Airtel announces new Prepaid BlackBerry Plans
- Category: Airtel
- Thursday, 22 July 2010 18:50
- Written by Puneet Jain
Airtel has introduced new Plans for its Prepaid BlackBerry subscribers. Earlier Vodafone and Tata DOCOMO also introduced the new Prepaid BlackBerry Plans. Airtel is giving its subscribers an option to go for either Weekly Plans or Monthly Plans. The BlackBerry service Plans which Airtel is currently offering to its Prepaid subsribers are - BlackBerry Personal Mail and BlackBerry Internet Services.The BlackBerry Personal Mail service plan offers unlimited access to the industry-leading email and instant messaging features of BlackBerry Internet Service, allowing Airtel customers to access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) as well as various instant messaging services (including Windows Live Messenger, GTalk, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry Messenger) from a single device.
The BlackBerry Internet Services Plan offer all the features of the BlackBerry Personal Mail service Plan alongwith Unlimited Internet Browsing.
Details of Airtel Prepaid BlackBerry Plans
| Plan Name | Rental | Duration (Days) | Benefits |
| Weekly Personal Mail | Rs 80 | 7 | Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP) + Instant Messaging |
| Monthly Personal Mail | Rs 299 | 30 | |
| Weekly Internet-Mail Service | Rs 100 | 7 | Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP) + Instant Messaging + Internet Browsing |
| Monthly Internet-Mail Service | Rs 399 | 30 | |
| Monthly Enterprise-Mail Service | Rs 899 | 30 | Unlimited emails (POP/IMAP)+ Instant Messaging + Internet Browsing + Office emails |
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Airtel to launch iPhone 4 by October
- Category: Airtel
- Tuesday, 20 July 2010 14:18
- Written by Puneet Jain
Airtel will be launching iPhone 4 in India by the month of October. TOI quoted Mr. Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel, "We are working with Apple. Hopefully, we will launch it in the September-October timeframe".Earlier, Vodafone also announced that it will launch iPhone 4 in India soon, however Vodafone did not specify any timeframe for the launch.
At the time of iPhone 4 launch Apple announced its plan to launch iPhone 4 in 88 countries by the month of September. So we can expect that both Vodafone and Airtel to launch iPhone 4 in India by this period.
Airtel Friendz scheme returns in Maharashtra and Goa
- Category: Airtel
- Tuesday, 06 July 2010 13:52
- Written by Mihir Patil
Yes,you read it right! The famous Airtel friendz pack which changed the fortunes of Airtel few years back in Maharashtra and Goa is back with a bang and this time it gets bigger with lot more benefits than the previous one.Airtel had stopped providing the original Friendz scheme a year and a half back after launching Friendz-2 scheme which gave the benefit of calling within Airtel Friendz at 20 paise/min.But according to the new scheme a user will be charged just 10 paise/min for calls made to Airtel Friendz(old and new),Airtel Campus(old and new) subscribers.Other local and STD calls will be charged at 50 paise/min.Following are the Tarrif details:-
Sim Cost- Rs.34
Sim Validity- Lifetime
Tariff Validity- 1 year
Airtel Friendz to Friendz,Campus Pack calls- 10 paise/min
Airtel Friendz to Other mobile calls(Including Airtel per second and lifetime subscribers)- 50 paise/min
STD calls- 50 paise/min
SMS Tariff:-
Daily 200 local and national sms free after first sms charged at Rs.1
NO DAILY RENTAL APPLICABLE ON THIS SCHEME!!!
Everyday the first call and first sms will be charged at Rs.1 and after that the Friendz calling and sms benefit will start.
Airtel has launched this scheme to tackle the FREE On-net calling pack launched by Docomo.Not a bad move considering the combo benefits this scheme offers without any daily rental.However the "first call and sms @ Rs.1" thing serves as a hidden rental only but subscribers might wanna give it a try considering the huge subscriber base Airtel has got in Maharashtra & Goa.
