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Tata Docomo launches unlimited GPRS packs

September 18, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 1 Comment

With the proliferation of social networking sites and to satisfy user’s urge to remain online 24×7, Tata Docomo has announced unlimited GPRS packs. The packs are similar to Aircel’s Pocket Internet that were launched few months ago. A user can opt for a 3-day pack costing Rs. 15 or go for a full month of unlimited freedom for just Rs. 95. However, there’s one important thing to know. These packs won’t work on roaming. In simple words, you’ll be able to access the internet but will be charged 10p/10kb.

Activating the GPRS pack is simple. Go to a retailer to recharge your account with the GPRS voucher and then SMS INTERNET to 52270 to receive the settings. Likewise, you can also set the settings manually. More on that here.

And yes, you can connect the phone to your laptop or desktop PC to surf the internet but with the speeds hovering up to 48Kbps, this doesn’t sound to be a good option.

Tata Docomo launches diet-sms – 1p/character SMS

September 8, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 2 Comments

Tata Docomo sent some shivers to the ‘established’ GSM operators when they launched 1paisa per second calling and now they’re trying to attempt the same by announcing diet-sms that charges 1paisa per character excluding the spaces. Sounds too good to be true, right? In fact, it is but there are a few things to note before you jump with joy.

Tata DoCoMo brings SMS Offer in Kerala

September 7, 2009 By Kunal Gangar 2 Comments

If Tata DoCoMo’s 1paise/sec is a boon for heavy callers, they’ve come out with another offer to please avid texters. Launched in Kerala, the SMS offer will allow users to enjoy 100 local and national SMS everyday for free. The only catch here, which we think is a reasonable one is that the user needs to send a message to a local or national number that will be charged at 60 paise and Rs. 1.20 respectively. The offer is applicable to pre-paid users and will be valid till November 25.

We Say: Tata DoCoMo is trying every ploy to take on the competition and needless to say, such a scheme will enable them to add more connections. Let’s hope they roll this offer in other circles too.

Tata Telecommunication ties up with Play – a Polish telecom firm

March 6, 2009 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

Tata Telecommunication announced its tie up with a Poland based telecom firm ‘Play’. This tie up will foster Tata Telecom’s plans to route all its international call traffic through Play.

Play will implement Tata’s voice termination product ‘VTS Prime Solution’ to manage Tata Tele’s customer call quality. VTS Prime will allow Tata Tele to pass on the entire burden of ensuring high quality international calls to Play.

Play’s Carrier Relations director Piotr Kuriata said in a statement, “We chose to work with Tata Communications because of their extensive network backbone and experience, which was well positioned to fully manage and support issues our company was facing as a start-up operator”.

We Say: This move hints about Tata Tele’s plans of moving global. Previously they linked up with DoCoMo and now this venture with Play will definitely give Tata’s an edge in the CDMA category.

Tata Experience Center: Try and then Buy

January 28, 2009 By Rohan Kamath Leave a Comment

Tata Experience Center, a part of the Tata Indicom website, now provides previews of tones, videos, games and TV content online. This is yet another attempt to provide users utmost satisfaction, by allowing users to view stuff before they go ahead and buy it.

The section has been given a cool look, which blends well with the constantly updated website. Also, the previews do not look cluttered and are well accessible from any page. Even if you do not intend to buy stuff, the site provides a cool browsing experience.

For instance, we laid our hands on a racing game. Though it was a flash based game (i suppose) it was fun to play. So, no matter which operator’s service you use, you can get your share of fun at this cool section named Tata Experience Center.

Results for TRAI’s Service Survey

January 17, 2009 By Rohan Kamath 5 Comments

If there is one thing that can gauge the performance of the operators’ service in the Telecom industry, it’s TRAI’s service survey. This survey is undertaken to understand operator performance on parameters like pre-sales and sales, network availability, value-added service (VAS), customer care and billing . The final score is a percentage with 90% being the cut-off set by the governing body. Here are how the results looked like: [Read more…] about Results for TRAI’s Service Survey

Is Tata Teleservices really the best in Maharashtra?

