Reader Speaks: Uninor Ignores 2G Data Services

Reader Speaks: Uninor Ignores 2G Data Services I am Ranadeep from Kolkata using Uninor for around 1 year. I am a student and since Uninor is providing cheap onnet calls, affordable SMS packs I chose it over other operators.

I am following Telecomtalk very closely for a long time; recently I came across an article – ‘Can Uninor Sustain in India?’ saying Uninor is not concentrating on data business.

When it was published I was not very much bothered about data services by Uninor. Two weeks back I bought Samsung Galaxy Smartphone and recharged with Rs 90 for 6GB GPRS data.

Since I recharged this GPRS pack valid for 30 days, I find several problems with Uninor GPRS/EDGE.

1. Uninor website does not mention daily cap of 200 MB. In spite of that Uninor website mentions 6GB/1.4GB on STV90/STV24. This simply misleads users.

2. Uninor GPRS is too slow all the time. I heard from one of my friends who is still a Uninor customer, Uninor earlier used to offer great GPRS/EDGE speed (30kBps+), and now for some unknown reason Uninor EDGE is now totally gone crazy (5-12kBps).

3. Frequent disconnection at evening hours: In most of days I find that there is frequent disconnection during and after this session of connection and disconnection there remains a session while internet connection will be established but no data is transferred.

Ranadeep

4. With Opera Mini Next I can not use Uninor EDGE, though network diagnostic saying internet connection is there, no page was loaded by Opera Mini Next. I tried with Tata Docomo GSM and Virgin Mobile GSM – both cases Opera Mini Next was able to load pages in jiffy.

5. This is not related to Uninor GPRS, but it proves worthlessness of Uninor customer care. Uninor shows off VAS offers as flash messages, it is a trap where you can fell prey by just selecting ‘Ok’ by mistake. It happened with me, and I tried to call customer care and resolve, but the person over phone told me that the balance deduction was due to a phone call made from my mobile no. at a rate of Rs16/min.

Well now the point is now I am thinking to use another operator for 2G data (3G data is costly for me) and keep Uninor as a connection to make onnet calls and send SMS.

Telecomtalk’s Take: We told earlier Uninor cannot just be poor man’s connection to make calls only. Demand of data is going high and high, and still Telenor has not expressed wish to become a part of India’s interenet revolution – it does not sound good for Uninor. Right now users like to do their doings on the move at an affordable rate, but services should be usable one.

Disclaimer:TelecomTalk take no liability for the views expressed by the reader.

Ramprasad salve June 1, 2013 at 7:21 pm

Uninor have 3rd class. Internet. It always timeout and it is too slow. Dont use uninor net

Krish May 23, 2013 at 9:16 pm

Uninor net is very crazy.It does not run in evening and many times in full tower.They cheated us.It only give 6gb in rs 90 whereas aircel give unlimited.

Eugenia February 24, 2013 at 5:32 pm

hi,i was usin uninor 4 past half year..just few weeks in my uninor sim there came a sms from SC that uninor is not gonna work..i recharged rs-50 on my cell..its all gone now..plus i’ve samsung guru dual sim i dont know its showin my sim password…i dont know why its askin me…while i was using uninor in that mobile never did it asked me before..now when i changed check from loop i cant unlock my cell..
please tel me wat should i do..my money s gone n phone is lock..

shweta November 14, 2012 at 11:18 pm

File a complaint against Uninor at trai website pgportal.gov.in

deepak October 1, 2012 at 8:31 pm

@ raj
on which no we have to send this sms……….

Chintan August 27, 2012 at 7:14 pm

I have used Uninor India last 2 Years. At the starting gets speed internet surfing, but last 7 to 8 month it avoided 2G network. I paid as per it’s scheme but not fully utilise it’s meaningless, poor and lazy customer care operaions.
If i try to 198(C/CARE), 2 or more time, auto answered…..thanks for calling and after i can’t connected with c/care for 2 to 3 days with same mobile numbers.
I really dissappointed with Uninor and finally decide that complain book at TRAI for my truly justice.

sorna July 17, 2012 at 3:45 pm

I have HTC mobile with uninor connection. Inthat always net disconnect during any downloads. Whneever we complaint customer care ignore our meesage.