Airtel offers Free access to Facebook's Mobile site - m.facebook.com
- Category: Airtel
- Monday, 05 July 2010 13:25
- Written by Puneet Jain
Airtel entered into a partnership with Facebook to provide its 130+ million subscribers Free access to m.facebook.com for a period of 2 months.announced that it will offer the full mobile site of Facebook, The partnership enables Airtel subscribers to access Facebook’s full mobile site at no data cost from their Airtel mobiles via m.facebook.com. Free access to Facebook Mobile on Airtel is available for the entire months of July and August, 2010.For existing mobile internet customers on Airtel, there is no need to do anything – they can immediately start connecting with their friends by visiting the Facebook mobile site. Customers are accessing the mobile internet for the first time need to SMS ‘FACEBOOK’ to 54321 to take avail this offer.
Facebook’s mobile site will be initially available in English and Hindi, with five other languages – Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam – soon to follow by July 15, 2010.
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Bharti Airtel launches “Talk-to-me”
- Category: Airtel
- Thursday, 24 June 2010 11:10
- Written by Puneet Jain
Bharti Airtel has launched the first-of-its-kind revolutionary product “Talk to me on Airtel”. The innovative product was launched by Mr. Venkatesh V, CEO - Mobile Services, Karnataka, Bharti Airtel, accompanied by well-known Kannada Film Star Hatrick Hero - Shivaraj Kumar. This new product will now enable Airtel subscribers across Karnataka to connect and interact with their favorite superstars-LIVE at a touch of the button. Airtel is the first telecom service provider in the country which has created this unique platform for its customers to dial, connect and interact with their favorite stars-LIVE.Airtel Subscribers can call 5432171 through their Airtel network at Rs. 6/min. With the new dial in Service – Talk to Me, customers will be able to connect to the celebrity / singer. The service will allow a select group of callers at a time to connect with the celebrity for a live conversation in a sequential mode. Every caller will be prompted in advance and given equal time to interact with their favorite star through the IVR. The celebrity will have an option of managing the call by extending the time or move to next customer. Going forward Bharti Airtel will connect to the most popular celebrities in the state with their fan base.
Announcing the launch of new service, Mr. Venkatesh V, CEO, Mobile Services, Karnataka Circle, Bharti Airtel said “It has been a significant year at Bharti Airtel - Karnataka circle. With the circle completing 10 successful years of journey in the state, it has always been a game changer with dominant market share. One of the reasons for our success in Karnataka has been the innovative products that we have launched, which has endeared us to our customers. For any film buff, being able to actually speak to a super star, would be like a dream come true. We are delighted for being the first to introduce this revolutionary product, Talk to Me – a live voice chatting platform, that will help connecting our subscribers across Karnataka with their favorite super stars on the Airtel mobile network”
Commenting on the new product, the noted Kannada film actor ‘Hatrick Hero’ Shivraj Kumar, said, “It’s a great pleasure for me to be here at this moment and to be part of Airtel’s first-of-its-kind innovative product. I’m also honored for Airtel choosing me as their first celebrity for the unique initiative. ‘Talk to Me’ on Airtel now connects the subscribers across Karnataka LIVE with their favourite Kannada & Bollywood film stars and that will also help them to use the same platform to connect, communicate and interact with personalities from other genre too.”
Airtel App Central: Short Review of Airtel's App Store
- Category: Airtel
- Wednesday, 23 June 2010 11:24
- Written by Nikhil Pai
Airtel had recently launched their App Store in India labeled 'Airtel App Central' that works across various mobile platforms. The company has just announced that the store has crossed 4 months and seen over 13 million downloads since its inception. Currently Airtel App Central boasts of over 71,000 Apps in 25 categories & according to the company its the largest App Store in India. It supports over 780 different handsets from various manufacturers irrespective of the operating system.Airtel supplied us with a Airtel Live GPRS enabled Nokia E63 for our testing & this is what we found:
- Easy to Use: Ease of use is vital to an App Store's growth & Airtel App Central is fairly easy to use, even for a first time user. In our testing, the apps downloaded seamlessly over GPRS & we were up & running with using the Apps in no time!
