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The new Nimbuzz Messenger which features free SMS messaging, group instant messaging, picture sharing and more will now supports all Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone smartphones.
Nokia Lumina users can now easily chat with friends on Facebook, Gtalk, Yahoo! Messenger or Live Messenger (MSN), all for free.
Nimbuzz ads more than 180,000 new users every day, and its users spend on average two-and-a-half hours per day communicating via the mobile app.
“Nimbuzz has long been one of Nokia’s most requested apps, with Nimbuzz Messenger providing Nokia consumers with an easy-to-use, free way to connect with friends and share content,” said Maximilian Schierstädt, Director, Global Partner Management, Nokia . “Nokia devices deliver outstanding experiences to consumers, and we’re committed to developing partnerships, such as Nimbuzz, which deliver even better apps, services and features to our portfolio of devices.”
“With more than 105 million users worldwide, Nimbuzz Messenger is one of the ‘must-have’ applications for Symbian smartphone users, and as part of our ongoing collaboration with Nokia’s, we are excited to bring the service to Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone smartphones. We’re confident Nimbuzz Messenger will provide one of the best free messaging services available in Marketplace.” said Joby Babu, Nimbuzz head of operations.
Sudhakar September 4, 2012 at 8:54 pm
To Saurabh :
This cheater Videocon blocked one of my number saying that I have to give ID proof one more time. Thank god. I had dlready generated UPC from that number when it was active.
I also generated portout codes in 3 more videocon numbers (in addition to the above).
To Videocon :
Get lost Videocon. I was so loyal to you and recharged nearly Rs.1000 per month and made GULF ISD calls to my parents. You are not even loyal to me. Never enter Tamilnadu again. Even Uninor went away in a DECENT MANNER. But you are shutting down your network silently in the background.
To all VIDEOCON users all over India :
Please port out from Videocon to some other operator atleast to retain your number. This Videocon is cheating the customers and silently shutting its operations one by one.
Saurabh September 4, 2012 at 5:29 pm
@Sudhakar,
What are you thinking, if those operators who lost their licenses somehow manages to win back their lost licenses, they will continue to provide cheaper tariffs and people will keep enjoying? Not at all.
These companies provide cheaper tariffs only because they got license+spectrum at throw-away prices. In 2008, Pan-India license/spectrum was given to them at Rs.1651 crores only i.e why we enjoyed cheaper tariffs. Now for the same spectrum, the price is set at Rs.14000 crores minimum and final price will be determined through auction.
Even if these operators get spectrum for some circles, call prices will increase. They will not do charity by giving cheaper tariffs. They will recover cost from consumers.
Idea actually got trapped in all this mess. They applied for licenses well before 2008 and also paid the complete license fee but delay by Department of Telecom have landed them in scam and they had to lost their licenses otherwise they would have come clean..
Sudhakar September 4, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Saurabh,
What I came to say is that if new 4 operators quit the market, the old 4 operators will increase the tariff as their wish.
Saurabh September 4, 2012 at 2:20 pm
@Sudhakar,
Why are you bringing in Reliance and Tata Docomo again and again? Both of them haven’t lost any of their GSM or CDMA licenses. They are free to work in Tamil Nadu and all over India. It’s on them now whether they require more spectrum or not. If they do they will participate in auctions otherwise they will continue with the current spectrum they hold in T.N.
Those who lost their licenses for Tamil Nadu circle after Supreme Court verdict in Feb, 2012 are- Idea, Videocon, Uninor, Loop Telecom, MTS (CDMA), Etisalat DB. Supreme Court cancelled only those licenses which were distributed in and after January, 2008. Some of them hadn’t even started their services.
S.Sudhakar September 4, 2012 at 1:45 pm
To Saurabh :
So the new players Tata docomo, Reliance GSM and IDEA will retain. Right?. If Videocon continues its operation, then the 4 operators (Airtel, Aircel, BSNL and Vodafone) cannot increase the tariff.
Tata docomo – Rs.35 (90 days) juice up pack for all offnet calls within TN at Rs.0.005 per second and on net calls within TN at Rs.0.01 for 6 seconds. STD at Rs.0.012 per second.
IDEA – Rs.14** (60 days) for all mobile calls within TN at Rs.0.30 per minute ; Rs.22** (90 days) – On net calls at Rs.0.10 per min and local offnet mobile calls at Rs.0.30 ; Rs.68** (90 days) – Call anywhere in India at Rs.0.30 per min.
** – Call rates are valid only in IDEA network and not in Vodafone ICR network.
Reliance GSM – Rs.74 (180 days) – On net calls within the state at Rs.0.05 per min, all offnet within the state at Rs.0.30 per min, All STD at Rs.0.60 per min, full talk value on all topups of Rs.10 and above, All India SMS at Rs.0.05 per SMS.
