MTNL launches New 3G SIM Kit with Per Second Billing
- Category: MTNL
- Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:23
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has announced the launch of New Life Time Valid 3G Prepaid Connections with inbuilt Pay Per Second Tariff at Rs.101 for new mobile subscriber in Mumbai telecom circle. MTNL new Life Time Valid 3G Prepaid Connections comes at Rs.101 (Rs.10 for 3G SIM KIT +91 for FTRC) with talk time of Rs.41. The new SIM kit of will get activated only when recharged with Rs. 91 FTR coupon which comes with the SIM kit. The customer will be allowed the entire range of Extra talk time recharges, Plan Recharges and the Top up coupons subsequently.With this prepaid pack subscriber can make all Local and STD Voice call as well as Video Calls to MTNL network at half Paisa per second (1p/2sec) and 1 paisa/one second for all other Local and STD network. Other terms and conditions will be as per 3G prepaid plans.
| MTNL 3G Sim kit-Total Cost-Rs.101 (Rs.10 for Sim card +Rs.91 for First Time Recharge Coupon -FTRC) | |
| Validity | Life Time |
| Talk Time | Rs.41 |
| O/G Calls to MTNL Mumbai and Delhi Network | 1 paisa for 2 Seconds |
| O/G Calls to Other Network Across India | 1 paisa for One Second |
| SMS Charges | Local-25p National-Rs.1
International-Rs.2.50 |
| Data Charges | 1 paisa /10 KB (Pulse of 10 KB) Equitant to Rs.1/mb |
| Terms & conditions:
1) As this is a life time coupon, in order to continue the connection, customer will have to get it recharged with at least Rs.100/- (Rs one hundred only) in a period of Six(6)months. 2) The FTRC Rs. 91 Trump activation coupon which comes with this pack can be charged only once on a connection. This coupon needs to be recharged immediately for activation of SIM. Until then customer will not be able to make outgoing calls. On recharging with this coupon, customer will get free talk value of Rs 41. 3) All Top Up & other Plan coupons are allowed on this SIM after initial recharge with FTRC voucher. If the SIM is recharged with any other PLAN voucher, tariff of Plan Voucher will supercede the existing Tariff Plan. After expiry of the validity of the plan voucher, the customer will revert back to his original tariffs of this SIM Kit. 4) Other tariffs like ISD and Roaming Tariffs (for Voice & Data) will be as per existing MTNL guidelines. |
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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 |
|
DSL_Unlimited_749 |
752Kbps |
Unlimited |
Rs.749 |
1 |
Rs.8239 |
|
DSL_Unlimited_999 |
1 Mbps |
Unlimited |
Rs.999 |
1 |
Rs.10989 |
|
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.
Reliance Mobile introduces Huawei C3500 & C3200
- Category: Reliance Mobile
- Tuesday, 16 February 2010 15:42
- Written by Puneet Jain
Reliance Mobile today announced the launch of 2 new Huawei handsets – C3500 & C3200, for its CDMA subscribers. Huawei’s C3500 handset flaunts an MP3 player along with FM Radio and FM Recorder. The C3500 also boasts of a bright 65,000 CSTN Color Display, 1.47” LCD, a Phonebook with up to 500 contacts, BREW Lite 3.1, 32 Polyphonic Ringtones, Alarm, World Clock, Calendar and Calculator, the C3500 is priced at Rs. 1799.
The C3200 comes geared with a 0.3 megapixel (VGA) camera that supports 4x digital Zoom. It has a FM Radio, FM Recorder and Audio Recorder. It features 65,000 CSTN Color Display, 1.47” LCD, Phonebook with up to 500 contacts, BREW Lite 3.1, 32 Polyphonic Ringtones, Alarm, World Clock, Calendar and Calculator, and is also priced at Rs. 1799.
Loop Mobile Offer : Buy 1 movie ticket and get 1 Free for any movie, any show on Friday
- Category: Loop Mobile
- Tuesday, 16 February 2010 14:46
- Written by Puneet Jain
Loop Mobile has tied up with Cinemax multiplex chain and Sterling Cinema in a bid to captivate its subscribers with the magic of Movies every Friday. Loop Mobile subscribers can now watch a new movie every Friday with Loop Mobile ‘First Day, First Show’.
The association will allow Loop Mobile subscribers to avail one free movie ticket on the purchase of one movie ticket. This is for any movie; any show timing and every Friday. One can also purchase a combo pack of ‘regular Popcorn & Coke’ at just Rs. 50. Through this tie-up with all 13 Cinemax theatres and Sterling Cinema in Mumbai, Loop Mobile subscribers located anywhere in the city will be at convenience. While the procedure to avail this is very simple, the scheme is open at a first come first serve basis cueing subscribers to book the tickets well in advance after receiving the MCoupon.
