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MTS India Changes MCard95 Validity for 365 Days in Kolkata & WB

March 13th, 2010 RDB 30 comments

MTS India, the CDMA mobile service of SSTL has come up with another heartbreaking news to Kolkata and West Bengal customers. Earlier we reported MTS withdrew SMS Packs and Free Missed Call Alert, now MTS withdraws its most popular Special Tariff voucher MCard95 for per second billing. MTS tags it as a ‘change’ to MCard95. With this new change to MCard95 new customers will get the tariff of local calls at 1 paisa/2 seconds for a period of 365 days.

Earlier MSaver95 offers local call 1p/2sec, STD 1p/sec, local SMS 50p and national SMS Re1, and this tariff is for lifelong Validity (until 24-1-2028). But MTS told that MCard95 is a limited edition offer and till stocks last. Read more…

Categories: MTS INDIA

Tata Docomo Intros STV61, Local 1paisa/2sec for 6 Months

March 13th, 2010 RDB 14 comments

Tata Docomo the GSM Mobile service of Tata Teleservice introduces a new Special Tariff Voucher for Kolkata telecom circle to responding on-going tariff war.Tata Docomo was launched in Kolkata in Novemeber last year and continues its Do-the-New offerings.

Tata Docomo’s new STV costs Rs 61 and offers local call rate 1p/sec and 100 sms free/day. But there is a certain condition that local call rate 1paisa/2seconds will be applicable after 180 sec outgoing call in a day and you will credited Free 100 Local and National SMS per day after 1st 3 SMS to be charged at 60p local and Rs 1.20 national. Free SMS will not Read more…

Categories: TATA DOCOMO

MTS India Withdraws FREE Missed Call Alert in Kolkata

March 12th, 2010 RDB 23 comments

MTS India the CDMA mobile service operator’s Honeymoon time with Kolkata is over. Earlier we reported of MTS India has withdrawn daily 100 sms pack and introduces new sms packs offering 10p/sms. Now here is another sad news for MTS customers in Kolkata and WB circle that Missed Call Alert service is now chargeable service. However from the launch in these two circles MTS India is offering missed call alert free of cost to all customers.

Now MTS has issued a SMS to all MTS customers in Kolkata circle which states: Missed Call Alert service will be deactivated from 20/03/10. To avail the service reply with with SUB to 50009. Charges Rs. 15/month. That means no more free missed alert from MTS India, pay for them. Read more…

Categories: MTS INDIA

Airtel Night Calling Packs in Detail (All Circles)

March 11th, 2010 RDB 32 comments

Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator comes with a special Airtel Advantage plan for all of its Prepaid customers in all circles. Airtel introduces Night Calling pack to call any local Airtel number at Re1/20 minutes between 11pm to 6am.

If Airtel is following Reliance’s footstep by introducing same offer to all circles, to become truly ‘Pan India’ Airtel has lot to go. Airtel’s plan costs are different in different circles and comparatively costly. Reliance’s night Own-net pack offers unlimited local calling within Reliance network at just Rs 33. Airtel is still costly for love birds ! ; However RCom GSM network and indoor coverage are not good  compare to Airtel.

We have summed up the details of Airtel Night Packs. Have a look to circle specific Prepaid Night Calling packs of Airtel here-: Read more…

Categories: AIRTEL

Airtel Launches Unlimited SMS Packs for All Circles

March 10th, 2010 RDB 27 comments

Airtel, country’s largest mobile operator introduces unlimited sms pack for all circles, for prepaid and postpaid subscribers. With Airtel you can enjoy unlimited SMSing anytime and anywhere in India from your home circle. But there is a Fair Usage Policy(FUP) of 500 local and national sms per day. In some circles Airtel is offering upto 750 sms per day at a nominal cost.

PostPaid users can enjoy unlimited National & Local SMS (upto 500 SMS* per day) at a monthly rental of Rs. 99. To activate sms pack, sms UNLIMITED to 121.

Prepaid users have to visit your nearest Airtel retailer & ask for Unlimited SMS Pack Recharge.The cost of these SMS Packs is different in all the circles. We have summed up the details of SMS Packs. Have a look to circle specific Prepaid Unlimited SMS packs of Airtel here-: Read more…

Categories: AIRTEL

SMSTweetin Tweet Using SMS

March 7th, 2010 RDB 8 comments

SMSTweetin Tweet Using SMSHritik is doing, SRK is doing, so Chetan Bhagat and Shashi Tharoor, what’s that? Yep! that’s Twitter – is a free social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets, text-based posts of up to 140 characters.

Twitter is targeted as SMS based realtime social networking. With growing number of celebrities & business houses joining the Twitterverse, India’s ‘cattle class’ is also following the trend. Recently Twitter passes 10billionth tweet.

Twitter can be accessed over internet, via some apps and of course by sms. Internet and using application (twitter client) means you need a computer with internet connection, so depends on a web browser or install a twitter client or GPRS-enabled handset. Read more…

Categories: GENERAL

Tata Docomo Intros New Recharges In Kolkata & West Bengal

March 6th, 2010 RDB 8 comments

Tata Docomo Intros New Recharges In Kolkata & West BengalTata DoCoMo, JV of TTSL and Japan’s NTT Docomo which is running high on success way, adding highest number of subscribers in successive months has offered some extra benefits to customers in Kolkata and West Bengal telecom circle. At the same time they introduces some bulk pack for local calling targeting high ARPU customers.

These Local Bulk Packs is applicable to calling to any number irrespective of network in Kolkata and WB circle, but talk-time has limited validity. With these bulk packs one can make local calls as low as 24.95 paisa per minutes. Read more…

Categories: TATA DOCOMO

Loop Mobile To Charge For Enquires To 800

March 6th, 2010 RDB 5 comments

Loop Mobile To Charge For Enquires To 800Loop Mobile, Mumbai’s very own GSM mobile service for last 13 last years has issued a notice to its subscribers regarding applicable calling charge when you call them for enquires.

Earlier TelecomTalk notified about Airtel Kolkata To Charge for Customer Care 121. It seems that now all operators will follow this trend after getting green signal from DoT and TRAI.Loop Mobile’s earlier helplines were  50555 and 50800 will be changed to 198 for service requests and complaints.

Calling to 198 will be treated as toll free but for enquires you have to call 800 which will be charged at 50p/3minutes. This new features will be applicable to applicable to postpaid and prepaid customers from 15th March 2010.


Categories: LOOP MOBILE

MTS India Withdrawn SMS Packs in Kolkata

March 5th, 2010 RDB 16 comments

MTS India, CDMA brand of Sistema-Shyam Teleservices launches new SMS packs for its subscribers in Kolkata telecom circle. Earlier MTS has two different SMS packs for per minute and per second customers at price point of Rs.31 and Daily rental basis.  Now MTS withdraws these older sms packs and Introduces 2 new SMS Packs at Rs.15 and Rs.31. But don’t get excited they actually hike price of sms packs and these are applicable to all customers.

MTS India is following Tata Indicom’s footsteps who reduces the free sms from 1000 to 600 to 200 now at Rs 30 SMS pack.

MTS India’s New SMS Packs (Kolkata) In Details-: Read more…

Categories: MTS INDIA