With the cost of living rising, Britons are keener than ever to be energy efficient, according to a YouGov poll carried out for the Energy Retail Association (ERA). The research shows that 96 per cent of people think it’s important to be more energy efficient to reduce the size of their energy bills. In addition, 70% believed that new smart metering technology, which allows energy customers to see how much they are spending in real time, would help them reduce consumption.

Smart meters will rid consumers of the uncertainty of estimated bills and enable them to conserve energy, by allowing both gas and electricity consumption to be tracked in real time. Information on consumption is then shared automatically with the energy company and will be available to the customer on a dedicated hand-held display, and possibly also on their computer or mobile phone.

Smart meters will also allow people who generate their own electricity at home from such sustainable sources as wind and solar energy – known as microgeneration – to sell it back to the national grid. This would reduce energy bills further, while also helping the environment. Three out of four (75 per cent) of the people surveyed found the concept of microgeneration appealing.

The ERA believes that smart meters are the next generation of electricity and gas meters. They are calling on the government to mandate their roll-out to every home in the country.

Duncan Sedgwick, chief executive of the ERA, said:

“Consumers are feeling the pinch in many areas at present and so saving energy is more important than ever. It is clear that the public want to save energy and be more energy efficient but they don’t yet have the tools to do this.

“Both consumers and the industry believe that smart meters will make a big difference in helping people to change their behaviour and use less energy. Now it’s up to government to set a clear timetable and give industry a mandate to install them in every British home.”

Cassie Higgs, Senior Policy Advocate, National Consumer Council (NCC) welcomes the opportunity smart meters offer for saving money:

“Smart meters give consumers clear information and greater control over their energy use, helping us all to consume energy more responsibly. Also, by providing suppliers with accurate energy readings, they would make estimated bills, which are a major consumer gripe, a thing of the past”.

79 per cent believe it is important that the introduction of smart meter technology will eliminate many of the costs of providing a pre-pay meter and more tariff options will be available to these customers. Moreover, 73 per cent would be interested in these new energy tariffs. Customers are expected to be able to choose a tariff with varying prices for energy depending on what time of day the energy is use – allowing cheaper energy during off-peak periods. Older people were most enthusiastic about the benefits the new technology will bring, particularly on the issue of new tariffs. 35-44 year-olds were also overwhelmingly in favour of variable tariffs, with 77% expressing an interest in them.

70 per cent of consumers believe that it is important to be able to switch instantly between pay monthly and pay as you go tariffs for buying electricity and gas, just as they can with mobile phones. This was most appealing to 25 to 34 year-olds with 75 per cent seeing the importance of this flexibility, compared with 68 per cent of over 55s.

For further information, please contact:
Claire Gibson - Press Officer for the Energy Retail Association on 020 7747 5432

The Energy Retail Association (ERA), formed in 2003, represents the major electricity and gas suppliers in the domestic market in Great Britain. All the main energy suppliers operating in the residential market in Great Britain are members of the association - British Gas, EDF Energy, E.ON, npower, Scottish Power, and Scottish and Southern Energy.

The Energy White Paper, published in May 2007, supported the ERA’s view that Smart Meters could be rolled out to 25 million homes for gas and electricity within 10 years. More information on the ERA’s work on smart meters can be found on our website at http://www.energy-retail.org.uk/smartmeters.html. The Energy White Paper can be downloaded from the DBERR website: http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html.

The Energy Consultation Response can be downloaded from DBEER website: http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/review/implementation/billing-metering/cons-responses/page37482.html

All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 1,961 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 18th and 20th December 2007. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+).

Further information on Smart Meters is available from the ERA website: http://www.energy-retail.org.uk/smartmeters.html

Gati Air Express,the latest offering from Gati is in answer to the needs of the business segment to meet the demanding timelines of today’s businesses.

Gati Air Express delivers shipments across all major locations the very next day during business hours,and to some prime locations even before noon!

A fleet of dedicated frieghters(cargo planes)that fly during the night,and a seamless multimodal network that goes down to the last mile,to ensure that your shipments arrive on time.The company has assured the customer,frieght would be refunded if the assured timelines are not met by the company.

Gati is very confident that this service will serve as a boon to the business community.

