Reliance Communications, India's first dual technology company has come out with new strategies to make their EVDO based data services more popular.
RCom has reduced price of Netconnect Broadband+ data cards. Now you can get a Reliance Netconnect Broadband+ data card at just Rs 1599 instead of Rs 2299.
RCOM's EVDO based high speed wireless internet service is capable of offering upto 3.1Mbps download speed and upto 1.8Mbps upload speed. RCOM has its EVDO coverage in 500 cities of India. You can also enjoy seamless internet connectivity on CDMA 1X (speed upto 153.6kbps) network where EVDO is not available.
Reliance has wide CDMA coverage on pan India basis - connectivity across 24,000 towns and 6 lacs villages, as well as along major highways, railway routes, airport lounges and remote locations in India. You can also roam in any circle with this data card free of cost as there is no data roaming charges. Reliance has guaranteed minimum speed on Netconnect Broadband+ is 256 Kbps, subject to technical feasibility.
Reliance is offering following EVDO USB dongles/data cards/modems: Huawei EC 1260, Huawei EC 168 C, ZTE AC 8710, ZTE AC 2726, Huawei EC150. All are priced at Rs 1599!
With BigRock, RCom also offers free website registration for 1 year which includes: IN domain name (eg. www.yourdomain.in), 15 page website builder with hosting and 10 email accounts (@yourdomain.in).
Reliance also introduces new FUP enabled unlimited postpaid plans for new users only. Plans are nothing new, same Tata Photon+ is also offering.
| Plan Name | Monthly Rental (Rs) | Highspeed usage | Usage Beyond Bundled Usage at speeds up to 144 Kbps | Monthly Discounts (Rs.) for 1st 12 months |
| Silver | 950 | 5GB | Unlimited | 200 |
| Gold | 1100 | 10GB | Unlimited | 200 |
| Platinum | 1500 | 15GB | Unlimited | 200 |
Reliance Netconnect Broadband+ Helpline: Call: *355 / 30335555 / 1800 3000 5555 or you can also email to netconnect.Broadband@relianceada.com, Datacard.Support@relianceada.com
TelecomTalk's take on new offers & all these plans: With 3G from GSM biggies, CDMA players offering EVDO based high speed wireless internet for a time will be in big trouble. GSM will give subscribers more power - same SIM for mobile or data card, so you can leave or opt any operator depending upon their 3G pricing & coverage. With EVDO these can not be done - Reliance, Tata, MTS do not offer data services on RUIM to use on you own EVDO modem!
Also from my experience RCOM caps Netconnect+'s speed at around 256kbps, which they guaranteed as minimum speed. MTS is offering better - at Rs 2000 you can get the data card with 1 month unlimited (12GB at high speed, 18GB on slow speed); even MTS has better prepaid MBlaze portfolio with Rs 999 unlimited plan (FUP enabled).
