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Huawei Technologies launched four new hadsets out of which two are android devices, U8300 and U8500 and these phones will be available to consumers from August 1,2010. These phones will be priced between Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 10,000.

The new set of handsets-Android and Hangout, use advanced chipset solutions from Qualcomm, the innovator of 3G technology.


Aimed at the youth market, U8300 is a QWERTY Android phone, equipped with social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter along with a 3.2 mega pixel camera. U8500 is an all touchscreen phone equipped with Wi-Fi and high-speed downlink packet access, an enhanced third generation protocol for mobile telephone data transmission.

The Hangout series includes a full range of stylish and feature-rich devices on GSM, CDMA and UMTS technologies and targets mid and higher segment of consumers. Aimed at young professionals, U9130 and C5600 models would cost between Rs.3,000 and Rs.5,000.

"With the Indian telecom industry growing at the rate of 20 million subscribers each month, and poised to reach 1 billion by 2015, Huawei sees traction in the Indian telecom device segment," said Victor Xu, chief marketing officer, Huawei Device.

The company also disclosed the launch of its Rs.8,000 smartphone during Diwali.

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It appears that mobile phone makers are shifting focus to the rural people in a big way and are coming up with innovations custom made for the masses. Vodafone has come up with a new solar powered handset called the VF 247. The phone is priced at an affordable rate of Rs. 1,500, keeping in mind the target audience which mostly is the rural mass, and will be available across India from next month.

The VF 247 has the option of being charged in direct sunlight. The Sun Boost technology installed in the phone ensures that the phone is charged in a room, under normal daylight. The phone packs in a color screen, a torch light and FM radio among its specs. The device needs eight hours of direct sunlight to be fully charged.

Marten Pieters, MD and CEO, Vodafone Essar said of the product, "Vodafone's solar powered phone is launched for people residing in areas where electric supply is unstable, so that consumers can rely on solar charging to remain connected. This launch is likely to enable more people in rural India to go mobile and thus increase penetration from the current 20 percent. We will continue to invest to uplift the quality of telecom services and products in India."The rural areas of India face the trouble of regular power cuts. In such a scenario, charging your mobile phone becomes less of an option and more a luxury. This is where the solar powered phones can play a pivotal part.

However, the concept of solar powered phone is not new. Let us jog your memory to last year when Samsung came up with Guru E 1107, the world's first solar powered phone. The phone was priced at Rs. 2,799 and came with features like FM radio, MP3 ringtones, embedded games and torchlight.

If this trend catches up and more players join the race, the amalgamation of technology and renewable resources would definitely brighten the future.

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Reliance Communications (RCom), India’s single largest Dual Technology (GSM and CDMA) telecom giant today announced that it has launched Roaming services for its more than 2 million prepaid GSM subscribers in the entire North East region.

Reliance Mobile’s prepaid subscribers in North East region including Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland now can roam everywhere with in the north eastern states with their existing prepaid SIM card.

The call charges will be as low as 1p/sec or 50p/min for Incoming and Outgoing calls made by subscribers while roaming in other state/circle with in North East. Speaking on the launch of Prepaid Roaming services for North East, Khurshed Ahmed, Sr Executive vice President, Reliance Communication Ltd (RCom) said “As part of our endeavour to improve customer service, we are happy to extend the roaming facility to all our prepaid customers in the north-east and I am sure this will ensure hassle free communications while traveling between Assam and other north-eastern states.”

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State run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the launch of 2 new SMS Pack at Rs.11 and Rs.28 for its 2G and 3G prepaid GSM Mobile subscribers in Karnataka telecom circle.

BSNL Prepaid SMS pack-11 enables its subscribers to enjoy all Local and National SMS to any network across India just at 1paisa per SMS. Prepaid subscriber can activate this SMS pack just recharging with STV-11 by CTop-up.

Another SMS Add on-Pack of Rs.28 gives 300 Local & 200 National SMS per day valid up to 30 Days from the date of recharge. To activate this pack customer needs to recharges with STV-28 by CTop-up. The benefits of both SMS Packs will be valid from Home circle and also in National Roaming across India.

Free SMS will not be available on 5 Blackout days that is [1] 31 st Dec [2] 1 st Jan [3] Valentine day [4] Diwali & [5] Christmas Day. While SMS black-out days Normal SMS Charge as per concerned plan will be applicable.

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Keeping in view the communication needs of students, IDEA Cellular, the pan-India GSM mobile service operator has introduced a breakthrough ‘Student Pack’ in the prepaid category of its mobile services in Punjab Telecom circle.

Idea Cellular offers Student Pack absolutely Free for every student who Registers for the “Idea Campus Ke Sirji – the biggest Talent Hunt contest. The pack will also available with Idea retailers across the Punjab circle at Rs.35.

The Student Pack offers local Idea to Idea calling just at 20 paisa per minute for Day Time and 10p/min in Night hours (11pm to 6 am) and other network local and STD at 1p/second. All SMS at 10 paise, along with one year validity.

The newly launched Student Pack also offers one month free subscription to Education Portal and free downloads worth Rs.450 from Idea Fresh portal. Apart from the Students Pack, Idea Cellular also launches “Talent Hunt” program for Colleges in Punjab circle dubbed as Campus Ke Sirji’ – the biggest Talent Hunt.

With this IDEA Cellular will go to 100 Colleges in 6 cities across the state, to select a Singer, Dancer, Model and a Public Speaking Expert who will get an opportunity to feature in Idea’s ‘Campus Ke Sirji’ Posters, besides the chance to perform amidst large gatherings of people across different parts of the state.The semi finals will take place in every zone of Punjab, and the activity would culminate with finals to be held in Chandigarh

The first phase of the Annual Contest, ‘Campus ke Sirji’ takes off this week, allowing college students to register for the Talent Hunt. Registration counters will be set up inside College campuses. Every student who registers for the contest will get an Idea connection, absolutely FREE. All the details pertaining to the schedule of the contest, semi-finals and the Final will be sent to the candidates on their Idea numbers.

IDEA Cellular Student Pack for Punjab – Tariff Plan
Cost of Plan-FREE for- Every student who registers for the Campus ke Sirji’ contest.

MRP- Rs.35

Local Idea to Idea 20p/min (6am – 11pm)
10p/min (11pm – 6am)
Other Local & STD 1p/sec
SMS (Local + National) 10p
Validity 1 Year
Additional Features: -1 month Education Portal Free -Free download worth Rs.450 form IdeaFresh.

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Spice Mobility Ltd today announced the launch of M-6 Sports mobile phone in India.M-6 is basically targeted for young sports enthusiast , and who have consistent need to stay connected to their sporting news or information of choice and simultaneously stay connected with their friends.

