Virgin Mobile Intros Two New FRC Bundled With Exciting Offers

Virgin Mobile India, the only youth focused mobile service brand in India has today announced the launch of a value recharge coupon in denomination of Rs.48 and Rs.49 for its GSM Mobile Service users in India. These RCVs come bundled with a host of exciting offers that truly provide value offerings like lowest call rates, free SMS and Get Paid for Incoming at 10p/min valid for one year.

Under FRC 48, customer gets the talk time worth Rs.20 along with other benefits like all local and STD calls at 40p/min, 250 free local and STD SMS respectively after the first two local and first two STD SMS charged at Re.0.50 each.

Similarly, the Rs.49 FRC (Free Recharge Coupon) comes loaded with a plethora of benefits like talk time worth Rs.20, local & STD calls to any Virgin mobile number at 20p/min while calls to any other number will be charged at 50p/min, 1000 free local SMS (daily) to Virgin Mobile numbers; 100 local SMS free to any other number after 2 SMS at Re0.50 each.

The benefits of these recharge coupons will be available to Virgin Mobile users across all the GSM circles across India.

Airtel To Unveil An All New Refreshing Logo

It looks like Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator is all set to undergo a brand makeover and unveil an all new refreshing new logo next week.

By looking at the logo Bharti, it looks like Airtel has taken inspiration from none other than Zain Telecom of Africa which Bharti Airtel recently acquired.

Since Airtel is going global with the acquisition of Zain Telecom, Airtel felt the necessity of changing its logo and soon this refreshing and youth looking logo will be unveiled within the next few days, probably next week, reports ET.

Let’s see how it will look when the same is incorporated on the Recharge cards:

Airtel will be spending Rs. 300 Crores globally to change the brand identity. The new brand is expected to be unveiled all across India, Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Seychelles. Company had already said that Zain will be re-branded as Airtel recently.

Do let us know about what you think on the new Logo, hate it or love it

The new logo of Airtel is:

BSNL GPRS/3G APN and Proxy details

S.No.	Purpose	APN	Proxy Server Address	Port	Home Page/MMS Server address in case of MMS
1	To  access internet on mobile handset or on laptop/PC through mobile	bsnlnet	Not required	Not required	Any
2	To download content e.g. games, ringtones, wallpapers, applications for mobile etc.	bsnlwap	10.220.67.131	8080	Any
3	To download content with free browsing	bsnlportal	10.220.67.131	8080	http://wap.cellone.in
4	To send and receive MMS	bsnlmms	10.210.10.11	8080	http://bsnlmmsc.in
5	To access BSNLLIVE for downloading premium content e.g. videos, movies, songs etc. from BSNL Content Server	bsnllive	10.220.67.131	8080	bsnllive
6	To see Mobile TV	bsnlmobiltv	Not required	Not required	Not required
7	To enable video streaming on handset  (required for BSNLLIVE)	bsnlstream	Not required	Not required	Not required

NOTE: USERNAME AND PASSWORD ARE NOT REQUIRED IN ANY OF THE SETTINGS.

            Leave all other options with their default values.

For connecting to Internet through “bluetooth” using PC/Laptop, following setting are also required in PC/Laptop:

Go to control panel>Phone and Modem Settings

Click on Modems - List of modems installed on your PC/laptop will appear. Select the Blue Tooth modem and click on properties. Then click on the Advanced tab: Extra settings page will appear. Enter following text in the field for Extra initialization commands:      at+cgdcont=1,"ip","bsnlnet","",0,0

BSNL 3G - Device Settings - West Zone

Please refer your Handset Manual to apply these setting.

1. BSNL Live Portal Setting
2. BSNL's Mobile TV Streaming
3. GPRS Setting
4. BSNL MMS Setting

1.BSNL Live Portal Setting :
It enables to browse only BSNL Live Portal (http://bsnllive.in) which have unlimited contents like ringtones,wallpaper, animation, theme, video, latest mp3 songs , movies, games etc  to download into your handset device. Charge on browsing and content download will be implied.

Setting Name	bsnllive
Access Point Name	bsnllive
Proxy Port	8080
Proxy IP	10.220.67.131
User Name
Password
Home Page	http://bsnllive.in

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2. BSNL's Mobile TV Streaming :
It enables data streaming of various content i.e :Movies, Videos Clips and Live Tv Channels, available at BSNL Live Portal. This setting is to be saved in the Media player of Mobile Handset. Charge on data streaming will be implied.

