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Micromax Canvas Laptab LT666 10.1-inch Touchscreen Laptop (Intel Atom Z3735F/2GB/32GB/Windows 10/Integrated Graphics/With 3G+WiFi), Grey @ 10999 (can be even less if Amazon gift card is used as they are normally available @5% discount) http://www.amazon.in/dp/B015O8DAOK

the micromax version is regularly available at cheaper price on Amazon during special sales. that one has in-built 3G SIM connectivity also.

RCDMA APN details shown in my phone (OMH SIM) Name: Reliance Netconnect APN : #777 Proxy : Not set Port: Not set User Name : net Password: net MCC: 404 MNC: 00 Authentication: PAP or CHAP

Anyone used ZTE Q301C? Seems to be a budget phone http://www.amazon.in/ZTE-Q-301-C-CDMA/dp/B01ARGFCKE/

Whether this supports 4G on 1800/2300 also?

same here. but so far no link received.

then RCom will need to prove special SIM that will work on CDMA as well as LTE 850, 1800, 2300

how about Infocus M810.

any CDMA+LTE 1800/2300 dual SIM handset available in India?

they are spreading these rumors just to prevent prospective customers from opting for the competion

even many of the recent PCs would not have. better to stick with XUBUNTU/LUBUNTU then.

will it work well on old PC (5 yrs or older)

Very true. As more and more people share the same bandwidth, the speed and efficiency are bound to come down.

Dear Deepan From 2000, I was having one Airtel prepaid number at Delhi and also one Airtel Prepaid at Kolkata used by my Mother. I remember the call rates because my mother always used to scold me for the amount of money spent on calls. I also remember the comments of Sunil Mittal when RIM was announced and he was asked whether Airtel rates would come down "bakre ko to halal hona hi hai, lekin kisto me". The rates mentioned are the actual rates that I used to pay in Delhi in Oct 2002. STD @ Rs.2/3 were midsummers dream at that time. Earlier in 2000, for STD, PSTN charges were separately applicable @ 1 pulse/2 seconds in day time. So calling a land line from mobile on STD worked out to more than Rs.50/min. Incoming calls for GSM operators became free only from 2003. Here are 2 news items from 21st Jan 2003 when the issue was under hot debate. In fact BSNL and MTNL were the ones who were opposing it tooth and nail. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Mobile-to-mobile-incoming-calls-to-become-free/articleshow/35073508.cms http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/jan/21cell1.htm I switched to DAPO the moment it was made available, in March 2003, as it meant a huge saving in my monthly STD costs. Had to take two, one at Delhi and one at Kolkata. Initially the scheme was to pay Rs.3000 upfront and then monthly Rs.600 (incl finance charges) for 36 months. The handset given was Samsung N191. No other handset was available. Post dated cheques had to be given. Still got the bills for that. Deduction of 40p per call was given upto 400 calls/month. The original DAPO was not that popular due to the post dated cheques and other issues. Then the monsoon hungama scheme came later and became a run away hit. Initially it was postpaid only, prepaid was launched with the monsoon hungama, I remember as I had taken a prepaid connection then for my married sister, handset Nokia. The Nokia and one LG handset was launched during the monsoon hungama. Customers also had the option of taking DAPO postpaid scheme then. Yes at that time the numbers were WLL based. For Delhi, my handset had 5 Different numbers tagged to the same handset, one for Delhi, one for NOIDA/Ghaziabad, one for Gurgaon, one for Dadri, one for Fariadabad. The numbers used to switch as I traveled from Ghaziabad to Gurgaon via Delhi daily. For roaming we had to generate a temporary number. If the called number was the primary number, roaming incoming was not free but adjusted within the 400 calls. But if calls were directly made to the temporary number, there was no incoming roaming charges.

2002 28th Dec - Mukesh Ambani beta launched Reliance India Mobile. 2003 1st May - Commercial service began. 2002 Oct Mobile Rates (of AVOID) Rs.12/min outgoing, Rs. 8/Min incoming. 2003 June rates crashed to Rs.2/min with incoming free 2015 27th Dec Mukesh Ambani beta launched Reliance Jio. 2016 1st April (???) Commercial launch. Lets hope for a repeat rate crash.

@me_saket what about performance with SIM 1 - 4G data and SIM 2 CDMA voice + sms

What would be the best handset for using RJio for Data and RCDMA for voice and data fallback where RJio dont work.

@amitroutray Jionet wifi is functioning in Kolkata for about a year, at Park Street and Gariahat areas.

The M&A would take some time to be legally completed. So for next 6-9 mths, there may not be any change. But as indicated in their original announcement, the MTS brand would cease to exist. So I guess all existing connections would be migrated to RCom plans.

Last time around, the service was announced on 28th Dec 2002 but actual public sale of handsets began in Feb 2003 and commercial started from 1st May 2003.

I am hoping to find a handset that would support CDMA voice calls and Jio 4G data.

^^ as per this site [ http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26440 ] the handset supports following bands SM-G920P GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, CDMA800 (BC0), CDMA1900 (BC14), UMTS850 (B5), UMTS1900 (B2), UMTS2100 (B1), LTE1900 (B2), LTE1900 (B25), LTE800 (B26), TD-LTE2500 (B41) Airtel 4G is Band 40, so not supported. In fact, it also does not appear to support the Airtel 3G in Kolkata which operates on UMTS 900 band.

@inception official website I have a smartphone SIM that came with 1 Lakh MB data. now that is going to end. so looking for other options. but need to have data for some time with this SIM. But yes, my mistake, validity shown is 5 days only. So this plan will give EVDO data.

MTS Kolkata shows a 1GB-Rs.67-30 days plan for smartphone data. What speed will it provide? 1x or EVDO?

the end of good times?