To announce and promote this service,Gati has launched a national press campaign.Gati will continue in its quest to meet business needs of today’s businesses, redefining connectivity to match the needs of the discerning customer, added Mr.Mahendra Agarwal, Managing Director & CEO of Gati Ltd.

Gati has over 4000 vehicles on road covering 594 out of 608 districts, mechantronic warehousing facilities of 1.5 million sq. ft. across all major cities thus offering truly word class single window solutions to the customers.

Be it flexible point-to-point distribution solutions or complex end-to-end integrated logistics solutions or supply chain management, Gati does it all with great effectiveness and reliability, and enjoys the trust of a large customer base.

In 1996, Gati tied up with Indian Airlines to facilitate speedier delivery of shipment. This twelve-year relationship has now been further strengthened with the launch of the co-branded (Air India Gati ) air cargo and courier service. This lethal combination will demonstrate the value the customers can derive from the synergies of the two majors in air and surface networks.

Gati was the first to run the millenium parcel express train in October 2001 between Mumbai and Kolkata with 10 VPUs. Unfortunately in the year 2003, this initiative was discontinued. Once again Gati has taken the initiative to run the parcel express train between KYN (Mumbai) and NGC (Guwahati). The parcel train is a classic example of PPP (Public Private Partnership).

The Gati advantage of seamless connectivity across air, road, ocean and rail has resulted in a plethora of offerings to the customer unmatched in the industry. Besides having a strong network in India, Gati has a strong market presence in the Asia Pacific region and SAARC countries. Today, Gati has offices in China, Singapore, Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka and have plans to foray into other markets.

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About Gati Limited
Gati Limited is a leader in express cargo delivery and a pioneer in distribution and supply chain management solutions in India since 1989. Headquartered in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Gati’s network extends across the Asia Pacific with an office in Singapore - Gati International.

Gati provide its customers with quality service through speedy and efficient movement of cargo. They also offer top-of-the-line supply chain management services across India, the SAARC countries and Asia Pacific markets.

Having started out in 1989 as a cargo management company, Gati has grown into an organization with 6400 dedicated professionals and a turnover of Rs 4577 million. Gati’s business philosophy is to integrate the latest and best technological innovations into the service and support network.

Morristown, NJ – The TM Forum announced today that it has been working with the UK Government to establish a new industry program aimed at serving the procurement needs of large-scale end-user organizations. These buyers purchase IT and communications technology on a scale equivalent to many service providers and as such many of the Forum’s standards and guidelines and best practices are directly applicable.

The TM Forum has traditionally mainly served the needs of the telecom industry. However, with growing convergence of technologies spurring a major change in the demarcation lines between telecom, cable, media and web players that position is changing very quickly. The same underlying driver, technology convergence, is also changing the picture for many large-scale consumers of communications and IT technologies. No longer are these separate strands of their procurement requirements, the needs for an integrated procurement approach are rising with the advent of convergent approaches such as: Service Oriented computing architectures (SOA), all IP networking, and advanced Service Delivery Platforms.

The needs of large scale service providers are becoming indistinguishable from the needs of large-scale users such as government departments, defense industries, aerospace and financial services industries.

Andrew Bull Head of Infrastructure, Strategy and Architecture for the UK’s Revenue and Customs departments commented “We need to ensure the best value for money for UK taxpayers in our investments in IT and communications. Following international standards is one of the ways we can do that and we are delighted to be trail-blazing a new approach to working with an international trade association like the TM Forum. We hope other governments and large scale buyers will follow our lead.”

Martin Creaner, TM Forum President said “This is a natural extension of our work with service providers around the world - convergence is making the needs of users and service providers ever more aligned. Standards allow economies of scale that these ultra large buyers want to tap into. We are delighted to establish a new program aimed at meeting these needs.” The new program is expected to focus on ensuring that clear procurement guides can be developed to help large-scale buyers drive to standards in their procurements and market education.”

An initial meeting to launch the “Large Scale Buyers” program is going to be held at the TM Forum Management World, in Nice on the 21st at 1pm in the Euterpe room. The meeting is Open to all conference attendees.

About the TM Forum
With almost 700 members in 72 countries, the TM Forum is the world’s leading trade association focused on management of information, communications and entertainment services. The Forum provides leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the way that services are created, delivered, assured and charged. Members include the majority of the world’s service providers, network operators, software suppliers, equipment suppliers and systems integrators.