Videocon – Rs.25 (30 days) STV – Local mobile calls at just Rs.0.25 per min ; Rs.77 – All India mobile calls at Rs.0.30 per min.
So if the new operators go out, then the 4 old operators will increase the tariff as their wish. Before MNP, there was a big difference in the tariff between the operators. Not almost the same (like on net Rs.0.10 per min and offnet at Rs.0.30 per min etc).
Saurabh September 4, 2012 at 1:05 pm
@ Sudhakar
As an analyst, I feel Idea will outbid others to retain their license and spectrum in T.N circle. I don’t think company will face any problem regarding funds as they didn’t spend for 4G/BWA spectrum, their expenditure on 3G for 11 circles was almost half the price what Airtel and Vodafone paid. Also Goverment has made things easy by allowing payment for spectrum in installments. The business model of Idea is much better than any other telco. They don’t have exposure to other countries like Airtel.
Uninor has already cleared that they will concentrate on 9 circles and Tamil Nadu is not among those 9. Videocon is also not interested. So keep them out of race. So Idea doesn’t seem to face problems until unless we see aggressive bidding from fresh operators.
Final list of bidders in next 2 months will further clarify situation..
Sudhakar September 4, 2012 at 6:47 am
Saurabh :
Tamilnadu circle :
Videocon’s coverage is worst. But it provides cheap calling tariff (Gulf at Rs.0.10 per second, All local mobiles at Rs.0.25 per min etc). Videocon can be used as an ALTERNATE TO LANDLINE. But now a days Videocon STVs cannot be recharged / are not getting activated.
I am porting out one of my number in Videocon to Aircel which offers Gulf calling at Rs.5.50 per min.
Do you know what will happen to IDEA Tamilnadu circle?.
Saurabh September 3, 2012 at 11:07 pm
@Sudhakar,
You didn’t got my point. Reliance has 3G spectrum for 13 circles and Tata Docomo has for 9 circles. It doesn’t matter whether they have license for T.N or not while Videocon didn’t even got 3G spectrum for a single circle and company was also not in a condition at that time i.e during 2010 to go for 3G as their 2G network was also not ready. Then after license cancellations, we all know what they and others have gone through in absence of clarity. No expansion and no fund raising at all.
Actually, I wasn’t talking about 3G spectrum for particularly Tamil Nadu circle. It was in overall sense.
You know Reliance don’t have 3G spectrum in Haryana circle also and company is losing ground here. Their GSM subscriber base in Haryana stood at 2.4 million last quarter which now fell to only 1.07 million. Their total subscriber base which was 4.63 million few months back including GSM and CDMA subscribers is now only 2.7 million (1.63 million CDMA customers and 1.07 GSM customers.) They are losing their customers to those who are holding 3G license i.e Idea, Vodafone, BSNL and to some extent to Tata Docomo. But biggest gainers are Idea and Vodafone who have largest 2G and 3G coverage here.
You have to understand that Reliance or Tata Docomo(except 3 C category circles) hasn’t lost their 2G licenses like Videocon who has to take part in auction to get it back. Reliance/TD can continue as they don’t have to pay hefty amount for license/spectrum.
As I told before out of every 100 subscribers in Tamil Nadu incl. Chennai, 70 are with only 3 operators i.e Aircel, Vodafone and Airtel while 8 are on Idea. What’s left for Reliance and Tata Docomo? But as they haven’t lost their licenses, they have to continue whether they get subscribers or not. Now think about Videocon who has only 1 customer per thousand and also lost their license. Can they make up their mind to retain license in a loss making circle? Not at all.
Videocon can bid for A category circles only if they join hand with other operator who is willing to enter Indian telecom space and they jointly workout on a strategy to bid in the auction. If they get partner who knows they retain license for TN also. Who knows what’s going on behind the scenes?.
Kaushik September 3, 2012 at 10:25 pm
I’m also using Nimbuzz for the past 3 months on my Samsung Omnia W..
Sudhakar September 3, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Vijay :
Yes. What you have said this right (CC not giving proper response). I have made a complaint in PGPORTAL. I will post the response here after getting reply.
To ALL :
I think it is time for all Videocon Tamilnadu customers to port out to some other operator as early as possible.
To Saurabh :
See, Tata docomo and Reliance GSM too do not have 3G spectrum. But how are they sustaining?. I agree that they have CDMA spectrum too. But it is not related to 2G.
Saurabh September 3, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Look buddy, Tamil Nadu falls under A category circle and new operators who lost their licenses like Videocon don’t have enough funds to bid for A category circles as base price is too high. I read a news few weeks back that Videocon is not even able to pay a long outstanding bill of around Rs.865 crores to Huawei Technologies who set up and managed their GSM network across 7 circles where they are operational. Huawei has moved court against them.
