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Everone has got so many, that no one now really needs to pass on! anyways, if u have invitations, jus fwd them to ur frenz n family and forget it! Theres no point really distributing them here anymore!

Beetle, What hassles me simply one thing! Whts the difference left between PREPAID and POSTPAID now? In Prepaid > 325-150 = 175(Rental) In Postpaid > 199(Rental; or 224 - to get RIM to any mobile at 99p/min) Isn't this weird? If it isn't weird, then the company's policy is to garner more PREPAID customers than Billing ones, coz they want to get their debt right! As someone mentioned correctly, with these tariffs, a GSM subscriber will not hop onto RIM and hence RIM to RIM low call rates, simply remains a dream!! Becoz overall the RIM subscriber base will not improve drastically! Hence New Prepaid Scheme goes for a six and the POSTPAID tariff is also not helping improve the scenario! RIM's claim of keeping telephony affordable is stupendous looking at the new Plans. Coz only JOY 399 and JOY 499 have lower call rates, but the monthly commitment is so high that its simply not affordable to "aam janta"! With all the operators putting their cards on the table, I'll definitely recommend my dad not to hop onto RIM as of now! His MOTS(BPL Mobile) remains relatively honest and cheap!! And Additionally, BUDGET 149/249 and ECONOMY 149 schemes have also been totally withdrawn now!! Frankly Budget 249 was one of the best schemes avl!

Never knew Reliance had so many Handset Accessories! Check them out here. If u notice, Travel Charger is different from Car Charger! And the Regular Battery Chargers have been shown the door i guess! Only Travel Chargers r being promoted there!

Reliance Infocomm announces more value for Post Paid customers with Joy 499 40 paise/min for RIM-to-RIM and Reliance FWP/T (Fixed Wireless Phone/ Terminal) All other calls, including STD across the country, at Re. 1/min 99 paise/min for intra circle RIM to RIM calls for New Joy 149 Reiterates its commitment to make mobile telephony affordable DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai, September 02, 2004 Reliance Infocomm today announced the launch of Joy 499, a path-breaking Post Paid Plan, with call charges of 40 paise/min for intra-circle calls between RIM to RIM/ Reliance FWP/T and Re.1/min for all other calls, including STD, across the country. In Joy 499, arguably the most simple and attractive offer in the industry, subscribers pay monthly rental of Rs 499. Announcing the new tariff plans, Inder Bajaj, Head, Special Projects at Reliance Infocomm, said: "This is the natural extension of our endeavour to make mobile telephony much more affordable. This, coupled with the Value Roaming facility at home rates and the industry's lowest SMS charges, makes the RIM Post Paid subscription the most attractive deal". Reliance Infocomm has also announced newer versions of its popular Plans - Joy 149 and Joy 399. Under New Joy 399 also customers will enjoy calls to RIM and FWP/T at 40 paise/min. Under New Joy 149, the tariff for local and intra circle calls is 99 paise/min for RIM to RIM and Reliance FWP/T phones. Customers also have the option to avail of 99 paise/min for calls to other mobile phones by paying an additional monthly rental of just Rs 25, under Joy 149. Customers of Joy 399 and Joy 499 also enjoy most competitive ILD rates of Rs 12.99 per minute for calls to the US, Canada, Europe, UK and South East Asia. Existing subscribers under other plans have the option of migrating to Joy 499 and new versions of Joy 149 and Joy 399. Another big advantage for Reliance Post Paid customers will be that they can roam on home tariff across India, resulting in savings of up to 80%.

