Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators
Aircel has introduced first of its kind Recharge Store on Facebook. The recharge app on Facebook would let Aircel prepaid customers to recharge their number on the Facebook fanpage easily in just 4 steps. First you have to enter your Aircel pre-paid number, Choose the product and recharge amount, enter the credit / debit card details and proceed to recharge. Continue reading “Aircel launches Recharge App on Facebook”
Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega devices, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and the Galaxy Mega 6.3 in India at an event earlier today. The company has announced data benefits for Vodafone customers as usual. The Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos launched with data offer from Vodafone and the Galaxy S4 came with All-in-One plan.
Continue reading “Samsung offers 2GB of free data on Vodafone with Galaxy Mega smartphones”
Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega devices, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and the Galaxy Mega 6.3 in India at an event earlier today at Rs. 25,100 and 31,490 respectively. The company has also announced data offers for Reliance (RCom) customers that would let them enjoy free data, WhatsApp and more for 3 months. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega comes with 2GB free data, unlimited WhatsApp access and more from Reliance”
The Delhi High Court issued notice against Idea Cellular for allegedly not complying with its earlier orders on 3G roaming. Idea Cellular has issued a statement regarding this saying that they have not added new 3G subscribers have been added in the 3G Seeker Service Areas as per its compliance affidavit dated 18th April 2013 with the order of the the Delhi High Court dated 12th April 2013. Continue reading “No new 3G subscribers have been added in the intra-circle roaming areas, says Idea”
Idea Cellular has launched Choice Recharge offer for its Tamil Nadu customers that would let you choose one of several packs under single recharge of Rs. 15. This pack offers 5 choices, Idea to Idea Calling, SMS, Local Mobile Minutes and Internet Offers. Continue reading “Idea launches Choice Recharge offer at Rs. 15, Choose Free minutes, SMS or data”
IDEA ID 920 launched recently by the IDEA Cellular Limited is a successor to the ID 918 launched back in year 2012. Similar to the ID918 which was the entry level 3G android smartphone, ID920 is also a entry level dual SIM 3G device but with much faster CPU, yet at very aggressive price point. Similar to Aurus III, the ID 920 is also manufactured by Alcatel – TCT, a subsidiary of TCL, China. Continue reading “IDEA ID 920 Hands-on”
Idea Cellular recently launched two more affordable but quality android smartphones to their portfolio to accelerate the 3G adoption by their customers in India. The higher end model is IDEA Aurus III. It is powered by MediaTek 6575 1GHz single core SOC and runs Jelly Bean 4.1.1 out of the box. Aurus III has 4″ 16M colours WVGA display, 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM, 5MP Fixed Focus camera, VGA Video Call Camera, 3G (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 & A-GPS . Continue reading “IDEA Aurus III Hands-on”
According to a MBIT index study conducted by Nokia Siemens Networks, the 3G infrastructure provider for most of the networks in India, it has been revealed that the mobile data usage in the country has almost doubled in the period of December 2011 – 2012. The main reason for the increased usage in mobile data is attributed to 3 times increase in usage of 3G mobile data by consumers, mainly from, what operators call, the “A” circles. Apparently, a regular 3G user consumes an average of 434 MB per month while the average amount of data consumed by the 2G user is 115 MB per month. Ultimately, there has been a 92% total increase in the usage of mobile data, with a whopping 196% increase in 3G usage and a 66% increase in 2G usage.
Continue reading “Mobile data usage nearly doubles in India, thanks to a 3x increase in 3G usage”
Idea Cellular has launched two new Android smartphones, Idea ID-920 and Idea Aurus III. The Idea ID 920 is the successor of the ID 918 that was launched last year and the Aurus III is the successor of the Aurus II that was launched last month. The ID 920 has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 2.3 ( Gingerbread). The Aurus III has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Both these smartphones are powered by a 1 GHz processor and comes with Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) support. Continue reading “Idea ID 920 and Aurus III Dual SIM Android smartphones launched for Rs. 4950 and Rs. 6990”
Aircel has launched a new promotion that offers full talk time on recharge with Rs. 120 and also stand a change to dance with the company’s brand ambassador Suriya in his upcoming movie Singam 2. Eight lucky winners would be chosen by lucky draw. More the count of recharge, higher the chance of winning. Customers who doesn’t win can also stand a chance to watch the movie with Suriya and select cast of Singam 2. Continue reading “Aircel offers a chance to Dance with Suriya on Rs. 120 full talk time recharge”
Aircel has launched Extra Recharge pack under its Extra proposition. Through an easy recharge of Rs. 69, this packs offer Full Talk time and an Extra talk time up to Rs. 100 (conditions apply) for the customers. Aircel launched an unique full talk time pack at Rs.164 recently that offers additional Talk Time (Difference between CSK runs and MRP) (Valid for 15 days). Continue reading “Aircel launches Extra Recharge full talk time pack at Rs. 69, offers extra talk time up to Rs. 100”
MTS has launched their entry-level Striker C121 feature phone in Kerala with attractive offers. MTS buying the phone would get MTS to MTS local calling at just 10 paisa per minute, local calls to other networks at 10 paisa per 20 seconds and STD calls at 10 paisa per 15 seconds. These benefits are available for customers for six months post activation. Continue reading “MTS launches Striker C121 with bundled offers in Kerala for Rs. 799”
Vodafone India has launched a new international roaming pack for its post-paid customers in India visiting countries like UK, USA, UAE, Singapore and Thailand. It offers over 90% discount on data and approximately 64% on outgoing local and international calls. This pack is aimed at customers travelling overseas during this vacation season. The pack offers over 90% discount on data with rates as low as Rs.50/MB while roaming overseas. Outgoing local and international calls will be charged at Rs. 25/min and Rs.50/min respectively. Incoming calls will cost Rs. 50/min. Continue reading “Vodafone launches new international roaming pack, offers over 90% discount on data”
After the successful Aircel Blog Up event in Delhi on March 15th, Aircel conducted the Aircel Blog Up Chennai edition on 10th May 2013. At the event, K. Sankara Narayanan, Regional Head, Regional Business Head, Aircel Chennai & Tamil Nadu said that they are gearing up to start pilot run for 4G LTE services in Chennai by the end of 2013 or early 2014. Aircel has 20 MHz spectrum on 2300 MHz in 8 circles including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, North-East and Jammu & Kashmir. He also discussed Aircel’s other initiatives and offerings in voice, data and VAS. Continue reading “Aircel to start 4G LTE trial in Chennai by the end of 2013”
Nokia has just announced its new PureView device, the Lumia 928 for Verizon. The highlight of the phone is its pairing of a Xenon flash with the optical image stabilization assembly from the 920. The camera is a 8.7MP unit which will let you shoot images in both 4:3 and 16:9 mode without cropping. The camera module has a f/2.0 aperture.