- Just call or Send SMS < Fri > to 56789 (Sat – Fri)
- An SMS in reply will give you the ‘Mcoupon’
- On Friday: Present this message with the ‘Mcoupon’ to the company representative at the Loop Mobile counter stationed at Cinemax or Sterling
- The company representative will then give a bar-coded print of the Mcoupon
- Redeem the print copy of the bar-coded Mcoupon at the ticket counter for the ticket.
- The other half of the Mcoupon (i.e. Food coupon) needs to be redeemed at the cafeteria to avail the food combo pack of a ‘Pop Corn + Coke’ at just Rs 50.
Use Mobile, Save Paper, while ordering coffee at Barista & Café Coffee Day
- Category: Idea Cellular
- Tuesday, 16 February 2010 13:41
- Written by Puneet Jain
Next time when you visit any Barista or Café Coffee Day outlet, make sure to do your bit for saving paper, by accessing the menu and bill through your mobile phone!Taking its ‘Use Mobile, Save Paper’ campaign further, IDEA Cellular has partnered with the two leading Coffee chains – Barista and Café Coffee Day – to spread awareness about its Green campaign through a unique mobile application that will allow people to download the menu card and bill on their mobile phones. This will eliminate the need for paper-based menu and bill in that particular transaction.
Visitors to these coffee outlets can access the mobile application through a simple download on their phones, browse through the menu, and select the items to be ordered. On completion, order summary is displayed and you can view the bill amount for the items ordered. You will also get a message of the Use Mobile, Save Paper campaign.
Over 90 outlets of Barista in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune; and 75 Cafe Coffee Day outlets in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore will promote IDEA’s Use Mobile,
Now Share Talktime and Gift SMS with Tata Docomo
- Category: TATA DoCoMo
- Monday, 15 February 2010 23:35
- Written by Mihir Patil
Tata DOCOMO has launched the all new “Balance Transfer” and “Product Gifting” features for its BuddyNet users.The launch of these unique features will enable friends to share talktime with any member of their BuddyNet Group as well as gift a recharge to them.Only the Tata DOCOMO BuddyNet subscribers will be able to transfer talktime and gift a recharge to another Tata DOCOMO prepay subscriber.The core objective is to ensure that a friend will help another in the time of an emergency or save a friend from physically doing a recharge himself.- In order to transfer Balance, the subscriber needs to type “BT<
Target Mobile Number> < Amount>” and send it to 54321 - For Example to Transfer Rs.25 Talk-time from 9030012345 to 9030099999. The sender types "BT 9030099999 25" and SMS to 54321
SMS to 54321 for Balance Transfer will be charged at Re.1 and for reversal will be Toll Free.
Conditions:
The Core account balance for “Balance Transfer” has to be Transfer Amount + Rs.1 at the time of transfer. If balance is not sufficient the transfer will be declined. However, the SMS will be charged. In case of Reversals the amount reversed will be dependent on the balance available with the recipient. The system will recognize “BT” or “bt” or “Bt”
For more info on Balance Transfer visit: ‘tatadocomo.com/balance-transfer.aspx’
- To Gift a SMS recharge subscriber needs to type “Gift
< Gift recharge amount>” and send it to 54321 - For example 9030012345 gifts the pack to 9030099999. The sender types " Gift 9030099999 11" and SMS to 54321.
Conditions:
The Balance for Gifting has to be Rs.12 at the time of transfer. If balance is not sufficient the transfer will be declined
- Reversals will not be allowed
- The system will recognize “GIFT” or “gift” or “Gift”.
RCom Introduces ‘Simply Reliance’ Tariff on Fixed Wireless Phone
- Category: Reliance Mobile
- Monday, 15 February 2010 17:43
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
In a bid to revamp its Fixed Line business strategy, Reliance Communications expands its most popular “Simply Reliance” tariff plans to the fixed wireless platform Reliance Hello.The operator announced the launch of two new flexible plans dubbed as Pay Per Call and All@50 for its Fixed Wireless customers in Tamilnadu telecom circle.Now Reliance Hello service users can enjoy all Local and STD calls at Rs.1 for a three minute pulse under Pay Per call plan and with Pay Per Minute-All@50 tariff plan, Subscriber can make all Local and STD calls just at 50 paisa per minute to any network across India.
To avail the benefits of “Simply Reliance” Plans, existing Hello subscribers needs to recharge of Rs.38 for pay per call and Rs.48 for Pay Per Minute-All@50 plan. Both Recharges comes with one year tariff validity.
