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Tata Teleservices Limited introduces Commonwealth Games 2010 VAS portfolio

Starting from today Common Wealth Games 2010 ( CWG 2010) will be held in New Delhi. This 12 day Mega Sporting event will end on 14th October 2010.  To keep its subscribers updated with CWG 2010 happeining, Tata Teleservices Limited has introduced a Commonwealth 2010 Value Added Service portfolio for all Tata DOCOMO, Tata Indicom and Virgin Mobile customers.

TATA Indicom customers can access four services—Commonwealth Games on SMS, Commonwealth Games Zone, Commonwealth Games Radio and Commonwealth Games Theme as Welcome Tune.

• Commonwealth Games on SMS offers latest updates on medal tallies, news, alerts and more at a monthly pack of Rs 30 and a daily pack of Rs 5. The customer needs to message <SUB CWG> to 582820 for monthly subscription while <DCWG> to 58282 for daily subscription.
• Commonwealth Games Zone offers news, videos, ringtones, wallpapers, alerts etc. applicable at basic data surfing charges. The customer needs to visit Tata Zone and further chose the subject of interest under Commonwealth Games.  
• Commonwealth Games Radio offers information about news, medal tallies, trivia and interesting, unique facts about Delhi, Commonwealth Games and more. The customer needs to call at 58888108 at Rs 3 per minute to avail the service.
• Commonwealth Games Theme that can be set as Welcome Tune is available through an SMS, WT459522 to 12800 at a monthly subscription of Rs 10.  

Tata DOCOMO customers can avail four services—Commonwealth Games on SMS, Download of Commonwealth Theme Songs by AR Rehman and Kailash Kher as My Song & CRBT, Commonwealth Games on Radio and a Special Zone on the Tata DOCOMO Dive In portal.

• Commonwealth Games on SMS offers game alerts on SMS at Rs 10 for the entire Commonwealth tenure while the same service can be availed at Rs 5 on a daily basis as well. The subscriber needs to message <SUB CWG> to 54321 for receiving alerts for the entire Commonwealth tenure and <SUB UCWG> to 54321 for daily alerts.   
• Commonwealth Games Theme Song download with full sound track of ‘Swagatham’ composed by A R Rehman (Promo Id 462493), and ‘Yaroon Jashn Manao’ by Kailash Kher (Promo Id 469871). There are five interesting version of Swagatham that the customer can listen and choose from. To listen to the complete song, the customer needs to call at 543219; while to download either of the songs, they can SMS <Promo ID> to 543211 or 543217. Also to set CWG theme song, as their caller tune, customers can call at 543211 or 543217 and follow the instructions for subscription.
• Commonwealth Games on Radio offers LIVE 24 hours a day service till 14th October. It also offers Jock Talk, where in the Radio Jockey (RJ) will engage the user with information about the games; Sheru, with CWG mascot giving some insights into the games and will tell about his own experiences as a player, as an audience, as a cheerleader, as a media person and as a Delhi’s common man; Infotainment, where the RJ will give out important and relevant news to the listeners, such as latest developments regarding the games venues, latest developments in the city and latest sporting events relating to CWG; News, with A Quick bite of CWG, which will have dynamic information related to the medal tally, Teams standings, interesting facts, records, events information and upcoming events for the day and Games Info with a complete dope on the schedules, Star Players information both Indian and International, their performance and General trivia. To avail the entire lot of services the customer can call at 58888108 chargeable at 5 paise per second.
• Dive In portal link will have CWG theme songs sung by A R Rehman available for Download (MP3, True tone, Poly tone, Full Song download). It will also have the other sports theme songs such as Chak De India, Jai Ho, etc. This link would also contain a Game of the Day service which customer can subscribe @ Rs 15 for a particular game such as Hockey, Boxing, football, etc and Rs 30 for other games.

Virgin Mobile customers can avail three services—Special SMS Pack, CWG Special Tring Tunes and CWG Special Zone on the vBytes Portal. These services are applicable across all operating telecom Circles, and each mobile brand will offer differentiated services to both pre-paid and post-paid customers.

• Special SMS Pack offers various information such as Match Schedule, Medal Position, India Wrap, World Wrap, Quotes, News on games. To avail this service, a customer has to simply send a message <CWG> to 58000 chargeable at Re 1/day.
• Tring Tunes (CRBT)—Virgin Mobile customers will be able to download CWG special multimodal with the theme songs composed by A R Rehman and Kailash Kher. The multimodal will have other Rehman’s and sports theme songs such as Chak De India, Jai Ho, etc. To avail this service, a customer has to call at 58686115 chargeable @ Rs 6/minute.
• Vbytes Portal—A CWG special Zone has been created with the focus on CWG theme songs, ringtones (MP3; true; poly) and patriotic theme ringtones on the portal.