- Plenty of Free Apps: If you do not prefer in paying for apps, then you need not worry. There are plenty of free apps available to download in Airtel App Central.
- Operator Billing for Paid Apps: This is the biggest differentiating factor between an App Store available from your handset manufacturer and one offered by a mobile operator such as Airtel. While making a payment in a handset manufacturer's App Store, you need to use your credit card & fill various forms; whereas in an operator App Store such as Airtel App Central, all you need to do is click to download the app & the charges for the app will be added to your monthly mobile bill or deducted from your prepaid account balance.
- Protection for purchased apps: Once an app is purchased, it can be used on the phone without any further cost, unless it’s a subscription-based service. For a subscription-based service, the price would be deducted when the subscription expires. In case the app gets deleted or doesn’t install correctly, the user is entitled to download the app again without paying for it again.
- Apps for Feature Phones : There are plenty of java based apps for feature phones, so if you do not have a smart phone, you can still enjoy the hundreds of java based apps for your feature phone. If your phone does not support a particular app, it will not be displayed to you. Though in our testing we were greeted with a couple of apps which were incompatible with our phone, but upon clicking the 'Download' button it promptly informed us that the app was not compatible.
Bharti Airtel unveils Airtel Blog - world’s first Voice-Blogging service
- Category: Airtel
- Saturday, 12 June 2010 12:50
- Written by Puneet Jain
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.How Airtel Blog Works
- To subscribe to a voice-blogger and follow their updates, simply dial *short-code* (for example *5000* for Amitabh Bachchan, or *91xxxxxxxx* for a friend.)
- To launch a voice-blog, just dial *7* and follow the prompts.
- When status updates are recorded, followers will receive free SMS notifications, and will be prompted to dial *2* to listen to the updates in their Airtel Blog inbox.
- You can leave a blog by dialing *7* @ 75p per min. You can start following each other free of cost. Only for being able to listen to another consumers blog you will have to dial *2* @ 75p per min.
- You can call up *9XXXXXXXXX* @ 75p per min to listen to all the old blogs of another consumer.
- Celebrity blogs can also be followed by dialing a number of codes like *5XXX* @ 75p per min @ Rs.10 per month.
- Activation of these celebrity blogs will also be done across access mediums (*321*22#, WAP & SMS – 52000).
Airtel offers Football World Cup 2010 Match Day Alert and much more
- Category: Airtel
- Friday, 11 June 2010 13:47
- Written by Puneet Jain
Bharti Airtel has announced various offerings for its subscribers gearing up for Football World Cup 2010.Airtel's offerings include Services like football match alerts, football quiz, LIVE scores, latest news, gossip, FIFA anthem, music & video ringtones, follow your favourite player, static and animated wallpapers, animated themes, games etc.
Here are the details
Here are the details
FOOTBALL MATCH-DAY ALERT
For Activation: Dial *321*472# @ Rs 3 per match day
HALL OF FAME
It allows you to get to know top 20 footballers in the world on your phone daily – trivia, records, stats, claim to fame, controversies. Top 20 footballers being showcased are: Lionel Messi.Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, KAKA, David Beckham, Dider Drogba, Arjen Robben, Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimvoc, Diego Milto-, Pelé, Maradona, Platini, Marco Van Basten, Fernando Torres, Ronaldo (Brazil), Franz Beckenbauer, Samuel Eto’o, David Villa, Carlos Tevez
For Activation: SUB HOF to 54321 @Rs 1 per day
AIRTEL GO! GO! GOAL CONTEST
It is a SMS based quiz contest on football. If you know all about the teams , players , coaches etc then answer the questions correctly and get a chance to fly to the country you support during the world cup, There will be weekly winners who will stand a chance to win Nokia phones while daily winners can walk away with football merchandise!.
