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State run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched one new GPRS Packs at Rs.14 and rationalized all existing limited and Unlimited GPRS plans for its 2G prepaid GSM mobile service users in Tamilnadu telecom circle.

The BSNL 2G prepaid subscribers in Tamilnadu circle can opt the new GPRS Pack by paying Rs.14 (Rs.13 for SMS based activation) for 3 Days access up 100 MB data transfer.The new GPRS pack will works in Home Circle as well as in National Roaming without any extra cost. Subscriber can access GPRS on Mobile Phone as well as browsing through PC or Laptop.

GPRS Pack of Rs.20 (Rs.18 for SMS based activation) will provide Fully Unlimited Internet browsing and downloads (Data Transfer) without and Fare Usage Policy (FUP) for 1 day access (up to midnight) from the date of recharges.

Bharti Airtel today gave social networking a voice with the official unveiling of Airtel Blog. With nearly 2 million users having experienced it in the first 3 months of its launch, Airtel Blog is currently the world’s fastest growing voice-oriented social networking service. With this, Airtel has brought the power of social networking on voice to its mobile customers – where they can share recorded voice updates with their followers – fans, friends or family.

Catch all the Football World Cup 2010 action on your Vodafone mobile. Vodafone to cash in the Football Fever is offering its subscribers Football alerts, songs, videos, wallpapers and games. Vodafone subscribers can also set Football anthems as their caller tunes and ringtones.

Football Alerts
To get news and updates on football on your Vadafone mobile dial *123*04#. You will be charged Rs.3/day for receiving the alerts.

MediaTek India, a well known semiconductor company has recently carried out a survey with shopkeepers and mobile phone users to gauge the latest trends in this space.

The study reveals that India is still a low cost phone destination. About 50% of the users interviewed still tend to buy a handset in the Rs.1500 – Rs. 2000 range with basic functionalities.

This is similar to an earlier survey carried out by MediaTek in rural India, where 55% of the rural users too buy a low cost phone based on the recommendations of peers, friends, family etc.

The survey was carried out over a sample size of 1000 people in Metros and about 300 shopkeepers. It consisted of a mixed group of people belonging to the middle and low income groups including young people and students.

SMSGYAN joins the World Cup 2010 fever! Stay close to your favorite team. Get instant access to live match scores and and upcoming matches.

SMSGYAN is going to cover all FIFA World Cup matches under this service.Viewers who do not wish to miss football scores can get to know live scores by just sending an sms.

Viewers have to send sms “GYAN WORLDCUP” to 56161 to avail this service on their mobile. They will be charged as per operator charges for sending each sms.

Deepak Ravindran CEO Innoz Mobile quoted “As part of our SMSGYAN platform, we would like to offer value to our users by keeping them up to date with the latest scores by providing Goal by Goal update on our GYAN 56161”

Along with live scores, this service will also provide updates about match schedule of the day and recent results.

LAVA Mobiles today announced the launch of LAVA M 23, the music series, which is a perfect blend of entertainment and fun and which would undeniably accomplish the quirk for music.

LAVA M23 is a stylish, Dual SIM phone that has been designed for the music lovers. The phone has high acoustic clarity and has capability to beat the heart of the listeners and also comes with an audio jack, which makes the feel of music clearer. Lava M23 comes for a price tag of Rs.4, 499/-

M23 is pre loaded with MP3 player that enable users to explore and enjoy different melodies at ease. It comes with an expandable memory up to 8 GB.The Bluetooth also has A2DP profile through which the music can be enjoyed on wireless Bluetooth enabled headsets.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a substantial stake in Infotel Broadband Services (P) Ltd, which has emerged as a successful bidder in all the 22 circles (Pan India) of the auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum conducted by the DoT.

RIL said that it will invest about Rs 4,800 crore by way of subscription to fresh equity capital at par to be issued by Infotel Broadband. Post this investment, RIL will own 95% of the equity and Infotel Broadband will be a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited.

RIL claims that the broadband opportunity as a new frontier of knowledge economy in which it can take a leadership position and provide India with an opportunity to be in the forefront among the countries providing world-class 4G network and services.