UNINOR NET WORK WASTE

Sonu June 18, 2012 at 10:20 pm

Tharun George :
I had complained about non-updated website and unable to connect due to network problem to uninor. I complained to there customer care, nodal officer, appellate authority. But they all rejected my refund request saying no option to refund.
The as TT readers said I complained to pgportal. Within 24 hours uninor officer called me and told refund is approved and will solve all problems. He even told that he will sned a team to check network at my location for GPRS speed issues. everyone should do this
Uninor will behave properly only when complained are given to pgportal.

raj April 6, 2012 at 3:06 pm

@r00t Ð3v!1
AFTER END 250 MB 98 PACK R NOT WORKING TO USE 98 PACK WE SHOULD SEND SMS STOP 3G THEN WE CAN USE IT

r00t Ð3v!1 April 6, 2012 at 2:31 pm

3G data nt so costly in kolkata.
Use dis trick.
bought a Aircel 2G sim.
Thn Send a sms
START 3G TO 121(with ur 3g enbl phn)
thn u rcv a sms dt ur 3G vl activ in 02 hour.

Nd aftr actv 3G
250mb 3G data vl add to ur a/c for 7/15 dys. (bt data blnc nt swn on dylng *125#. Bt data added invsbly)

nw use All 2G aircel net card like 14,98. . Etc. With 3G spd(3.2mbps dwnld spd in ma lg Optims)

me nd my frndz use ds for aprox 4-5 mnth. . .

Njoy happy surfn. . .

Raghu April 2, 2012 at 4:02 pm

@Tharun George
Thats what i have been telling u. The Pvt operators especially will work only if we complain in Pgportal.

Tharun George April 2, 2012 at 3:22 pm

I had complained about non-updated website and unable to connect due to network problem to uninor. I complained to there customer care, nodal officer, appellate authority. But they all rejected my refund request saying no option to refund.

The as TT readers said I complained to pgportal. Within 24 hours uninor officer called me and told refund is approved and will solve all problems. He even told that he will sned a team to check network at my location for GPRS speed issues.

Uninor will behave properly only when complained are given to pgportal.

Arjun Chandrashekar April 1, 2012 at 5:34 am

@bharathkumara
Yes Uninor is The Worst Operator. Even in My Hometown Indoor coverage is Bad. No Coverage in Rural Areas, Where All Operators (INCLUDING Aircel) Signal Available.

Dilip March 27, 2012 at 7:52 pm

Use docomo for internet.. speed was good.. u can get 2GB for 48rs(paper recharge).

naveen March 27, 2012 at 1:32 pm

uninor is good and provides good service in karnataka(bengaluru)

Kunal March 27, 2012 at 11:54 am

@Ajay, agreed, since mtnl has introduced the common apn setting for gprs, my net connects within seconds that to with great speed even with less coverage !!!

Kaushik March 27, 2012 at 1:34 am

Daily cap of 200 MB / day was previously mentioned in website, they edited it later. This 2012, Uninor has severally edited their website. I had tried Uninor’s GPRS last year, I decided never to look back at their data packs again. I had signal problems but somehow after reporting to DoT, I managed to make them improve the signal strength. Still, I cannot rely upon Uninor fully,

Ajay March 27, 2012 at 12:24 am

Rohan :
Uninor on thier website have clearly mentioned that EDGE network maximum speed would be 40 Kbps . Definately it is very low speed but they never cheated for it , I have used uninor EDGE and had constantly speed of 40 Kbps .More over their call rates are very good and network excellent compared to any operator

I am also using Uninor for GPRS/EDGE services in Mumbai circle but never crossed more than 11kbps, even in Mumbai I never connected in 1st attempt like MTNL connects, for Uninor EDGE/GPRs connectivity I need to struggle even after strong network. Will Appeal all tt readers please do not use Uninor’s third class GPRS services all over in India. Very bad Experience….Shame is that this is MNC telecom Company much better to use our own MTNL & BSNL.