Very Honest Tariff Plan!! Pay 60p as IUC in addition to wht u talk! I Liked their way! Wht say? Finally, a 'pay as you use' mobile plan Mansi Kapur in Mumbai | September 02, 2004 10:02 IST Rediff.com A new war is being fought on the Mumbai telecom turf. For the first time, BPL Mobile introduced a one-second pulse rate in the cellular telephony market. The service provider moved to the new slab from the existing 60 seconds while announcing a new tariff card from Wednesday. While BPL's prepaid subscribers will be charged a standard tariff of 3 paise per second for local calls, post-paid subscribers will be charged a flat rate of 2 paise per second for all local calls. However, all subscribers will have to shell out 60 paise as IUC (interconnect usage charge, usually paid by the operator to either MTNL or BSNL) for every call they make. This means the prepaid scheme will cost Rs 2.40 per minute - much above the Airtel and Hutch plans, which charge you about Rs 2 per minute. However, the BPL scheme is cheaper compared with rivals till the 46th second of a one-minute call. After that, it is costlier than Airtel or Hutch till 120 seconds. From 121 seconds onwards, it is again cheaper than the other two till 180 minutes, at which point, the BPL tariff is exactly the same as the Airtel or Hutch tariff. The BPL plan will be cheaper by 20 paise every next minute hereon. There is more. Both the pre-paid and the post-paid subscribers can avail of a special scheme at a monthly cost of Rs 25, wherein calls to all GSM mobiles will be charged at 1 paise per second. The post-paid customers of BPL will continue to pay a monthly rental of Rs 175. This is more than what Airtel and Hutch charge -- Rs 150. A one-minute post-paid call on BPL will cost Rs 1.80 per minute to all types of phones, while charges for the same call on a Hutch are lower at Rs 1.69. On the other hand, an Airtel-to-Airtel call is cheaper at Re 1, but an Airtel to other phone is costlier at Rs 2 per minute. Industry observers said, "This is the first time that the `pay as you talk' regime has come into effect. Eventually all the service providers will move on to this sort of a system." "Our tariffs are compliant with the guidelines set by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Currently tariffs from cellular operators no longer require prior approval from TRAI and in line with the industry practice, we have already filed the tariff with TRAI," Angara pointed out. Krishna Angara, executive vice president, business operations, BPL Mobile said, "We want to offer a customised service to our consumer. We believe that it is fair to charge the consumer only for the actual usage and not more." STD rates to all types of phones have also been slashed by the company to Rs 2.99 per minute. This gets reduced further to Rs 2.25 per minute, if one pays a monthly fee of Rs 25. BPL has also retained its old pulse rate of 60 seconds for subscribers who do not wish to switch over to the new system. "Although we do expect some amount of decline in our average revenue per user due these new pulse rates, we expect to compensate by bagging more subscribers," Angara said. The company has also put in place a new billing system to comply with the new pulse rates and tariffs, he added.

Learn the Latest at MIT - Learning Curve September 02, 2004 Rediff.com If you've wondered a Massachusetts Institute of Technology education is like, take a gander at the MIT OpenCourseWare site. From the syllabus to lecture notes, course calendars, problem sets and solutions, exams, reading lists and even video lectures, it's all in there. The MIT OpenCourseWare site is an experiment started in 1999 to share MIT's teaching material with educators, enrolled students and self-learners around the world. With 701 courses spread over 33 academic disciplines, the site has done phenomenally well as an exercise in reaching out. It gets about 12,000 unique visitors each day. And this May, it received 1.03 million hits from users in India, placing India third after the United States and Taiwan in terms of hits. Why do people flock here in such numbers? According to Jon Paul Potts, MIT OpenCourseWare communications manager, "Many universities use the Web to make standard course materials available to their students. But access is only provided to students enrolled at these institutions." The goal of MIT OCW is grander -- "to provide the course materials free and open to the world," says Potts. The OCW site was a result of a question MIT Provost Robert A Brown posed to some MIT faculty, students and administrators in 1999: how should MIT position itself in the distance/e-learning environment? The resulting recommendations laid the groundwork for MIT OpenCourseWare. The pilot site, launched in September 2002, provided access to 32 courses. In a year, the number rose to 500, and by March 2004, there were 701 courses available. The course materials offered may be used, copied, distributed, translated and modified -- but only for non-commercial, educational purposes. "It is an ideal that flows from the MIT faculty's passionate belief in the MIT mission, based on the conviction that the open dissemination of knowledge and information can open new doors to the powerful benefits of education... around the world," says Potts. MIT OCW differs from most online offerings in that it is free, accessible to all and comes from one of the most respected educational institutions in the world. But it has its limitations. "MIT OCW is not meant to replace degree-granting higher education or for-credit courses. Rather, the goal is to provide content that supports an education," says Potts. By 2008, MIT hopes to put the material from all of its 2,000 courses online. "It provides the content of, but is not a substitute for, an MIT education," cautions Potts. "The most fundamental cornerstone of the learning process at MIT is the interaction between faculty and students in the classroom and among students themselves on campus." MIT OCW does not provide for visitors hoping to make direct contact with the MIT faculty. But reader feedback is forwarded to the relevant MIT faculty member. It is up to the faculty member to respond or not. The site offers access to videos from about 25 courses. However, because of the limitations of bandwidth and the cost of putting the videos online, Potts says the site does not have many video clips. Educators are encouraged to utilise the materials for curriculum development, students can augment their current learning by making use of the materials offered, and self-learners are encouraged to draw upon MIT OCW for self-study or supplementary use. "MIT OCW will advance technology-enhanced education at MIT and will serve as a model for university dissemination of knowledge in the Internet age," says Potts. He believes it could also bring about fundamental changes in the way colleges and universities use the Web as a vehicle for education.

