We told you that Mobile Number Portability aka MNP has gone live in India today and we have compiled a list of offers from all major mobile operators.
BSNL waives off Port-in charges, Also they are giving away 32K SIM free of cost. In case of specific demand for other SIMs, actual SIM price will be charged.
State Bank of India (SBI) and Bharti Airtel have announced a joint venture to offer banking services to consumers who don’t have access to traditional banking services. Consumers can open a bank account with SBI at Airtel’s customer service points and avail banking services.We are really trying to get more information how this tie-up with actually work and what part of it is mobile banking. But for now we only have the official statement. Continue reading “State Bank of India and Airtel announce joint venture for mobile banking”
We checked out the soon to be launched Airtel Mobile TV app powered by Airtel 3G. The live tv app we checked is for Symbian. It runs on all symbian platforms except s60V2. This app comes with preloaded channels and we believe its free of charge to use. But you may be charged for data usage. The app streams the good number of channels without buffering. We are quite impressed with the streaming quality. We hope that the app will support streaming of videos as we found a video menu inside the app. Continue reading “Airtel 3G Mobile TV App Preview”
With the launch of the HD7 , HTC today became the first handset maker to launch a Windows Phone 7 device in India. Airtel users will get 2GB of Data usage for 6 months for Rs.300.
Continue reading “HTC HD7 Officially Launched in India with Airtel @Rs.29990”
Airtel Bangladesh started its operations today and joined 19 countries where Airtel operates in Asia and Africa. Airtel had earlier acquired majority stake in Warid Telecom in Bangladesh from the Dhabi Group.Warid Telecom has now been renamed as Airtel Bangladesh
Continue reading “Airtel launches mobile services in Bangladesh after completing acquisition of Warid Telecom”
Airtel is offering a demo of their upcoming 3G service in many showrooms across India and we headed to a showroom in Chennai to do a Speed Test as many of you have been asking us about the speeds offered by Airtel 3G Continue reading “Airtel 3G Speed Test”
A FoneArena reader was about to pay his monthly Airtel bill when he was shocked to find the Vodafone logo in the bottom of the page along with the old Airtel logo. Its really surprising how that image ended up on the site Continue reading “Vodafone Logo on Airtel Site”
We just noticed that Airtel has published some 3G handset offers on its website. If you are using a Nokia N8 you get 2GB of Data for free for 6 months.You have to just insert your Airtel SIM into the Nokia N8 to avail this offer.
India’s largest private telecom operator Airtel has launched a new logo which we will used in 19 countries in Asia and Africa where the company operates now. It also said that it has crossed 200 million customers.
Airtel has launched a new Rs.599 monthly rental plan for Blackberry users on postpaid. You get unlimited access to Emails , Browsing and Messenger Continue reading “Airtel launches new 599 BlackBerry Plan on Postpaid”
Bharti Airtel announced Airtel mGolu Contest 2010 as part of the Dussehra festive season where every participant would get an assured gift . To particiapte in the contest the subscribers are asked to click and send photographs of unique Golus via MMS (Multimedia messaging service) to 55563. Airtel said that,“Every participating customer will get an assured gift of 10 free local SMSes and the 5 best entries will be awarded 1gm gold coin each” . Continue reading “Airtel launches mGolu contest”
We just told you about Airtel launching it’s website for 3G services and you can see Apple iPad in the list of devices in the 3G Compatibility check. Is that an indication that the iPad 3G Version is launching in India to coincide with the 3G rollout ?
Continue reading “Airtel launching iPad 3G Version in India ?”
We all know that operators in India are gearing up to launch 3G Services in India. The License Fee has been paid by the auction winners and government has allotted the 3G spectrum to the operators.Now Airtel’s website is displaying details about 3G services . No pricing or launch date info is available but it seems like material used to educate users about the benefits of 3G. Airtel has won the bid for 13 circles in India – Delhi , Mumbai , AP, Karnataka , Tamilnadu, UP West, Rajasthan, W.B, Himachal Pradesh,Bihar , Assam , North East and Jammu & Kashmir. There is also indication that Airtel might be offering HSPA speeds which translates to around 21 Mbps download speeds !
UPDATE: Airtel 3G Tariffs
Continue reading “Exclusive – Airtel 3G Services Website is Live !”
First official microSIM cards arrive in India on Airtel
We already told you about the MicroSIM card and that Airtel was planning to launch the iPhone in India by September or October this year. We just got an interesting tip from a user who actually got a call from Airtel citing that a microSIM card is available. He went ahead and got one and shared these pics with us.
Continue reading “Exclusive : Airtel microSIM card in India with Pics”
Vodafone and Tata Docomo are offering daily rental plans for Blackberry Service on Prepaid. Airtel does not have a daily rental plans but weekly plans starting at Rs.80 per weeek for Email and BBM and Rs.100 per week for Email, BBM and Browsing. Find the various plans after the break. Continue reading “Airtel Blackberry Prepaid Service at Rs.80 per week”
