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Idea bags 'Telecom Partner' rights of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' season 4

Idea Cellular has obtained 'Telecom Partner' rights of popular TV Game Show Kaun Banega Crorepati’s 4th season. So what does this deal bring in for Idea subscribers? Well, Idea subscribers can register for KBC 4 even after phone lines are closed for registration.

KBC phone and SMS lines have been announced open for all Indian citizens, residing in India and of 18 years or above, for registering for the show. The first 7 Questions of KBC will be open for public response till August 9th 20:59:59 Hrs.

MTS (Kerala) announces special Onam Offer

  MTS today announced an “Onam” festival offer for all its new subscribers in Kerala. The “Onam” special ‘Double Talktime Offer’ will enable all the new MTS subscribers to avail “Double Talk time” on all standard top-ups for the next one year.

MTS offers a color handset, SIM with lifetime validity and a double talk time to the customers at a Rs 699. All local calls would be charged at the rate of 1paisa/second and STD calls would be charged at 3paisa/2 seconds respectively.

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BSNL appoints Gopal Das as Chairman & Managing Director

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the appointment of Mr. Gopal Das as Chairman & Managing Director of BSNL. Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, the former Chairman & Managing Director of BSNL got retired from BSNL on 31st of last month.

Mr. Gopal Das has experience of 35 years in the field of Telecommunications. He was earlier associated with BSNL as the Director, Human Resources Development.

A Engineering Graduate from Banaras Hindu University, Mr.Gopal Das joined the Department of Telecom’s ‘Group A’ services in 1975.  He joined Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in the year 2007.  Prior to joining BSNL, Mr. Gopal Das has served as the  Chief General Manager, (Wireless Services) in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited at Mumbai.

Commenting on his joining, Mr. Gopal Das, said “After a good old journey of more than three decades, this is the best form of reward I can seek for my career. I am privileged and humbled to occupy the post of CMD, BSNL. A great challenge lies ahead of us and I am sure we will meet every challenge with determination”.

TATA DOCOMO launches GSM services in Rajasthan

TATA DOCOMO today announced the launch of its operations in Rajasthan. It is covering 580 towns & 2,867 villages. TATA DOCOMO is already operating in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Mumbai, Rest of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kolkata, Rest of West Bengal, Jharkhand-Bihar, Punjab, UP (East), UP (West), Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh telecom Circles.

TATA DOCOMO is offering Pay Per Second Plan as default tariff to its subscribers in Rajathan. TATA DOCOMO is also launching its mobile community in Rajasthan —Buddynet— wherein members can make  calls at lesser charge within the community.

“We are focusing strongly on network superiority, coverage and service offerings. Our network footprint is the largest among all telecom operators in Rajasthan, at the time of launch. We have made large investments in HP, and further expansion is on the anvil this year itself,” Mr Ajit Chaturvedi, TATA DOCOMO’s Chief Operating Officer in Rajasthan, said. “We will unveil a portfolio of Value-Added Services that will reinvent mobile telephony in India, with products and services like diet-sms, Free Voicemail, Timed SMS Service, Free Missed Call Alerts, Call-me Tunes, etc—all of them customized to liberate and refresh our subscribers,” added Mr Chaturvedi.

Wth this launch in Rajathan, the PAN India roll out is complete except Delhi. Delhi launch is delayed due to non-allocation of spectrum, Mr. Anil Sardana blamed DoT and some of TATA DOCOMO's competitors for non-allocation of Spectrum for Delhi.

BSNL introduces new SMS Packs for its Postpaid subscribers

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has introduced new SMS Pack for its Postpaid Mobile subscribers. BSNL SMS Packs are now available at monthly charge of Rs. 15, Rs. 20 and Rs. 30. Earlier BSNL was offering SMS Packs of Rs. 25 and Rs. 99, these packs are now withdrawn.

SMS Pack of Rs. 15 allows BSNL Postpaid Mobile users to send all the SMSes at a rate of 1 paisa per SMS.

