MTNL 3.6 Mbps 3G Data Card Price to Rs. 1199

India’s first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL)  today slashed the price of its plug-n-play 3G USB Dongle (3.6 Mbps 3G Data Card) from Rs. 1599 to Rs. 1199 for its postpaid and prepaid customer in Mumbai telecom circle.

MTNL’s 3G Data card (Terracom LW272) will be available at all MTNL  Customer Service Centers (CSCs) across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane for Rs. 1199 only from tomorrow i.e. 1st August, 2012. MTNL also offers Free 3G prepaid SIM card (HSPA) and free data transfers (Download and Upload) up to 1 GB (Home and Roam) for 1 months on the purchase of 3G Data Card.

MTNL also offers attractive 3G data tariff plans for postpaid and prepaid starts from Rs. 22 to Rs. 2500 in Mumbai circle. The default 3G data access charges is 2p/10KB for Home and Roam usage across India with in MTNL/BSNL network.

MTNL 3G Data Card (Terracom LW272) will enable anytime, anywhere instant High Speed wireless Internet connectivity up to 3.6 Mbps for laptops and other computing devices, thereby significantly benefiting business users, roamers and travelers.

MTNL 3G Data Plans  (Mumbai)
Price	FREE 3G Data Usage	FREE SMS (Local/ National )	FREE Video Calls	Validity
Rs. 22	250 MB	NIL	NIL	1 Day
Rs. 76	1 GB	NIL	NIL	7 Days
Rs. 99	300 MB	NIL	NIL	30 Days
Rs. 126	1 GB	NIL	NIL	15 Days
Rs. 250	1.1 GB	NIL	25 Minutes	30 Days
Rs. 450	2.2 GB	NIL	50 Minutes	30 Days
Rs. 650	3.3 GB	NIL	NIL	30 Days
Rs. 750	4.4 GB	NIL	75 Minutes	30 Days
Rs. 1190	9 GB	350 SMS	NIL	90 Days
Rs. 1200	15 GB	NIL	NIL	30 Days
Rs. 1650	Unlimited	NIL	NIL	30 Days
Rs. 2500	Unlimited	NIL	150 Minutes	60 Days

Uninor Launches Free Local Calls on Sundays

Uninor today rolled out a very unique offer – free unlimited local calls (Uninor to Uninor) on Sundays.

This offer is applicable to all existing / New Uninor customers. The offer is valid on every Sunday starting from July 22nd to August 26th 2012.

Speaking on the occasion, Shivkumar Mudaliar, Circle Business Head for Uninor’s Tamil Nadu operations said,’’ Uninor believes in building a strong bonded community of subscribers on our network to enjoy our proposition of “Pay Less Talk More “. We want them to take time out on a Sunday and catch up with their friends & relatives, and talk absolutely free on Uninor to Uninor calls . We welcome all our subscribers to make the most of this Special Sunday offer – a true Gift from Uninor “.

Android Tablet for Rs. 3699 by Zync Z-909

Zync Global Private Limited today announced the launch of Z-900 Plus a new model of low cost Android tablet which can be bought at a nominal price of just Rs. 3699.

The tablet sports a 7-inch resistive touch screen powered by a 1GZ processor, includes WiFi connectivity with a front 0.3MP camera. It runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and has a powerful 3000mAH battery which makes it an ideal device for long hours of usage.

Loaded with a 256MB RAM, the device 4GB in-built memory, can be expanded to 16 GB. Its size, light weight of 360 gm makes it a portable device to carry with much ease. It also has a micro and macro USB port for attaching external dongles and keyboard.

On the connectivity front, it offer Wi-Fi connectivity so one can surf internet, send and receive email, audio and video recording, video chat and much more at Wi-Fi enabled hot spot. The tablet also comes with pre-loaded apps such as Angry Birds and Ibibo. The Z-909 plus also has the BigFlix application embedded into the tablet which gives a seamless movie experience to all the movie buffs.

