http://www.fonearena.com/blog The Mobile Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41513/sony-ericsson-w8-walkman-phone-gets-money-back-offer-on-reliance-3g.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41513/sony-ericsson-w8-walkman-phone-gets-money-back-offer-on-reliance-3g.html#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:50:11 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41513 Sony Ericsson and Reliance has teamed up to offer money back plans with the purchase of Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman phone. The phone was available available in India this June. This is an Android phone that has 3 inch (320×480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen, 3.2MP, Bluetooth, FM Radio with RDS and expandable memory up to 16GB with microSD. There are both prepaid and postpaid money back plans with Reliance 2G and 3G. Sony Ericsson W8 Postpaid offers Plans 3G 2G Monthly Rental (Rs) 582 582 Offer Validity (Months) 24 24 Local on-net calls (Minutes) 3000 3000 Local off-net calls (Minutes) 300 1000 Free Local and National SMS 3600 3600 Free Data (MB) 500 Unlimited   Sony Ericsson W8 Prepaid offers Plans 3G 2G Monthly Recharge (Rs) 660 660 Offer Validity (Months) 12 12 Local on-net calls (Minutes) 600 600 STD on-net calls (Minutes) - 600 Free Local and National SMS 3600 3600 Free Data (MB) 500 3600 The customers will also get mobile TV mega pack worth Rs.250 with the prepaid and postpaid 3G plans. The phone comes with 50 pre-loaded songs and more than 12 videos. The device costs Rs 9,995. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41513/sony-ericsson-w8-walkman-phone-gets-money-back-offer-on-reliance-3g.html/feed 7 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33241/reliance-communications-launches-century-pack-in-karnataka-for-rs-83.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33241/reliance-communications-launches-century-pack-in-karnataka-for-rs-83.html#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:49:17 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33241/reliance-communications-launches-century-pack-in-karnataka-for-rs-83.html Reliance has  launched a new promotional offer for it’s customers in Karnataka. A new Century Pack has been launched with the excitement around the Cricket World Cup. This offer is available only to new customers and is technically a First Recharge Voucher. Here are the most interesting features of the pack Available to only new customers of Reliance GSM & CDMA Full Talk Time on all Recharges for 1 year 100 Local SMS & National SMS per Day for 1 year Cost of this pack is Rs 83 (first recharge) and comes with a tariff validity of 1 year Do you find the offer interesting ? ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33241/reliance-communications-launches-century-pack-in-karnataka-for-rs-83.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/31509/nokia-launches-ovi-store-with-operator-billing-on-reliance.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/31509/nokia-launches-ovi-store-with-operator-billing-on-reliance.html#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:33:18 +0000 Gaurav http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=31509 Nokia has launched it's Ovi Application Store on Reliance's Network with operator billing. This is the first time Ovi Store is getting such a payment option in India. Nokia and Reliance Communications, in a first of its kind partnership in the country, today announced the launch of the India chapter of Ovi Store, Nokia’s immensely popular mobile application store. Reliance Communications will be the first service provider to offer integrated operator billing for their consumers in India enabling access to a host of paid for content on the Ovi Store. The amount will be either included in their monthly mobile phone bills or deducted from the pre-paid balance, per their data plans. The Ovi Store is a one-stop-shop for mobile content to help consumers personalize their Nokia devices.  It supports the widest range of content and file types including applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services and much more.  Launched in 2009, the Ovi Store has  4 million downloads per day globally, a milestone spurred by overall global demand and a recent update that gives users a friendlier look and feel as well as more popular apps and games. India currently sees more than 4.5 million downloads a week. All ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/31509/nokia-launches-ovi-store-with-operator-billing-on-reliance.html/feed 4 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/29793/reliance-launches-mca-2-0-an-enhanced-missed-call-alerts-service.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/29793/reliance-launches-mca-2-0-an-enhanced-missed-call-alerts-service.html#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:52:34 +0000 ArunD http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=29793 Reliance Communications, one of India’s largest telecom service provider has launched a Missed Call Alert Service with some enhanced features and they call it -  MCA 2.0 with Notify Me. Reliance Communication, Head of VAS- Anil Pande said, “Missed Call Alert Service 2.0 with Notify Me is a great convenience for Mobile users. It offers both Caller and Called Party instant notification to connect again, without being bothered with repeatedly attempting to connect” How does this work? Reliance Customers will receive missed call alert as at present – which tells a subscriber if they have missed a call due to their phone being either out of coverage area, battery exhaustion, phone is busy or switched off. In addition, ‘Notify Me’ alerts the callers, whose attempt to ring someone have failed, that the called number is now available to receive a call from them. How to activate this service? The missed call notification sms will detail the calling party’s mobile number, time & date when the call was made, whereby calling parties will receive a sms saying that the called party is available to receive calls.To subscribe to this service, the customers have to type "M" and send ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/29793/reliance-launches-mca-2-0-an-enhanced-missed-call-alerts-service.html/feed 2 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13713/reliance-reaches-100-million-customers-landmark-second-in-india-and-4th-worldwide-to-reach-this-miletstone.