IDEA Cellular, one of the country’s leading GSM Mobile service operator announced that it has introduced ‘Pay Per Second Billing Plan’ dubbed as “Super Seconds” for its GSM Prepaid customers of all telecom circles across India.
IDEA’s prepaid subscribers availing this “Super Seconds plan” will get to make all Local and STD calls on Any network with in the country for just 1 Paisa Per Second.
Earlier, IDEA Cellular had already introduced the Pay Per-Second plans for its subscribers in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kolkata, West Bengal, Mumbai, Orissa, Chennai and Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar-Jharkhand telecom circles.
Pradeep Shrivastava, Idea Cellular Chief Marketing Officer stated “IDEA has always been at the forefront of innovation and committed to offering world class mobile telephony services at affordable value. With our new per second plan, IDEA subscribers will now not only get the best network in the country but also get to choose from a range of affordable tariff plans suiting their mobile communication needs.
The new tariff plan will allow IDEA subscribers to make all Local and STD at the same rate.”
Mr. Ambrish Jain, Director – Operations, IDEA Cellular said, “IDEA’s innovative and customized products and services, and superior network have enabled us to become the fastest growing mobile operator in the country. Our network and offerings in India have been designed keeping in mind the mobile communication needs of the people. IDEA subscribers will experience superior connectivity, whisper clear audio quality and zero call congestion on our network.
Most of the telecom operators in India, including Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, Aircel, , MTS India and Ping Mobile have already launched a Pay Per Second billing plan after the TATA Docomo’s effect in the GSM service segment.
Stay Tune to “Telecom Talk” for IDEA Super Seconds Plan In Details.
Siraj Ali November 5, 2009 at 9:11 am
Idea in Assam from 15 November 2009
Avik November 4, 2009 at 11:49 am
Friends, we are comparing tariff & identifying which one is cheapest not best.Even if telco provide us money for using their network, we will debate who is providing more & even then we would be dissatisfied..Balance sheets are bleeding of all operators & they are in business to earn money not for charity. In India tariff are lowest & still we are not satisfied. Calculate your usage on monthly basis & you will be amazed, that its peanuts, you actually save. Think broader & give a salute to all operators to make telephony affordable. Paying few rs. extra to on one operator is only premium for service, which they deserve also. Choice left with us, we wanna travel in Maruti 800 or Honda City.
anil November 3, 2009 at 4:12 pm
docomo is best network.efficient
Chandan November 3, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Reliance Communications mulls joining per-second brigade
Emad November 3, 2009 at 8:06 am
No one can defeat Tata docomo
no nead to any recharge this is lifetime offer from Tata docomo….
docomo is rocking
others are shocking
Fahad November 3, 2009 at 12:38 am
Phr b idea’s pay per sec plan is bettr than aircel…
Aircel gvs only 170 std mins in 1 mnth and aftr tht all std cals wl be charged at 2p/sec bakwaas
M Ahmad November 3, 2009 at 12:04 am
@lOvEr bOy
nO yaar…..
I went to the retailer he said the scheme is not live as of yet…..they have launched but its not live…..
amit November 2, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Idea also have restrictions-after 300 minutes they will charge 1.2 p/s on std calls.
Local calls charges will remain same.
lOvEr bOy November 2, 2009 at 10:52 pm
in banglore 820n is live from 1 month long
lOvEr bOy November 2, 2009 at 10:49 pm
M Ahmad
any idea about tariff plans
M Ahmad November 2, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Now See this………….
http://franchisee.unitechwireless.com/
M Ahmad November 2, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Yes……Uninor is launching services within 15dayz…..
They have already done the soft launch…….
But initially they are launching in South India only……………
Suresh November 2, 2009 at 7:09 pm
wts the plan deatils?
dream123 November 2, 2009 at 6:05 pm
check ur area n commnt pls..
dream123 November 2, 2009 at 6:04 pm
check ur area n commnt pls
dream123 November 2, 2009 at 5:59 pm
UNINOR signal is available now in chennai
S.J.B November 2, 2009 at 5:43 pm
All i am going to do is wait for MTS… Go hell with everyone else..
