Group Plans are becoming popular among service providers. With all major operators having one in their offering basket, it was high time MTNL joined the league. The step, though late, would be welcomed well by users,

Here are the details of the plan, which is named My Group Plan:

• Monthly charges: Rs.30
• Registering a number in the group: Rs.10
• Calling and SMS within the group: 10paise
• Only Dolphin and Trump numbers allowed
• A maximum limit of 10 members allowed

You could get your clan registered and enjoy calling at the lowest rates possible by calling 1503/9869012345 (Toll Free) The plan, though a good one, does not live upto the other plans introduced by the operator.

The advertisement says ‘Offer valid till stock lasts’ but how much is the stock left when this scheme is pretty much valid since June? Anyways, overlooking the marketing ploys here, if you’re in search for a new number then MTNL is giving away a prepaid number for free to its existing MTNL Landline/Trump/Garuda/Dolphin users. Customers will get a Trump SIM card with a 30 day validity and Rs. 20 worth of talk time.

MTNL Mumbai gives its users another reason to rejoice. With the biggest festival coming up, MTNL users will be able to send and receive unlimited free MMSes. This offer is applicable to all its prepaid as well as postpaid users and will last till October 31, 2008. To activate GPRS/MMS service, a user can dial 1503 or send a SMS by typing ACT GPRS to 444 (prepaid) or GPRS4 to 555 (postpaid).

Ever thought if the current callertune is not ‘your types’. Then here is one way you can have your callertune recorded yourself. MTNL has started this service for its users and here is how to go about it.

• Call 56789 and record your callertune
• This would cost you Rs.4 per minute
• Set the recorded tune as your callertune
• Per recorded song would cost you Rs.5
• One can record 10 such songs

The catch here is the charges you pay when you record the tunes. Rs.4 a minute sounds OK, but to get that right recording, it might just dig a hole in your pocket. The service is available to both Trump and Dolphin users.

SMS birdies staying in the nest of MTNL Mumbai have something to rejoice. They have announced the reduction in National and International SMS rates. The new rates applicable to the user will Re. 1 for National and Rs. 2.50 for International. The national rate is not much of a dampener for other operators as they charge 50 paise in most of the their postpaid plans. But the spoiler comes in the form of International messaging rates. That’s 50 percent less than the private operators charge.

The 15th of August, a day to be proud of the country and enjoy the feeling of being free. Yes, FREE. That’s what MTNL was thinking when it rolled out the Independence Day Hungama, a way to enjoy the freedom - The Freedom to enjoy Free GPRS and Free MMS for 3 days.

Starting from today, MTNL users can access free GPRS (till the 17th of August) and send unlimited MMS to all networks. That is what we call enjoying the feeling of being FREE. We salute this step by the service provider.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

MTNL has brought in a Recharge coupon for its Trump users priced at Rs 49. What users get against this coupon is:

• Local calls charged at 49 paise per minute

• STD calls charged at Rs 1.30 per minute

• Local SMS’s charged at 50 paise per SMS

• National SMS’s charged at Re 1 per SMS

This coupon comes with a validity of 30 days from the date of recharge and considering all the benefits it is offering we would recommend it for all those people having high local usage.

MTNL always used to carry this ‘government-owned operator’ image with itself thanks to the limited services that were available to its users. But now, the operator is trying to do away with that image by launching with new services. This week it’s MTNL Live, a live Photo Sharing Service. Here are some of your queries answered:

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Earlier, we had brought to you MTNL Jeevan Saathi - 299. And today this plan from MTNL has been revamped and now comes at a discounted price. The plan details have been provided below:

• Lifetime Validity
• Activation Charges: Rs.149
• Free Talktime: Rs.11
• All Local calls: 90paise
• Calls to MTNL Delhi: 90paise
• STD Calls: Rs.1.3
• Local SMS: 50paise
• National SMS: Rs.1.5
• International SMS: Rs.4

We say: The plan looks a lot better than the original one, because of the lowered activation charges and cheaper call rates. If considered individually, this plan still stands a good chance to succeed in getting some users. Another highlighting factor is the calls to Delhi being made local. This would prove to be a strength for the plan.

MTNL Mobile TV, an application, which provides users (Dolphin and Trump) to view some channels on their mobile phone, has been made free. This step has been taken to motivate people to try the service, which looks like this:

• Free for a month
• 12 Channels available currently
• Rs.99 per month for all channels
• Rs.10 per day on a daily usage basis
• Audio and Video on demand would also be accompanied with the service

Grab: Users can download the application from the MTNL site and get necessary details of the same.

We Say: The plan is great, but only the current users can join the party. If this could somehow be demonstrated to other users (Non MTNL) we would think of switching over. But great service to start off with…