India's National telecom Backbone and 3G mobile and data service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the launch of “Choose Your Fancy – BSNL Mobile Number online” scheme in Kerala telecom circle, offering fancy or vanity GSM Mobile numbers (2G and 3G) just for Rs. 843. Under the new "Choose Your Fancy Number" on-line scheme in Kerala circle with reserve price of Rs.843 all prospective BSNL mobile customers... Read More
The Empowered Group of Ministers has decided to auction a minimum 10 MHZ megahertz of 2G spectrum but was did not arrive at a conclusive decision on spectrum pricing and auction. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was to submit its recommendations on the impact spectrum pricing to the EGoM last week. However, the regulator did not submit its report. The panel of ministers decided to sell up to... Read More
Nokia has today announced three new phone models - the Nokia Asha 305, Nokia Asha 306 and Nokia Asha 311 - further expand the successful Asha family with low cost Touch screen mobile devices, taking the full touch experience to new price points. These latest low cost phones have been designed to provide rich and smartphone-like experience to consumers who want to be set free from excessive data consumption costs... Read More
Airtel today announced that it has signed a global arrangement with Opera Software to offer co-branded version of Opera Mini internet browser for Airtel mobile customers across its operations. Designed for speed and ease of use, Opera Mini provides remarkably fast browsing on nearly any mobile phone. It is proven to make browsing up to nine times as fast as client-only mobile browsers on both 2/2.5G and 3G networks. With... Read More
The heads of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have jointly written a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention to prevent spectrum refarming, which apart from resulting in an increase in call rates, would cost them over Rs 1 lakh crore. The CEOs, in the letter said, their companies would have to make investments to re-tune their networks to the new frequency. If the re-tuning is not... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s proposal on spectrum refarming will have a substantial cost to the industry, including an increase in tariff that would inconvenience to consumers in coming days, with no benefit to stakeholders. According to the study, the implementation of current refarming recommendations will require replacement of 286,590 existing 900 MHz base stations with 1800 MHz equipment. This is in addition to deployment of 171,954 new base... Read More
Tata Docomo, that has always adopted a different approach to bringing best in class services to its customers today finally announced the first of its kind initiative and value for money SmartLife 3G Data Prepaid Pack along with free talktime offer wherein 1GB 3G data costs Rs.27. Tata Docomo RC246 1 GB 3G SmartLife Prepaid Pack Details : With Tata Docomo’s new RC-246, customers will get 1 GB Free 3G data usage... Read More
ABP Group, the largest media conglomerate of eastern India has launched all new app for Apple iPad and iPhone to cater to the wide and rapidly growing global Bengali mobile internet consumers.With a growing market of over 55 million iPads globally, the company feels that it is absolutely essential to provide the Bengali users with an app optimized for their iOS devices (iPads/iphones/iPods). My Anandabazar' is the first Bengali language... Read More
India’s first 3G Mobile Service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of new value for money Unlimited Voice Call Plan (Own Network) for Rs.130 for its prepaid 2G and 3G subscribers in Mumbai circle. MTNL’s all existing and prospective subscriber can activate this plan by recharging with 'Unlimited Local Seconds Pack' of rs.130 which provides Unlimited FREE Voice Calling benefits to any MTNL Network phone (GSM... Read More
Tata Docomo today announced the launch of ‘Super Value Talk-time’ offer exclusively for its existing pre-paid GSM customers across Andhra Pradesh circle.The ‘Super Value Talktime offer’ is valid until July 31, 2012. With this ‘Super Value Talktime offer’ recharge proposition, prepay subscribers can avail multiple benefits with recharges of Rs 8, Rs 40, Rs 70 and Rs 120, subscribers will get 1200 seconds (20 mins) (1 day validity), 6000 seconds... Read More
The telecom operators bodies are leaving no stone unturned ahead of the empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM), which is slated to meet on today to decide on allocation of 2G spectrum and pricing. On its part, Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) has shot a letter to the Finance Minister stating it is extremely concerned on high spectrum price as recommended by the telecom regulator. (more…) Read More
DOT, after a fortnight's delay, is all set to finalise an agency to conduct the e-auction of spectrum in 22 telecom service areas which will be held latest by July 10. As per a Supreme Court order the DoT was supposed to complete the auction before August 31, 2012. Once the auctioneer is finalized the DoT will have to finalise various terms of the auction and give time to telecom... Read More
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