The M-6 Sports has been priced at Rs. 4499/- with many pre-embedded features including Sports, Social Networking and Java Applications. M-6 supports Facebook, Yahoo and Nimbuzz. It also features Opera Mini web browser and Video sharing application Vuclip.

This Multi-SIM phone is black in color which gets accentuated by dashes of green or Orange on side to add to the sporty look. The M-6 Sports comes with a 1000 mAH battery supporting a talk time of 5 hours. The Display specifications include a 2.2” QVGA TFT screen with 262k colours. This phone also sports a 1.3 MP Camera with Digital zoom, and has expandable memory support of 4GB.

For content play, the phone has multiple entertainment options including a video player with MP4 and 3GP support, an Mp3 audio player, FM Radio with Recording. Sharing and Network support features include Stereo Bluetooth, WAP and GPRS.

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After the Unlimited Calls plan by Reliance Communications & Tata Indicom for CDMA subscribers and BSNL & Uninor offering for GSM subscribers , now the focus of Indian mobile price war is shifting towards the Unlimited Callings on Own Network.

AIRCEL, one of the fastest growing Pan India telecom operator recently launched 3 Unlimited Local Calling Packs at Rs.12, Rs.66 and Rs.225 for its customers in Mumbai and Maharashtra-Goa telecom circles. The Unlimited Local Call Pack of RC-225 allows Aircel prepaid customers unlimited local calling at a monthly recharge of Rs.225. This pack offers Unlimited free calls and SMS to any local Aircel phone. All other network local calls will be charged at 50p/min and STD calls to Mobile Phones will be charged at 50p while on land line it will cost Rs.1/minute.

The Unlimited Call Pack for Rs.12 and Rs.66 provides unlimited Local calling as well as SMS to Own Network for 1 and 7 days. However Free SMS up-to the limit of 500 SMS per day.

Apart from Unlimited Calling Plans for Local Calls, Aircel also has Unlimited GPRS (Pocket Internet) and DIALER TUNES pack.

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In an attempt to boost its newly launched Mobile Phones in Indian market, leading handset player Nokia announced the launch of its Easy EMI scheme for prospective customers to buy Nokia handset and accessories in three equal monthly installments (EMI) without any extra cost or at zero percent interest.

Nokia introduces a hassle-free way of buying new Nokia mobile phones. If you are a customer with any of bank like Citibank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank or Standard Chartered credit card, you can buy any Nokia phone in the price range of Rs.7,000 to Rs.35,000 with an easy payment divided into three small and easy installments without any extra cost.

According to the Nokia’s announcement the scheme will be available through over 176 Nokia Priority Partners (NPPs) across eight cities Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmadabad and Chandigarh. Chennai, Ahmadabad and Chandigarh.

Shankar Subramanian, Head Retail, Nokia India stated, “Mobile customers today are far more evolved in their aspiration, expectation and usage of a mobile handset. This trend is visible across segments from entry to the high end. Our insight shows that many customers don’t end up buying their preferred handset model as it tends to be marginally above their pre decided budget, making upfront payment difficult. Our easy EMI scheme at 0% interest addresses that challenge and will allow customers to actually buy the handset they desire.”

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Vodafone Essar today announced the launch of its latest generation eco-friendly solar charging handset in India.The new handset uses a solar powered solution to benefit users in areas with adequate sunlight.

VF 247 solar powered phone charges by itself, by exposure to ambient light. Sun Boost, the special inbuilt hardware and software ensures that the phone charges also in a room, under normal daylight.

The VF 247 solar powered phone comes with essential mobile phone features such as FM radio, color screen and a powerful torch light and will be commercially available shortly.

Speaking on the launch, UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon George Osborne MP said, “I’m very pleased to help launch Vodafone’s new solar powered handset. It’s the new UK-India economic partnership in action. The handset will get more people connected, paying less and doing their bit for the environment.”

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Triggering another price war in the International subscriber dialing (ISD) space, Tata DOCOMO, the GSM mobile service operator today launched of yet another industry-defining offer that now allows all its subscribers in Punjab circle the never-before facility of making International calls (ISD) to any phone in the USA and Canada at just 1 paisa per second.

The revolutionary new ISD Packs are available at Rs.59 with a validity of 30 days and Rs. 205 with a Talk time of Rs. 145 with validity of 30 days. The new ISD packs enabled Tata Docomo prepaid subscribers in Punjab telecom circle to call USA and Canada just at one paisa per second instead of current tariff of six paisa per second.

Mr Aditya Gupta, TATA DOCOMO’s Hub Head for Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh, said. “At our launch last year, we had promised to continue to innovate and introduce industry-changing products and services—the ISD Packs are testimony to this promise. Mr Rajeev Narayan, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Tata Teleservices Limited, said “The people of Punjab have always been the true representatives of the Indian spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation—and most people in the state of Punjab have near and dear ones living abroad. Our new packs surely are cost-effective proposition for these people, allowing them the convenience of affordable calling to these countries. This is our way of thanking our loyal customers, and we are sure this will delight them and bridge all communication gaps between family members and friends.

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Worlds largest mobile handset giant Nokia today announced the launch of 3G enabled Music Flagship phone, the Nokia X6 8GB at Rs.14,199 in Indian market.

The Nokia X6-8GB is a powerful entertainment device capable of playing up to 35 hours of music, offering 8GB of on-board memory and supporting all main digital music formats, with a slick 3.2″ finger touch interface having a resolution of 360 x640 pixels and runs on Symbian s60 version 5. The display will be of capacitive type as in the earlier handsets. It comes with 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens with 4x digital zoom,auto focus and dual LED flash.

Nokia X6-8GB comes with brilliant connectivity options as it supports GPRS, EDGE, 3G-HSDPA speed up to 3.6 Mbps WiFi, Bluetooth and microUSB services. The handset will thrill its users with its musical capabilities including stereo speakers and 3.5 mm audio jack.

It comes with Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery which claims to provide up to 12 hours of talk time in 2G/2.75G GSM network and 6 hours of talk time under 3G/UMTS network. The ultimate touch screen for text input and user interface control with alphanumeric keypad and on-screen QWERTY that are automatically changed with display rotation. The device also amazing for social butterflies, the Nokia X6 has a 16:9 widescreen optimized for photos, videos and browsing.

The Nokia X6 is a hive of activity that brings friends and virtual communities, like Facebook, to the home screen, making it easy to socialize with friends and follow all the favorite blogs and celebrity’s on line gossips.

In addition to the Unlimited Free access to millions of tracks available in Nokia Ovi Music Store,wherein users will be able to download exclusive content directly to their device or PC from both, international superstars and favorite local artists. Fans will have access to bonus tracks, remixes and other additional content, free of charge as part of the Comes With Music subscription.

