‘Idea Music Week’ in Punjab

Continuing with its commitment to offer unmatched communication and infotainment to its subscribers, using the mobile platform, IDEA Cellular, the pan Indian mobile operator, has once again launched a unique talent hunt for singing sensations of Punjab.

Flagging off on the occasion of World Music Day, Idea has started ’Idea Music Week’ – the first-of-its-kind, mobile based, singing contest which will identify young music talent from across Punjab and give them an opportunity to perform alongside renowned singers, Raj Brar of Chandigarh De Nazariyan Ne Patiya (Album Rebirth)and Naag Di Bachhi; and Preet Harpal of Kehnde Jajj Banja (Lock up) fame. The celebrity artists will judge the participants, certify the winners and will give them a chance to perform in their forthcoming video albums.

Starting June 21st, Idea subscribers in Punjab who wish to give their audition can call on50677 and record their voice. The last date for audition is June 27th. During this week, music lovers can also download songs from a range of songs, by calling 50677. Songs can be downloaded at a special rate of Rs. 5 per download, and browsing charges of 3 paise per second.

Selected candidates from the Mobile Audition, and Idea subscribers with maximum song downloads during ‘Idea Music Week’, will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Raj Brar and Preet Harpal over a special dinner.

Residents of Chandigarh and Jalandhar can catch the two music sensations at select My Idea Stores as they will be visiting the outlets to meet their fans and Idea subscribers in the city. Idea subscribers from both cities, who download maximum number of songs on the day of the celebrity visit, will get a special chance to meet Raj and Preet at the My Idea store.

40 Young Global Telecom Leaders

As many as eight Indian-origin persons, including those working with Tatas and Bharti group, have been named among 40 young leaders of the global telecom industry.

Indians featured in the '40 under 40' list by Global Telecoms Business (GTB), a telecommunications magazine, include Srinivasa Addepalli of Tata Communications, Pankaj Agrawal (Aircel), Ajay Chitkara (Bharti Airtel), Gauri Raizada (Tata Teleservices) and Rene Meza (Airtel Kenya), Mukesh Bavisi (Exponential-e), Udit Mehrotra (Shyam Networks) and Upendra Poranki (Nokia Siemens Networks).

The last year's list had only one Indian – Srinivasa Addepalli.

On Srinivasa Addepalli, GTB said that he "embodies the spirit of adventure that Tata Communications represents. Addepalli has played a pivotal role in this journey as the cocreator and enabler of the company's unique strategy."

Regarding Agrawal GTB said that he played a key role in transforming Aircel from a regional operator to a pan-Indian operator, while Ajay Chitkara has been the "catalyst to build a business from scratch to a USD 450 million operation today."

Chitkara is one of the youngest CEOs at Bharti Airtel and in the Indian telecom industry.

The magazine said that Rene Meza has done an "outstanding job" in the development of telecommunications in east Africa.

The coveted list also include Batelco's Enas Al Fardan, France Telecom Orange's Christophe Alter, BT Global Services' Sian Baldwin, Julien Ducarroz of Orange, Alcatel-Lucent's Heather Kirksey, Mikhail Gerchuk of MTS, Vodafone's Bryan Littlefair.

For the study, respondents were asked who they thought are the global telecom industry's "young leaders of today and the leaders of tomorrow".

Idea launches new offers for STD and Local calls in Gujarat

Idea has launched ‘One Country, One Call Rate’ offer for the prepaid subscribers in Gujarat. This offers allows the Idea prepaid subscribers to enjoy local and STD at cheaper rates. It offers two plans in this offer which is valid for 30 days.

Recharge for Rs 33 and make Local and STD mobile calls at 40 paisa per minute for 30 Days. Recharge for Rs 31, offers STD calls at 25 paisa per minute with the validity of 30 Days.

This tariff vouchers are available at all the retailers in Gujarat.