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Aircel Launches Pocket Internet for Rs. 24 per month

Aircel, has launched another unique data plan, Pocket Internet 24 (PI-24). The innovative product offered at Rs. 24 for a higher validity of 30 days, will enable customers to experience and experiment internet on their mobile phones at an economical price of less than Re. 1 per day. Especially designed for first time mobile internet users, Pocket Internet 24 will offer adequate data to help familiarize... 

Airtel Offer Videos at Re 1

Recently Airtel tweeted that Airtel users can watch cool videos over v.airtellive.com at just Re 1. In that portal Airtel does some promotion of 3G – how it is better than 2G in offering better quality and clarity on voice calls too. I am not sure how good is this promotion or the videos at Re 1 to push 3G services to masses. 3G penetration is not bad in the country, but very few customers are using... 

Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy 100G System on BBG Submarine Cable System

Alcatel-Lucent will provide gears to multinational consortium to establish the Bay of Bengal undersea cable system. India’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltdis in the consortium along with Vodafone, Omantel, Telekom Malaysia, Dialog Axiata and Etisalat. Planned as commercial operation to be started by 2014, the approx 8000km long Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) cable system will enhance the robustness and reliability... 

Uninor Officially Launches ‘Auto-Recharge’ in MH-Goa

In an attempt to reach to more and more customers, Telenor’s Indian arm Uninor has launched ‘Auto-Recharge’ initiative in Maharastra circle. Under this initiative auto-drivers will offer Uninor recharges on-the-go to provide seamless experience to customers of all levels. Uninor started the pilot run with 10 auto rickshaws from Vishrantwadi Rickshaw Union. The auto rickshaw drivers are trained... 

49 Percent is the quarterly profit drops from Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel one of India’s largest private telecommunication operator quarterly net profit has dropped near to half i.e. $94.7 million or 5.1 billion rupees. Already 9.2 percent is the revenue rise in this current fiscal year where in the previous year the profit was around 205 billion rupees ($3.8 billion). 1.3 billion rupees ($24.8 million) is the amount in terms of increment in tax received... 

Tablets would be dead in next five years as per Blackberry CEO

Tablet market may be dead soon in the upcoming years as per quoted by Blackberry CEO, since the tablet market is moving on quite steadily. Thorsten Heins Chief Executive Officer of Blackberry commented in an interview “In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore,Maybe a big screen in your work space, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business... 

Reliance may share its towers with Bharti Infratel

As per top company officials Reliance Industries Ltd may put their towers on lease to Bharti Infratel a tower unit in Bharti Airtel. Akhil Gupta Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Infratel told to press reporters that ”We would definitely be in talks with them, we would like to do more and more business with them. So as far as we are concerned they are very credible customer, so we... 

Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 Review

A  new smartphone with great specification and performing excellent. Key Specifications: Network Supported: 2G Network GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) – GT-I8260,GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) – GT-I8262 (SIM 1 & SIM 2),3G Network HSDPA (900 / 2100). SIM Type: SIM Optional Dual SIM. Display: 4.3 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 800 pixels, Multitouch. Memory: microSD Card up to 32 GB ,8... 

Reliance Communications in Alliance with Aircel for 2G GSM ICR alliances

Reliance Communications today announced ambitious plans to expand its pan-India network significantly through strategic 2G GSM Intra-Circle Roaming agreements with existing operators, offering its customers wider coverage and uninterrupted service across the country. Once in place, RCOM’s 2G GSM customers will be able to roam seamlessly on all partner networks, free of any additional cost. These... 

Airtel Starts Pilot Run of New Tariff Hike: Local onnet 1.6p/sec & STD 1.4p/sec

Every mobile operator hiked their tariffs, but what if you have to pay Rs 173 for enjoying local onnet calling at 1.6p/sec (96p/min), Local other mobile at 1.6p/sec, STD mobile calls at 1.4p/sec (84p/min) and landline at 2.5p/sec (Rs 1.5/min) for just 30 days!! Thanks to our reader Kaushik, he found this type of tariff packs are mentioned on Airtel’s website for Kolkata circle. We also checked in... 

Reliance Jio to Make Own Submarine Cable System

Reliance Jio Infocomm, which own pan India BWA spectrum is going to invest in making submarine cable system along with several international carriers. Reliance Jio formed a consortium with Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) (Malaysia), Vodafone Group (UK), Omantel (Oman), Etisalat (UAE) and Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka) to establish the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) submarine cable system. All the carriers signed...