From today onwards new 10 digit IDEA numbers in Rajasthan will be of “8058” series. IDEA has introduced special introductory offers along with the new number series to make its world class mobile telephony services available to a larger number of people in Rajasthan. Mobile users in Rajasthan will be amongst the first in the country to get the new series of mobile numbers starting with ‘8’. IDEA Cellular will... Read More
Having launched its GSM services in the mobile telephony market of Mumbai metro a year ago, IDEA Cellular today announced the lowest tariff for mobile users in the city, offering all STD and Local calls and SMS rates at just 50 paisa per minute, on any mobile or landline network in India. The special call rate of 50 paisa for STD and Local calls on any network in India will... Read More
If I look two years back, a mobile user would never have imagined that two years down the line he could be talking to someone on an STD call at a tariff quite less than that of local calls ! This has happened and we all are witnessing it. The competition in present Indian market has never been so intense as it is now, no matter if the operator is... Read More
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has released the GSM subscriber base for August 2009 and, quite expectantly, new additions continue - however at a slower rate. There has been a steady decline in the number of new GSM subscribers being added month on month: - 10.8 million (March 2009), 9.89 million (July 2009) and 9.74 million (August 2009). While this trend may be an alarm bell for new entrants... Read More
Idea Cellular today announced the launch of a new STD Pack for its prepaid mobile subscribers in the Southern region states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh telecom circle. As per the new offer, existing and new prepaid subscribers of IDEA can now make STD calls to all mobile and landline networks in the above states, at just 50 paisa per minute.To avail the special STD tariff benefits,... Read More
Aditya Birla owned Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest GSM service provider, is now in partnership with Nepal's Mero Mobile to provide bi-lateral GPRS Roaming service s from 14th August 2009. Mero Mobile, owned by Spice Nepal Private Ltd. , is the 2nd largest mobile operator of Nepal. This agreement enables subscribers of both operators (IDEA Cellular & Mero Mobile ) to enjoy continued data services while on roaming in either... Read More
The Department of Telecom has imposed a penalty on mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Idea Cellular for not verifying the details of all their mobile subscribers. The move comes after the DoT’s vigilance cell found subscribers on the operator’s network without proper documents for example, in the case of Bharti Airtel, the vigilance officers found 2,373 subscribers, out of a sample... Read More
India's leading mobile operator Idea Cellular has geared up to upgrade and enhance its GPRS/ EDGE network and selected Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade its GPRS /EDGE GSM Network in 22 telecom circle to tap into the value-added data services market over the Mobile Internet. By March 2010, Idea subscribers will be able to enjoy upgraded multimedia messaging, e-mail, web browsing, online music and other mobile VAS services. Nokia Siemens... Read More
Idea Cellular today unveiled an innovative gateway to en cash the IPL season and brings special recharge and stuff for its customers and cricket fans. Idea Cellular launched the Special IPL-666 Recharge for IPL season. With this recharge Idea customer will get talk time of Rs.666 and can earn 6 minutes of Free TalkTime with each sixer that the Mumbai Indians score! This is Top up Recharge with Full Value;... Read More
In a bid to encourage efficient use of numbering resources, DoT has been asked to charge a special levy for numbers allocated to telecom operators. A special research team (SRT) formed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that DoT “earn revenue’’ and reasonably charge for each number.The SRT has said in its report that service providers may be asked to pay the licensor a one-time charge... Read More
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