Airtel and RIM bring the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone a.ka. Gemini to India. And whats the most incredible thing about this phone is the price. Blackberry phones are usually known for their expensive price tag. But the Gemini breaks the myth and is priced at Rs.15990. The phone is aimed at youth and consumers looking for messaging / email , social networking , music and entertainment.
Recently, it was speculated, by many mobile experts that roll out of new service providers and the upcoming mobile number portability (MNP) may lower the mobile tariffs further.
But in a press release, top officials of Bharti Airtel, India’s top mobile service provider said “does not expect the entry of new players in an already competitive market to drastically push down mobile tariffs”. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel: Mobile Tariff Cuts Limited”
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, May 15, 2009 –Bharti Airtel becomes the 3rd largest single country mobile services operator in the world and 6th largest single country integrated telco in the world
— Announces a series of Network augmentation and Customer service initiatives
– To roll out over 100,000 BTS sites across the country
– To establish a State of the Art Customer Service Management Centre
– 100,000 Airtel Service Centres to be set up in rural India by March 2010
Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading Integrated Telecom services provider, today announced that it has crossed the 100 million customers mark. This milestone makes the company the 3rd largest single country mobile services operator and sixth largest in-country integrated telecom operator in the world. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel reaches 100 Million Customers”
MChek is one of the most used mobile payment processing service, using which you can easily send and receive money to your bank account or else pay for goods or services, book air/railway tickets from your mobile, or pay your postpaid mobile bill and recharge prepaid mobiles. MChek is one the most used payment processing service and was first adopted by Airtel about a year ago.
Continue reading “After Airtel, TATA Indicom Ties up with MChek for Mobile Payment Processing!”
Since this morning, there were rumors around the telecom industry that the top managing personnel of Bharti Airtel, Manoj Kohli, CEO may soon resign from Airtel and jump over to some other leading telecom service provider.
Continue reading “Will Manoj Kohli (CEO, Airtel) Resign Bharti?”
If you remember, in a recent post, our co-author – Ritu published about a unlimited email plan for Airtel Blackberry users worth RS. 499 per month. This plan once activated, lets a blackberry users access unlimited email and Instant messengers (like Gtalk & Yahoo) for one complete month. But surprisingly, immediately after Airtel’s announcement of this plan, Vodafone too launched exactly a similar plan but for a better and competitive rate.
This plan by Vodafone costing Rs. 299 per month would give a Vodafone customers exactly the same benefits as in the case of Airtel but the only difference is its price. Airtel charges Rs. 499 and Vodafone declared the same services for just 299 bucks a month. Well, if you are planning to activate this plan, let me tell you, unlimited usages will be only for accessing Email and not browsing the Internet.
I say Vodafone is finally curious about attracting more and more corporate users towards its brand. Hope there would be more such competitive offers in the days to come. 🙂
Related: Unlimited Email and Instant Messaging plan for Rs.499 on Airtel BlackBerry
Several awards were given away at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress. Nokia made it to several categories as a winner.
The GSMA CEO’s Award for Outstanding Environmental Contribution – Nokia
The GSMA’s inaugural Green Mobile Awards recognised an overall sensitivity to, and contribution, to environmental leadership with this the first GSMA CEO’s Award for Outstanding award for an Overall Environmental Contribution. The award went to Nokia. “It is an honour to accept this on behalf of the thousands of Nokia people who have made sustainable, environmentally sensitive practices an integral part of our day to day business. With more than a billion people using Nokia phones globally, we feel we have a responsibility to make a difference.” He added, “Even in these tough economic times, environmental sustainability is not just the right thing to do, it is the only thing to do and makes good business sense,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia. Continue reading “Pick of the winners at MWC: Nokia E71, BlackBerry Storm 9500 SurePress Screen etc”
I recently got my hands on a T-Mobile G1 the first Google Android powered phone.
I brought it to India from USA. I unlocked the handset through T-Mobile and the phone now works perfectly fine on Airtel .
We are working on a in depth review of the phone which is the first phone based on the Google Android Operating System.
We have been telling you about gPhone since August 2007 Continue reading “T-Mobile G1 Unlocked works in India on Airtel”
Airtel subscribers in Delhi and NCR will have another reason to celebrate the 61st year of our Independence.
Subscribers can avail the benefit of full talk time and STD at one rupee per month, minus processing charge or service tax on a recharge of Rs 1947. You also get a validity of 1 year.
1947 is the year of our Independence. Sounds cool!!!
Just ask your sister to wait 6 days for the ‘Raksha Bandhan’ gift you owe her on 16th August.
Airtel has announced that they will release the iPhone in India on August 22, 2008.
Continue reading “iPhone by Airtel to release on August 22, 2008”
Good news for all of you wanting to buy an iPhone in India.
Airtel and Apple have signed a deal to make the iPhone available in India later this year.
No word on the time or pricing yet.
3G does not make any sense in India. I tried to get in touch with Airtel officials about this . will keep you all posted.
Save your cash and get one of these sexy beauties !!
Apple iPhone is going to change the mobile handset scene in India
Full please release below
Bharti Airtel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to India
NEW DELHI and SAN FRANCISCO—June 9, 2008— Continue reading “iPhone 3G in India Bharti Airtel Apple ink Deal”
After Vodafone confirming that they will be getting the iPhone to India, now its AirTel who has confirmed that they will be bringing the iPhone to India at the end of 2008 to its customers. Continue reading “AirTel also to bring iPhone in India”
I had attended the Cell Show 2006 which is taking place at Rani Meyyammai Hall, Chennai between 22nd and 25th December.
This is the 3rd time the event is being held in Chennai. There was a good turnout for the show despite the Rs.30 entry fee. This is just an indication of the mobile madness in this city.
Airtel had a huge stall at the entrance with their red balloons. They were giving away Free Prepaid SIM cards if you had an ID proof. They were also displaying the new Blackberry Handsets. The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 and BlackBerry 8700g . It was just a demo piece and could not see them in action.
Univercell was to be seen with their stalls at every each and every corner. They had a stall for each of the popular brands.
I got my hands on the The Motorola Fone F3 which was launched recently.Its called the ” Unbreakable Handset ” Its priced at around Rs.1500. Its appears like a low price market winner from Motorola. The handset is interestingly manufactured in India by Flextronics in Chennai.
I tried the Motorola Ming A1200 – the Linux PDA. The Handwriting recognition is not the best one.But its a phone which has got a unique combination of features.
Wizdom.in who are the pioneers in mobile learning in India were showcasing their Mobile Application. A free demo app was available to the visitors on request.
Pictures will be available soon.
The rumors have started again. Reports suggest that the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa group is believed to be considering a sale of its telecom business. The sale might include Hutchison Essar as well. Hutch has postponed its IPO in India so many times.
Vodafone has shown interest in taking over Hutchison Essar. Its willing to offer upto 13.5 Billion Dollars for the deal. Reliance is reported to have teamed up with Blackstone Ventures and is willing to offer upto 15 Billion Dollars.
Its interesting to note that Vodafone has an 10% stake in Bharti Airtel which is valued at close to 1.4 Billion pounds. But there is a no compete attached to this deal.
We still need to wait and see the turn of events.
Press Release
Nokia and Bharti Airtel sign USD 400 million network expansion, managed services contract
