While Uninor awaits clarity on the new mechanism by which new licenses will be awarded, the company has responded to the license ruling by adding 3 lac customers in one weekend.
This is the highest weekend subscriber addition ever for Uninor.Since the launch of its services, Uninor has competed successfully in all its commercial circles, adding more subscriber than any other mobile operator in India in 2011.
In Karnataka, 8.5 lac customers chose Uninor last year, more than many established operators in the state.Competition has delivered affordable tariffs and better quality services for Indian customers.
The recent developments have energized Uninor like never before. Over the past few days, thousands of Uninor employees have stormed the market, registering their presence and assuring retailers and customers that Uninor services are continuing.
sachidanada.jm February 21, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Uninor is growing like a big tree, and uninor has a good subscriber in india and they are giving a good services.
Ritesh sourabh February 12, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Uninor will Rock,i think that Uninor subscriber base is high and his employ moral is also high thats why all employees storm the market.
Raghu February 9, 2012 at 10:53 pm
@amar
yes that facility normally pvt operators have for some plans only USSD. But Uninor have got USSD facility for most of the plans
tejas February 9, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Bharti Airtel’s 20% tariff hike backfires, registers 7% decline in average monthly minutes used. This is a real evidence that clearly indicates that inspite of adding new customers to its network the mnthly minutes of usage have reduced. And its not a big guess whos benefitting frm this loss and where everyone is getting diverted to make calls.
amar February 9, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Ravi
Only problem with uninor is their network coverage and all things are good .always give extra talktime starting from Rs.150 sometimes extra talktime on small top-up too. You can activate any pack using your main balance.
I am also using Rs.250/month on my uninor no.
AsitPaul February 9, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Uninor rocks!
amar February 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm
@zeeshan
There is nothing like brother and sister.
MTNL is different operator and BSNL is different operator.
May be some packs works in MTNL network but private operator are doing much better job that is why top 3 operator of india are pvt firms and even bsnl is not on top 5 operator in terms of customer and income.
Ravi February 9, 2012 at 6:40 pm
How many of them commenting positive in the first few pages are employees of the firm? Too many positive comments which is not expected at all
zeeshan February 9, 2012 at 6:38 pm
@amar
MTNL is brother of BSNL. In the network of MTNL all schemes of BSNL work such as 3G data pack, sms packs, roaming call same as in network of BSNL. Infact if you are a subscriber of Airtel you can not avail your sms pack or 3G data pack in network of Airtel while in roaming.
amar February 9, 2012 at 6:26 pm
@Zeeshan
If you go like this then BSNL has no licence in Delhi and Mumbai.
While airtel ,vodafone,reliance, tata docomo cdma has spectrum in all circles.
Lohit February 9, 2012 at 6:11 pm
@Zeeshan
i mean to say nothing is 100%indian nor 100% foreign. If bsnl is providing good services then use it
tejas February 9, 2012 at 6:09 pm
yes we definately need a player like uninor….its services and tariffs are simply v good. if so many ppl r saying positive stuff for uninor then definatly it means something. its way better than voda, idea and airtel in terms of charges. also its coverage is good where ever its available. and whats the prob if ppl r using uninor for cheap tarrifs. customers ka to fayda hi hai. jab tak fayda mil raha hai lelo. agar big operators apni profit ke bare me soch rahe hai to why not we think of our pockets as well. ppl are with big operators only bcoz of their coverage advantage and this advantage will definately go away in a few years. i wish uninor gets even more customers in the coming time so that airtel voda n idea rethink abt their plans.
Bhavin February 9, 2012 at 3:36 pm
all the best uninor long live uninor hum sub tumare saath hey
Zeeshan February 9, 2012 at 3:34 pm
So what. I am using BSNL and paying to it, not to any chor private company. Recently Tata activated hello tunes on my friend’s mobile and they did not refund the deducted amount.Chor hai sab ke Sab. I think you pay directly to Huawei or Erricson for your mobile services. Great. keep it up. @Lohit
Jayakrishnan February 9, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Patriotism is good. One must love his country.. admit. But did you think about our BSNL babus ? Except in Kerala and some other circles, did bSNL make any success. Their mentality is typical babu style. Burocracy and red-tapism. If this state owned service provider is able to give good service with best quality, will this private players make any success in India ? Many subscribers are surrendering their land line. Many have portd out from BSNL. Who is responsible for this ? Even cable TV people are giving good internet service now. But BSNL can’t give good service ensuring 24×7 connectivity. Let BSNL take pain to prove themselves, then these “foreign” players will start making loss and will run away from Indian market. Till then, we do not have any other option.
Ahamed February 9, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Presenting of boosted figures is not a fair business. While looking into the revenue figures published by TRAI it is seen that average revenue per user of Uninor is very poor. It shows that most of their numbers are not functioning and their claim with regard to customer base is incorrect. All are invited to the revenue performance parameters available in TRAI site.