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Whao! so many new things listed there! Seems quite stuffed this time! Guess RIMWEB.com would also see more posts(Hopefully less complains ) with the new services lined up!! Will try n set up new Forums as soon as ppl start discussing on the new services offered by Reliance!

AirTel slashes post-paid tariff August 31, 2004 19:14 IST Rediff.com AirTel on Tuesday announced new mobile tariffs for post-paid subscribers, slashing local tariff on AirTel-to-AirTel network to Re 1. For availing the same local tariff for making call to any another mobile network (like from AirTel to Hutch, Idea et cetera), the subscribers would have to pay Rs 25 extra per month. Under this plan, local call to fixed phones and WLL would cost Rs two. The monthly rental has been fixed at Rs 150, an AirTel release said. The STD calls would cost Rs 2 a minute on AirTel-to-AirTel and Rs 3 to other networks. In another 'Local and STD Pack' scheme, AirTel has offered all STD calls at Rs 2 per minute, but with an extra Rs 75 per month besides Rs 150 rental. Local and STD Pack includes advantages of both local and STD calls. Last week, BSNL had slashed its cellular tariffs by up to 40 per cent to as low as 80 paise with a pulse of just 15 seconds and STD calls costing Rs 1.80 a minute. The new tariffs have already come into effect.

And as new words as added to the dictionary, the older unused words find their way out!

Alrite! Apart from this Baazee listing, is there any where else that we can find this FM Radio compatible with RDs? If anybody knows such a place, do list them here, with complete address n price!

Noted! Thnx! We've already worked onto 1 aspect of ur point. In a way we wanted to remain RIM exclusive coz Reliance Infocomm is bound to grow by leaps n bounds and we want to gather its customers as our members. We dont want to take a huge plunge into the entire telecom market of india and then weep at the chaos at the site! Its already a huge job monitoring the no. of posts these days! Anyways, as of now, we've joined hands with a Co-Forum called BLANKSMS.com(which caters to GSM subscribers) and their members who wanna post abt RELIANCE wud be redirected to our site! and u can see quite well that The link sharing procedure is completed now. We've added a link to their FORUM in the General Chat section, while they've added us in the Indian Networks section. Such developments wud keep happening and we'd always need ur help and suggestions!

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Nothing to do wid the Ads, but its surely to help the rest of the 8 million strong customers of RIM also benefit from the forums, with which most of us have benefitted! Haven't we?

whts so gr8 abt this?? I've always complained to the Chairman's Office to get my problems addressed! and its always helped! Let me give u the link ... Click here to Contact Chairman's Office

Has anyone tried this?? It works real perfect! What i did was, in the place of typing the "Send to" field, i keyed in my email address and attached a picture and also a ringtone as an audio to the MMS and sent it. It reached my mailbox in just a few mins!! The sender's email address was shown as (my RIM no. w/STD code)@mms.ricmail.com !! The text i typed in and the image i attached showed up perfectly in the mail. Also the audio was attached as a file in the email but even after dling it, i couldn't play it in Winamp or WMP. Didn't gather y tht .mid file which was 22 secs long didn't really play! Anyways, jus the text and the image did fine for me ! I tried replying to tht email address, but i haven't still got it as a MMS yet. Once i know more on this, i'll keep u guys posted... Let me know ur experiences on this too... I hope MMS is still free and remains free!

I've tried this in the middle of a call, whenver i get an ECHO back or when the other party says tht they r getting an ECHO. It helped quite a bit!

U might be able to... I put this view reading an Article earlier... Click here to know more abt DOCOMO's partnership wid Reliance! Try n ask the seller abt this.