The Forum currently facilitates over 80 technical programs and provides extensive training, conferencing and information services to its members. Through its initiatives to help providers move to 21st century ‘lean’ processes, the Forum helps its members automate business processes by deploying operational systems that will work seamlessly across various parts of the service delivery chain. The organization provides industry benchmarks, guidebooks, process and software frameworks and specific ‘plug and play’ standards. These give service providers the direction and specific roadmaps to achieve much greater business efficiency and operational flexibility.

For further information regarding the TM Forum, related programs such as the Prosspero initiative and its Management World conferences, please visit www.tmforum.org

The seminar was organized by Urdutehzeeb.com in collaboration with the India Islamic Cultural Centre. Urdutehzeb.com is the world’s largest Urdu language portal.

Pointing out that the European Union has emerged as one of the strongest economic blocks of the world, Dr. Kidwai asked: Is it not possible for us in South Asia to come together and form a union for our economic progress without disturbing our borders. It is high time that we came together to chart out a common path for peace, progress and prosperity.

Baroness Emma Nicholson, a member of the European Parliament, who was a special guest at the seminar, said we had to create our own way with half a billion citizens of the European Union. While she said India is unique in its diversity, Europe too has just about every variation of what humanity has created all over the globe. In many ways were more a community of values than of anything else. Unity in diversity is the keynote phrase for the European Union.

Prof. Mashirul Hassan, a wellknown historian and Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, said in his keynote address that it is in the fitness of things that the seminar is being held in Delhi which has been the cradle of our composite culture. It is the city of Mir, Ghalib, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Dr. Ansari - all protagonists of a composite way of living. The theme of our composite culture was also central to our liberation struggle exemplified by Gandhi, Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose.

He said composite culture does not mean the merger of religious, ethnic and linguistic identities. Composite living means the recognition of those identities. A composite society allows and nurtures those identities to flourish. You cannot have plural nationhood without composite living being embedded in it. Composite culture does not mean imposition of uniformity or homogenization It implies recognition of diversity which has been a characteristic feature of the India society, Prof. Hassan underlined.

Dr. Syeda Hameed, member, Plannining Commission, said that the poetry of her great grand father, Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali, was a convergence of communal harmony, feminist thought and educational philosophy. His poetry can be better understood if seen in the context of our composite culture. She said culture was an assimilation of ideas, the cultivation of mind towards a symbiotic structure without boundaries. Thousand of years of Hindu-Muslim interaction led to our cultural evolution. The ganga-jamuni styles in art, writing, religious practices, customs, social mores and sanctions form the basis of India’s composite culture.

Yawar Abbas, a broadcaster and filmmaker, said that an ethically cleansed society its a morally unclean society. It is society which is intellectually bankrupt and socially monotonous and boring. A society that is doomed from the start. It is cross-fertilization which gives a society its strength. This is what gave India its strength. Two of India’s ‘crowning glories’ are a product of this cross-fertilization - Indian classical music and Urdu language. Despite the partition of the country, we are the same people. The mass madness of 1947 cannot destroy the heritage of a thousand years. We made a mistake by agreeing to the partition and its would be a bigger mistake if we accepted the partition in our hearts and reacted in kind to a false two-nation theory.

Dr A.A. Fatmi, Allahabad University, dwelt at length with the Sufi tradition. He said Kabir’s writings transcended religious barriers to reach the heights of universal humanity and brotherhood. The Sufis and Bhakti saints like Guru Nanak and others spread this literary-cultural enlightenment across the country and a new composite culture emerged and took deep roots in the society.

Asghar Ali Engineer, a social activist and scholar, said much of the credit for our composite culture goes to the Sufi saints who wrote in regional languages and dialects. Though they were scholars of Arabic and Persian, they did not write in these languages which were read and spoken only by the elite. Baba Farid is an a extraordinary example. He chose to write in Punjabi and is one of the most popular poet-saints of the region on both sides of the border. He was the first poet of Punjabi language.

