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MTS Launches ½ Paisa / Second Plan with LIFETIME Validity

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:40 AM PDT


MTS the CDMA Mobile service of SSTL today announced an exciting Value Maximizer offer for its prospective customers across Maharashtra & Goa which provides ½ paisa/second tariff plan for "LIFETIME' on all local calls without any condition.

With this plan MTS subscriber can make local calls to any network of Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa just at ½ paisa/second . While STD calls will be charged for 1p/sec.

This plan is valid for Life Time and available for New Prepaid customers at one time charges of Rs.799 whereas subscriber will get Rs. 200 Talk Time and an MTS CDMA Handset.

Ashoo Sethi, Chief Operating Officer, Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa Circle, SSTL stated  "MTS having launched its new global brand identity is committed to be 'A Step Ahead'.

In sync with this brand philosophy we are excited to bring special offer for the customers of Maharashtra & Goa circle. The offer includes providing unconditional ½ paisa/second tariff plan for lifetime on all local calls along with Rs. 200 Talk Time and an MTS Handset for just Rs 799."

Reliance Unlimited Wireless Internet Now for Rs. 169

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:40 AM PDT


Reliance Communications (Rcom) today unveiled its path breaking initiative to break the price barrier for Internet access for billions of Indians across 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages with launch of low speed Unlimited Wireless Internet for Rs.169 per month dubbed as “City Unlimited”.

Reliance also slashed the cost of its CDMA 1X Netconnect USB stick modem to Rs 1099 and offers Unlimited Data usage at affordable tariff of just Rs 169 only for prepaid users with speed of up to 153 kbps (kilobit per second). This plan has been launched across the country EXCEPT the top 1000 towns.

According to Rcom, Many parts of India are still under penetrated in terms of internet usage. Reliance launches its new offering 'City Unlimited' which comes with truly unlimited data usage and Internet access, within the same city with wireless internet speed of up to 153 kbps. These cities where this plan is available is mapped to over 1700 STD codes.

RCOM led India's first telecom revolution by making a phone call more affordable. It is now leading the second wave by making India a WireFree country, where every Indian has access to Internet at the click of mouse or the press of a key. This is in line with Reliance's vision to usher in digital revolution by making the telecom services available to the countrymen while offering them at the most affordable prices.

Mahesh Prasad, President –Wireless Business, Reliance Communications said There remains abundant headroom for data growth since many regions of the country are still significantly under penetrated and unwired. RCOM's strategy is to reach this unconnected hinterland, giving millions of Indians affordable internet usage. In these parts of the country, PC penetration is increasing with the popularity of music and movies online, social networking and email. Dial up network or poor GPRS connectivity are the only options available for internet access and the customer experience is very poor on account of poor network quality and lower speeds.

'City Unlimited' makes the internet access very affordable, but, more importantly provides the speed with unlimited data usage for using various internet applications. The service plan is targeted at small/medium businesses, students and homemakers. RCOM's network presence provides competitive edge of diverse technology and nationwide reach of Internet access for everyone

How Safe is your Reliance Mobile Number ?

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PDT


Are you a victim of VAS activation without your concern have you ever been charged for the VAS service what you have never used ?Do you know it can be a mischief played on you by your friend.

A avid TT reader Gaurav Sharma who hails from Sangrur in Punjab has come up with a so called major bug in RCOM portal which exposes Rcom web security level the bug shows any user in a public domain can activate and deactivate any VAS service of Reliance Mobile

So what is the bug all about ? To make this bug work on should be online via Rcom apn which is RCOMNET once connected you should open a unique url (Link not attached on purpose).

The url consist of appID , reqID and mdn  this is where the bug is appID stands for the VAS service like for 101 it stands for music station and it differ from one VAS service to another, reqID is used to subscriber and unsubscribe a service take for example reqID=1 is use to activate the service and reqID=2 is use to deactivate the service and mdn is the mobile number of user.

While testing we tested the same bug on our very own RCOM  Mobile Number 90223030** and we were able to activate Reliance Mobile music station service remotely.

So what does it mean any user who can get hold to the url shared by the TT reader Gaurav Sharma can activate and deactivate any RCom VAS service without user concern.

We atleast thought that Rcom guys would be aware of the same, so called CC Guy’s on 198 from Reliance Mobile to file a complain around 9Pm on 23rd March, the CC executive Ms. Ansia said that their system is not updated so we were asked to call after 6 hours.