The Tablet will be available across major online e-commerce portals like Snapdeal.com, HomeShop18.com, Futurebazaar.com, Naaptol.com. The tablet also comes with add-on practical accessories such as screen guard and a lycra pouch apart from the standard USB cable and a charger all included at a bargain price of Rs. 3699.

Free 3.6 Mbps Data Card With Postpaid Plans offer by BSNL

Pan India 3G mobile and Data service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has decided to offer free 3.G Mbps data card as a promotional Independence day offer for its prospective postpaid customers.

To avail the offer one has to initially pay for cost of the 3.6 Mbps data card as taken from BSNL as per prevailing price and the customer has to subscribe to a postpaid plan with a FMC of more than Rs. 400.

The cost of the data card will be returned to the customer by way of monthly cash back in bill over a period of 8 months.

BSNL also offers 3G data tariff plans for prepaid customers which starts from Rs. 25 to Rs. 3000 in all circles. As reported earlier BSNL slashed its 3G Data Card (Terracom LW272 and HFCL 3.6 Mbps) price from Rs. 1600 to Rs. 1280 (Excluding 5% VAT) by 20% approx as a promotional offer.

The above offer will be launched with effect from 1.8.2012

Nokia India Launches Nokia Asha 303 3G Mobile Phone For Rs. 8899

Nokia India today launched new Nokia Asha 303 , a stunning touch & type 3G smartphone with a QWERTY keypad for Rs.Rs 8899.
 

Nokia Asha 303 equipped with a powerful 1GHz processor and a 2.6 inch capacitive touchscreen, 3.5G HSPA 10.2Mbps connectivity and WiFi. The device also features pre-installed entertainment and applications such as Angry Birds Lite, Mobile TV with Zenga TV, Whatsapp, along with DRM-free Nokia Music Unlimited service.

Nokia – Vodafone Free 3G Data Offer :

Nokia India also tie-up with Vodafone India wherein Vodafone customers can enjoy high speed internet on their Nokia Asha 303 with 1GB of 3G/2G data per month for 4 months absolutely free. The 3G-enabled social networking hub, Nokia Asha 303, offers faster access to the internet and services such as Nokia Messaging and Nokia Store.

Nokia India claims that the Asha 303 meets the Indian consumer’s enormous need for affordable mobile entertainment. The DRM-free Nokia Music Unlimited service allows consumers to download music from a catalogue of over 40 lakh songs and share it unrestricted with anyone they want.

Nokia Asha 303 has Bluetooth connectivity, an internal memory of 170 MB with support for up to 32 GB memory, and sports a 3.2 MP camera. Specially designed for a matchless music experience – with an enhanced music player and built-in FM radio and internet radio

BSNL Revises Prepaid 2G and 3G Tariff Plans As Per TRAI’s New Regulation

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) the pan-India 3G mobile service provider has revised its prepaid tariff plans and STVs to implement the TRAI’s new tariff regulation TELECOM CONSUMERS PROTECTION REGULATIONS- 2012. The revised tariff will be effective from 21st March 2012.
 

As per TRAI’s TCPR-2012, all the service providers can offers only three type of prepaid vouchers – Plan Voucher; Top Up Voucher; and Special Tariff Vouchers. Plan voucher should not provide any monetary value and can be used to enroll customers into a tariff plan only. Top-Up vouchers should be used only for monetary value (talk time) in Rupees without any restrictions of usage validity in days. While STVs should be used for Plan/Tariff and tariff validity period (maximum 90 Days only).

According to our exclusive sources, BSNL will be the first telecom operator which is going to implements all above new guidelines for its prepaid 2G and 3G Mobile service by tomorrow i.e. 21st March, 2012.

BSNL’s Revised Voice Plans /FRCs :

BSNL’s Revised STVs :

BSNL revised 3G Data FRC (For 3G Data Card users) :

Changes in BSNL 3G Data Plans/Coupons :

Changes in BSNL 2G GPRS Data Plans/Coupons :

Videocon To Shut Down Services in Most Circles

After the cancellation of 2G licenses, it is now turn for Videocon to shut down services in most of the circles where they operate as we came to know from our sources. This is the 3rd operator after STel and Cheers Mobile who went to close operations.