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13713/reliance-reaches-100-million-customers-landmark-second-in-india-and-4th-worldwide-to-reach-this-miletstone.html#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:28:09 +0000 Deepak http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=13713 Last year  Airtel achieved 100 million customers landmark and now its turn of Reliance communications making itself the 2nd largest cellular service provider of India in terms of customer base which includes both CDMA and GSM users. Reliance communication is one among the few cellular service provider in the country providing services in both GSM and CDMA platform. Well, with the attractive tariffs that Reliance recently came up with, its no wonder that Reliance gained the reputation of being the 2nd largest service provider of the country. Another interesting fact is, Reliance is the 4th largest player in the world having more than 100 million customers. Syed Safawi, CEO – Wireless Business, Reliance Communications said: We are delighted and humbled and thank our 100 million wireless customers who helped us cross this landmark in such a short span of time. We also owe this achievement to our trade partners who have bestowed confidence in the Reliance Mobile brand.We shall strive to offer our CDMA and GSM services in new geographies and make it the most technologically superior service in India. We plan to share and celebrate this success on March 20th, 2010, which will become a memorable day in the history of ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13713/reliance-reaches-100-million-customers-landmark-second-in-india-and-4th-worldwide-to-reach-this-miletstone.html/feed 5 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13033/soon-you-will-be-able-to-listen-92-7-big-fm-on-mobile.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13033/soon-you-will-be-able-to-listen-92-7-big-fm-on-mobile.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:26 +0000 Deepak http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=13033 Reliance’s BIG 92.7 FM has partnered with India’s largest telecom VAS provider – OnMobile Global Ltd. to roll its BIG FM for mobile users even without FM receiver on their mobile. It literally means, you can now listen to FM channels on the go without having to worry about carrying a FM enabled device or getting FM signals. Once the service is being rolled out with an Indian mobile service provider, all you will need to hear FM channels is a simple mobile with capabilities to receive and make calls. Though there were already similar service to listen music on your mobile phone, but its a one of its kind concept that will let you hear a complete FM channel on your mobile phone. Sounds interesting, isn’t it? While in a press conference, Mr. Rabe. T. Iyer, Business Head, Allied Businesses, Reliance Media World Ltd. said, We are extremely excited to join hands with the leaders in M-Vas, OnMobile. This partnership only strengthens 92.7 BIG FM’s endeavor to grow radio audiences both within India and the world over. Our effort is to reach radio to the deepest pockets of India, while growing the Indian diaspora overseas, giving them the flavor of radio ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13033/soon-you-will-be-able-to-listen-92-7-big-fm-on-mobile.html/feed 3 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/8347/htc-touch2-comes-to-india-on-reliance-gsm.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/8347/htc-touch2-comes-to-india-on-reliance-gsm.html#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:33:15 +0000 Team FoneArena http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=8347 HTC Corporation has launched the new compact, sleek and stylish smartphone HTC Touch2 in Indian Market for Reliance Mobile’s GSM subscribers. Reliance Communication, a company with a customer base of over 90 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers and which ranks among the Top 5 Telecom companies in the world is the foremost telecom operator to present HTC Touch2 handset in India. Also HTC Touch2 claims to be HTC’s first touch phone embedded with Microsoft’s newly released Windows Mobile 6.5 that enables its users to do all the things they want to do on phone easily. Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India said, “The HTC Touch2 is a compact Windows Mobile device which delivers a familiar touch experience that our consumers relate to, have experienced in the past, and expect in the future from the house of HTC,” said . He further added, “The Touch2 expands HTC’s portfolio of touch-based phones and will deliver an advanced touch experience to a broader group of people whether it’s making a call, chatting with friends on Facebook or simply responding to an important email, the HTC Touch2 gives you an immense sense of control". Vrajesh Shelat, Head – Wireless Data Business said, "Through ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/8347/htc-touch2-comes-to-india-on-reliance-gsm.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/3485/special-recharge-vouchers-launched-for-reliance-gsm-customers.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/3485/special-recharge-vouchers-launched-for-reliance-gsm-customers.html#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:04:16 +0000 Deepak http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=3485 A new special recharge voucher (also called Rate Cutters) introduced by Reliance GSM can drastically reduce your outgoing call charges. The price of the prepaid special tariff voucher is Rs. 45 which gives a life time incoming validity, along with a special tariff for 90 days. Here are the tariff details: Calls to own network (GSM/CDMA) – 30 paise/minute Calls to other local network – 60 paise/minute STD calls – 1 Rs/minute And all calls to own network between 11 P.M. and 6 A.M is absolutely free. Lifetime free Incoming & Above tariff validity for 90 days Wait, that is not all. Along with the above benefits, you also get a talk time of Rs. 20. :) Isn’t it really a nice initiative by Reliance in the current economy ? ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/3485/special-recharge-vouchers-launched-for-reliance-gsm-customers.html/feed 12 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2478/reliance-gsm-now-in-madurai.