Aircel launches GSM mobile services in Rajasthan
- Category: Aircel
- Friday, 29 October 2010 17:41
- Written by Mihir Patil
Aircel launched their GSM mobile services in Rajasthan today, thus getting credibility of a PAN India operator now. Aircel is now present in all 23 telecom circles. With a subscriber base of over 47 million, Aircel, the fifth largest service provider, extended its services all across Rajasthan and rolled out its 23rd circle with Rajasthan.Aircel is offering unlimited browsing for a period of 30days at Rs 98; 3days at Rs 14 and a one day pack at Rs 7 respectively anytime anywhere.
Further, Aircel announced the first PocketApps Store in association with Infosys this year. Aircel brings to its consumers in Rajasthan thousands of applications with Aircel PocketApps, giving way to a million possibilities. For a weekly charge of Rs. 7, you can download as many free applications as you want which could be from tracking your expenses, monitoring your fitness, scanning restaurant menus to reading newspapers in regional languages or even getting road directions.”
In addition there will be a range of simple Postpaid Plans starting with a monthly rental of Rs. 499 with inbuilt 1400 minutes to be used across local, STD and roaming ( on Aircel network) along with 2500 SMS, an inbuilt Pocket Internet and Unlimited dialer tunes for one month.
Aircel has introduced products with inbuilt VAS & Data for every segment. To reward high usage to the Youth of Rajasthan Aircel, has introduced a Value plan with inbuilt VAS & Data which @ Rs. 123 gives you Unlimited Pocket Internet surfing for a month and Unlimited dialer tunes with downloads at no extra cost. The Value plan further offers STD @ 1p/1sec, Aircel to others @ 1p/ 2secs and Aircel to Aircel @ 1p/3secs. The validity is for a period of six months. Aircel customers can enjoy free incoming calls while roaming on Aircel network across India for a period of 90 days.
Aircel also introduced International Calling Cards @99p/minute for calls to US and Canada.
Aircel introduces a Business Pack for the SME’s @Rs. 234 with inbuilt 500minutes (local and national) and 1000 SMSs (local and national). It also packs in Pocket Internet usage up to 2GB.
Another product for the Corporates and Institutions @Rs.345 comes with inbuilt 1000minutes (local and national) and 3000 SMSs (local and national) along with Unlimited Pocket Internet for one month.
Aircel announces ‘Aircel Apollo Mobile HealthCare’
- Category: Aircel
- Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:34
- Written by Puneet Jain
Aircel today announced the launch of the first Tele Healthcare delivery, ‘Aircel Apollo Mobile HealthCare’ for the consumers in India in association with the Apollo Hospitals Group. Aircel along with Apollo will address Healthcare plans to reach out to the masses anytime anywhere with the help of Tele Medicine and Tele Triage.Tele Triage is a solution to manage patient health concerns and symptoms via a telephone interaction by doctors. This service provides a structured medical advice and a disposition based on the symptoms and is available round –the- clock, from qualified Apollo Clinicians. It provides basic healthcare at the convenience of your home. It is Low -cost, High- quality innovative healthcare solution on your Mobile. In case you need Medicine (OTC) then the Doc can have it delivered to you through Apollo Pharmacy. In case of an emergency the Doc can send an ambulance through the Apollo Chain where-ever possible. Also, if you need to set up an appointment with a specialist then the Doc will do the needful. The service will be charged at Rs. 45 per consultancy.
Tele Medicine provides healthcare in real-time online. This allows the patients to consult physician /specialist over video for immediate health care. The patient data is collected through various processes like history, data-entry, biometrics and integration of medical equipment. The data is stored and shared between healthcare professionals to diagnose, treat and follow-up be it (regular treatment, post–surgery etc). This will be available at exclusive Aircel Retail outlets and at other Retail outlets as well. This services will be available Rs. 250 onwards, maximum charges will be Rs. 1000.
Aircel will start rolling out these services from Chennai
Aircel launches GSM mobile services in Gujarat
- Category: Aircel
- Friday, 27 August 2010 10:42
- Written by Puneet Jain
From today one more Mobile Operator will fight for share of GSM subscribers of Gujarat. Gujarat already has 8 GSM Mobile Operators and the newest addition to this list is Aircel. Gujarat is the 22nd Telecom Circle where now Aircel is present. There are Ads of Aircel in today's edition of leading newspapers of Gujarat, however we were unsure about it launch in entire Gujarat of only few selected city so we contacted Aircel's Corporate Communications Head - Ms. Shalini Sethi, she informed us that "Aircel is present in all of Gujarat". We expect that competition in GSM space in Gujarat will get fierce with Aircel's launch in the state as Aircel is more established Telecom operator than the other operators which recently launched their services in Gujarat.Aircel's Prepaid SIM Card is available at Rs. 25. It comes with no talk time and lifetime validity. Prepaid subscribers have an option to choose from 3 FRCs priced at Rs. 77, Rs 123 and Rs. 222. For its Pospaid customers in Gujarat Aircel has introduced 4 Plans - Easy Minutes 499, Easy Minutes 799, Easy Minutes 999 and Easy Minutes 1999.