Balu February 9, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Myself also support Uninor and MTS to be there in the market.
Lohit February 9, 2012 at 2:39 pm
@Zeeshan
what about the equipment bsnl uses? they purchase equipment from qualcomm for cdma and huawei, erricson, etc for gsm.
deb February 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm
+100000000000000000000000000000000
wah wah
wah wah
kyabaat hai……
deb February 9, 2012 at 1:29 pm
haan ekdom e tai…ekhon eta 700 mins r per secs pulse a 42,000 secs kore diyechhee…..
avinash February 9, 2012 at 1:28 pm
uninor gprs speed is better than any operator in gujarat i tested all.
deb February 9, 2012 at 1:28 pm
yes…its now 1p/12secs…. tar mane ekhon 5p/min with stv33…..
AP February 9, 2012 at 12:09 pm
@Anuj Really? People are fed up? Was a poll conducted among subscribers of Airtel, Vodafone and whoever is the third of the three about this that I do not know about? Or is your statement about people being fed up just opinion?
And if people are indeed fed up, I am sure number portability has made the entire process of shifting to another provider rather frictionless. But that does not seem to be happening, does it?
Also, it is a company’s duty to maximise it’s own profits. Let me know if you won’t feel the same way when you possess a majority stake in a company that has massive infrastructure to invest in, maintain and constantly upgrade. If you work somewhere, let me know if you are willing to work for half your salary just so that your company can pay higher income tax.
This talk of subsidizing corporate plans by milking retail subscribers is pure bunkum. You obviously have not looked at the economics of subscriber acquisition. Corporate bulk subscriptions provide reliable baseline revenue. Corporate subscribers ares cheaper to acquire and service. Delinquency is minimal. Billing and collection is cheaper. This is why tariffs are also cheaper.
Now compare that with issues faced by retail subscribers, and the associated costs. Perhaps then you will realise why it makes more sense for retail plans to be more expensive. And even then, they can’t fleece subscribers for fear of competition.
Zeeshan February 9, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Not 100 % Indian as BSNL. For example Tata Docomo has 26% stake of Japan’s Docomo. @amar
Rupesh February 9, 2012 at 11:53 am
Will be a die up situation for lovers ,if uninor leaves telecom market then there will be no company available so far in jharkhand to provide such an affordable onnet calling in just 2p/min. Best wishes for uninor.
dhanesh February 9, 2012 at 11:40 am
very correct @Jagan T
Abhijith February 9, 2012 at 10:49 am
@amar
ha ha ha there is a handset makers karbonn,spice etc etc . . . . Nokia now labelled made in india . . . . .
Jagan T February 9, 2012 at 10:49 am
Congrats to Uninor. We need Uninor and MTS as a level players in the telecom industry to counter the fleecing activities of the Cartel.
Lohit February 9, 2012 at 9:53 am
@avisek
many indian companies are also present in other countries.In this globalized world, its not about country, its about quality and affordability
amar February 9, 2012 at 9:20 am
@Zeeshan
If you want to see the network of BSNL, Then come to my friends home.
Pvt operators are doing very well and they are also indian like airtel, reliance, tata docomo cdma.
Zeeshan February 9, 2012 at 8:00 am
Do not highlight our slavery to foreign market. Avisek is not asking to use to mobile handset because he knows that people of India do not like the tag “Made in India”. He is asking to use BSNL as it has been serving the country for more than 150 years. And for your king information BSNL is best. My whole family is using BSNL. IN my family there are four members and we have 3 postpaid and 2 Prepaid from BSNL. No connection of Private Company. @amar
Abhijith February 9, 2012 at 7:23 am
@Raghu
ya . . I too heard its news . . But baharin telecom conformed to quit . . . Videocon also mostly ill be in market . . . Idea also plannig to get their licence back . . Next shock is airtel , vodafone idea asked to surrender additional licence or pay additonally . .
Kishore February 9, 2012 at 6:34 am
Come on let’s be under no illusion. Uninor invested 15K crores not to make 500 cr loss per quarter (see their quarterly results). The only way they can survive right now is to sell cheap minutes and lousy service. If indeed they want to stay and continue, their only long term option is to up the tariffs just like Airtel, Voda. There ain’t no free lunch folks. Get real and stop rooting for unsustainable things.
Raghu February 9, 2012 at 12:33 am
@Rohan Singh
yes i too hope the same.
Raghu February 9, 2012 at 12:32 am
@Abhijith
I heard one news that Uninor will stay on in the market .Exit is the last option they are going to take. But i support Uninor and MTS to be thr in the market.
amar February 8, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Which mobile handset brand do you use currently? because there is none indian mobile handset available in india.
