from open university is not as effective as regular full time course Degree, but it can help you to some extent. Here is the information of some well known universities of India for Distance education.

1. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) - Right Now IGNOU is the largest and most popular university in India for distance learning courses and certificates courses. It offers largest numbers of courses including MBA and MCA. Some courses of IGNOU requires to attain few class room session also. For most of the subject or stream candidate need not to go through any entrance test, but some courses like MBA and MCA, candidates need to clear entrance test. The fee is low, MCA in IGNOU will cost a max of Rs. 32000.00 (approximate), Payable in installment of close to Rs. 5000.00, half yearly. Overall, the quality of education by IGNOU is low, IGNOU has still a long way to go. Get more detail about IGNOU at http://www.ignou.ac.in/

2. Annamalai University- Popular courses at Distance Learning Courses at Annamalai University are M.B.A courses, M.Phil courses, Hotel Management Studies, Fashion Design Studies, I.T Programmes, Health Science Programmes. All the programmes of study offered by the Directorate of Distance Education have the approval of the Distance Education Council, New Delhi.

Contact Info-

ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
Annamalai Nagar - 608 002
Tamil Nadu
India
t : 91 - 4144 - 238248/263/796
f : 91 - 4144 - 238080
e : info@annamalaiuniversity.ac.in
w : http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/
v : +91 - 4144 – 237356/237357
/237358/237359 (Voice-net)

3. Osmania University- Ever since the Osmania University established the Centre for Distance Education, the Centre has witnessed phenomenal growth and emerged as a pioneering institution in the field of Distance Education, with potential for excellence. Candidates from all over India will be admitted without age and area restriction and without any entrance test [Except for MBA & MCA ]provided they fulfill the requisite conditions of eligibility to various courses.

4. Sikkim Manipal University- The courses include Master degree programs, Bachelor degree programs, Diploma and Post Graduate diploma programs, both in Information Technology and Management category.

5. NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY (NOU)- The Nalanda Open University is the only University in the State of Bihar meant for imparting learning exclusively through the system of distance education.

Nalanda Open University Biscomaun Bhawan, Gandhi Maidan, Patna-800001, Bihar, India

6. Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning(SCDL) , Pune - Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning(SCDL) is a centre of excellence offering quality Distance Education.

7. Karnataka Open University - Total Enrollment in the year 2000 were 27231; Enrollments in 2004 are over 30,000 students

8. University of Madras Institute of Distance Education (University of Madras IDE), Chennai, Tamil Nadu

9. Mahatma Gandhi University - School of Distance Education, Kottayam, Kerala

10. ICFAI University - A number of educational programs are offered in management, finance, banking, insurance, accounting, law, information technology, arts, commerce, education and science and technology at Bachelor's and Master's levels on full-time campus and flexible learning formats. Examinations are conducted at over 168 test centers all over India, four times a year. The University has no study centers outside the authorized jurisdictions.

Some other-

Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade - Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade (IICT), Lucknow offer autonomous 2 year MBA (Foreign Trade) ,MBA (Finance ),MBA (Marketing),MBA (HRD),MBA (Pharma Marketing ),MBA (Tourism ),MBA (Software Marketing ),MBA (Hospital Management),MBA (Insurance management), MBA (Banking) ,MBA (IT),MBA (Operations Management),1 year Post graduate Diploma / 6 month Advance Diploma and 4 month Diploma , through correspondence / Distance Education,

Bharathiyar University - Anna University - Bharadidasan University - Symbiosis.

Multiple Proxy Server Settings.. How to in Internet Explorer Mozilla

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:20:00 +0000

Advanced Proxy Manager is a simple, but yet powerful proxy manager application for Internet Explorer. It is a very useful tool which allow the quick change between many different proxy settings. It also allows storage and easy retrieval of several different proxy setting configurations for Internet Explorer. This is very useful for people who use different proxies to connect to Internet

There are times when you may want to use the same computer to browse while on the office network with the proxy enabled and at home network you don't need to proxy. Currently to do that you have to click through several screens in IE to turn off the proxy or reconfigure it.

With this application, you can easily set up multiple proxy settings and switching between them is also easy from the tray icon.

Advanced Proxy Manager is a good application for people who manage multiple proxies to connect to Internet.

Download Advanced Proxy Manager

Nano Tata Launch Booking Loans Application Dealer Details

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:26:00 +0000

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Application forms for the online booking of Tata Nano will be available at Tata Motors dealerships, State Bank of India (SBI) branches, Westside, Croma stores (Both Tata Initiatives). Tata Motors is likely to charge around Rs 300 for every application
What will be the interest rates for TATA NANO as auto loan?
The interest rates could be cheaper than the existing auto loan rates.
check out croma stores located in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad & Surat.
After the launch in Mumbai, Nano would be displayed at the company's dealerships from the first week of April, while the bookings would start from the following week. The booking amount is fixed at Rs. 70,000.
At 10:15 am, the company's shares were trading 5.16 per cent higher at Rs 169.20 on the BSE. The stock surged to a high of 173.85 in the first few minutes of trade.
Want a Nano Don't wait then, book it now.
Presently, Tata Nano will be available for booking through selective chain of Tata Nano Dealers (which are different from existing dealers of other Tata brands) who will start booking Tata Nano from first or second week of April. People can easily learn about all these Tata Nano dealers by visiting nearest Tata dealers
Tata Nano Dealers and Distributers in Hyderabad and Secunderabad