January 11, 2009 By Rohan Kamath Leave a Comment

Official reports are out that TRAI has crowned Tata Teleservices as the best operator in Maharashtra. The telecom regulator did not experience even the slightest of congestion in its network review.

The news is quite shocking, as the CDMA operator is not so well known for its network.We at TeleGyaan truly think that the end users should be final deciders in such matters. We think that would reflect the reality.

Here is where YOU come into picture. Head to the comments below and give us a reality check. Is it really the best?

Tata Indicom’s Get More 399 for Gujrat

August 25, 2008 By yogen 1 Comment

Here’s another full value plan but this time it’s from Tata Indicom for its Gujarat circle customers. There have a few Full Value 199’s and 299’s from different operators but this is the first time we came across a Full Value 399 plan.

Plan Details:

Monthly Rental: Rs 399
CLIP: Rs 25 (optional)
Monthly commitment: Rs 424 (399 + 25)
Free calls: 425 local calls to any number
All Local calls and SMS’s to Tata numbers: 50 paise
All Local calls to others: Rs 1.75
All Local SMS to others: Re 1
STD calls to Tata Numbers: Rs 2
STD calls to others: Rs 2.65

We say: Although the plan seems to be targeted towards Full Value seekers, there are no signs of free SMSes which other full value plans offer. Also once you are done with the freebies offered along with it, the plan becomes pricey for calls and SMSes to other networks.

Tata Indicom brings in “Let’s Rock” plan for students

June 26, 2008 By Kunal Gangar 1 Comment

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML) announced the launch of its “Let’s Rock” pack, a low-cost student friendly prepaid plan. To begin with the details, the pack is priced for Rs. 299 and it comes along with three-year validity.

The usage details are:

• During the day i.e. from 0900-2100 hrs, all local calls from Tata to Tata will be charged at 20 paise per minute
• Tata to others will be charged at 60 paise per minute
• Local SMS will be charged at 20 paise
• STD calls will be charged at Rs. 2 per minute

• During the night i.e. from 2100-0900 hrs, all local calls from Tata to Tata will cost 10 paise per minute
• Tata to others will cost 30 paise per minute
• Local SMS will cost 20 paise
• STD calls will cost Rs 2 per minute

We say

The pack definitely has the potential to attract students with limited pocket money and people looking to stay connected – cheap tariff prepaid plan will save our money to indulge in something else. We recommend it.

Week Round up

May 25, 2008 By Kunal Gangar Leave a Comment

The week started with a short review of Tata Indicom’s website which has got a worth looking makeover. Next article notified us about another 3G service provider in the form of MTNL. They will be providing services as soon as they are allotted the spectrum.

Security is gaining more and more importance. But it seems RIM is compromising it to continue itself selling BlackBerry services in India and would be sharing the encryption key with the government. Next article highlighted the fact that Orkut has become a hub for users to share the telecom secrets and discuss the loopholes enabling the users to enjoy free GPRS and other services.

Another security loophole: This time it comes from government owned MTNL. MTNL’s website clearly lags behind in this Web 2.0 age but a more depressing fact is that their website included details of their customers. We have notified the authorities and as per their feedback, the situation is in control.

Airtel launched the Dial a Postpaid plan which will help them to gain more postpaid customers by giving them exciting benefits. Airtel announced that they will be selling HTC’s Touch Diamond phone which is reckoned to give iPhone a run for its money. Airtel has the exclusive rights to sell the phone. The last dose of Airtel is that they have launched their services in Lakshadweep islands.

Tata Indicom had launched a prepaid plan known as Go Speak Life giving users the freedom to call at 49 paise. Definite Steal according to us for users clocking more local calls. And lastly comes the Videocon’s announcement of starting their telecom services by mid-August and South India would be the first ones to experience them.