yogen

Tata Indicom presents Web2SMS

September 4, 2007 By yogen Leave a Comment

Does sending group SMS’s irritate you. Do you need a service to send group SMS’s in a single go. Tata Indicom brings in a web based SMS service for its postpaid subscribers wherein the user can send SMS to a group of people in a single click.

For using this scheme the postpaid user first needs to register with the Tata Indicom website where your User Name becomes your Postpaid Tata Indicom mobile no. (92xxxxxxxx) or Walky no. (22xxxxxxxx for Mumbai users only) and you receive a password for accessing your account on your mobile via SMS. That is it, once you are registered you can send as many SMS’s to as many people via the Web using your own mobile no.

BPL brings new mobile TV in the loop

September 1, 2007 By yogen Leave a Comment

Imagine a TV in your pocket. One which you can carry around where ever you go, one which offers real time news, latest movie clips and loads of downloadable videos. BPL brings in another interesting thing in its loop which is called as BPL mobile TV. BPL mobile TV is a GPRS enabled service for which the user needs to have a GPRS enabled handset, Subscription to BPL WAP/ BPL GPRS and a handset which supports Real player.

BPL mobile TV brings in features like Real Time News wherein the user can watch news channels like CNBC, Aajtak, CNBC Awaaz, Headlines today and stay updated on the go. It also offers option to view videos and download short duration (10-15 mins) videos of movies and songs.

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.

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.)

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.

Airtel and Hutch plan to increase tariff rates opposed by TRAI

August 16, 2007 By yogen 2 Comments

On the 13th of this month the two giant operators of India had planned to increase their calling rates by about 20 paise. This would make the revised call rates for calls to same operator numbers increase to Rs. 1.2 compared to its Re. 1 rate. The plan was to be rolled out on Monday, with not many users actually known to the fact. The basic reason behind this was the increasing number of users joining the telecom revolution of India. The company said that with the increase in the users the operators could do nothing but increase the rates.

The hike in the rates was majorly in the prepaid area, with a similar hike in SMS rates for both prepaid and postpaid users. But the TRAI, which is the telecom regulator of India, didn’t find this step appropriate and thus has asked the giants to take back such plans.

TRAI believes that these price hikes are not consumer-friendly and transparent so it has asked the operators to roll back their SMS rates as the first step. If they do not do that, TRAI will enforce the reduction of rates by launching a new consultation process or issuing orders under its regulator act. TRAI has also warned the service providers that if they continue with the price hike then it would intervene further and ensure reduction in premium SMS rates as well for which these operators charge anywhere between Rs. 2 and Rs. 10.

Unlimited Freedom to talk only for Rs.399

August 16, 2007 By yogen 3 Comments

Now make unlimited calls to any MTNL phone with MTNL’s Garuda mobile service. Garuda is charging a monthly rental to Rs. 399 wherein you get free calling service to all MTNL phones and calls to other phones will cost Rs 0.50/min. The SMS charges are 40 paise and 80 paise for local and national networks respectively. You also get free CLIP service.

What about the price? MTNL charges only 1000 bucks for the new connection as the registration and activation charges are waived off.

We Say

If your maximum calls are on MTNL network then this is the best bet you can get. Think no further for availing this scheme, after all MTNL calls itself the Lifeline of Mumbai.

Webpage