In 2008 Videocon got license and 2G GSM spectrum for 21 circles, and in Punjab they operate as brand sharing agreement between QTL and Videocon. Videocon is commercially available in selected circles like Tamilnadu, Mumbai & Maharastra, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab and Kerala. While 18 circles out of 22 are listed on Videocon’s website to show their minimal presence to meet roll out oligations.

As per our sources, Videocon will shut down their services all circles except those circles having more than 5 lakh customers. The operating circles of Videocon Mobile will be Tamilnadu incl. Chennai, Punjab & Haryana and M.P & Mumbai. Currently M.P has largest Videocon customer base.

TRAI Simplifies Life for Mobile Users Starting Today

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) the regulatory body seeks to ensure Quality Of Service (QOS) across telecom operators in the country. On 6 January 2012 it outlined several guidelines via Directive no. 308-5/2011-QOS dubbed as TELECOM CONSUMERS PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2012, as earlier we shared on TelecomTalk. On 21 March 2012 these directives need to be implemented starting today.

 BSNL will be the first telecom operator which has already announced the implementation of all new guidelines for its prepaid 2G and 3G Mobile service and all other operators will also follow the same.

Following are the benefits the new guidelines bring to consumers:

Simplicity & standardization of tariff vouchers across operators.

Transparency for Value Added Services activated on the account.

Information on premium rate VAS.

Changes which would be ‘seen’ by consumers from now onwards:

New Start Up Kit:

Will contain only the SIM with no rate plan attached (no confusion of tariffs for the customer).

New Vouchers :

Only 3 voucher types will exist (Plan Voucher, Top-up, STV) (easy to differentiate between talktime vouchers against tariff benefits).

Plan Vouchers :

These would offer only the basic plan, with no talktime attached.

Top-Up Vouchers :

These would provide only talktime (in Rupees) with main account validity.

STV Vouchers :

These would provide only rate cutters, and no talktime.

Colour Coding :

The 3 vouchers would be segregated by different colours, for ease of understanding by consumers.

 Usage information :

Consumers would be informed of the usage after every call / data session / VAS activation. While this may be already available with several operators, the same has been now made mandatory.

Past Usage information:

Consumers can now avail their usage over the last 180 days by paying a fee of Rs. 50 per request. Details that would be made available are Calls / SMS / VAS / Roaming.

Account related information:

Consumers can also avail information about their accounts – Tariff plan activated / Account Balance / Active VAS details are now available via SMS to the customer.

Premium VAS Service:

Consumers will be informed that the number they are calling is chargeable, and after a ‘beep’ the VAS service would be connected, thereby offering consumer greater awareness of the tariffs.

Do let us know if you are happy with the new amendment , will this help the customers in better transparency do share your views via comments

Nokia Offers Free Premium Apps & Games on Selected Mobile Phones

Nokia India today announced a range of premium applications and games on select Nokia smart devices for its consumers free of cost!

Nokia Consumers who purchase Nokia C5-05, Nokia C5-03, Nokia 500, Nokia 603 and Nokia 701 can download apps and games worth Rs. 3850. The offer can be availed by existing users of these devices as well as new buyers.

The free premium apps and games also include exciting labels from EA Sports for sports enthusiasts. These include FIFA ‘12, EA Cricket ’11, Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’11, Tekken, Medal of Honor and Need for Speed.

Other popular games include Monopoly, FIFA ‘11, Flight Control, Zuma’s Revenge and Hard Rock collection. Besides gaming, Nokia is offering a host of utility apps for Nokia C5-05 and Nokia C5-03 users. Thes include useful apps such as SMS scheduler, SMS spam manager, Call recorder, Contacts Hider and Message Hider.

To get Free Apps on all above these devices, SMS Nokiaapps Handset Model Number (without any space) to 55555.

Airtel, Loop Mobile and Idea Cellular Summoned on MNP Port-Out Rejection Complaints

India’s three leading mobile service providers Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Loop Mobile and their top officials were summoned today by a Delhi court for allegedly violating the TRAI regulations on Mobile Number Portability (MNP).

