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Rajan bhai, any idea about this deal and genuinty of this site Nokia Lumia 620 Windows 8 Smartphone Only Rs. 6999/-http://bteleshoping.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=127

Gurus, Please suggest me a good 40/42 LED TV ( 3D is not mandatory) and with offer if any

BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) has announced freebies worth $100 (around Rs 5,000) to comfort disgruntled customers in the aftermath of the three-day blackout of its services. But Indian BB-users may miss out on this unexpected compensation as telecom operators remained silent on the issue. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/telecom/BlackBerry-offers-freebies-globally-Indian-operators-silent/articleshow/10394361.cms

Hi Mufaddal Bhai, I have sent you a PM with IMEI details for a unlock code for BB9630, please do the needful. Thanks

Get BlackBerry 9630 Tour 3G worth Rs 24990 for Rs 9999 (60% off) http://bagittoday.com/Deals/BlackBerry-9630-Tour-3G/3136.htm is it a official reliance BB? Any idea?

Rim Gurus, need your suggestion on the offcial reliance blackberry handset buy. 9630 or 8530? my expectation is good battery back up and durability. Not sure which one will have better life track ball or trackpad?

Thanks guys I have decided to go with 9630. comprimising the wifi & trackpad. But how about 9650 is it better than 9630? please suggest.

Exciting offer on BlackBerry Tour 9630 Reliance CDMA Handset MRP Rs. 27,990 Offer Price Rs. 14,990 You Save Rs.13,000 (46%) Features3.2 MP Camera 256 MB internal memory Built-in GPS Enhanced Media Player Bluetooth http://ezone.futurebazaar.com/Product/Mobile+Phones/CDMA+Handsets/BlackBerry+Tour+9630+Reliance+CDMA+Handset/2439399

Thanks Aalok for your valuable suggestion.

Friends, Since last 4 days the 1XEV is not working on my 8330, it's showing 1XEV but whenever I send or receive mails it is switching back to 1X. the BB CC says that they are upgrading their system hence the issue. But I doubt that the problem is only on my connection. Anybody facing similar issue?

Hello Folks, Any idea/news on launch of official reliance BB 9330? just noticed the 9330 in the drop down list for Reliance Blackberry software download page. https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/entry.do?code=2417DC8AF8570F274E6775D4D60496DA

I have PORTED one of my existing Reliance CDMA numbers to Vodafone GSM Reasons for Porting - Handset limitations. Grievances with existing Service provider - Except for the handset constraints, I was happy with the network. Benefits that I see of the new service provider - I Moved to corporate connection, so I got free CUG, Free talktime, 5000 local & National sms free. etc. Porting Experience - It took exactly 6 working days. Any other important comment - Got 2 calls from reliance for retaining, but i declined it strongly.

Since last 3 weeks i had frequent disconnection with tikona, their engineers confirmed that the signal is not good in my building. So i have disconnected it. This company has a long way to go, pathetic customer care and support.

Hi rajan, As of now I haven't decided anything on the new handset or budget or new service provider. May take sometime. Do you have any suggestion for me.

Yes you are correct Hetal, but with very limited handsets options we still stayed with reliance for 7 years just because of the data advantage.

Non-discounted Usage *RM World (in 10 KB) 55568 - Rs. 837.45 :'( all the fun with cdma is over it is time to say bye bye to reliance.

After escalation to Rcom Appellate Authority, I got a call from Nodal office today that they are giving a waiver for those wrong billing. 3 weeks, 10 phone calls, 5 mails, at last resolved

Friends, So far I haven't received any resolution from reliance, They have registered a complaint for my escalation mail to Blackberry CC and nodal officer and no communication there after. My bill due date is 1st Dec, will they disconnect if i fail make the payment by due? I don't want to pay 7000+ and retain the connection, what i should i do? please suggest.

