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Micromax, the Indian mobile handset company announced its foray into Sri Lanka. Micromax has entered into a distribution arrangement with M/s Infinity Lanka Holdings (P) Limited for its Sri-Lankan venture. Infinity plans to make Micromax products available through 1500+ outlets across the country, ensuring deeper shelf space and wider outlet spread. To begin with, the company will launch 7 models of handsets and 3G USB Data Cards ranging from less than 3,000 and upto 25,000 Sri Lankan Rupees.

This is the 2nd international foray of the Micromax. Micromax’s 1st step in the international market was in Nepal. After Sri Lanka the company plans to launch its business in Bangladesh within a span of a month and finally taking Middle East market and Brazil route.

After the Unlimited Call plan by Reliance Communications and Tata Indicom for CDMA subscribers, state run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today joined the bandwagon of Unlimited callings and introduces Free Local and STD calling plans dubbed as Azadi Pack-210 and Azadi Pack-410 for its CDMA prepaid subscribers in all telecom circles.

The Unlimited Local Azadi Pack for Rs.210 allows BSNL CDMA customers to make unlimited free Local calling to BSNL network (Mobile/Landline). All other network local and STD calls to all network (including bsnl) will be charged at 30 paisa per minute.

The Unlimited Local & STD Azadi Pack for Rs.410 enabled BSNL CDMA customers to make unlimited free Local and STD calling to BSNL network. All other network Local and STD calls will be charged at 30 paisa per minute.

Kobian one of the leading brands in PC peripherals, today announced the launch of Mercury B2 Bizmobile mobile phone in India.

The Mercury B2 Bizmobile is fashionable candy bar style GSM Dual SIM handset .The new Mercury B2 Bizmobile phone is compatible with four band GSM 900 / DSC 1800 MHz and this feature packed handset offers a 1.2MP Camera & 2.0-inch TFT display.

B2 Bizmobile phone weighs 275.5 gms and features Micro SD Memory Card Slot for expanded memory with maximum of 2-GB storage space. The phone is also equipped with one touch FM radio, supports Mp3/4, LED torch and connectivity like GPRS.

B2 Bizmobile comes for a price tag of Rs.2750.

MTS India, the CDMA mobile service operator today announced that it has completed the launch of its services in the State of Goa and the Konkan region of Maharashtra telecom circle. MTS India’s CDMA services are now available in 984 towns of the Maharashtra and Goa telecom circle.

MTS has now completed its network roll out in the telecom circle of Maharashtra and Goa , offering both voice and data services. MTS had its high speed data service, MBlaze, operational in Goa from January 2010. MBlaze mobile broadband service is already available in the cities of Panjim, across Goa, Kolhapur , Sangli, Solapur, Pune, Nagpur , Amravati , Jalgaon, Aurangabad , Ahmednagar and Nasik .

MTS also made an inaugural promotional offer of half a paisa per second call charges, promising the best value proposition for its subscribers among the existing operators and competition. MTS subscribers can connect between MTS to MTS network

Acision today announced that Videocon Telecommunications Limited has selected Acision’s mobile data solutions in order to provide the most innovative, highest quality mobile services to users in the region.

This deal will help Videocon to offer the latest messaging, mobile broadband and charging solutions, enabling the operator to quickly grow its market share.

In coming days Videocon will rollout a range of rich mobile messaging, mobile broadband, advanced voicemail, prepaid data charging and mobile marketing services powered by a broad range of Acision’s mobile data products.

MTS India, joint venture of Russian giant Sistema and India’s steel tycoon Shyam Group,Pan-India CDMA operator gearing up to roll out its very own Application store like Airtel, Reliance, Aircel and Vodafone.

App stores are attracting attention from handset makers to telecom operators as soaring smartphone and mobile-Internet usages finds its way into mainstream telecom market.

It was just recently that Nokia launched Ovi, a mobile app store whereas Blackberry launched its App store. India’s leading telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance communications, Aircel and Idea Cellular already launched app store.

It is obvious that to increase revenue operators have to come up with new strategies, application store is a such a way far away from traditional value added services like caller tune, music store, voice portal etc.

Olive Telecom announced almost a month back that it will launch a Triple SIM. The wait is now over, Olive Telecom has launched the Olive Wiz (V-GC 8000). It is equipped with 2 slots for GSM SIM cards and 1 slot for a CDMA card. It comes with 3 different back panel - Black, Yellow and Orange. It is priced at Rs. 6499 and . Olive Wiz comes with a 100 day replacement warranty from the date of purchase as a part of the 1 year warranty.

Olive Wiz features a 2 megapixel camera, an expandable memory slot that can support upto 4 GB microSD Card and a 2.2" (5.58 cm) Color Screen.

Videocon Mobile Services has crossed the half million subscriber base in Mumbai.To mark the occasion, Videocon Mobile Services has announced the launch of a special offer, which provides triple benefits on a recharge of Rs.83. Under this scheme, on every recharge of Rs.83, customer can not only avail better value tariff, but can also enjoy full talk value on all top-ups for 3 months besides enjoying 100 free SMS for 30 days. Under this scheme, STD charges would cost only 50 paisa/min while local on-network and off-network charges would be only 20 paise/minute and 40 paise/minute respectively.

In a bid to promote 3G Mobile services, India’s National telecom backbone and Pan-India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced the promotional reduction in Video Call charges for its Postpaid and Prepaid 3G subscribers in all telecom circles.

With the massive reduction in Video Call charges, Now BSNL 3G subscriber can enjoy the next generation Local and STD video calling just at 30 paisa per minute. The above promotional tariff will be available for 90 days with effect from 1st June, 2010.

BSNL is the only service providers to have 3G spectrum across all the telecom circles.Recently the state operator crosses One Million 3G GSM Mobile and Data service subscriber mark and offers it next generation 3G services in more than 434 cities across India.

Videocon Mobile Services today announced that it has crossed the half million subscriber base in Mumbai.

To mark this occasion Videocon Mobile Services has come up with a special offer, which provides triple benefits on a recharge of Rs.83.

Under the triple benefits scheme, on every recharge of Rs.83, customer can not only avail better value tariff, but can also enjoy full talk value on all top-ups for 3 months besides enjoying 100 free SMS for 30 days.

What’s more, under this scheme, STD charges would cost only 50 paisa/ min while local on-network and off-network charges would be only 20 paise/minute and 40 paise/minute respectively.