After the lot of complaints of false practice by these leading operators regarding Mobile Number Portability (MNP), Indian telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has approached a Delhi Court, with a complaint against mobile operators for rejecting MNP  port out requests from its subscribers and violating the MNP regulations

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The top executives from telecom sector who were issued summonses with a direction to appear before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav on May 25 are Airtel’s CEO Sanjay Kapoor, its Director (Legal and Regulatory Affairs) Jyoti Pawar and Vice-President (Head and Regulatory Affairs, Mobile Services) Ashwani Rana.

The executives summoned from the Idea Cellular  included its Managing Director Himanshu Kapania and its Chief Corporate Affairs Officers Rajat Mukarji.

While the Mumbai’s leading operator Loop Mobiles (India) Ltd officials, who have been summoned by the court are its Managing Director Sandip Basu and Chief Regulatory Officer Harish Kapoor.

Earlier the TRAI has filed separate complaints against each mobile service providers and their top officials for allegedly violating its norms by rejecting mobile number portability (MNP) requests of their subscribers in various circles like Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Gujarat and some others.

TRAI also said that it has received lot of complaints whereas the majority of Mobile Number porting requests have been rejected by these mobile service providers on the ground of contractual obligations and outstanding payment dues (less than Rs. 10) as the reason, even though the rejection clause in the Mobile Number Portability Regulations doesn’t allow operators to reject port-out requests on these grounds.

Tata Docomo Introduces Pure Rent Free GSM Postpay Plan Offering STD Calls at 5paise per 6 seconds

Tata Docomo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), introduced a pure Rent Free Postpaid Plans where customer can enjoy all the benefits at ZERO rental with no commitment. Earlier there was a minimum commitment and now the commitment has been removed.

Customers from Karnataka has to furnish any previous postpaid mobile bill of last 3 months with a bill value of greater than or equal to Rs. 500.

The Rent Free plans will be available for both new and existing GSM postpay customers in Karnataka. To subscribe to the plan the customer just needs to produce his last generated mobile bill with bill value greater than or equal to Rs. 500.

The Rent Free Plan offering tariff rates to the customers where the call rates will be 1 paisa for 2 second for all local calls and 5 paise/6 seconds for all STD calls.

All Local and National SMS will be charged at 50 paise per SMS and ISD SMS at Rs. 5 per SMS. Standard charges will be applicable on all ISD and Roaming Calls.

Customer can also opt for below mentioned addon pack based on the usage .

SMS Packs

1500 SMS@ Rs. 49 Pack

600 SMS @ Rs. 29 Pack

New Unlimited SMS @ Rs. 89 Pack

GSM GPRS 10GB@199 Pack

GSM GPRS 15GB@299 Pack

GSM GPRS 2GB@50 Pack

GSM GPRS 6GB@99 Pack

Zero (Pure Rent Free Plan)
Local All calls	1ps/2secs (30ps/min)
STD All calls	5ps/6secs (50ps/min)
SMS	Local & Nation 50p  per SMS, ISD Rs5

To Buy New postpaid connection Karnataka customer can call on 1800-266-00-00 (Toll-Free) or SMS “rentfree” 56161 chargeable at Rs. 3per SMS

Airtel 4G Due On First Half of April, 2012

If you are disappointed to know Airtel did not launch 4G on March 20, be excited as it is coming fast. As per our sources Airtel may launch LTE-TDD based wireless broadband services in the first half of April, 2012 in Kolkata.
 

Last week the rumor of Airtel’s 4G launch in Kolkata hit internet and a lot of people, if not everyone had gone crazy to hear it.

Airtel had won spectrum for high-speed wireless broadband service in four telecom circles namely Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka and paid Rs. 3,314.36 crore in 2010. The company was allocated 20 Mhz of BWA spectrum in 2.3 Ghz frequency band.

There is a rumour that ZTE may be the equipment partner for Airtel in Kolkata, while tower deal will be done with Indus Towers along with Bharti Infratel. Indus is largest tower company over the globe.