Tata DOCOMO announces Durga Pujo Offers

TATA DOCOMO has announced Durga Pujo Offers for its customers in Kolkata and the Rest of West Bengal. The TATA DOCOMO Durga Pujo Free Talk-time Offer offers all prepaid customers free talk-time during Durga Pujo days. For every Rupee used, a customer will get one minute of free talk-time. For example, a customer who uses Rs.100 between 1st and 10th October will get 100 minutes of free talk-time during Pujo. This free talk-time can be used to make local as well as STD calls! This offer is applicable for both existing as well as new Pre-paid TATA DOCOMO customers.

The customer will be eligible for the free minutes provided he uses a minimum amount of paid talk-time between 1st and 10th October. The free talk-time will be automatically credited to the customer’s account at 12:00AM, 14th October 2010 and will be valid till midnight, 17th October, 2010.

The TATA DOCOMO SMS Pujo Pack has also been launched and is priced at Rs.12. With this pack customers will be able to send local and National SMSes at 1paisa in-between 11 PM – 7 AM and at 2paisa between 7 Am – 11 PM. TATA DOCOMO also launched Pujo Ringtone and Pujo Call Me Tune.

Besides launching the free talk-time Offer, TATA DOCOMO has also re-launched the TATA DOCOMO Night Pack in two different denominations with different validity periods. The 7 day validity pack is priced at Rs.7 and the 30 day validity pack is priced at Rs.25. The night pack will allow customers to make Tata to Tata local calls at 1paisa/60 sec from 11 PM to 7 AM. The tariff from 7 AM to 11 PM will remain 1 paisa/second for the first 45 seconds, and then 15 seconds of free talk-time for every minute will be provided. The tariff for all other calls made throughout the day & night remains 1paisa/second for first 45 seconds then 15 seconds free after every 45 seconds.

Vodafone launches new offers as a part of Durga Pujo celebrations in Kolkata

 Vodafone presented the 7th edition of Aagomoni - a musical evening on the eve of Mahalaya to greet Godess Durga. Present at the occasion was Sridhar Rao, CEO Vodafone Essar East Limited along with eminent artists like Srikanto Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, Bickram Ghosh and Bratati Bandopadhyay.

The Aagomoni celebrations will be held at Nazrul Manch on October 6, 8pm onwards. The night long musical fiesta will present an amalgamation of soirees, recitals and a blend of Classical, Rabindrasangeet, Folk and Fusion music. The first half of the programme is dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore which will have recitations, songs, musical plays based on his work. There will be recitation by Soumitro Chattopadhyay, Bratati Bandyopadhyay, Rabindrasangeet by Srikanto Acharya and Lopamudra Mitra and musical one-act play of Tagore directed by Bibhas Chakraborty of Anya Theatre, Fusion music based on Tagore’s work by Violin brothers & Aniruddha (Sasha) Ghosal will also be a a part of the night long musical rendition.

The other part of the programme will present performances by Pt Ajoy Chakroborty, Rupankar, Usha Uthup and Bickram Ghosh. Satinath Mukhopadhyay and Chaiti Ghosal will be the comperes for the evening.

The array of special products comprise Pujo Pack which has got a bouquet of services like Callertune, ringtone, trivia, nirghonto, personalized greetings, sms alerts. The Pujo pack is priced at Rs 30/month. The other Pujo offers include special offers with activation of Blackberry and USB modem plans, reduced call charges while calling during night, reduced call charges while roaming on Vodafone network, ISD call rates at a special price. The offers are available for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers.

Aagomoni passes are priced at Rs 40 and are available at all leading Vodafone stores. Customers can sms STORE to 111 to locate the nearest Vodafone Store.

Following are the details of Pujo offers:

Pujo Pack:

Aircel announces ‘Aircel Apollo Mobile HealthCare’

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.

Tata DOCOMO (Andhra Pradesh) introduces new ISD Packs. Call US & Canada at 1p/sec

TATA DOCOMO has launched new ‘ISD Packs’ that its subscribers in Andhra Pradesh to make international calls to any phone in the US and Canada at 1 paisa per second! The new ISD Packs are available at Rs 59 with a validity of 30 days and Rs. 205 with a Talktime of Rs. 145 with validity of 30 days.

