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BSNL Introduces Bouquet of 3G STVs, Local Call to Any Network 30p

Posted: 22 May 2010 06:36 AM PDT

India’s National telecom backbone and 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched never before calling rates by launching Bucket of New Special Tariff Vouchers (Add-on Plans) catering to 3G GSM Mobile customers across India.

Keeping its stride to provide Better Recharge or Tariff plans for its 3G subscribers in all the telecom circles, BSNL introduces  Any Network Local call @30p, Night Talk Plan-17, Free Video Call Plan-57, SMS@1 paisa, Unlimited Local and STD Call Plan-30 and lots more.

The Unlimited Own Net Calling Pack of Rs.30 allows BSNL 3G Prepaid customers to make unlimited Local and STD calls to any BSNL mobile and Land line numbers anywhere in India for One Day.

The ALL Local Call@30p Pack for Rs.61 provides the benefits of lowest call charges for local calls to any network any time of the day at 30 paisa per minite, valid for 30 days.

Here are the Details-:

Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs)

(3G Prepaid Subscribers)

MRP TariffValidity
Local & National SMS @1 Paisa per SMS Rs.13 30 Days
Night Pack- Local/STD Own-net @ 0.20/Min in Night

(Night Hours -11.00 PM to 07.00 AM)

Rs.17 30 Days
Unlimited P2P SMS Local only

(Fare Usage Limit-100 SMS/Day or 2000 SMS per month)

Rs.31 30 Days
Unlimited Local /STD calls Own-Netowrk-1 day Rs.30 1 Day
SMS Pack-31 : 2000 Local & 1000 National SMS Free Rs.31 30 Days
Local  Calls to On-Network @ Rs.0.20/MIN Rs.35 30 Days
Local & STD Own-Network (BSNL2 BSNL) @ Rs.0.20/Min Rs.47 30 Days
125 Minute Free Local Video call (BSNL N/W) Rs.57 30 Days
Local  Calls to Any Network @ Rs.0.30/Min Rs.61 30 Days
Unlimited Local /STD Own-Network-7 days Rs.150 7 Days
Unlimited Local /STD Own-Network-30 days Rs.500 30 Days

Note: The above STVs are available as E Recharges and On line Recharge in 3G services area. For More Details call 94000-24365.

India 3G Spectrum Bid Results: What Operators Said

Posted: 22 May 2010 05:05 AM PDT

At the closer of the India’s 3G auctions, most of bidders including the biggies Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications emerging winners for the 3G airwaves. While  latest entrant in GSM arena Videocon Telecommunications Ltd and Etisalat DB were unable to win a single circle.

The GSM biggies Vodafone Essar, Bharti Airtel and dual technology operator Reliance Communications (Rcom) bagged the lucrative Delhi and Mumbai circles for a whopping Rs.3316.93 crore & Rs 3247.07 crore respectively and hope to get good 3G subscriber base  initially with the commercial launch in both circles.

India’s largest GSM service provider Bharti Airtel, which had pan-India 3G ambitions, had to settle for just for 13 telecom circles along with Reliance Communications and Aircel. The company said in a statement "We would like to point out that the auction format and severe spectrum shortage along with ensuing policy uncertainty, drove the prices beyond reasonable levels. As a result, we could not achieve our objective of pan India 3G footprint in this round.”

Bharti Airtel has emerged successful in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai service area), UP West, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, North East and Jammu & Kashmir.

Another Pan-India operator Aircel emerged as the biggest spender which bagged 3G license for its strong hold areas and covers almost South and East region of the country. Aircel has the same number of  telecom circles for 3G services as Bharti Airtel. But at very lower financial outflow compare to Airtel, it is paying almost half the price that Bharti Airtel is.

Mr. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel said to TelecomTalk  "After several rounds of competitive bidding, Aircel has bagged 13 telecom circles in 3G for Rs. 6500 crores which will allow us to take our Data Strategy to the next level. This further opens new revenue opportunities and gives way to a dynamic Business Model.”

He also added “We now cover the whole of Southern and Eastern belt where we have our strong presence and in J&K, Punjab & UP (East) as well. With this we will be able to offer seamless connectivity and meaningful products and services to our consumers which will eventually change their life and open a world of possibilities."

The 3rd largest GSM mobile service operator Idea Cellular is the winner in 11 service areas at very lowest financial outflow out of the five other big service providers. Idea cellular win eleven circles at total cost of Rs. 5768.59 cr. According to the company’s statement “With the 2.1 GHz (3G Spectrum) footprint of Idea Cellular covers a very high proportion (81%) of Idea's total national revenues. Idea believes its bidding strategy and the Auction results significantly enhance Idea's competitive position in the market.”

Reliance Communications (Rcom) which has bagged 3G spectrum in 13 circles including Delhi and Mumbai as well as category 'C' circle said that ” Company plans to strongly leverage its media, gaming, cinema and broadcasting capabilities to offer its customers a unique true 3G experience."

While the Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) have given up Delhi, Mumbai and taken 3 category A and 6 category B circles. In an statement TTSL said “The company management is very delighted with the outcome of the 3G spectrum auction, especially as we have bagged the best telecom Circles from the perspective of their cumulative market potential, particularly so when we take into consideration the overall spend on these.