As 2.3 GHz spectrum band will have poor indoor coverage, it is expected Airtel will deploy small cells (femto cells) at places to provide better coverage. It is expected that at this initial stage of LTE roll out the coverage will be scarce and will be available at some pockets of the city. We expect that Airtel may use microwave and fiber optic based backhaul provider to support this ultra high speed wireless services.

At this stage industry leader Airtel is expected to come up with some dongles and some tablets to offer bundled data plans on 4G. This band of LTE spectrum (2.3GHz) is a new band if compared to western countries, as a result Indian private BWA service providers have to make some wise decision to roll out yet to mature LTE services. Many analysis say that in 5 years, LTE will have 20 miillion customers in India.

If we check the history, Kolkata was the first city to have mobile services (2G) in 1995, and today 2G is widely accepted. Can we see the same success with 4G if started with Kolkata?

Now we ask you can 4G be a superhit in India or will a be a flop show whats your take do share your views via comments.

Tata Docomo Launches Video Ringtone Service for GSM Customers

Tata DOCOMO today announced the launch of Video Ringtone service for its GSM customers across circles.

To avail this service, customer is required to register to the service by visiting http://tatadocomo.vringo.com on his/her phone’s mobile browser which will be their homepage for managing video ringtone collection.

Once the customer has successfully registered to the service, they can immediately dig in and start searching for new video ringtones called as Vringos. Post registration, customers will see a series of Vringo categories to browse video ringtones. When they like a Vringo, they can just click and “download” the same. 

Vringo service costs only Re 1/day (auto renewal) which includes access to Tata DOCOMO’s huge video ringtones library. Other than the daily subscription charge, customer will pay data charges for downloading videos from the portal as per his/her data plan. Vringo portal will allow users to download high quality videos from various genres like Bollywood, funny videos, devotional videos, popular television campaigns (ads), etc and set the same as their video ringtones.

Tata Docomo claims in a official statement that new service is First-of-its-kind service available only with Tata DOCOMO, powered by Hungama. Hence state run operators MTNL and BSNL both offering the similar service (Video Ring-tone) from last many years over their Mobile Portal.

IRCTC Goes Mobile Friendly, Launches Mobile Ticketing Portal

IRCTC the one stop portal for online rail ticket booking today launched its much awaited mobile portal , now rail commuters can book ticket from there own mobile phone by visiting IRCTC’s official mobile portal irctc.co.in/mobile.

Looking at the initial stage the site looks simple with clean interface and the loading time is also faster compared to its web portal, although when we tried to book a ticket in couple of occasions we were greeted with “communication failure error” we hope in coming days things would be stable.

BSNL Brings 100 Percent Cash Back Offer on EVDO Postpaid Data Card

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Kolkata circle also known as Calcutta Telephones, comes up with a very exciting offer for new customers looking to opt BSNL EVDO data card in this festive season.
 

With EVDO data services via dongles getting popular from private players like Reliance Communications (Rcom), Tata Tele (Tata Docomo Photon Plus) and MTS India (MBlaze), the PSU BSNL has decided to offer 100% cash back offer on new postpaid EVDO data cards to attract more data card customers under its belt.

Now buy a BSNL EVDO Card at just Rs. 1500 and opt for postpaid unlimited 750 plan for 15 months, you will get 100% cashback in the form of Rs. 100 discount on monthly bill for 15 months.

Details of the 100% Cashback plan on BSNL EVDO:

EVDO Data card price	Rs. 1500
Postpaid plan to opt	Unlimited usage for monthly rental of Rs. 750
Benfits	Rs. 100 discount on monthly bill for 15 months

Note: This new scheme is applicable for new postpaid EVDO customers who have to opt postpaid-750 plan (with Truly Unlimited Usage).

New customers can also pay upfront Rs. 4500 (+tax) for 6 months True Unlimited postpaid plan or Rs. 5000 for 6 months Unlimited Prepaid plan and get the data card FREE of cost. Customers can also their own data card with BSNL CDMA RUIM card, while onetime activation charge of Rs. 350 is applicable.