Nokia X6-8GB embedded with 3 games, Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Gameloft, and direct access from the home screen to download more games and applications through the Ovi store the Ovi Store.

Check Full Phone Specification here-: Nokia X6 | 8GB Specifications

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Tata DOCOMO, the GSM mobile service brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), has come up with new innovative offers in Kolkata and WB telecom circle.

This is yet another blast comes in from Tata Docomo following its trend of offering the best offers in the industry once again Tata Docomo has introduced various offers that is sure to woo the customers of Kolkata and ROB circle.

Tata Docomo introduces so called Unlimited SMS pack in these circles too, now with Tata Docomo you can get 3500 local and national SMS for 7 days at just Rs 11.

The offers are summarized below:

Juice Up MRP (Rs)	Benefits	Validity in days
11	3500 local and national sms	7
21	Local & National calls 1p/sec for 45sec of every 60 sec of calls	365
22 (for RoB omly)	Local onnet calls 1p/6 sec	365
25	Local onnet call 1p/2sec	30
29	5p/sec for calls to Bangladesh, US Canada & U.K fixed	30
32	11p/sec for calls to Nepal	30
45	Local offnet calls 1p/2secLocal onnet call 1p/2sec [7am- 11pm] Local onnet call 1p/4sec [11pm-7 am]	30
61	Local call charge 1p/2sec after first 180 sec at 1p/sec	180
65	Local calls 1p/2sec [7am- 11pm]Local calls 1p/3sec [11pm-7 am]	30

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Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of youth specific pack in Gujarat telecom circle. The ‘Youth Pack’ comes with Tariff and VAS benefits.

One can avail free Night calling enjoy free FM radio,SMS & GPRS offerings, the product has everything bundled together to the liking of today’s youth.
The fully loaded youth pack has Night Calling for which an Airtel customer can call Local Airtel to Airtel at just Rs1 for 20 minutes, 200 SMS Free per day for 365 days, 200 MB surfing free for 7 days, Free Voice Blog ,Mirchi Mobile – where an Airtel customer can listen to Radio Mirchi FM from any part of the country, Love Tips, 2 free action packed games, Friends Chat etc.

All the services are activated within 24 Hrs

Mr. Shivan Bhargava, COO, Bharti Airtel – Gujarat Circle said “We are pleased to bring Youth Pack, a very lucrative offer for our customers that strengthens this relationship with the vibrant youth of Gujarat. Our mobile customers would be able to enjoy Night Calling and SMS facility, Free Voice Blogging with renowned bollywood celebrities, play exciting games, Chat with friends, listen to FM stations of Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai and many other cities on their Airtel mobile. All of this reiterates our commitment to customers to offer the best value-for-money services that enrich their lifestyles.” He added, “As India’s leading Telco, Bharti Airtel has always stood for technological innovation and personalised customer experience. Today’s tech savvy younger generation can now experience our power packed services with Youth Pack.”

FYI-Price of Youth Pack is Rs 40.

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India’s first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today launched new special tariff pack dubbed as “Jyada Bolo Pack” for its prepaid customers in Mumbai telecom circle.

MTNL’s “Jyada Bolo Pack’ comes at Rs.33 with talk time of Rs.19 as a main balance and valid for 30 Days from the date of recharge.

With the “Jyada Bolo Pack”, Trump prepaid customers can now make Voice and Video calls to MTNL Mumbai and Delhi network(Mobile and Land line) at just 30 paisa for 1st minute, 20p for 2nd minute and 10p for 3rd and onwards minutes of the same call.

While Local Voice and Video calls all other network of Mumbai and BSNL Maharashtra-Goa will be charged at 50 paisa for 1st minute, 40p for 2nd minute and 30p for 3rd and onwards minute of the same call.

All STD Calls to Maharashtra-Goa (except BSNL) will be charged at 50p and other states at 75p/minute. Local SMS will cost 25p for MTNL and 50p for all other network.National SMS will charged at Rs.1 and International SMS cost Rs.2.50. The details of the pack is summarized below:
MTNL’s ”Jyada Bolo Pack” for Trump Prepaid (Mumbai)
MRP Rs.33
Talk Time Rs.19
Validity 30 Days
Voice and Video Calls to MTNL Mumbai and Delhi (Dolphin – Trump, Garuda and Landline ) 1st Minute- 30p/min.

2nd Minute- 20p/min

3rd Minute onwards- 10p./min
Calls to Other Mumbai Local networks and BSNL Maharashtra and Goa. 1st Minute- 50p/min.

2nd Minute- 40p/min

3rd Minute onwards-30p/min
STD Calls to Other NW (except BSNL) in Maharashtra and Goa.

STD Calls to other states.
50p

75p
SMS Local 25p (MTNL)

Local 50p other Local

National- Rs.1

International- Rs.2.50

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Nokia X6 8GB model will be available in the market soon. Nokia X6-8GB measures 111 x 51 x 13.8 mm and weighs around 122 grams. Nokia X6-8GB is a S60 5th Edition phone and it runs of Symbian 9.4. It has a 3.2 inches display with resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. It is equipped with 5 MP Camera with Autofocus and Dual LED flash and 3.5 mm AV connector. It comes with 1320mAh battery which offer talktime of upto 11.5 hours and standby time of upto 420 hours.

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You own a BSNL 3G SIM? Here are few simple steps following which you can set BSNL 3G on your 3G enabled mobile.

How to Set BSNL 3G on Mobile

1. Make sure your mobile phone is set to work on 3G network mode settings. If you see “3G” or appears symbol written somewhere on your phone screen if it is connected to 3G network.
2. Go to Connection settings, create new connection profile and now you are only required to specify ACCESS POINT NAME (APN) and you are done.
3. The APN for BSNL 3G settings is

* gprsnorth3g.bsnlmobile.in
* gprssouth3g.bsnlmobile.in
* gprswest3g.bsnlmobile.in
* gprseast3g.bsnlmobile.in

Choose the above according to your circle.

4. After this now you can use BSNL 3G on Mobile phone. You can also set BSNL 3G internet setting free on your mobile phone

For 3G settings :
Send “Mobile Brand and Model” TO 58355 ( toll free no.)
- Example :- NOKIA E72 TO 58355

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Karbonn Mobiles has unveiled its latest mobile – the Karbonn K25. The K25 is a QWERTY multimedia mobile phone featuring an optical trackpad.

