Gone are the days when mobile phones meant making and receiving calls, or text messaging alone. We are in the age where a mobile phone is more of a status quo; it sure decides how boring, interesting, professional or social you are! A mobile phone, especially when it first launched in India, was strictly for reaching people in an emergency situation. But come 2010, none of us have a landline number at home, unless of course our parents insist on having one. We do not even believe in asking our friends and colleagues for their landline numbers anymore, because we are available on our personal cell phone mobile numbers 24*7, any time. Why then would you bother about a landline?

Ever wondered what an amazing device a mobile phone can be and how much it has evolved over the last decade! Not only can your Mobile Handset connect you to the world through calls and SMSes, but you can access websites on your mobile too. There has been a revolution in the world of gadgets, where a mobile phone has become a smart phone. Why do we call it that; because of the extensive features that it can support. You can make a call, send an SMS, surf the internet, download songs and images, send emails, and operate GPS on your handsets, play games, watch videos, set alarms and reminders for important dates and events, check into places on Google maps, et al. Sky is the limit when we talk of mobile phones today.

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Google, in collaboration with the government’s national broadband plan promises to make its customers access Internet 100 times faster than the normal networks, is setting a high alert to all the US telecom companies and cable networks. As per the chairman of Federal Communications Commission who is now running an advisory organization – Reed Hundt, “They’ve just defined the new minimum”.

As per a recent corporate blog Google efforts to build up fiber- optic networks to connect up to 500,000 people with a speed of 1 gigabit per second. By far the fastest residential networks have been delivered by AT&T Inc., Comcast Corporation and Verizon Communications Inc. however; it has successfully surpassed them by 20% now and planning to keep its word by implementing new technologies within the coming time.

Google would directly be able to offer the Internet connections to its customer’s home by having its own network. This would certainly led to a whole new phase in the world’ telecom sector.

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The proposal to categorize broad band as a frequent carrier facility by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has created improbability among the investors in the telecom sector. This might show the way to oppressive regulations within this industry, some experts of this field stated it clearly.

As per a plan announced in May by the chairman of FCC, Chairman Julius Genachowski that states that there is a need to reconstruct or modify broadband from being a widely tolerant information provider to a regulated common carrier service.

In the telecom industry, there are a lot of regulations being forced upon but, all are used as per the convenience and preference of the consumers. Thus, this new appeal would also see success with the consent of the users and preferably not by the authorities ultimately. Though this declaration came a month after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled out. The Federal Communications Commission does not thus, have the right to implement network impartiality principles in opposition to the Comcast.

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After quite evident ups and downs, the telecommunication industry and allied organizations finally seems to be at a great phase of development. Even the demand of telecom consulting services has increased significantly within the past few years. Thus, it grows more keen eyes to know the scope of these organizations in the relevant sector. Moved by the outburst of dot-com services, increased market demand and raised mobile and web facilities, the 90s was flooded with digital enhancements and applications in this field leaving a great impact on all the related organizations and consultancies.

Later with an improved rate of 20% per annum these consultancies grew more than ever and are maintaining almost the same pace till date. Telecommunications and IT services by the end of this phase proved to be the fastest rising industries for various Internet technology and management organizations. However, with the imminent recession many companies and sectors faced a downfall in the economy throughout the world. Projects were less and so, many entrepreneurs went out of trade. Rest who still managed to bear the consequences, were specifically focused on survival rather than any extension of their business. With years passing by and with the introduction of new strategies, altering their business requirements and upcoming business, even the most ruined businesses such as the telecom consultancies took a high pace.

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