Abdul wahir Kalamuddin March 26, 2012 at 10:41 pm

bharathkumara :

RAJESH :
hai ever one, I AM AN RECHARGE RETAILER IN BANGALORE FROM PAST FIVE YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FEW WORDS ABOUT UNINOR TODAY SINCE THIS NETWORK IS PROVIDING 1,20,000 SEC FREE BY RECHARGING JUST 38 Rs. I SEE ONLY TEENAGERS GOING FOR THIS SCHEME AND SPOILING THERE LIFE ONLY STAYING ON PHONE AND NOT EVEN CONCENTRATING ON THERE EXAMS TO I REQUEST THE CONCERNED COMPANY TO CANCEL THE SCHEME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

wow.. what a wonderfull negative comments, please ensure that.. we need network to connect EDGE and voice calls, today.. we need more network.. to survive.. without even no buddy survive.. without network.. if you went outside of city.. i am using IDEA edge internet service.. even today i can connect and it work till 27KBps(300kbps) in karnataka.. depend on network you can gett speed in airtel, idea, vodafone, bsnl, even aircel to.. but other operators what they thing.. even in uninor, with less network, we can speak clearlly.. but we cant connect EDGE if we have full network in uninor.. what the problem with mobile or network.. here problem is company.. they are even worst then ever.. that y all are using only for voice, not for internet.. today.. even all of them getting very fast brain cancers.. uninor.. is given tariff started like this..

buddy,what exactly do you want to say? and why have you quoted that person’s remarks when you statement is not even remotely matching him.

bharathkumara March 26, 2012 at 9:56 pm

RAJESH :
hai ever one, I AM AN RECHARGE RETAILER IN BANGALORE FROM PAST FIVE YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FEW WORDS ABOUT UNINOR TODAY SINCE THIS NETWORK IS PROVIDING 1,20,000 SEC FREE BY RECHARGING JUST 38 RS I SEE ONLY TEENAGERS GOING FOR THIS SCHEME AND SPOILING THERE LIFE ONLY STAYING ON PHONE AND NOT EVEN CONCENTRATING ON THERE EXAMS TO I REQUEST THE CONCERNED COMPANY TO CANCEL THE SCHEME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

wow.. what a wonderfull negative comments, please ensure that.. we need network to connect EDGE and voice calls, today.. we need more network.. to survive.. without even no buddy survive.. without network.. if you went outside of city.. i am using IDEA edge internet service.. even today i can connect and it work till 27KBps(300kbps) in karnataka.. depend on network you can gett speed in airtel, idea, vodafone, bsnl, even aircel to.. but other operators what they thing.. even in uninor, with less network, we can speak clearlly.. but we cant connect EDGE if we have full network in uninor.. what the problem with mobile or network.. here problem is company.. they are even worst then ever.. that y all are using only for voice, not for internet.. today.. even all of them getting very fast brain cancers.. uninor.. is given tariff started like this..

KIM March 26, 2012 at 9:53 pm

@sunil kushwaha

You can found many Tricks on the WEB.

I am downloading 40GB/month only@ RS.144

ann March 26, 2012 at 9:36 pm

all mobile data plan sucks better go for data card like mts mblazwe

Tharun George March 26, 2012 at 8:53 pm

@Raghu

Today got reply from grievance of uninor. He told internet problem has been solved. He never said anything about refund. Also I get connect to internet on 10 -15 failed attempt to connect.

As every one wish I will move complaint to PG soon.

md rajaul March 26, 2012 at 5:57 pm

@sushant gupta
Very true.I am also more than satisfied,using from 8 months and getting 600 to 1200 kbps speed in umts mode in 2G sim in my nokia 5230 mobile.

Rohan March 26, 2012 at 5:47 pm

Uninor on thier website have clearly mentioned that EDGE network maximum speed would be 40 Kbps . Definately it is very low speed but they never cheated for it , I have used uninor EDGE and had constantly speed of 40 Kbps .More over their call rates are very good and network excellent compared to any operator

sushant gupta March 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm

use bsnl,get 2024mb for rs.98,validity 1 month,good speed,can easily check gprs balance by dialling *123*10#.I have been using it for 5 months now,more than satisfied because i never expected bsnl to give such nice service.

