Nokia 603 may be launched worldwide soon

Nokia has launched it new smartphone, Nokia 603 , in Turkey and Finland,ahead of Nokia World 2011, which will be held on October 26 and 27 in London.

This has led to speculations that Nokia might use the annualevent to announce a bigger launch across the world for Nokia 603.

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Featuring the latest Symbian Belle software, Nokia 603 is aimedat first-time smartphone users and those upgrading from older products.

Nokia 603 is powered by a 1 GHz processor and comes with a 3.5"ClearBlack display.

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Nokia 603 comes preloaded with Maps, the latest socialnetworking games and apps, and the ability to capture, edit and sharephotographs.

"The Nokia 603 continues the renewal of our smartphonerange with products that are uniquely matched to the needs of people around theworld," said Tuula Rytila, Senior Vice President, Nokia.

Other specifications

Dimensions

Size: 113.5 x 57.1 x 12.7 mm
Weight (with battery): 109.6 g
Volume: 74 cc

Memory
Internal memory: 2GB
Support for up to 32 GB with an external microSD memory card

Battery Performance
Talk time (maximum):GSM 16 h, WCDMA 7 h

Standby time (maximum): GSM 460 h, WCDMA 490 h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhi & Mumbai airport charges may soar soon

 

By Mail Today Bureau in New Delhi

 

FLYING out of New Delhi and Mumbai may become expensive asthe Airports Economic Regulatory Authority ( AERA) is presently consulting withstakeholders for a massive increase - of as high as 500 to 600 per cent - inlanding, parking, navigation and other charges at airports in New Delhi andMumbai, a top aviation ministry official has said.

 

" The AERA is seeking the opinions of airport users,including airlines, on the multi- year tariff proposals of Delhi InternationalAirport Limited ( DIAL) and Mumbai International Airport Limited ( MIAL) toincrease airport charges by 500 to 600 per cent," said the official, addingthat the new charges, if approved, would come into effect early next year.

 

If the propose hike in charges comes into play, flying outof New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International ( IGI) airport would becomeexpensive as the airlines on whom this additional burden would be imposed,would pass on the cost to the air passengers.

 

A proposal prepared by the DIAL and the MIAL, a few monthsago to increase the airport charges, is likely to be taken up by the AERA inanother two to three months, they said.

 

The hike in airport charges has been overdue since 2001 butit would depend on the policies of the Union ministry of civil aviation,decision of AERA and the views and opinions of the important stakeholders,including airlines and passenger associations, whose viewpoints are beingsought, the official said.

 

While the airport charge such as landing, parking and airnavigation fees levied by the airport operators have not been revised since2001, the GMR Infrastructure Limited and GVK Power and Infrastructure- ledairport operators also say that the directive of the Supreme Court on not tocollect development fee from passengers has also imposed a major financialburden.

 

The apex court has left it to the AERA to decide on theissue of the development fee.

 

The GMR- led DIAL, in which Airports Authority of India (AAI) has a stake of 26 per cent, has invested a sum total of ` 12,718 crore sofar to upgrade, refurbish and modernise the IGI Airport.

 

The airport authority is looking for a 24 per cent return onits equity.

 

Looming CIL strike to add to power woes

 

By Mail Today Bureau in New Delhi

 

WITH workers of Coal India Ltd ( CIL) threatening to go on astrike if their demand for a higher pay and bonus is not met, the government'sattempt to increase coal supplies at thermal plants to normalise powergeneration in Indiamay hit a roadblock.

 

" Over three lakh workers of CIL along with two lakhcontract workers would proceed on a 72- hour strike immediately if the coalministry fails to address their demands, including a hike in bonus and payrevision," All- India Coal Workers Federation general secretary Jibon Roy said.

 

CIL accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic coalproduction.

 

The coal ministry has called a meeting with workers' unionsof CIL on Monday, to be chaired by coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, CILchairman and managing director ( CMD) N. C. Jha said.

 

The ministry will convince workers not to resort to strike,which could further aggravate the shortage of coal supplies, as power firms arebattling with less supply, a senior official said.

 

The five workers' unions - the Indian National Trade UnionCongress ( INTUC), the Centre of Indian Trade Unions ( CITU), the All IndiaTrade Union Congress ( AITUC), the Hind Mazdoor Sabha ( HMS) and the BhartiyaMazdoor Sangh ( BMS) - have threatened to strike work if their demands are notmet.

 

Coal Indiahas offered an annual bonus of ` 17,000 per worker, while the unions aredemanding a minimum bonus of ` 23,500 per employee.

 

CIL workers had earlier gone on a one- day strike on October10, which resulted in production loss of around one million tonnes for CIL,causing it a revenue loss of about ` 140 crore.

 

Maruti's Manesar plant resumes partial production, strike on

 

New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) The strike at Maruti Suzuki India's(MSI) Manesar plant entered its 11th day today, with workers protesting outsidethe factory premises, but the company said it has resumed partial production atthe plant.

 

The company also said production at its main plant atGurgaon has been resumed after a two-day closure last week due to componentsupply constraints from Suzuki Powertrain India Ptd (SPIL).

 

In the meantime, the Haryana Labour Department has calledfor a meeting today of the management and striking workers of MSI, SPIL andSuzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) to find a solution.

 

"Production has started in a limited way at thecompany?s plant in Manesar. To start with, the weld shop has been madeoperational," a company spokesperson said.

 

The company resumed operations at Manesar with some of thetrained workers from among those who have refused to join the strike, he added.

 

The Gurgaon plant has also begun normal operations.

 

Production at this plant will, however, depend on the supplyof diesel engines and also transmissions from SPIL, the spokesperson said,adding that MSI models the like M800, Omni, Eeco and Gypsy are not dependent oncomponent supply from SPIL.

 

There has been no production at MSI's Manesar plant sincethe workers went on strike in October, while the company had shut the Gurgaonplant on October 14 and 15 as engines and transmissions supply has beenseverely hit by the strike at SPIL. .