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Its possible! In the sense, it can be a handset bug! May not be related to the network!

Bharti cuts ISD, STD rates January 20, 2005 19:22 IST Rediff.com Initiating a fresh round of price war, Bharti, offering telecom services under the AirTel brand, on Thursday reduced long distance mobile tariffs by upto Rs 1.75 per minute for ISD and 35 paise for STD calls. The company lowered the rates following Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's new levy regime, which reduced the access deficit charge paid by private operators to PSUs. The new rates will come into effect from February 1, the company said in a statement in New Delhi. More than one crore (10 million) Airtel customers would benefit from the cut. The tariffs announced are radically lower than the existing rates and hence would further drive penetration of mobile telephony in the country. ISD tariffs have been reduced by Rs 1.75/min and STD tariffs have been reduced by Rs 0.35/min on the current tariffs based on simple average ADC reduction of Rs 0.20/- for calls between 50- 200 kms and Rs 0.50 /min for calls >200 kms. Announcing the new tariffs, Manoj Kohli, president (mobility), Bharti Tele-Ventures, said, "Airtel has once again taken the lead in announcing reduction in mobile tariffs for its customers across the country. The benefits extended are in keeping with our commitment to pass on the benefits of reduction in ADC, directly to our customers. "The tariffs announced are simple, innovative and provide the best value for money to our customers. This we believe will fuel new acquisitions and also spur usage increase. What's more, Airtel customers will continue to enjoy special Airtel to Airtel STD Tariffs at Rs 2/- min." Bharti Tele-Ventures is one of India's leading private sector provider of tele-communications services with an aggregate of 10.63 million customers as of end of December '04, consisting of approximately 9.83 million mobile customers. The company today offers mobile services in 21 out of 23 circles in India. The company also provides fixed - line services and Internet access over DSL in 6 circles. The company also has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.

I've too seen batteries reaching ASC which have turned yellow! Pretty weird! usually they dont replace coz its in working condition!

yeh... though i guess its gonna be paid pretty soon, as per their reports! Whats more imp is, which content would be chargeable! A monthly subscription of 40-50 bucks wud be my best choice!

Pretty interesting! Which part of the globe was the call from? any idea which airline?

Thnx a million guys, for all those wishes! I definitely had a gr8 day! A Big Thank you to Vishal Gupta (for being the first one at the forum to wish ) Arun (Ur mms was kewl!) Punbros (new bro, right in time! ) deepu (thnx buddy) Sanay (thnk you) StaticElectricity (Got ur sms, thnx for tht) Ashokjp (I did have a rocking part ) Niket (thnx man, the joy has certainly begun!) raccoon (thnx man... Mobiles! definitely ) iiii_pretender_iiii (thnx buddy! Got ur sms right in time! ) Happy Birthday to s_k(28)

Now, DoT hauls up Tata January 20, 2005 | 18:32 IST Rediff.com The Department of Telecom has issued a show cause notice to Tata Teleservices on their recently-launched Push-To-Talk services to verify the compliance with licence terms and conditions. DoT has sought explanation on a few issues, including compliance to the numbering plan and access charges. DoT has given a time of three days until Friday for the Tatas to explain. This is the second show-cause notice by DoT to Tata Teleservices within a week. DoT had also sent a notice on the company's fixed wireless phones 'Walky', which has been positioned as a mobile phone. Tata officials confirmed the receipt of the show cause notice but declined to comment. Tatas had launched the Push-to-Talk services in December 2004, offering customers the facility to make unlimited calls without any long distance or roaming charges within the network on a monthly rental of just Rs 99. The PTT service, which is the first by any mobile operator in the country, will offer instant connectivity across the country and Internet surfing at 3G speeds. According to the Tatas, upto four subscribers sitting anywhere in the country can talk to each other at a cost of Rs 99 each.