S.J.B November 2, 2009 at 5:41 pm
@ hardeep
what has happned is that Idea was giving 1 paisa for second in some circles but after Airtel launched per second pulse with others @ 1.2 paisa Idea took the opportunity to loot the customers like airtel and did the same.
M Ahmad November 2, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Where are the details???
FULL DETAILS????
hardeep November 2, 2009 at 3:39 pm
no its 1p/sec anywhere…… in some circles they r also giving like airtel…… so better talk to your customer care people…..@S.J.B
hardeep November 2, 2009 at 3:38 pm
does any hv an idea that when will these people start giving per second on post paids too? isnt it bad for them to look to only pre paid customers?!
S.J.B November 2, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Its 1.2 paisa per socond to other.. WTF?
lOvEr bOy November 2, 2009 at 10:00 am
@Dilip Doshi
lol i throw chappal on idea… because in banglore idea is sucks yarrrr
Avishek November 2, 2009 at 9:58 am
Heh man wait for sometime…give some time to Idea for strenghening their n/w…u people gives voda & airtel 8-9 years…& evaluate Idea within 10-15days….it is not right…….
Dilip Doshi November 2, 2009 at 9:50 am
Mr Ambrish Jain,
Neither your tariff is innovative (tata started the seconds pulse) nor your network is superior. Ask any of your customers in West Bengal, they will throw eggs at you if you claim that your network is good.
emad November 2, 2009 at 9:19 am
IDEA Cellular Nation Wide Pay Per Second Plan is still in process and not launched yet
so
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
till ……………………………………………………………
girish November 2, 2009 at 6:22 am
wht about idea superseconds tariff?is it 1.2 paisa /sec for offnet calls?
Fahad November 2, 2009 at 12:22 am
Half paisa / sec is really a cool 1 to grab man…hope every operator wil come out with the same
Avishek November 1, 2009 at 11:35 pm
U r wrong mate…with 95 Mcard(with lifetime validity) recharge MTS gives 1p/2sec for all local calls to every n/w include MTS,Airtel,Voda & all others for lifetime..& 1p/1s for STD to all n/w for lifetime without any condition…is it clear now?…this offer is available for Kolkata ,RoB & some other circle also…..I am personally use these tariff with my two RoB MTS no.’s……(Their website is not updated with new details about Mcard95 till date)
Agnivo November 1, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Well, for MTS etc, it’s per 1p/2 second, not 0.5p/sec.
Also, I see it’s for MTS-MTS only.
From their website, for Kolkata circle…
MTS mobiles 1paisa/2 seconds
Other mobiles 1paisa/1 second
Vineet November 1, 2009 at 10:46 pm
@Avishek
it has been introduced by aircel in bihar circle.stv45,validity-30days.2sec/1paise-all local+std call
Vineet November 1, 2009 at 10:45 pm
@Avishek
it has been introduced by aircel@stv45,validity-30days.2sec/1paise-all local+std call
Avishek November 1, 2009 at 10:27 pm
It is best plan of the present market till date…& MTS gradually making their n/w good….call congession is very less now days…& the voice clarity is also good….
ANIRBAN November 1, 2009 at 10:13 pm
@Agnivo
MTS introduced mcard95 with lifetime tariif validity which gives
all local calls at just 1p/2sec
all std calls at just 1p/sec
Avishek November 1, 2009 at 10:00 pm
It is already introduced by MTS & Aircel here in RoB….
Emad November 1, 2009 at 9:34 pm
@Agnivo
Agnivo November 1, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Now we’d see half-paisa-a-second by december 2009… LOL
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Leave pay per sec on prepaid now…comeout with damn cool offers
Jose November 1, 2009 at 7:18 pm
No its not 1 pai/sec to all network..