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2478/reliance-gsm-now-in-madurai.html#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:19:31 +0000 Team FoneArena http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=2478 Reliance Communications launched its GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) service here yesterday as part of the recent nationwide service initiative. A company press release said that customers choosing reliance Mobile GSM service can avail a unique plan, which offers up to 100 per cent savings to those having ARPU(Average revenue per user) less than Rs 100 in the state at a one-time subscription charge (including GSM SIM) of Rs 35 only. Customers opting for Reliance GSM serive can avail the benefit of unique customer experience programme after the first recharge of Rs 50. Along with full talk time on the first recharge, the plan offers an additional Rs 450 worth of talk time on local calls and SMS to any network. The talk time will accrue to Reliance Mobile GSM customers in daily tranches of Rs 5 for the next 90 days. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2478/reliance-gsm-now-in-madurai.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2326/reliance-mobile-launches-gsm-services-in-punjab.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2326/reliance-mobile-launches-gsm-services-in-punjab.html#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:10:14 +0000 Team FoneArena http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=2326 Reliance Communications Monday announced the launch of its GSM mobile services in Punjab, becoming the first telecom operator in the circle to have both GSM and CDMA services for mobile users. "The service will cover 460 towns, 11,741 villages and a number of national, state and other highways, tourist and religious places throughout the state," Reliance regional hub head Arvind Kumar told reporters at the launch. The Punjab circle GSM market is dominated by telecom majors Airtel and Idea (till recently Spice) and the entry of Reliance is likely to make the competition even more keen. Offering a Reliance GSM prepaid SIM card for a one-time charge of just Rs.25, Reliance officials said the inaugural offer to subscribers would provide 100 percent savings to the sub-Rs.300 users. "The difference we are offering over earlier service providers is the superior quality of service which customers will acknowledge through the customer experience programme," Kumar said. The plan offers talk time worth Rs.900 on local calls and SMS to any network. Each subscriber will be given free talk time worth Rs.10 everyday for 90 days, Kumar said. Reliance claimed that it had set up adequate number of towers across Punjab to provide high quality, congestion-free and zero call drop ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2326/reliance-mobile-launches-gsm-services-in-punjab.html/feed 7 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/1112/reliance-communications-launches-educational-portal-on-reliance-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/1112/reliance-communications-launches-educational-portal-on-reliance-phones.html#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:17:12 +0000 Ritu http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=1112 Reliance Communications launched an exclusive educational portal on Reliance mobile phones, offering services such as exam results, college admissions, event calendar of exams, admission deadlines, mock tests etc. The portal will also have the list of top universities, colleges, secondary education boards as well as career options. To use, subscribers have to call 53030101 (Exam Guru) and they will be guided by an IVR instructing them to press 1 for exams and admission, 2 for information on top colleges and universities in the country, 3 for career options, 4 for Board Exams and 5 for SMS based subscription. These services can be accessed at a rate of one rupee per minute for which the user will have to subscribe to the "Exam Guru" pack, which is priced at Rs. 10 and carries a validity of 10 days. Krishna Durbha, Head of VAS Sales and Marketing of Reliance Communications said, "Thrust towards education is RCOM's contribution to take VAS beyond just entertainment. We have the reach now into millions of Indians and want to provide services critical to their daily lives. Education being the key aspiration and need for most Indians, we decided to use technology to advantage. Exam Results which were pioneered ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/1112/reliance-communications-launches-educational-portal-on-reliance-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/786/reliance-mobile-blog.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/786/reliance-mobile-blog.html#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:08:50 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2008/01/22/reliance-mobile-blog.html Reliance seems to be singing the Blogging song with their latest Reliance Mobile Blog Ad on TV screens across India. Reliance Mobile Blog is the latest addition to the features of their mobile offerings. The classical song which plays is " You got the whole world in your hands ". With mobile penetration sky rocketing in India this new feature seems to be mainly targetted at Youth.The AD shows a pretty young girl who encourages users to share your dairy on reliance mobile world. The advert seems impressive and well taken. It seems like the AD is taken in Singapore. I checked out the Official Site  and found that users are uploading mainly images and videos. So this might well be termed as Multimedia Mobile Blogging . But my worry is that since such a service is data intensive, how much time will it take for me to upload an image/video etc. I badly want to get my hands on a reliance phone and try out this service. [youtube]http://xml.truveo.com/eb/i/2349200870/a/dfe1f41648ea417e31053cc5e700bda1/p/1[/youtube] Hyderabad based IMImobile seems to be the powering this service for largest CDMA operator in the country. FoneArena and blogging have some good connection . We got covered by NDTV for mobile blogging  Check out our ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/786/reliance-mobile-blog.html/feed 5 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/407/mobile-blogging-now-possible-with-reliance.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/407/mobile-blogging-now-possible-with-reliance.html#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:08:28 +0000 Varun Krish http://fonearena.com/blog/mobile-blogging-now-possible-with-reliance.html Reliance has launched mobile blogging for its customers. RCL has partnered with the Hyderabad-based mobile content solutions company IMI Mobile for moblogging. The service is priced at Rs 5 per MMS/SMS for posting a blog. The blogs are hosted on www.relianceinfo.com/mblog. In any case, it will take a while for moblogging to become a mass application. via contentsutra and The Economic Times ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/407/mobile-blogging-now-possible-with-reliance.html/feed 0