Showing posts with label Deshi Mobile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deshi Mobile. Show all posts

Nokia launch Ovi Mail in Bangladesh!

Nokia the leading mobile phone manufacturer launched Nokia Ovi Mail in Bangladeshi in May 2009. Nokia Ovi mail has the potential to help people have a digital identity. This new solution can open the door to information, entertainment, family and friends.

The Ovi mail is an email service from Nokia that can be set up and used directly from the affordable Nokia phone without having a PC touched. Ovi Mail is a cost effective and affordable means to communicate with friends. It also supports attachment and enables picture communication

All the N-Series and E-Series Nokia device are Ovi enable. But these device are quite costly in Bangladesh. So Nokia plans to introduce new cheap and user friendly device for Bangladesh market. Nokia 2323 Classic, Nokia 2330 classic and Nokia 2730 classic will be available in Bangladesh soon. These device are cheap and internet-ready and work with Ovi Mail.

It is estimated that there are about 45 million mobile set in Bangladesh where as number of internet users is only about 1 million. So there is a potential of about 4 million people who can use mobile internet and Ovi Mail. Nokia wants to tap this huge market of mobile internet by launching Ovi Mail service in Bangladesh.

Mobile Internet in Bangladesh: A new trend!

Internet is now very popular in Bangladesh. Bangladeshis first started to use internet in early nineties. Now internet service is available in every district of Bangladesh. Outside major cities like Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi people usually use Dial-up internet service. In Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet people usually use broadband internet service.

Although Bangladesh is now connected with the international submarine cable consortium, internet speed is still very low. A few kbs download speed is really poor comparing international standard. BTCL is the largest govt' internet service provider in Bangladesh. They provide both dial-up and broadband service. Private ISPs usually provide broadband internet service now, some ISPs still provide dial-up service though.

Out of two types of internet service a new type of internet service is emerged in Bangladesh. That is mobile internet service. All the mobile phone service providers now offer Wap and mobile internet service. Average cost for 1 kb download is BDT. 0.02 Some cell phone companies now offer internet modem. GrameenPhone offers USB EDGE/GPRS internet modem to use in both Desktop and Laptop computers. Citycell offers ZOOM CDMA internet modem.

Mobile internet is a new trend in Bangladesh. Educated people from all over the country now use mobile internet. If a person have a GPRS or EDGE enabled mobile set he can use internet and join the world of web easily. The major advantage of mobile internet in Bangladesh is that a subscriber can use internet from anywhere of the country where mobile network exist.

Largest mobile phone company Grameenphone also provide wap based contents by their wap site. Users can download favorite contents from GP wap site at a fixed cost. Cellbaazar is a new concept of e-commerce which is very popular in Bangladesh. By using Cell phone a subscriber now can trade at Cellbazaar and earn money.

3G and WiMax service will be introduced soon in Bangladesh. These technology can bring revolution in mobile internet service in Bangladesh.

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