The BBC World Service Trust has launched a ringtone campaign to promote the use of condoms in India, where about 2.5 million people are living with HIV.
The central message of the “condom condom” campaign being run on radio, TV and the Internet is that “smart men use condoms”.
A scene in the TV ad, a mobile ringtone buzzes with a loud refrain “condom! condom!” during a wedding. Though the man holding the mobile feels it embarrassing, those around him consider him to be a smart and responsible person.
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Aiming for a double digit market share in the mobile segment during the current fiscal from its existing share of eight per cent, consumer electronics major Samsung India on Monday said it plans to launch 4-5 new models in the next three months.
India’s government is understood to have finished the plans to introduce limited mobile number portability in selected regions of the country from next year. The Economic Times newspaper says that the formal plans will be announced within the next few days by telecom’s minister, A Raja.
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Most retired mobile phones are left in drawers instead of being recycled, according to a global survey conducted by