Reliance Infocomm Announces India's First MPLS Global VPN Solution Leveraging Relationship with MCI · To benefit Indian Business Process Outsourcing and IT Enabled Service companies DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai, July 29, 2004 Reliance Infocomm today announced the launch of India's first MPLS Global VPN service in association with communications giant MCI, one of largest providers of converged IP, data and voice communications in the world. The agreement enables Reliance Infocomm to offer its business customers seamless global MPLS-based VPN connections by leveraging MCI's expansive global network infrastructure. This new strategic relationship will significantly enhance Reliance's ability to address the growing demand for a single, converged and secure international connectivity solution from IT enabled services, Business Process Outsourcing and multinational companies. Under terms of the agreement, MCI is installing MPLS network nodes in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore that will enable MCI to deliver seamless access to its global Private IP network throughout India using connections to the nationwide Reliance Infocomm MPLS VPN network. The global reach of the MPLS-based MCI Private IP network is undergoing rapid expansion worldwide and will have a presence in 48 countries by the end of 2004. "This partnership will extend India's infocomm reach across the world, enabling Indian Transnational Corporations to get the benefit of end-to-end VPN connectivity for their businesses between India and the world. It will also benefit MCI by opening up India's expanding market to its global customers, providing access to one of the fastest growing economies in the world," said Mr. BD Khurana, Group President, Reliance Infocomm Ltd. "Together, this relationship will benefit both companies by efficiently extending the reach of our respective MPLS VPN networks with maximum speed and minimal capital investment," said Seth Blumenfeld, President of MCI International. "By partnering with MCI, Reliance Infocomm is expanding its international reach through MCI's global Private IP network, and, at the same time, MCI is afforded the opportunity to broaden our MPLS VPN coverage throughout India." Reliance global VPN services offer customers a simple, cost-effective transitional path from traditional data networks to contemporary IP networking with the option of using their existing frame relay or ATM wide area network (WAN) equipment. The MPLS foundation of Reliance Global VPN helps businesses better control their networks and enhance their efficiency by leveraging the traffic routing and bandwidth utilization capabilities of MPLS. MPLS VPN is the solution for companies that require the highest quality of service to carry integrated voice, video and data with the security of a private network, while providing Internet access and a means to securely connect remote and mobile users to their corporate networks. About Reliance Infocomm Reliance Infocomm Ltd., a Reliance group company, is India's largest mobile service provider with over 7.5 million subscribers. Reliance Infocomm has established a pan-India, high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network, to offer services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain - infrastructure, services for enterprises and individuals, applications and consulting. The Reliance Group, founded by Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002), is India's largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 99,000 crore (US$ 22.6 billion), cash profit of Rs 12,500 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs 6,200 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) and exports of Rs 15,900 crore (US$ 3.6 billion). About MCI MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCIP) is a leading global communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With the industry's most expansive global IP backbone, based on the number of company-owned points-of-presence, and wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's markets. For more information, go to www.mci.com

I dont have anything official on me as of now! But if 1 of us tries to find all these answers u want, then tht wud be really gr8! If u rem, when reliance allowed conversion of Postpaid to Prepaid, in the documents it was mentioned that on converting the phone to Prepaid, the handset will be transfered to the owner's name provided the s/w(firmware) is not changed! With tht i believe, tht once i purchase the handset on outright basis, its completely mine, and i can sell the handset myself widout involving RIM anywhere. When the handset is mine, i may also want to change the operator as in GSM. And simply put, i cant change the Firmware of LG Phone to Noka s/w and vice-versa. I can only keep LG s/w on LG Phone! But i shud be able to change the operator, as long as i keep the firmware of LG on my LGphone. Fine wid that? Now the only issue left is the compatibility of the handset on other operator's network. For ex: TATA may deny my handset saying its not compatible on their network! No issues! But if it is, then they simply shud reprogram it for their network... All put together, CDMA handsets dont have an edge over GSM ones for this matter atleast!!! Too much of complications for network change!

Quite agree... coz by ur description it seems tht its jus a simple need! U dont need it for playing arnd wid the handset! Go ahead!

I too wud be interested in knowing if Mobile phones are covered by insurance from Insurance companies other than Reliance getting it for us from National Issurance.... Do post anything related to this!

If u've bought the handset by outright purchase i.e. by paying full cost or by converting ur Postpaid to Prepaid recently, then u own the handset. By owning the handset, u've simply got all the right to do whtever u want except tht u keep LG's firmware(software). Now tht the phone is urs, and if TATA or GARUDA can program it on their networks for u, you can go ahead and get it done officially.... If u wanna do it unofficially, then am sorry coz this is not the right place to ask! I hope u'd understand