Rohan Singh February 8, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Uninor has established a good brand. It’s shop are widely available than any existing operators …..Hope Uninor remains.
Anuj February 8, 2012 at 11:10 pm
@AP
I fail to understand what is the problem if Uninor gets more publicity on forums or by positive word of mouth. They DESERVE the rave comments because ordinary consumers are fed up with the cartel formed by the big three. They are milking the poor customers to – A) increase their own profits and B) subsidize corporate users on company paid plans. This and other forums like this give voice to the ordinary user who is paying more and more for less and less – be it voice, data or SMS. The big three pay for full page ads in national newspapers and extract the money from customers, in addition to hiring ‘ghost’ writers to write good reviews about their services. Will look forward to your reply.
Kaushik Roy February 8, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Also Uninor reduced 1000 min on net plan to 700 min for RC 53,validity 30 days
Kishore February 8, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Uninor and mts are economic terrorists. Got in thro the backdoor by paying nothing. Right place for uninor is Nordic region. Pl go before you lose more money.
Pratul February 8, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Use other apn uninorwap or uninormms. normally uninor connects only after trying for 2-3 times. so keep trying.
Finally i would say uninor is the best EDGE/GPRS provider that provides true EDGE speeds of 200-240 Kbps where duckhead airtel gives 40 kbps and reliance/MTNL 64kbps.
Kaushik February 8, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Uninor has already setup a war strategy to combat the big hit they’re going to get due to the SC verdict. They’re raising extra funds from Kol/WB circle by hiking tariff and also adding up to the overall customer count; so they’ll be financially backed up and can also show government that they aren’t minnows anymore in eastern India.
Steve February 8, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Mts and uninor we need you in the market.you guys are the only who can teach the 3 good lesson
Arka February 8, 2012 at 9:56 pm
@deb
2p/min is not exist in kolkata circle?
I also like uninor than any other service operator.it’s quality of service is better than some big players also.many frnds of mine is also take uninor and I will be very much disappointed,if it can not get the kolkata circle licence.
Abhijith February 8, 2012 at 9:55 pm
@Raghu
yes that also my belif . . But still no news . .
avisek February 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm
use bsnl my frnd.this IS a foreign company.if U ARE COUNTRY LOVER ,REMEMBER IN THISWAY EAST INDIA COMPANY CAME TO INDIA,THEN RULLED OUT INDIA FOR 200 YEARS.DON’T TRUST THIS PRIVATE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY CHEATED OUR INDIAN ECCONOMY.
deb February 8, 2012 at 9:10 pm
I recommended 27 friends of mine to take uninor connections after the supreme court’s order and the other reason is uninor providing cheap on-net call rates( 1p/12secs)… they all took uninor connections… we really don’t want that uninor will leave us… but little much disappointed with uninor’s increasing on-net call rates from 2p/min to 1p/12 secs (5p/min)….
Lohit February 8, 2012 at 8:50 pm
uninor and mts, please stay and defeat the dangerous 3
Subhendu Mukherjee February 8, 2012 at 8:38 pm
With all good wishes to MTS and Uninor !!
Raghu February 8, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Loop,Videocon,Cheers should be out of this Indian Market .they are not long term players.
Raghu February 8, 2012 at 8:25 pm
@Abhijith
it will take sometime for them to put new towers after their position is clear. But definitely Uninor is a long term i have no doubt abt it.
AP February 8, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Very convenient timing indeed for this news, is it not? But this is hardly likely to put pressure on the SC when it hears the appeal against the earlier verdict. The court is not supposed to bow to public pressure. It will also be pretty hard for the government to extend any special favours to Uninor now. Everything will now run according to the letter of the law.
It is unlikely that Uninor will be able to get out of bidding and paying for the spectrum they want. It does not matter what international trade agreements they threaten to bring to bear on the government, or the amount of positive press they whip up towards the same purpose.
Newspapers will be only too glad to print this news tomorrow, now that they have seen a sudden windfall of advertisements recently.
If there is anything that has been going close to right for Uninor for the past year or two, it has been their high voltage high visibility marketing campaigns. Heck, you seem to be spamming this news story too today with meaningless positive comments. Good work, PR spin and marketing dudes!
avinash February 8, 2012 at 8:18 pm
i ported my number from vodafone to uninor because of this
avinash February 8, 2012 at 8:16 pm
uninor voice quility is best any operator in gujarat circle
sAM February 8, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Good to c dat d first 3 pos. r ocupied by compns offrng low tariffs !!
Finaly India is respondng !!
AsitPaul February 8, 2012 at 7:50 pm
They have licence in North East Circle?
Why did they not launch at Assam Circle or North East Circle??!!??