Setting Name	bsnlstream
Access Point Name	bsnlstream
User Name
Password
Home Page

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3. GPRS Setting :
It enables to browse any site on internet by Laptop or PC through handset or datacard having BSNL SIM. Charge on browsing will be implied.

Setting Name	bsnlnet
Access Point Name	bsnlnet
User Name
Password
Home Page

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4. BSNL MMS Setting :
It enables to send and receive MMS from Mobile Handset. No charges on browsing through this setting.

Setting Name	bsnlmms
Access Point Name	bsnlmms
Proxy Port	8080
Proxy IP	10.210.10.11
User Name
Password
Home Page	http://bsnlmmsc.in

Tata Docomo Launches 3G Data Card and High-End Devices

In a bid to provide Unmatched 3G experience, India’s first Private 3G Mobile service operator Tata Docomo launched 3 plug-n-play 3G USB Devices (3G HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+ Data Card) and High End 3G devices.

At present Tata Docomo has HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini, Acer Ferrari high-end 3G mobile phones as well as 3G Tablets – Dell Streak and Samsung Galaxy Tab with Free 3G Data Usage for its customers in its 9 3G telecom circles.

These 3G USB modem starts from Rs. 1999, perfectly integrates the functionality of a modem & a mobile phone. Designed to deliver the heaviest of data at different speeds, and operator also claims that its USB Modem is equipped to meet all business commitments of its users! All the Data Cards enabling you to make & receive calls & SMS/text messages when plugged into your laptop or desktop.

Tata Docomo 3G Data Card will enable anytime, anywhere instant High Speed wireless Internet connectivity up to 3.6 Mbps,7.2 Mbps and 21.6 Mbps (depends on device) for laptops and other computing devices, thereby significantly benefiting business users, roamers and travelers.

Tata Docomo 3G USB Modems :

Tata Docomo 3G USB Modem(Data Card) and Features	Speed	Price
HSDPA USB Modem: This USB modem perfectly integrates the functionality of a modem & a mobile phone. Apt for a super fast snack surfing, it allows you to send and receive Text Messages (SMS) as well.	Download speed: Max. 3.6 Mbps Upload speed: Max. 384 Kbps	Rs. 1999
HSUPA USB Modem: This USB modem perfectly integrates the functionality of a modem & a mobile phone. Powered with blazing speeds, it enables huge data exchange in seconds. Besides, it allows you to make and receive voice calls & text messages while you’re at it.	Download speed: Max. 7.2 Mbps Upload speed: Max. 5.76 Mbps	Rs. 2600
HSPA+ USB Modem: This 3G USB modem perfectly integrates the functionality of a modem & a mobile phone.Designed to deliver the heaviest of data at lightening speeds. This USB Modem is equipped to meet all your business commitments!It doubles up as a mobile phone by enabling you to make & receive calls & text messages when plugged into your laptop or desktop. The slickest office instrument that packs in the most in its tiny frame.	Download speed: Max. 21.6 Mbps Upload speed: Max. 5.76 Mbps	Rs. 3500

For Tata Docomo 3G Tariff Plans for Data Cards just check it here -: TATA DOCOMO 3G LIFE TARIFF PLANs.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is available at Rs. 34900 and Tata DOCOMO offers free 3 GB download per month, for the first 6 months to all Samsung Galaxy Tab users – Postpay & Prepay from the date of purchase.

While the Dell Streak will cost Rs. 34990 comes with  50 MB of free 3G data every month, for the first 6 months from the date of purchase. For details of Tata Docomo 3G Mobile Phones and Tablets Just Click Here

NDTV Launches 4 New

NDTV today announced the launch of four new applications, NDTV Android, NDTV Blackberry, NDTV Play and NDTV iPad. The concept is simple, getting the news right there on your device, in a format that’s far more accessible on the go.

The applications feature stories, Breaking News and Videos live from the NDTV studios in India . Award-winning journalists and technology combine to report on Politics, Business, Cricket and Bollywood.

The application also connects the user to NDTV Social – where users can talk directly to anchors and reports. Users can also shoot and upload their stories to NDTV directly using the iWitness feature in the application.

With NDTV Play, the users can play video right from their desktop — without opening a new browser window for Mac and Windows. The desktop client can be used to search for videos or browse through media by category and create playlists that to view, edit and delete. The users can share their playlists with friends and the world over the Internet.

How to Download the NDTV Apps :

NDTV Android	http://www.ndtv.com/page/android-web
NDTV Blackberry	http://www.ndtv.com/page/blackberry-web
NDTV Play	http://www.ndtv.com/page/play
NDTV iPad	http://www.ndtv.com/page/ipad?page=web