December 31st, 2010 11:53 AM 19 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Intros ‘Full Talk Time’ Offer for New Year Eve

In a bid to celebrate the "New Year Eve", Tata Docomo the GSM Mobile service operator has come up with an exciting offer of full talk time with some free own net calls credits dubbed as  "Happy New Year Surprise". Under the offer, Tata Docomo's prepaid customers in all telecom circles across India will get 100% talk time on all top up recharges starting for Rs.30. The operator also gives... Read More

December 31st, 2010 8:40 AM 5 COMMENTS

Cleartrip.com Now Available In Mobile Phone

Cleartrip.com the first comprehensive travel product will now be available on  mobile phone starting today. The mobile version helps travellers the power to book trains and flights, check PNR status and trip details from the palm of their hands. It delivers the same powerful functionality of the main Cleartrip.com web site in a simplified format that is highly optimised for mobile devices. Cleartrip Mobile comes in two different flavours. One... Read More

December 30th, 2010 7:22 PM 64 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL To Offer 14.2 Mbps Super Speed On 3G

In an attempt to provide greater benefits to the 3G mobile service users, Pan India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)is  all set to launch IP-based next generation network 3G data service with minimum speeds of 14 Mbps and maximum up to 21 Mbps services by  March 2011. Our exclusive source revels that the PSU is working with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson India which will provide new solution... Read More

December 30th, 2010 7:16 PM 2 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Intros New Value Added Services for South

Tata Docomo the GSM Mobile service operator, in association with IMImobile, has announced three new Value Added services namely Chalisaas, South Movie Masala and Panchaang & Astro for all its subscribers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka telecom circles. The services are applicable to all existing and potential subscribers. All the three services come with a monthly charge of Rs 30 and access charges of 1p/sec. The first... Read More

December 30th, 2010 5:34 PM 44 COMMENTS

BSNL Renovate Its 2G and 3G Postpaid Mobile Service Plans

India's National Telecom Backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today rationalized the various Postpaid plans under its 2G and 3G mobile services and added more free calls, SMS and Data credits to selected plans. The new plans will be effective from 1st Janurary 2011. BSNL has exciting range of 2G and 3G Postpaid Tariff plans starting from Rs.99/month. The revised plans are Plan-99, Plan-175, Plan-225, Plan-325, Plan-525, Plan-725 and Plan-1500.... Read More

December 30th, 2010 2:10 PM 37 COMMENTS

Uninor, MTS, Etisalat DB Penalized for Mobile Service Launch Delay

Mobile Service operator Uninor, Cheers Etisalat DB (Swan- Cheers Mobile), Uninor, MTS (Sistema-Shyam) Loop Telecom and some other operator finally paid penalties to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for failing to launch commercial mobile/telecom services on time. Earlier The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was asked Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to cancel CMTS/UAS licences given to telecom operators including Cheers Etisalat DB (Swan- Cheers Mobile), Loop Telecom, Uninor, Videocon,... Read More

December 30th, 2010 12:35 PM 24 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches FRC51 for Prepaid 3G Data Card Subscribers

Pan India 3G GSM Mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) revised its existing 3G data card FRC of Rs.326 and announced the launch of revised First Recharge Coupon (FRC) of Rs.51 for prepaid 3G Data service customers who purchase the Data Card from BSNL in Tamilnadu circle. The FRC51 comes with account validity of 180 days and offers 2 GB data credit for the first 60 days of... Read More

December 30th, 2010 2:11 AM 15 COMMENTS

Mobile Transactions To Become More Secure From 1 Jan 2011 Onwards

In 2009, RBI had mandated additional security for online credit/debit card transactions in India. This was achieved through the introduction of 3D Secure password that was required to be registered for every credit/debit card to enable its use for online payments on ecommerce websites. This meant that in addition to the 16-digit card number, 4 digit expiry date and 3-digit CVV number, the card holders were required to enter the... Read More

December 29th, 2010 6:58 PM 10 COMMENTS

HTC & Airtel Intros HD7 First Windows Phone 7 Smartphone in India

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp unveiled India’s first Windows Phone 7 smartphone HTC HD7 with country's largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel. HD7, announced at the Windows Phone 7 event in New York City on October 11 is featured with 4.3'' capacitative touch screen, 5Megapixel camera with flash capable of HD video recording at 720p, 7.2Mbps HSDPA & WiFi support for faster internet along with other fine adjustments like Bluetooth, microUSB,... Read More

December 29th, 2010 4:50 PM 70 COMMENTS

CDMA In India – Past, Present And Future

In midst of the controversy of 2G spectrum scam and excitement of 3G and MNP, India’s telecom watchdog TRAI released active user’s base of all telecom operators based upon Visitor Location Register (VLR). This heats up the old arch rivalry between GSM and CDMA operators on spectrum issue. Though this study is not good enough to comment on, as TRAI did not specify any time period for VLR, but it... Read More

December 29th, 2010 4:23 PM 19 COMMENTS

No Discounts On Calls And SMS on Dec 31, Jan 1 On BSNL

India's National Telecom back bone and pan India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced that the concessional voice calls/SMS by using any Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs) are not made available to customers on New Year Eve 31.12.2010 and New Year day 01.01.2011 for its GSM subscribers. To provide smooth network without any congestion for Voice Calls and SMS on 31st December and 1st January the... Read More

December 29th, 2010 2:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Launches Unlimited BlackBerry Services With Daily Plan

In an attempt to provide enhanced value propositions to the customers, Tata Docomo, the GSM Mobile service brand of Tata Teleservices announced the launch of Unlimited prepaid and post paid Blackberry Service Plan at Rs.399. Tata Docomo prepaid GSM Mobile service users across all the telecom circle have the liberty to opt for prepaid/postpaid BlackBerry services with Unlimited Internet (including audio / video streaming), Unlimited Email and IM Chat &... Read More

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