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Aircel and ICICI Bank partner to launch Mobile Money

Aircel and ICICI Bank have announced the joint launch of Mobile Money, Mobile Banking service. It runs on Visa’s Mobile Managed Service that hosts and manages the Mobile Money platform, which saves time, complexity and cost for Aircel that would require to set up a mobile payment services. It would offer safe, secure and instant money transfers, including bill payments. Airtel launched the Airtel Money, their own mobile wallet service back in 2011, and launched the Airtel Money Super Account last year, in partnership with Axis Bank. Continue reading “Aircel and ICICI Bank partner to launch Mobile Money”

Airtel launches mobile services in Kargil

Airtel has launched mobile services for its customers in Kargil district in Jammu & Kashmir that would offer seamless voice and data connectivity. Airtel has also announced that they are the only private operator to offer mobile connectivity in the region. This would let the native customers and tourists in the region keep in touch with their friends and family in other parts on India even during severe winter. Continue reading “Airtel launches mobile services in Kargil”

Idea launches 3G Speed Booster plans for postpaid customers

Idea Cellular has launched new 3G speed booster plans for post-paid customers that would let them enjoy high-speed data throughout their billing cycle. These plans are aimed at high-end data users with unlimited and bill secure plans, so that they need not wait till the next billing cycle to get their original speed back, rather than being throttled to 128 Kbps after the data cap based on the plan. Idea Cellular offers 3G speeds of up to 21.1 Mbps till the respective volume of usage.
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Airtel launches Apna Chaupal IVR-based VAS portal aimed at rural customers

Airtel has launched Apna Chaupal, a new IVR-based Value Added Service (VAS) management solution aimed at customers in rural and semi-urban market. It is first-of-its kind voice based one stop solution portal for value added services. The new service would let Airtel mobile customers easily browse and subscribe from range of value added services with just a simple voice call. Continue reading “Airtel launches Apna Chaupal IVR-based VAS portal aimed at rural customers”

Nokia, Airtel top trusted brands in India yet again

Nokia is still India’s Most Trusted Brand, according to a recent survey conducted by research firm Trust Research Advisory (TRA). Nokia retains the first position from the Brand Trust Report 2011 and the Brand Trust Report 2012. Even Airtel retains the same No. 9 spot in the rank list for 3rd consecutive year. The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2013 is the third in its series and this year the report lists India’s 1100 Most Trusted Brands from 211 categories. It comprises comprehensive primary research based on 61 attributes called the Brand Trust Matrix, conducted among 2505 influencer-respondents from 16 cities across the country. Continue reading “Nokia, Airtel top trusted brands in India yet again”

Nokia and Airtel launch co-branded version of Nokia Xpress Browser

Bharti Airtel and Nokia has launched a customized version of Nokia Xpress Browser for the Airtel customers with Nokia Asha and select Series 40 devices. The Nokia Xpress browser usually comes pre-loaded on Asha phones, but the new co-branded version would offer the Airtel subscribers and enhanced experience, by providing them with one-click access to Airtel’s premium mobile internet services and easy discoverability of rich content on-the-go. Airtel launched co-branded version of Opera mini for their customers last year. Continue reading “Nokia and Airtel launch co-branded version of Nokia Xpress Browser”

Aircel launches One Nation, One Rate pack for Tamil Nadu customers

Aircel has launched One Nation, One Rate pack for Chennai and Tamil Nadu customers that offers one rate for Voice, SMS and Data in home circles and on roaming on Aircel network. This offers free incoming calls while roaming, and exclusive voice, SMS and data tariffs. Continue reading “Aircel launches One Nation, One Rate pack for Tamil Nadu customers”

Spice Stellar Virtuoso Mi495 review

The Spice Stellar Virtuoso Mi495 is the latest addition to the particularly hot category of entry level Android smartphones. With a large screen, good build quality and potent specifications, the phone brings a lot to the table. But is it sufficient to stand out from its competition ? Read on to find out.

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Vodafone launches All-in-One VAS Card for Delhi-NCR customers at Rs. 29

Vodafone has launched All-in-One VAS Card for pre-paid customers in Delhi-NCR region that would let them avail 8 value added alerts with just one recharge card. This pack costs Rs. 29, and offers bundle of flash alerts like News, Cricket, Love, Movie, Astrology, Stock, Did you know (trivia pack) and Mehfil-e-Timepass. It comes with a validity of 30 days. Continue reading “Vodafone launches All-in-One VAS Card for Delhi-NCR customers at Rs. 29”

Spice Stellar Xtacy Mi-352 now available for Rs. 4634

Spice Stellar Xtacy Mi-352, latest Android smartphone in the Stellar range is available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has a 3 MP fixed focus camera and has dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Xtacy Mi-352 now available for Rs. 4634”

Karbonn partners with Airtel, offers bundled 3G and 2G data with select smartphones

Karbonn Mobiles has partnered with Airtel to launch a new bundled data offer with select Android Smartphone purchase for this New Year. This offer is applicable on Karbonn A9+, A15, A21 and A30 Android Smartphones. On purchase of any of these smartphones, customers would get 500MB of 3G Data and Unlimited 2G data on Airtel free for a period of 6 consecutive months from the date of activation. Continue reading “Karbonn partners with Airtel, offers bundled 3G and 2G data with select smartphones”

Airtel offers free Facebook access for prepaid customers for 1 month

Airtel has launched Free Facebook on Airtel offer for their pre-paid customers that would let them access Facebook for free till 15th February 2013 without any extra packs. This would let the customers enjoy Facebook mobile application access with up to 500MB of free monthly usage. Airtel had offered free access on Facebook app for Java phones and free Mobile Twitter access for a period of 3 months, few years back. Continue reading “Airtel offers free Facebook access for prepaid customers for 1 month”

Idea Ivory Dual SIM 3G Smartphone running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 7390

Idea has launched the Ivory, the company’s first phone with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It features a 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen display similar to the Idea AURUS that was launched last September, but this has a 1 GHz processor. It comes with Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) support similar to the other Idea Smartphones. It comes with a 2MP rear camera. Continue reading “Idea Ivory Dual SIM 3G Smartphone running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 7390”

Airtel offers discounts, free minutes on voice calls while roaming in UAE

Airtel has launched UAE Supercharge pack for the pre-paid customers in India that would offer free calling minutes when they are roaming in UAE. Airtel has also announced that they would offer incoming calls at just Rs 20/min (flat 80% discount) at no additional costs while roaming in UAE. Continue reading “Airtel offers discounts, free minutes on voice calls while roaming in UAE”

Idea launches buffet plans for postpaid customers

Idea cellular has introduced ‘buffet plan’, range of budget friendly plans for their postpaid customers starting at Rs. 899. These plans start from Rs. 899 and are targeted at postpaid with high voice and data usage. These plans offer Local, STD and Roaming Mobile minutes and also Local and National SMS. Additionally, Rs. 1299 and 1599 plans offer 3G data along with these benefits. Continue reading “Idea launches buffet plans for postpaid customers”