Aircel, India’s 5th largest GSM Mobile service operator, today announce the great initiative of Re-Use of old Mobile phone in association with Helpage India.
Is your unused or old phone cluttering up your desk drawer? If you no longer need your mobile device, you may consider giving to some one who needs that with Aircel Donate Phone Program.
With “Aircel Donate Phone Program” any one can donate their old working or non working phone to Aircel and it will hand over those phones to elderly citizens residing in old age homes with free talk time for one year.This simple act can bring a smile of joy to them and remove their loneliness.The old mobile Phones collected from all over India will then be checked, repaired and activated by Aircel and then handed over to Helpage India with free talk time for one year.
To donate the old and spare mobile phone just by visit Aircel handset collection stores in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore (Bengaluru).The operator also set up Drop Boxes in Big Shopping Malls, Clubs, News Agencies and Aircel Retail Outlets where in the old / spare mobile phones can be dropped. Aircel Subscribers can SMS Donate Phone to 5800000 (toll free) for free pickup of the phone.
Mr. Gurdeep Singh COO, Aircel said, “ We at Aircel our extremely sensitive to Corporate Social Responsibility and this festive season we encourage all to come forward and contribute by donating their old/spare mobile phones for the elderly in Old Age Homes . We are creating awareness by way of TVC’s, Print Ads and Digital Media to mobilize everyone for this cause”.
prem April 2, 2010 at 8:19 pm
@Prasath J
ya aircel follows to satisfy his consumers
epynic January 28, 2010 at 9:03 pm
any ways.. to get the donated mobileeee
Prasath J December 29, 2009 at 2:36 pm
@sachin
Aircel is always copying DoCoMo schemes… Per second Local/STD, 1p/2sec Local with small rent, Full On BOL, now this initiative… But still DoCoMo has far more nice plans than Aircel as 1p/sec roaming, Per Second ISD, etc…
sachin December 29, 2009 at 2:20 pm
it had done the same copy cat of Tata Docomo Scheme….
also the guys are having problem in network installation and support.
kaushik December 28, 2009 at 1:40 pm
people should also donate the huge amount of unused and expired SIM of diffrent companies
kaushik December 27, 2009 at 10:13 pm
i have an alcatel phone purchased in 2003
can i donate it ? because alcatel is not present in INDIA now
S.J.B December 26, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Lets see Mr. Roy if you can do it.. do it for your self and then tell us if you were able to do so..
Abhijit S December 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm
@Sanjay Bafna
Whatever you have replied to the some posts.. is really nice because it gives message to everyone here that even its a market strategy by aircel as most of think, but we can use such opportunities in good manner if we really want too.
Vinay Kanadeval December 26, 2009 at 12:12 pm
i appreciate the motive of this program by Aircel, its great!
@Emad, This news is for ‘Donors’ not for ‘baggers’!
Emad December 26, 2009 at 12:10 pm
btw how much talktime they will provide for one year an is this talktime can be used to call anywhere in word or only for aircel to aircel local?
Sanjay Bafna December 26, 2009 at 10:46 am
Food and other facility already provided by Helpage India to that needy people and with this initiative Aircel handover that phone with free talk time to Helpage India well known NGO working for the old age needy people.
Sanjay Bafna December 26, 2009 at 10:43 am
You can Donate your non working phones too! It will then be checked, repaired and activated by Aircel and then handed over to Helpage India with free talk time for one year.
Sanjay Bafna December 26, 2009 at 10:41 am
Why Aircel? because, Aircel will checked, repaired (if needed)and activated by Aircel and then handed over to Helpage India with free talk time for one year to all needy people.
Ashima December 26, 2009 at 10:09 am
Re-use of idle phones lying in waste is a good idea if genuinally reaches in needy hands. Brava Aircel Bravo!
raj aaj December 25, 2009 at 11:59 pm
see aircel is a big company if they order 1000 phone also from zte or haier they will get for 500rs; per hand set to better they buy & donate it a goodwill.
Debopratim Roy December 25, 2009 at 11:30 pm
What a beggar sirji….begging for old phones as if they dont have money to buy new phones for themselves…In order to help the needy people the Indians have always lend a help and not turned them away empty handed..We better would reach those needy people themselves in order to help them than depositing to the company’s hand!
YASAR December 25, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Aircel good
sud December 25, 2009 at 10:36 pm
give food or work them it will be better . don’t give phone . faltu idea . how aircel will define somebody poor or not @Emad
Sahil December 25, 2009 at 10:27 pm
more than helping the needy its a marketing gimmick…
Prasath J December 25, 2009 at 9:14 pm
I have a lot of OLD mobile phones, but none is in working condition…
ved bias December 25, 2009 at 8:23 pm
it is really great inetiative by aircel……. and shld also followed by others
Emad December 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm
why donate to aircel?
just donate directly to needy people
however will aircel give someone a fone ??
just by requesting?? it is hard to find those people who dont have mobile
lots of questions and no answer
however i dont have a fone to donate a hungry poor citizen
surya December 25, 2009 at 8:03 pm
great company great offers
Emad December 25, 2009 at 8:02 pm
why donate to aircel?
just donat directly to needy people
however will aircel give me a fone ??
vinay December 25, 2009 at 7:58 pm
i appreciate the motive.
jigme Vanchook December 25, 2009 at 5:47 pm
great…..
Mansi Taneja December 25, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Thunbs up Aircel, great initiative indeed!
Sanjay Gupta December 25, 2009 at 5:45 pm
bahot badhiya,sab operator ko follow karna chahiye
abhishek December 25, 2009 at 5:44 pm
wow nice efforts,well done Aircel
zareef December 25, 2009 at 5:08 pm
good effort from Aircel
Agnivo December 25, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Good, I wish I could have donated… but I have a small museum of my old phones. I don’t sell or give away phones but keep them.
Urging others to contribute too… better let them collect than drop somewhere and it goes into black marketing or whatever…