Raghu March 26, 2012 at 2:24 pm

@Tharun George
it is not the question of money. its the question of honouring the commitment by Operators. they should not fleece the customer like this. If we leave this then the operators will start looting again. Now it is small money and it may increase after some days. So pl complain so that they do not do this again. Only PGportal is the best option for complaints.

jitu March 26, 2012 at 2:24 pm

@sunil kushwaha
no, they don’t have any unlimited GPRS plan in DELHI circle.

Sudhakar March 26, 2012 at 2:05 pm

To Rajesh :

It is not …..spoiling there life. It is …….spoiling their life.

It is not …concentrating on there exams. It is …….concentrating on their exams.

Note that Rs.38 plan is available in all Uninor circles.
.
.
To all other users :

Cool down. MNP is there. Just bite your teeth and bear with Uninor till the first 90 days (after new SIM activation). Then port out to some other good operator.

Raghu March 26, 2012 at 12:29 pm

@Tharun George
cheap and all we should not see.if its 1 rs its our money only they are cheating us with. we should teach Private operators a lesson if customer care executives do not listen we have to complain to PGPORTAL then only they will stop this looting. Even Reliance did so many times to me but when i complained there once or twice the looting by Reliance has stopped now.

sunil kushwaha March 26, 2012 at 12:24 pm

KIM :
Use airtel constant 233kbps speed in 2g.
Now Airtel is not only Airtel its:
AIRTEL THE UNLIMITED GPRS COMPANY

hi kim, have airtel any kind of unlimited GPRS plan in DELHI circle???

Abhijit S March 26, 2012 at 12:22 pm

This is one of the best reader speaks article on TT.
Uninor will not survive for long time I guess or will be used only for calling and then sim cards will be thrown in dustbins once offer expires.

Amit Kumar Das March 26, 2012 at 10:31 am

uninor will not survive in India’s telecom industry.

RAJESH March 26, 2012 at 10:06 am

hai ever one, I AM AN RECHARGE RETAILER IN BANGALORE FROM PAST FIVE YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FEW WORDS ABOUT UNINOR TODAY SINCE THIS NETWORK IS PROVIDING 1,20,000 SEC FREE BY RECHARGING JUST 38 RS I SEE ONLY TEENAGERS GOING FOR THIS SCHEME AND SPOILING THERE LIFE ONLY STAYING ON PHONE AND NOT EVEN CONCENTRATING ON THERE EXAMS TO I REQUEST THE CONCERNED COMPANY TO CANCEL THE SCHEME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

KRISH March 26, 2012 at 8:08 am

SWITCH IN TO BSNL. BEST NETWORK BEST COVERAGE.

Tharun George March 26, 2012 at 6:41 am

I think about it. But complaining for Rs 24 seemed to be cheap.

KIM March 26, 2012 at 3:11 am

Use airtel constant 233kbps speed in 2g.

Now Airtel is not only Airtel its:

AIRTEL THE UNLIMITED GPRS COMPANY

Raghu March 25, 2012 at 11:40 pm

@Tharun George
pl complain in pgportal.gov.in abt Uninor and definitely u will get refund if Uninor is not acting properly.

Tharun George March 25, 2012 at 11:23 pm

Uninor has now told me they will not refund my gprs pack money even though I am unable to use internet due to there network problem. It has now 6 days over still no solution and no money. Uninor are cheaters.

santosh March 25, 2012 at 10:01 pm

Uninor deserve to get closed as its services(GPRS, customer care) are worst. If this company not closing on own then Govt has to close this forcefully who is just looting customer. Every uninor customer has someway lost their money on in name of false VAS activation.

