Category: Operators

Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators

Airtel Launches TweetSMS to send/receive tweets on your phone

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Cashing on the phenomenal growth of Twitter since a year, Airtel is launching a third-party application that allows you to receive Twitter SMS updates directly onto your phone called “tweetSMS”.

Initially when Twitter was launched, they had SMS updates option and they were sending the users their replies and their friends updates via SMS but somewhere in 2008 Twitter stopped sending free SMS updates to users, and instead started teaming up with different service providers around the world to create an economical and easy way to get SMS updates on your phone. In India, Twitter has teamed up exclusively with Airtel to offer the SMS service for an unknown period of time.

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Blackberry Tour comes to India on Reliance Mobile

BlackBerry_Tour_front Today in Mumbai , Research in Motion (RIM) maker of Blackberry handsets along with Reliance Mobile , India’s leading CDMA Operator announced the availability of the Blackberry Tour 9630 handset in India.

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Mobile Users to soon get per second pulse option now

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After the immense success of Tata Docomo’s per second pulse plan which made it the top operator in terms of user additions, TRAI is now considering the idea of introducing the same throughout all the operators now.

According to TRAI, all the telecom operators may be soon forced to give the option of paying based on the usage per second pulse instead of the current per minute pulse.

JS Sarma, Chairman of TRAI said that they will soon come out with a paper on this subject and invite suggestions on making this plan mandatory or not.

TRAI is also reconsidering the clause in current regulations which allow the mobile phone operators decide the tariffs and plans.

Some of the major Mobile Operators like BSNL and Aircel have already started offering per second pulse in select states like Karnataka, AP, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal etc and other operators like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are expected to follow suit soon.

What do you think? Would you prefer to pay by the new per second pulse or are you happy with your existent per minute pulse rates? Do Pass on your comments.

Samsung Galaxy i7500 comes to India on Tata Docomo

Tata Docomo and Samsung have teamed up to bring the first Samsung Android phone to India – the Samsung Galaxy I7500 which also happens to be the worlds thinnest Android powered phone at 11.9 mm thickness

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Tata Docomo Launches Blackberry Services

Tata Docomo has recently launched its blackberry service offering both the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphones to its customers in India.

Tata Docomo currently offers two different plans for the BlackBerry data service — the “Do 299” plan and the “Do 899” plan.

The “Do 299” plan offers unlimited data usage for e-mail and instant messaging, whereas the “Do 899” plan offers unlimited data usage for Internet, e-mail and instant messaging.

However, the Voice plans have to be  subscribed separately by the user.

Win 1 lakh by Creating a Unique Animation for Tata Docomo

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Tata Docomo is doing a lot of interesting things in the Indian Telecom space. Now they have come up with a Unique Animation Contest. Very few brands in India listen to consumers actively and Docomo is one of them. Continue reading “Win 1 lakh by Creating a Unique Animation for Tata Docomo”

Samsung LIMO Vodafone Handset Leaked

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These are the pictures of a LIMO powered Samsung phone under the Vodafone network. This phone has been leaked ahead of the Vodafone release schedule. Rumours say that this might be the Samsung Riedel i8305. Continue reading “Samsung LIMO Vodafone Handset Leaked”

Aircel and RIM partner to offer BlackBerry Services

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Aircel which is one of India’s fastest growing operators has partnered with RIM ( Research in Motion) to offer Blackberry services in India. Aircel will now offer Blackberry services to its enterprise and individual customers. It will also offer a range of 4 BlackBerry smartphones to start with.

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Nokia N900 can be Customized by Operators

The Nokia N900 has been creating waves across the world ever since the pictures of the first Linux based Phone were spotted on the interwebs. The Maemo based phone was unveiled few days before Nokia World and more details including the price were announced at the event.  Nokia had indicated that the price of the phone in various markets will depend a lot on the subsidies possible in the market. But recently there were some reports that Nokia is not going to allow operators to customize the N900 the way they allowed AT&T to customize E71x for example.  Some reports even suggested that Operators might reject the N900 due to this restriction. But Nokia has posted an explanation on its Conversations Blog indicating that the reports are not accurate and that Nokia is looking forward to work with operators to provide the best consumer experience.

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HTC Hero Comes to India at a Price of Rs.31990

The HTC Hero Phone has been launched in India today at a Price of Rs.31990.  Whats really cool about the the Hero is the new Sense UI. Also for the first time on a Android device we have a full-featured mobile browser with Flash support so that you can watch Youtube on the go or pick that greeting card for your special one. Also you must have heard about the special anti-fingerprint coating on the display which tackles smudges and keep the screen clear.

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Consumers To Bear The Mobile Number Portability cost?

For users awaiting for Mobile Number Portability(MNP) to be implemented, it’s yet again a bad news. Telecom operators want users to bear the entire cost of number portability. It was expected that it would cost somewhere around Rs. 400-500 for porting the number from one mobile operator to the other. But the amount that you might need to pay might shock you.

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Airtel and RIM bring the BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone a.k.a Gemini to India at an incredible price Rs.15990

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.

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Tata Docomo SIM Card is here

Tata Docomo seems to be getting a lot of attention amongst mobile consumers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. So we went ahead and bought a Tata Docomo SIM Card to check out the service . Tata Docomo is  Tata’s foray into GSM sevices in India and the different pricing strategy has already grabbed our attention. The SIM Card pack rarely gets any attention from customers as most of it is just marketing material and nothing is useful to the end user. Tata Docomo’s SIM pack was a bit different and it even included a flyer which indicated the call charges. More pics of the pack below

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