Virgin Mobile, India’s only youth oriented mobile service which was available on CDMA, already has joined the GSM league in January this year is now gearing up to launch its services in GSM in metro area of Kolkata telecom circle via its franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices .
The GSM SIM cards, Paper vouchers and other accessories of Virgin Mobile India is now being distributed through out the Kolkata circle to reach greater people is short of span. As most of Mobile service users having GSM handsets,and always feel good with GSM Technology. Virgin mobile GSM hope to bag a good number of customers from the Youth segment with its specially tailored VAS and calling packs. Read more…
Virgin Mobile India today announced the commercial launch of its GSM Mobile services in Mumbai and Maharashtra telecom circles, post the successful launch in five southern circles and Orissa. As India’s only national youth focused brand, Virgin Mobile has entered the GSM market with the definite objective of helping youth leverage and use the power of their network of friends.
To this end, they have launched with a plethora of unique products and services designed to strengthen their brand promise to the youth of the country. The company’s pan-India service rollout will be completed by the end of this financial year.
For now, consumers across Maharashtra and Mumbai circle will be offered a differentiated tariff proposition of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack. Virgin Mobile customers calling any other network will be charged at 40p/min for local and 50p/min for STD calls again without any packs. Read more…
While 3G spectrum auction is delaying every time it is scheduled, CDMA operators using its EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology have started to offer 3.1Mbps wireless broadband Internet to consumers.
The EVDO is very similar to 3G in terms of data connectivity or Internet Speed and to test the High Speed 3G Wireless Broadband without the 3G GSM service one can go for EVDO Data Service offered by various CDMA service providers. First look who are offering such wireless broadband Internet, Reliance Communications offers Netconnect Broadband+, TTSL-Photon+,Virgin Mobile (Under TTSL) vFlash, MTS India-Mblaze and State operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) EVDO Data Card.
We have summed up the USB device cost and Tariff Plans with comparison chart of all CDMA EVDO service providers of India. We take only volume based plans in consideration for comparison, no time based plans is considered for comparison. Read more…
Virgin Mobile the Youth focused Mobile service operator today launched its GSM mobile service in Orissa telecom circle via its franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices. After the successful launch in Adnhra Pradesh, Chennai, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu telecom circle Orissa become the 6th circle in Virgin mobile’s GSM operations in India. Virgin Mobile Prepaid Starter Kit costs Rs 49 comes with lifetime validity and zero talk time.
Virgin Mobile initially introduces two GSM Tariff Plan, Per Minute and Per Second Billing Plan. With per minute plan all Virgin to Virgin local calls will be charged at 20 paisa and to all other local at 40 paisa per minute. The STD calls to Virgin Mobile charged at 20 paisa and to other network it cost 50 paisa. All Local and National SMS cost 50paisa and All Calls while Roaming charged at 60 paisa minute. The plan comes at daily rental of Rs.1.50.
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Virgin Mobile yesterday launched their GSM services in India as we shared on TelecomTalk. Apart from the already existing CDMA service they have made an entrance into the GSM segment too. Bollywood celebrity Genelia D’Souza endorsed the brand launch in Mumbai. We bring you an exclusive sneak peak into their tariff of GSM Mobile Service which is now available in Chennai, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andrapradesh & Karnataka telecom circle.
Virgin Mobile GSM Starter Kit costs Rs. 49 which includes Virgin GSM SIM card with zero talktime and lifetime validity. Default tariff or Basic on the Starter kit is Local Re 1 per minute, STD Rs 1.50 per minute. To avail cheaper per minute you have to recharge with some denominations. First Recharge Coupons (FRC) are available of Rs 10, Rs 25, Rs 40, Rs 50 and Rs 100. All first recharges give full talk time, net of service tax and admin fee of Rs 2.
After the FRC is pumped in your Virgin GSM account, you will be Read more…
Virgin Mobile the Youth focused telecom operator today entered in the Indian GSM mobile service market via franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices, in Adnhra Pradesh, Chennai, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu telecom circle. Virgin Mobile Prepaid Starter Kit costs Rs 49 comes with lifetime validity and zero talk time with Default tariff plan Local Re 1/-, STD Rs 1.50/-.
Virgin Mobile launches 2 Tariff Plan, Per Minute Plan and Per Second Plan. With per minute plan all Virgin to Virgin local calls will be charged at 20p and to all other local at 40 paisa per minute. The STD calls to Virgin Mobile charged at 20p and to other network it cost 50 paisa. All Local and National SMS cost 50paisa and All Calls while Roaming charged at 60 paisa minute. The plan comes at daily rental of Rs.1.50.
Virgin mobile also launched Pay Per Second Plan which cost just Rs.12 and comes with the tariff validity of 365 days from the date of activations. In this plan subscribers can enjoy all local and STD calls at One Paisa for One Second, SMS (Local/National) at 50 paisa and all Roaming calls at 60paisa per minute. Customers on the Pay Per Second plan can move back to the Per Minute plan by doing a one-time recharge of Rs 13/- (Talk time: Rs 11.79/-).
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From the last few days there was some rumors in Media, about Virgin Mobiles entry into GSM market But now its confirm news that Virgin Mobile is ready to enter in the GSM Mobile service space of India.
Headquartered in the UK, Virgin Mobile will go ahead with its alliance with Tata Teleservices to enter in the GSM market and expected to launch of GSM Mobile services from South India with in a week, using Tata Docmo/TTSL’s GSM network which has Pan India UAS license. Presently TTSL is operating its GSM mobile service in 15 telecom circles with the brand name of Tata Docomo. Virgin Mobile plans to launch its GSM Mobile services in Orissa, Maharashtra and North India by March 2010. Read more…
Virgin Mobile India is always in spotlight of news. India’s first youth focused mobile services, Virgin Mobile entered in Indian wireless market via franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices, it uses Tata Indicom’s CDMA network. As MVNO model is not approved in India till, Virgin Mobile India is not a true MVNO business model here, rather Tata Tele sells its services under Virgin brand name. Worldwide product ‘Virgin’ means youthful, colorful, innovative and cool stuffs. Now Virgin Mobile India comes with its very own merchandise targeting youths.
v-Artitude, as Virgin merchandise is named has its own site: http://v-app.virginmobile.in/ . At present they are offering some kool skins for different handsets. As Virgin is going to enter the GSM market very soon via Tata Docomo’s network, it is also offering Read more…
Virgin Mobile, India’s ‘first’ youth-oriented mobile service comes with 100% full talktime recharge cards starting from as low as Rs 11. CDMA major Tata Teleservices’ brand Virgin Mobile India operated through a brand franchise with Virgin Group, is now covered in more than 4500 towns across 20 circles.
From the very launching time Virgin is media-friendly, for its ‘cool stuffs’ like getting paid for incoming.In general while most operators comes with such full talktime offer (talk time = MRP , without any service tax deductions ) with recharge of more than Rs 100 Virgin offers maximum benefit from a mere recharge of Rs 11.
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Virgin Mobile, India’s only youth oriented mobile service which was available on CDMA, already has joined the GSM league in January this year is now gearing up to launch its services in GSM in metro area of Kolkata telecom circle via its franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices .
