TELECOM TALK

One can now a days find the shift again towards data services as call charges are par to 1paisa/sec and operators trying to seek more from other options.

Bharti Airtel India’s largest GSM mobile service operator has come up with free data usage plan of 100MB per month for a span of 3 months with selective handsets ,earlier  Airtel tied up with Nokia to offer Free Internet and Picture Post Service with  Nokia 2730c now Airtel has expanded its free internet service tie up with wide range of handsets which include – Samsung Corby Series, LG Eigen, LG Viewty Smart, LG Times and LG Crystal.

User has to SMS My Data to 543210 to avail the offer,Other Benefits of this plan include Read more…

Tata Docomo the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, today announced the launch of ‘Rollover Plan’ (RO Plan) for its enterprise customers under the RO plan, customers pay by the month and enjoy the facility of carrying forward their unused free talk time and SMS for a period of 3 months.

Under the offer, there are four variants of plans available RO 500, RO 799, RO 1000 and RO 1099 available at a monthly rental of Rs 500, Rs. 799, Rs. 1000 and Rs. 1099 respectively.
The other highlight of the plan is that it extends the concept of ‘per-second’ billing it also makes available the free usage in seconds. For example Read more…

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) expands its 3G Mobile and Data service coverage in 6 cities/towns of Mangalore SSA (Dakshina Kannada) in the state of Karnataka by launching much awaited 3G mobile services in the costal cities Mangalore and Udupi including Surathkal, Baikampady,Ullal, and Deralakatte towns. The 3G services allow telecom operators to offer Video calls, high-speed Internet with speed Up to 3.1Mbps and live mobile TV facility.

As an promotional offer the new BSNL 3G subscribers will get 50 free video calls and 25 MB Data usage as welcome gift beyond free usage Local Voice and Video calls at just 30 Paisa per minute and All STD video calls will be chargeable at 50 paisa with the prepaid FRC120.

BSNL Karntaka’s chief general manager, P Raghavan announced that the 3G Mobile and Data services will be rolled out across 32 cities including all the district headquarters in the Karnataka telecom circle by the end of April 2010.” Read more…

Now Vodafone subscribers can transform their basic phone into a smart phone by accessing over 800 applications across various various categories like Entertainment, Utility, Finance, Social Networking, Games, etc.

Vodafone Essar today rolled out its much awaited application store for its subscribers  this move comes after the launch of app store by various operators like Airtel and Reliance.

The application store is available to Vodafone customers through data enabled handsets.One can send a message APP to 111 (toll free) and also access the store through the portal Vodafone live. Read more…

Bharti Airtel India’s leading Cellular operator is offering free mobile alerts to all women on the occasion of International Women’s Day by offering their women patrons an opportunity to get one tip on beauty, fashion, cooking, housekeeping, fitness and home remedies everyday for a period of 30 days starting from today.

As part of the same, effective March 5 to March 10, 2010 every woman who walks into Airtel Relationship Centre (ARC) would be eligible to get free beauty and health tips, innovative cooking tips, tips on the latest fashion trends, quick and useful tips on home remedies and housekeeping on a daily basis. The offer is valid all across Gujarat.

Shivan Bhargava COO Airtel Gujarat Circle quoted ‘On the occasion of International Women’s Day, through this celebration we would like to express our appreciation for the women patrons’ incessant support,’  said in a statement.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) and its licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures (GCV) today announced a partnership with mobile internet pioneer July Systems, to launch an IPL mobile internet service, specifically designed for the Indian market.

Almost every Indian with an internet enabled mobile phone, across income groups, educational backgrounds, handset types or networks, will for the first time have access to live ball-by-ball video updates, action replays, video score cards and much more. Users can access this service from their mobile phone by calling the MiX toll-free number 08 123 123 123 or by accessing m.iplt20.com. Read more…

India’s own Mobile Phone maker Intex Technologies today introduced IN 4470 a the all new Dual SIM (GSM + GSM ) power packed multi media mobile Phone supporting live video chat and conferencing facility. The handset will retail at just Rs.3650

The new handset specially tailored for Youngster it comes with preloaded popular social networking application like Facebook, Google and Yahoo. A reminder which flashes 10 seconds before every minute of conversation can be used to control call usage. It has a multi-lingual user interface and SMS facility in Bengali, Arabic, Hindi and English.

INTEX IN 4470 has a unique feature for video chat dubbed “UM (U & Me) chat which group of four people to have a live voice, video and text chat with each other with GPRS activated SIM .The phone has two cameras and both can be used for capturing front and back visuals in UM chat, video recording and still photography. Read more…

Reliance Communications, India’s Second Largest telecom company to offer CDMA and GSM services, launched ‘Recharge Pack 99′ for its CDMA prepaid mobile customers.

The pack offers free unlimited local on-net mobile to mobile-calls anytime and from anywhere in Punjab. This pack has a validity of 30 days.”Reliance has huge subscriber community in the Punjab Circle and this product will enable this base to communicate with each other at a very nominal cost.

Any new or an existing CDMA prepaid customer can avail this bonanza” said Shri. Arvind Kumar, Hub Head, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh & J&K Circles.

Consumer durables Major Videocon today announced that in next 100 Days it will be rolling  out its commercial GSM mobile services in 100 Cities across India begins from today and expects 10 million subscribers in three to four years of the launch.

In our earlier post we shared Videocon Mobile Services is Expected to Debut In Mumbai On March 07 like we quoted the service will announced today in a  popular Hindi TV channel Colors by 7pm with special launch event dubbed as “Dhamake Ka Signal” hosted by Bollywood star Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Shaan.

The core 2G network is live in few parts of the city but there is no sign of SIM cards availability we believe SIM cards will be available by Monday. Read more…