Steve March 25, 2012 at 9:56 pm

i took a new uninor connection. aft 10 days they hav disconnected my service… i wrote to their CS and their Nodal officers.. no use at all.. overall Uninor is worser than a cheap govt service

Sinoj March 25, 2012 at 9:55 pm

I has used Uninor without no problem. In that time, I was able to stream videos from Youtube in my mobile & download speed upto 24 KBps in PC that time. Then I changed provider to BSNL. Recently I forced my friend to use Uninor for more data usage. He recharged with Rs90 & used. He got only 8KBps downloading speed, connection lose every 30 min. after all, Rs 8 deducted within 2 days for an unknown reason. CCE also not known about it. Wasted money. Uninor still good for Calling in Kerala. Good call quality even in poor coverage.

Tharun George March 25, 2012 at 9:21 pm

Adding to the above.

I also faced similar situation just few days ago. Since my broadband for the month was about to finish I decided to try uninor internet for the first time useing a free sim I got 2 months back.

I choose uninor because on there website they offered 1gb For Rs 24 for 7 days. But after recharge I came to know that it has daily limit of 200MB. Still I wish to see the speed. When I tried to connect to net it showed “Authorization Error”.
I called customer care they told to download settings again. But I told them I used this on my pc also with APN “uninor”. But they didn’t listen to me. I send sms for download from my Nokia C5 even though it automatically obtained settings before. I got reply from uninor that “Unknown device”. They cannot even support a nokia C5. Called CC again told me to manual configure, still no use. Called again told me to delete all settings and manual configure. Still no use.

Then after 5-8 calls and fights with them they took my complaint and told it will be resolved in 48 working hours which will be 4 days (Since only a day they count 9 hours as working).

So I asked about my Rs 24 gprs pack. They told they will not refund it even though its there network issue. Then I called again after 4 days, they told no resolution generated and ask me to again wait. Till now even after 5 days and expiry of my gprs pack no resolution.

Now comes the second part. Since I am a regular TT reader I know about consumer rights and grievance cells of every telecom operator as per trai. I send an email to grievance office for kerala and uninor cc. Even after 5 days no reply from grievance cell. Uninor cc replied after 3 days and give me a long list to fill(Location, address, handset, blah blah). I had given all essential details in my first email itself, but still I filled and send. Now 2 days over no reply.

Mean while I searched internet “Uninor Authorization Failed”. This problem is faced by almost every uninor subscriber. This is due to GPRS not getting activated on sim (Even though they tell all preactivated). After complaints uninor reactivate the gprs on sim and solve the problem.

I lost my Rs 24(Which is negligible) and my lots of hours of time(Which is not negligible). I will never try uninor again even if they provide it for free. Just waste of time.

Thank you,
Tharun

Kinshuk March 25, 2012 at 9:03 pm

I am, too, a recent victim of uninors willful negligence towards their customer. I use BSNL SIM for all the time, it is the best one, one fine morning just decided to get an uninor connection to enjoy 6gb/Rs90. To my utter surprise, I came to know about daily 200mb cap after taking the connection which was not mentioned in their website. And till now(last 15 days) I managed to get connected only once. I tried all– my NOKIA and SONY ERICSSON phone and BEETEL USB dongel. That time speedtest.net showed speed about 4kBps. BELIEVE ME, THEY ARE JUST LOOTING CUSTOMERS BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN THERE OPERATION IN KOLKATA.

umapathi March 25, 2012 at 8:23 pm

ya,by using uninor it takes long time to connect net,we get fed up to connect net and nxt time we cant use that, simply use any operator other than uninor and virgin both are providing wrost services

Ajay March 25, 2012 at 8:05 pm

I have to try minimum 15 – 20 times to get connect, forget about good speed.
Just 4 good onnet call rates & sms, i m using this conection.

Abhijith March 25, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Bsnl is best among all telecom operators . .

Saptarshi Roy March 25, 2012 at 7:29 pm

Nice article Ranadeep. Keep it up!

jbp March 25, 2012 at 7:28 pm

Bsnl provide me bst speed in MP on 2g network it will be 30-100kbps dwnloading speed

Pratul March 25, 2012 at 4:33 pm

after stel, etisalat & videocon i think uninor is not going to survive long and will most probably announce its shutting down operations in full india or atleast in some circles. uninor is cash starved and needs a cash rich partner that hard to come by. already its network is overloaded so no complaints, its performing at best to its limits. uninor has now started wrongly charging customers and its cc is perfectly trained to make us feel stupid. so port out from uninor as soon as possible.

