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BSNL Penta Smart PS650 and PS501, 6.5-inch and 5-inch Smartphones launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 6999

BSNL Penta launch event

BSNL has partnered with Pantel Technologies Private Limited (PTPL) once again to launch Bharat Phone PF300, a feature phone, Penta Smart phones, PS501 & PS650 and the Penta T-Pad WS707C tablet in India. The Bharat phone PF300 is based on Java and supports mobile banking, tele-medical care delivery and streaming data delivery. The PentaSmart PS650 is the first smartphone with a 6.5-inch screen in India priced under Rs. 10,000, says the company. Both the Penta smartphones are powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.2. All the Penta Smart devices are pre-loaded with the suite of Anti-Malware offerings from TrustPort. These devices also come pre-bundled with BSNL 3G data and voice minutes. Continue reading “BSNL Penta Smart PS650 and PS501, 6.5-inch and 5-inch Smartphones launched for Rs. 7999 and Rs. 6999”

Tata Docomo launches Photon Max Wi-Fi Data Card with free national roaming

Tata Docomo Photon Max Wi-Fi launch

Tata DOCOMO has launched the new Photon Max Wi-Fi, the company’s new dongle with free national roaming. This lets you connect to up to 5 devices and is powered by Qualcomm Gobi with dual-core processor technology for faster and reliable connectivity. This offers speeds of up to 6.2 Mbps and is based on Rev-B CDMA technology. Tata Docomo offers pre-paid and post-paid plans, including post-paid unlimited plans. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches Photon Max Wi-Fi Data Card with free national roaming”

Idea Aurus 4 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 8999

Idea Aurus 4

Idea Cellular has launched the Aurus 4, successor of the Aurus III that was launched earlier this year. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby, similar to its predecessor. Continue reading “Idea Aurus 4 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 8999”

Moto X gets Android 4.4 KitKat via OTA update

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Motorola has surprisingly updated the Moto X to Android 4.4 really quick and the OTA update just showed up on our AT&T unit which we have been happily using in India.The Android 4.4 KitKat update for the MotoX is about 326MB in size and bears the version number 140.44.5.en.US. The update was pretty straight forward and came in as a Over the Air update and installation took about 20 mins to complete. Motorola had already started rolling out the update for the Verizon version.

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Aircel partners with D-Link to offer free 3G Data with select data cards and routers

Aircel has announced that they have partnered with D-Link, popular for its wireless networking device to offer 3G data benefits to its customers across India. This would let customers enjoy 1 GB of free 3G data per month for a period of 3 months for customers who activates Aircel 3G SIM on D-Link data card and DWM-156 and routers such as DWR-512 and DWR-730. Customers however need to make a recharge of Rs. 100 per month post activation to avail the benefits. Continue reading “Aircel partners with D-Link to offer free 3G Data with select data cards and routers”

Tata Docomo launches Endless Music service for its pre-paid customers

Tata DOCOMO

Tata Docomo has launched Endless Music, a yet a new value added service (VAS) for its pre-paid GSM customers in partnership with Hungama Mobile. This would let the customers listen to music for particular amount of period upon subscription and will work even for basic phone users, since this doesn’t require any software. This would only be available through electronic voucher distribution (EVD). It will also enable customers to set their favorite song and as caller tune at additional charges. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches Endless Music service for its pre-paid customers”

Aircel launches Paanch Ka Dum unique voice pack in Andhra Pradesh at Rs. 5

Aircel has launched Paanch ka Dum, a unique voice pack for Andhra Pradesh customers. It costs just Rs. 5 and would lets the consumers gets select any one of the voice benefit – community calling 5AM to 5PM free, community calling – 1p/ 6 seconds, Half paise local calls, Half paise Local + STD Call and ISD. Customers can dial 15105 to activate the pack and the pack is also available on paper recharge.Idea Cellular launched a similar kind of pack earlier this year called Choice Recharge that lets you choose Calling, SMS, Local Mobile Minutes and Data. Continue reading “Aircel launches Paanch Ka Dum unique voice pack in Andhra Pradesh at Rs. 5”

