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May 3rd, 2014 10:31 AM 10 COMMENTS

Beam Fiber Hikes Internet Tariffs by a Nominal 3% for Entry Level Plans

Beam Fiber known for providing high speed, high quality Internet service at reasonable price in Hyderabad has increased prices by a nominal 3% for entry level plans. The tariff hike was effected on 01 May 2014 and customers were intimated in advance. Old Tariffs New Tariffs Percentage Increase Old customers who were on different plans were intimated about tariff changes by a similar margin. Here is the intimation received by... Read More

May 2nd, 2014 9:04 PM 32 COMMENTS

EXCLUSIVE: Vodafone 3G is being Rolled Out in Karnataka – Here is the Tariff Card for Postpaid Users

As we reported earlier today, Vodafone made the first move with regard to 3G roll out through ICRA. We have learnt further details about this 3G roll out in Karnataka and here is the tariff card applicable for Karnataka Postpaid subscribers. Vodafone 3G Unlimited Plans Once the customer finishes his quota, the speeds get throttled to 64kbps and all subsequent usage is free. Vodafone Limited Plans Vodafone Karnataka Booster and... Read More

May 1st, 2014 9:18 PM 10 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Airtel Introduces Talk time Auto Credit – Get Rs. 10 when your balance goes below Rs. 5

Airtel customers would be aware of talk time loan feature where a user with a balance of less than Rs. 5 could request for a credit of Rs. 10 either by IVR or USSD. Now Airtel has upgraded this to enable auto credit every time a user's balance goes below Rs. 5. Note that this is an opt-in feature and a user will have opt for the service through USSD... Read More

April 30th, 2014 7:52 PM 62 COMMENTS

Airtel Increases 2G Data Prices by 29%, Reduces Benefits

We recently reported about Airtel's drastic tariff changes in terms of validity for  2G data packs and rate cutter benefits in North Zone. As expected this change has spread to South Zone. We had compared Delhi NCR and South's Tamil Nadu then. The current revisions which took effect yesterday are similar to the reductions made in Delhi NCR. However the usage limit is higher in South Circle (Tamil Nadu) when... Read More

April 28th, 2014 8:15 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel Offers Smart SIM in Andhra Pradesh: Coming soon to Other Circles?

We recently discovered that Airtel is offering smart SIM to customers in Andhra Pradesh. Rightly branded as Smart SIM, this SIM Card from Airtel is actually a nano SIM offered along with adapters for using the SIM card as a micro or mini SIM (the standard sized SIM card). More and more smartphones (even budget ones) are coming with micro-SIM slot(s) these days. Hence a SIM card that can be... Read More

April 26th, 2014 8:47 PM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL to Increase Landline Rentals for Tamilnadu Specific Plans, Regularize Discounts for Serving/Retired Govt. Employees

Continuing the current trend of increasing rentals, BSNL Tamilnadu has announced an increase in rentals of two circle specific plans from 01 May 2014. The increase is in an acceptable range of 10 - 16%. Affected Plans Regularization of Discounts In line with ADSL Broadband and FTTH services, BSNL has regularized the 10% discount scheme available on usage and rentals for serving and retired Central/State Government/PSU Employees for WiMax Broadband... Read More

April 20th, 2014 6:50 PM 45 COMMENTS

BSNL’s Free Incoming Roaming Plan Getting Tremendous Response Across India, Can this be a Game Changer?

BSNL's innovative marketing strategy seems to be now showing fruitful results BSNL now offers heavy discounts on incoming roaming calls and has also introduced a new special tariff voucher of roaming plan where incoming call is provided free to their subscribers by using STV of Rs.90, a subscriber can get benefit of free incoming for 90 days all over India including Mumbai & Delhi. It comes out to be one... Read More

April 15th, 2014 7:41 AM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches New Prepaid Plan for Vishu named Deepam Offering Reduced Rates on Friends and Family Numbers

BSNL has launched a new prepaid promotional prepaid plan called Deepam for a period of 90 days the plan offers initial freebies of 1000 sec free to BSNL network with 30 days validity along with call charges of 1.2p/sec to BSNL network and 1.4p/sec to other network Pan India. The plan will be available in the market starting 15th April 2014 in Kerala circle. Features of BSNL Deepam Plan Sl. No.... Read More

April 13th, 2014 5:40 PM 53 COMMENTS

Airtel Drastically Reduces Validity of 2G Data Pack, Revises Rate Cutter Benefits with Tariff Hikes

Moving closer on the heels of national operator BSNL, Airtel seems to have taken a leap ahead of the former in tariff revisions. TelecomTALK learned from anonymous sources (which were also verified after calling Airtel Customer Care) that the tariff revisions happened in the near past. Airtel New Data Pack One of the widely used data pack costing Rs. 125 will now provide a validity of three weeks instead of... Read More

April 12th, 2014 10:54 AM 22 COMMENTS

BSNL to Increase Landline/CDMA (Fixed) Rentals, Reduce Freebies for Rural ‘General’ Customers

Customers in rural areas using General plan of BSNL Landline/CDMA fixed wireless phones (WLL) will have to pay more starting 01 May 2014. The rent is set to increase by a marginal amount of Rs. 10 per month and free calls (off-net) will be reduced by 10 units/month. The call charges and free on-net call units remain same. As we noted earlier (BSNL Hikes Tariffs of Select Broadband Unlimited Plans),... Read More

April 6th, 2014 3:16 PM 51 COMMENTS

How Recharging and Paying Bills Online help you Save Money? Our Analysis

On a daily basis many of us worry about increasing costs and mobile tariffs are not an exception here. While we can continue to talk or rather rant about service providers not keeping up their quality even after increasing tariffs significantly, it is also possible to reduce the price hike burden on our pockets. I would be sharing some tips along with few of my own experiences on how one... Read More

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