Friends, My issue is little different initially I got a message on 9/11 morning stating that my STD is deactivated because of high usage. I have registered a complaint on the same day. Then after 2 days I have received a message stating that my outgoing was barred. I have registered another complaint. I have received the bill on 15thNov with shocking amount of 7000+, because I haven’t used it. Most of my usage is data/mails and very few calls per day ( Monthly Average bill is 700). When I went through the detailed billing, there were few ISD calls to a particular no: is reflecting on my bill. Which I never made, moreover it is showing as those were made from a roaming location (Andhra Pradesh). But I haven’t moved out of Chennai on those mentioned date (8/11 to 9/11). This is a clear indication of error in bill generation. I was not satisfied with response from the customer Care executives. Because they say the bill is correct and they have closed all the SRs. Now i have escalated the same to Nodal officers and BB CC on 18th Nov, 1st Dec is my due date they have replied that they are processing my complaint, no response yet.

The neck of the woods belonging to the attractively laid out mobile phones has been undoubtedly brimmed over. Offering yet another worthy option, Tata Indicom recently came up with BlackBerry Bold 9650, the first combined CDMA-GSM 3G-ready smartphone in the BlackBerry Bold series. The august entrant, launched exclusively by Tata, tickles pink users with seamless global roaming, 512MB of flash memory, an optical trackpad, and improved Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities. Those who can’t live without knocking their social world may appreciate the handset’s embedded networking sites and email and messaging options. “As the youngest dual-technology telecom service provider in India, the addition of a Smartphone like the BlackBerry Bold 9650 to our portfolio of products and services from Research In Motion is an important step in strengthening our offerings to consumers. Our pan-India reach, supported by the traditionally strong speeds on TTL’s cutting-edge CDMA network, will provide users with an exceptional voice and data communication experience, enhanced by the ability to share and experience multimedia, chat and social networking on the go,” shared Sunil Batra, President of CDMA Operations at Tata Teleservices Limited. The Bold 9650 prettifies the collection with a stylish, compact design featuring soft rounded edges and an easy-to-use full-QWERTY keyboard. For consumers inveigled by capturing special moments, a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, image stabilization and video recording emerges to be useful. Some other attractive characteristics include productive applications, multimedia capabilities and Bluetooth 2.1. The BlackBerry Bold 9650 Smartphone delivers premium phone and multimedia features, together with global roaming support and the industry’s leading mobile solution for e-mail,messaging and social networking,” remarked Frenny Bawa, Managing Director-India, Research In Motion. “We’re pleased to work with Tata Indicom to bring this powerful new smartphone to their customers in India.” Users who already purchased the smartphone in the previous month will be given a special data usage offer. For the first two months, these customers will receive a free data pack worth900 per month. In addition, 500MB of tethered modem data usage per month will also be offered. Owners of the elegant Bold 9650 will be further delighted with exclusive access to Tata’s Photon TV, powered by Photon +. source:http://www.techshout.com/mobile-phones/2010/06/tata-reveals-blackberry-bold-9650-for-cdma-subscribers-in-india/

I have taken Tikona connection in Chennai, FUL 512Kbps. 599 monthly, 2 mbps for first 200MB thereafter 512 kbps. Speed seems is OK, so far got good response for couple of complaints to CC. Best part is just 500 installation for an Ethernet interface connection. I had my own WIFI router.

But after the issues got resolved, now I'm able to browse, send/receive mails via EVDO wherever available, other areas it works thru 1X.

I had the same issue, it has to be fixed in backend. Usually it shows 1XEV but whenever send/receive mails and browse it goes back to 1X. Escalate this issue again to Blackberry CC. Mine got resolved after 4 calls to CC in 5 days. First of all they won't understand the real problem, keep giving useless solutions to reset/battery pull etc.

