Reliance Industries to buy 95% stake in Infotel Broadband
- Category: BroadBand
- Friday, 11 June 2010 18:56
- Written by Puneet Jain
Reliance Industries Ltd (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 of the auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum conducted by the DoT. RIL 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 plans to create world class state- of-the-art technology using an asset light RIL plans to create world class state- of-the-art technology using an asset light technology players, service providers, infrastructure providers, application developers, device manufacturers and others to leapfrog India to the 4G revolution.
RIL will comply with the non-compete and trademark agreements entered into at the time of corporate demerger and subsequent modifications made last month.
Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited said “We see this as the next wave of value creation opportunity in the wireless broadband space. We believe this will pole-vault India’s economy into the digital world at an accelerated pace while creating next generation tools that will enhance productivity and create world-class consumer experiences.”
BSNL updgrades bandwidth speed for its 'Unlimited Broadband' customers
- Category: BroadBand
- Tuesday, 08 June 2010 12:53
- Written by Bandhan Preet Singh
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) recently upgraded bandwidth of its customers using Unlimited Home Plans at no extra cost. BSNL has doubled the speed of 750 Home unlimited plan from 256 kbps to 756 Kbps and the speed of 1350 plan is increased 4 Times from 512 Kbps to 2Mbps.
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Existing Bandwidth |
Revised Bandwidth
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|
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Plan Name |
Bandwidth Speed |
Bandwidth Speed |
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BB Home UL 750 |
256 Kbps |
512 Kbps |
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BB Home Combo UL 750 |
256 Kbps |
512 Kbps |
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BB Home Combo UL 1350 |
512 Kbps |
2 Mbps upto 15 GB, after that 512Kbps |
Airtel offers 2 year free Britannica online subscription to its Broadband users
- Category: BroadBand
- Tuesday, 01 June 2010 09:58
- Written by Puneet Jain
Bharti Airtel has entered into an exclusive partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica. The partnership will allow Bharti Airtel to offer a two year free subscription, worth Rs.6575 to Britannica online (www.britannica.com, www.eb.com) for all its Broadband users.K. Srinivas Joint President,Telemedia Services, Bharti Airtel, said “Our partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica is part of our larger commitment to offer an enhanced broadband experience to our customers, especially to children and the young adults. Encyclopaedia Britannica has created a huge body of content for Indian audiences in art, culture, cinema, education across various mediums and is in line with our commitment of partnering the world’s best for offering innovative content for customers.”
Jorge Cauz President Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. said, "Britannica Online contains rich information along with rich multimedia, and that makes it an excellent match for Bharti Airtel's broadband service. India is one of the largest English speaking markets and is an important market to EB's expansion plans in the Asia Pacific. We believe the Indian broadband users will enjoy EB's rich, up-to-date and accurate information and we welcome their active participation as part of our growing community. As broadband become more widely available in India, we hope that more families can enjoy EB's various online services and share the knowledge we are committed to provide more than 240 years. This agreement is an important step in that direction."
This offering is more useful for school going students. The other category of consumers is more interested in discounts, free speed upgrades etc. Will you get a new Airtel Broadband connection to get 2 year free subscription to Britannica Online?
Airtel doubles speed for Broadband customers at no extra cost
- Category: BroadBand
- Tuesday, 23 March 2010 07:58
- Written by Puneet Jain
Airtel has upgraded broadband speeds of all its existing customers (on 64, 128, 256 Kbps) to a minimum of 512 Kbps. Further, customers currently on 512 Kbps plans and 1mbps plans will have their speeds doubled to 1Mbps and 2Mbps respectively. The upgrades come at no extra cost to existing customers and will be completed by June 2010 pan India. Airtel also announced the launch of ‘Impatience Plans’ which offers 4 Mbps speed plans at Rs. 899/month. .The Impatience Plans will be available in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. As part of the Impatience Plan offerings, customers can either avail an Unlimited Data Transfer Plan OR opt for a Continous Hi Speed Plan-details as below.
| Plan Name | Impatience 899 | Impatience 1099 | Impatience 1399 | Impatience 1799 |
| Speed | 4 Mbps | 4 Mbps | 4 Mbps | 4 Mbps |
| Rental (Rs.) | 899 | 1099 | 1399 | 1799 |
| High Speed Download (in GB) | 6 | 12 | 25 | 50 |
| Option 1: Unlimited Data Transfer Plan | Post Hi Speed download continue browsing @ 256 Kbps | |||
| Option 2: Continuous High Speed Plan | Continue at 4 Mbps @ 10 paise/MB per additional MB (Post High Speed download) | |||
| Free Bundled | Parallel Ringing | Parallel Ringing | Parallel Ringing | Parallel Ringing |
| VAS | Airtelmail | Airtelmail | Airtelmail | Airtelmail |
| Website Builder | Website Builder | Website Builder | ||
| PC Secure | PC Secure | PC Secure | ||
| Online Storage | Online Storage | |||
| Unlimited Gaming | Unlimited Gaming | |||
Airtel Broadband users can now enjoy speed of 2Mbps for youtube.com/ipl
- Category: BroadBand
- Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:45
- Written by Puneet Jain
Airtel Broadband users can now enjoy a ‘buffer-free’ live cricket viewing experience on www.youtube.com/ipl from 12th March – 25th April as Airtel has provided a free updgrade to a speed of 2 Mbps. Airtel, the official Broad Sponsor of Cricket on Youtube for IPL 2010, took this step so that more and more People watch such a major event online.This limited period offer is available only for the duration of the IPL on www.youtube.com/ipl. For any other sites, the customer will continue to surf and download as per the speed plan that they have opted for. Upgraded speed of 2 Mbps applicable only for live cricket streaming on youtube.com/ipl page and not for other YouTube content.