Autofin Ltd.
16-11-1/1/2, Srinivasa Towers,
B/h. HDFC Bank,
New Malakpet,
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Autofin Ltd.
Near Bowenpally Check Post,
N.H. - 7,
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Concorde Motors Ltd.
15-127- Nr. L.B. Nagar Circle,
Vijayalakshmi Theatre Complex,
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Concorde Motors Ltd.
GF - Golden Edifice,
Opp. Visweswarayya Statue,
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Malik Cars
3-6-422, Street No. 3,
Main Road, Himayatnagar,
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh

Malik Cars
Indralok Complex,
Road No.1,
Banjara Hills,
Opp. Taj Banjara,
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
The major problem with Tata Motors is that they do not enough numbers of Tata Nano to sell because of non completion of their Tata Nano plant in Gujarat; therefore, Tata can only book limited numbers of Nanos.
What's your opinion on Tata Nano? Will it hurt two-wheeler/used car segment?

How to recall email message in Gmail Sent Items

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:30:00 +0000

The new "Undo Send" feature hit the Gmail labs. Enable this feature and you can stop those e-mails that are meant for someone else or the ones where you forget to attach a document or simply the one with the wrong subject line.

That's about to change, just enable the "Undo Send" feature in Gmail Labs and you can Undo the sent messages.

Technically this feature does not really recall the sent messages but it delays sending of messages by 5 seconds. So if you realize something is wrong with the e-mail you just clicked "send" on, you have about 5 seconds to Undo Send.

This feature comes in handy for the messages that are sent in a rush.

How to rescue your cell when it falled into water | De-Moistuize Mobile Phone

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Rescue your cell from water

You always try to protect your cell from not going into water, but atleast once in its lifetime, it finds its way into water. That's a very sad moment. But does this mean that it's time to abandon your cell phone? No! Especially not if you try this home remedy.

First of all, take out the phone battery from the cell immediately. This will prevent electrical short circuits within the cell which can even burn the internal parts of your cell.

Next, gently wipe your cell with a tissue, and bury it into a jar full of uncooked rice. Yes, rice! Remember that the coconut is kept in dry rice to keep moisture away? It's the same logic that works here too. It has been found that rice has a high chemical affinity for water. In simple words, it attracts water. So, water doesn't stick to the cold metal of your cell, instead it is soaked by the rice, thus leaving your cell dry (well, almost dry).

Thanks to TOI

Dual SIM Patent Holder Somasundaram Madurai Demands Royalty 35 Rs

noreply@blogger.com (IIG - Indian Internet Guru) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:56:00 +0000

Dual SIM handset manufacturers have been asked to stop import of phones as the patent holder (Somasundaram Ramkumar of Madurai) is seeking royalty of Rs. 35/ for every phone shipped to India.

Somasundaram Ramkumar, holds patent (awarded last year) "in India for phones with a plurality of SIM cards allocated to different communication networks" – and since the application is valid for 5 years, companies like Nokia, Samsung, Meridian Mobile and Spice might have to cough up the royalty (source).

Around 100,000 dual-SIM phones are sold in the country every month – @ royalty of Rs. 35/ per phone, you can imagine the value this patent would deliver!

This is what Business Standard has to Say:

The dual-SIM handset manufacturers are in a spot after a Madurai resident, who holds patent for such phones, asked the Indian Customs authorities to stop shipment of these phones till he was paid a royalty for every handset brought into the country.

Industry experts expect the move to hit the sales of dual-SIM handsets, which are imported into the country by companies including Nokia, Samsung, Meridian Mobile and Spice. More importantly, this could also affect the plans to manufacture these handsets in the country. It is estimated that around 100,000 dual-SIM phones are sold in the country every month.

The Madurai resident, Somasundaram Ramkumar, holds patent "in India for phones with a plurality of SIM cards allocated to different communication networks". The patent was awarded to him last year.

Ramkumar has moved the Office of the Commissioner of Customs of Chennai Airport in this regard. The office has accepted his application and directed officials throughout the country to stop clearing shipments of dual-SIM phones, a source close to the development told Business Standard.

The application is valid for five years or till the time the patent is valid, whichever is earlier. Ramkumar is believed to have sought royalty (believed to be around Rs 35) for every dual-SIM phone shipped into the country.

Even though Ramkumar could not be immediately contacted for comments, manufacturers and distributors in the country confirmed the development.

European handset major Meridian Mobile CEO Rajiv Khanna said most of the companies had inventory for a couple of months. He hoped that the issue would be resolved by then. Meridian Mobile sells dual SIM handsets under the brand name 'Fly'.

The Indian Cellular Association (ICA), the body of handset vendors in India, has already formed a committee to look into the matter, and has initiated dialogue with the Customs department.

Dual-SIM handsets have two SIM slots and can work on both CDMA and GSM networks. They are popular among users due to the convenience of alternating between two numbers. These phones are particularly useful to international as some countries (like South Korea) do not have GSM networks, while others (certain places in the US) do not have CDMA networks.