Rediff.com September 27, 2010 12:08 IST After its deal with GTL failed to go through, it's back to square one for RCom. With nearly Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) of debt in its books, finding an investor is fundamental to its survival. It was supposed to be a win-win situation. On June 27 this year, Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications (RCom) and GTL Infrastructure Ltd had announced they were negotiating a merger of their towers businesses. Getting 50,000 towers from Reliance Infratel, RCom's tower subsidiary, would have made GTL Infrastructure one of the world's largest tower companies. The deal would have enhanced its base to over 80,000 towers and given it an enterprise valuation of $11 billion. RCom, on its part, would have been able to sharply reduce its debt, which stood at Rs 29,715 crore (Rs 297.15 billion) at the end of March 2010. However, the deal fell through and the Ambani company seems the worse off for it. For India's second-largest operator by subscribers but fourth-largest by revenues, it is back to square one -- still heavily debt laden and hunting for partners, either to buy its towers business or to pick up a stake in its core telecom operations. The two sides had until August 31 to complete a series of steps, including accounting due diligence, asset verification, valuation, and approvals from the board, shareholders, lenders and creditors. "Little or no progress on these counts is one of the major reasons behind the termination of any non-binding term sheet. These factors may have hurt this deal," says an investment banker. On their part, both sides are tight-lipped about the reasons for the collapse of the negotiations. "The non-binding term-sheet signed by both parties expired on August 31, 2010. Despite efforts, both parties have neither extended the term-sheet nor entered into any definitive transaction agreements as envisaged therein. Consequently, the process of merger as originally contemplated would not take place," GTL said in a terse statement to stock exchanges. Sources reveal that the talks broke down neither due to valuation differences nor because of any inability on GTL's part to raise funds. Instead, they say, it was because of a mix of GTL's investor and client concerns, and RCom's desire to wait for a better bargain. GTL, in particular, would have lost its neutral and independent character, crucial for any tower company looking to attract tenants. "The moment a tower company is seen as being backed by an operator, other operators become sceptical about using it," says a source familiar with the matter. Sharing is common, he adds, but is restricted to cases where operators have mutual trust and faith, like in the case of Indus Towers (a joint venture between Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular). Sharing also works when it is restricted to a few thousand sites. "In this case, trust was an issue and some of GTL's tenants were threatening to terminate their rental contracts if it went ahead with a deal. Deep distrust among operators has killed the deal," insists the source. A top official at a telecom firm that does business with GTL confirmed this. "We had been demanding clarity from GTL about the nature of the proposed deal with (Reliance) Infratel. We were not comfortable with the whole idea," he said. Alok Shende, principal analyst at Ascentius Consulting, says that while some of RCom's towers can support more than two operators, many of the older ones cannot host multiple players. "Most of GTL's towers, on the other hand, can have six to eight tenants. The quality of towers and differences in the capabilities of the operational teams may have adversely affected the deal," he says. RCom may now have little choice but to get back to the negotiating table with a strategic investor. That's the direction it claims to be headed in; "Following the expiry of the non-binding term-sheet with GTL, we are now engaged in discussions with certain other strategic and financial investors, to pursue a similar transaction aimed at significant reduction in the company's debt and unlocking of value for RCom shareholders from the passive infrastructure and related assets in Reliance Infratel," RCom said in a filing on the BSE after the deal fell through. Much effort, little success "The question now is: does RCom have a plan B in place?" says Shende, emphasising that apart from GTL, there is no other tower company that could buy RCom's assets. GTL would have paid Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) to RCom if the deal had gone through, enabling the latter to halve its debt. "It will be challenging for RCom to monetise its tower assets in the near to medium-term, as its options will be limited," says Rajiv Sharma, analyst at HSBC Securities and Capital Markets. Typically, the options would include hiving off the tower business and selling it to a strategic investor (or a clutch of investors), going in for an IPO, or selling the towers to another tower company. RCom has looked at all these options. The only time it managed to monetise a part of its tower assets was in 2007, when it raised Rs 1,400 crore (Rs 14 billion) by selling a 5% stake to seven investors, including George Soros, Fortress Capital, Galleon, and GLG Capital. Hiving off and monetising of tower infrastructure is a trend that set in in India around 2006. Subsequently, Bharti Airtel offloaded some of its towers into Bharti Infratel and the rest to the Indus Towers joint venture. Tata Teleservices merged its (over 13,000) towers with the Srei group-backed Quippo Telecom Infrastructure, while Aircel Cellular opted to sell its towers to GTL in January this year. Even the Essar group, which had just 4,630 telecom towers, sold them to American Tower Corp earlier this year. The only operator that has not been able to cash in on the telecom infrastructure boom is RCom. It hived off its towers into Reliance Infratel and filed a draft red herring prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO) in February 2008, but cancelled the plan in August following the economic downturn. Sebi again approved an IPO in January this year, but thus far no public offer has been announced. And now, RCom has lost out on a deal that could have strengthened its balance sheet. Sameer Naringrekar of BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking believes that with the talks not having progressed, concerns about RCom's huge debt position have re-emerged. Shende of Ascentius believes an IPO would not get good valuations for Reliance Infratel as its tenancy is not very high. The company says its tenancy ratio -- the ratio of the number of operators to the total number of towers -- on 50,000 towers is 1.75, among the highest in the industry. However, that is largely because it has mounted both its GSM and CDMA infrastructure on the towers. Third-party tenants are few and far between, indicating an absence of steady revenue streams. While RCom has roped in new operator Etisalat DB as a tenant, the latter has not yet rolled out operations, making that tenancy almost negligible. RCom suffered another blow a day after the GTL talks were called off. The UAE's Etisalat, which has been in discussions to buy a 26% stake in the company, said a deal was not in sight. "I don't see any deal in the near future," declared Jamal al-Jarwan, Etisalat's international chief, while not ruling out other investments in the Indian market. Tepid financial performance RCom's operating and financial performance hasn't been able to match GSM incumbents like Airtel and Idea despite its GSM launch, says BNP's Naringrekar. RCom's ARPU (average revenue per user) fell 38% year-on-year to Rs 130 in the first quarter of FY11 while the figures for Airtel and Idea were Rs 215 and Rs 182, respectively. Its EBITDA margin was also down 797 basis points (bps) year-on-year versus Bharti and Idea's decline of 567 bps and 458 bps, respectively. RCom's customer churn level has also increased from 1.3% in the first quarter of FY10 to 3.5% in the first quarter this fiscal, reflecting an increase in the number of users leaving its networks. The company had a net debt of Rs 29,715 crore (Rs 297.15 billion) at the end of the last fiscal. It has also paid Rs 8,585 crore (Rs 85.85 billion) for 3G spectrum in 13 circles. "RCom has a highly leveraged balance sheet and may need to raise funds to repay its $1.3 billion FCCBs due in FY12," says Naringrekar. With alarming levels of debt and its core business under pressure, RCom may find the going tough in the hugely competitive Indian telecom market, which is poised for consolidation. However, there is a ray of hope for the company. "Operators are preparing to roll out 3G and BWA operations and will need towers. If Mukesh Ambani's Infotel Broadband Services uses RCom's towers, tenancy will go up. That will boost valuations as well," points out Mritunjay Kapur, country MD, Protiviti Consulting. Kapur believes that RCom may want to hold on to its assets to get a better deal at a later stage. Shende of Ascentius also does not rule out that possibility, for now. But that development is some time away as Infotel is in no hurry to launch services -- the company is looking at a rollout one to two years from now. Until then, RCom may be better off hunting for an investor willing to pick up a stake either in the tower firm or its core business. Source: http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/sep/27/slide-show-1-tech-with-rs-30000-crore-debt-rcom-in-trouble.htm