While writing this Article I received Official Statement from Aircel, Here are more details :
Mr. Gurdeep Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Aircel said, “We are proud to be here in Gujarat and present to our customers a National Brand with a strong local connect. We will be introducing products and services uniquely tailored to meet the special needs of our Gujarat consumers and open to them a world of possibilities. We have introduced, extremely innovative Pocket Internet cards an Industry first by Aircel to democratize Internet on the mobile which offer the consumers unlimited browsing for a period of 30days @Rs 98; 3days @Rs 14 and a one day pack @ Rs 5 respectively anytime anywhere.
In addition there will be a range of simple Postpaid Plans starting with a monthly rental of Rs. 499 with inbuilt 1400 minutes to be used across local, STD and roaming ( on Aircel network) along with 2500 SMS and inbuilt Pocket Internet and Unlimited dialer tunes for one month. The Gujarat launch brings us closer to the completion of our Pan India roll-out.”
Mr. Gurdeep Singh, added, “We attribute our success to our core values of trustworthiness, simplicity, strong local connect and service that is value for money. We bring these same values to serve Gujarat. With mobile penetration of 50% and Internet penetration of 8% in Gujarat, there are a lot of segment based needs that an operator can fulfill for better consumer satisfaction.”
Aircel, has introduced a Value plan with inbuilt VAS & Data @ Rs. 123 which gives you unlimited Pocket Internet surfing for a month and Unlimited dialer tunes with downloads at no extra cost. This is inclusive of free Stock Updates.
Simple value plan offers STD @ 1p/1sec , Aircel to others @ 1p/ 2secs and Aircel to Aircel @ 1p/3secs. The validity is for a period of 90 days. Aircel subscribers in Gujarat can carry home tariffs while roaming on Aircel network across India for a period of 90 days.
To address a significant population that has a strong base in US and Canada, Aircel provides an attractive ISD pack @1.6p/sec for 90 days inbuilt in the Simple Value Plan.
Aircel introduces a Business Pack in Gujarat for the SME’s with unlimited community calling and Data @Rs.199 /Rs 499/Rs 999 for 1month / 3 months/ 6 months respectively offering absolutely free local Aircel to Aircel calls & SMS and Aircel to others and STD @ 45p. This is inclusive of free Stock Updates.
Aircel announced the first PocketApps Store in association with Infosys this year. Aircel brings to its consumers in Gujarat thousands of applications with Aircel PocketApps, giving way to a million possibilities. For a weekly charge of Rs. 7, you can download as many free applications as you want which could be from tracking your expenses, monitoring your fitness, scanning restaurant menus to reading newspapers in regional languages or even getting road directions.
VAS services of Aircel includes localized content including a WAP Portal page in Gujarati for any GPRS handset. In addition to this, there will be Music on demand, CRBT and an innovative voice based Doctor-on-call service among others.
Apart from a Retail coverage Aircel will provide a range of both prepaid and postpaid products through its exclusive company outlets in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot & Surat.
Aircel to Aircel calls now Unlimited FREE in RC 77 for Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa circle
- Category: Aircel
- Friday, 13 August 2010 12:38
- Written by Mihir Patil
The On-net tariff war is heating up the mobile space these days as we have seen operators like Tata Docomo, Uninor launch free On-net calling schemes in Maharashtra. Aircel has come up with a truly unlimited plan for On-net calling which is priced at Rs.77 and valid for 30 days. Before you get too excited, here is the catch, free calling benefit is only applicable to any TWO aircel numbers of Maharashtra and Goa (including Mumbai). However we can change the numbers as many times we want within the validity of the pack. Number selection will be charged at Rs.7 per number( max two numbers).Plan details:
- E-recharge with Rs.77 and get unlimited free calling to any two Aircel numbers in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa.
- After recharging, call 123 and follow the steps on IVR for number selection
- Subscriber will be charged Rs.7/number.
- Subscriber can change the numbers anytime they want by just calling 123 and following the procedure mentioned in IVR with a charge of Rs.7/number
- There will be no change in off-net, STD and SMS tariff.
This scheme is a good attempt to give affordable On-net free calling benefit without any fair usage policy. However this scheme would have given tough competition to Videocon Mobile's Rs.59 truly unlimited scheme had they given free calling benefit to every Aircel number. The coverage of Aircel in Maharashtra is just average despite their presense in Maharashtra for more than a year now. Maybe Aircel should concentrate more on building a strong network because it plays a very major role in aquiring a strong subscriber base.
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