Videocon Telecom launches M-health, mobile based Ayurvedic health service

Videocon Telecom from the Videocon Group has launched Ayurvedic mobile health, an IVR-based Value Added Service (VAS) service in collaboration with world renowned JIVA Ayurveda Group. The Ayurvedic health service will provide access to top Ayurvedic doctors round-the-clock and is exclusively available for the customers by dialing 535133, which costs Rs. 6/min. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom launches M-health, mobile based Ayurvedic health service”

Airtel iPhone 5S Plans

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The Apple iPhone 5S and the 5C launched in India on Friday, November 1st, even Airtel launched these devices as the company promised. It also revealed plans with free local minutes, local and national SMS and 3G data. These plans start at Rs. 300, which might vary based on the circle. The Apple iPhone 5S costs Rs.. 53,500, Rs. 62,500 and Rs. 71,500 for the 16, 32 and 64GB variants. These plans are almost similar to last year’s iPhone 5 plans.

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Reliance details iPhone 5S and 5C plans with zero down-payment, starts at Rs. 2599 per month with a 2 year contract

Reliance Communications (RCom) has launched the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C in India as they promised. We reported that the operator plans to launch these phones in India with attractive plans with a 2 year contract. Now the company has detailed those plans. The company has announced two new offers, Rs. 2,599 per month for the iPhone 5c and Rs 2,999 per month for the iPhone 5s with a 24 month contract. This include the handset cost, unlimited local and STD calls, SMS’, national roaming and 3G data. This makes RCOM the first company to launch the iPhone with no down payment plans.

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Vodafone slashes 2G data rates by 80% for its Pay As You Go customers across India

Vodafone was the first operator in the country to announce reduction in 2G data rates for the Pay as you Go (PAYG) users by 80%, back in June. It rolled out the new rates in select circles such as Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh as a pilot launch and announced that it would be rolled out in other circles across India in a phased manner. Now the company has announced the new rates would roll out for all pre-paid and post-paid customers on 2G on a ‘Pay as you Go’ basis across its circles in India from November 1, 2013. Continue reading “Vodafone slashes 2G data rates by 80% for its Pay As You Go customers across India”

Idea Ultra with 5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 10500

Idea Ultra launch

Idea Cellular has launched the Idea Ultra, the company’s latest flagship smartphone. It has a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Idea phones. Continue reading “Idea Ultra with 5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 10500”

Vodafone India launches new international roaming packs, offers up to 95% discount on data

Vodafone India has launched a new international roaming pack for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in India visiting 53 countries including UK, USA, UAE, Thailand, Singapore and more. It offers over 95% discount on data and approximately 78% on outgoing local and international calls compared to existing rates. These are available in two variants, Rs. 599 and Rs. 1499 that comes with a validity of 10 and 30 days respectively. Vodafone launched international roaming packs for post-paid users earlier this year, the new packs are cheaper than that. Continue reading “Vodafone India launches new international roaming packs, offers up to 95% discount on data”

Vodafone announces the winner of Drive into the Big League Season 3 contest

Vodafone Drive into the Big League Season 3 winner

Vodafone announced the Vodafone Drive into the Big League contest for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) back in August. Now it has announced Havmor Ice Cream Limited as the winner of the contest after two months. This allowed medium enterprise (a company with a turnover of Rs.100-500 Cr) a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of getting its company logo take prestigious place on the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes cars that will race at the Indian Grand Prix 2013. Continue reading “Vodafone announces the winner of Drive into the Big League Season 3 contest”

MTS India rolls out 3GPLUS network powered by EV-DO Rev.B Phase II

MTS India 3GPLUS

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that provides telecom services under the MTS brand has announced the commercial roll out of its 3GPLUS telecom network based the Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Rev. B Phase II technology. The company received its third spectrum carrier from Department of Telecom (DoT) earlier this month, and MTS becomes the first telecom operator in India to provide 3GPLUS network coverage across all its 9 circles of operations, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh (West) and West Bengal. Continue reading “MTS India rolls out 3GPLUS network powered by EV-DO Rev.B Phase II”