For more details dial 1800 233 1500 or visit nearest Customer Service Center of Calcutta Telephones (exchange/office).

BlackBerry PlayBook Price Reduced, Now 16 GB For Rs.13200

BlackBerry Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) today reduced the Price of BlackBerry PlayBook tablet as a special festive season promotional offer until December 31st, 2011 for all its perspective buyers in Indian market.

The tablet features Wi-Fi support and is available in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB models at festive season price of Rs. Best Buy Rs. 13,200 /MRP Rs. 13490 (16 GB), Best Buy Rs. 15700 / MRP Rs. 15990 (32 GB) and Best Buy Rs. 23,990 / MRP Rs. 24990 (64 GB). Earlier it was priced at Rs. 27,990 (16 GB), Rs. 32,990 (32 GB) and Rs. 37,990 (64 GB).

The Playbook tablet has a 7-inch LCD multitouch screen with 1024 x 60o resolution. Powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor, the device sports a 3 megapixel front facing and a 5 megapixel rear facing camera. The tablet is Wi-Fi enabled and has 1 GB RAM.

The BlackBerry PlayBook users can access the Internet through WiFi Hotspot connectivity as well as go online via their BlacKberry Smartphone by using a “BlackBerry Bridge” application and enabling bluetooth for data connectivity without any extra cost for data usage. Once they disconnect the bluetooth or move away, sensitive or secured data such as corporate e-mails and contacts are automatically wiped out from the PlayBook.

BSNL Launches Migration Voucher For Punjab Special F&F Prepaid Plan

India’s National Telecom Backbone and Pan India 3G mobile service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today launched its Migration Voucher of Rs. 6 for its fully loaded “Punjab Special F&F Prepaid Plan with Free 200 SMS/month and Per second tariff for Existing GSM subscribers in Punjab circle.
 

With the launch of ‘Migration Voucher-6, now existing BSNL subscriber can enjoy the “Punjab Special F&F Prepaid Plan” without changing the mobile number. The Voucher will be available from tomorrow i.e. 28 December 2011. Existing Subscriber can migrate to this plan by sending SMS “HELP MIG” to 52244.

The Plan enables its subscribers to make calls to 5 Local Number of any network with in Punjab at reduced call rates 10p/min for BSNL numbers and 30p/min for any other network number registered under F&F scheme.

Tariff Detail of “Punjab Special F&F Pre Paid plan” 

Sl.No	Item	Revised Tariff plan for Punjab
1	Call Charges
1a	Local / STD / Roaming	1ps / sec to BSNL; 1.2ps/sec to other Networks
1b	ISD	As per  plan General Plan
2	SMS Charges
2a	Free SMS	200 Local SMS per month
2b	Charges beyond Free limit	Local = 50ps, National =60ps,                               ISD=Rs.5/-
3	Friends & Family Charges
3a	F & F Numbers	Any 5 no.s of Any Network (within Pb Circle ) To Activate F&F Numbers : Send SMS  ‘EXLPOWER’ (space) Number1 (space) Number2 (space) Number3 (space) Number4 (space) Number5 to 53733 NOTE : — Mobile Numbers have to be inputted without any 0 eg 9463000000. Landline Numbers have to be inputted with code eg 01722646600
3b	F & F Charges(On-Net)	10ps/min
3c	F & F Charges(Off-Net)	30ps/min
3d	Change of F & F numbers	Rs. 10/- per change
4	Validity	Validity extended proportionately on recharge with  recharge /top Up
5	All other charges	As per   1p/sec  prepaid plan
8	STV Applicability	All STVs (except Service class based and SMS STV) are allowed

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New RC/Top-Up 250 :

Apart from above Migration Voucher, BSNL Punjab also launches RC/Top-Up of Rs. 250 which offers talk time worth Rs. 350 and Validity period of 100 Days. This RC-250 will be available from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.