Speaking on launch of new plans Mr Ajay Awasthi, Reliance Communications, CEO (Tamil Nadu cirlce) said “The attractive tariffs will enable family members at home make calls anywhere in India without worrying about excess bills”
Tata Indicom introduces "Pay Per Call Flexi" in Maharashtra and Goa circle
- Category: Tata DOCOMO CDMA
- Sunday, 14 February 2010 22:38
- Written by Mihir Patil
Finally TTML has launched the much awaited "pay per call" concept plan in Maharashtra and Goa circle.This plan is dubbed as "Pay Per Call Flexi" which is one step ahead of Pay Per Call call because of its unique tariff of all local calls at 1 Rs and STD at 2 Rs for a duration of 5 minutes but if the call lasts for less than a minute then a standard rate of 25 paise for the 1st minute is applicable for both local and std calls.- Local calls are charged at 1 Rs/5 min
- STD calls are charged at 2 Rs/5 min
- 25 paise for both Local and STD calls for calls lasting less than a minute.
- Local and STD sms charged at 30 paise.
- Daily Deduction- 1 Re.
Existing customers can recharge with 196 Rs to avail this plan.
BSNL launches 3 new Plans for Prepaid and Postpaid BlackBerry subscribers
- Category: BSNL
- Friday, 12 February 2010 22:28
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched 3 new BlackBerry plans for its Prepaid and Postapid BlackBerry subscribers. The new BSNL Prepaid plans are BlackBerry Internet Bundle service plan, BlackBerry Messaging Bundle service plans and BlackBerry Social Networking Bundle service plan.
Speaking on the launch of new plan, Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL, said, “BSNL’’s new service plans fill a void in the market; we are making it affordable and easy for customers to purchase BlackBerry smartphones and services. Our integrated plans for BlackBerry services are extremely approachable and will be attractive to people who want connectivity at their fingertips,”
BSNL BlackBerry Plans in Detail :
| BSNL BlackBerry Service tariff Plan | Plan and Service Details | Prepaid Monthly Charges | Postpaid Monthly Charges |
| BlackBerry Messaging Bundle | Unlimited access to the industry-leading email and instant messaging features of BlackBerry® Internet Service, 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. | Rs.274 | Rs.299 |
| Blackberry Social Networking Bundle | Unlimited access to the popular instant messaging service of Yahoo Messenger,Windows Live Messenger, and BlackBerry Messenger with social networking site Facebook and My Space | Rs.274 | Rs.299 |
| BlackBerry Internet Bundle | Unlimited access to the industry-leading email and instant messaging features of BlackBerry® Internet Service, 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 and also social networking site Facebook and My Space | Rs.898 | Rs.999 |
TATA Teleservices and Future Group launches new Telecom Brand - T24 on GSM Platform
- Category: T24
- Friday, 12 February 2010 19:11
- Written by Puneet Jain
Tata Teleservices Limited has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Indian retail giant Future Group to offer mobile telephony services under a new brand name 'T24' on the GSM platform. T24 stands for Talk 24. The new brand was unveiled at a press conference jointly addressed by TTSL Managing Director Anil Sardana and Future Group Chief Executive Officer Kishore Biyani.
Tata Teleservices Limited will commence the commercial launch of GSM operations under the brand name T24 shortly, starting with the telecom Circles in South India.
“This is a unique marketing alliance between a retailer and a telecom operator in India, and offers us direct access to millions of Future Group customers through its widespread retail presence across India,” Mr Anil Sardana said. “T24 stands for Talk 24, and is a natural choice of brand-name for us in this unique partnership, one that it will provide customers with a dual advantage all 24 hours of the day—‘Shop More, Talk More’ and ‘Talk More, Shop More’. T24 is yet another compelling offering from the House of Tatas, in keeping with Tata Teleservices Limited’s stated objective of constantly innovating to redefine the telecom experience in the country,” he added.
“I am delighted at this partnership with Tata Teleservices Limited. The T24 service is a unique offering which is innovative yet simple and provides customers a powerful value proposition,” Mr Kishore Biyani, Chief Executive Officer of Future Group, said. “Customers will get shopping benefits for talking, and talk-time benefits each time they shop. This would also reinforce our presence in the consumption space—in keeping with Future Group’s vision of offering a unique shopping experience to our loyal customers, cutting across product and industry categories,” he added.
Under the partnership agreement, Future Group will sell TTSL GSM connections under the T24 brand-name to customers visiting its retail outlets across all formats and locations.
