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Sanjay September 17th, 2010 3:18 PM 16 COMMENTS

ZTE Bags Reliance Communication’s 3G Network Contract

Reliance Communications (RCOM), India's single largest dual technology telecom operator and ZTE corporation the global telecommunications solutions provider today announced the signing of a commercial contract to deploy the new 3G-UMTS/GSM network for Reliance Mobile. Under the agreement, ZTE will build and supply 3G-UMTS equipment for 8 telecom circles of Reliance Mobile, out of a total 13 circles. In this project, the network to be deployed by ZTE for Reliance... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 17th, 2010 12:00 AM 41 COMMENTS

Has The Network Evolved To 3rd Generation? Or Is It Just The Prices!

Hopefully at the end of this year or begining of next year private operators will start their 3G services. While most people cross their fingers for a cheaper 3G services, more specifically cheaper wireless data services, experts and operators saying negative as 3G licences came at a huge cost and operators will not offer 3G services at cheap rate. The tariff war on 2G platform was triggered by new entrants... Read More

Sanjay September 15th, 2010 3:38 PM 2 COMMENTS

Olive Telecom Ties Up With BSNL- Offering 3G Embedded Zipbook V-X108

Olive Telecom today announced a strategic tie up with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited offering India’s first 3G embedded Zipbook V-X108 bundled with BSNL 3G connectivity nationwide. The all new Olive Zipbook is powered with Intel Pentium N450 processor and comes with 1.3 mega pixel camera with preloaded windows 7 operating system, the Olive Zipbook is priced at Rs.20999. The Zipbook is truly the only mobile computing device that gives the... Read More

Sanjay September 13th, 2010 11:28 AM 23 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches New Unlimited BlackBerry Plans for 2G and 3G

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the path-breaking launch of Unlimited 3G Blackberry Services along with new Unlimited 2G Blackberry service plan for its Postpaid GSM (2G/3G) subscribers across all the telecom circles. BSNL's GSM 2G and 3G Mobile service users have the liberty to opt for postpaid BlackBerry services with Unlimited Internet, Email and IM Chat starting at monthly rental of just Rs.399 per month. BSNL Blackberry Internet... Read More

Sanjay September 8th, 2010 2:47 PM 39 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces 5 New Pan India 3G Prepaid Plans

Triggering another price war in the next generation 3G Mobile service segment, Pan India 3G Mobile and Data Service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today introduced bucket of new 3G Prepaid Plans for its customers in all telecom circles across India. Keeping its stride of providing better and affordable next generation 3G mobile services, BSNL has come up with super attractive new 3G plans with Life Time validity, All... Read More

Sanjay September 1st, 2010 11:55 AM 54 COMMENTS

3G Spectrum Allotment Will Start Today

The Government of India will start allocation of 3G spectrum to telecom companies that bid the highest in the May 2010 3G auction. Earlier the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had set the deadline to September 1 for allocation of 3G spectrum.The defence forces had already released two slots of 3G spectrum before the auction. Leading Mobile Service operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Reliance Communications (RCOM), Aircel, Tata Teleservices, Idea... Read More

Sanjay August 30th, 2010 3:10 PM 14 COMMENTS

RCOM forms 3G Business Team, Plans 3G Innovation Lab

Reliance Communications, India's largest integrated telecom operator (GSM and CDMA) is now making a fast progress towards readying itself for the 3G-GSM led opportunities. Moving up the ladder, in an all India bid for 3G spectrum, the company has won 13 circles including the metros of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata and is the only operator without capacity constraints on 2G in these circles. This advantage puts it in a unique... Read More

Sanjay August 18th, 2010 11:30 AM 12 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches 3G Mobile and Data Services in Madhya Pradesh

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) launched its 3G GSM mobile and High Speed Wireless Internet services (3G Data services) in Indore, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Parasia, Sausar, Junnardeo, Damua and Sehore city in Madhya Pradesh Telecom circle. Speaking on the launch of 3G services in Madhya Pradesh, Ganesh Chandra Pandey GM, BSNL Bhopal, said 3G Mobile and High Speed Data Services now available for postpaid and prepaid customers in 9 Cities and... Read More

Sanjay August 14th, 2010 11:48 AM 11 COMMENTS

MTNL – Nokia Drive To Give Customers 3G Experience in Delhi

In its endeavour to provide experience of high quality next generation telecom services to customers, India's first 3G Mobile Opeartor, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) join hands with worlds largest mobile phone maker Nokia and launched 3G Experience Zone in Delhi telecom circle. MTNL and Nokia have come up with 3G drive under which customers can walk in to any Nokia Priority Dealers (NPDs) stores in Delhi telecom circle and... Read More

Sanjay August 6th, 2010 8:06 AM 19 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches FREE Video Call Facility for 2G Subscribers in Kolkata

In an attempt to provide greater benefits to the GSM mobile service users, Pan India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) announced the launch of Free Video Call facility for its 2G GSM subscribers in Kolkata telecom circle. Under the BSNL's Free Video Call Service offer, its Postpaid and Prepaid 2G-GSM subscribers in Kolkata will be automatically up-graded for next generation mobile services to provide the video... Read More

Sanjay August 4th, 2010 11:54 AM 49 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces New 3G Data Plan in Karnataka

Triggering another price war in the High Speed Wireless Internet (3G and EVDO) space Pan India 3G Mobile and Data Service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) introduced new affordable 3G Data Plan-785 for its new Data Card customers in Karnataka telecom circle. Keeping its stride of providing better and affordable 3G Internet services, BSNL has come up with super attractive new 3G Data Plan for new customers at Rs.785... Read More

Sanjay August 3rd, 2010 1:53 PM 6 COMMENTS

MTNL Ties up With Tanla Solutions to Deploy Video Mail Services

India's first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), today collaborated with Tanla Solutions Ltd, a leading Mobile VAS solutions provider to deploy the Video Mail service over its next generation 3G Mobile services in Delhi and Mumbai circle. Video Mail service will help MTNL's 3G Mobile service users not miss any Video Calls even when they are not in 3G service area. It is very similar to... Read More