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Airtel resumes 3G services in 8 circles

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I guess it was expected but Airtel has given their official word on resumption of the 3G services in non-3G circles. Airtel will now provide 3G service in Haryana, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, MPCG (Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh), Gujarat, Kolkata and UP (east) with infrastructure backup from Vodafone and Idea Cellular.

Last week, TDSAT quashed the fine levied by DoT for violating 3G license agreement and claimed Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular did not violate the law and can continue with their 3G intra-circle roaming agreement (ICRA).

RCom last week announced to offer nationwide 3G coverage with the partnership of Aircel and Tata.

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Reliance Communications offers nationwide 3G roaming

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Reliance Communications will now offer pan India 3G roaming coverage for all its subscribers. Reliance has struck a strategic Inter-Circle roaming partnership with Tata and Aircel that will allow Reliance customers to enjoy 3G services outside its own 3G circles.

Reliance Communications currently offers 3G services in 13 Circles — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, North East, Jammu & Kashmir. With the new partnership, RCom gets access to Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and UP East, thanks to Aircel and Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and UP west through Tata.

MTNL Mumbai Lowers Free Data In Special 3G Data Packs

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MTNL introduced special 3G data packs to give a taste of what their 3G service is like. They had introduced 3G 22, 3G 76 and 3G 126 data packs that gave a validity of a day, week and 15 days with a decent amount of free data usage – 250MB, 1GB and 1GB respectively.

But it seems MTNL has now lowered the free data usage for the aforementioned plans. The revised data usage is now 100MB if you recharge 3G 22, 350MB for 3G 76 and 600MB 3G 126.

We’re not sure what led MTNL to revise the plans but as a consumer, I’m disappointed.

What do you think?

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3G Spectrum auction will now happen by Mar 31, 2010

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This one comes as no surprise. On the sidelines of ITU Telecom World in Geneva, Telecom Minister confirmed (again!) that the 3G spectrum auction will be conducted by March 31, 2010 and not by December 7. A further delay of about 3 months. Why? Well, foreign telcos will be joining in the bid and since the companies are asking for more time coz of the Christmas break, our telecom ministry saw no other viable option other than to delay it.

We Say: Honestly, we don’t want to say anything this time. Indian 3G auction has become a joke in the telecom world where we’re still trying to auction the spectrum for around 1 and a half years. We’ll believe when it finally happens. Oh by the way, do enter the fun little poll below so that we know what you think about it.

Try out MTNL 3G Jadoo service for a limited time

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MTNL Mumbai has kicked off a promotional offer for their existing GSM subscribers. Trump and Dolphin users can now have the benefit to try out the 3G service in Mumbai before taking the plunge. Starting from today till Sep 30, a user activating the promotional offer will be offered to try out the 3G service wherein there will be free unlimited video calls within MTNL network but accessing internet will be charged at 50p/100KB.

Users can activate the service by sending an SMS “FREE 3G” to 444 (Trump) or 555 (Dolphin). After the trial period has ended, if a user wishes to continue with the service, he can send the following SMS “ACT 3G” to 444 (Trump) or 555 (Dolphin) and receive a waiver of a one-time activation charge of Rs. 300.

MTNL Mumbai estimates to cover the whole Mumbai with 3G network by the end of November 2009.

3G services from Airtel to come by October 2010

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At the IndiaOn conference held in New Delhi, Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli said they’re planning to launch their 3G service in October next year provided everything goes as planned.

“If everything goes well on time with regard to spectrum auction, by February or March we will have spectrum allocation. By next Diwali (2010), we will have commercial launch of 3G services in India.”

Government recently fixed the base price of the 3G spectrum at Rs. 3,500 crore and the auction is expected to be completed by November.

Exclusive: All (GSM) Blackberry Plans reviewed

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Ed’s Note: Our overworked brains ditched us. Sorry for the goof up, we have added the plans and edited the story accordingly.

When TeleGyaan did an exclusive review of MTNL’s 2G/3G plans, one of our avid readers voiced his opinion and asked us to look at other operators in the landscape. Given the reader-friendly blog we are, here is a post comparing all the GSM – Blackberry plans on offer::

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Exclusive Review: MTNL 2G/3G Blackberry Plans

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Now that MTNL too has launched Blackberry services along with 3G, here is a quick look at the plans the public operator is offering its users.

Plans for Individual users

BIS 2G Unlimited:

  • Monthly Rent: Rs. 1099
  • Unlimited data download

BIS 3G Unlimited:

  • Monthly Rent: Rs. 3099
  • Unlimited data download

 

BIS 2G Value:

  • Monthly Rent: Rs. 500
  • Free usage of upto 500Kb (Strange isnt it???)
  • Data charges post free usage: 50p per Kb (Expensive isn’t it???)

BIS 3G Value:

  • Monthly Rent: Rs. 1,500
  • Free usage of upto 1,000Kb (Strange isn’t it???)
  • Data charges post free usage: 30p per Kb (Expensive isn’t it???)

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MTNL launches Blackberry services in Delhi

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TeleGyaan recently brought you a post on BSNL coming out with Blackberry services in April.  Now it’s the other public operators turn to offer the same. Yes, MTNL announced the launch of Blackberry services in Delhi yesterday. The service will be made available through MTNL’s postpaid arm – Dolphin. 

As for the phone, the operator will be selling the Blackberry Bold as a part of its initial offerings. Also the operator is trying to take due advantage of the 3G spectrum, by offering this 3G enabled phone. This will give both the operators an edge over others. Along with the above phone, MTNL will also be offering Blackberry Curve 8310/20 and Blackberry 8700. The prices of these handsets are:

  • Blackberry Bold: Rs. 34,000
  • Blackberry Curve 8310/8320: Rs.24,000
  • Blackberry 8700G: Rs.14,000

We Say: Reiterating the fact, the two public operators will have an edge over other players as they will be offering the Blackberry service along with 3G to users. However, it solely depends on the plans being offered by MTNL and BSNL.  

3G update: Spectrum auction likely to get further delayed

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Every time there is some new about the 3G auction, it is about its postponement. Now the recent news is that, 3G spectrum auction which was likely to happen in April will further get pushed to May. The telecom ministry is proposing to push it due to the month-long general elections that begin in mid-April.

Telecom Secretary ‘Siddhartha Behura’ officially said that the 3G auction looks difficult before the general elections. We consumers don’t have an option but to wait for the day the 3G auction would actually happen.

Source: The Financial Express