The Karbonn K25 is a Dual SIM (GSM+GSM), multimedia phone and comes pre-embedded with social networking applications like Facebook, Twitter, Opera Mini, Yahoo Messenger and MSN. Loaded with features like FM Radio, video recording, torch, expandable memory upto 8 GB, 2.0 mega pixel camera, A2DP Bluetooth, the Karbonn K25 is priced at Rs. 4400.

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Indian mobile handset maker Videocon Mobiles today announced the launch of 3 new dual SIM (GSM+GSM) handset named Qruz V1425, V1430 and V1424.

Videocon’s newly launched dual GSM handset Qruz V1425 is a 100 W PMPO Music Output phone with really large speakers, while V1430 is the Long Battery phone with 1800 mAH battery, and V1424, has stylish looks and is an absolute entertainer with Gun Metal Lining targeting customers looking for basic characteristics like Connectivity, Camera, Music, Memory, Large screen etc, coupled with Voice, Text and Internet solutions as part of their lives.

Videocon ‘Qruz V1425’ priced at Rs.3195 is Dual SIM (GSM + GSM), Dual Standby phone and the first release in the 100W PMPO Music Output series of incredibly loud Music Phones. ‘Qruz V1425’ with 100W PMPO Music Output is a first of its kind and is targeted towards the consumer who wants to enjoy incredibly loud music of his choice. This stylized dual SIM phone has extra large boom speaker with back cover Mesh Grill, VGA Camera, Bluetooth, long 1200 mAH battery, MP3 player, high resolution 2’’ TFT screen, expandable memory up to 4GB, 1000 Phonebook/500 SMS memory along LED torch with Mobile Tracker. Videocon V1430 is Dual SIM (GSM + GSM), Dual Standby priced at Rs.3195 comes with the 1800 mAH battery, has long battery life as a key proposition. This dual SIM phone has a VGA Camera with Video Recorder, 1800 mAH battery (up to 600minutes talk/20days standby time), 1.8” TFT screen, MP3 player with dedicated key, Bluetooth and expandable memory up to 4GB.

Completing the range is the Snazzy and Smart V1424, a good looking device priced at Rs.3195 with Gun Metal Linings. This absolute entertainer is a Dual SIM phone with VGA Camera, MP3 Player, expandable memory up to 2GB, 2” TFT screen, Bluetooth and Mobile Tracker.

Mr. Rahul Goel, COO, Videocon Mobile, said, “Features and functionality desired by customers are our key targets. Long battery life; Music device; and Stylish looks are steps in this direction. With multiple solutions for interconnected life, we are providing customers with device that helps them manage their tasks easily”.

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Uttar Pradesh is on a roll as Uninor rolls out 14th Special tariff voucher pack for the UP (West) telecom circle which is dubbed as “yaari dosti pack”.

With “yaari dosti pack” which is priced at Rs. 169, you can enjoy daily 60 minutes U2U free, 3000 free on-net SMS/day, all call & STD call will be charged at 49p, all on-net SMS will be charged at 1p after consuming 3000 free/day and off-net/national SMS will be charged at flat 11p.

This yaari dosti pack comes with a validity of 90 days and also with a talk time of Rs.10.

This pack can be subscribed by E-recharging you uninor account with the denomination of Rs.169.

The tariff details are tabulated below: Particulars Yaari Dosti Pack
MRP (Rs.) 169
Talk time (Rs.) 10
Benefits 60 min/day U2U free, 3000 U2U SMS/day free, all calls at 49p, all on-net SMS at 1p and off-net/national SMS at 11p
Tariff Validity 90 days

For More details, call 121(toll-free) from your uninor number or call 9058090580 (tolled) from any other phone. Alternatively, you can also log on to uninor.in for more!

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MTS India, the mobile brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd has extended its postpaid services of its high speed MTS MBlaze to 5 circles.

Now people of Delhi, Haryana, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Maharastra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Mumbai can avail postpaid services of MTS MBlaze. Now keep surfing without thinking about data limit, MTS is to charge just 40p/MB extra usage.

MTS already has its prepaid MBlaze services with lifetime validity in all circles except in Andra Pradesh where it is launched its CDMA mobile services.

MTS MBlaze is EVDO based high speed wireless internet services offering download speed upto 3.1Mbps and upload speed upto 1.8Mbps. MBlaze modems come with two price tags at Rs 2299 and Rs 1999.

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Just after “ab koi bhed bhav nahi” campaign in Mumbai, idea cellular launches two full value vouchers, one Bachat recharge for Local calling and an irresistible per second ISD calling offer.

The 2 full value recharge vouchers are priced attractively at 9 & 11. If e-recharged with Rs.9 you will get Rs.9 as full talk value which can be used for local as well as National calling.

The validity of this pack is 2 days. If e-recharged with Rs.111, you will get a full talk time of Rs.111 and will be valid till your account’s expiry date.The Bachat recharge which is priced at Rs. 40 gives the benefit of talking 120 minutes to any local Number across Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa with 30 days of tariff validity. The benefit of this pack is that it doesn’t carry any effective rental and also all calls are effectively 30 paise.

Now here comes the irresistible per second ISD offer which is priced at Rs. 60 which also comes with Rs. 54.4 ISD Talk time. The call rates are for US,Canada@Rs0.04/sec.; Gulf@Rs0.14/sec.,Oman, Qatar @Rs0.18/sec., Bangladesh@ Rs0.08/sec. ; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, UK Fixed & France Fixed @Rs0.08/sec., Spain, Netherlands, Romania, Russia @Rs.0.40/sec.

All the tariff details are tabulated below: Particulars FULL VALUE RECHARGES Bachat RCV Irresistible ISD
MRP (Rs.) 9 111 40 60
Talk time (Rs.) 9 111 0 54.40
Benefit Rs 9 for local & STD voice calls Full Talk time 120 free Local Minutes US,Canada@Rs0.04/sec.; Gulf@Rs0.14/sec.,Oman, Qatar @Rs0.18/sec., Bangladesh@ Rs0.08/sec. ; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, UK Fixed & France Fixed @Rs0.08/sec., Spain, Netherlands, Romania, Russia @Rs.0.40/sec.
Tariff Validity 2 days Till account validity 30 days 15 days

All the above offers can only be availed if e-recharged with their respective denominations.For more, call !dea customer care at 9702012345 or log on to www.ideacellular.com

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Aircel, India’s Pioneer in GSM mobile services has recently launched a new life time valid low cost group calling offer for its prepaid customers in the state of Kerala.

Known as the Fundo pack it comes special benefits and has a lifetime validity. The pack is quite cheap as compared to the current market offerings by other cellular operators. With this pack customers can enjoy own-network local callings as low as 1paisa/6sec or 10paisa/min. Customers can select a total of 5 local Aircel numbers. wherein they can enjoy calling to these at nominal rates.