Dr Engineering said that it is a political lie to say that Islam was spread with the force of the sword. It is necessary to debunk this false idea because it spread misunderstanding and hatred among the people. Islam spread in India because of the Sufis who were considered a role model by the people. The universal humanism of the Sufis attracted the people and that is how Islam spread in India.

Others who spoke at the seminar included broadcaster and lyricist from London, Chaman Lal Chaman, former Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof M N Farooqi, Mr Thomas Deegan, writer, and editor of group editor of Sahara India newspapers, Mr Aziz Barni.

Urdutehzeeb.com, it was announced at the seminar, will hold seminars and conference on the theme in other cities of India

Urdutehzeeb.com is the world’s largest Urdu language web portal. It has become a platform for secular values and modern outlook. The portal has, through a rich fare of textual, audio & visual material, been propagating the composite culture of India. Urdutehzeeb.com features daily news, articles, literary criticism, poetry, stories, books etc. Our video section has videos on cultural and other activities of Urdu-speaking people. Surfers can also listen to music and songs on our songs/music segment. For more information on the same, kindly visit the URL: www.urdutehzeeb.com.

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Espoo, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden - Nokia announced today that the Nokia Music Store in Sweden has gone live. With millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming Swedish acts, the Nokia Music Store let’s people enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer. The Nokia Music Store, with its compelling combination of download and streaming services, empowers you to connect to music you want, in the way you want.

“The Nokia Music Store offers great usability along with a huge selection of music from both renowned international artists and popular Swedish artists,” says Christophe Joyau, head of services, Nokia Scandinavia. “By having an integrated mobile and PC download service, the Nokia Music Store is a fantastic way to build a music collection that is truly mobile.”

With a single account, music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their desktop computer or directly from optimized Nokia devices such as Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N82 and Nokia N81. Browse for new music, get recommendations or search for your favorite artists, songs or albums all from the palm of your hand. Once a track captures your attention, you can add it to your wishlist to buy later or purchase it immediately for download to your device without having to download the same song again on your computer. You can also transfer purchased songs via your PC to compatible Nokia devices.

Individual tracks will cost 10.00 SEK per track and albums from 100.00 SEK. The Nokia Music Store will also offer a monthly subscription for PC streaming for 100.00 SEK. All music on the Nokia Music Store can be purchased through credit cards and pre-paid vouchers. Other highlights include the ability to listen to a 30 second clip from any track on the store.

Visit the Nokia Music Store at http://music.nokia.se

About Nokia Music Store
Nokia Music Store is a service where you can browse and buy music in order to download on your PC and compatible Nokia mobile device. Music downloaded from Nokia Music Store can be conveniently moved between your PC and compatible Nokia device, as well as copied to CD and moved on to compatible digital music players. Nokia Music Store also offers a monthly subscription service that allows you to stream unlimited music from the Store catalogue direct to your internet-connected PC. The Nokia Music Store is available in the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, France, Singapore, and Sweden and will expand to more countries throughout the year. www.nokia.com/music

About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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To provide cost effective online advertising, www.autonagar.com is launching additional services for used vehicle dealers to open their online showrooms at autonagar.com in the form of micro sites.

Based on valuable feedback and suggestions from members, users and visitors, Autonagar has developed a new website which provides better user interface and easy browsing.

Now users can reach any specific page of www.autonagar.com with just 4 clicks. With the help of the Quick Search box on the home page, a user can find any used car, bike or truck in just one click by searching keywords like make, model and city.

On the occasion Mr. Suresh Sharma, Founder & CEO of www.autonagar.com said “Since our launch we have learnt a lot from the industry and improved ourselves, the same reflects in the new user interface and design of autonagar.com. We have also launched packages for used vehicle dealers to open their online showrooms to display their inventory online.”

LONDON, UK – Local Matters, Inc. and European Directories today announced the completion of a long-term agreement whereby Local Matters will develop and enhance the online white and yellow pages websites across European Directories’ 8-country publishing operations.

The new business relationship encompasses the license of Local Matters’ Local Mosaic platform, which powers leading Yellow Pages websites and local media properties. Local Matters will tailor the platform to the strategic plans of European Directories, and customize implementations for each unique market.

Cornel Riklin, Chief Executive Officer of European Directories commented, “This agreement provides the foundation for us to leverage the scale of our 8-country operations with a single best-in-class platform, while retaining important local market adaptability. It will also allow us to accelerate our time to market by leveraging the innovation of Local Matters’ advanced local search technology platform.”

