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3G or 3rd Generation, is a family of standards for mobile telecommunications defined by the International Telecommunication Union,[1] which includes GSM EDGE, UMTS, and CDMA2000 as well as DECT and WiMAX. Services include wide-area wireless voice telephone, video calls, and wireless data, all in a mobile environment. Compared to 2G and 2.5G services, 3G allows simultaneous use of speech and data services and higher data rates (up to 14.0 Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.8 Mbit/s uplink ).

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In Bangalore BSNL is the only 3G service provider. BSNL launched 3G on 20/02/2010. You may call 9400024365. 3G service from BSNl offers video all, mobile TV, speed upto 7.2 mbps etc. Apart from BSNL the only other operator who offers 3G services is MTNL ( operates in Mumbai and Delhi). The bidding process for 3G services are on and competition is just hotting up. 3G technology has found wide acceptance and telecom operators see big gain by providing data services.

From the business prospective big handset makers like Ericssion, Nokia etc and other network developers will gain in the long run and wireless providers, 2G service providers, land-line cable connections are expected to lose. Technology changes so fast in the internet and mobile domain that one set of technology hardly gets chance to settle. With 3G yet to consolidate, 4G is already making news. The history of 3G service dates back to 2001 when NTT Docomo of japan launched a test network. Yes, the same Docomo guys who partnerted with Tata for Docomo sims in India.

As a landline user of BSNL I have received privileged customer offer of free 3G connection with following benefits:

1. Free 50 ins of Local/STD video calls
2. Free 500 MB of data download to access internet, BSNL live portal, watch mobile TV etc.
3. Free subscription to mobile TV for 1 month
4. 180 days of validity
5. Talk value of Rs 20

Looks really attractive. Also, you can make video calls for 30 paisa per minute. If you are a BSNL landline user, may be you can avail this offer by calling 9400024365 before March 31st, 2010. You may also send an sms CUP your landline # to 9448077777 and BSNL representative will contact you to activate 3G connection. Please note that, for 3G service one need to acquire a new 3G enabled sim card.

You might think that world’s leading tech guru’s are ornamented with educational degrees but today’s top tech leaders are otherwise. They chose to dropout from college to innovate and make fortune. Lets go ahead and meet few such leaders:

1. Bill Gates

Bill Gates created the largest software company in the world called Microsoft. He has been the richest man in the world for straight 12 years and this year has been relegated to the 2nd place by Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim. He dropped out of Harvard university to start Microsoft with his high school friend Paul Allen. He has a person net worth of $53 billion. In 2007 Harvard conferred a honorary degree on him.

2. Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is the man behind Mac and iPods was too a college dropout. He dropped out of college in 1976 to start Apple with his fellow class mate Steve Wozniak.

3. Michael Dell

Michael Dell was studying medicine at the university of Texas, Austin when he decided to drop to run PC’s Limited which he started a while ago. PC’s Limited latter became Dell Inc.

4. Paul Allen

Paul Allen left Washington State University to start Microsoft with Bill Gates. But he left Microsoft after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease.

5. Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the founder and CEO of Oracle Corp. Oracle mainly deals with databases and enterprise customers. He dropped out of University of Illinois and university of Chicago. He started Oracle in 1977 with $2000 and now his personal worth is $22.5 billion.

6. Jerry Yang

Jerry Yang and his batch mate David Filo created what could be said to be the first user’s website. It was directory of other websites called Jerry’s guide to World Wide Web. This later renamed as Yahoo in 1995. Jerry dropped out of Stanford university in 1994.

7. Mark Zukerberg

Mark created the technological phenomenon of this century called Facebook. It has become such a rage that people not only use for networking, it now also used for events management, surveys, announcements, advertising etc. He dropped out of Harvard university to run Facebook.