Virgin Mobile Launches vFLASH Pan India Mobile Broadband Service
Virgin Mobile India, the youth brand of Tata Teleservices introduces vFLASH, a high-speed Broadband-Internet access service with USB Modem (usable with both desktops & Laptops). The vFLASH USB device comes at Rs.3500 and the service will be available Pan India basis without any data roaming charges across India.
It also comes with the many on demand add-on services including vFLASH TV a new application that allows vFLASH,subscribers to watch live television channels on their laptops while on the move, and on their personal computers at home and in the office. The vFLASH TV service is exclusively available to vFLASH. The vFlash TV service which the company says is a Live streaming service ( a 7 second delay) offers 40 popular television channels.
According to the Virgin Mobile India, The new vFLASH high-speed wireless Broadband access service is 20 times faster than existing mobile wireless technology. The service allows customers to be connected—not only for mails, but also for downloads, large files uploads, photo sharing, etc. It also allows users to send and receive SMS and is compatible with both laptops and desktop PCs. The customer has an option to select his tariff plan based on his usage needs.
vFLASH Tariff and Device Specification In Details-:
| Tariff | ||
| Monthly Rental | Free Usage | Additional usage charges |
| Rs.250 | NIL | Rs. 1/min |
| Rs.500 | 0.5GB | Rs.0.50/MB |
| Rs.750 | 2GB | Rs.0.50/MB |
| Rs.950 | 2GB(Day)+10GB (Night)
Day usage – 7 AM to 11 PM; Night Usage – 11 PM – 7 AM |
Rs.0.50/MB |
| Rs.1100 | 10 GB | Rs.0.50/MB |
| vFLASH Â Technical Specification-: | |
| Main Operation Chip | QSC-6085 |
| CDMA Standard | IS-856-A, TIA/EIA/IS-2000, IS-98E Backwards compatibility with IS-95 A/B |
| Frequency Band | Cellular 800 Single Band Support Band Class 0 TX: 824 ~ 849 MHz RX: 869 ~ 894 MHz |
| Transmit Power | 200mW |
| Download Speed | Max Up to 3.1 Mbps (depends on HSIA network availability, and other network conditions) |
| Upload Speed | Max Up to 3.1 Mbps (depends on HSIA network availability, and other network conditions) |
| Power supply | USB Power |
| LEDs | 1 Multi-Color LED RSSI Level: Normal (Green) / Week (Orange) / No service (Red) |
| PRL/OTA support | IS-683C Roaming (PRL Support) and Over the Air Service Provisioning (OTASP) |
| Antenna | Internal / Rx Diversity |
| Interface Type | USB Connector / USB 1.1 (&2. 0 Compatible / Full Speed) |
| T-Flash | Supported (Micro SD Slot up to 8GB) *Can used only after dialer installation only on Windows OS. |
| Voice Jack | Supported (Only for activation procedure) |
| Dimension | W:25.4 D:77 H:10 (mm) |
| Weight | Net (19g), Gift box (75g) |
| Operating Systems | 1.)Windows 2000,Windows XP(32 and 64 bit) and Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit),
2.) Mac 10.5 10.6. 3.) No dialer support for LINUX. Mentioned versions for linux are supported as a standard dial up modem configuration Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 & above Fedora Core 5,6 & above SUSE Desktop Linux 9,10 & above Debian Linux 5,6 & above Ubuntu Linux 5,6 & above |
| Operating
environment |
Operating temperature range -20C to +60C
Storage temperature range -30C to +65C Humidity 5% to 95%(non-condensing) |
| Price | Rs.3500 |
I purchased this Virgin Mobile broadband USB stick recently. First there was a big problem of delivery of USB device, then i was given a device which was a standby piece. i was told that it would be replaced by the actual one the next day. i am still waiting for it. In the meantime the standby one worked for only 1 hour then got disconnected. I have tried everything as adviced by the guys at Virgin, Gurgaon – who are quite helpfull – but the deice does not get connected. It has now been 10 days and nothing has been done to restart service.
Please be informed that i had paid amount required in cash on 31 dec 2009 and today it is 9 the jan 2010….!!! Very poor bad and horrendous service…Also i dont think there are enough USB pieces ordered in stock.
So in-case you go for this brand please make sure everything works well (test on more than one computer) then make payment. Best would be to wait till August/September 2010 till all systems and hardware are in place before buying any service from any operator.
Virgin is the most third class brand ohh sorry it has no class actually.
MTS 1x device cost is 1499 only with good plans.
Dear Anil,
It is just an small problem of Virgin data card.If u want to solve the prob,then
do the things which i say’s….
Firstly-Remove the anti-virus software from the P.C or laptop.
Secondly-Clear all the cookies,temp files,prefetch & recent files.
And after this just install the software & restart the P.C………
It will works…& if this will also not get started then see weather ur documents are cleared or not.
Finally just make a washup format ur P.C,its my challenge that works.
Regd’s
Rahul
I just got a new hp with Windows Vista 64-bit, virgin CDMA mobile wont work on it, not compatible. Also I cant get my computer to recognize my cdma mobile when I plug it into the USB connection for internet connection.
Any solutions??
i buy a cdma phone vbling i want to change cdma to gsm for this vbling phone
please reply fast as favour to me .i daiy talk ,chat very well in virgin mobile
i talk through all over the world i never leave the virgin mobile even one second
i alsways talk 100of rupees per day