TATA Photon+ (Mobile Broadband Service) now in Pune
- Category: BroadBand
- Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:48
- Written by Puneet Jain
TATA Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited has launched the TATA Photon+ in Pune. TTML earlier launched TATA Photon + in Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Kolhapur and Goa. The Tata Photon+ service will be accessible via both USB Modems and Routers, catering to consumer and business segments. TATA Photon+ USB device is available at Rs. 2299. To know TATA Photon+ tariff details click here.
I recently reviewed TATA Photon+. To read my review click here.
BSNL reduces tariff of EVDO Unlimited Postpaid Plan
- Category: BroadBand
- Wednesday, 10 March 2010 15:44
- Written by Puneet Jain
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has announced promotional tariff reduction for its EVDO postpaid unlimited plan. Earlier BSNL EVDO users who were using unlmited were paying Rs. 999 per month to avail unlmited download/upload but under this promotional offer all the existing customers and new customers can get the unlimited plan at Rs. 750 per month. Existing customers of BSNL of are using any plan other than unlimited plan can switch to unlimited plan to avail reduced tariff. The promotional offer is valid till 31st March 2010.BSNL EVDO tariff in Detail
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Fixed Monthly Charges (in Rs.) |
Monthly free usage in GB |
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199 |
0.5 |
| 299 | 1 |
| 449 | 2 |
| 649 | 5 |
| 750 (Valid for new subscribers and existing subscribers who upgrade their plan) |
Unlimited |
Please note that :
- Service Tax as applicable will be charged extra.
- The above bundle free usage will also be available while roaming.
- The usage charges beyond bundled free usage will be @ Rs. 0.50 per MB.
- The above volume-based tariff will be applicable wherever volume-based charging and billing is feasible. Otherwise, revised Unlimited plan (Rs.999) as mentioned above will be applicable.
MTNL (Mumbai) offers Unlimited Broadband Combo Plan at Rs. 495
- Category: BroadBand
- Friday, 26 February 2010 19:41
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), today announced the launch of a new Unlimited Broadband Combo plan (Including landline) at Rs.495.MTNL’s Unlimited Combo Brodband - 495 plan comes at monthly rental of Rs.495 along with Rent free Land line and Broadband connectivity at 320 Kbps with. The new plan will be available form 1st March 2010 to 31st March 2010.The existing customers will be allowed to migrate in plan with in the above promotional periods only.
MTNL Unlimited Broadband Combo Plan in Detail :
| Plan Name | DSL_Unlimited_Combo_495 |
| Monthly Rent
(Broadband + Land line) |
Rs.495 |
| Annual Subscription (Optional) (Pay for 11 Month Get free for One Month) | Rs.5445 |
| Download speed | 320 Kbps |
| Free Email Id | 1 |
| Land line call Charges | As per Normal Landline Plan |
| DSL Modem Rent | Free |
| Customer Care | For Information and Plan Migration Dial 1500 /22221500 (Toll Free)
For Complaint- Dial 198 (Toll Free) For Technical Assistance -Dial 1504 or 22221504 (Toll Free) |
BSNL introduced fastest Broadband in India
- Category: BroadBand
- Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:02
- Written by Puneet Jain
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has introduced High Speed Broadband with speeds up to 24 Mbps. This high speed broadband is made available with Very high speed Digital Subscriber Loop (VDSL) Technology. 16Mbps & 24 Mbps broadband is made available across the country. This service is available at Limited Usage tariff plans with monthly charges of Rs.4999 for speeds up to 16 Mbps and Rs.9999 for speeds up to 24 Mbps. High speed broadband is available to customers which are close to broadband exchange nodes.While 24 Mbps broadband will be available to customers up to around 500 meter cable route distance from the exchange, 16 Mbps broadband is available to customers up to around 1 Km. from the exchange.BSNL is already offering broadband service with speeds ranging from 256 kbps up to 8 Mbps. To avail the service, customers can dial 1504 or 1800-464-1600 or visit www.bsnl.co.in or contact their nearer customer service centre.
MTNL (Mumbai) upgrades Unlimited Broadband Plan
- Category: BroadBand
- Tuesday, 16 February 2010 17:35
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced free upgradation of Broadband Speed on all its Unlimited Broadband Tariff plan free of cost for its customers in Mumbai.Keeping plan charges same, MTNL increased broadband speed, Now subscribers of Unlimited Plan 599 users will be eligible for the 512 Kbps instead of its earlier speed of 256kbps, while the DSL Unlimited 749 plan, DSL Unlimited 999 and DSL Unlimited Games Plans users will get 752kbps, 1 Mbps and 1.152 Mbps respectively the faster broadband speed enhancements at the existing rates.
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Plan Name |
Download speed |
Monthly Free Data Download |
Monthly Rent |
No. of Free Email Ids with 4MB |
Annual DSL Subscription (Optional) Pay of 11 month get free for One Month |
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DSL_Unlimited_599 |
512Kbps |
Unlimited |
Rs.599 |
1 |
Rs.6589 |
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DSL_Unlimited_749 |
752Kbps |
Unlimited |
Rs.749 |
1 |
Rs.8239 |
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DSL_Unlimited_999 |
1 Mbps |
Unlimited |
Rs.999 |
1 |
Rs.10989 |
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DSL Unlimited Broadband and Unlimited Online Games_1350 |
1.152 Mbps |
Unlimited |
Rs.1350 |
1 |
NA |
MTNL is providing the truly Unlimited Broadband plan without any “Fair Usage Policy” or limitations regarding download and uploads. The monthly CPE service charges are also waived off for all Unlimited Plans users.