The pack costs Rs.6 and comes with zero talktime and is valid for lifetime. But the only condition applicable in this pack is that the first call in a day to the friends and family number will be charged at Re1.

The details of the pack is summarized below: MRP (Rs.) Talk value (Rs.) Validity (Days) Special Benefits
Rs.6 Zero Life Time Call 5 Local Aircel Nos @ 1ps/6 secs#
# The first call in a day to the friends and family number charged at Re1

All other rates as per the pay per second plan. For more details Call 121 or 9809012345.

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At TelecomTalk we are Trying to Cover More and More Mobile Apps which Interests you the Most we had written about Top 3 Mobile Chat Applications last week, we have found yet another Interesting Application called “IM Plus“

IM Plus is a Mobile Chat Client which has Quite Impressive Features and is available for Wide Range of Mobile Platforms- iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, Android, Java Phones, Web OS and Others.

To Keep it Simple, we have Tried IM Plus application in Nokia S60 devices. Here are some Highlights of this App:

* Integrates Your Phone Contacts into The App.
* Load Time is Impressive
* Enables Messaging via SMS within the Application.
* Integrates ICQ, MSN, Jabber, AOL, Yahoo!, Gtalk and MySpace..
* User Interface is “Down to Earth”, Gives a Feel that you’ve not Installed any Third Party App.
* Well Organized Contacts Lists with Thumbnails arranged Next to Next ..
* Switch Between Accounts in No Time, Migrating From One Chat Account to Other is Made Easy with a Bar at Top..
* Pop Up Notification for Recent Chat Conversation along with a Bell Tone..
* File Size is 1 Mb… Reasonable, when Compared to Nimbuzz and Fring..
What we Didn’t Like in IM Plus:

* Integration of SMS into the App has some Bugs, When The App is Running you are forced to Use SMS service within the App Itself, The Default SMS wouldn’t work for Reply
* This App is Most Targeted for US with Apps like MySpace,Jabber,AOL, ICQ which is less used in India..
* No Facebook Chat Integration

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In an attempt to provide greater benefits to the mobile users of Assam and North East telecom circles, India’s largest GSM mobile service operator Bharti Airtel today announced Roaming privilege for its Prepaid subscribers in the entire North East region dubbed as “One Airtel One North East”.

Airtel subscribers in North East region including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland and Mizoram now can roam everywhere with their existing prepaid sim card.

With the prepaid roaming offer All outgoing calls will be charged at Rs 1 per minute for local calls while Rs 1.50 per minute for STD calls and Rs 1 per minute for incoming calls while roaming in other circle. The ‘One Airtel One North East’ offer will be valid up January, 2011 as per guidelines of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on prepaid roaming in North East.

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Bharti Airtel, one of the leading emerging markets’ telcos, announced the launch of India’s most economical special tariff offer dubbed as Airtel Super-5 priced at Rs. 5, the lowest cost denomination offer with various benefits over prepaid mobile telephony.

Airtel Super-5 offer is available as Pan-India offer and it enables prepaid customers to choose from an array of services such as Airtel to Airtel calling at reduced rate, Night Calling, Mobile Internet-GPRS and SMS at extremely attractive rates. It gives the customers the flexibility to opt for specific or need based benefits in tune with their daily usage patterns.

Airtel Super 5 is a range of daily packs from Airtel available for as low as Rs. 5! Subscriber can simply dial *222# and choose the pack you need from a menu of attractive offers across voice, SMS and mobile Internet. Rs.5 will be deducted from main balance and the benefit validity will be one day. With the Airtel Super-5 offer prepaid Subscribers may have option to get 9 local or STD minutes (in some circle its 10 min), Local Airtel calls@20p/min, 50 Night Airtel minutes (Night minutes are valid from 11pm to 6am) or 150 Local or National SMS and Mobile Internet up to 50 MB (GPRS) as their choice

Airtel Customers can avail information about the Super-5 offer and also activate the service by dialing the special toll free number as follows-:

* Free Local + STD Minutes pack – For details on this pack only dial *222*1#

* Airtel to Airtel Call Rate pack – For details on this pack only dial *222*2#

* Night Minutes pack – For details on this pack only dial *222*3#

* Local + National SMS pack – For details on this pack only dial *222*4#
* Mobile Internet (GPRS) pack – For details on this pack only *222*5#

To Know the plan details across all the telecom circles just click here : Airtel Super-5

In a radical move to lure its postpaid subscribers, State run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced 3 new SMS Pack at Rs.13, Rs.20 and Rs.31 for its postpaid GSM Mobile customers in Gujarat telecom circle.

BSNL Postpaid SMS pack-13 enables its subscribers to enjoy all Local and National SMS to any network across India just at 1paisa per SMS.Postpaid subscriber can activate this sms pack just by sending SMS “ACT 13″ to 53733.

Another SMS Add on-Pack of Rs.20 gives 1000 Local & 1000 National SMS per month. To activate this pack customer needs to send SMS ‘ACT 20′ to 53733. While the third SMS pack comes at monthly rental of Rs.31 and provides 2000 Local and 1000 National SMS for 30 days. To activate this pack customer may send SMS ‘ACT 31′ to 53733.

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CNN today announced the availability of the international version of the CNN App on the App Store. Earlier the App was only available in United States.

The CNN App features push notification; regionalisation and personalisation tools; and more. The CNN app showcases global news through text, video and photos, and also includes user-generated content capture and upload functionality through iReport, CNN’s user-generated news community.


CNN App Features include: “My CNN” Personalisation

* Ability to “follow” a story or topic: As CNN publishes new stories and developments related to topics designated by the user, the app will automatically alert the user by pushing a notification to the device.
* “Saved” content functionality gives users access to text stories that interest them anytime, anywhere – even when they’re offline.
* Regionally-targeted news based on the user’s selection of content from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America or the Middle East.


iReport:

* Provides a direct gateway to CNN’s user-generated news community, iReport.
* Lets users browse user-generated content; register, sign-in to their account or sign on as a guest to capture and instantly upload user-generated photos and videos (with the iPhone 3GS and above).
* Users can also browse iReport’s latest “assignments,” asking the community to weigh in on various news stories.


Latest Headlines:

* Users can flick through news stories across categories including Top Stories, U.S., Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Business, Sport, Entertainment, Tech and Travel.
* Each story features bulleted highlights above the full article, designed to satisfy mobile “snackers,” allowing them to easily scan through the latest stories.
* Users can share stories via email, Twitter and Facebook directly from the CNN App.


Video on-demand

* The App provides access to an extensive selection of on-demand video clips across many categories, including World, Most Popular, Sport, Business, U.S., Entertainment, Tech and CNN en Español.