Significantly, we have covered the entire geography of prosperous India on the Western side, while there is no entanglement with Category ‘C’ circles– therefore, this has proven to be a most capex-optimized bidding for us.TTSL did pursue the major metros in the country, but decided to drop out of the bidding when the sheer outlay made these a winner’s curse”

Read More on 3G Auction Results at here -: India’s 3G Auction Ends, No Single Bidder Bid For a Pan-India 3G License

BOLT 2.1 Promoted Out Of Beta

Posted: 21 May 2010 08:52 PM PDT

BOLT 2.1 Promoted Out Of BetaOne of the most popular mobile web browser besides Opera Mini, Bitstream Inc. today announced commercial availability of the second generation of its acclaimed BOLT mobile browser.

BOLT 2.1 marks the completion of beta testing on the most fully featured browser available for mobile phones of all types. Among BOLT 2.1's new features are tighter integration with Facebook, support for HTML5 video and several new Flash video streaming websites.

With tabbed browsing, video support and social network integration, the second generation of the acclaimed BOLT browser enables handset manufacturers and mobile operators to deliver the best Internet user experience to all categories of mobile devices.

BOLT 2.1's advanced integration with Facebook– by far the most popular domain visited by BOLT users around the world – includes the ability to use Facebook's instant messaging service and to seamlessly copy text or links and post them to a Facebook account directly from within the BOLT browser.The most important new feature of BOLT 2.1 is tabbed browsing – giving people the ability to simultaneously browse multiple websites and easily switch between them – this functionality was a top request from BOLT users. With BOLT 2.1, Bitstream has expanded streaming video support to include mtv.com, nick.com, bbc.co.uk (UK), maniatv.com, svtplay.se (Sweden), hungama.com (India) and bollywoodhungama.com (India).

Additional notable upgrades in BOLT 2.1 include a faster widget gallery with updated user interface and a server upgrade to WebKit 4.03, keeping BOLT up-to-date with the latest web standards.The free consumer version of BOLT, available on mobile Java (J2ME) devices, has been downloaded nearly 7 million times since its debut in February 2009.

Over the the past few months, more than thirty-thousand users installed the consumer version of BOLT each day, while additional people began using pre-installed versions of BOLT on newly-available devices from Bitstream's OEM partners in Asia and Eastern Europe.

The BOLT mobile browser is engineered to run on mobile phones of all types, from low-end feature phones to high-end smartphones. BOLT has been installed on 1,000s of different handset models running on hundreds of networks worldwide. BOLT is the only major WebKit-based cloud computing browser and is built to deliver a PC-like browsing experience on mobile phones.

Its small package, easy integration and comprehensive feature set make it ideal for handset manufacturers and mobile network operators to offer the best possible Internet experience for users of the widest range of mobile device categories.

Bitstream has made BOLT extremely easy to use, with keypad shortcuts to quickly navigate pages and scale up and down through the browser's six levels of magnification. Comprehensive instructions on how to use all of BOLT's many features can be found at http://boltbrowser.com/faq.html.

Recognizing that some mobile phones currently in use cannot support the full size applications and some network providers limit the size of application downloads, Bitstream also offers a light version of the BOLT mobile browser, BOLT LiteTM. BOLT Lite contains all the essential features of the BOLT mobile browser, retaining BOLT's feature-rich functionality, best-of-breed download speeds and desktop PC-style page layout in a smaller package optimized for entry-level devices.

BOLT 2.1 and BOLT Lite for free at http://boltbrowser.com. Consumers who have downloaded previous versions of BOLT will be prompted through the application to upgrade the browser.

Wynncom Introduces Seven Dual SIM Mobile Phones In India

Posted: 21 May 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Wynn Telecom Limited the Handset venure of Luminous, the leading Power & Energy Storage brand today launched Seven Dual SIM Mobile phones in Indian market under the brand name Wmynncom.

Unveiling the phones Bollywood star and Wmynncom brand ambassador Saif Ali Khan stated "I am excited to represent brand Wynncom that stands for cutting-edge innovation and style. I admire the brand's attitude & style and relate to it closely as it is refreshingly trendy and fast."

The Wmynncom Mobile Phone’s price range starts from Rs.1500 and goes up to Rs.5000. The handsets are fully loaded with social networking tools like Nimbuzz Messenger and Snaptu applications as well as popular multimedia features are like Large LCD Display, Camera, High Quality wireless FM, High efficiency battery for extra long standby and talk time,Dual SIM,Expandable Memory upto 8GB, Bluetooth and Torch Light.

Mr. Rakesh Malhotra Founder and Chairman, Wynn Telecom Ltd said “The Wmynncom handsets launched today are a Mix of Utility, Multimedia and Qwerty phones". Utility phones come with a high efficiency battery, attractive looks, and multiple language support. The multimedia range has Mega Pixel Camera, Multimedia features like Video player, Wireless FM, Expandable Memory and other exciting features. The Y-50 Qwerty Phone comes fully loaded with features such as pre-loaded AIO messenger, social networking applications, Multimedia and a lot more.

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