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Now that the tariff war between telecom companies is almost steadying up, Tata Docomo has launched a pack which offers local night calling to any Tata number(excluding fixed line cdma) for as low as 1 paise/min with a special recharge of Rs. 41 valid for 30 days. The benefits of this pack can be availed from 11 pm to 7 am. Normal tariff of 1 paise/sec will apply for all Tata calls during the day. Fair usage policy of 1000 minutes is applicable to night calls made to any Tata number beyond which the calls will be charged as per base tariff of 1 paise/sec.

• Special recharge of Rs. 41
• Validity- 30 days
• Local Tata calling from 11 pm to 7 am at 1 paise/min
• Fair usage policy of 1000 minutes
• Base calling rate applicable after first 1000 minutes.

Getting driving direction using GPS on a smartphone is pretty easy, but what if you don’t have a smartphone. Well Tata DOCOMO has a solution for that, the company has launched its new VAS Service ‘Route Finder’ to enable its subscribers using feature phone to get driving directions. The service can also be used on smartphones (though I don’t think a smartphone user will use this service, just mentioned it for the sake of mentioning it.

• In case phone is a Non WAP supported device:
• You will receive directions as textual SMS
• No charges are deducted for an invalid response
• In case phone is a WAP supported device:
• Receives direction as a WAP linkUpon clicking WAP link actual WAP page opens showing textual directions and route plotted on MAP
• No charges are deducted for an invalid response  

After reading all this you must be wondering what’s the price of this service. Ahem ahem, its will cost your Rs. 5 per direction, now this is costly. I will rather use my smartphone or ask anybody on the way for the driving directions. Tata DOCOMO should offer this service at a lesser and a better rate so as to enable most of its users to take advantage of this wonderful uses.

Do share what do you think about Tata DOCOMO’S Route Finder.

Tata DOCOMO recently announced a contest with an interesting name - ‘KISS and Win’ contest.  Those participating in the contest need to submit their 'Keep it Simple Silly’ story under any of the four categories – Stand-up Comedy Act, Animation, Comic Strip and Script. The winner in each category will win a sum of Rs. 1, 00,000 and two runner-ups in each category will win a smart phone each. (We are not sure which smart phone, we will update the article once we know it. ) There is no restriction on the number of entries and one can participate in all the categories. The last date of submission for entries is 15th June, 2011.

• Stand-up Comedy Act – This leg is meant for the people who believe they possess the acting skills! Participants are invited to mimic, enact, try ventriloquism, do whatever they are good at to ensure their act brings out the ‘simple solution’ to life’s complex situations while looking at the funny side. In short make the jury fall off their chairs laughing! The length of the video entry must be upto 2 mins in .flv format.
• Animation – For the hardwired animators - using the DOCOMO logo, participants need to show how ‘DO’ and ‘CO’ help ‘MO’ to solve his problem through a simple solution! The length of the animation films should be between 05 to 60 seconds in .flv format
• Comic Strip – For all the illustrators, designers, artists or people who are good at drawing, here is a chance relive the good ol’ memories and create comic strips that highlight simple solutions to life’s jalebis. Participants must bring to life imaginary characters, let speech bubbles talk their tongue and explain their perception of keeping it simple! The comic strip size must be 1024*768px in .JPG format
• Script – For the creative geniuses who really believe in the power of pen and can bring words to life through their interesting narrations, scripts or stories. Tata DOCOMO is inviting them to pen-down an interesting script for us showcasing how the complexities of life were dispelled using simple solutions.

• MyFamily Small Plan 999, postpay customers will get free 3000 mins for local and STD calls, free 1000 CUG minutes to make local calls 500 free local or STD SMS & 512 MB data consumption.
• MyFamily Medium 1999 plan, postpay customers get free 6000 mins for local and STD calls, free local 1500 CUG minutes, 1000 free local or STD SMS and free 1GB data consumption.
• MyFamily Large 2999 plan, postpay customers get free 10000 mins for local and STD calls, free local 2000 CUG minutes, 1500 free local or STD SMS and free 2GB data consumption.