It is available for free download from App Store.

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Micromax will soon expand its portfolio of Mobile handsets with the launch of 3 new handsets - Micromax Q6, Micromax GC400 and Micromax X600.

Micromax Q6 is a Dual SIM slider handset. It features QWERTY Keypad, 6cm display, 2MP Camera and 3.5mm Audio Jack. It comes with 950mAh battery which provides talk time of upto 7 hours and standby time of upto 9 days.
Micromax GC400 is a Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) handset. It features 5.6cm display and 3MP Camera. It comes with 1000mAh battery which provides talk time of upto 6 hours (GSM), 5.3 hours (CDMA) and standby time of upto 180 hours (GSM) and 140 hours (CDMA).

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We do not have any details about Micromax X600 as of now.

All these 3 phones are expected to be launched within next 20 days. Price of Q6 will be around Rs. 5000 and price details of GC400 and X600 are not yet available.

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Fly Mobile today announced the launch DS160 dual-SIM model in India.Fly DS160 users can talk non-stop for as long as 16 hours and even the standby time is an impressive 30 hours.

Priced at Rs 3299 only, Fly DS160 is primarily targeted at college and office going youth between 18 to 35 years of age. What’s more, it has a double LED torch that’s bright and utilitarian enough.

Fly DS160 sports a VGA camera which offers different effects and white balance settings. It also has a video player (3GP / AVI format) and a video recorder (AVI format).

For music aficionados, it has a music player that plays MP3 format, 3.5 mm universal audio jack, and a 20mm speaker for considerably loud sound.This phone also come with 20 channel FM radio, FM recording and FM alarm. The Bluetooth capability allows sharing of photos, music etc. It has an expandable memory up to 8 GB for users to be able to store songs, videos and even take a phonebook backup. The phonebook can take up to 1000 entries with photo call ID.

Other features that make this phone an excellent buy include mobile tracker, privacy protection, GPRS, MMS, Indian calendar, call reject SMS, call background sound, call blacklisting, call recording, sound recording, SMS hiding, 1.8” QQVGA TFT screen with 65K color display etc.

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Network and spectrum are pretty expensive things. Huge costs go in deploying networks. An operator who is ready to incur costs expects good return on investment.

But the costs are so huge that it takes years for an operator to look at profits. Also they cannot charge heavily for service because they have incurred huge costs. So there is a trade off between what we expect and what we get.

Typically, voice networks are pretty much controlled. Each voice call is given a radio channel and if all the channels in a certain area are occupied user starts feeling the congestion. This was one of the challenges with the voice network that service providers used to face or still facing. Now with data coming in, that challenges have increased many folds.

Data is a best effort service. That is at a given point of time, a user doing data from his mobile may consume more than one channel. Since spectrum is limited, networks easily get choked up. Thanks to 3G, since voice calls are on one radio technology and data on other, at least my voice calls are safe. Why are unlimited plans a distant dream? Its simple economics! More you give, more they ask. It has been result of many research’s that 5-10% of subscribers that use unlimited plans consume 70-80% of network bandwidth. This certainly is not fair. Assume that in a give region there is geek sitting and consuming all the bandwidth, doesn’t our insanity levels go high? AT&T had burnt its hands with unlimited plans. First the networks are congested, next subscribers are not happy and the result no unlimited plans. Even if the plans are advertised “unlimited”, they are not “truly” unlimited.

The wide variety of mobiles that are available in the market is also adds up to the network congestion. The mobiles should be carefully designed not to burden the network with signaling. With so many applications running on mobile devices the connections are always up and resources are continuously consumed. This is for the exact reason why IPhone developers where give crash course by AT&T.

It’s nobody’s business to tell subscriber how to use what is given to him. But its time users get smart and start utilizing the resources efficiently. Instead of burning the networks with downloading movies on mobile phone why not switch over to wifi? Just a thought!

More to follow! Stay tuned.

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India’s National Telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the pan-India Launch BSNL Postpaid bill payment and GSM Mobile top-up and easy recharge services through mobile banking and ATMs of Union Bank of India (UBI).

The new services enabled BSNL subscribers to pay BSNL bills or top-up their mobile phones. With this initiative BSNL customers who has an banking account with Union Bank of India can makes payment of BSNL bill or Top-Up their prepaid accounts using the BSNL mobile phone via Mobile Banking or approx 2400 UBI ATMs any time, anywhere in India.

Speaking on the launch of new services, Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL said that the service is the latest convenience offering for the common customers of UBI & BSNL, using the ubiquitous cell phone & ATMs.

How to Use the services-: * BSNL Postpaid Bill payment through Mobile Phone -: UBI account holders, after one time registration of BSNL mobile number through mobile, makes payment of BSNL bill using the mobile phone any time, anywhere.
* BSNL Bill Payment at UBI ATMs-:No pre-registration required; customer uses his UBI Debit card & makes payment of BSNL bill, any time, anywhere through UBI ATM and gets a receipt.
* BSNL Prepaid Mobile Top-up through ATM-: Without any pre-registration, customer uses his UBI Debit card to top-up BSNL Pre-paid Card, any time, anywhere through UBI ATM and gets a receipt.
* BSNL Prepaid Mobile Top-up through Mobile phone-:Common customers of BSNL and UBI top-up their mobile through the registered mobile any time, anywhere.

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After launching On-net pack and 2 STD Packs, it’s now time to enjoy the benefits of Rs.197.

Yes it’s true, now uninor customers across Kolkata and Rest of Bengal can enjoy 2000 free minutes between uninor to uninor in local across Kolkata & RoB plus 700 FREE minutes for other network calls in local which means a whopping 2700 minutes in all.

This pack is priced at Rs.197 which comes with no talk time and with 30 days of tariff validity. All STD calls in this pack are charged at 49p/minute and all sms will be charged at 49p/sms

Post 30 days enjoying this tariff, customers will be able to enjoy the base tariff of 24×7 badalta discount. This offer can only be availed through Mobile Top-Up of Rs.197. This pack can be clubbed with 24×7 badalta discount and any sms pack.

The tariff details are tabulated below:

Particulars	STV 197
MRP (Rs.)	197
Talk Time (Rs.)	0
Benefits	Local calls between Uninor to Uninor unlimited, Local calls between Uninor to others unlimited
Fine Print	Fair usage limit up to a maximum 2000 mins. Of local Uninor to Uninor calls per month and Maximum 700 mins. of local calls to other networks per month
Tariff Validity	30 days

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Sony BRAVIA has been declared as the market leader in the Flat Panel Display sales by market research company GFK Nielsen India. In May 2010, Sony BRAVIA grabbed 32 percent of the market share.