European Directories is a pan-European directory publisher with primary operations in Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Throughout 2008 and into early 2009, countries will transition to the new platform as Local Matters provides country-specific customization and integration.

“It is a honor to be chosen by one of the world’s leading directory publishers, added Perry Evans, Local Matters’ CEO. “We are excited by their bold vision and leadership position in each country market, and we look forward to a strong development partnership as the Local Search industry evolves.”

Xandros Desktop OS Version 4 provides an intuitive graphical environment that works right out of the box and offers unrivaled Windows compatibility. It is the fourth generation of Xandros Desktop that follows its predecessor, Corel LINUX OS. Where other Linux distributions focus on server applications or in providing a general Linux foundation for a specific application, Xandros Desktop OS provides a desktop application suite that is ideally suited to both the technology enthusiasts who have embraced Linux and typical users in business and home environments. It provides an environment that is simple to install, configure, and use and it harnesses the power of Linux to provide a highly usable and reliable desktop.

Compatibility:

A key component of simplicity is compatibility. Compatibility in the context of a desktop operating system encompasses more than being able to open and create popular file formats, such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Compatibility also means: a familiar environment, applications that you have used before, adherence to open standards, the ability to use your printers and peripherals and integration into a Microsoft Windows networked environment. Xandros delivers this kind of compatibility and more.

Security:

As computers are increasingly on-line all the time, and users store and exchange more personal information, the importance of system and data security has come the forefront. Xandros Desktop OS leverages the strengths of the Linux operating system and makes system security an integral part of the system without sacrificing usability. In version 4 Xandros has taken the addition step of providing a security suite to Xandros Desktop OS Version 4 – Reviewer’s Guide ensure that all security related considerations are presented in a simple intuitive way for users.

In the latest version you will get:

● KDE 3.4

● RealPlayer 10

● Firefox Web browser 2.0

● Thunderbird Mail 2.0

● Evolution 2.6 (including MS Exchange and Scalix connectors)

● Remote desktop sharing

● CrossOver 6.0

● OpenOffice.org 2.0

● Macromedia Flash 9

● JVM 1.5

● Kernel 2.6.18

Many other applications are also available to users via the Xandros Networks service

IIRA Technologies is a team of professionals having expertise in their respective field and commitment to prove their worth by putting maximum effort so as to provide desired quality maintaining the timelines. IIRA Technologies is a conglomerate of young and energetic management and technical graduates. Established in the year 1999, the company is keeping only one goal in mind and that is to provide technical services, content development and training in an innovative manner.

Today, Technology is changing very fast with new innovations and inventions. IIRA Technologies knows the need of the hour and therefore, it absorbs instantly to the changed and new technology and situation with the need of today.

Our strong values guide us in our actions, decisions and inter-personal relationship. We take concrete actions as per the choice of our valuable clients, we keep our promises and gives effective delivery of services on time.

According to Satish Gaonkar, Vice President, Consulting Services Practice of BSI - “Blue Star Infotech has implemented and supported the Oracle eBusiness Suite for a number of leading manufacturing and services companies in India such as Excel Industries, Privi Organics, GTL Infrastructure and is currently engaged with many medium to large organizations. Our expertise in implementing IT solutions for the Indian market coupled with our strong relationship with Oracle enabled BSI to successfully meet the expectations of Indian Card Clothing Company Ltd.”.

Part of the US$600M Blue Star Group, Blue Star Infotech provides profit-enhancing solutions to enterprises and product companies. Founded in 1983, it is headquartered in Mumbai, India, with operations in India, USA, Japan and UK. BSI is the winner of Oracle’s Customer Centricity award for India in 2007.

BSI provides a host of ERP implementation services and business solutions and Systems Integration services to the Indian market and its customers include companies such as Raymonds, Cipla, Havells India, Samsonite India, United Breweries and Robert Bosch. On a global front, BSI provides Product Engineering Services and Travel & Hospitality Services. Its premier customers include Hewlett-Packard, Costco Travels, AAA, Planview, Hitachi Medical Corporation.

For more information, visit www.bsil.com or write to globalhq@bsil.com.