source :http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Vodafone_Aircel_slash_BlackBerry_Service_Rates/551-112793-613.html If you remember, back in April, we did this little piece on the unnecessarily expensive pricing structure of BlackBerry's Internet service in India. Maybe someone high up was listening, as recently, Vodafone slashed its unlimited internet pricing for BlackBerry's down to almost half; from Rs. 1,099 to Rs. 599. Although its website still shows the old pricing, we confirmed this new price by speaking to Vodafone's customer support executive on their helpline number. We also spotted Aircel to have a similar new pricing scheme in place, which was buried in between their rather dizzying amount of different plans on their website. Now with Vodafone and Aircel breaking the price barrier, we can only hope that other operators will have similar schemes soon. You also have a 6 month advance payment plan for Rs. 2,500 and a yearly one for Rs. 5,000, where you'll end up saving a good Rs. 180 per month as compared to paying Rs. 599 on a month by month basis. The new rates are much better than older intermediate plan where they charged you Rs. 500 for a ridiculously low 500 KB of free data. It is still not as cheap as standard GPRS plans which can go for as low as Rs. 99 per month for a generous 2GB of usage. But this move should definitely tempt people who are right now on the basic Rs. 299 plan that lets you do unlimited e-mail, BBM and Instant messaging, but restricted internet surfing. Honestly, it was kinda dumb to have a BlackBerry that does e-mail but can't access the internet. By making semi-annual or annual payments, charges can get as low as Rs. 416.