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One of new entrants, Videocon Mobile Services is on the way to roll out its services in Kolkata. Official dates are not fixed, but Videocon GSM SIM cards are available in few stores.
According to the stores selling Videocon SIM the company is yet to launch its services officially.
Videocon is looking for distributor partnership to reach the SUK to all parts of the metro. The stores cannot tell the tariff or validity of the Videocon connections.
New connections of Videocon are available at Rs 10. Users will get confirmed 350 local minutes for 1st month as promotional offer. One can check the mobile no. dialing *1#.
I managed to get Videocon SIM to try my hands. It is till date not activated but checked the MDMA data – RSSI varies from -71 to -81 dBm and network is detected only GSM (not EDGE/GPRS). Videocon and Loop’s signal is available in my area for more than 6 months. Is it just another soft launch?
Similarly BSNL starts its 10 digit CDMA mobile telephony silently in Kolkata. BSNL CDMA mobile no. starts with 9189XXXXXX. The RUIM they are providing is 1X data enabled and of OMH technology.
The BSNL CDMA Mobile SUK costs Rs 20 includes Rs 20 talktime and validity of 30 days & grace period of 15 days.
For more details of BSNL CDMA Mobile services please visit nearest BSNL Office.
Swarnava February 25, 2012 at 1:08 am
@soumik
near to bally stn.
Suresh February 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm
When Videocon launches its services in Andhra Pradesh ?
soumik February 12, 2012 at 8:42 pm
videocon sim kothai paoa jache kindly address ta aktu deben please
Pritam January 6, 2012 at 7:53 pm
When will it officially launch in Kolkata ?
hari December 24, 2011 at 3:59 am
now videocon customer care active in bihar circle. 9065012345
Amit.C December 20, 2011 at 5:53 pm
@Debopratim Roy
Right Now, you’ll not get any Videocon Sim Card since it’s not launched commercially. And South Cal is concerned, it’ll be available in market after commercial launch date finalisation.
Amitava December 20, 2011 at 5:50 pm
@Sourav
Yet to be decided till now. But may be in near future.
Amitava December 20, 2011 at 5:49 pm
@ved
Hi Ved, FYI, Videocon had never any partnership with Vodafone in MPCG. Videocon only shared Vodafone’s Passive Infrastructure. Since I’ve never tried the service at MPCG, so cannot comment about quality of service.
Debopratim Roy December 14, 2011 at 11:31 pm
No new videocon sim cards are available anywhere in entire South Kolkata(Behala,Mudiali,Tollygunge,Rashbehari,Hazra,Gariahat,Kasba etc).
Sourav December 14, 2011 at 3:40 pm
When will videocon gsm and bsnl cdma going to commercially launch in odisha circle?
Arindam Karmakar December 8, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Can anyone tell me where is videocon store in kolkata ???
SD December 6, 2011 at 10:37 am
@suvra sen
Look in shops around Champadali More, specially Loyal Telecom, they are the best in Barasat.
suvra sen December 5, 2011 at 10:07 pm
@Anirban Mukherjee
which shop in Barasat…
Swarnava December 5, 2011 at 5:44 pm
where videocon sim card is currently available in kolkata??
SD December 5, 2011 at 4:07 pm
GOOD NEWS !!!
Just now talked to Videocon customer care kolkata at 9073012345 & three things are confirmed.
1) Signals are live in some places for testing phase.
2) The official launch is sure to happen within 3 months.
3) Nothing to worry about coverage, as they have done tie-ups with Docomo & Vodafone. So if any of these companies are present (not too sure about docomo’s presence in rural areas, but Vodafone is almost everywhere in West Bengal), your Videocon sim will be alive.
Looks like videocon is going the aircel way, aircel launched in bengal circle on its own but had tie-up with vodafone for kolkata.
Whatever happens, competition is always healthy for customers.
Subhendu Mukherjee December 5, 2011 at 2:50 pm
@pankaj saha
Hiltake Electronics P Ltd, Crossing of Mission Row and Bentink Street. P17 Mission Row Extension Kolkata – 700013.
pankaj saha December 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm
plz anybody tell me frm where cdma sim can available at kolkata
Saurabh December 5, 2011 at 2:15 pm
So does it means that Videocon don’t want to exit? It may be done to escape the penalty or there may be an another case like before exiting, they will expand to get a fair valuation of their telecom business in future.
Bit it is already available here and due to lesser no.of BTS, network is not available all over. Leave it.