Aircel Launches RC27, STD Calls 30p Minute

AIRCEL, one of the fastest growing Pan India telecom operator today announced the launch of new Rate Curter-27 (Special Tariff voucher) for its prepaid GSM mobile service customer in Tamilnadu and Chennai telecom circle to make STD calls at cheapest rates.
 

The RC-27 is priced at Rs. 27 wherein one can make Local and STD calls to any mobile numbers across India at 30 paisa minutes valid for 30 days from the date of recharge.

To subscribe or check plan validity Aircel Chennai /Tamilnadu customers can dial *333*27# from their mobile phone. For more details one can dial 98420-12345 /98410-12345 or 121 from Aircel.

MTNL Launches Xpress Unlimited Broadband Plans With 2Mbps Speed

Mumbai’s largest Broadband service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of 4 new Unlimited Broadband Combo Plans dubbed as “2 Mbps Xpress Unlimited Broadband Plans” with fair usage cap in Mumbai circle.
 

MTNL Mumbai’s 2 Mbps “Xpress Unlimited Broadband Combo Plans” (with FUP on Speed) comes at Rs. 600, Rs. 750, Rs. 1000 and Rs. 1500 per month. Plan-600 provides 8 GB data usage at 2 Mbps speed and 256 Kbps beyond the 8 GB usage.

While Plan-750 and Plan-Rs.1000 plans offer 15 GB and 22 GB Data usage at 2 Mbps speed and beyond fair usage cap, speed will be 512 Kbps for further Unlimited downloads. With Plan-1500, subscriber get 22 GB Data usage at 2 Mbps speed thereafter, speed will be 1 Mbps for further Unlimited downloads.

Apart from above new plans with Speed Cap, MTNL Mumbai also offers various True Unlimited Broadband Plans without any fair usage policy on speed and data usage starting from Rs. 395 per month.

MTNL Xpress Unlimited Broadband Combo Plans
Particulars	Xpress Unlimited-600	Xpress Unlimited-750	Xpress Unlimited-1000	Xpress Unlimited-1500
Monthly Rental	Rs. 600	Rs. 750	Rs. 1000	Rs. 1500
Download Speed	2 Mbps up to 8GB download,  256 Kbps thereafter	2 Mbps up to 15 GB download, 512 Kbps thereafter	2 Mbps up to 22 GB download,  512 Kbps thereafter	2 Mbps up to 60 GB download,  1 Mbps thereafter
Monthly Landline Charges/Rent	FREE	FREE	FREE	FREE
Installation Charges for new connection	Rs. 300 Waived off as Limited Period offer	Rs. 300 Waived off as Limited Period offer	Rs. 300 Waived off as Limited Period offer	Rs. 300 Waived off as Limited Period offer
One Time ADSL Modem Upfront charges (if taken from MTNL)	Normal Rs. 300,  WiFi – Rs. 600	Normal Rs. 300,  WiFi – Rs. 600	Normal Rs. 300,  WiFi – Rs. 600	Normal Rs. 300,  WiFi – Rs. 600
Monthly Modem Rent (if taken from MTNL)	Rs. 50	Rs. 50	Rs. 50	Rs. 50
For bookings and more details call 1500 (toll free) from MTNL or 022-22221500 / 1800221500 from any other network phone.

Tata Docomo SmartPicks – Offer Extension on LG Optimus E 510

In our last article “Tata Docomo SmartPicks – Offer Extension on Xperia arc S” we saw a cool Gadget under the Tata Docomo smart pick getting a good response.

Again Tata Docomo is extending its smartpick to LG with smartpick Wings to LG Optimus E 510. LG Optimus runs on Android OS 2.3 Version (Gingerbread) which has a powerful 800-Mhz processor, Its also have 5 Mp camera with 2592?1944 pixels, auto focus, LED flash & Geo-tagging, face and smile detection.

Tata DOCOMO will be offer exciting pre-pay and post-pay data packages to all Optimus E 510 customers.

Matrix Cellular Now Offers Data Solutions on International Roaming

Matrix Cellular has come up with new services to its bouquet addressing the innate need of people to stay connected at all times who are on international roaming. 
 

