Reliance Communications is extending its Jaadu Pack to Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) customers in Tamil Nadu. The new edition of the pack will be called as Business Jaadu 135. It will cost Rs. 135 and offer validity for a month. The benefits for the customer are unlimited Reliance calls within the state and other local calls will be charged at 49 paise/minute. RCom reckons a user can save up to 35% on their monthly bills.

The pack will be subsequently rolled out in other circles.

RCom has quitely launched its GSM services in the capital of India making them the first operator to offer both CDMA and GSM services. The service is not commercially available as of now, but it is reported that Reliance employees are the first ones to gain access to it and after successfully testing, it will be rolled to the public.

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Reliance Communications on Monday became the fifth mobile operator in Asia to cross 50 mn mobile subscribers mark. The company announced that it added 1.74 mn new mobile subscribers during the month of June 2008 which is the highest ever monthly subscriber addition to its user base.

RCom’s closest rival Bharti Airtel added the highest number of subscribers among all GSM operators in June 2008 at 2.55 mn subscribers making it a total user base of 69.3 mn.

Reliance has launched the Jaadu Pack to make STD calling cheaper for you. This plan allows users to make STD and local calls at a fixed rate of Re.1. The other details of the plan are:

• Charge: Rs.35
• Benefit duration: 30days
• Local and STD calls: Re.1
• Incoming on Roaming: Re.1
• Outgoing on Roaming: Rs.1.5

We say: The Pack is quite cool as it offers STD at a cheaper rate. The next good thing about it is that it brings roaming call charges at a level that’s being followed by the market, which is quite fair.

Vodafone has officially opened up the doors for people seeking more news on iPhone in India. Interested users can register at Vodafone by sending a SMS IPHONE to 56789 or head over to the website to register. This is the message I received after successful registration.

Dear Kunal Gangar,

Thank you for booking your new iPhone 3G, with Vodafone. We will keep you updated on its price, features and availability in due course.
Till then, if you have any further queries feel free to call us on 111 (toll free) and we’ll be happy to help.

Happy to help,
Vodafone Care

Email vodafonecare.mum@vodafone.com

Visit www.vodafone.in

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UPDATE: We called up 111 to know about the availability and the customer exec said that it will not be available before the year end.

UPDATE 2: Airtel users can send a SMS iPhone to 54321.

UPDATE 3: Airtel has opened up their registration page too. Click here.

Reliance has always been boasting about free calling to other Reliance numbers. Let’s have a look at the various options one has. The first two are zero talktime plans with validity of a month. The remaining one’s have multiple validity options and have talktime availability.

Rs.195 Plan - Local R2R unlimited calling
No talktime
30 days validity
All other calls @ 99paise and STD @ Rs.2.65

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The CDMA category, which is led by the two biggies Tata Indicom and Reliance Communications, has less players but high potential. A high importance is given to the cellphones being offered by the CDMA players. So here is a post dedicated to the comparison between the cellphones that are being offered:

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Reliance Mobile has launched a limited period plan. This plan is tagged at Rs.299. The amount would provide Lifetime Incoming to the prepaid user. Also the USP of the plan, which also makes it a limited period one is that users can enjoy unlimited calling to all Reliance phones for the first two months.

The free calling is allowed in the Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa circles. This component of the plan could make it a hit among users. Also this particular plan is also availabe for new users. The user has to go in for a recharge of Rs.200 every 6 months, which is the condition for the lifetime incoming.

What’s your take on the plan? Share your Gyaan on TeleGyaan Forums.

After having launched one of the best SMS packs known to us (5,000 SMS’s for Rs.95), RCom didn’t give any more shocks to write about them. And now they’ve come up with the ideal plan for all its user segments. Here it goes:

Analyzing the above plans in the order they are in, My Local plan which comes for Rs.299 per month gives a very good value for money. It is similar to the GSM operators full value plans, but is better in the way that it offers (300 mins.) free calling to other networks also. The call rates thereafter are also quite good.

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So it started with Rs. 999 then Rs. 499 and now Rs. 199. Reliance Mobile has announced their aggressive decision to launch a lifetime prepaid card which will be the cheapest offering up till now.

Two years back, they were the ones to introduce a lifetime prepaid card which made other operators to follow the suit.

And this year too, they are starting a trend. So what’s so special this year apart from a reduction in price? Well they have removed the restriction of recharging a certain amount to keep the number active. A user can enjoy uninterrupted service for lifetime.

This is a smart move by them because an influx of new subscribers would mean that they can pitch in their VAS to more customers. After all, it is the highest profit making area for the operators.

The offer will be out soon in the market.

UPDATE: As pointed by our reader, Reliance indeed wants us to recharge with a minimum of Rs. 200.