Tutorial: BSNL Broadband plans nomenclature explained

We all know that BSNL gives great Broadband service at high speed, reasonable support, afforable rate and with no frills. This is the reason behind BSNL being a popular choice amongst Broadband service providers. BSNL have a lot of broadband plans to choose for home, offices, rural, urban etc. Most of us get confused while checking leaflets or reading Broadband plans to choose for our usage but if you go through our article, you will understand BSNL Broadband Plans Terminology in seconds. It will be easy to understand the meaning of any Broadband plan by merely looking at the name.

Tata DoCoMo 3G speed analysis in Pune

A lot of hype has been created regarding DoCoMo's 3G in past few weeks and today the day of official 3G launch has come. Tata DoCoMo's 3G signals are available in many parts of India since 5-6 days but as of now we are reviewing their services in Pune (Maharashtra). Like I said, 3G signals are available from 5-6 days but access was not granted until today. We are able to select DoCoMo 3G network in UMTS mode from 5th November, 8:00 AM.

We tested DoCoMo 3G speed in Pune and got the following result:  . 

This speed of DoCoMo has surely raised the bar of mobile data services in India. Recently we covered the news of BSNL 3G lowering the price of unlimited data plans. It will be interesting to see DoCoMo's tactics to stay right on top in this 3G war starting today.

Idea Cellular ties up with Indian Railway to 'Break the Language Barrier'

Idea Cellular announces association with Indian Railways, to promote ‘Break the Language Barrier’ campaign and Idea Language Helpline to help its passengers traveling to other parts of the country inline with the ongoing theme campaign, ‘Break the Language Barrier’.

As part of this program, the Idea Language Helpline is being promoted across Indian Railways network for a week. Idea Language Helpline jingle will play on 139, creating a brand connect with millions of callers who call on this number.

IMImobile powers India's first 3G mobile VAS experience for Aircel

IMImobile demonstrated its technological strength by successfully powering the mobile VAS experience on India’s first private operator 3G experience zone launched by Aircel. IMImobile’s DaVinci 3G Services deliver video on demand through streaming, subscription and download to video portal users and enables them to access their favorite video content through an easy to use interface. Further, as the video portals provide visual prompts, service discovery, navigation and catalogue browsing are greatly streamlined enabling end users to discover content and services best suited for them. 

Uninor Karnataka launches Diwali offer, 100 local minutes on RC 35

Uninor, the JV between Telenor and Unitech Wireless announced the launch of its Special Deepavali Offer - RC 35 plan this season. Through this plan, Uninor subscribers can convey their wishes to  their family and friends across any service provider in Karnataka.

RC 35 offers 100 local minutes free to any network in Karnataka circle. The plan is valid for 3 days and the subscribers will be charged according to their tariff plan post the consumption of free minutes.
This is a good offer considering we call our dear ones on Diwali. The effective call rate is 35 paise/minute which is fairly good.

Tata DoCoMo all set to launch 3G services in 9 circles this Diwali

Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices Limited, has become the first private operator to launch its 3G services in India. Powered with cutting-edge technology support from its partner NTT DOCOMO, INC. of Japan, the undisputed global leader in 3G services, Tata DOCOMO’s 3G services will change the way consumers use their mobile phones, riding on the back of game-changing products, applications and services.

Tata Teleservices Limited shall simultaneously launch its 3G services this Diwali in all the nine Circles where it has the 3G license—Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP (West), Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra.

“Tata DOCOMO’s 3G services will provide customers a dual advantage—trusted service from the House of Tata, riding on the technological excellence of NTT DOCOMO,” Mr Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices Limited, said. “We have been able to complete the ramp-up of our network to support 3G services due to the superb 3G-ready network we created at the time of our 2G launch itself, last year. Our 3G rollout across all nine Circles will be completed this year itself,” he added.

Tata Docomo’s HSPA+ 3G Network, set up with the assistance of NTT Docomo, supports high-speed Internet access with speeds of up to 21.1 Mbps. Technical literature often refers to this as ‘3.5 G+’. The network also supports high-definition voice (HD Voice) for a superior voice experience on calls.

“We have cherry-picked the best telecom Circles in the country from the perspective of cumulative market potential for our 3G services. We will cover 51% of Indian towns with a population of over a million and 60% of towns that have over half-a-million people. Additionally, our footprint covers 55% of households with an annual income of over Rs 3 lacs, and 49% households in the SEC A+B category. All these parameters provide us with fantastic market reach and potential,” Mr Sardana added.