It is reported that the company sold more than 35 thousand units in the month of May. This was more than the sum of the LCD and Plasma TV units sold by any of its other competitors in that month.


Sony BRAVIA has recorded a substantial growth in its market share from 24.3 percent in January to 32 percent in May.
Masaru Tamagawa, Managing Director, Sony India, said, "Indian consumers trust and recognize Sony's relentless commitment towards quality and unparalleled customer service. Our sincere endeavor would be to maintain this leadership position in its true sense in upcoming months."

Sony BRAVIA is the most sold LCD brand in the 22 inch, 32 inch and 40 inch and above segment, clearly indicating its strong appeal across different customer segments. These three segments together contribute more than 75 percent of all LCD TV units sold in India.

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Onida has come up with a range of Movie TVs, the first of its kind in India, that include USB 2.0 which allows users to watch movies, photographs and listen to music directly from the USB port. The Movie TV range includes the models - ONIDA 21 Ace 300 USB, ONIDA 21 CARBON 300 USB, ONIDA 21 ARIA 350 USB and ONIDA 21 Thunder 1200 USB. The ONIDA 21 Ace 300 USB is available in markets at a price of Rs. 9190.

There are many features in the Movie TV range like USB Playback, Music Mode, Surround Sound, ZAP or Timer Return, Digital Eye, Wrap Sound Technology. The Music Mode allows user to hear music without the picture being on. The Timer Return helps the user to skip ads while watching the TV. The Wrap Sound Technology comes with hidden speakers that enable wide range sound to spread across.

Anand Ramadurai, GM, Marketing, ONIDA, said, "The expected growth rate of CTVs is positive and on a rise even with the end of the Football World Cup 2010. While the LCD prices have been dropping consistently over the last 18 months or so, the Ultra Slims TVs are growing fastest in the CTV space. We are expecting to almost double our contribution from this range in the current fiscal year."

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Bharti Airtel, India’s largest cellular services providers today announced the launch of new BlackBerry service plans with the flexibility to choose weekly and monthly offers with Unlimted Email and Internet at affordable price for its prepaid customers.

Airtel BlackBerry smartphone customers on the new prepaid service plans can enjoy unlimited access to email, BlackBerry Messenger, Instant Messaging (IM), Social networking and Internet browsing, as well as access to the BlackBerry AppWorld application store, at a pocket friendly price starting at Rs.100 for a week and Rs.399 for a month.

Apart from the above new plans, Airtel also has Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP) + Instant Messaging Plans at Rs.80 for 7 Days and Rs.299 for a month. For Monthly Enterprise-Mail Service subscribers charges Rs.899 for Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP), Instant Messaging, Internet Browsing and Office emails for 30 days. The launch of Airtel BlackBerry prepaid service plans reiterates Airtel’s promise to make mobile Internet browsing more attractive and economical to all its customers, especially the upwardly mobile youth and enterprising women of today.This service will enable them to do much more on their mobile phones at attractive prices ranging from Rs.100 for 7 Days to Rs. 399 per month.

Customers can also access as many as ten supported email accounts such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Google Mail and chat on popular services including Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk and Yahoo! Messenger.

As an additional customer benefit, BlackBerry smartphones can display messages from multiple mailboxes in a single Inbox and support the viewing of email attachments including Microsoft Word (.doc), Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt), Microsoft Excel (.xls), and Adobe pdf (.pdf) documents, as well as image files (.jpg, .bmp, .png, .gif, .tiff).

Here are the Details-:

Plan Name	Rental	Validity	Benefits
Weekly Internet-Mail Service	Rs.100	7 Days	Unlimited Emails (POP/IMAP) Unlimited Instant Messaging Unlmited Internet Browsing
Monthly Internet-Mail Service	Rs.399	30 Days	Unlimited Emails (POP/IMAP) Unlimited Instant Messaging Unlimited Internet Browsing
Limited Plans (for Email and IM) :
Weekly Personal Mail	Rs 80	7 Days	Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP) + Instant Messaging. Note-: Internet browsing restricted in all Personal Mail plans.
Monthly Personal Mail	Rs.299	30 Days	Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP) + Instant Messaging. Note-: Internet browsing restricted in all Personal Mail plans.
Business EMail Plan :
Monthly Enterprise-Mail Service	Rs.899	30 Days	Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP)+ Instant Messaging + Internet Browsing + Office emails

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India’s National telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has introduced a new GSM mobile phone top-up service that allows its customers to instantly top up mobile phones of family and friends in their from anywhere in the World, following a partnership agreement with Ezetop, the world’s largest company specializing in online mobile phone top-up services.

With the “ezetop” mobile recharge system any one can recharge, Gift a Top-up or add balance to any preapid BSNL mobile numbers via https://www.ezetop.com/. In this service, the top-up goes straight to the phone and can be used right away by whoever receives it.Ezetop is the largest and fastest growing international group focused on international and online mobile phone top up. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with offices in Miami and Dubai, Ezetop leads the global top-up space, and has been at the forefront of this sector since its inception.

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Idea Cellular launches one of the lowest tariffs for Mumbai circle which will enable you to talk local in Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa for as low as 30paise/minute irrespective of mobile & landline and also you can enjoy all STD calls to any phone across India at just 50paise/minute.

Idea cellular is betting very big on this one of the most customer centric offer as whole city has banners campaigning about this offer.

The campaign is dubbed as “Koi bhed bhav nahi” clearly states that all local calls across Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa will be charged at just 30paise/minute.

Not surprisingly, to enjoy this low cost tariff a monthly recharge of Rs.19 has to be done. For per minute plan all STD calls will be charged at 50p/minute whereas if your base tariff has per second benefit then all STD calls will be charged at 1p/second and the validity of this tariff continues to be 30 days!

The tariff details are tabulated below: Particulars STV 19
MRP (Rs.) 19
Talk time (Rs.) 0
Benefit All local calls across Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa at 30paise /minute &

STD calls at 50paise/minute (1p/sec. for per second billing tariff)
Tariff Validity 30 days

For more, call !dea customer care at 9702012345 or log on to www.ideacellular.com

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After the Vodafone’s Prepaid blackberry services, Tata Docomo, the youngest and fastest-growing pan-India GSM Mobile service operator join the bandwagon of “Prepaid BlackBerry” and introduced new, affordable and exciting prepaid plans with Daily and weekly preferences.

Tata Docomo prepaid customers can choose from two service plans BlackBerry MaiLite, which offers customers access to e-mail and instant messaging services, and BlackBerry Internet Service, which also offers access to e-mail and instant messaging, as well as social networking sites and Internet browsing. The new prepaid plans include daily and weekly BlackBerry service plans for customers in India.

