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About the author: The person behind Mobile Operator code, former telecom specialist.

Duane September 18th, 2009 4:45 PM 33 COMMENTS

BHARTI AIRTEL OFFERS AIRTEL ADVANTAGE LOCAL & STD 50PMIN

Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider, today launched the ‘Airtel Advantage’ initiative. This initiative is aimed at offering the added advantage to this significantly vast Airtel community to be in touch with each other at a remarkably affordable rate of 50 paisa per minute be it a national long distance call (STD) or a local call. The Airtel customer community of over 110 million enjoys the special and... Read More

Duane September 13th, 2009 4:18 PM 30 COMMENTS

AIRCEL INTRODUCES BLACKBERRY SERVICE -UNLIMITED LOCAL, A2A STD CALLS & FREE INCOMING ON ROAMING

Aircel, one of India's upcoming pan-India operators, has launched Blackberry services for its customers. Users can now experience high speed internet with EDGE technology while accessing Yahoo messenger, Yahoo Chat, Makemytrip, among other sites. They can download faster, zoom-in on content, set book marks, view history and full-screen pages and more. Aircel has also announced the launch of the following "Exclusive blackberry services" (more…) Read More

Duane September 13th, 2009 2:25 PM 8 COMMENTS

AUGUST 2009 SEES 9.74 MILLION NEW GSM SUBSCRIBERS ADDED

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

Duane September 13th, 2009 1:14 PM 42 COMMENTS

VODAFONE CC AGENTS BAR CUSTOMERS FROM CALL CENTRE ACCESS!

Vodafone, India's 2nd largest GSM Service provider, seems to have devised a new innovative way of reducing the number of calls at their call centre! Agents now have the access to bar customers from contacting an agent... read on to know how this is happening. 13 Sep 2009 12:45 PM - Call made to 98850-98850 - AGENT transferred call to a "ring only" mode - call lasted for 05min 10... Read More

Duane September 11th, 2009 5:04 PM 30 COMMENTS

ESPN MOBILE TV – LIVE CRICKET & SPORTS ON MOBILE

Sports lovers have one more reason to rejoice : they can now catch all the latest sporting action live on their mobile phones, with ESPN MOBILE TV service. This action-packed application is available FREE and allows your to enjoy your favourite sporting action anytime, anywhere on the move services which are available include: SPORTS CENTER - your daily dose of sports ICC Champions Trophy Classics Italian Grand Prix 2009 TNA... Read More

Duane September 10th, 2009 8:56 PM 20 COMMENTS

AIRTEL DATA CARD PLANS FROM RS 28 ONWARDS

Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's leading GSM service provider, has unveiled a wide range of data card plans for its prepaid customers in Andhra Pradesh. These plans are tailor-made for a users, ranging from a "zero rental" to a "2 GB" usage plan. Benefits of the Data Card plans include: EASY ACTIVATION - customers need to just recharge and use instanly ONLINE BALANCE - customers can check remaining data card limit... Read More

Duane September 10th, 2009 8:33 PM 133 COMMENTS

AIRTEL DATA CARD – NOW AT RS 1799 ONLY

AIRTEL Data Card users can now rejoice - the company has slashed the price of its USB modem data card by almost 50% - the plug 'n' play device is now available at just Rs 1799/-. The latest model is the "MMX 200G" USB modem, supplied by Micromax Informatics Ltd. Features & Specifications: (more…) Read More

Duane September 10th, 2009 6:07 PM 192 COMMENTS

AIRTEL MOBILE TV: WATCH 50+ CHANNELS ON YOUR MOBILE SCREEN

Now Airtel mobile subscribers never have to miss their favourite TV shows again ... with "Airtel Mobile TV" they can watch TV while on the go. Watch the latest programmes from Bollywood, News, Sports, Fashion, Cartoons, Devotional, TV series and many more ... In order to do so, one has to activate the Airtel Mobile TV service - just use any one of the following activation procedures: ACTIVATION PROCEDURE (more…) Read More

Duane September 9th, 2009 5:17 PM 10 COMMENTS

TATA DOCOMO LAUNCHES BLACKBERRY- OFFERS “BOLD” & “CURVE 8900” HANDHELDS

TATA DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution on TATA DOCOMO’s GSM platform. The dual-technology telecom service provider is offering the solution along with Research In Motion (RIM) . TATA DOCOMO will offer the BlackBerry® Bold™ and BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphones to its customers in India starting today. BlackBerry smartphones and services provide customers with easy wireless access to e-mail, phone,... Read More

Duane September 8th, 2009 1:59 PM 46 COMMENTS

MOBILE NUMBERS STARTING WITH “8” LAUNCHED!

We recently broke the story on Telecom Talk of " MOBILE NOS STARTING WITH '8', SOON". Well, in less than a month, the new level series for mobile codes has hit the market, and customers can now use their mobiles with an all new avatar! Vodafone, India's second largest mobile service provider, has become the 1st operator to roll out 8-series mobile numbers just three days ago. The operator has... Read More

Duane September 5th, 2009 6:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

VODAFONE “BLACKBERRY STORM” OFFERS RACE TO ABU DHABI

Vodafone, India's second largest GSM mobile service provider, has launched a new offer for those buying a "Blackberry Storm" handheld. The company is offering customers a chance to win tickets to the Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. If you are not among the lucky ones, don't worry - (more…) Read More

Duane September 4th, 2009 9:52 AM 18 COMMENTS

MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY BY 31 DECEMBER 2009

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is the service which allows mobile users to move from one service provider to another without changing their existing 10-digit mobile number. In India the Department of Telecommunciation (DoT) has identified two MNP service providers – Syniverse Technologies and Telcordia Technologies - to carry out the task of MNP implementation across the country. Phase I was slated to be rolled out by 20 September 2009. DoT... Read More