Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators
The Nokia C3 might turn out to be a hit for Nokia. After seeing queues for the launch in Indonesia the handset is now making its way to UK. Vodafone has listed the C3 available for sale on Prepaid also called Pay As You Go. The price of the handset is just 80 pounds ors Rs.5400 approx which is sweet deal considering that UK is a tad expensive for any phone !
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India’s leading mobile operator Airtel entered the app store game with the Airtel App Central . The company has just announced the store has crossed 4 months and seen over 13 million downloads since its inception.Users across downloaded apps at a speed of 1.2 downloads/second. Airtel App Central boasts of over 71,000 Apps and the according to the company its the largest App Store in India
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In a surprising move Vodafone India has announced that it is going to bring the newly launched Apple iPhone 4 to India. So we might be right about the India might be one of the 88 countries expected to get the new phone by September 2010
The BlackBerry Curve 8530 has been launched by RIM and Tata Indicom in India and it’s the first CDMA phone in India with an optical Track pad and built in Wi-Fi. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is a CDMA version of the hugely popular 8520 Curve which was available on Airtel previously. The 8530 offers high speed internet access, built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, trackpad and dedicated media keys. Continue reading “Blackberry 8530 Curve now in India on Tata Indicom at Rs.18990”
Reliance Communications was fortunate to win 3G spectrum in 13 circles including Mumbai and Delhi. To buy the 3G spectrum, the payment of Rs 8585.04 crores towards 3G Spectrum Fee was made to the Department of Telecommunications. Reliance is the first company to make such a payment and other Operators such as Airtel and Aircel are expected to follow soon.
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Vodafone prepaid users in Karnataka can save up to 60 percent on ISD Calls to USA , China , Gulf and several countries with new ISD packs from Vodafone. Under this scheme calls to USA and Canada are as cheap as just 4p/sec.For example users can do an e-topup for Rs.17 and make calls to USA and Canada at 4p/sec which tranlsates to Rs.2.40 per min.
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MTS the telecom arm of Sistema Shyam Tele Services Ltd (SSTL) has launched Voice services in Pune and is expanding it’s operation across Maharashtra. As a Promotional offer it’s charging 1 paisa for 4 seconds for calls within it’s network. The company now offers data servers under the MBlaze brand in 17 cities in the state including Solapur, Kolhapur, Sangli, Jalgoan and Ahmdnagar
The Department of Telecom (DoT) just posted the list of winners for the 3G Auctions in various circles. Airtel , Aircel ,Reliance, Idea, Tata , STel won atleast 1 circle. Videocon and Etisalat did not win even one circle ! Once the formalities are over we should expect commercial services to be offered by the winners starting from September 2010
In a shocking incident a Samsung phone on Verizon exploded in the face of a user reports Gizmodo. The user dropped the phone inside his car and the phone exploded rendering the man shocked. Continue reading “Samsung Phone Explodes in Face”
We had got hold of the Videocon SIM card and been trying to “Experience change” but the SIM card took 2 days to even get activated ! The card costs Rs.49 and comes lifetime validity and talktime of Rs.5. You need to get a First Recharge Coupon starting from Rs.61 . Continue reading “Videocon SIM Card”
As many of you might know there is a ongoing battle between LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMax which are both 4G(4th Generation) Wireless Standards . Sprint has decided to go with WiMax as their 4G standard whereas Verizon believes in LTE. Verizon Wireless is already conducting LTE trials in Boston , USA in a Pizzeria. Continue reading “Verizon 4G LTE Trial in Boston”
We have heard rumours going around that the next generation of Apple iPhone ie the iPhone 4g/HD will be launched on the Verizon network. But there are other contradicting rumours that say that the iPhone will be exclusive to AT&T till 2011 at least.
Mobile Operator IDEA Cellular which is an Aditya Birla Group Company has bagged the award for the Most Customer Responsive Company by Avaya GlobalConnect Continue reading “IDEA Cellular wins Award for Customer Responsiveness”
Lowell McAdam, the CEO of Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday that Google and Verizon are readying an iPad competitor to catch up on AT&T’s market share.
In a surprising move , Aircel had launched the Peek handheld email device in India. The Peek supports multiple email accounts with a unified inbox. Push email service is being provided along with the device. It is also possible to view attachments on the device.
