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Sanjay May 4th, 2009 7:28 AM 4 COMMENTS

GSM OPERATOR OPPOSE 11 DIGIT NUMBER PLAN

GSM mobile service providers are opposing the 11-digit mobile numbering proposal on grounds that it would inconvenience the country’s 390 million subscribers. They are also seeking to end the exclusive two-digit operator code provided to three service providers. The Department of Telecommunications’ (DoT) Technical Engineering Centre has recommended the new numbering plan, expecting the industry to run out of mobile numbers since the subscriber base has been expanding by 10... Read More

P K Tarun May 2nd, 2009 9:20 PM 1 COMMENTS

BANGALORE TO GET BSNL 3G IN JULY

BSNL is all set to lauch its 3G service in Bangalore by mid july but the commercial lauch is expected by end of December. Bangalore will be the second city in South India to get 3G mobile services from BSNL after Chennai, where the service was launched in February this year. BSNL 3G mobile services are currently available in 10 north Indian cities. In Bangalore to begin with, 200,000 lines... Read More

Sanjay May 2nd, 2009 6:04 PM 44 COMMENTS

SEE YOUR FRIENDS LOCATION BY GOOGLE MAP

Google rolled out its very popular Google Maps Mobile application for India, that roughly pinpoints your location using the location of the cell towers your phone is connecting to. The GPRS based Free Map application will be a 24-7 powerful guide for all peoples on the move providing them with useful information about road map, and street view and traffic directions in some part of the world. The new software... Read More

Sanjay May 2nd, 2009 11:20 AM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL ALL SET TO UNVEIL PREPAID BROADBAND

India's largest Broadband and Land line service provider BSNL, is ready to roll out a new High Speed 'Prepaid Broadband' service segment on the lines of prepaid mobile coupons, where subscriber can buy a recharge coupon to top up the account, instead of paying a monthly rental. BSNL Prepaid Broadband could be the next to change the game for the rising Broadband-Internet market. Currently BSNL Broadband(wire line) user has to... Read More

Sanjay May 1st, 2009 7:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

MIG33 LAUNCHES FAN CLUBS FOR IPL TEAMS

Mig33 the the most popular & global Mobile Internet applications joins hands with five teams of Indian Premier League (IPL) to launch a mobile fan club for each team. These teams include Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers. This fan club lets cricket lovers connect with each other and cheer for their favorite team together which will in turn boost the winning spirit... Read More

Sanjay May 1st, 2009 8:03 AM 7 COMMENTS

AIRTEL ALL SET TO SCALE 100 MILLION MARK

Airtel is set to become the first Indian operator with 100 million subscribers nationwide, in all probability within a few weeks at the end of March, Bharti Airtel's overall subscriber base was 96.6 million after including the subscribers added in April, its total subscriber base is expected to hit 99 million Airtel added 32.5 million subscribers in 2008-09 with an average of 2.7 million subscribers per month.Airtel added a record... Read More

Sanjay April 30th, 2009 4:05 PM 7 COMMENTS

MORE THAN 10 NUMBERS IN ONE AIRTEL SIM!

India's leading GSM mobile service operator Airtel is planning to launch "Virtual Phones" or Virtual SIM, a technology that allows users to use as many as 10 different numbers from a single phone. Virtual SIM developed by Bharti-owned Comviva Technologies, the application comes embedded with the SIM card and offers users to "opt" for his number whenever the user requires it.The user group will be password protected with each user... Read More

Sanjay April 30th, 2009 1:38 PM 2 COMMENTS

VODAFONE’S NEW BRAND ENDORSER IS ZOOZOO

In 2008, Vodafone had unveiled its Happy to Help series during the first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the second season, Vodafone has given birth to ZooZoo a special character created specifically to convey value added service (VAS) What’s interesting is that there are some 25 such commercials planned under this campaign, 10 of which are already on air. The aim is to release approximately one ad... Read More

Sanjay April 30th, 2009 11:01 AM 2 COMMENTS

NOKIA LAUNCHES IPL GAMES

Nokia, the sponsors of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the ongoing IPL-2 has lined up new services on the back drop of the tournament.IPL is undoubtedly one of the most watched sports in the country right now and Nokia seems all set to make full use of the IPL wave and offer its consumers some services and cool deals on products. Nokia has released the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cricket... Read More

P K Tarun April 30th, 2009 7:02 AM 2 COMMENTS

MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY FROM SEPTEMBER

Number portability is six month away from reality US based Telcordia which is rolling out the service in the Southern part of India on the first phase of roll out is highly dependent on how keenly mobile operators support this venture. Ashok Sapra, MD, MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions said, to some extent we are dependent on the deliverable by the operators, DOT and TRAI. While I know all of the... Read More

Sanjay April 29th, 2009 3:52 PM 0 COMMENTS

VIRGIN MOBILE TARGETS FIFTY LAKH YOUTH

Virgin Mobile, today said that it aims to acquire fifty lakh youth mobile users in the Indian market by 2011,the number of mobile users among the youth is likely to go up to 50 million in India.Virgin Mobile's Chief Executive Officer M A Madhusudan told reporters on the launch of its new music edition mobile handset. He said that the company would continue to cater to the youth segment in... Read More

Sanjay April 29th, 2009 11:40 AM 14 COMMENTS

LOOP TELECOM IN TAMILNADU & ORISSA

Loop Telecom will launch its GSM mobile services in the Tamil Nadu and Orissa circles by next week according to the senior executive of Loop Telecom they will be rolling out in three other circles in South India within 10-15 days of its launch in the first two circles Tamil Nadu & Orissa. As per company sources,they are not doing a large-scale commercial launch at this point to meet regulatory... Read More