To participate, SMS C to 543210 ( post subscription to Football Alerts)
Airtel has also created a special WAP portal for the Football World Cup 2010 called Airtel Football Zone. Customers will get all the news, LIVE scores, stadium details, statistics, line-ups, gossip and stories on footballers and much more. Through the above service, customers will also be able to access video clips on player quotes , fan reactions etc!
For more details visit http://airtel.in/football
Bharti Airtel acquires Zain, becomes 5th largest mobile operator in the world
- Category: Airtel
- Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:22
- Written by Puneet Jain
Bharti Airtel Ltd has acquired Zain Group’s (“Zain”) mobile operations in 15 countries across Africa for an enterprise valuation of USD 10.7 billion. With this acquisition Bharti Airtel becomes the 5th largest mobile operator in the world. This acquisition will Bharti Airtel to operate in 18 countries across Asia and Africa.Bharti’s acquisition of Zain’s African mobile services operations covers 15 countries with a total customer base of over 42 million. The total population base covered is over 450 million with telecom penetration of approximately 32%. The countries in which Bharti has acquired the operations are - Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Zain is the market leader in 10 of the 15 countries and second in 4 countries.
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti said, “We are delighted at the closure of this transformational deal for India and Bharti. We would like to express our deep gratitude and thank the governments of all the fifteen countries as well as the government of India for their overwhelming support to this landmark event. This will further strengthen the historic Indo-Africa economic & social ties and provide a big boost to South-South cooperation.
Bharti, which has been working towards its vision of expansion into Africa, is committed to contributing to the growth of telecom in the region by taking networks deep into these countries and providing affordable services that touch the common man. We also promise our customers in Africa a superior brand experience and a portfolio of innovative products & services.
We would like to welcome over 6500 talented and highly qualified professionals to the Bharti family and look forward to working with them to take these operations from strength to strength. We would like to thank the Zain team for their professionalism, which enabled us to close this transaction in a record time.”
Bharti, which has been working towards its vision of expansion into Africa, is committed to contributing to the growth of telecom in the region by taking networks deep into these countries and providing affordable services that touch the common man. We also promise our customers in Africa a superior brand experience and a portfolio of innovative products & services.
We would like to welcome over 6500 talented and highly qualified professionals to the Bharti family and look forward to working with them to take these operations from strength to strength. We would like to thank the Zain team for their professionalism, which enabled us to close this transaction in a record time.”
Bharti Airtel Brings My Tunes Services for GSM Subscribers in Delhi
- Category: Airtel
- Tuesday, 04 May 2010 11:34
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of My Tunes on mobile in Delhi telecom circle. Choosing from over 23 categories on India's largest music library of over half a million tracks, Airtel's mobile customers in Delhi can now listen to a new song of their choice when they make calls.My Tunes offers Airtel's mobile customers greater control and freedom over the content they consume at a simple and affordable weekly subscription. It also presents them with a fresh listening experience - with access to an unlimited playlist of songs from India's largest music library. Unlimited playlist as a feature has been made available in India for the first time on the mobile.
Airtel mobile customers in Delhi can choose from across 23 categories that include Bollywood songs, Devotional Songs, English Rock songs and many more. To subscribe to My Tunes, a customer simply needs to dial 54345 from their mobile phone.
Mr. Shashi Arora, CEO-Delhi & NCR, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel said, "Starting with the launch of Hello Tunes in 2004, Airtel has led the music on mobile revolution in India. With the My Tunes service, today we are putting the power and freedom of choice in the hands of the customer - the power to choose the content he wishes to consume alongwith the freedom to enjoy an unlimited music experience on mobile."
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Mr. Shashi Arora, CEO-Delhi & NCR, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel said, "Starting with the launch of Hello Tunes in 2004, Airtel has led the music on mobile revolution in India. With the My Tunes service, today we are putting the power and freedom of choice in the hands of the customer - the power to choose the content he wishes to consume alongwith the freedom to enjoy an unlimited music experience on mobile."
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