Making a strong case for WiMAX as the perfect technology for speedy roll-out of mobile internet access in India, Korea-based Samsung Electronics has offered its services and expertise along with its global partners to Indian operators to boost broadband penetration.

�We have successfully deployed commercial mobile WiMAX networks in over three dozen countries in Asia, Americas and Europe, covering 15-crore people, which will go up to 30-crore by the end of this year.
Mobile WiMAX is suitable for India for its speedy deployment,� Samsung Electronics Vice-President (Global Sales and Marketing Team, Telecom Systems) Hung Song told The Hindu. Stating that they were already conducting WiMax-based trials for some BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum winners, Dr. Song said: �WiMAX is a proven technology that is commercially available for the past five years.�
Referring to the ongoing debate between adoption of WiMAX and LTE (long term evolution) as future technology, Dr. Song said: �LTE as a technology is still evolving. Any new technology takes at least five years to get optimised...whereas WiMAX has already a proven technology. Moreover, trials for the next level of WiMAX, which would be identical to advanced version of LTE, are already on and it will be available for commercial deployment by the end of next year.�

Hung Song

Asserting that Indian operators cannot wait for a new technology after making huge investments in BWA spectrum auction, he said: �Waiting game will only curtail India's growth as global experts say fast roll-out of mobile broadband will add to India's GDP (gross domestic product). We are ready with low-cost devices that supports WiMAX, while we are also ready to speedy deployment installing one-lakh BTS (base transceiver station) a month.�

Pointing out that more than 160 operators in 76 countries were providing or were preparing to offer commercial mobile WiMAX services, Dr. Song said the effort was to bring together �G5' nations � the U.S., China, India, Japan and Korea � to show the way to the world how mobile WiMAX can trigger growth of world economy. �China and India can not only produce cost-effective WiMAX-ready devices but also create their own services and applications,� added Dr. Song.

Samsung is on a roll these days, coming out with cheap and touch screen phones one after the other. But what makes its latest offering, the Samsung Star Nano, special is its 3G feature, priced at an affordable Rs. 7320.

Samsung India has expanded its touchscreen mobile phone line-up in India with the launch of S5620 Monte.

Samsung fans now have a good reason to celebrate. Its new model, Samsung Monte is being launched in India. Considering the features of this phone, it is a good buy at a price of Rs 8,850.

Samsung has announced the launch of its latest phone, the Metro branded S5350 in India. The Metro is a mid-range phone directed at the young user and comes loaded with an Instant Messenger application and a host of social networking widgets.

Samsung has announced the launch of its latest touchscreen handset, the B5722 in India. The device happens to be the first touchscreen from the company to support two SIM cards. The phone will also be known as the B5722 DUOS.

The phone boasts of features like a decent 3.2 mega pixel camera, 30 MB memory (expandable to 8 GB with SD card) and a very respectable 14 hours of talk and a 20 day standby time. The B5722 is a GSM+GSM dual SIM phone and the user will be able to use two GSM SIM cards in a single phone. Users can switch from one SIM to another without having to switch off the handset.


Let's now take a look at the other features of the device. Being a touchscreen device, it runs Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz UI atop Samsung's OS. It supports various IM platforms for social networking and has FM radio as well. It also comes loaded with an advanced mobile tracking software that will help you locate your phone in case it is stolen. The B5722 boasts of an updated version of the mobile tracking software. The new version can actually track the location of your cellphone within the radius of a few miles.


 The B5722 has a 2.8 inch QVGA screen that can display 262k colors. It also boasts of Samsung's DnSE sound engine, ensuring high music playback ability. The 30MB of internal memory can be expanded with the help of microSD cards. It supports GPRS class10 and EDGE class 10. 3G support is however missing. Bluetooth happens to be the only short-range wireless connectivity option.

The Samsung B5722 DUAL SIM has been priced at Rs. 11,680 and is now on sale.