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It seems to be for All circles as it is given on the main website. The STV details is also shown in the tariff page http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/tariff_excel_pre.htm

@jamez Just curious; how much was your savings after shifting to DoCoMo's per-second billing?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/Idea-launches-1-paisa-per-minute-in-Rajasthan/articleshow/5102497.cms

^^^ oh! wonderful. Idea managed to beat Reliance tariff in a week. But for roaming RCOM is still the best.

40p is only for idea to idea right?

HL = Home Location ?

*225 toll-free.

Indian telecom operators may soon be asked to compulsorily give their customers the option of paying tariff based on usage per second instead of the current per minute pulse, sector regulator TRAI said today. "We may ask all the operators to consider per-second pulse as a mandatory tariff option along with their other tariff plans," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman J S Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of the International Telecommunication Union conference here. He said TRAI may soon come out with a consultation paper on the subject and invite suggesstions about making it mandatory for operators to provide customers with this option. "Even there (in per-second tariff plan), they must ensure to bring out clearly all the riders and caveats," Sarma noted. The TRAI chief further said that since the current regulations allow the operators to decide the tariffs on their own, "I cannot say whether the time has come to reconsider this particular clause." Some of the telecom players in the country have already launched per-second pulse, but such tariff plans are not mandatory and are mostly aimed at expanding their penetration and expanding market share. Last week, state-run BSNL introduced one paise per second pulse (for local calls) and two paise per second pulse (for STD) in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.

^^^ Exactly the reason why i am not a fan of 1-sec pulse. I still believe per-minute billing at 50p(RCOM) or 40p(TATA) is more attractive.

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I use a set of 3 words(which is a combination of letters and alphabets). The different combination of these words is my password for various important accounts. So no need pf PW managers

hey thanks for the news.. how to know if our account has been compromised? anyways have started changing passwords of all my email a/c

can we record calls also?

well. this survey seems to be based on the online discussions of various operators. Now if we look at various brands, Vodafone had the advantage of being in the lime light thanks to its zoo zoo advertising strategy. and hence their total score boosts. The survey says " Vodafone was rated to have the worst customer service" That says every thing!

^^^ It depends... My Lifetime validity connection shows expiry of promo in 2012!!

^^^ yes! within the circle any operator any technology

ideally porting among circles should be implemented to see a huge churn

With all these spectrum unavailability stuff, I wonder, Why can't the government just allow the use of the existing 900/1800MHz for 3G. Its being used in some countries. right? :'(

3G allocations hit fresh hurdle http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/3G-allocations-hit-fresh-hurdle/articleshow/5029060.cms

@puneet Could you please post that link again? Couldn't find by searching!

Got something very old related to IUC.. Can this be the reason for making per-second billing profitable? From http://www.financialexpress.com/news/trai-to-overhaul-interconnect-charges-regime/165580/

FINALLY... some more dates... Govt to hold 3G spectrum auction on Dec 7 The government will hold the much-awaited 3G spectrum auction for GSM operators on December 7 and invite bids from October 26 to November 13. It will hold the auction for EVDO (CDMA version of 3G) and Broadband Wireless Access after two days of the 3G auction. The winners will have to pay their bid deposit amounts within five days of the closure of the auction and pay the balance after 15 days. The Department of Telecom will issue a revised Information Memorrandum on September 29. And keeping in view the security concerns, it has asked for publications of ownership details of the applicants along with compliance certificates so that nothing goes wrong at the bidding stage. According to the timetable, aspirant companies would have to submit their authenticated ownership certificates by November 23. And before that they will have to give details of their shareholdings by November 18. A pre-bid conference will be held on October 12 and the deadline for submission of questions for the meet will be held on October 8. The DoT will issue clarifications if any on October 22. A mock auction will be held for two days on October 3 and 4. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News-by-Industry/Govt-to-hold-3G-auction-on-Dec-7/articleshow/5005624.cms Detailed timelines @ http://www.dot.gov.in/

^^^ If Airtel opts per-second, I am pretty confident RCOM will follow..

So all new ops are going for per-second. Have to wait and watch what biggies Airtel and RCOM are upto.

so 150 character sms costs Rs.1.50? isn't it bad?