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Mahanagr Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has extended the Trump 3G silver jubilee offer. This offers free talk time, local and national SMS, 3G data and video calling all for just Rs 25. They launched this offer for prepaid customers in Mumbai last August. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai Trump 3G silver jubilee offer extended till March 31”
You saw the Motorola Razr XT910 unboxing recently, here is the full review of the phone. The Motorola Razr is the GSM variant of the Motorola Droid Razr. Motorola Razr started appearing on online retailer stores in India last November and Motorola officially launched the Razr in India later. Continue reading “Motorola Razr XT910 Review”
We have put together a complete list of operators and circles which have been affected by the latest Supreme Court judgement in India. If you are using a number on any of the networks in the affected circles below, you should move your number to another operator or you might loose your number for ever. Continue reading “List of 122 2G Licenses cancelled across 22 Circles”
The Supreme Court of India has cancelled 122 2G licenses issued by the Government on after 10th Jan 2008. This cancellation affects customers of Uninor,Videocon,MTS ,Loop Telecom , Etisalat , Idea Cellular, STel and Tata Docomo in 22 circles. The court order will come into effect in 4 months and you might have to use MNP to port your number to another operator who is not affected.
Continue reading “Supreme Court of India cancels 122 2G licenses”
Airtel launched the BlackBerry BBM Plan for post-paid customers last month. This plan is now available for pre-paid customers. This would lets the Airtel customers enjoy unlimited use of Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS per month. Continue reading “Airtel BlackBerry BBM Plan now available for pre-paid customers”
Samsung has launched new Dual SIM smartphone, Champ Deluxe Duos in India. It has 2.8” touch screen display and has new TouchWiz 2.0 Lite with new graphics and support for 7 home screens. It has 1.3 MP Camera and virtual QWERTY keyboard that also comes with Hindi language input. It is 12.3mm thick and weighs 89.7g. Continue reading “Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos launched in India for Rs. 4790”
MTNL has launched a new with First Time Recharge Coupon (FTRC) of Rs 84 for prepaid GSM 3G subscribers, which provides Voice and Video call rate of just 2p/min within a group of upto 9 MTNL GSM subscribers and lowest local call rates for all networks in Mumbai. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai launches 2p/min Voice and 3G Video Calling plan for prepaid customers”
Idea Cellular and Opera Software have signed a deal to offer a customized Opera Mini mobile web browser to Idea subscribers across India. This would let the Idea users to browse the Internet better and faster, and it also comes with customized Speed Dial shortcuts for easy access to unique Idea features. Continue reading “Co-branded version of Opera Mini launched for Idea Customers”
Airtel has offered Manual Mobile Office Setting instructions for Non-OTA devices after they received complaints about problem in GPRS settings on certain devices. Since the automatic GPRS settings doesn’t work on some devices, these instructions would help the customers to set manual settings for the these devices. Continue reading “Airtel offers manual GPRS settings for Non-OTA devices”
Idea Cellular has launched an unique ISD information Portal for its its prepaid & postpaid subscribers in Kerala. This would let the subscribers clear their queries on ISD calling and will help make ISD calls easier and affordable for them. Continue reading “Idea launches free ISD information portal for Kerala customers”
Airtel has launched Name Tunes, personalized Hello Tune service that enables you to personalize your caller tune with your own name. Airtel mobile customers can stamp their caller tune with their own identity by following a simple process that allows them to search and set their name as their Hello Tune. Continue reading “Airtel launches ‘Name Tunes’ personalized Hello Tune service”
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has upgraded the minimum broadband speeds to 512 Kbps for all their customers in Mumbai. According to this, all the MTNL broadband customers in Mumbai with download speed less then 512 Kbps will automatically be upgraded to 512 Kbps download speed without any additional charges. They have also launched 2 new limited plans and an 1Mbps unlimited plan. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai upgrades minimum broadband speeds to 512 Kbps, launches new plans”
Nokia Asha 300 is finally available in India from online retailer Flipkart. Nokia announced the Series 40 device at the Nokia World 2011 last year and launched in India in December. It is powered by a 1 Ghz processor and has 3G capability. It has 2.4-inch (320 x 240 pixels) resistive touch display. It has 5MP camera with video recording at 25 fps and has 32GB expandable memory. It also comes with Nokia Music Unlimited, DRM free Music service with 3 months free subscription. It is 12.7mm thick and weighs 85g. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 300 now available in India for Rs. 6835”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has exempted the daily SMS limit of 200 for machine to machine and person to machine messages. TRAI restricted mobile users from sending more than 100 SMS / day per SIM starting 27th September 2011, to prevent pesky marketing SMS. Later they increased the limit from 100 to 200 SMS / day per SIM. Continue reading “TRAI exempts 200 SMS per day limit for SMS sent to, generated by machines”
TaazzaGO, location-based app for India that was launched last year for Android and also one of the popular app has been rebranded as Localbeat for India. This app is now available for iPhone. It lets you know about the happenings around your place in terms of news, shopping deals & discounts, events & yellow pages. The Android app has also been upgraded with new features. Continue reading “TaazzaGO location-based app rebranded as Localbeat, now available for iPhone”