On 24th March, 9.30 am we again made call at 198 and Mr Shyam the CC executive first he said he can de-activate the service but didn’t book any complain regarding that and no refund will be possible for the activation of the VAS.

But when we said we didn’t sent any request for this VAS then how come music station service was activated without our concern ,all we wanted was to make sure if Rcom system was able to understand the service was remotely activated.

But unfortunately the system what Rcom was using was unable to detect the same and even  CC guys never cared to give us a complain number after 2 or 3 time when we insisted the same then  he finally agreed to book the complain and gave us the complain number which was 149699250.

Today at 12.22pm we got a call from 022-303457** and the guy said he is from Relaince Customer Care and quoted the complain what we made was FALSE and he cited we have activated the VAS service from R-World or R-Menu so now complain is closed and NO REFUND is possible.

We again said we never activated the service but they never care to listen and said what ever we said is false hence the complain is closed so end of the day we lost Rs.30 :) for the service which we dint even use.

So now the question is this the bug behind all false activation made by Rcom ? We would also like to remind Reliance that recently you topped in highest number of customer complains in TRAI charts we hope it has nothing to do with this bug for faulty activation.

If Reliance Guys are reading this, fix this bug before things goes out of hand

Airtel Launches 3G Service in North Karnataka

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 02:14 AM PDT


Airtel Launches 3G Service in North KarnatakaBharti Airtel today announced the launch of its 3G service in the North Karnataka towns of Hubballi, Dharwad & Belagavi today.

This follows the successful 3G launches in Bengaluru, Mysore, Mangalore, Udupi, Manipal, Shimoga, Davanagere & Tumkur.

Airtel internet on 3G gives customers the power of higher speeds to enjoy multimedia services, high-speed mobile broadband and internet access with the ability to view videos on your mobile phone, make video calls, watch live TV, access high speed internet and enjoy live streaming at never before speeds.

Airtel's 3G services will be on its speed HSPA network, usher in a new era of unique life enriching services in entertainment, utility, commerce and health – all now on the customer's mobile phone.

Comparison between 2G and 3G

2G/ 2.5G 3G
Speed 10 kbps to 256 kbps Up to 21 Mbps
EXPERIENCE Voice plus basic

Data Applications

Advanced

data applications

APPLICATIONS Digital Voice &

Circuit switched

Digital voice, Packet & Circuit Switched
2G 3G
Music download 1 min 6s
Blogs 37 s 7s
Email ppt 4 min 25s
Photo viewing 10s 1s
Video clip viewing 2 min 12s
PPT viewing 4 min 24 s
Latency 100ms 50 ms

Keeping the focus on the user experience and relevant services, airtel's 3G price plans are personalised and simple to understand:

1. PAYG VBC (Pay as you go): For all existing airtel 2G customers who want to experience the power of airtel internet on 3G for a short while, this tariff plan is the solution. The customer will pay the same prevailing data rates as on 2G service, but with the advantage of a faster mobile broadband.

2. Sachet Plans: The objective of these plans is to drive mass trial and adoption of 3G, and will serve as the natural upgrade path to higher rental plans. These plans will have validity of lesser than or equal to 10 days.

To know more or join airtel 3G services – customers can visit www.airtel.in/3g or call 12134 (tollfree) or SMS '3G' to 121.For tariff details click here

Tata Photon Plus Now Available in Rourkela

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:58 AM PDT


Tata Photon Plus Now Available in RourkelaTata Teleservices today announced the launch of Tata Photon Plus in Rourkela of Orissa telecom circle.The Photon Plus service will be available at a competitive price of Rs 1,799 .

Customers can now simply plug in the USB modem into the USB port of either their laptop or desktop PC and enjoy high-speed Internet connectivity additionally, the customer has the option of selecting his tariff plan under both, pre-paid and post-paid category based on his usage needs.

The Tata Photon Plus device comes loaded with features like Photon Movies where users can subscribe to the ongoing and latest movies from the library of movies.Customers can select from an exhaustive list of 100+ channels available in various categories like News, Sports, learning, devotional, entertainment etc.

For music aficionados, Tata Photon Plus MP3 device offers a host of music features like MP3, Radio and recording along with internet surfing. This device combines the benefit of wireless internet connectivity along with music.

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