“While 3G as the next-generation of mobility brings with it better voice clarity through HD Voice, fewer call-drops and high-speed Internet access, the impact it is likely to have on consumers’ lives is much greater than any of these improvements alone,” Mr Deepak Gulati, Executive President, Mobility Business Division, Tata Teleservices Limited, said. “Our 3G services will enable richer communication through video calls and SMSs, will add the advantage of adding mobility to the power of the Internet, and will enable millions to start accessing the true power of the Internet. Truly, it’s not a step up in mobility services, but the gateway to an altogether new life—3G Life.”

3G Life enables richer communication with friends and family, makes the device the gateway to a world of information and entertainment purely for personal consumption, assists the user with a host of location-based services and helps consumers get more out of life through a host of clever applications. The mobile device, from merely connecting consumers to their world, becomes the means to live a richer, more fulfilling life.

3G devices such as handsets, dongles and tablets, powered by Tata Docomo applications and services, will take the Internet world to the far corners of the country, bridging the Digital Divide and creating a strong multiplier effect for economic progress.

Tata DOCOMO’s 3G offering starts off on a rich and heady note, with the introductory service portfolio itself including applications like Video-SMS, Video-Streaming, Mobile Television, Ultra-High-Speed Data Transfers, Route-Finder, Live Aarti, and much more. Progressively, NTT DOCOMO will bring to India the various 3G products and services that will give Tata DOCOMO customers a flavor of tomorrow. NTT DOCOMO is closely working with TTL on future technologies like Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and much more.

NTT DOCOMO has played a major role in the evolution of mobile telecommunications through its development of cutting-edge technologies and services. Over the years, technologists at NTT DOCOMO have defined industry benchmarks for 3G and 4G technology, as also products and services such as i-mode and a plethora of lifestyle-enhancing applications. Today, while most global telecom players are only beginning to talk of 4G technology and its possible applications, NTT DOCOMO has already recorded a downlink transmission rate of 250 Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental system for Super 3G, also known as LTE, and is targeting to complete the commercial development by the end of 2010.

S Tel flags off data services in Himachal Pradesh

S Tel recently announced the launch of its much awaited data services for its subscribers in Himachal Pradesh. These two new services are named as S Tel E Life and S Tel Adda.

S Tel Adda is a WAP portal with multimedia content which gives subscribers FREE browsing on wap.stel.in. The portal hosts a large database of ringtones, wallpapers, themes, videos, animations and games across different categories. Few categories include cars, movies and celebrities in wallpaper section and laughter challenge jokes in videos to choose from. The content on S Tel Adda is compatible with over 3000 popular handsets with an easy activation and setting process that comes free of cost.

Reliance launches "Festive Dhamaka" offer

Reliance Communications has introduced two “Festive Dhamaka” offers for its GSM & CDMA subscribers to add to the joy of subscribers during the ongoing festive season. During this festive month – between 1st and 30th November new subscribers will get free calling benefits to any Local Reliance Mobile between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The offer will be valid for a month.

Existing subscribers get Rs. 52 talk time+ extra 52 minutes with recharge of Rs 52, Rs. 121 talk time+ extra 121 minutes with recharge of Rs 121 and Rs. 301 talk time+ extra 301 minutes with recharge of Rs 251. Free minutes can be used for any local call throughout the day. These products have 3, 7, 15 days validity respectively. The new Festive Dhamaka offer is available for all Reliance subscribers (GSM & CDMA) across all plans.

The offer is available through e-recharge in all retails outlets serving Reliance GSM & CDMA customers including the company’s retail outlets of Reliance Mobile Stores and Reliance World outlets across India.

BSNL offers free trial unlimited data pack to Blackberry users

Internet on Blackberry devices has never been truly affordable for the masses. There has been a huge drop in Blackberry internet charges in past 2-3 months and providers are still trying to woo customers with attractive offers just for subscribers to get started with the Blackberry internet services. BSNL has come up with an offer which will allow all Blackberry users to try unlimited 2G data plan (priced at Rs. 399) free of cost for one month. This promotional offer will be available to only those BSNL customers who have Blackberry handsets but not activated Blackberry plan by upto 15.11.2010.

The unlimited free trial offer will end on 14.12.2010.