BlackBerry MaiLite and BlackBerry Internet Service are available at monthly packages of Rs 299 and Rs 900, weekly packages of Rs 85 and Rs 250, and daily packages of Rs. 12 and Rs. 35 respectively. Furthermore to increase the adoption of internet usage on the device, Tata DOCOMO is offering one week free trial usage of internet service on BlackBerry.Announcing the launch of pre-paid BlackBerry services and the daily plans, Mr Deepak Gulati, President, Tata Docomo, said: “We are delighted to announce this unique offer for BlackBerry smartphones. We want to give flexibility to our BlackBerry customers by giving them the option to choose from daily and weekly plans thus liberating them from monthly commitments alone. These plans are of great value to all those customers who seek to be in control of their expenses.”

Under the BlackBerry MaiLite service plan, customers get unlimited access to email and popular instant messaging services. It allows customers to access as many as 10 supported e-mail accounts such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Google Mail and chat on popular services, including Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry Messenger. As an additional benefit, BlackBerry Smartphones can display messages from multiple mailboxes in a single inbox and support viewing of e-mail attachments.

The BlackBerry Internet Service gives customers all the features of the BlackBerry MaiLite plan, plus unlimited access to social networking sites and Internet browsing.

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The latest Quality of GSM Network results released by the Mumbai based Pyro BKP Telecom Consultant have rated Vodafone Essar as the number one operator in Mumbai followed by Loop Mobile (formerly known as BPL Mobile) as number 2 , Idea Cellular as 3 and Bharti Airtel in the forth position for network quality in Mumbai telecom circle.

The Research Survey conducted on four private telecom operators in Mumbai by leading wireless network consultancy service agency Pyro BKP Telecom Consultants Pvt Ltd. The Benchmarking drive test was conducted using a “Nemo Network Analyzer” Tool and cover total distance of 2054 Km across the length and breadth of Mumbai city. In this Survey Loop Mobile network emerged with Minimum Blocked and ranked number one in call set up success rate and GPRS Data Speed.While Mumbai’s largest GSM mobile service operator Vodafone holds the first position for better quality and minimum call drops. Loop Mobile ranked number 2 in over all ranking a wafer-thin margin,Vodafone had better on Road and outdoor network coverage compare to all other private operators.

The Survey data was collected during the business hours of 09:00 to 18:00 and Nokia Handsets were used while conducting the survey.Following factors were looked into it Call Set up Success rate, Call Drop Rate, Blocked call rate, % of No Service Locations, On Road Coverage Laval and Handover Success rate.

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India’s National Telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today launched its 3G GSM mobile and High Speed Wireless Internet services (3G Data services) in Vadodara (Baroda) city in Gujrat Telecom circle.

BSNL 3G services was inaugurated by Mr. Satya Pal, Chief General Manager (CGMT), BSNL Gujarat in the presence of Mr. Ramakant Sharma Principal General Manager of BSNL, Vadodara SSA.

Speaking on the launch of 3G services in Gujarat, Mr. Satya Pal said BSNL 3G Mobile and High Speed Data Services which is already launched in the state capital Gandhinagar and Ahemdabad city and now available in Vododara. He also announced that BSNL would cover 60 cities and towns including all District headquarters across Gujarat by September. In Rajkot, 3G services will be launched on July 25 while in Surat it will be launched by end of this month or first week of August. We are working to launch the 3G services in all major cities in the Gujarat telecom circle by the end of August-2010.

Riding on 3G, BSNL gives several options including High Speed Internet access with faster data downloading speed up to 3.6 Mbps, video calls and also subscribers can enjoy Live Mobile TV & VoIP services on 3G Compatible mobile phone.

BSNL 2G Prepaid customers of Gujarat can migrate to 3G by recharging with a Special tariff Voucher (STV) of Rs.21 or just send SMS, “ACT 3G” to 53733 following which Rs.21 will deducted from their balance and they will be migrated to 3G for a period of 30 days. These migrated customers can experience Video Calling, High Speed Internet, Mobile TV etc at 3G charges while retaining their 2G Voice Plan. Prepaid subscriber also allow to migrate in 3G Plan-120 by sending SMS “M3G120″‘ to ”53733″.

BSNL 2G Postpaid customers in Gujarat have to pay additional Rs.25 only per month to avail 3G services over and above their 2G services. The existing 2G Postpaid customers can also send SMS, ACT 3G to 53733. They can also approach customer service centers to subscribe 3G services .

BSNL also offers high-speed mobile Internet access for PCs and Laptops through the USB Data card subscription which comes with free all India roaming including Mumbai & Delhi. Convenient 3G data plans ranging from Rs.249 to Rs.2499 are available with both Postpaid & Prepaid options.To give the customers firsthand experience of 3G, Trial Packs have also been launched. As an introductory offer, local and national video calls from home LSA will be charged @30p/min.

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In an attempt to boost its Calling Card services, state run telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced the launch of Pan-India applicable ”India Telephone Card” (ITC Card) with per second billing for Local/STD and ISD Calls.

The call charges will be 1p/second for all Local and STD calls to anywhere in India. While ISD calls to anywhere in the world will be charged as per second tariff from 6p/sec pulse to 45p/sec depends on Intentional location.

BSNL’s prepaid ITC card also known as the Virtual Calling Card is a pre-paid card which gives freedom to a customer to make local, STD, or ISD calls from any BSNL/MTNL land line or GSM phone. Cost of such call is debited against the paid credit of the ITC. The phone line from which call is made is not charged at all. There is no hassle of dynamic locking your phone and sharing password with anyone else in the family. Each member of your family may use a separate ITC sharing the same phone line. In case your ITC is stolen the loss is limited only to the credit balance left for that ITC – no more.

For more details on card denomination and ISD tariff click here BSNL ITC Card- Per Second.

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After the Pay Per Second and low cost Roaming tariff now the focus of Indian mobile price war completely shifted to the Free GPRS and SMS bundled with new connections or recharges.

Reliance Communications (RCom), once again targeted its rival by launching new prepaid pack dubbed as “Reliance Buzz” for its new prepaid GSM customers in Karnataka telecom circle.

The new Reliance Buzz GSM Prepaid Pack comes with a first recharge priced at Rs.66 with a talk time of Rs.40 and one-year validity. Subscriber can select Pay per second Plan (all calls at 1p/sec) or Pay per minute (all calls at 50p/min) as their own choice.

With this pack subscriber will get Free 500 SMS per day for a year and 40% off on subscriptions of Mobile Internet Pack of Rs.99 (up to 2.5GB) valid for 12 months from the date of recharges. In other words the Mobile Internet Pack will cost just Rs.59 per month instead of Rs.99 for all Reliance Buzz subscribers.

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