Atleast UPA is going to bring good old days in telecom, where customers will be charged for incoming calls.

Sudhakar March 25, 2012 at 4:08 pm

You can locate UNINOR store here (and scold them directly) :
uninor.in/UninorConnAssist/locate-a-store/Pages/locate-a-store.aspx

Sudhakar March 25, 2012 at 4:05 pm

To all :

Read these conditions !!!! :
(To telecomtalk : Please do not shorten this URL)
http://www.uninor.in/Documents/GPRS%20FAQs.pdf

Mukesh Singh March 25, 2012 at 3:35 pm

Bank more…and saraidhela

Chinmaya March 25, 2012 at 3:13 pm

@susant, if u r facing any difficulties created by any telecom company then please goto http://www.pgportal.gov.in an lodge ur grievance under Department of telecommunication. then the concern company will surely contact u and serve u like never before

abhishek chatterjee March 25, 2012 at 3:03 pm

@Mukesh Singh
where u live in Dhanbad ??????
I m using on Huawei modem. Its give me max 10 to 15kbps dwnld speed but surfng speed is good….

sAM March 25, 2012 at 3:00 pm

@Debasish Mitra
Agreed

susanta March 25, 2012 at 2:16 pm

I have rechrg with Rs-65 for2.5GB (30days) on 5th March 2012. Nd today is 25th march. Dont u beleive that I have spend only 150MBin this 20 days . When i askd to cc to know the reason. Someone said its occour for Network upgradation. Nd another cc lectured me I should hav to buy new mobile. Then I coplain to Nodal officer nd they call me6times in two days with taking my address to solvingproblem. bt there are no improvement till now. Thats why i decide to port TATA DOCOMO to it IDEA after 5th april. Its sucks my money with gently with 3rd cl network.

Sudhakar March 25, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Contact info of Nodal and Appellate officers in various circle :

uninor.in/Pages/TelemarketerRegistration.aspx

viral March 25, 2012 at 1:42 pm

dude same problem here in gujarat where i have to try 5 or 6 times just only for connecting to internet.

Sayan Chattopadhyay March 25, 2012 at 1:19 pm

@Debasish Mitra
but i’m facing issues with voice calls also (network congestions) from last 12 months. And nobody tried to slove my problem. This stupid operator’s stupid nodal officer had suggested me to port my number to another operator!

Asha March 25, 2012 at 1:04 pm

sAM :
One basic thing is that U can’t rely upon 2G blindly for internet-it doesn’t matter whether it is Uninor or Bsnl !!

we have no other option to rely on.there is no dsl broadband everywhere,3g is worthless with patchy network and evdo is so congested that you get 2g like speeds on a 3.1 mbps connection.This is all because of glacially slow implementation of policies and chaching them abruptly by govt.once a scam is exposed in telecom sect.

Amit Kumar Das March 25, 2012 at 1:00 pm

uninor has very costly for voice services also.

Debasish Mitra March 25, 2012 at 12:56 pm

I am working with uninor orissa I knew the proper fact. As Earlier UNINOR has a very good gprs speed due to less no of subscribers and now its subscribers base have been increasing exponentially in last few months, but it has been using the same infrastructure without any network up-gradation and it is not possible to upgrade its network due to licences cancellation by SC of India. GPRS can be provided by a GSM operator using a node called “SGSN”, in case of uninor it was already full. So people are not getting good speed.
You people have to wait till 2G spectrum auction. Uninor/Telenor is a big operator world wide it has all the capability to provide world class service to its subscriber…but all good things is only possible when India Govt bring some clarity in the sector.