Abhijith February 8, 2012 at 7:35 pm
@Amit
oh well i once buyed uninor free sim . . . I got a fancy number from that free sim . .now that number is ported to bsnl that was my official number now . . now i understand they just getting customer because of free sims . . But uninor have no coverage in our area . . All other networks present here . . So i wont buy it . .
Chirag February 8, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Cheers!!! I would prey for Uninor’s survival!
Abhijith February 8, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Baharin telecom quits indian telecom field . . .
VB February 8, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Same prob here in my area. I had gprs pack activated in june, a day came inet stopped working, and its not working till now. 6 months passed..
Amit.G February 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Its the network problem in karnataka…. its been since 3 months & uninor CC guys dont accept that its network problem… Try connecting it 10 times & finally it will connect(don use opera mini to connect use ur phone browser & then switch to opera without disconnecting)
Raghu February 8, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Well done Uninor. keep Rocking. Uninor have to stay in the market as otherwise Airtel,Idea,Vodafone will increase the tariff as they want.
h rajpoot February 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm
well done uninor….keep going
Prime February 8, 2012 at 6:24 pm
I am also take uninor connection last week at Rs.65 and talk time of Rs.20. Call rate is all india 1p/2sec. Coverage is not so good. And also one problem i am facing is that i can’t connect to internet using uninor as apn. I dont know why this happening. When i call cc they say that, uninor is the apn. But problem is still remaining.
Amit February 8, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Soon you will use UNINOR TOO as your secondry number or may be even primary
UNINOR is rocking in INDIA.
pankaj February 8, 2012 at 5:58 pm
No and never will be as in my area uninor simcards are available for 0 to 10 Rs and talktime available is 300 so many are using it as use and throw….infact i had used used one sim of uninor and now i am not using it
sumit February 8, 2012 at 5:56 pm
rocking….
Esmail February 8, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Long live Uninor
Abhijith February 8, 2012 at 5:27 pm
So uninor is better than tata docomo . . . .
Abhijith February 8, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Nice to hear this . . .
Srikapardhi February 8, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Come on Uninor come on. you are one my favorite Networks !
Ramesh Darji February 8, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Well done uninor….If player like Uninor quit india, imagine the call rate in india in future. Most of the operator gives good offer only for some period, but uninor since last 1-2 year giving 2000 minutes at just Rs. 38.
Still no operator whether new or old able to give such offer. Not only that their popular plant Rs. 198, 2000 onnet and 700 offnet became so popular that even Relaince, Idea and Airtel is follwing the same. Uninor is making history by giving such plan where old player also have to follow the same.
Uninor is the only player who is giving highest commission to retailer and recharge facility is available to any part of india.
People is always to support good and genuine player not immature player like Vodafone who came with big advertisement immediate next day of supreme court verdict to join their network.
Uninor like serious player has to suffer just because of our worst ever policy and big defaulter who was holding such precious spectrum is benefitted most…….
ravin February 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm
After talking to colleagues and friends, I noticed that almost all the families have one active Unionor second SIM thanks to its Rs 200 per month offer wherein subscriber can talk on offnet for 42,000 seconds and 1.20 lakh seconds onnent. This will reduce the phone expenses of the entire family significantly. The people are keeping Airtel or Vodafone, especially Airtel, only for incoming as it offers nothing, just connectivity. One can understand the overnight full page ads and unethical caller tune exhortations by the overjoyed cartel members as soon as SC verdict came cancelling the licences of Uninor and MTS
VB February 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm
I ve came accros many articles/comments saying there might be tarrif hike. I donno abt others bt yes if uninor follows footsteps of ‘looteraas’ lik airtel vodafone, den i m sure uninor wil have 2 packup from Indian telecom sector. And dont forget, UNINOR(unitech) is the biggest chor in 2g scam…
Msg to uninor: Dont forget , almost 99% of ppl have multiple sim cards. ppl can anytime stop using uninor.
Anuj February 8, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Very good news for the mobile subscribers who want competition. This may be bad news for the other 3 who have formed a cartel to loot customers by increasing tariffs and other unethical means.
Amit February 8, 2012 at 4:48 pm
All the best UNINOR
All are with you. You are rocking the telecom world of INDIA.
You are the most innovative operator in the history of Indian Telecomunication.
Your offers are just fabulous and uncomparable.
I know you will emerge like a PHOENIX and will rule the indian telecom market.
UNINOR is the only operator who can break the cartel of ALL the 3 Looters AIRTEL, VODA,IDEA
Arjun Chandrashekar February 8, 2012 at 4:44 pm
The Possibilities are these that Uninor Will Stay Long in Indian Telecom Sector. Videocon MD V.M. Dhoot Will Be Severly Penalized Coz He is Giving Foolish Statements. About Etisalat DB I Hope that It Will Quit Soon Coz They Doesn’t Having Money To Pay To Reliance and Govt. Just Waste Service.