Archives for August 2007

Parsvnath Developers to go Tring Tring

August 31, 2007 By yogen Leave a Comment

Real estate major, Parsvnath Developers has disclosed its interest to enter the telecom sector by offering GSM based services across the country. As an initial step, the company plans to undergo a strategic partnership with a global mobile operators to gain an insight of the fast paced growing telecom sector.

Parsvnath Developers has already applied to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to obtain licenses for providing unified access telecom services in 22 circles across the country. Along with GSM services the company plans to offer various other allied services like IPTV, Wi-max, Internet and broadband depending on the necessary approvals.

MTNL stops offering new Dolphin connections

August 30, 2007 By yogen 1 Comment

Here’s some bad news for all considering to take Dolphin connections. Government owned telecom firm MTNL has stopped offering new mobile connections for Dolphin in the city. Sources suggest that MTNL has already stopped advertising for its cellular services Dolphin.

Is it a new tactic by government to create a deliberate scarcity or something else? However, MTNL officials defend their stand by saying that their equipment supplier, ITI (another PSU) has failed to expand capacity and meet the handset demands. ITI has a technical tie-up with French vendor Alcatel and was given an order to expand its manufacturing capacities more than a year ago but has failed to supply MTNL with the necessary number of handsets.

Ironically, there is no such problem in the Delhi circuit as the supplier for Delhi, Motorola has the required production capacity and MTNL can give new connections as much as demand is there.

BPL Mobile Rs. 2000 Recharge

August 28, 2007 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Just in case any of our prepaid BPL Mobile readers haven’t received this message, BPL is offering a Rs. 2000 recharge with full talktime. The talktime is given after deducting taxes but what’s important here is that it carries 6-month (180 days) validity.

BPL Mobile’s Jaadu Recharge with Double Talktime

August 28, 2007 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

BPL Mobile is offering a new prepaid recharge option known as Jaadu (Magic) Recharge. The Jaadu Recharge’s USP is that it gives double the talktime and lower call rates. Interesting isn’t it? Well to say the truth, it is just a rosy picture.

Pros

Double Talktime
Lower call rates – Local calls @ Rs. 1.49/min
Local SMS @ Re.1

Airtel face music from TRAI

August 28, 2007 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

If a child makes a mistake, it’s the duty of his mother to discipline the child. It is the same case with TRAI and Airtel where Airtel is the spoilt child. TRAI has asked Airtel to remove its short code numbers which Airtel uses to promote for its Value Added Services (VAS). According to TRAI, Airtel has violated TRAI regulations of national numbering plan which is given to every service provider.

Within a week, Airtel has to comply with the plan and discontinue services like Marathi Mobile Radio?, Ringtone Genie etc. in Maharashtra and Goa circle. That’s not enough. Other services like Voice Chat in Bihar, Airtel FM in UP and other services in different parts of the country will also have to be discontinued.

Customer Speak: Hutch 399+ Plan

August 26, 2007 By Rohan Kamath 1 Comment

We at Tele Gyaan believe in the saying that customer is the king. We have provided you’ll with different stuff each day and now we thought of bringing Customer Speak, wherein a reader is allowed to give his own suggestions and feedback about the service provider he uses.

How telecom service providers push for postpaid connections?

August 25, 2007 By Kunal Gangar 7 Comments

I happened to visit a local Hutch Gallery Shop to convert my postpaid connection to a prepaid one. The scheme which I was currently on was a good one, but one of the major reasons for changing into prepaid was that it was difficult for me to keep a tab on my callings and I ultimately ended up paying more. As I waited for my turn to come, one of the executives approached me and asked that “Why do I want to convert it to prepaid?” Determined to go prepaid I explained him my plight. He listened to me attentively and replied back that if he could show me another scheme?

Reluctantly, I obliged and here I am, still going on with my postpaid connection. The scheme given to me was from a Corporate Plan (only companies are given these plans).

Check out the tariffs after the break:

Bill Plan Comparison: 199 Full Value

August 23, 2007 By yogen 1 Comment

Now that u have seen our earlier posts, here’s another new category where in we review similar plans of different operators. The first plan under our scanner is the Rs. 199 post paid plan. To review the same we have an easy to understand and compare chart of the plan offered by the service providers. If your monthly usage is around 150 to 200 minutes then the 199 plan is the most suitable for you under any service provider. You can expect your bill to be anywhere between 300 and 400 (including tax) depending upon your usage. So here’s a detailed overview of these plans, hope it helps you to choose the best one. (We did not include BPL because it does not have a 199 Plan.)

Tata Indicom’s Dual Sim concept with Samsung

August 23, 2007 By Rohan Kamath Leave a Comment

Ever thought of accessing Hutch and Tata Indicom from the same phone. Ever heard of a phone that can support both GSM and CDMA networks at the same time. It wasn’t possible till now but Tata Indicom and Samsung have now unveiled India’s first touch screen based Dual SIM smart world phone – Samsung Duo. The main objective of launching a dual sim based phone is to revolutionize the Indian telecom market and also try to give a non Tata Indicom users a reason to switch over. The phone is equipped with a decent 1.3 MP camera, a 2.2-inch sharp and responsive touch screen, microSD Card slot, MP3/AAC player and a bluetooth function to share your stuff.

Gallery Gyaan: Reliance Comm. (Borivali)

August 22, 2007 By yogen 9 Comments

Tele Gyaan has been providing you with the latest buzz from the telecom sector. To add some punch to the content, we have our new section, where we review the service centers, we being the normal customers. The objective is to show how good the service providers are when it comes to personally serving the customers. This week the center under our microscope is Reliance’s service center at Borivali. The center is located close to Borivali station (west) on Chandavarkar Lane.