I think Uninor is going to repeat the history by launching services in 5-6 circles in one go like they did in past at the time of initial launch when they brought services in 8 circles same day. Uninor website is now showing Rajasthan circle in the list and I think they will officially announce launch for Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and North-East circles same day. But when????? There is no answer for this.
Subhendu Mukherjee December 5, 2011 at 12:49 pm
You are right best 3g optr in Kolkata is Voda. I always get above 4 Mbps and the connection is very stable.
SANJIB BANERJEE December 5, 2011 at 9:52 am
SORRY TO INFORN YOU THAT– BSNL RUIM SIM COST RS- 20 AND TALK TIME RS 20, BUT THIS IS LIFE TIME SIM. BECAUSE I AM JUST PURCHASEED THIS SIM.
ved December 5, 2011 at 9:38 am
@Arif
Hey Arif from last 1and 1/2 years videcon is in MP-CG they have partnership wid vodafone apart from their own network their plans r gud ,services r good ,net speed gud but network is always fluctuating,call drop is frequent and RV is available only in big stores hardly their RV are available o 100 stores of MP-CG ……..
Tremerin Dsouza December 5, 2011 at 9:04 am
Hi Arif videocon has very good network in mumbai as it uses loop mobile network.The call rates are excellent with some cheap stv recharges and gprs speed is good.
Arif December 4, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Any user of Videocon in Bombay side. Want to know hows the signal quality and recharge facility available. Please share your experience, I want to take Videocon prepaid.
ved December 4, 2011 at 9:51 pm
@Chinmoy
If u r having problem then just post in Facebook ‘Reliance Mobile’ page ,as last month i was also getting 5-8 KBps speed in2G nd 2-3 Mbps in 3G due to rain but after complaining i am getting 30-38 KBps 2G speed constantly and in my 14.1 Mbps nokia getting 10-14 Mbps as 3G speed constantly …….
Swarnava December 4, 2011 at 9:50 pm
@Arka
they also tell me the same thing…..
avisek December 4, 2011 at 9:08 pm
my frnd bsnl also have same tricks.but if u get bsnl 3g networks,it will be more effective than relience.Near about ur download speed will be 100-600kbps.
Amit.G December 4, 2011 at 8:53 pm
@Chinmoy
Its because many people are using reliance 3G wit 2G packs by some tricks. So people like you who are loyal users and pay for 3G get affected.
Raghu December 4, 2011 at 8:21 pm
@Amit.G
yes thats right. they will also launch service in some other circles and they say they have launched. they want to avoid penalty and i think they do not want to surrender license and keep offering services.
ved December 4, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Chinmoy December 4, 2011 at 6:11 pm
@ved
I tried BSNL , Vodafone , Aircel and Reliance 3G . Found Reliace 3G is worst . Never seen speed going above 1.2 Mbps while Aircel gives 4.7 Mbps constantly . The best 3G operator in Kolkata is Vodafone . Its speed varies around 4.5Mbps to 8 Mbps .BSNL offers only HSDPA while rest all offer HSPA, wonder when will we get true HSPA +
ved December 4, 2011 at 5:40 pm
For MP-CG ,this offer is only for me and in MP-CG reliance is having largest network then any other operator and having more than 1.5 crore customers …….
Tippu December 4, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Hi Ved the topic we are discussing is about BSNL and Videocon.
raja December 4, 2011 at 4:16 pm
@ved
for which circle it is available……rs 249 for 60 days…
Amit.G December 4, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Its simply to avoid penalty. They will launch it with few towers and say that they have launched services.
Amit Deb Biswas December 4, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Haha 30days validity with bsnl cdma
sAm December 4, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Videocon & Loop GSM signals are available in main parts of Kolkata for more than 2 years……
ved December 4, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Today in Reliance i got only for u offer as RCV 249 unlimited local R-R for 60 days yahoo!!…….I think Rel is best getting arround 30-38 KBps 2G speed and 10-14 Mbps 3G speed ………..
Anirban Mukherjee December 4, 2011 at 2:15 pm
availabe at Barasat.
Niranjan Das December 4, 2011 at 2:07 pm
Saurabh if they would have been serious about the launch they would have launched the services very long time back it looks like a soft launch.
Arka December 4, 2011 at 2:05 pm
which shop is selling Videocon sim in kolkata? I am interested about it’s connection. Since,I call the CC in saltlake(9073012345) for 2times.they told me that,It’s network testing is in process and the GSM service will lunch in 2-3 months.
Saurabh gupta December 4, 2011 at 2:04 pm
I dont think think videocon is at all serious about their services