“Tata DOCOMO pioneered the ‘Pay Per Use’ and ‘1 paise per-second’ concepts in India. Just a year later, the launch of this ISD Packs extends our unique pricing paradigm to international calling as well,” Mr. NV Subbarao, Regional Head – South East, TATA DOCOMO, said. “At our launch last year, we had promised to continue to innovate and introduce industry-changing products and services—the ISD Packs are testimony to this promise,” Mr. Subbarao added. He further added introducing ISD packs was the need of the market with the shrinking international geographies and desire of the consumer to connect with their loved ones abroad at affordable international tariff. The Rs. 205 & Rs. 59 ISD packs will enable Andhra Pradesh subscribers to talk to their heart out at local call rates!

“Our new packs surely are cost-effective proposition for the people, allowing them the convenience of affordable calling to these countries. This is our way of thanking our loyal customers, and we are sure this will delight them and bridge all communication gaps between family members and friends,” added Mr. Subbarao.

Uninor offers combo pack in STV 204

Uninor, the JV between Telenor and Unitech has been very aggressive when it comes to launching new offers since past two months. As a result of this, the provider has achieved a fair amount of subscriber base in a short span. The new STV204 offers all the benefits of RC198 (free local uninor to uninor calling upto 2,00,000 seconds and 42,000 seconds for other providers which precisely accounts to 2000 minutes of On-net and 700 minutes of Off-net calling with a validity of 30 days) plus a promotional core balance of Rs. 140 which can be used without any validity.

We called customer care to confirm this offer but they don't have any update regarding this scheme. However, there are banners with STV 204 with the below mentioned details in major cities of Maharashtra.

• STV 204
• Validity 30 days
• Core balance Rs. 140
• All local u-u calls free with a FUP of 2,00,000 seconds.
• All other calls free with a FUP of 42,000 seconds.

Idea Cellular introduces new daily packs at Rs. 5 in Delhi & NCR

IDEA Cellular has announced  daily packs for its nearly 30 lakh subscribers in Delhi & NCR region. The new daily packs come allows Idea prepaid customers to choose from an array of services such as Idea to Idea night calling, Free Local/STD minutes and SMS & GPRS offerings.

Idea has launched three new Daily Packs which offer 11 minutes of free calling (Local & STD); Free 60 minutes of local Idea night calling (11 pm to 8 am); and a pack which allows the young users to send free 125 SMS’ nationally or locally everyday. Each of the 3 offerings on Idea Daily Packs will be charged at just Rs. 5 per day.

To avail the range of daily packs Idea prepaid subscriber need to dial Dial *369# and choose any one or multiple packs from the menu of attractive offers. Rs. 5 will be deducted from the main balance and benefit validity will be for 1 day for Local/STD and SMS pack, and 2 days in the case of Night calling pack

Idea has also launched a daily GPRS pack which offers upto 50 MB of free internet usage at just Rs. 5 per day.  For high users, Idea has introduced a GPRS pack offering upto 150 MB of internet usage valid for 3 days with a nominal charge of Rs. 13; and upto 2 GB usage with Rs. 98 pack for a period of one month. Charges of 2 paise/ KB will applicable, post free usage limit.

Virgin GSM launches free night calling pack

Virgin Mobile, the youth brand of Tata Teleservices has launched a new offer for all the night callers! We have seen every provider launching On-net calling packs where calls are charged at a pretty nominal rates. Few providers like Reliance, MTS, Videocon and Uninor have even dared to offer Free On-net Calling* (with or without FUP) in respective circles. Here comes an offer from Virgin GSM where all local Virgin-Virgin GSM and CDMA calls will be free with an e-recharge of Rs. 77 for "per minute" subscribers and Rs. 78 for "per second" subscribers. This pack comes with a validity of 30 days and a fair usage policy of 4,500 minutes which has to be exhausted in the same month. This night pack is valid from 11 pm to 7 am for all local calls made to Virgin family(GSM and CDMA).

Now call for Rs.1/3 mins on Airtel Maharashtra

Airtel, the leading service provider of India has launched a scheme wherein all calls will be charged on the basis of 3 minutes pulse instead of the traditional 60 seconds or the per second pulse. We have already seen similar offer from Reliance last year where all local and std calls were charged at Rs. 1/3 minutes. However Reliance revoked this offer this year and started offering same scheme for Rs. 1.20/3 minutes for new customers. Airtel has similar plans as they launched a special voucher priced at Rs. 22 which offers All On-net local and std calls at Rs. 1/3 minutes and all Off-net calls for Rs.1.20/3 minutes. This voucher comes with a validity of 30 days. There wont be any change in the sms tariff.

• All Airtel to Airtel local and std calls priced at Rs. 1/3 minutes
• All local and std calls to other network at Rs. 1.2/3 minutes
• No change in sms tariff
• Tariff Validity- 30 days