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Sanjay August 19th, 2012 1:30 PM 92 COMMENTS

Bulk SMS Ban Creates Confusion Among Customers and Operators – Five SMS a Day, or Five SMS together in Bulk at a time?

On August 17th, Govt of India banned all "Bulk SMS" and MMS services for 15 days across the country to curb spread of rumors which has led to exodus of North Eastern people from certain parts of country by issuing directive to all mobile service operators. While the ban was on "Bulk SMS" it soon became apparent that the ban did not intend to restrict only BULK sms but also all... Read More

Anirban Mukherjee August 19th, 2012 12:33 PM 41 COMMENTS

MTS India Brings New OMH Data Plans for Voice Customers

Looks like MTS is being serious with data customer ! After messing up with withdrawing of Mblaze (EVDO) High Speed Data service from OMH sim without any prior notice, now Pure CDMA player MTS India has come up with some OMH ready plans starting from Rs.128 for their data customer along with voice. The new plans are made in the same league of the current 3G plans from GSM operators... Read More

Sanjay August 18th, 2012 6:39 PM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches Extra Talk Time Offer, STV 786 Extended for Another 60 Days

Pan India 3G Mobile Service provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today comes up with a new ‘Extra Talk Time’ offer for its 2G and 3G GSM prepaid mobile in all telecom circles. Now BSNL Prepaid subscriber will get Talk-Value of Rs.1200 for To-Up of Rs.1100, Rs.3500 for Rs.3300 and Rs.6500 on recharge of Rs.5500.The offer is also applicable to all new C-TOP-UP recharges system valid up to 16th September,... Read More

Sanjay August 18th, 2012 5:31 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches Voice Net Postpaid Plans 250 and 549 for 3G Customers

India’s largest mobile service operator Bharti Airtel today announced the launch two new VOICE NET Postpaid plans for its 3G subscribers in many circles including Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa circles. Airtel VOICE NET 3G postpaid plans comes at fixed monthly rental of Rs.250 and Rs.549. The VOICE NET Plan- 250 provides Free 250 minutes for Voice Calls to any local network, 250 Free Local/National SMS and 1 GB free 3G... Read More

Sanjay August 17th, 2012 5:35 PM 9 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Launches HTC Desire VC Smartphone With Exciting Offers For CDMA Customers

Tata Docomo has partnered with HTC to announce some irresistible offers for its CDMA customers today. In an attempt to extend their offering to new and existing customers who buy the amazing HTC Desire VC handset, the company has come up with voice and data offers on both prepay and postpaid tariffs. HTC Desire VC is the first Android Ice-Cream Sandwich Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM)smartphone that allows people to... Read More

Sanjay August 17th, 2012 4:02 PM 198 COMMENTS

Bulk SMS, MMS Banned In India for 15 Days, Now You Can Send Only 5 SMS In One Go

If you are a high SMS user, its time to rethink on how you going to communicate with your friends. India's Home Ministry today banned all Bulk SMS and MMS services for 15 days across the country to curb spread of rumours which has led to exodus of North Eastern people from certain parts of country. According to Union Home Secretary, Mr. R.K. Singh, "from today onwards, No one will... Read More

P K Tarun August 16th, 2012 8:20 PM 24 COMMENTS

India GSM Operators Add 1.70 Million New Users in July 2012 – Airtel Leads

The GSM operators in the country added 1.70 million new users in July, a 0.25 percent increase from the previous month, taking the total to 679.05 million, with Airtel topping the charts in subscriber additions. Airtel, which is also the country’s largest telecom operator, gained the maximum of 1.50 million subscribers during the month, taking its total to 188.80 million. Vodafone India added 1.20 million customers in July, taking its... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas August 16th, 2012 3:18 PM 17 COMMENTS

Wireless Data Demand Rising Over 50% Growth in 2012 First Half – 3G Users Consume Four Times More Data Than 2G Users

The data revealed by Nokia Siemens Networks shows a clear demand of data from end users in India according to the report, a first time 3G user consumes close to 400 MB of data every month compared to about 100 MB consumption over 2G. The report further reveals that the recent tariff reductions in 3G services have resulted in doubling 3G data traffic month on month. It points out that affordable, high-speed... Read More

P K Tarun August 16th, 2012 12:40 PM 21 COMMENTS

Spectrum Pricing Impact Assessment, In depth Analysis

The upcoming auction would have long term implications for the sector in terms of deployment of technology (as the auctioned spectrum would be liberalized), competitive intensity, spectrum holding, and pricing power of the operators. This auction is likely to be used as market entering strategy by some new operators and strengthening strategy by the incumbent operators. The high spectrum cost would impact the cost metrics for the operators, who are... Read More

Sanjay August 15th, 2012 12:08 AM 7 COMMENTS

MTNL Delhi Launches Extra Talk Time Offer To Celebrate Independence Day and Eid-ul-Fitr

India’s first 3G Mobile service operator, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) announced the launch of Full & Extra Talk Time offer for its ‘Trump’ prepaid customers (2G and 3G) in Delhi and NCR circle to commemorate the 65th Independence Day and upcoming festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. MTNL has come up 4 special recharge voucher, priced at Rs.108,Rs.651, Rs.786 and Rs.1508. Top-Up -108 enables its customer to enjoy full talk time of Rs.108 as... Read More

TT Desk August 15th, 2012 12:00 AM 29 COMMENTS

Happy Independence Day

Team TelecomTalk wishes all you TelecomTalker a very Happy Independence Day 2012. We also wish to remind you that do not forget the duties of being an Indian! Be a good citizen and do the right thing. Say no to corruption. Fight injustice Live in Peace. Make India a better place to live in! Instead of saying I'm a Proud Indian, Try To Make India Proud !! So how about... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas August 14th, 2012 6:55 PM 6 COMMENTS

Matrix Cellular To Offer free calls to India from UK and USA

Matrix Cellular is all set to bring cheers to International roamers with its never before prices for people travelling to the UK and USA. The new plan is an unmatched and Telecom Industry’s first of its kind product. Matrix in partnership with T-mobile in UK and AT&T in USA aims to attract a major portion of the Indian tourist travelling to the UK and USA. Under this plan, customers can... Read More