With SMS Pack of Rs. 20, BSNL Postpaid Mobile users get 2000 local SMS. Cost of National SMS and rate of local SMS beyond 2000 SMSes will be charged as the the plan of the user.

With SMS Pack of Rs. 30, BSNL Postpaid Mobile users get 2000 local SMS and 1000 National SMS. Beyond usage of 2000 local SMSes and 1000 National SMSes, charge of SMS will be as per the plan of the user.

The facility of reduced rate will not be available on five festival occasions “Blackout days” i.e. New Year (31st Dec & 1st Jan), Valentine day, Diwali & Christmas Day. Normal SMS charges as per plan will be applicable in the above days.

Airtel launches Super 5 Packs

Airtel recently launched 'Airtel Super 5' Packs which are somewhat similar to Vodafone's Rs.4/day packs. Under 'Airtel Super 5' Packs Airtel is offering  5 types of packs at the price of Rs. 5/day. These packs are Local + STD minutes pack, Airtel to Airtel call rate pack, Night minutes pack, Local + National SMS pack and Mobile Internet pack. To subscribe any of these packs you will have to dial *222# and choose from a menu of offers. You will get a confirmation SMS once the pack has been activated on your account. Benefit and validity will be as per your circle offer. Rs.5 will be deducted from your balance as pack charges.

Here are the details of each pack as per various Telecom Circles click here. (PDF file)

Airtel daily packs are not available through e-recharges but only can be availed only by dialing *222#.  You can activate more than 1 pack if you want, and also you can activate any of the 1 day packs as many number of times as required in a day. The benefit will get accumulated and will be valid till midnight however you can not activate Airtel to Airtel call rate pack multiple times in a day.

BSNL withdraws 2 Broadband plans and Upgrades 3 Broadband plans

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has withdrawn 2 BroadBand Plans and upgraded 3 Broadband plans.

The 2 plans which are withdrawn by BSNL are BB Home Combo ULF 1100 and BBG Combo 1999. The one's who are already using these plans can continue to use the same plan but these 2 plans are now no longer available for new customers.

The Broadband plans which BSNL upgraded are - BB Home Combo ULF 900, BB Home Combo ULF 1000 and BB Home Combo ULF 1350.

The Bandwidth of BB Home Combo ULF 900 plan is upgraded as follows:

The fair usage limit of BB Home Combo ULF 1000 and BB Home Combo ULF 1350 is increased as follows

Idea introduces Prepaid Roaming services in Assam & North East

IDEA Cellular has introduced Roaming services for its prepaid subscribers in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura.

As per the new Roaming tariff plan, Idea subscribers can make all Local calls at Re.1 per minute, STD at Rs.1.50 per minute and SMS at Rs.1.50 per message. While Incoming calls will be charged at Re.1 per minute.  Idea’s Roaming services will be made available for all prepaid subscribers in the region, and will be activated automatically. 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Alok Malik, Chief Operating Officer – East, IDEA Cellular said, “Idea is amongst the first operators to launch Roaming services in Assam and North East, soon after the opening of Roaming services in the region by the authorities. This has been made possible due to our well planned network, and readiness, enabling our subscribers from the region and across other parts of the country to stay connected while on the move.  

Tata Docomo launches "Ekdum Loaded" pack in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa

Tata DOCOMO has come up with a yearly offer mainly emphasising on On-net Local and STD calling.This special pack offers calling to any Tata number (Tata Docomo,Tata Indicom, Virgin CDMA/GSM,T24) at discounted rates. Local Tata calls are charged as low as 1 paise/6 seconds and STD Tata calls at 1 paise/2 seconds for a period of 365 days. This pack is available for all new and existing subcribers in Maharashtra for both FRC and Special recharge. Alongwith the above tariff, Tata DOCOMO is also offering 2 GB internet usage for a period of 12 months.