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I've TATA and Reliance connection.... I can say for sure that TATA's human and web interface is excellent......

Roll-out of 3G mobile services during UPA regime itself: Raja source :: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200803141757.htm

WPC wing to look into Vavasi’s spectrum allocation source :: http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1155 Defence ready to set up alternate network Good move by Armed forces..... source :: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1156396

2 GB is RAM not the Flash..... Flash capacity is about 48 GB...... Not useful for home but may be useful for business purpose where your primary system would be desktop...... The price is premimum at Rs. 139,900 /-* http://www.sony.co.in/product/vgn-tz38gn?site=hp_en_IN_i

BANGALORE: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has announced limited period offers on various services. BSNL Principal General Manager Subhendu Ghosh told presspersons here on Thursday that customers of landline and the wireless in local loop (WLL) services could get a two-month discount on fixed monthly plan charges by opting for advance annual plan charges. There would be no security deposit or installation charges for new telephone connections booked this month in Bangalore district circle. Other limited period offers include waiver of installation charges for broadband connection with a special plan at Rs. 125 a month at a speed of 2 Mbps. Mr. Ghosh also announced two promotional offers on BSNL’s prepaid mobile service. Talk time on the existing Rs. 30 card will be enhanced to an equivalent of Rs. 100 and the validity period increased from seven days to 30 days. Under the Sumo prepaid plan, one-year validity can be obtained at a cost of Rs. 249. He said the recently launched handset bundle, where a handset is provided along with a connection, had received good response. BSNL had already sold 4,000 such connections and 8,000 enquiries were being processed. Booking for telephone and broadband connections had been made easy, and customers who wanted to book telephones, broadband connection or data cards could just send an SMS to 9448077777. Mr. Ghosh said BSNL would also accept bill payment through credit cards at various customer service centres. Wi-fi trials had been completed in many places in Bangalore and the service would soon be launched. He said subscribers who move to new locations need not ask for transfer of telephone, but would get a new connection as BSNL had ready lines to offer. source :: http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/14/stories/2008031454170400.htm

BSNL continues to impress in broadband section...... BSNL has decided to offer free trial of 15 days for new broadband customers registering their demand for broadband under any plan upto 31st March 2008. http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=406

TRAI acts again. :clap: TRAI driects M/s Vodafone Essar Mobile Services Ltd. to refund to all consumers, within fifteen days, the charges levied by the M/s Vodafone for value added services, in all cases where the value added services were provided without explicit consent, including all cases where subscribers denied or disputed having given their consent for activation of such value added services or for continuation of such services which were initially offered free of charge. source :: http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressRe...13mar08no24.pdf

Tata Tele’s GSM plans approved, but no visibility on spectrum source :: http://www.livemint.com/2008/03/12235508/T...M-plans-ap.html So the people of Andhra, Kerala, Orissa and Tamil Nadu will enjoy more competition than other service areas atleast till this year end. So lucky guys enojoy...........................

The tariff is absolutely commendable..... It should put fire on competitors' belly...

Now 3600 and 6100 are available in Reliance website http://www.rcom.co.in/webapp/Communication...ets_lg_6100.jsp http://www.rcom.co.in/webapp/Communication...ets_lg_3600.jsp

Here is the official link..... http://www.dotindia.com/uas/2008/amendment...from%20CMTS.pdf

Now its official.............. Landline, net revenues out of spectrum fee source :: http://www.telecomtiger.com/fullstory.aspx?storyid=1089 Now, the big questions? Will they pass on the benefit to end customers? Will the landline see another revolution?

Now there's a shift in Videocon's stand. It embraces GSM. Videocon lines up Rs 6,000 cr for GSM biz AIMING HIGH Videocon plans to commence operations in two months through subsidiary Datacom Solutions Open to renting of spectrum from other players Eyes 4 crore subscribers in the next 5 years Datacom Solutions to break even in the next 2 years source :: http://www.business-standard.com/common/ne...16408&tab=r

India turns to Canada's spies to avert threat of espionage via BlackBerry source :: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/busi...icle3516623.ece Hope Canadian spies could solve the puzzle.

Now the new prices are visible in Reliance site. http://www.rcom.co.in/webapp/Communication...ffs_details.jsp

450 MHz discussion is hotting up............ 450 MHz is an ultimate band for rural broadband due to its ultimate low capex requirement. We should not fall prey to our legacy and loose focus on the future. All the incumbents (defence, police and Doordarshan) should be requested to vocate this frequency band and give it to our rural kith and kins, who form 70% percentage of our population. Any development which doesn't empower our villagers( on whose effort we eat everyday 3 times) is worthless. DoT and TRAI should include this band for upcoming 3G auction http://www.wpc.dot.gov.in/DocFiles/summary_record.doc http://www.wpc.dot.gov.in/DocFiles/POL.doc

Spectrum fee calculus will keep out fixed line revenue Few operators should feel very happy about this news. source:: http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14619213

The Emergency Services enables you to reach your family or friends in times of emergency. In case of an Emergency you have to dial *44 and our system will immediately call your three numbers provided by you intimating them that you need help. We will also send an SMS to all your three numbers intimating them. This is a free service. Request you to ONLY use when in need!

Here is the official press release http://www.rcom.co.in/webapp/Communication...tail.jsp?id=294

3500 in reliance website http://www.rcom.co.in/webapp/Communication...ets_lg_3500.jsp

Here is the official advertisement of the service. http://www.tataindicom.com/t-emergency-man...t-services.aspx

Here is the official press release. http://www.tataindicom.com/pressroom/pr_do...rence_final.pdf Get paid to receive calls – Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every in-coming minute they receive from any network. Easy Handset upgrades: Virgin Mobile is India’s first CDMA service where all customers will be on RUIM (SIM)-based phones, thereby giving them the convenience of upgrading their phones without having to change their number or re-enter their address book. True Care: All Virgin Mobile customers will be called back by the same call center agent to address their query Call more for less – After the 1st 2 mins of calls each day (which will be charged at Re1) all Virgin Mobile customers nationwide will automatically be able to call any local network at any time of day for only 50 paise per minute with no commitment or extra charge One Touch access to V-Bytes: 100% of Virgin Mobile-branded handsets will have a simple one-touch access button that takes customers directly to our unique VBytes portal. Safe Secrets: All Virgin Mobile RUIM (SIM) cards will have a secret folder where SMSs can be stored and password-locked to keep them safe from prying eyes. ‘100% colour, 100% FM’ handsets: Virgin Mobile is the only CDMA mobile service brand to offer its customers a handset range that is both 100% colour and 100% FM-radio enabled. 100% Bling: Virgin Mobile offers India’s first mirror finished clam shell phone with dual screens for less than Rs. 2500. Unlimited access to V-Bytes for a simple daily charge: Virgin Mobile customers can enjoy unlimited access to our unique VBytes data portal, including free Virginselected content, for a simple daily charge of only Rs.5. TGI weekend Bolt-on: Virgin Mobile customers can enjoy a weekend of extreme calling and texting by paying only Re18 to get 100 local SMS and all local mobile calls at 30 paise from Friday to Sunday.

My conclusion after reading through the posts is EvDO is launched only in Kerala and nowhere else.......

I wish TATA will reply back strongly

BSNL continues to impress in Broadband segment. http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=404