The base price for 5MHz of spectrum for Tamil Nadu circle in 1800MHz band is set at Rs.1540.45 crore and the amount will further go up in auction. So my sense is that Videocon will ignore this circle completely. Only three operators i.e Aircel, Airtel and Vodafone have a strong hold and accounts for 70 percent of total subscribers in T.N including Chennai. So I find no logic in VTL bidding for this circle. Also Videocon hasn’t generated much revenues due to lesser coverage and their subscriber base stands at only 10,15,201 in T.N. Beside this they also don’t have 3G spectrum which is again a negative. The revenues company generates from T.N with a just over million subscribers will be used to bid for other B category circles. As far as infrastructure in Tamil Nadu and Mumbai circle is concerned, company will move it to other circles like Uninor, where they have strong foothold and generating bigger revenues like Haryana, M.P, Gujarat etc.
So better for you to port-out before Jan, 2013.
ARJUN CHANDRASHEKAR September 3, 2012 at 11:40 am
@Sudhakar
It Might be the reason that the Aircel Servers are not maintained properly and can be easily hacked by the criminal hackers soon. First they need to improve the servers or else they will goofed up by the other operators that’s it
vijay September 3, 2012 at 9:37 am
VIDEOCON STV(ALL BOOSTER PACKS) NOT WORKING IN CHENNAI FOR MORE THAN 6 DAYS (ONLY TOP-UP IS ABLE TO RECHARGE) ! WILL THIS NETWORK SUSTAIN IN TAMILNADU ? ANY SHUTDOWN ISSUE ? CC NOT GIVING PROPER EXPLANATION TO THIS ISSUE !
BITTU September 3, 2012 at 9:04 am
PLEASE MAKE FREE VIDEO CALL FROM SYMBIAN PHONES TOO
srikapardhi September 3, 2012 at 8:32 am
@ Pike
Yeah . That symbol ensures your lock is opened during calling and your connection is secure. It appears as a magic sometimes and disappear some times. From a couple of days back it started coming again. Few handsets support this feature of indication. Especially Nokia handsets.
Sudhakar September 3, 2012 at 6:16 am
To Himang :
Type get.nimbuzz.com in your mobile’s internet browser and check out.
Sudhakar September 3, 2012 at 6:14 am
Pike :
A lock with cross bar on it shows that the call is not encrypted. It also shows in all my symbian phones like Nokia C6-00, N79 and 5320. It also shows in Nokia 1280. It is normal.
If you port in to Reliance GSM from other operator you may face incoming call problem and you may not get incoming SMS also.
Tamilnadu circle :
I port in from Airtel to Reliance. I was unable to get incoming call and incoming SMS from Aircel. I complained in 198 at both the operators (Reliance GSM and Aircel) and also at PGPORTAL. It is normal and it took 4 days for me to get the problem fixed. Now it is ok. The Aircel idiots do not update the mobile records of my newly port in number so that the calls should be routed to Reliance GSM instead of Airtel.
Ganesh Srinivasan September 3, 2012 at 5:32 am
Good rather very good news
Amit Kumar September 3, 2012 at 1:40 am
I’ve not tried using Nimbuzz however from the posts posted above it appears as if calls could me made from Nimbuzz. Lagta hai ab download karna padega. Hope that vodafone network connectivity is not temporarily ( sic ) down. Thnx bros for ur comments. Now I could save a good amt of money on calls.
Pike September 2, 2012 at 11:38 pm
I have recently ported in to Reliance gsm from uninor ! The very first day i was able to do outgoing but i’m unable to get incoming and a symbol appears in my mobile (lock with cross check) call barring ! I have complained to retailer and from next day i’m able to do outgoing and incoming but that symbol is present while making or receiving call ! I have tried cancelling call barring and there is no call barring active and i tried changing tat sim to other handsets but the symbol appears in every mobile ! Anybody had same problem and anybody have solution for this ?
HIMANGSHU September 2, 2012 at 8:43 pm
When this nimbuzz will support in Sumsung C5010
Sudhakar September 2, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Nimbuzz’s calling rate from India to Kuwait is Rs.6.33 per min approx. But Tamilnadu Aircel offers Rs.18 rate cutter by which call to Kuwait is charged at Rs.5.50 per minute and to U.S at Rs.0.40 !!!. Also to U.S, nimbuzz charges Rs.0.33 approx.
Better use Aircel Tamilnadu for international calls (from home network).
nandu September 2, 2012 at 8:01 pm
i got nimbuzz two month ago in my samsung omnia wonder windows phone