Arka March 25, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Uninor gprs is worst. The technical support/settings/speed all are hell.Best GPRS speed according to my opinion in TATA DOCOMO.next,AIRTEL and VODAFONE.Though I heard a little about BSNL GPRS speed,that is good,but,I dnt try it till now.

gaurav March 25, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Its not only in Kolkata Same problem we are face in biharand also in rest india. Its cc is worst no one wana to help you.
Now uninor is uselss he hike base tarrif UtoU tarrif and also cutting charges in Minute.

Mukesh Singh March 25, 2012 at 12:17 pm

@abhishek chatterjee
I m using uninor gprs on Smsung galaxy…its working superb… Speed is very good…

Avtar singh kaint March 25, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Same problem who use blackberry & android mobile daily cap of 200 mb is very less, & very slow & always dissconected

sAM March 25, 2012 at 11:39 am

One basic thing is that U can’t rely upon 2G blindly for internet-it doesn’t matter whether it is Uninor or Bsnl !!

Anuj Wankhede March 25, 2012 at 11:16 am

People comparing Unionr with the established players need to think before speaking. In the short time since coming to India, Unionr ensured that common people get access to basic mobile communications at the most affordable rates. They made the existing big guys to offer lower prices. They are by and large transparent in their billing. What more do you expect from a company in two to three years? If competition rules in India were properly setup and implemented, some of the big and established boys would have closed shop by now. To expect Unionr to offer data and other services without complete rollout of national footprint would have ment losing focus on its core competence and additional costs of infrastructure, promotion, service etc. Their plans to stay away from data make absolute business sense.

sayan March 25, 2012 at 11:07 am

i am also facing the same low speed.. I switched to bsnl gprs.. Its awsome..

AMIT JOSHI March 25, 2012 at 10:47 am

BHAI TU VODAFONE USE KAR>>

Sayan Chattopadhyay March 25, 2012 at 10:21 am

Speed of uninor at my town is 5kB/10sec.
And more interestingly I’m facing terrible network congestions between 5pm-12am from March,2011, but they are unable to resolve that. Even within those 12+ months the congestions issue increased day by day!
I also had talked to the Nodal officer of my circle he had informed me that they don’t have any plan to increase the capacity of my nearest cell site and advised me to port out to another operator.
So for me uninor is the most hopeless operator of India.

irfan March 25, 2012 at 9:32 am

i think we should not expect a money starved company to offer high end services like gprs and edge because they were in the path of expanding their network and services when their liscense were cancelled by the supereme court now they are in the process of acquiring their liscence back they have a tough and expensive time ahead users who want high data services should go for airtel and vodafone even docomo also has good data services

Vivek March 25, 2012 at 9:16 am

Just use a dual sim fone…….as i m doing.
uninor for call,sms
docomo for internet..

Lohit March 25, 2012 at 8:56 am

the ceo of uninor sigvee breke, he himself told that the company will be focussing on voice services. uninor is going to be pure voice player providing affordable services for the masses, without focussing on VAS and inernet

Saurabh March 25, 2012 at 8:50 am

I can feel the agony Uninor customers are going through as I have also faced the same with some of the other operators. But the thing is Uninor is not looking at upgrading their systems and there are lots of reasons for it and one of the main is credit crunch. They might have 4 crore+ customers but don’t have infrastructure to handle 30% of that. I have a line for Uninor,

Cheap Tariffs, Cheap Quality of Services

It’s good that Uninor is not available in Haryana. Few months back I was excited about Uninor launch but now I don’t want it to come to Haryana. Videocon is also providing similar tariffs and they are best here and no false deductions.

As an analyst, I think Uninor should start looking at exitting India like Batelco and Etisalat as they will not be able to survive in coming years. Telecom as a sector needs huge amount of investment and at a time when older operators are struggling for revenues and falling ARPUs, I don’t know what Uninor has in their mind and that’s too with 2G service license only. Sooner or later people will shift to 3G after price drop and at that time it will be difficult for a company like Uninor to sustain in the market.

India is not for you, Uninor.

anubhav11 March 25, 2012 at 8:03 am

im facing the same frequent disconnection through out the day on my vodafone number for past 1-2years at my place. but after swveral complaints nothing has been done…

indrajit March 25, 2012 at 7:12 am