SMS in regional languages with Tegic's software January 20, 2005 17:26 IST Rediff.com US-based Tegic Communications will launch the Hindi version of its upgraded T9 text input software for instant mobile messages in the Indian market in April. "We will launch version 7.2 of T9 text input software in Hindi by end of the first quarter or early Q2 and more languages like English, Bengali, Tamil, Punjabi and Urdu will follow to enhance the features of T9, including speedy word completion and next word prediction", Ray Tsuchiyama, senior vice president, Tegic Communications, said in New Delhi. He said mobile handset manufacturers like LG, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericcson were already using T9 software for Indian mobile users. However, a current user of T9 software-enabled handset cannot upgrade to 7.2 version in the existing handset. Tegic has started talking to the same vendors for selling its version 7.2 software, he said. "Version 7.2 offers enhanced multi-lingual support, making it easier for users to switch back and forth between languages while sending messages. It automatically predicts the word that the user is most likely to use", he said. Tegic Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of America Online Inc.

Guess its the first time tht we have 5 b'days on the same day!! Wish u all, the very best for the coming year!

Same is the case with LG 6130 as well.. I wonder where did LG, Samsung or rather RIM get this weird funda of 140 character sms?

Here we have some more operators in other parts of the globe who do put download caps, though they come wid amazing speeds as well.. this one is from UK! Dunno how credible is wanadoo.co.uk Check up these two links Wanadoo BB Access What it means?

I would be more interested in gathering ideas as of now. I mean, SMS2Email can be 1 feature. jusmail, ur point is noted. anyone, Anymore?

r u talking abt GTRAN 4020 or the GTRAN internet card?

Interesting! Can u describe this in more detail. As to how u want it working, and wht wud be the procedure for the user at one end n the automated system at the other end.

Any more progress on this issue? Or any more suggestions from fellow members over this?

Name Changed from s_dasgupta to Shyam:DI wonder wht that colon : is for??

No issues.Both the pics posted by u r a lil blurred. the same is the case with sandy's pics. But i guess its somewht ok, since u cant really expect the pics to be as good as that of digicam's!

I'm using 2030 since its launch. Never had an issue abt "headaches". I dont know on wht basis u can relate the two. Get some technical info to sort this issue.

Loads of members, Loads of B'days! Its gr8 fun here! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to u all!

Does tht mean, tht while u can write a msg as long as 1000 characters, only 140 characters reach the destination mobile?

1 question --- Outgoing SMS length? 140/160 Characters?

U'll find a small lil tab on the top right corner "SEARCH". u may use that tab to search thru the forum! If u dont find anything there then write back. The reason we ask users to search is to make them familiar with these things as this is going to help them the most! Best of Luck!

Mobile user base touch 4.73 cr PTI[ FRIDAY, JANUARY 07, 2005 08:36:17 PM ] Times Of India NEW DELHI: Inching closer to five crore mark, the mobile subscriber base (both GSM and CDMA) reached 4.73 crore by the end of the year 2004 with net addition of 19.12 lakh in the month of December. In the CDMA category, the total subscriber base stood at 99.95 lakh, adding 5.12 lakh new users in the month, according to Association of Unified Service Providers of India's (AUSPI) latest figures. GSM-based cellular subscriber base increased by 14 lakh lakh in December to touch 3.74 crore. Reliance added 3.8 lakh subscribers in the month with its total subscribers base touching 91.15 lakh. Tatas added 1.22 lakh subscribers in December, taking their total base to 8.05 lakh. HFCL added 2018 mobile subscribers in December at 48,596 while Shyam Telelink lost about 340 subscribers to have a base of 25,665. GSM-based cellular subscribers increased by 14 lakh new users, taking the total base to 3.74 crore. Net addition during December 2004 was 14 lakh as compared to 11.43 lakh in November, Cellular Association of India said in a statement here. Bharti added about 4.10 lakh subscriber in the month; taking the base to 98.91 lakh, state-owned BSNL added 2.86 lakh new users taking its overall subscriber base to 84.37 lakh and a marketshare of 22.57 per cent. BSNL had a marketshare of 22.68 per cent in November. Hutch added 3.28 lakh subscribers in December, taking total base to 71.79 lakh users. It had a marketshare of 19.21 per cent.

I quite agree with Chandramauli... whtever the case maybe, the overall bill doesn't change drastically! Remember that 25 bucks added extra on Joy Plans after reducing call rates? Anyways, doesn't make a difference if DAPO call rates rn't reduced, coz if STD is the only hitch, then use IndiaCard or Free Mins on Rewards!