IDEA Kerala offering Idea to Idea 1 pai/sec Idea to other networks 1.2 pai/sec..
Just a copy of Airtel tariff…
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 7:09 pm
@Idrees
i thnk yes…
Idrees November 1, 2009 at 7:01 pm
@fahad,intresting is it same for evry operator
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 6:56 pm
@Idrees
@Idrees
but vodafone’s postpaid works everywhere …
Omkar November 1, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I guess u are living in some village. Reliance gives full network to me with zero call drop, but the customer care is worst. Whatever the thing is reliance is best “Simply Reliance” plan rocks!
Idrees November 1, 2009 at 6:48 pm
@fahad,how intresting it would hav been if voda had an airtel like coverage as they hav covered almost every corner of the valley who knows they “v”would hav crossed the million mark,but i feel there is less rural initative by them
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 6:25 pm
@Idrees
good news idrees. Vodafone launched new plan with monthly rent of rs 50..
All local and cals @ .50p/min
all std cals @ .75/min
security deposit of rs 200 only.
Optional sms pack 34 with 340 local and national sms…
Isn’ t it gr8
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 6:20 pm
@Idrees
mere dil ki baat kehdi…
I was about to write the same….i dont want to spent a single penny on airtel or aircel…
Vodafone and idea wil both cme out with 0 rentals with pay per sec calng..and also with rental and some freebies…
I cant wait now..
I wnt to grab my hands on them as soon as posibl
Idrees November 1, 2009 at 6:14 pm
@fahad,if it is pick n choose the operators by closing ur eyes i am sure my hand will land on voda’ it wil be my primary contact numbers and i will certienly take idea for VAS beacuse they provide better plans
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 6:04 pm
@Idrees
we have to wait maybe other operators wil come out with plans whch wil be same as prepaid…
It is a mind game buddy just wait and watch dont buy any postpaid connection early wait wat every operator will comeout with…
Idea have to target youth buddy by giving unlimited gprs plan on low rental…
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 5:59 pm
@Idrees
@Idrees
u r right man…u knw what…
Competition will start now…airtel ki band baj jayegi coz their are many people in our valley who cmplained abt its wrong billing..
Time to show and do somethng by new entrants like reliance ,idea and vodafone…people will go for only these 3 operators.
Idea wil gain customers coz they wil come out with unlimited gprs plans…now wait dude coz the war will begin in few daz may be tommorow or day after tommorow
Idrees November 1, 2009 at 5:54 pm
@fahad,now i got it confirmed for idea,postpaid connections will be avalibule from tommorow in jammu and also idea network will be avalibule from 25th nov in rest of the j&k state,gprs service is also operatinol there
Idrees November 1, 2009 at 5:41 pm
@fahad,what wil be !dea strategy in jammu now ,i think they will stop their services for a while beacuse they r not providing pospaid connections yet but i feel they will offer them in a weeks time as it the best time for them to set their presence in the state to offer some attrative postpaid plans as it is new to the state and evry one wants to “experience the change” what is ur take on it
Emad November 1, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Thanks Tarun problem solved
Tagore Varma November 1, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Idea is the best of GSM opeartors who introduced per second billing in AP. All others suffer from either poor network are high rates. The per second billing in AP by Airtel and Vodafone are phoney as they seek to collect 72 paise per minute while Docomo coverage is pathetic even in several areas in Hyderabad. BSNl, the remaining major operator, is introducing ridiculous plans for land line!!!. (I am sure that there is a plot going on to kill the BSNL). So only Idea is the practically affordable and useful provider of per second billing facility.
Fahad November 1, 2009 at 4:36 pm
No details about the circle and how much we have to pay to get it on our number….
