Bharti Airtel reaches 100 Million Customers

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, May 15, 2009 –Bharti Airtel becomes the 3rd largest single country mobile services operator in the world and 6th largest single country integrated telco in the world

— Announces a series of Network augmentation and Customer service initiatives
– To roll out over 100,000 BTS sites across the country
– To establish a State of the Art Customer Service Management Centre
– 100,000 Airtel Service Centres to be set up in rural India by March 2010


Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading Integrated Telecom services provider, today announced that it has crossed the 100 million customers mark. This milestone makes the company the 3rd largest single country mobile services operator and sixth largest in-country integrated telecom operator in the world. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel reaches 100 Million Customers”

Loop Mobile Launches Operations in Orissa Chennai Circle

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Loop mobile soft launched its services in Orissa a few days ago, and it already started working in Orissa a few days back.

But it has now officially announced the launch of its services in Orissa and Chennai circles. During the launch the company officials also said, they are not going to limit their services only in these 3 circles but soon people across the country will have the opportunity to use Loop mobile. Continue reading “Loop Mobile Launches Operations in Orissa Chennai Circle”

Now Chinese Mobile Owners Can Continue Using their Mobiles

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Recently there were speculations that Chinese Mobiles may soon be banned in India, and the apex court (Supreme Court) of India also ordered to ban all Chinese mobiles in India that are being used without IMEI numbers.

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vJazz Music Phone from Virgin Mobile with free unlimited music downloads

Virgin Mobile recently launched vJazz, a cool snazzy new music phone that will allow users to download free unlimited music – a first for India!

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Making of the Vodafone Zoozoos

“ZooZoo” the word making buzz around the blogosphere, spreading from mouth to mouth like fire and getting millions of fan followings not only from India but from around the globe. Recently our co-editor Sandeep wrote an article – “Zoozoo makes you laugh” wherein he mentioned that those animated characters featured in Vodafone ads are not computer generated characters and are real human beings.. This fact fascinated me to find out on how the idea of Zoozoo came into the minds of Vodafone guys and how these Zoozoo series of ads were shot..

So here’s a quick video featured on CNN IBN featuring the making of Zoozoos:

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Recharge your Prepaid Mobile Online using RechargeitNow!

rechargeitnow At times, there must be situations wherein you run out of balance in your prepaid mobile and there is no one to help you to get it recharged. I know how annoying it is, as I have faced it many a times (as such moved to postpaid now). But prepaid mobile customers need not panic anymore or need not recharge their mobiles with heavy amount thinking they will run out of balance in case of emergency. Continue reading “Recharge your Prepaid Mobile Online using RechargeitNow!”

Reliance Communications Planning Massive Expansion in Orissa

relianceIt tempts me to write about Orissa as its my home state and the state where I reside presently. As of now, Reliance had least number of stores in Orissa counting to only 35 that provides front support to its customers. Continue reading “Reliance Communications Planning Massive Expansion in Orissa”

Vodafone ZooZoo makes you Laugh

During the 1st IPL(Indian Premier League) season when Vodafone took over Hutch, they launched the Happy to Help series of advertisements which were very interesting and made you smile. Now Vodafone are at it again wth their ZooZoo advertisements.

ZooZoos are characters featured in the advertisements showing the various services provided by Vodafone. The characters were created by O&M for Vodafone. Explaining the idea behind the campaign, Rajiv Rao, executive creative director, O&M says, “We created a special world in which all the product stories get told. A world which is real yet different, strange yet simple, warm and lovable. All the specific product stories and services get told in this world of Zoozoos, making the messages more charming.” Continue reading “Vodafone ZooZoo makes you Laugh”

TATA to Roll its GSM Services from May

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Yesterday, while browsing some mobile related forums, I got to know that people there are just over whelmed to know when exactly will TATA launch its GSM services which presently has only CDMA operations in India.

Then, after spending over an hour, I got in hand, some reports which claims TATA would launch GSM operations starting may this year. Actually, TATA is prepared to roll its services in some parts of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and some other Telecom circles, but keeping in mind the unclear norms and policies of the DoT and TRAI, TATA was yet to roll out its GSM services. Continue reading “TATA to Roll its GSM Services from May”

A Brief Analysis of the Indian Mobile Subscribers Growth in March 2009

Recently the Cellular Operators Association of India revealed the statistics of the growth and present subscriber base of all GSM operators operating in Indian territory. According to the report of COAI (Cellular Operator Association of India) Aircel had the highest growth in the month of March with the exact growth rate of of 5.73% over the previous month followed by Loop mobile, Vodafone, Airtel and other operators. Continue reading “A Brief Analysis of the Indian Mobile Subscribers Growth in March 2009”

New Tariff by Virgin: Call Local Mobiles @ 30 Paisa/Minute

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Recently we posted an article “Virgin mobile reduces get paid on incoming benefit” and after getting to know about it, many Virgin mobile users were disappointed to a great extent and in turn, some of them either reduced their usage or discontinued using Virgin service.

To make good this disappointment, Virgin has now launched a special tariff voucher using which a customer can make outgoing calls for as low as 30 paisa to all local numbers. Continue reading “New Tariff by Virgin: Call Local Mobiles @ 30 Paisa/Minute”

Soon Virgin Will be Operating GSM Services in India

Virgin Mobile

This definitely would bring into your minds, how Virgin mobile started its services in India with a bang and a ‘hatke’ style. It is the first and the only Telecom operator in India to pay its customers even for receiving a call, though recently the Get paid on incoming charges was reduced.

Well, about its GSM launch plan, Jamie Heywood, deputy CEO, Virgin Mobile India, said, in a conference, that they (Virgin mobile) is already serving other parts of the world with both GSM and CDMA services, and even in India, they would soon launch its GSM services. Continue reading “Soon Virgin Will be Operating GSM Services in India”

3G Services Launch Delayed Further in MTNL Mumbai

One of the most hyped term in Telecom industries, these days, is 3G services. And same is the situation with mobile phone lovers.

Everyone out there, is consistently eyeing on BSNL and MTNL to know when 3G services will be launched in their area. Continue reading “3G Services Launch Delayed Further in MTNL Mumbai”

SBI Provides Rs. 10,000 Crore Loan to Vodafone

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Reportedly, Vodafone India has raised Rs. 10,000 Crore funds in the form of Loan from India’s top bank – State Bank of India (SBI).

According to reports, it has been added that these funds may have been raised looking the upcoming launch of 3G services in India, and the Cellcos will have to incur a heavy expenditure for upgrading their infrastructure and towards 3G license fees. Continue reading “SBI Provides Rs. 10,000 Crore Loan to Vodafone”

Finally TATA too Introduces Missed Call Alert Service

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I Guess, TATA Indicom was the only operator, among the top Indian cellular operators, that was not providing Missed call alert (MCA) service as of now. But, its a good news for TATA Indicom customers, that even they can now activate missed call alert service and keep track of calls that they miss during no coverage or when their mobile is switched off. Continue reading “Finally TATA too Introduces Missed Call Alert Service”