Using data services on your Smartphone while on International Roaming can be a costly ordeal. Unknown to many, reading emails, browsing through websites or even using your BBM while travelling on International Roaming can be expensive.

The new service allows travelers to be constantly accessible on mail, talk on phone and surf the internet at the same time, schedule and coordinate appointments in the middle of meetings, raise approval request, log in orders, update business databases and stay connected to colleagues, friends and family through Facebook and Messenger Services  from anywhere, anytime without worrying about inflated bills

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Charges are levied per MB and at an average cost of Rs. 750 per MB and one may spend Rs. 1500 just by checking one email. Every status update on Facebook can be charged up to Rs. 52 and using BBM can cost up to Rs. 3000 per day on International Data Roaming. 

Using all these services with a Matrix SIM card on your Smartphone will be just one- tenth the cost of International Roaming Data charges which means more money saved.

Vodafone India Responds To DOT Decision To Shutdown 3G Roaming

DoT has asked Airtel, Vodafone and Idea  to stop its 3G Roaming via ICRA in non 3G circles with in 24 hours and have given a deadline which will end on Saturday 3 PM.

Now Vodafone India respond to the same and issued a official statement stating “We received the notification from DoT after normal business hours today. “We think that this decision of DoT is completely unreasonable.”

“As stated earlier, the 3G roaming agreements that Vodafone has entered into with other operators are in complete compliance with all Government rules and regulations and this issue was specifically clarified by DoT before the 3G auction was held. Based on this clarification, we went into the auction in good faith.”

“Now, to completely reverse the stand, is totally irrational. It is going to affect millions of our customers adversely and we think it is a retrograde step by DoT. Also, giving a notice at this late hour with courts having gone on vacation from this afternoon is totally arbitrary.   We will take suitable course of action to protect our  and our consumers’ interest.”

So as a consumer what’s your take on this issue ?

Internet Access is top Priority, Opera Mini Tops at Samsung App Store

Opera Mini now topped the most popular mobile browser in Samsung Java Apps Store which is now used by over 144 million people across the world.
 

Samsung Java Apps Store is a marketplace designed to provide a variety of mobile applications especially developed and carefully selected for Samsung mobile phones.

It can be accessed by all Samsung Java phone users from m.in.samsungapps.com. Opera Mini is available as a free download there.

When using Opera Mini, webpages are optimized and compressed before being sent to your phone.Therefore, the data transferred to your phone is significantly reduced, making mobile surfing cheaper. Opera Mini works on more than 3,000 mobile phone models, ranging from basic Java phones to the latest OS.

Tata Docomo Launches FRC 59 And RC 31

Tata Docomo today announced a long term First Recharge coupon and a Super rate cutter for Karnataka circle GSM customers for the local users.
 

Where customer can enjoy all local on-net calls (Tata to Tata mobiles) mobile calls at just 1ps/6secs (effective10ps/min) for new activation on FRC 59 with 60 days validity and also customers can enjoy all other local calls at 1p/2sec.

With these recharge customer can also enjoy 198 free Local/National/day for 60 days. First two sms of the day will be charged at .50ps/sms. 

For existing Customers need to recharge with RC 31 he/she wants to enjoy the benefits with 30 days validity.

	FRC 59	RC 31
Tariff Validity	60 days	30 days
Tariff
Talktime	Rs. 20	0
Local
T2T	1p/6secs (10ps/min)	1p/6secs (10ps/min)
T2O	1p/2secs (30ps/min)	1p/2secs (30ps/min)
Landline	1p/2secs (30ps/min)	1p/2secs (30ps/min)
STD
T2T	1.2ps/sec	As per the Base Plan
T2O	1.2ps/sec
Landline	1.2ps/sec
SMS	198 Free sms/day, First  2 sms of the day @ .50/ps	198 Free sms/day, First  2 sms of the day @ .50/ps
Local	1 Re/sms	1 Re/sms
National	1.50 Re/sms	1.50 Re/sms
International	5 Re/sms	5 Re/sms