Category: Operators

Roundup of all the Telecom providers and Operators

Samsung Galaxy S III coming to 5 US carriers starting in June

Samsung has officially announced that the Samsung Galaxy S III would be available from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular starting in June. It would come 4.8-inch (1280×720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 2.0 to guard against cracks and scratches and is powered by Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz processor. Samsung announced Galaxy S III would be available in Canada on 30th June. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III coming to 5 US carriers starting in June”

Get Tamil Nadu State Board 10th exam results on Airtel

Airtel has introduced new VAS for its prepaid and postpaid customers in Tamil Nadu to access their state board results for Class 10 on their mobile phones. The board results for class 10will be declared on 4th June, 2012. Continue reading “Get Tamil Nadu State Board 10th exam results on Airtel”

MTNL Mumbai revises 3G tariffs, launches new plans


MTNL Mumbai has revised their old 3G tariffs and have also launched new plans for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. The Rs. 99 plan now offers 300 MB of 3G data, Rs. 250 offers 1.1GB of 3G data, Rs. 450 plan offers 2.2 GB of data and the Rs 750 plan offers 4.4 GB that are valid for 30 days. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai revises 3G tariffs, launches new plans”

Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO joins Reliance Communications as CEO

Reliance Communications has appointed Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO as President and CEO of its Wireless Business. He will also will also be a member of Reliance Management Board (RMB). He has 29 years of rich experience and has worked in sectors like Telecom, Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics. Continue reading “Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO joins Reliance Communications as CEO”

Vodafone new 3G post-paid plans


Vodafone has reduced the price of their 3G plans for post-paid customers as well. They launched new 3G plans for pre-paid customers last week.  Rs. 100 plan now offers 300MB of 3G data usages similar to the new pre-paid plan. Rs. 200 plans offers 500MB and the Rs. 375 plan now offers 1.5GB of 3G data that was previously 1GB. Continue reading “Vodafone new 3G post-paid plans”

Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS

Tata Docomo has launched a new initiative called TwittCom that would let GSM Pre-paid customers to recharge and activate a Value added service/ application through Twitter just by mentions and hashtags. This has been developed indigenously by the team at Tata Teleservices Limited. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS”

Reliance launches new 3G Netconnect data plans

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has launched new Netconnect 3G data plan called My Best Plan, that is said to offer over 90% saving per month compared to other plans available in the market. The My Best Plan would offer 1 GB 3G data for Rs. 250 per month and 2 GB of 3G data for Rs. 450 per month and 6 GB of 3G data at speeds upto 21Mbps for Rs. 1250 and unlimited usage (speed throttled to 64 Kbps) beyond 6 GB at no extra cost. Continue reading “Reliance launches new 3G Netconnect data plans”

Airtel launches more than full Talk Time packs in Gujarat


Airtel has launched more than full Talk time packs for prepaid customers in Gujarat. These packs would offer more talk time than the recharge value. These packs start from Rs. 110 that would offer 115 minutes of talk time. Continue reading “Airtel launches more than full Talk Time packs in Gujarat”

Reliance Communications awarded for Innovation in 3G Video Delivery Platform

Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) has won Global Excellence in Business Innovation award for its 3G Video Delivery Platform by TM Forum at the Management World Conference held on May 21 – 24 in Dublin, IRELAND. Continue reading “Reliance Communications awarded for Innovation in 3G Video Delivery Platform”

Airtel partners with Qualcomm to bring 4G to Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala


Bharti Airtel has announced an agreement to acquire 49% interest in Qualcomm Asia Pacific’s (Qualcomm AP) India BWA entities. Under this Agreement, Bharti has made US$ 165 million approx investment to acquire Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Qualcomm won BWA Spectrum in these circles in 2010 by paying about USD 1 billion approx to acquire it. Continue reading “Airtel partners with Qualcomm to bring 4G to Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala”

Now Idea too reduces 3G Tariffs

Idea Cellular has also reduced 3G tariffs followed by Aircel, Airtel and Vodafone. They launched 3G services in India last March and Double Data offer later that offered twice the data for select plans. Idea has reduced 3G rate up to 70% would offer on the go data rates at 3p/10 KB for pre-paid and post-paid users. Rs. 10 will now offer 30 minutes of internet surfing, HERO-25 sachet pack which will give 100 MB data with 3 days validity at just Rs. 25. Continue reading “Now Idea too reduces 3G Tariffs”

Reliance to roll out 4G network in India in partnership with HFCL

 

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) plans to roll out 4G network in India in partnership with Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL) according to Economic Times. Reliance Industries bought 95% stake in Infotel Broadband in June 2010 which is is the only firm to win broadband spectrum in all 22 circles in India. Continue reading “Reliance to roll out 4G network in India in partnership with HFCL”

Airtel 3G Old vs New Tariffs Compared


Airtel launched 3G services in India on January 2011, but their 3G tariffs were high compared to other network providers. Airtel started offering double data on select 3G data plans last September. Now they have completely revamped their 3G plans and added Smartbytes plans for post-paid customers. Continue reading “Airtel 3G Old vs New Tariffs Compared”