Not a bad idea ….now it is turn of tata cdma and reliance gsm what it will come out with…
I think tata cdma will be the next 1…
tarun November 1, 2009 at 4:34 pm
@Emad
Hi Emad sorry for the inconvenience,Issue has been resolved if you are still facing a prob clear your IE and FF cache should work fine
Emad November 1, 2009 at 4:00 pm
respective admin i m unable to read previous commens in internet explorer and firefox also resolve this issu as soon as possible BTW
i want to know full details about above idea plan
Avishek November 1, 2009 at 3:51 pm
In the core of our earth ur every opinion about these networks r right….poor guy gave his expression here with lots of confussion & day dreamming….I think he losts his mobile or he bought a land in Moon….Idea & MTS has good coverage…
MTS’S CC is one of the best…may be the best among all till now in RoB circle…so stop expressing ur daydreams here…
emad November 1, 2009 at 3:28 pm
lol
ha ha ha shshshs………. 
Anuj November 1, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I agree to some extent..
ANIRBAN November 1, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Where r you from dude,r u from underground??? [:p]
altaf November 1, 2009 at 3:12 pm
^^^^
>>Poor International coverage
Do u mean that, huh?
Prakhar November 1, 2009 at 3:04 pm
* RELIANCE – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* AIRCEL – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* IDEA – Bad Customer service
* LOOP MOBILE – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* MTNL – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* MTS INDIA – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* PING MOBILE – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* TATA DOCOMO – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
* VIRGIN MOBILE – provides NO/ZERO network everywhere/Bad Customer service
The above operators provide NO or poor network coverage
Sticking with them would mean.
1. Call drops
2. Busy network
3. No indoor coverage
4. Bad customer service
5. Busy customer service
6. Congested network
7. Poor quality service
8. Poor options to Value Added Service
9. Poor International coverage
altaf November 1, 2009 at 3:03 pm
@omkar
as per my knowledge it was a postpaid plan
M AHMAD November 1, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Idea is the best. Vodafone and Airtel still think that they are going to have control over Indian Telecom Domain….
But TATA Docomo and Reliance have changed the seen altogether……
The Pay per seconds plan by Airtel and Vodafone are confusing( how they gonna calculate for 5 or 9 seconds), Moreover they have different RC(recharge coupons) for diff circles…
and that too costly and with lot of other conditions….
Now lets see what Idea has to offer…..
But Reliance Simply Reliance Plan is the best as you dnt have to worry in Roaming….
Omkar November 1, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Dude, I never used a postpaid service in my life. It was prepaid service from BPL Mobile
Anuj November 1, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Good going Idea!
altaf November 1, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Man this plan was only available on postpaid way back something 3 yrs or 4 yrs ago. But here mostly prepaid is considered.
Omkar November 1, 2009 at 2:43 pm
@ANIRBAN
No dude… BPL Mobile was the pathfinder of pay-per-second plan. But they failed miserably due to low national coverage & poor promotion strategy.
I used BPL Mobile in Mumbai 4 years ago. It worked like this:
Connection charges 60 paisa at the starting of every call.
after that loacl 2ps/sec & std 3ps/sec
so local call = 180 ps for 1 min 300ps for 2 mins & so on…
But due to superb marketing strategy of Reliance & Tata Docomo, they have made a bang on Indian telecom
ANIRBAN November 1, 2009 at 2:31 pm
vodafone’s pay per second plan is most costly than airtel.
altaf November 1, 2009 at 2:29 pm
One more thing in mumbai they did not imposed any limit for std calls. Like in DOCOMO 27000 secs, aircel 10000 secs and all that. HATS OFF. Good !dea Sirji!
ANIRBAN November 1, 2009 at 2:28 pm
till it can be said that docomo is the pathfinder of pay-per-second plan.
altaf November 1, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Now that is simple and transparent plan from IDEA, unlike airtel & vodafone making confusions!
altaf November 1, 2009 at 2:26 pm
hope this answer ur query
>>Stay Tune to “Telecom Talk” for IDEA Super Seconds Plan In Details.
Emad November 1, 2009 at 2:13 pm
@ Sanjay bro
How can one opt for this plan